Name your bike superstitions

[halfmileharry]

You have to wear clean underwear when you ride.

 

[warthog]

Never ride/own a green motorcycle.

This is the only one I can think of and I used to own a GREEN bike. Never harmed me and it sold for more than I paid for it.

Mine was a really bright lime green HD with wicked sounding pikes. I miss it. Had to sell it once I figured out my accident (car at work not on the bike) changed my life and I wouldn't ever be able to hold it up a stoplight again.

 

[Mark 1911]

Don't have the bike anymore, but I still have the gremlin bell my wife gave me when we were dating:

 

[SkullDaddy.45]

Always put at least one foot down when coming to a full stop!!

 

[Yellowjeep]

If you see someone texting and riding. It's bad luck not to hit them with your car and save the planet.

 

[Yellowjeep]

Bad luck not to wave at another bike. Bad luck to pass a broke down motorcycle and not help.

 

[remauto1187]

Always check to make sure BOTH axle nuts are installed BEFORE riding!

Bought a brand new motorcyle back in 1993 and rode it for a couple months. One day I happened to look down at the front wheel while standing next to bike and noticed the stomach wrenching evidence of bare threads showing on the whole end of the front axle. I have to assume that the dealership never installed it! Good thing the axle threads in to forks and is clamped as well on a Kawasaki Ninja! That WOULD NOT have been a fun ride standing on forks and then immediately sliding down the road face first.

 

[HoughMade]

Fuel injection is for pansies.

....wait. That's true.

 

[HoughMade]

Real bikes have kickers...

...wait...that's true too!

 

[SkullDaddy.45]

Fuel injection is for pansies.

....wait. That's true.

Real bikes have kickers...

...wait...that's true too!

Ok, I like you, A LOT!!

 

[USA#1]

I have a superstition that if I don't wear my safety gear when I ride, I GREATLY increase my chance of severe injury or even death, WHEN not IF I wreck my motorcycle.

^^^This! I always wear my gear even if it is 90 degrees.

 

[Que]

When I had my Harley, I always had to polish the chrome before and after every ride. And I always had to wear a Harley shirt when I rode.

Yeah, that sounds like you. I'm sure you didn't ride if there was a 20% chance of rain, either. LOL!

 

[lovemachine]

Yeah, that sounds like you. I'm sure you didn't ride if there was a 20% chance of rain, either. LOL!

Believe it or not, I rode in the rain several times. I even rode when the temps were around 35 degrees. And I still have the heavy Harley Davidson leather jacket. I paid $900 for it

 

[SkullDaddy.45]

Seems like I've broken every superstition in here so far, , , and look after 40 years of riding I'm still alive!!! Only thing I do all the time is to be alert! I never ride tired, never ride drunk. Besides that, I've actually ridden nekkid before, but I ride nekkid carefully!!

 

[gregkl]

The Harleys used in WWII were targeted a lot and because they were green, it became a superstition to ride a green bike.

Thanks for that Que! I had a friend who said he didn't care what color his bike was as long as it was not green. I wondered what the deal was with green.

 

[JeremiahJohnson]

BOOGA-BOOGA-BOOGA-BOOGA!!!!!

 

[bigretic]

I have a superstition that if I don't wear my safety gear when I ride, I GREATLY increase my chance of severe injury or even death, [STRIKE]WHEN not [/STRIKE]IF I wreck my motorcycle.

If you've been down at least once, you can say if.
I owe my life to my gear. Vanson, Arai, Held, Alpinestar: Thank you.

Believe it or not, I rode in the rain several times. I even rode when the temps were around 35 degrees. And I still have the heavy Harley Davidson leather jacket. I paid $900 for it

Did it come with a diamond ring in the pocket?

Rain? No problem for me, but the older I get, the less tolerance I have for it.
Bells? Never had one. I have a good friend with one on his Harley that informed me of the superstition. I don't know why he bothers, he only polishes chrome and tell people he has a harley, he never actually rides it.

My current bike was owned by a very close friend that passed away. I keep his old sheriff hat with his badge number on it and his rosary (no, I'm not catholic) in my tank bag. I wouldn't call it a superstition though.

 

[BE Mike]

Seems like I've broken every superstition in here so far, , , and look after 40 years of riding I'm still alive!!! Only thing I do all the time is to be alert! I never ride tired, never ride drunk. Besides that, I've actually ridden nekkid before, but I ride nekkid carefully!!

Hey Crash, there's a guy here lookin' to buy your chopper!

 

[mom45]

Seems like I've broken every superstition in here so far, , , and look after 40 years of riding I'm still alive!!! Only thing I do all the time is to be alert! I never ride tired, never ride drunk. Besides that, I've actually ridden nekkid before, but I ride nekkid carefully!!

Somehow this does not surprise me. I've never heard of the bell thing either.

 

[JeremiahJohnson]

Origin of the Gremlin Bell: Biker Bell History | Noble Ride Bells