Riding partners
 

who do you guys perfer to ride with?

do you have a group that normally heads out and hits the twisties on a weekend, a local biker gang that you show your colors and goto the nearest 7/11 and sit (in that case :gtfo: ) or do you just randomly find ppl to tag along with on the good roads on nice days...

me personally i like riding with ppl i trust and have ridden with before

good ppl to ride with in no particular order

I think if i had to chose a ride trip, PC, osp, ftbstrd, fatburg, rae and kat is in order sometime this year

Probably my favorite ride this past year was with that guy from ohio and you before I took out that R1. That was a good time. Wasn't pushing it to where any of us were beyond our limits, was just a fast paced good ride.

The ride from knoxville to wherever in kentucky when we ate lunch for the indy trip was awesome too. After that, the ride sucked.

90% of the time i ride by myself. But when i do ride in grps i use to ride With Rae, and the rest of the local folks in this said grp. they are all track whores now lol.

you talking about the guys on the new liter bikes? the 1000rr and the zx10r, that was a shit load of fun, never thought i could pass a pair of new liters on the outside at dealsgap, actually made me feel like i was getting faster and becoming a better rider

they were fucking huge and one had a set of chaps on and managed to drag his knee once or twice thought he was about to shit himself when he got off the bike, but damn did he have a huge goofy grin on his face

Chris is my first choice; we know each other's ride style really well, and I know he's always watching out for me. We have several friends I love riding with, too. I've ridden with them so many times, and know them outside of riding as well, that the group dynamic is just very comfortable.

We post weekend rides on the local board, and it's typically the usual suspects that we've ridden with several times. Rarely do we have a total unknown show up (usually anyone new is a friend of someone else in the group, so they're "vouched for"), but if there is someone new that we're unsure of, I'll opt to ride in the back, just to put a buffer between us until I've got an idea of their riding style.

I agree; having to worry about what the guy in front of you is going to do right as you're entering a curve tends to sap the fun out of the ride.

the guys around here Ftbstrd and his crew are great to ride with, they all are about the same speed, and know the roads every ride with them is fast paced but everyone is in there comfort zone and no real showoffs or idiots

I am so use to riding by myself in a crowd of unknowns, so riding with people who act like douchebags doesn't really bother me anymore. I've learned when I need to pull away quickly and when I just need to pull it over and let douchebag go on his merry way.

I've left a couple of rides (when they were someone else's ride/I didn't organize it) due to douchbaggery, but I've also either 1.) just told the person "Hey, you're being a douche when you do this... knock it off!" or 2.) kicked them off the ride. :lol:

We've also not allowed people to ride with us if they were missing basic gear -- had a guy come out with a guy we know weekend before last, sans helmet. His friend TOLD him he had to wear his helmet, and then even offered to race home and grab a spare helmet for the guy before we left, but he opted not to, so :shrug: I apologized and told him we'll see him next time -- with his lid.

Depends on the ride. If I'm just crusing then I like riding with friends or family (my brother and dad both ride). If I'm hauling ass then I'm a LOT more particular. I have been on a "hard" ride when a guy I casually knew went down and because I was out in front I felt somewhat responsible. I really don't haul ass with anyone anymore, unless we're at the track. When I ride hard I ride solo.

I rode with guys from work mostly. There is a group here in town but some of the ride like douchebags. I prefer to ride with people I know.

well I've only really ridden with a few people... and most just once or twice... but if I had to choose it'd be the ones off here... Smilie, Trip, Fatburg, Kat, Rae, and Cutty.

I know there were a few more while in Indy... but we didn't really get to do actual riding... just putt'n through town... Comonboys was another but the only ride we had was cut short and totaled about 10miles... :idk:

I prefer to ride alone. When I do ride with others, it's usually 1 or 2 pretty good friends.

Cruisin with my old man is boring, but always safe... Same with my uncle... Drewpy and I used to be around the same pace, but I'm pretty sure he's way faster now... PC was good to ride with... Nighthawk and Gramps were good to ride with... It was cool riding with Trip...

