XTreme Posted February 11, 2021 Author Share Posted February 11, 2021 2 minutes ago, boboneleg said: Sorry but that was never me , feckin Grebos . Grebos were the guys without bikes who hung round with Greasers (who had bikes). Well that was the interpretation in Swansea. I did a search on Wikipedia about how Greasers were the evolution of Rockers! HERE! In the early 1970s, the British rocker and hardcore motorcycle scene fractured and evolved under new influences coming from California: the hippies and the Hells Angels.[29] The remaining rockers became known as greasers, and the scene had all but died out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 I think the brits have a very particular way of hanging out in groups, not more or less but quite different to other european nationalities that I know of. I don't think it's anything to do with having wide open spaces or not, it's just a different group mentality. This opinion is not particularly restricted to motorcycles, but car enthusiasts, football fans, music band fans, etc, the group's enjoyment of being part of a group seems to be different over there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted February 11, 2021 Author Share Posted February 11, 2021 Just now, Pedro said: I think the brits have a very particular way of hanging out in groups, not more or less but quite different to other european nationalities that I know of. I don't think it's anything to do with having wide open spaces or not, it's just a different group mentality. This opinion is not particularly restricted to motorcycles, but car enthusiasts, football fans, music band fans, etc, the group's enjoyment of being part of a group seems to be different over there. Very tribal Pedro! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 I for one, like to gather with a few friends, but dislike organized groups. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyrider Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 13 hours ago, XTreme said: Yeh......and we're Bad to the Bone! and im just a young lad 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Fallsalot Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 2 hours ago, boboneleg said: Sorry but that was never me , feckin Grebos . Oi i resemble that remark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yen_powell Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 When I were a lad in a leather jacket, the word for us was Grobs. This was applied to bike jacketed people who liked certain music, nothing to do with motorbikes, although a lot of them had one. The word is used on the small writing on the back of the Iron Maiden album from the 80s (Number of the Beast I think). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Fallsalot Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 13 minutes ago, yen_powell said: When I were a lad in a leather jacket, the word for us was Grobs. This was applied to bike jacketed people who liked certain music, nothing to do with motorbikes, although a lot of them had one. The word is used on the small writing on the back of the Iron Maiden album from the 80s (Number of the Beast I think). I was one of them as well then Yen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yen_powell Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 18 hours ago, Sir Fallsalot said: I was one of them as well then Yen I also got called a headbanger. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyrider Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 On 11/02/2021 at 14:10, Bruce said: I see what you mean. Full of teenagers wide eyed and drooling. Times have changed. Go to a bike show these days and it's all middle aged men and older looking for something to respark their virility just like i have said before, you turn up at a bike meet and more often than not when the guys take their helmets off they have grey hair, it doesn't seem to be a young peoples pastime anymore 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 and there's no headbangers anymore cos none of them have got any hair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted February 13, 2021 Author Share Posted February 13, 2021 22 hours ago, Sir Fallsalot said: I was one of them as well then Yen So you were both a Grob and a Mullet Head Fred? You truly were multi-talentless! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Fallsalot Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 27 minutes ago, XTreme said: So you were both a Grob and a Mullet Head Fred? You truly were multi-talentless! Don't forget a greebo as well 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 Feckin mullet-headed Grebo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted February 13, 2021 Author Share Posted February 13, 2021 9 minutes ago, boboneleg said: Feckin mullet-headed Grebo You can see why his missus fell for him Bob! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yen_powell Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 I'd forgotten about Greeb and Grebo. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Fallsalot Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 1 hour ago, XTreme said: You can see why his missus fell for him Bob! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted February 13, 2021 Author Share Posted February 13, 2021 4 minutes ago, Sir Fallsalot said: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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