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Originally posted by jhugh
The anti-motorcycle thing is based on jealousy and machismo.

And motorcycle ownership is of course absolutely devoid of machismo...

He didn't act so tough when we got off the bike, kicked his mirrors off and dared him to get out of the car.

Again with the machismo, oye! Did you get a matching carrying case with that ego?
Reminds of the "sport bike" idiot whose foot I ran over a while back. I was making a right turn, but was having to time my entry into traffic. D1p***** tried to go around me on the right, and of course I didn't see him; I'm in the right lane - there shouldn't be any vehicles on my right. An opening appeared, and I was off the line before he even got his foot off the ground, and I rolled my right rear 315/35 over the top his left size 9. He yelled at me, (well, [i]I]/i] didn't feel anything) so I stopped and got out. He's indignant as hell and upset at me about running over his foot, and I just ask "So what was it doing under my car? Since when are you allowed to pass on the right?" Suddenly it wasn't a big deal anymore, and he limped back onto his bike and rode off in a huff.

Watch the way people drive, then see how you feel about a louder exhaust note. It works.

Until you condition them into Pavlovian rage at the sound of a bike. I know I don't flinch any longer at the sound of a bike.

I blipped at people from behind if they weren't seeing me or were looking like they were going to do something stupid. And if they did something stupid or gave me attitude, then damn straight they took 140 decibels of 8000rpm glory right in their ear as I went by

If you were riding defensively, none of this would be necessary, save for extreme circumstances, in which case you'd be too busy dealing with the situation (ie keeping the bike upright) to wave your penis or your throttle around.

I know that kind of thing doesn't endear motorcyclists to the general public.

Gee, ya think?

But there's something cage drivers need to know... the motorcyclist is going to beat you to the city no matter what.

Horray! And the cage drivers are going to beat the semis, and the semis are going to beat the freight trains - it's a party!

Back in my fireman days (Station 14, Sunol), it seemed like every other week we were scraping another aggro biker off the pavement. "Donor cycle" my a$$, they never seemed to leave enough usable parts behind.