Honestly though, it's hard for me to find people I really enjoy riding with. It was a very welcome surpise when I first hooked up wtih Drewpy... Riding style, risk levels, pace, and whatnot sorta just fell into place.

When I ride, I like to cover a lot of ground, so I keep my riding groups small. People that can run more than 10 miles without stopping to talk for 45 minutes and riding to the next gas station.

I go on small rides with people first to see how they ride before I take them on a longer ride through the mountains. Like someone above said, I've had people go down on a few of my rides and I feel responsible for it, so the last thing I want is someone getting hurt when we're miles from civilization.

I hate that shit. Let's stop and get gas, eat at the same time, then hit the fucking road. Stopping every 20 miles pisses me off. I also hate those rides where you have to stop at 100 places to meet up with two people here, three people there... and half the fucks don't even show up.

That's what was nice about Riding up to Indy with Trip, Fatburg, Rae, and Kat... other than the one stop after the pancakes... we only stopped for gas... and eventually food. 9hrs of back roads and we were still 6hrs from indy :lol:

I actually chould have gone with out stopping for as long as we did in a few spots... but being with friends... the conversation was welcome.

it'd be really interesting to get the chatterbox and be able to talk shit while riding

Chatterbox is on my short list.

If I actually have someone to ride with that has a chatterbox, I will get one. I am not getting one til I regularly ride with people that have them.

I'm buying one. if for no other reason I can connect my ipod via blue tooth.

There's the rub.

very true... but even for the blue tooth arangement it's worth it... I'll talk Rae into it... as we've got some road trip's planned...

*newsflash* They're waiting for YOU! ;)

that's what I was think'n... everyones waiting for someone to buy one... :lol:

I'm not going first :P

I ride by myself most of the time, but i have one buddy who doesnt ride like a jackoff (the rest do) and he comes along sometimes. Then ill go for a cruise with my dad and his friends sometimes.
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Jeeps is the only person I've ridden with solo. Before I got my own bike I'd hop on the back and we'd just take off by ourselves. There are a couple guys we hook up with on occasion though.

I have to say, I tend to stay with knowns. Being in squiddise (squid paradise) I'm picky about who i'll risk my neck with.

I've got a close knit local group, the track whores as Papapoi so aptly named us (deserter! :lol:). Also pretty much anyone from here that I've ridden with. We are familiar and comfortable and our expectations are clear up front. No douchebagging. I like to stop after a of bit of riding for a few minutes, but dont expect me to stick around if we're stopping every few miles. If you ride with us, you get a location, a time to be there, a few minutes to be late (alot actually, what biker is EVER on time cept Ebbs), and thats it. You dont show, or catch up, youre outta luck. :idk:

I dont like jerks, but newbs dont bother me, and I have no problem mentoring someone who genuinely cares about riding but if you're in it to show off or be "cool", you get nuthin from me.

And youre on your own for the bluetooth or chatterbox. Love you guys, but when Im riding, the only noise besides the road i want is my ipod. If ya cant communicate via sign language, youre outta luck! :lol:

I will ride with anyone, once. After that only the safe ones and by that I mean some folks can be safe at 140 and some can't be safe at 50. Ebbs was great to ride with, and my best friend is a great wingman on his Duc 900. There are a few guys from the AR MSF I ride with sometimes, and my racer friends from the ZX10 forum in MO.

I need to feel som elevel of trust to be comfortable after that I can mix it up with anyone or any kind of bike. Some of the guys you know best and trust you can have more fun with cause you kinda know what they are gonna do and how hard you can push each other.

I want in on the Chatterbox group buy too!

Am i the only one who thinks the chatterbox is a bad idea? Loss of focus while riding busy jabbering about nothingness, you wanna talk pull over and talk. I mean when a friend goes down and he has it only you can hear all your friends laughing as soon as he/she gets up, so i guess it has its perks.
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that's what's nice with the chatter box... you have blue tooth to listen to your ipod... but allows us to give heads up...

you have to push a button like a walkie talkie to talk... it's not as though it's an open comunication going back and forth.

remember passing that truck in the rain on the way to trip's? that would have been a perfect place to have it... I went on a ahead and could have given you the heads up, hey it clears after 15ft or so, so just push through... rather than have ya stuck back there for a bit...

ya know?

