Originally Posted by stevieray (Post 17998955)

I'm getting ready to pull my chopper out of slumber.

I've been riding since I was 12. Now I'm 62. Started on the dirt.

I have a riding buddy and we go out in the country and ride county roads through the farms on rolling hills and long straightaways.

It's a blast.

I'll never tire from riding.

Originally Posted by Garcia Bronco (Post 17999670)

I just bought a KLR 650.... Haven't ridden regularly for 40 years. Got my class M...and I'm a long ways away from taking it out on the road. But I'm going to go get used to it again on the dirt. Nothing crazy. Just until I get used to a clutch and some slow speed maneuvering.

Originally Posted by Smed1065 (Post 17999182)

I am not even going there. I killed a motorcyclist once but because he was driving like crap and had a Non-Dot helmet on. Took over 3 years to solve.

Originally Posted by Saulbadguy (Post 6841657)

You dumbasses feel like you are special and have to ride a stupid bike, i'm not gonna be lookin for ya.

Originally Posted by TLO (Post 17998950)

I see them too, unfortunately. From my house I can hear these bikes accelerating to what has to be at least a hundred miles an hour on residential streets.

There was a time when I was younger I would do some stupid shit in cars that had too much horsepower for my driving ability, so I'm not objectively blind to these thrill seekers behavior. Thankfully I never harmed myself or anyone else.

If you want to ride your bike super fast - find an open stretch of highway. If you want to do wheelies and stunts, find a parking lot.

Just stay off the residential streets. You're going to kill yourself or someone else.

Originally Posted by ScareCrowe (Post 17999003)

While I won't go as far as to say I won't watch out for people to his point:

1. Because you're riding around on a vehicle that is inherently more dangerous than a car for what advantage? Thrill? Fuel efficiency? I'm really struggling to find a valid reason for it to be worth the extra risk involved in driving it

2. You're intentionally driving something that is more dangerous with very little benefit & is considerably harder to see & expecting everyone else to "watch out" for you.

3. I don't know if it's stupid but it's definitely not very safe & provides very little benefit over a car which would be much safer.

4. Yeah that's a bridge too far. I have more value for human life & don't want to live with the fact that I killed someone due to carelessness. However that's also a responsibility motorcycle riders put on other drivers, I have to be more careful when you're around because a slight mistake goes from being a fender bender to a possible life & death situation all due to your decision to drive a relatively unsafe vehicle.

And I also think it's valid to question if they should have every right to be on the road. But as long as they're there I'm going to look out for them. But the implication that I need to be hyper vigilant because you haven't made the best decisions on your choice of vehicle to drive is something that just rubs me the wrong way.

Originally Posted by htismaqe (Post 17999736)

All I know is I drive 5 over and I'm always the slowest car on the road. People are selfish and inconsiderate.

Originally Posted by Lzen (Post 17999738)

Yes, a lot of inconsiderate assholes on the road. And driving skill seems to be much worse these days. I attribute that partly (mostly) to distractions, mainly phones.

Originally Posted by CapsLockKey (Post 17999809)

Seeing motorcycles isn't the problem for me, it's the asshole bicyclists that are a problem. Other than your speeding trickster dipshits at least motorcycles follow the rules of the road.

Originally Posted by Lzen (Post 17999728)

It seems we have a group of those dumb asses here in Topeka. Last year, there were multiple reports of one of those sport bikes riding on Fairlawn Rd going over 100mph. That is a main street that is business and residential with speed limit of 40. Needless to say, the idiot and his girl riding on the back were killed when they crashed into a minivan at 10th. I heard some people (kids) in the van were hurt but no idea how they fared since.

I do realize cruiser (Harley) riders can be idiots, too. Still, it seems to me that it's most often the crotch rockets that ride like this. These assholes put everyone on the road in danger and also give bikers a bad name.

Originally Posted by Garcia Bronco (Post 17999832)

It's never a bike thing from my perspective it's typically an age problem.

When I see people doing stupid s*** on bikes in public they're typically very young and looking for that dopamine hit.