Bike Cards

[BarelyAWake]

K - so it's first thing in the morning and yer on your way to work. Zippin' into the local convenience store ya grab a coffee ana pack o'smokes, tappin' yer foot as the lil ol' lady in front of you buys sixteen lottery tickets... one at a time.

Finally you pay for your breakfast of champions and flee - rounding the corner you see the inevitable flock of gawkers staring at yer bike, waiting to ambush with a thousand questions. Normally you'd love any excuse to gab about your pride and joy, but your boss is growing impatient with your arrival time's gradual entropy.

"Ya-ya-it's great, VROOM!" Isn't always the impression you wanna leave, they love your bike and just want one of there own. Spewing a website address sounds like 001010001 to most folks, I never have a pen and paper handy - and neither do they.

Enter Bike Cards, an idea stolen from the liveaboard community's "Boat Cards" - they would make simple business cards with all the pertinent information and a pic of their boat. These aren't particularly fancy but they get the job done, I'll prolly make shinier ones when I "get the time."

You may notice that although I included perhaps too much information - I "neglected" to state the actual displacement of my engine or it's horsepower rating... I wonder why... On the front I have my email address (yet no name or phone number... heh). You may wish to include such personals as your full name, actual displacement, etc. *shrug* I would rather leave that as a later option, just tellin' the person if I wanna... as there seem to be some strange folks about lol, with that in mind - I left the back blank for scribbled notations.



BTW - if anyone has made these before or decides to make their own, please post 'em - I'd love to see 'em

[BarelyAWake]

Noice! So THAT'S where alla new members are coming from!

o.o Yer bikes are very shiny BTW, have I mentioned that recently?

[2door]

I removed that post cause the picture was too small to see anything. I'll try again later. But I like your cards, Barely. Much more info than mine.
Tom

Edit:
Okay, I resized the pictures. Here's two of the cards I keep with me and give to folks who have questions.
Tom

[BarelyAWake]

aww

o_O

Now it looks like I'm talkin' to meself... again lol

[marts1]

Thats a good idea, I like it. You might have another card givin out at the same time like maybe your business card or something, ya I like it.

[BarelyAWake]

Good idea and I do lol, but u can't see it o.o

crazeh stalkers

[marts1]

There ya go, lil minds thinkin alike agin

[wheelbender6]

Good idea. Not much time to talk to people about your bike at stoplights.
A link or some info on local motorbike laws on your card may also be a good idea.

[BarelyAWake]

That's true, but I'd rather not draw lines in the sand. Maine's laws regarding MBs are pretty generous, if a lil hazy. Better yet the enforcement seems rather casual in my area. The one time I did get pulled over - I think he thought it was a dirtbike and that's why he got excited. He puffed a bit at first, stopped, said "that's a bicycle" and I said "yeah" After discussing the complexities of not needing registration - we just chatted for a while and went our separate ways.

Yet I was doing over 30mph easy when he passed me, stopped and waved me down. One of Maine's laws states quite clearly that a motorized bicycle may not exceed 20mph - so while I could hand him one of these cards, were I to have the laws on them I couldn't.

Or I could earn myself a speeding ticket by forgetting lol

[Dan]

Cool BA. Ya gotta come down next yr for one of our get togethers. (CT, ours or a couple in Mass) Great fun. I really enjoy our peace officers.

Thinking about it now, I do not think I have ever heard of a problem in CT, NY or any where in New England that Police have bothered a MBer. (Kool thought)

Be a good idea to site they are legal on a card, not so much to give the details..... lol

Tom, you changed your cards. The jag looks great