totally unpopular opinions.

Jethro Rocker said:
The oldest live footage I have. From big outdoor show in 1983.

My bro on drums. That 2203 was up loud! Like 6.... overloaded dude's camera

Click to expand...
Jethro, you ROCKSTAR MAKING Canada look good! but i have few questions...

1 were you a cartel boss doing rock on the side?
2 why are you playing almost tele radio guitar?
3 why you transform yourself from ROCKSTAR to POPSTAR.?
4 whats that white guitar? looks like straight out from hell and something the devil would play!

you are badazz man!
 
Ramo said:
Jethro, you ROCKSTAR MAKING Canada look good! but i have few questions...

1 were you a cartel boss doing rock on the side?
2 why are you playing almost tele radio guitar?
3 why you transform yourself from ROCKSTAR to POPSTAR.?
4 whats that white guitar? looks like straight out from hell and something the devil would play!

you are badazz man!
Click to expand...
Thanks!!
No cartel, no. Just a bad mustache.
That Goya L6-S copy is a fantastic guitar and hot, to me. Not a Tele shape or pickguard, or pickups. It smokes!!
I am no popstar. The current originals band is a compromise as the singer songwriter has different influences taht lean that way. It's fun for me though.. will introduce more cookin guitar in the next 2 songs, will be in studio hopefully next month earlier on.
My covers band Whiplash does classic rock stuff but with a harder flavor guitar wise. Thats what I really like!! I should post a vid from that. The old school metal we played in 83 was sure fun though!!
The white one was an Aria Pro Urchin. They made one with a gazillion knobs on it too. Was kinda shitty but cool looking!!
 
Jethro Rocker said:
Thanks!!
No cartel, no. Just a bad mustache.
That Goya L6-S copy is a fantastic guitar and hot, to me. Not a Tele shape or pickguard, or pickups. It smokes!!
I am no popstar. The current originals band is a compromise as the singer songwriter has different influences taht lean that way. It's fun for me though.. will introduce more cookin guitar in the next 2 songs, will be in studio hopefully next month earlier on.
My covers band Whiplash does classic rock stuff but with a harder flavor guitar wise. Thats what I really like!! I should post a vid from that. The old school metal we played in 83 was sure fun though!!
The white one was an Aria Pro Urchin. They made one with a gazillion knobs on it too. Was kinda :poo:ty but cool looking!!
Click to expand...
look forward to more rocky songs, you look good playing them like you owe the stage you rockstar...

i want to see whiplash stuff and keep playing more old school metal it more fun and you know it too :)
 
Last edited:
Yargnad said:
This was precisely one of the main determining factors in moving there. Mass transportation is everywhere and bikes not only take priority but have their own dedicated lanes and even "highways" which make it quick and easy to get around without a car payment or gas money.

Plus we would qualify for the healthcare simply by being a legal resident. Those are just two of the many reasons....
Click to expand...
i like the petrol smell and big powerfull engines, not 2 legs powered bikes... bikes are for kids....:LOL::LOL::LOL:
 
Yargnad said:
Don't get me wrong I love cars. I just hate everything about the practicality of owning and driving, and most importantly, being required to have one in order to function on any basic level in this country.

I've not really been a bike rider since I was 13, but I'm willing to go cold turkey if it means leaving all the aforementioned garbage behind.
Click to expand...
you keep riding in rain and wind and you soon discover it's not fun. I get that, it's expensive to keep it running, parking, but i will drive the car as long as i will be able. I ride a bike but for fun.
 
Yargnad said:
I have not personally known anyone that owns a motorcycle and has not laid one down yet. Literally every single rider I've ever known. It's not a choice, it's inevitability.
Click to expand...
True:
Ive wrecked................ literally HUNDREDS of times as a youth.
I have issues, aches, pains, ruptured discs ( 3) constant pain in my hands wrists...shoulder--- wrecked several times as an adult ...... I still ride.
-- for some people its just in the DNA -- its not explainable to non riders, and it doesnt have to be.

To be fair Ive also wrecked BMX (pedal) bikes---3 wheelers--- 4 wheelers-- trucks-- snowmobiles and totaled several cars -- Ive found out the hard way how NOT TO DO IT many times now I am a much safer driver. :) I broke bones in Football-- basketball-- 2 concussions playing BASEBALL --- and skateboarding ....... oh and a bad fracture SNOW (check that @Zzzzz ) skiiing ....

The lovely thing about the age we live in is they make BOTH kinds of bikes -- pedal and engine -- they make busses -- they make Dodge HEllcats with 700 hp stock --- (man I want one of those)
Some folks dont like to drive
Some love it I HAVE to do it for work ...... I did 20,000 miles last year JUST for business -- plus personal, and pleasure.... I drive ..... A LOT --

We all do the voodoo we do ---

I would NEVER push someone to motorcycling -- period -- if they WANT to learn and ask (how not to do it) Ill tell them but I never condone it --
Same with scuba diving (used to scare my grandmother all the time that I scuba dive) --- again, its NOT for everyone
and when either of these activities "scare" me Ill stop.
ANd if someopne is looking to attempt these hobbies.... and wants my honest opinion -- I GIUVE IT--
"If you like it do it -- if it scares you...... maybe look into OTHER hobbies....."

@Yargnad -- I actually have told several NEW riders -- DO NOT BUY A NEW NICE BIKE --- get a P.O.S. because you are GOING TO DROP IT ---- your GOING TO WRECK IT --- LEARN on a junker --- then go gtet a GOOD new bike after you have some skills.
1 guy I told that too never bought any bike.
3 others listened and did drop the first one at least once -- and then got nice ones.....and thanked me later.
 
