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Originally Posted by eBBs15
it's not that... I can deal with others doing things different than me... it's the negitive aspect they bring. I honestly don't think it's the "ride like I do or else" mentality... as I really have no interest in ever riding a trike or gold wing... but they're some of the most entertaining to talk to.
I'm extremely cautious about riding with other sportbikers... especially when I don't know them... so I've done it twice... both times ended with me taking the next exit while they wheelied/cut people off attracting the wrong kind of attention. I've ridden on about 5 occasions with a group of bikes that contained anything from cruisers to dual sports to big ass tourers. never had a hint of feeling nervous among them...
I guess I'm just stereotyping again here... but it just feel like the vast majority of the sportbikers I run into are just attention whores.  |
Oh I hear what you are saying... I think that some of it has to do with age, experience, etc.
here we are in another situation where my honestly will get me vilified but as some of you know, I've appeared in several "stunt videos" and my group was pretty known back home for doing wheelies on the freeway, etc. I won't say that it's something that I'm "proud" of but I won't hang my head in shame either. I had some fun but I also buried some friends, so that chapter is over...
Maybe some of you can do something that I no longer have the stomach for, you could try and befriend these kids and maybe calm them down before they get killed. I don't have the heart for it anymore... Heck when I first moved here, I met a guy named Kacey Fry. He asked me to go riding with him the next day. While he was waiting for me, he decided to do a few wheelies up and down the street by campus. Someone pulled out, Kasey lost it, end of story. I went on a memorial ride for him just before the rally. One of the cops was popping "bunny hop" wheelies on his Beemer while he was escorting us...
I don't even do wheelies unless I'm by myself, I don't want to even encourage it. Again,