Rex,
You couldn't resist could you, Bro!
This post was a comment on a situation re British bikes, but its turned into a lets slag everybody off jobbie, who's different to whatever we are!
As to owners appearance, this is an ephemeral quality! Incidentally, have you seen the price of decent Gauntlets & a Belstaff Jacket, what about a Barbour then & Godfrey's Goldtop boots?
Come to think of it, wasn't the Hell's Angels formed by ex-Servicemen?
So, just to show I not a spoil-sport I'll go one further!
British Bike Owner Taxonomic Classifications
Triumph Owners: Coiffered Union Members/ Rattle merchants;
Norton Owners: Nobody does it better, types!
Royal Enfield Owners: Silicon fiends/ Engine strippers;
Vincent Owners: Fast, silent types/Nice Chaps/Merchant Bankers/Batman fans;Velocette Owners: "I want to be alone" types/I know something you don't;
BSA Owners, Spam, Egg & Chips fans;
Sunbeam Owners: Tootling types/ Lathe in the workshop;
Ariel Square 4 & 4 strokes generally, Owners: There is but one God & we ride it!
2- Stroke types: Furtive & resentful;
Triton Owners: DA & sideburns, Decadent & Deluded;
Featherbed Specialists Builders; Merlin types, there is one true "Art" & we know how to do it;
Matchless & AJS Owners: Dyed in the wool types, pipe, slippers and a Stormcoat;
Douglas Owners: Laconic, Individualistic & proud;
Le Velocette: Uses an infuser in the Tea pot/ Just don't care any more about anything!
Bantam Owners: Cocky & cheerful;
Tiger Cub Owners: If only types;
Greeves Owners: Outdoor types;
Francis Barnett Owners; Chatty;
James Owners: Not much to say;
Norman Owners: Derri-boots & polish;
Panther Owners: Mushy peas &Yorkshire Terriers in the Side-Car, they don't often carry a pillion;
Vintage & Veteran Types: Handlebar moustache/We know better!
Norton Commando Owners: Green Berets & Confused!
BSA Rocket Three Owners: Captain Scarlet types/ Fine weather protagonists/ Like Pop music;
Triumph trident Owners: Speedy, oil barons/ Listen to their engines with an ear trumpet;RE Constellation Owners: Star Gazers, like Classical music
All others unknown;
Anon
But how much truth is there in these statements & what do their owners look like?
Cheers
JBW
