A Rice Rocket, huh?

[Smooth7]

This made me crack up, but at the same time it made me mad just because people can be so ignorant.

Someone at work asked me, "is that your crotch-rocket out front?" I laughed and replied yes. I didnt mind it being called that, i just think it is funny.

But anyhow, someone else walked into the conversation. I forget exactly what they said but they ended up calling it a "rice-rocket". I said, "its not a rice rocket. That is an import car usually driven by an asian who has put a bunch of aftermarket crap on it." (sorry if that isnt politically correct). She asks me again what kind of bike i had, i said "a Honda CBR". She goes, "no thats a rice rocket." At that point i could have gone off on her, but since she is considered one of my bosses i thought i would let it slide. If it was someone else i would have told them that they were dumb and didnt know what they were talking about.

Anyone else have a similar story?

[firefighter81]

Ummmm, sorry to say, she's right, a japanese bike is a rice-rocket, just like my 996 and RS250 are both pasta-rockets. I've never heard a car called a rice-rocket, it's called a riceburner though. I lived in Seattle for 12 years too, my bikes were always called rice-rockets and that's what I called them, that or crotch rocket, or just "the bike."

[torok]

I like to tell people how my bike was built in America, using many Japanese parts, just like a Harley.

[CBRPhil]

In Alabama, a CBR is called a "Rice Burner" or "Crotch Rocket"...no big deal. Most Hondas are made in America anyway.

[Lost Sheep]

I usally say what?

[wescoas1]

I too live in the Seattle area and there are plenty of hicks around for being an urban area. "That thar crotch rocket ain't no ree-hal Harley." It pisses me off too. Maybe I'll just start calling Harleys 'burgers on wheels' or 'lard rockets' lol. Ah, Lard Rockets, I crack myself up...

[freeride]

It's a pet peeve of mine to hear "crotch rocket" or "rice burner". Well, it's basically a pet peeve of mine to call a sportbike anything but a sportbike or a superbike. Around here, pretty much everything is a "Ninja".

[2slowGSX]

Originally Posted by wescoas1

I too live in the Seattle area and there are plenty of hicks around for being an urban area. "That thar crotch rocket ain't no ree-hal Harley." It pisses me off too. Maybe I'll just start calling Harleys 'burgers on wheels' or 'lard rockets' lol. Ah, Lard Rockets, I crack myself up...

I call them Hobby Davidson's my students say "why don't you buy a real bike, a Harley!" So my response is no you mean a Hobby Davidson, and the reason I don't have a "real bike" is I like to ride not work on bikes! That usually dumbfounds them.

[vuu16v]

People can call it whatever they want. I bought it to ride, not discuss.

[Octavo]

Lard Rockets lol, that's cute...Around here people call them Hardly Ablesons'

Anyway, back to the topic. I don't care what my bike gets called. At the end of the day it's my bike to live with not anyone else's.

It gets called the Nuclear/Radioactive Pumpkin a lot, tho. (I bought the bright orange one )

[Squid Killer]

Originally Posted by freeride

It's a pet peeve of mine to hear "crotch rocket" or "rice burner". Well, it's basically a pet peeve of mine to call a sportbike anything but a sportbike or a superbike. Around here, pretty much everything is a "Ninja".

I feel the same way. At my dealership I say "No, we dont have any crotch rockets, but I have some nice sportbikes you can look at."

I didnt spend nine grand just to transport my crotch from place to place quickly.

[SpeedracerFTP]

people are ignorant, you just cant let them get to you.

[mercutio80]

My boss always calls my Triumph a rice rocket, then I explain it's British. We've decided it runs on tea and crumpets.

[Magic 8 Ball]

I needed to buy something that cooks rice, so one day I went to Sears and bought it, and on my way out, someone asked me "Is that a rice cooker?" and I replied "Why yes, yes it is!"

[Smooth7]

Originally Posted by firefighter81

Ummmm, sorry to say, she's right, a japanese bike is a rice-rocket, just like my 996 and RS250 are both pasta-rockets. I've never heard a car called a rice-rocket, it's called a riceburner though. I lived in Seattle for 12 years too, my bikes were always called rice-rockets and that's what I called them, that or crotch rocket, or just "the bike."

See i still dont think she is. I dont even live in Seattle anymore, that was last year. I dont know about anywhere else, but where i grew up in CA, a rice rocket was the same as a rice burner. It had nothing to do with a sportbike. So when she named it something that i had only associated with a car, i didnt like it. I still dont like to call them crotch rockets, it just sounds dumb.