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Why Izzit...

Sandy G

Sandy G

Retired Member
...That every motorcycle rider I come across, is seemingly on a Mission from God to improve his Personal Best going over the hilly road ? Do ALL of y'all HAVE to let it hang out 11/10ths EVERY time you ride? What if that old fool in the big-azz truck is MAYBE just a smidgen over in your lane, or you happen to come across someone stalled around that next blind curve ? Maybe everybody who rides has a Death Wish-Hey, pal, more power to ya 'n' all, but I DON'T, I'm just tryin' to get home or wherever, save your Matrix antics for your own home track, or the backwoods...But hmmmmm...Maybe that's why you generally don't see 50-yr-old guys ridin' like idjits...
 
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I used to respect almost all motorcycle riders. The younger group these days with the crotch rockets are giving the older gang a bad rap.
 
Depends on the person.. just like the moron 350z drivers that do the same.. I sure don't ride like that.. I like to arrive alive..
 
bentpencil said:
I used to respect almost all motorcycle riders. The younger group these days with the crotch rockets are giving the older gang a bad rap.
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Ain't that the truth. The college kids around here with their Japanese bikes seem intent on either using pedestrians as speed bumps or becoming one themselves. Do they really think popping a wheelie at each stop sign, tailgating a foot behind a vehicle, or go 60mph down the 25mph campus access road serve the same function as Enzyte? Big change and reduction in IQ from the old time bikers I've known.

- JP
 
Of course I wouldn't put all the blame on just the sport bike riders either though. The guys with those "so loud they are lucky if they can even here themselves think" bikes need to get a life too. And it's not just the HD riders either.

My mom and I were walking to the park this summer with my neice and nephew when this moron rode by with what seemed to be no pipes at all. He was probably a middle age guy. At first I thought it was a four wheeler running up and down the streets but then he finally drove by. I still don't know how it's possible to get a bike to sound that loud. ANNOYING AS HELL!!

These guys give everyone that ride bikes a bad rap. And it seems like the cops don't give a crap either. I don't think it would take long to get a ticket driving my car around town with open headers. So how come these guys seem to be so special?
 
Well.. you probably wouldn't like me then.... I've got a custom designed pipe, that is straight through.. a 2 into 1.. normal riding, it's loud, but not stupid.. I get on it.. and it gets stupid loud....

It's even saved my skin a couple times.. people getting ready to come over into my lane until I give the throttle a hard twist.. it makes them look suddenly and not take me out..
 
A while back I was riding down the turnpike. I see a guy going the other way riding his crotch rocket on one wheel cruising along. I know I had to be watching him for at least a half a mile, continuosly cruising along on one wheel.:sigh: All I could think about was his poor mother. I was next door to a house one fall Sunday morning when a highway patrol officer came to inform the mother that her son wasn't coming home. I will never forget that sound as long as I live.
 
Yeah, the older guys, they are usually in a bunch, I'm talking about the crotch-rocket solo guys...This Beauzeau I nearly ran over this morning was nearly laying on the pavement, he was so far over.."I went around this curve at 50 last week, let's see if I can break 60 this week...Or, hell, let's shoot for 70...that's TWICE what the sign says..." Yeah, Sport, hope you like the taste of gravels, 'n' diggin' 'em out w/a pocketknife...
 
Saw a mc rider in my rearview mirror today. I watched him approach us from behind. He was passing cars and suv's on the 2-lane, 55mph highway like they were standing still. I told my passengers "Watch THIS guy" and before I could finish the sentence he blasted by at probably 155mph. My wife and my friends wife let out a scream! Scared the hell out of us. This guy was flying!
I can't ever remember somebody pass me at a clip like that. And then a car makes a left turn in front of him! We were all like "Yow...nooooo....ooooo...Thank God....whew!"

Those machines are awesome, though.
 
The other day I was behind some guy with straight pipes on I-75 and I passed him just to get away from the obnoxious racket.

The adult version of putting a baseball card in the spokes of your bicycle. Real cool.
 
My dad & mom were on a 2-lane blacktop way back in the early '50s, when a truck turned left in front of a motorcycle carrying 2 people that was passing it...My dad said at least one helmet/head went flying...My dad, Henry, was a couple cars behind when it happened, he said he never slowed down, just kept on going...Didn't want to see the gory mess.
 
Where i used to live i had a neighbor who bought their 18 yr old son some kind of rice rocket & a big one at that,every time he came home it was at 100 mph & every time he went out it was with a huge weelie or smokin the tire,he knew i rode scooters & saw me outside all the time with my bikes,he used to stop by & we'd bs about bikes a such.

One day he asked me jokingly "when ya gonna get a real bike & dump them Harleys",i asked him why he thought HD's were junk & he said his bike could go 220mph easy & no HD could do that,i told him thats great but riding is not about speed & he'd better get a grip on reality before he ended up in a nursing home wearin a diaper & suckin soup through a straw.

The entire summer he'd pull out in the street lookin like flash gordon wearing red leathers with fancy lookin tribal art all over them,do a huge burnout & take off like a maniac,right before the summer was over my wife saw a tow truck bringing the bike home all smashed up so i went over to see if he was ok,i talked to his parents & they told me he was ok but shook up & that he learned his lesson.

A few weeks later he stopped by & showed me the nastiest looking road rash on his arm i'd ever seen & told me what happened,him & a few of his friends were all racing from light to light when he lost it at 70 mph in a tight corner,went into the gravel then laid the bike down,the gravel turned his arm into hamburger.I asked him what he thought about riding again & he said he couldnt wait for insurance to pay his dad off so he could go buy a hyabusa:sigh:

For all i know the kid got the hyabusa & is dead as a door nail right now,i do know he didnt learn **** though.
 
I have been riding for 35 years. It is not just the younger riders,, but the problem is newer riders. Motorcycles have come a long way in the last 30 years with much better handling, better tires, and braking has increased multifold with disc brakes. I ride by myself, I dont run with anyone. Too many inexperienced riders who have a wish to get from point A to point B at record speed. To me it is about the ride in between those point, to enjoy and savor. The buildup to the 100th anniversary of Harley brought on a bunch of new people wanting to live the so called life. I stay away from those people completely, but respect their right to ride.
Dan
 
Wow.. as an ex motocross racer I can see someone seeing and wanting the excitement of that video,, but dang,, that is just crazy. I remember as a small boy watching Steve McQueen riding the motorcycle in 'The Great Escape' movie, I must have been 7 or 8 and it was the first run on tv around 1965 or so. That movie got me hooked. But back to the utube video,, I just think death wish is on their minds, or maybe video games have set into the mindset without the reality of death when riding like that.
Dan
 
Amazing.....

panhead said:
Here's what my neighbor kis wanted to be like,he turned me on to this guy(asshole) saying he was the king.

Check this fool out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gx1CkPcICaY&mode=related&search=
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You just can't keep doing idiot things like that forever. He'll end up in a pine box. Tht neighbor kid needs to grow up. It's scary what those macines can do. Like driving a street-legal, 2-wheel formula 1 car.

That's the kind of bike that passed us today on SR54 in Florida. It was like a bolt of thunder and then it was gone.

Thanks for that link, it was pretty good, actually! Looked like a lot of it was staged, but not all of it.

Lucky for me I never got into Motorcycles or I'd probably be dead 40 years ago. If they had bikes like that 40 years ago, I would have been dead before I was born. Huh?

Time for more music....:yes:
 
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