Sportbiking is not a crime

[darb85]

Barrowed from another Forum, but a well written article if not a bit rant like

[Affschnozel]

That sucks , I know exactly how this guy feels .
Sportbike riders are a diverse group of people but a small percentage of them ruin it for the rest of us with reckless behavior on the streets.
Now needs to be seen how democracy actually works

[GeeP]

Maybe if they saved their stunting for empty parking lots and their speed addiction for trackdays we wouldn't have this problem.  Instead, they prefer I-95 at rush-hour.

What you should be thinking about is how the stunter's reputation is carrying over to everyone else that rides a faired japanese sport bike. 

[Kasumi]

You see this in everyday life. Because jap I4 bikes sound like the engine is screaming when your only doing like 45 every cop around looks and wants a piece wants to follow you to check your not speeding. Whereas the harley rider with a massive v-twin and streight through exhausts breaking every sound restriction limit in place rides on past.

[bettingpython]

The I4 engine does not sound like it's screaming at 45mph because it's an I4.  It sounds like it's screaming at 45mph because I am still in first gear and my exhaust is not stock. My wife has a stock exhaust on her f4i and at 10k rpm it is very quiet.

Second I would rather listen to the staccato bark of a race core pipe on an I4 than listen to some crack head on a 105 cubic inch twin with straight pipes. I can still have a conversation with my wife at dinner if someone like me comes rolling past the outside seating at a restraunt. The jerks on the Harley's have them so excited that there is a major crack down in one part of Tulsa because of all the noise issues caused by the big twin cruisers at night.

[Absolute Rescue]

My Revolution 1130 is loud and I like it...saved me a few times already

[spc]

On the note of a few spoiling it for the rest of us:  I saw a young man on an absolutely gorgeous R6 doing some very poorly executed and rather unstable wheelies down 278 yesterday.............at about 80mph...........with no gear or helmet.

[yamahonkawazuki]

if you are wheelie-ing ona public street. you deserve whatever the cops are goin to give ya. that IS reeckless. goin up on one, IS fun, but better places than public areas to do it