Besides growing a beard, there is not much more you can do to prove your rugged manliness than motorcycle maintenance. Unless you install a metal sump pump guard to a Triumph Explorer and you already have a beard.
I have done those things! I have a scrappy grey beard and I took the plastic sump guard off my bike and installed a scrappy grey metal one in its place.
Not only did I do it all by myself, I also put the bike on the center stand all by myself too. Like a real motorcycle guy. I may do it again sometime?
Perception is reality. In reality, I will never put this bike in a position where I will need to protect the engine sump while bunny hopping over a fallen boulder or tree stump. But, it is possible that someone may see my metal belly pan (and recently installed beard) and they may look at me as though it is the sought of thing I am likely to do. And if that is their perception, it is obviously reality.
So like I said, rugged manly men do manly things, with men.
Nothing like a nice shiny codpiece on your bike to manly up your image! 😉
Tasty bit of welding on there though.
It is a bit shiny, isn’t it? I need to get some mud on my manly thing.
You are a man who knows where his towel is ! I totally agree bike maintenance increases the length of your gentleman’s sausage by over 10% (citation needed) i fitted a fly screen to my bike and enjoyed using Allen keys and a spanner .
I had no idea you had it in you?!
Plastic rock guards are a bit silly, they are like plastic filled spaces waiting to be filled with the real thing, the explorer now has the real thing.
I like the fact that we both agree the Tiger needs a metal rock guard but the Sprint, which is covered in plastic, will be just fine doing exactly the same road!
Universal bike logic right there! 😉