Harley Personals - Things to know about on-line Biker Dating

Online Biker Dating Preparation

Getting yourself prepared for the online biker dating experience is truly your first step to meeting someone special and making your experience a positive one. Start by making an honest list of what you expect from your partner, what you want and do not want, and most importantly, you need to be 100% honest with yourself. For everything to come together the way you want, you will discover that there are several factors to consider:

Remember that biker magazines and advertisements for online biker dating services will often glamorize the process. If you notice, all the men and women look perfect. However, while there will be beautiful people on the dating websites, most people are your typical day-in, day-out person. These people are just like you, working hard at their job, riding their Harley's and taking care of family. All the things you do. Therefore, while you can certainly have expectations, make sure they are not so high that they are unattainable.

As you begin your biker search, you will probably be taken back by the hundreds of biker profiles and photos to browse. Keep in mind that although dating should be fun and adventurous, it is also serious business. It would be easy to simply look at the photo and not even read the profile or just scan the profile but if you are going to do this right, you need to take your time and really read what the other person wrote. In most cases, you will find out very interesting facts, good or bad, that can be used to make a decision whether to communicate with this person or not.

As mentioned, you need to know what things you want in a biker and what things you do not want. For instance, if you do not want a biker that smokes or drinks, then stick with your decision. Do you want a weekend warrior or a real Hardcore Biker? We found BikerMatchmaking.com really takes the time to weed out the RUBS and truly has more Hardcore Harley Riders than any other biker dating site that's out there.

Know going into online biker dating just how far you are willing to go for someone. Would you be willing to quit your job, change schools, or leave family and friends if you met a biker living in another city, state, or country? Would you be willing to travel if you met someone that was in the military? Would you be willing to live a less elaborate lifestyle if you fell in love with a starving tattoo artist? These are all very important things to consider so take a personal inventory to determine exactly how far you will go.

How much are you willing to put in financially if you met someone that lived in another location? Obviously, a long-distance relationship can work but it takes more effort, patience, money, and miles on your scoot - which could be a good thing!

Many factors play into the online biker dating scenario. Do you want children? If you have children, how will you handle merging two families? Do either one of you have elderly or disabled parents? What will your financial situation look like? Something magical happens when two people fall in love and many times, without giving much thought to the long-term effects. For this reason, you need to prepare yourself before you get started. Make sure you understand your limitations and be prepared to follow your heart and beliefs.

When you meet someone through an online biker dating service, whether to start a friendship, riding buddy, or to fall in love and live happily ever after, you want to be attracted to the heart and soul of that person. Instead of making your decisions based on the appearance and their ride, you want to focus on what is inside. However, it is a known fact that most people are naturally attracted to what they see. Therefore, while the profile is most important, photos do count.

To increase the success of your online biker dating experience, you need to post a photo. In fact, you should post two or three photos that are current, clear, and show some of your personality and character. One photo should be a good headshot and another photo a full body shot. If you have children, do not post them even if tempted. However, posting your ride is a must! We're bikers damn it! Interestingly, the current statistics show:

Biker Women are 8.5 times more inclined to view profiles with photos.
Biker Men are 14 more times inclined to view profiles with photos.
Both men and women that post photographs receive as much as 15 times more attention than profiles without photos.

If you do not have a good, current photograph, this is the time to invest in a professional service to have some taken. Even if you have a friend or family member with a good digital camera, that would work just fine. Since most online biker dating services offer the option of free photo posting and since having a photo in your profile will dramatically increase your chances of being noticed, why would you not have one posted?

Reputable online biker dating services like Biker Matchmaking.com will have a review panel that looks at each photograph to make sure it meets certain criterion. This means that photographs too seductive would probably be accepted. If the photo were blurry and generally not good, it would be rejected, and so on. Other reasons that a photograph would not be accepted include the following:

Photographers where your face is obscured by another person, pet, tree, cigarette smoke, or some other object
Group postings where the panel would have no idea which person is you
Photographs that include nudity, sheer, or see through material that shows too much of a personal area
Anything that the panel feels is too explicit or suggestive
A photograph that includes you and a celebrity, licensed cartoon character, or copyrighted image
Photographs that cannot be distinguished or are too blurry

You can certainly have fun with the photographs by showing yourself sitting with your pets, sitting on your motorcycle, standing at a biker event, or other situations that show some things that you enjoy.