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smoker wrote:ya know i been riding for years and i hate to see those guys doing goofy shit like that...no offense intended to your friend but sometimes they hurt more than themselves....

Bikes are dangerous enough with people pulling out in front of you and not looking for a smaller object, why would you want to risk it further? And like you said, you can hurt others in the process of fooling around which is just careless and selfish. Whenever I see those folks I can't help but to also think that they are raising my insurance premium

I guess the top speed on my bike is around 130 ish.

All I know is around 75-80 the speedometer doesnt seem to function right anymore.

The speedo only goes to 85. Blah anyhow the fastest speedlimit Ive seen posted in the 70 MPH Mich Highway speed.

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/cyclecarcrash.html


granted it looks like the car pulled out in front of the bike but how fast do you think that guy was going?

im a chopper/bobber guy and i have been passed by guys on the interstate who would pull up, nod, then wheelie off at like 80 or better....now if that guy loses it and takes me out with him im gonna be pissed if i make it....ever try and stop a bike quick on the interstate? weight transfer at speed makes the rear brakes real touchy...i have had my rear tires up in smoke quite a few times all because a cage pulled out in front of me on on city streets, i dont want to think about trying to stop on the interstate.....i layed one down once on a gravel road at like 35 and even though i got up and rode away i dont want to taste any asphalt anywhere.....

Bottom line is, people take their hobbies to the extreme. I'm all for stunting and having a good time. Its doing what you love and what you want. And lets face it, have you ever broken the law in a vehicle? Your damn right you have. High speeds are just as unsafe as a wheelie. PEOPLE DIE. Whether its becasue they get pissed on the freeway, or they weren't paying attention, or they were racing, or they were on a cell phone, it HAPPENS when your not paying attention and doing the wrong thing at the WRONG TIME. Yea, stunting is dangerous, but it's just as dangerous as two cars reaching excessive speeds on the freeway. Guys on choppers aren't anymore safe than guys on sports bikes. Your basically riding on an engine on both. There's a time and a place for everything, but if people want to showoff, just like fast cars or even slow cars do, they will risk their lives to do it and sadly people die. All anyone can really say is these guys need to pay more attention to whose around them and be safe about it.

there is a time and a place for things like that and next to me on the interstate isnt one of them.....if that guy wants to go plant his face in an empty parking lot fine, but dont do it next to me at better than 70-75 mph.....you ever try to wheelie on a chopper? they dont lift like a sport bike does......i was passed on the interstate recently with my pregnant ol in the front seat and two girls 3 and 12 in the back, no big deal except he passed me in the emergency lane.....the worst thing to happen to the youth of this country was the fast and the furious, now everyone with a gonzo sized muffler thinks they have a race car. when i was younger if you wanted to race, you either went somewhere abandoned or went to the strip....loser pays the entry fees.

I can only imagine this down there. Its congested as hell.

Eh Im just used to this flat land I call home- and want to keep it that way. I honestly dont think I could ride my bike anywhere down there. City or Highway. To many assholes and the hills/poor roadways.

yea i used to date this chic up in middletown and i had to run through cinti and then all the screwed up traffic at the norther loop of the 75/275 interchange to get there. not a lot of fun on a bike. but, once i picked her up we would cruise the backroads over to lebanon and up toward wilmington and just having those double d's on board for the ride made it all ok......

Any vehicle, bike or car that passes through the shoulder or emergency lane is an asshole, don't single out bikers. Every horrible driver, is a driver, motorcyle, atv, dirt bike, car, moped, whatever it may be. BAD DRIVERS suck ass.

i never said the guy was a biker....i am a biker.....why the hell would i single anyone out? other than the punks who think they are vin diesel...

fool, i will slap you