Chatterboxes arent a bad idea, and very helpful depending on ride style.

Many long distance riders like them to communicate to stave off boredom and in case they get seperated in traffic.

Ebbs and I coud have used them on our trip, but to be quite honest, knowing the basic signals for needs worked for me too. My preference is simply due to me being attached to my phone constantly for crap and my ride is MY TIME.

like I said... it's not like a phone... not an open line of communication... you have to press the button to talk... so it'd be nice to say... hey... I need gas... or hey take the next exit... or hey... it's all clear pass.

but yeah... not looking to have a political debate while riding.

gotcha then its not a bad idea.
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Hot Box Vaporizers

Exactly. I'd hesitated to let Drewpy have one though... he'd talk about feelings and shit.

I love reading this thread......I feel like a mother hen....so proud.

I wrote a post years ago on the old TWF titled something like "I won't ride with you if.." and it was kinda controversial....now ya'll sound like olde fartes like me........

Thanks Uncle OTB.

:lol: Funny how time changes us isnt it?

I guess those of us who survived to grow up talk more like you know OTB!

If something distracts you get rid of it. Me I can eat cheetos, masterbate, sing, and calculate fuel mileage at the same time so I don't think a push to talk is gonna get me tipped over:idk:

pc is gettting a chatterbox for me as christmas present, i just need to find out which one and find a good deal on it

Yup...youthful enthusiasm and self-rightousness get replaced by prudence, concern and a dash or skepticism after having some jackass scare the crap out of you, or watching a good friend get hurt or worse because somebody didn't care about anybody else's safety.....


...it's called "experience".

:lol: another nice thing... is if you have a GPS unit that has blue tooth... you can connect that and hear traffic in certain cities or just turn by turn nav if you want.


:lol: well hell pop... wanna loan me the keys to the bimota?

No shit.

is it worth me check'n to see if we could get a group buy?

Anytime, ebbs. Just show up at the door.

well PA is on the list! I'm plann'n this summer (if all goes right) to ride the BRP start to stop and visit DC for a weekend... then head up and meet up with marko for a day or so.

Hell ya!

is this a sarcastic not shit, or a no shit, now i want one cause the cool kid has one

Lemme know....we'll make a weekend of it.

It was a 'no shit that means if I'm going to get one, I should get one before we meet up.'

word, could you imagine what would of been said if we would of had them when we went over the railroad tracks and had the car coming at us...

unholy jargon at its best(worst)

for the record when the sign says 15mph, we should listen to the damn thing next time...

Or on the way back from WV when we came up over that hill to all the gravel strewn about across the road...

Truth. You and I almost became very intimate on that turn.

or the backhoe in the middle of the road when we crested the hill at a nice brisk pace... why are we still alive again?

Shit... almost forgot about that.

My guess is sheer stupidity is hard to kill.

Oooo... decoy geese.

pick me pick me....my turn: turkey vulture....

Will do!



I'll send an e-mail to chatterbox usa and a few other retailers to see about a group buy...

I ride with about 5 or 6 Guys when we got out for a "Ride" but its uusally all Straightline or around the city...We did do the MD run and I put myself between two people I trusted...One was new to riding so he wasnt gonna push himself past my limits and the other was Dave, Who already had done the run so I followed his Line and kept pace with him.

But I like to ride alone...Its my ME Time...I'll ride 24/7 I dont care...sometimes I just get home from work it could be 12am and I'll go out for a ride somewhere.

I have one guy I track with, he dislikes street riding though.
I have one guy that likes to fuck around, so I ride with him when I'm in that mood.
A few good friends that like to ride spiritedly around lake country, and that is my normal riding group.
And then comonboys when I want a nice relaxing cruise.

