At the intersection of fandom and motorcycling

[elizilla]

It's winter and a lot of people cannot ride their motorcycles, so the talk on the motorcycle forums turns to other things. One of the groups I belong to is talking about books. It turns out there are a lot of motorcyclists who love Terry Pratchett. So I had to say it...

"You know you took that last curve a little too fast when the voices start talking to you in ALL CAPS."

Comments

[pi3832.livejournal.com]

"Damn, I hit that too hot. I wonder how I managed to get through it?"

YOU DIDN'T.

"Oh."

[elizilla]

I knew there was some better way to make that joke. Why didn't I ask here first, before I wasted the straight line over there? Drat.

[pi3832.livejournal.com]

It helps if you're an obsessive reader of Pratchett.

[schmi.livejournal.com]

OMG that me laugh out loud. My roommates think I'm crazy. :D

[schmi.livejournal.com]

that made me*

Death

[popefelix.livejournal.com]

It's never a good sign when you see him riding with you in the twisties:

[bikergeek.livejournal.com]

You read better moto forums than I do. On the one I read, people just biatch about global warming, 9mm vs. .45ACP, film vs. digital, Windows vs. Mac vs. Linux vs. *BSD, etc., etc.

[elizilla]

Oh, they do that too. I mostly try to skip or skim over those threads.

[pi3832.livejournal.com]

Maximum Suzuki?

[bikergeek.livejournal.com]

nah. it's a regional mailing list. I have an account on Maximum Suzuki's web board but I haven't visited there in forever.

[schmi.livejournal.com]

Bikers who read Pratchett. Hmm... if you happen to find one who looks like Ewan McGregor, could you please package him up and send him over?

[elizilla]

Afraid I'm much more likely to find one that looks like Alec Guinness. Ewan McGregor's much too young to fit the typical V-Strom demographic.

[pi3832.livejournal.com]

Or Drew Carey as the case may be.

[schmi.livejournal.com]

Alec Guinness is dead!

Ewan is 40+. That seems to fit the demographic.