Geezer with a Grudge: More Image Promotion?

Feb 21, 2020

More Image Promotion?

Motorcyclists are on a serious downswing, image-wise. It would be nice if we weren't over-represented by gangbangers on Hardlys. But we are and this is one consequence of a continuing declining image. On the upside, Guy Pierce is one of my favorite actors, so I bet it is entertaining.

3 comments:

Steve Williams said...: On the plus side, the sound of the Harley jousting with Guy Pierce on a horse sounded more like my Vespa than the V-twins I hear thundering around here.

I don't think the portrayals of motorcycles are what's going to strangle riding into a quaint little niche activity of old men, it's the addictive adrenaline inducing video games that will draw away the would be riders of the future. Who wants to go on a boring ride down the road when you can kill zombies or fly spaceships??; 2/22/20, 12:34 PM
T.W. Day said...: You need a better sound system, but I agree it was closer to a real motorcycle than a Hardly sound. I guess I've never heard a Hardly rev'd up much, though.

I think 50 years of promoting the gangbanger image is what put bikes in the "quaint little niche activity of old men" and women. We have a buttload of those characters around there and between the non-existent riding skills and the Village People outfits and the blue hairs, it's tough to imagine a kid wanting to "be like" any of those bozos.; 2/26/20, 4:45 PM
Unknown said...: Dear T. W. Day, thank you for sharing this very information blog. Gangbanger image has been created by putting bikes in the small niche activity of both old women and men. But these images created cannot be replaced by any other normal men or child who wants to become a gangbanger. Thank you for showcasing the handsome Guy Pierce’s Disturbing the peace trailer. Want to know the latest trends on weddings visit https://www.bloghasting.com; 3/12/20, 5:14 AM

The Geezer Story

I stumbled upon this column name (Geezer with a Grudge) almost 20 years ago, in 1999. The first Minnesota Motorcycle Monthly editor I worked with, in late 1999, complained that the magazine was getting no mail and the editors wanted to know if any readers were still out there. I fired off a sarcastic note, as a joke, intended to provide a little humor and some feedback. He published it as an article and later called me to say he'd received more mail on that letter than he'd received in the past year! I followed that with an offer to write a monthly column attempting to piss off a particular section of the magazine's readership to see if that tactic would generate some mail.

It did, probably more regularly than the magazine wanted at times, and I wrote a monthly column for MMM until the magazine died in 2018.

I plan to post an occasional old Geezer article into the blog, followed by short comments about the current status of my perspective on our activity/sport/vehicle of choice.