One of my favorite sayings is you start with an empty cup of experience and a full cup of luck. The trick is to fill the first before the second runs empty. After being hit by cars on two occasions and coming out of both without a scratch my cup of luck is about as empty as it gets.

I can see where in some instances it would be great, but I've also seen it be a distraction. There's a couple that used to ride with us that would wear them, and you could always tell when he was talking to her, because she'd be adjusting to volume or something, her speed would drop WAY down, and she'd drift all over the lane. I really don't think she was even aware of it; I think it's much like when someone's driving and really involved in a cellphone conversation.

OH! OH! See if you can find it!! I'd love to (re)read that!

I definitely prefer riding with people I know and trust. I've got a few friends that I ride with all the time. We'll take in someone new once in a while and keep a close eye on them till we can trust them.

i enjoy riding alone too, nothing wrong with that at all.

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I typically ride alone since I havent met many people around here worth riding with. I ride with my buddy with the zx10 on occasion since he takes it easy but hes a squid. Most people I know ride like assholes and a few others are simply too fast for me. I dont mind riding with them, but they are much faster and prefer to push it a lot more than me. Ill have to take a few trips this year to find new people to ride with.

We usually will break larger groups into smaller groups.

12 people into four groups of three each with a group leader.

During a ride, you'll kinda know who is the fast rider and who is the slow rider. Everyone else filters in between.

If we have "unknowns" in the group it's an automatic signal that this isn't going to be a speed run. The ride immediately drops about 25% in intensity just to keep everyone together, safe, and relaxed.


Rides become boring, tedius, and lame when you have to stand around waiting for the ambulance to arrive and then later for the wrecker.

Now you haven't ridden until you are working to catch Barker backing it into corners in the rain whiffing your own processed burrito platter.

There are 6-8 people I enjoy riding with, and out of that group I prefer 1 or 2 at a time. I will occasionally ride with more, but it's usually just me and one other or me on my own. I don't typically like riding with people outside that group of trusted friends.

I have to agree with you on that one, too many people just causes confusion. I prefer the smaller rides with people I know I can trust.

God I miss my bike!!:sorry:

haha course that turned out to not be the best idea when we hit those hills :whistle:

i mostly ride by myself, or with one or two well known friends. i enjoy groups too and ill ride with anyone but when things start getting stupid i'll let myself slide to the back :dthumb:

I like to ride with my tarded friends :D

after going on a couple group rides where people i didn't know showed up and seeing how little fucking skill most average riders have, i generally only ride with my track buddies now. That is, before I stopped having a street bike.

I ride with a great group of people. All various skill levels, but we know eachothers riding styles very well, and always have great rides. We ride a lot too.

As for the chatterboxes, we gave them a try before, but ended up getting rid of them. It kills the joy of riding. It kills the peace. It fucks up your concentration too. You will always get a blabber, someone who just cant STFU, and you'll be just diving in to the apex of a turn and "crjhsdbfsdh BLA BLAH DID YOU SEE THAT CRAZY TREE crsjhfjhcdtrcd" or whatever they feel like blabbing about, and it totally blows all your concentration. Most groups I know who shell out fot them end up just going back to using hand signals.

I'd have to rock the Chatterbox ONLY with people who I knew and trusted not to be a douche with it... Talk ONLY when necessary, no useless babble.

Amen to that. I hear one of our own here who might happen to have more chrome than sport is a huge offender of the chatty cathy rule :D

Chatterbox seems silly to me... if you want to chat then drive a car.

And just for communication hand signals are fine.

Sometimes I like to talk to myself or sing and shit when i'm riding. other people don't want to hear that shit :lol:

I'd move to a different channel to avoid GM's dumbass.

Push to talk. Voice activated would get my best rendition of "Radar Love" which doesn't even sound good in the shower...

