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Originally posted by sammyg2
Cool, another opportunity for yuppie posers to pretend that they are bad a$$ just because they plopped down a check for a motorcycle.
I look at it like this:
I do not and never have tried to cause a motorcycle to crash. In fact I move over and give them as much room as possible to get by, unless they are inconsiderate low-life posers with very loud pipes on their motorcycles. I absolutely hate sitting in traffic minding my own business and having some POS on two wheels go right by my window and blast my ears with loud pipes.
In those cases all bets are off. If these morons are more concerned with they bad boy poser image than with my personal right to reasonable peace and quiet, F-em. I don't try to make them crash but I will not allow them to share my lane. They can sit back and wait like the rest of us or they can split someone else's lane.
I discussed this with my older brother recently, he has drag pipes on his harley (he sells insurance ooooo big bad biker  )
He said something about how I might get my door kicked in. I responded that I have insurance and asked him which would hurt more, my door getting kicked or some clown going down and getting accidentally run over because he tried to kick my car. If someone kicked my car I might get startled and react in a way that could possibly casue my truck to suddely swerve.
It is my lane. Motorcycle riders can split my lane if I allow it which I will always do, unless they make too much noise.
I say don't be obnoxious, don't threaten to kick my car (or anything else) and we will get along just fine.
If you are cool and don't infringe on my rights, I will go out of my way to make things as easy and safe for you.
If you are one of those idiot *********s who don't care about anyone else, I will show you the same courtesy you have shown me.
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Geez Sammy...do you react negatively towards 911 owners with loud cars too? Most 911 owners I know, and probably you know justs as many if not more, have a 911 that is louder than a lot of motorcycles at low RPM while splitting lanes. Yes, there are some bikes out there that are just too loud for any use. And yep, I am not pleased with the so called "posers" giving good riders a bad rep., which inturn causes idiot drivers to target/generalize all riders.
BUT! Keep in mind that there are more good and considerate riders out there than there are "posers." In the 911 world, there is a similar mix of good, bad and impolite drivers. Yet we don't go around waiting for the first bad action to run the other 911 driver off the road.
And yes, I understand that it's not polite to blast pass an open car window with an open exhaust, but aren't the riders splitting lanes going 5-10 MPH faster than the rest of traffic? (We can't split lanes in Illinois so I don't know the Cali trend).
Anyhow, even the nearly open exhaust on one of my bikes is not as loud as some 911's when I'm cruising through the subdivision. I try to keep the revs down so as not to offend the neighbors, but when I'm blasting away on a country road, the thing sounds like an F1 race car.
Getting back on track, I think the essence of the thread and perhaps what angered so many riders is that the guy has publicly indicated that he intentionally caused riders to crash and seems to enjoy doing it. He has publicly shown himself as a threat to riders....no matter if the riders deserves it or not.
Even if the rider is the so called "poser" who may have angered you by being inconsiderate, trying to injury or kill someone with a vehicle is criminal.
As for posers, I am surprised now and then when the helmet comes off. After 16 years of riding, I still expect some punk kid to be under the helmet when the rider of a sportbike removes his/her helmet. Keep in mind that some great performing sportbikes have been around for more than a couple of decades. So someone who has grown up riding sportbikes (and still does) does not have to be some 18 year old kid...it could be your 38 year old lawyer or your friendly police officer, off duty.
One of the moderators of the thread I linked is a cop! What the heck is he doing riding a crotch rocker?! Or even moderating a bunch of Icy Hot Stuntaz on a super bike forum! Oh the madness...
It favors no one for a driver to attempt to run over or block a rider! That's the core of the discussion. Yes, that poser might deserve to be hassled or hurt...but if you pull in front of him or mess with him, be wary he isn't some kid with a 9mm under his leather who just paid cash for his new bike after a couple months of running deliveries for someone you don't want to meet in a dark alley.
Or the rider might be an off duty cop coming up on you while splitting lanes moments after some punk blasted passed your open window. Would your anger make you open a door on that second rider?
Just be careful out there. I don't know one rider that suits up and straps on a helmet to go out and try to run a car off the road. But I do know of some bad but learning riders who might be the target of some idiot driver. Just because they may not have the smarts to share the road, does not permit anyone to react in a criminal manner.