Did the stickers on your bike look like this?? Too much!

[jbrough7]

So I get my new bandit last week and now finally have all the stickers removed!  There were five of the ugly buggers in plain sight, in french and english, warning me of various dangers involved in riding a motorcycle!  Does every country in the world do this sh!t, or is it just the canadian do-gooder government that goes overboard?

They read (these are from memory so they may not be quite accurate!):

1.  "Keep the windshield clean at all times.  If you do not, then a crash could result."  I don't know about you but the windshield on my bike barely covers my groin area so i have no idea what they are worried about.

2.  "If you drink 98 bottles of beer, your driving will be affected and an accident could result!"  Piss off!  I'm 46 years old so I don't need to be told that, you jerks!    

3.  "Because your seat interacts with the gas tank quite readily and your four cylinder engine does vibrate on occasion, it has been noted that certain riders who move forward on the seat tend to feel the vibration of the bike through their gonads.  On some particular riders, we have noted that a europhic state occurs after a few minutes of feeling these vibrations!  Thus, we must warn you to move your nether regions back on the seat or serious injury could occur.  Furthermore, if a policeman or woman spots you riding with your pelvic area thrust forward, charges may be laid."

'Nuff Said!

Sorry, guys and gals - just had to vent.

Jim

[Red01]

We get the plethora of stickers here in the USA, too... they just warn you in English though.

I noticed mine was missing these two though:
(Maybe that's why I don't have a 6th gear?)

[Sven]

I don't know about you but the windshield on my bike barely covers my groin area so i have no idea what they are worried about.

Wow, you must ride in an aggressive forward position.  My groin area is behind the gas tank.

"If you drink 98 bottles of beer, your driving will be affected and an accident could result!"  Piss off!

No, if you drink 98 bottles of beer, YOU'LL piss off.  People will think they're seeing the Mississippi River running down the street.

"Because your seat interacts with the gas tank quite readily and your four cylinder engine does vibrate on occasion, it has been noted that certain riders who move forward on the seat tend to feel the vibration of the bike through their gonads.  On some particular riders, we have noted that a europhic state occurs after a few minutes of feeling these vibrations!

That's why I've never understood all the threads on this board trying to GET RID OF vibration.

[jbrough7]

Sven:  You crack me up!

Maybe my 'nads are larger than yours and stick up ABOVE the gas tank?!?


Hey - you should see what i do with the exhast pipe!!

[Sven]

Maybe my 'nads are larger than yours and stick up ABOVE the gas tank?!?

Now you're just making me feel inadequate.

Hey - you should see what i do with the exhast pipe!!

Now you're just making me feel repulsed!

[Maximus]

My U.S. Bandit had 5 sticker, thankfully all in English warning me of the hell that would ensue if I cranked the engine.  None of it has come to pass.  I am still waiting for the rivers to turn to blood and locusts to fill the sky as a result of turning the engine over.

More realistic sticker might suggests that girlfriends would leave me and I would spend thousands of dollars modifying my bike and motoring around the U.S.

I would love to get a job working in the Suzuki factory and install my own versions of these silly stickers.

Years ago I served on a protective detail for then-Governor George Bush.  We had some John Deer Gators at his ranch.  They were covered in similar stickers warning of severe injury or DEATH if anyone even looked at the vehicle.  Our supervising agent nearly had a cow when he found out we were driving a presidential candidate around in these "deadly, dangerous vehicles."  We took the stickers off and everything was then made safe .