Definitely, full volume screamin inside the helmet. I can't sing Lollipop in there anymore, because I catch myself bouncing the front up evertyime Iget to "pop"

so its like "Lolly*vroom*pop lolli*vroom*pop oooh lolli lolli *vroom*pop"

:lol:

I dunno, if you have a decent gap between riders it could come in handy for acknowledging hazards and/or changes to the ride plan... I can think of a few instances in which it would have been VERY handy, even assisting with safety... and a number of other instances in which it would have been just fun to communicate what's going on with more effeciency than hand signals.

If you would of been on the ride to indy, you would of seen how nice it would of been to have something of that nature to use. It's not really needed for local rides, but long rides where you are spending all day on the bike, it could come in real handy.

hahahaha... what kind of fruitcake sings lollipop in their helmet?!? :lol:

I also often force myself to relax with long slow breaths when riding hard, which would probably sound creepy as fuck to other riders :lol:
Points taken.

I guess most of the rides I do with other people we'll rip a road we like a couple times, get some food, trek over to another road, rip it a bit, etc.... so it's not like we're ever riding for that long at once without a stop sign to check on people and such.

The safety or heads up thing makes some sense OSP... however I never ride in groups large enough that the rear person wouldn't be able to see the front group. Usually it's 4 or 5 of us at the most... when I come upon something I kick out a foot to give people a heads up if there's sand or whatever.

CEO its not a constant open line of communication...they dont hear every word you say

maybe i don't know how they work then :lol:

so our first ride was at 25%? :lol: :panic:
we need another ride, that one was entertaining...

Its like a walkie talkie...push a button talk dont push button...quiet.

it has two modes, push to talk and voice activated. So it could do as CEO states and as you state.

Well in CEO's case I think he would need push to talk...Lol

Haha... it was on the last day of a 2000+ mile trip, the long freeway part home, I was singing anything to keep that fucin Night court theme song out of my head, which I had been singing in my helmet for the previous 1500 :D

I also catch myself screaming the "I wanna be an airborne ranger, I want to fly the skies of danger" thing in my helmet too a lot, like the guy runnin down the halls in Breakfast Club.

I am the same way, I always have the dumbest songs stuck in my head during long rides. I forget what the song was on the indy trip, but it was really annoying me.

I was singing Baby got back on the MD Run I took last year.

Forty years ago we sang that marching song in Boot Camp, it was:

"I wanna be an Airborne Ranger,
I wanna live a life of danger,
I wanna go to Viet-nam,
I wanna kill some Viet Cong."

I wonder what they sing nowadays?

Embarassingly enough, and I think i have shared this here before, I found myself singing Celine Dion's version of "I drove all night" after one particularly long and grueling endurance stint at Texas World.

The chorus was perfectly timed with the shift points on teh main straight and i sang like any exhausted, dehydrated, delirious guy would.

I drove all niiiigghh, shift, Iiiigghht, shift, to get to you, shift, is that alright, down shift, downshift, downshift...

i get animals stuck in my head when ever i am making a quick pass at the gap for some reason :idk:

And then you shared, and it was stuck in mine, but I cant remember what it was either.

Sadly, my song is always "there she was justa walking down the street, singing do wa diddy diddy dum diddy do..."

Randomly it will pop into my head and off i go, sometimes I even dance a lil jig...yes, while Im riding, or sitting at a stop light.

At which point all your male riding partners/witnesses start humming Eric Clapton, "I just love to watch her strut":sorry:

I sent off an e-mail to chatterbox about a group buy... I'll let ya know what they say...


and Rae.... you dance around so much in the seat, I'd think you were listening to rave music

Perhaps "Smack That" would be more appropriate for Ebbs.

Can't wait to hear on the Chatterbox deal. I will get two, one for me and one for whomever my victim, er um, wingman is that day...

I had one about 8 years ago. The voice activation would trigger all the time from wind noise. If you guys go with this system, get the $7 little chin curtain and save yourself a lot of grief.

Or maybe they're better now... :idk:

:lol: no... Rae's guy would probably take issue with that.

Rae has a guy?

I am Jack's inflamed sense of rejection.