There are a lot of daft motorcyclists out there. So daft, in fact, that a lot of them believe their own nonsense they spout about their bikes. And worse than that, they expect the rest of us to believe it too! Little do they know, most people have got enough brain cells to disbelieve and disregard the lies people tell you about their motorbikes. Here are five whoppers that if you haven?t heard yet, you?re likely to hear soon.

I do all the work on it myself

Ok, there are a few folk with the tools and the knowledge to do ?all? the work on their bike themselves, but most of us don?t. Most of us will have ago at servicing our bikes, and unbolting and bolting stuff on, but if you?re a spotty chav in a baseball cap, don?t try telling me you?ve just been lapping valves in. You haven?t have you" In fact you don?t really know what that means, do you" You?ve just heard your dad talking about it with his engineer-y mates.
You?re not going to impress anyone by trying to fool them into thinking you?re a master technician. Because if they?ve got any sense, they?ll see right through you. So stop talking out of your bottom and go back to stealing valve caps off parked cars, you dweeb.

It will do 200mph

This is another one of the blatant lies people tell you about their motorbikes. And it?s very unlikely for a number of reasons. Firstly, the majority of bikes that would be capable of doing 200mph are restricted to 186mph (300km/h). Secondly, unless we?re tal...