Bocc69 said:
Ok, I'm sure it doesn't belong here, but I'm frustrated and I'm taking a break from the frustration.
You see, I don't mind putting in a wood floor, actually I enjoy it. But I sure as heck don't like figuring out the layout when nothing is square. In fact, I hate it.
That first board is a dooozie.

Ok, got that off my chest. Rock on!
Click to expand...
Dude I feel ya'! We bought a 121 year coal mining patch house & I swear to God in the year 1900 they must not have invented a level or square yet?
 
RobV said:
Dude I feel ya'! We bought a 121 year coal mining patch house & I swear to God in the year 1900 they must not have invented a level or square yet?
Click to expand...
Ha! the last 3 houses Ive owned were built within the last 30 years....... same deal... rarely level rarely square and plumb --- is a word not even recognized on a construction site these days
 
eSGEe said:
True:
Ive wrecked................ literally HUNDREDS of times as a youth.
I have issues, aches, pains, ruptured discs ( 3) constant pain in my hands wrists...shoulder--- wrecked several times as an adult ...... I still ride.
-- for some people its just in the DNA -- its not explainable to non riders, and it doesnt have to be.

To be fair Ive also wrecked BMX (pedal) bikes---3 wheelers--- 4 wheelers-- trucks-- snowmobiles and totaled several cars -- Ive found out the hard way how NOT TO DO IT many times now I am a much safer driver. :) I broke bones in Football-- basketball-- 2 concussions playing BASEBALL --- and skateboarding ....... oh and a bad fracture SNOW (check that @Zzzzz ) skiiing ....

The lovely thing about the age we live in is they make BOTH kinds of bikes -- pedal and engine -- they make busses -- they make Dodge HEllcats with 700 hp stock --- (man I want one of those)
Some folks dont like to drive
Some love it I HAVE to do it for work ...... I did 20,000 miles last year JUST for business -- plus personal, and pleasure.... I drive ..... A LOT --

We all do the voodoo we do ---

I would NEVER push someone to motorcycling -- period -- if they WANT to learn and ask (how not to do it) Ill tell them but I never condone it --
Same with scuba diving (used to scare my grandmother all the time that I scuba dive) --- again, its NOT for everyone
and when either of these activities "scare" me Ill stop.
ANd if someopne is looking to attempt these hobbies.... and wants my honest opinion -- I GIUVE IT--
"If you like it do it -- if it scares you...... maybe look into OTHER hobbies....."

@Yargnad -- I actually have told several NEW riders -- DO NOT BUY A NEW NICE BIKE --- get a P.O.S. because you are GOING TO DROP IT ---- your GOING TO WRECK IT --- LEARN on a junker --- then go gtet a GOOD new bike after you have some skills.
1 guy I told that too never bought any bike.
3 others listened and did drop the first one at least once -- and then got nice ones.....and thanked me later.
Click to expand...
preach Adriano preach!!! I want to ride a bike with you I go frot you follow, no tele radio conversations!!!! this is my kind of bikes and cars.
1618768119579.png1618768168602.png1618768233258.png1618768266071.png
 
Unpopular opinion: People who claim they can live with the consequences of a severe motorcycle injury (paralysis, disfigurement, etc) are not being honest. What they really mean is that they don't think it will happen to them. I have represented quite a few "ride or die" motorcyclists that quit after the incident for which they needed my services.
 
RVA said:
Unpopular opinion: People who claim they can live with the consequences of a severe motorcycle injury (paralysis, disfigurement, etc) are not being honest. What they really mean is that they don't think it will happen to them. I have represented quite a few "ride or die" motorcyclists that quit after the incident for which they needed my services.
Click to expand...
Never rode a motorcycle in my life other than cheapass, raggedly little trail motorcycles as a kid that were death traps but went so slow you probably would've gotten more injured on a good mountain bike. But i am guilty of doing consequential things, knowing the outcome, being hurt by said outcome and still going and doing it like a moron.

Ive been seriously injured body while body boarding in dangerous waves and tides ( not the simple lying down sort of ride but actively cutting back and forth, trying to do tricks). I do an insanely stupid job that has injured me many times and some, leading to hospital visits ( electrician) but i still do it every day. No one ever credited me with common sense lol

But i agree, one bad accident changes perspectives sometimes
 
Clockworkmike said:
Never rode a motorcycle in my life other than cheapass, raggedly little trail motorcycles as a kid that were death traps but went so slow you probably would've gotten more injured on a good mountain bike. But i am guilty of doing consequential things, knowing the outcome, being hurt by said outcome and still going and doing it like a moron.

Ive been seriously injured body while body boarding in dangerous waves and tides ( not the simple lying down sort of ride but actively cutting back and forth, trying to do tricks). I do an insanely stupid job that has injured me many times and some, leading to hospital visits ( electrician) but i still do it every day. No one ever credited me with common sense lol

But i agree, one bad accident changes perspectives sometimes
Click to expand...
I wish my opinion was more correct. Stay safe brother
 
I only rode 2x one Harley, my friend had it who passed away riding it crushed in to a wall.
I rode with him in Greece just shorts t shirt no hamlets nothing, going really fast....it was scary but fun same time.... i was holding on so tight almost like super glue.

Other one i rode my own, other friend led it to me it was sports bike... i didnt go far or fast but i enjoyed...
Bikes are dangerous but fun....Im planning to get one when i have midlife crises :)
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top