My opinion....you're just being a pussy about it. JMO, I know others agree with you though.

 

In my opinion, this is beating a dead horse, or running over a dead deer if you're whoever caught air off that one, but it's just so played out man.

 

It's something fast.... it goes in my crotch.... i prefer the term sport bike, but i think that crotch rocket sounds cooler.

Now, when harley guys use it in a negative way, it pisses me off.
Just because as an engineer i love things that are engineered well, and happen to go way faster than they should is no reason to insult my ride

 

When someone finds out I ride they ask me what kind of bike I have. I say a "Suzuki GSX-R600" and no one knows what that is and all I get are blank stares. So I add "It's a crotch rocket" and that really clears things up. People are more used to the term crotch rocket than sportbike, for now at least.

 

I hate the visualization it creates in my head. Eeewww.

 

The term "Crotch Rocket" doesn't bother me at all. It's when they say, "Oh, you've got one of those Ninja bikes". Now that, I find offensive! nfloor

 

man i hate that term. i work at an architecture firm of 75 ppl, pretty professional, but people there still call my bike a crotch rocket. i politely tell them it's a sport bike....

 

The term "Crotch Rocket" doesn't bother me at all. It's when they say, "Oh, you've got one of those Ninja bikes". Now that, I find offensive! nfloor

Haha, yes that is pretty fucking gay.

 

It doesn't bother me at all, hell, I call it a crotch rocket myself sometimes. Crotch rocket, rice'er, jap bike, sport bike, who cares...

 

My bike is know as the rocket so I can care less what anyone calls it. They are what they are.

 

It doesn't bother me at all, hell, I call it a crotch rocket myself sometimes. Crotch rocket, rice'er, jap bike, sport bike, who cares...

+1

 

The term "Crotch Rocket" doesn't bother me at all. It's when they say, "Oh, you've got one of those Ninja bikes". Now that, I find offensive! nfloor

nfloor That pisses me off. Down in Ga. though the only people that really call them crotch rockets are the ******* Harley guys, I used to hang out with the North Ga. Twins (they would not let me bring my bike) and all of them would say "O, so you got one of dem crochey rockets huh?" That would get on my nerves, till I found out alot of them used to have one when they were younger.

 

The term "Crotch Rocket" doesn't bother me at all. It's when they say, "Oh, you've got one of those Ninja bikes". Now that, I find offensive! nfloor

+1 - man, you really nailed that one ... I HATE when people call my bike a ninja.. :upyours to them!

 

The term "Crotch Rocket" doesn't bother me at all. It's when they say, "Oh, you've got one of those Ninja bikes". Now that, I find offensive! nfloor

nfloor :lao


Since joining this board and getting a clue, I refrain from using the term 'Crotch Rocket' but it doesn't bug me when people around me say it. They all seem to understand that my 'crotch rocker' is a hell of a lot cooler (and better) than a Hardley.
That reminds me - I DO get upset when someone asks, 'you ride a motorcycle? is it a Harley?'

 

When someone finds out I ride they ask me what kind of bike I have. I say a "Suzuki GSX-R600" and no one knows what that is and all I get are blank stares. So I add "It's a crotch rocket" and that really clears things up. People are more used to the term crotch rocket than sportbike, for now at least.

+1
I say the same thing.

 

The problem is their opinions about these "race bikes". These opinions are usually shaped by other people that just don't like them. Most people just don't know enough to draw their own conclustions. We live in a land of cruisers (atleast around here). In other parts of the world sportbikes reign.

 

i call mine a 'crotch rocket' just out of necessity. it doesnt really bother me, but when asked what i ride, most people dont even understand the term 'sportbike'. and if i say 'suzuki gsxr750', they just look at me like i have snot on my face. so instead of making the conversation longer than it needs to be (or i want it to be) by going into details, i just say 'its a crotch rocket' and walk away.

 

Try having a Triumph and explaining what exactly it is.

 

I don't care....When I pick my son up from school the kids come up with such joy and say "cool crotch rocket"...I say thanks and then they walk away saying they are going to have one some day. It's only negative if you look at it that way. It's just a term...I don't care. It's mine, I ride it and it makes me happy. That's really all that matters.

 

I could care less what they call it so long as they don't touch it.I do love the looks on their faces when I take my helmet off and to their surprize it's not a young kid,but a gray beard that's kept himself in shape and has more life left in him than they could even dream of.

 

I don't care....When I pick my son up from school the kids come up with such joy and say "cool crotch rocket"...I say thanks and then they walk away saying they are going to have one some day. It's only negative if you look at it that way. It's just a term...I don't care. It's mine, I ride it and it makes me happy. That's really all that matters.

You pick your kids up from school on your bike? That fucking rocks!

 

When asked I say, "It's a racebike." Makes me feel Godlike.

 

Who really cares what others think. Those in the know call it a sport bike.

 

I really really hate when people call sportbikes "crotch rockets". The reason being is when i think of crotch rockets, i think of trashy squids that don't know anything about the true sport. Thats not who i want to be affiliated w/.

 

Yea that term makes me tick. Especially when I ask someone what bike they have and they say "oh its a crotch rocket" :rolleyes


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edit: ( this is after ive told them that i ride also )