Beemer Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 The Lone Ranger never said he drove Silver. Beemer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member bornagainbiker Posted October 7, 2017 Premium Member Share Posted October 7, 2017 I think of my motorcycle as a steel horse--a trusty steed--definitely ride. Give Respect To Get Respect https://jeff-galbraith.pixels.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JA50N Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 If you throw a leg over it, you ride it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 Drive a bicycle? hmm, think not. How about a Can Am Spyder, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rider Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 It sounds better to me to say "ride" a motorcycle. But you also ride mowers, tractors, wagons, waves, trains, planes, buses, excuses, a boss can ride you, and you can drive a golf ball , a nail, someone cranzy, a point home, etc... But, if I know it will drive someone nuts for me to say "drive my motorcycle", you can bet that's what I'll do. 😎 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r1limited Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 YOU RIDE THE BIKE For gad sake its RIDE RIDE RIDE AND YOU STEER A BIKE NOT TURN WHEN YOU RIDE YOU STEER Unless of course you are turing into a drive way or turning down a triple diamon trail then you steer Damn young kids these days “Laws that forbid the carrying of arms disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes.” --Thomas Jefferson quoting Cesare Beccaria Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member norcal616 Posted October 7, 2017 Premium Member Share Posted October 7, 2017 gotta love American English 😂 2015 fz-07- Hordpower Edition...2015 fj-09- 120whp- Graves Exhaust w/Woolich Race Kit- tuned by 2WDW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r1limited Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 Propper Engrish My Feet “Laws that forbid the carrying of arms disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes.” --Thomas Jefferson quoting Cesare Beccaria Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator sorkyah Posted October 7, 2017 Global Moderator Share Posted October 7, 2017 you neither ride nor drive a bike yyou sit on it and lod on for dear life... as far as turning the handlebars... you really dont unless at low speed.... so both? ride at high speed.. drive at low speed ATGATT... ATTATT, two acronyms I live by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rider Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 6 hours ago, rider said: It sounds better to me to say "ride" a motorcycle. But you also ride mowers, tractors, wagons, waves, trains, planes, buses, excuses, a boss can ride you, and you can drive a golf ball , a nail, someone cranzy, a point home, etc... But, if I know it will drive someone nuts for me to say "drive my motorcycle", you can bet that's what I'll do. 😎 5 hours ago, r1limited said: YOU RIDE THE BIKE For gad sake its RIDE RIDE RIDE AND YOU STEER A BIKE NOT TURN WHEN YOU RIDE YOU STEER Unless of course you are turing into a drive way or turning down a triple diamon trail then you steer Damn young kids these days Like that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member DewMan Posted October 8, 2017 Premium Member Share Posted October 8, 2017 Why is this even up for debate? A bike, pedaled or powered, has always been a vehicle described as being ridden not driven. But then I've been wrong before. DewMan Just shut up and ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beemer Posted October 8, 2017 Author Share Posted October 8, 2017 22 hours ago, norcal616 said: gotta love American English 😂 I grew up knowing a Lori to be a girl until some Brit came along and said he drove a Lorry and I proclaimed, NOOOO! It's a box truck but I now find myself smitten by U.K. language by watching Monty Python, Benny Hill and ........... https://youtu.be/_ltwX603Ft4 Beemer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rider Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 4 hours ago, Beemer said: I grew up knowing a Lori to be a girl until some Brit came along and said he drove a Lorry and I proclaimed, NOOOO! It's a box truck but I now find myself smitten by U.K. language by watching Monty Python, Benny Hill and ........... https://youtu.be/_ltwX603Ft4 We used to sneak into the living room (because that's where the only TV in the house was) after Dad went to bed after the news around 10:30 and watch Benny Hill with the volume super low and somebody with their hand close to the channel knob to change it in case Mom or Dad came in. Monty Python's Flying Circus came on Saturday evenings on PBS. Also watched The Goodies and Are You Being Served. A Clockwork Orange was a little too out there for me. Good times... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member bornagainbiker Posted October 9, 2017 Premium Member Share Posted October 9, 2017 Ahh....Monty Python: Give Respect To Get Respect https://jeff-galbraith.pixels.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shinyribs Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 Driving or riding..hmmm... You drive a car, but as a passenger you ride in a car. You drive a boat, but you ride a jet-ski or sea doo. You DRIVE a riding lawn mower. Typically, the operator of a vehicle is the driver while the passenger(s) are the ones riding. So does the operator drive the bike and the pillion rides, or do you both ride? If you are both riding, who is piloting? 😟 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r1limited Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 Sometimes my kids drive me crazy, I have ridden the crazy train too “Laws that forbid the carrying of arms disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes.” --Thomas Jefferson quoting Cesare Beccaria Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xsrider Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 I have noticed that most of my European friends say drive, while my American counterparts say ride. Might be a European thing. Either way, I don't correct them, since they are in Asia teaching English. Go figure...🤔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruizin Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 I beat the shet out of my bikes. I lean it. Yamaha MT-10 ForumYamaha Tracer 900 Forum Yamaha Ténéré 700 Forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beemer Posted October 9, 2017 Author Share Posted October 9, 2017 In the words of Judge Judy, "Keep it simple stupid." If you have to use your balance to operate something you are riding it. Sitting on a pillion? You are still using balance to stay on it so you are a rider as well. Riding as a passenger in a car you just sit there and you're not driving it. The four wheels are doing the balancing for you so you're just a gelatinous blob of watery tissue going along for the ride. I hope that has simplified the matter for anyone confused. 🙄 Exit, stage left! 🏃 Beemer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Mr.Puss Posted October 10, 2017 Premium Member Share Posted October 10, 2017 Seems to me if one has a mode of transport tucked up into one's bathing suit area with legs straddling then its "Ride". Honey baby, its all about the straddling. Crush your enemies. See them driven before you. Hear the lamentations of their women. Fuss Life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rider Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 You can drive someone crazy, but you shouldn't ride someone crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slideways Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 Of course it's RIDE. AS in: I rode too fast into a reverse camber bend. It's only a flesh wound though... ABS = Audible Blinker System. The horn beebs every time I use the blinker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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