My thoughts after this weekend (riding with gsxrs, r1s, r6s, etc)

[spc]

OP: Maybe you're living in a cave, maybe you just don't give a f%$k.......BUT:  legislation passed last year in FL pertaining to unsafe operation of a motorcycle (wheelies, excessive speeding) mandated a mandatory  10 year suspension of motorcycle licensing, jail time and impound of the vehicle...........for the first offense.  Next time you're out there, ask yourself if you're big enough of a man that you can fend of 350lb 'bubba' that's had nothing to do for most his life other than lift weights as he makes advances on your anus because your in jail for riding a wheelie.   Or if it's worth your privilege to ride.  10 years is  along time and I would imagine if you get caught riding after that unlicensed you will get maximum punishment (WOOHOO, more jail time!!!)

Oh yeah, people get shot in Miami, whoop de f%$king doo.  It's nearly a fact of life by now, any large city has murder.  Come to the island, we just have retired doctors that abduct and torture tourists.  They kept that out of the paper pretty well, can't imagine a big media field day on that would do a lot of good for the towns revenue.   

[laserred97gt]

Come to the island, we just have retired doctors that abduct and torture tourists.  They kept that out of the paper pretty well, can't imagine a big media field day on that would do a lot of good for the towns revenue.   

Wow.  A real life Hostel.

Hope they fry the a$$hole(s).   

[spc]

He stabbed himself some 20 times in his bathtub and bled to death.  Actually happened right down the road from me, but before I moved in.

[laserred97gt]

Good thing they collected all those guns...   

[b_long_1]

I don't think some people on this forum would last ten minutes in a federal prison. Let alone a county jail. Yet they think it is "cool" to ride like an idiot and screw the laws.

[mm75658]

BANANA

[spc]

Chicken Fucker!

[yamahonkawazuki]

Damned nancy boy 

[sledge]

I have been looking for this write up

http://www.motorcyclenews.com/upload/947/attachments/GS500e.pdf

130 mph??  more like 110 with a tailwind and it was left standing by the rivals.

[Fry]

I don't think some people on this forum would last ten minutes in a federal prison. Let alone a county jail. Yet they think it is "cool" to ride like an idiot and screw the laws.

I worked for 5 years in a Federal Prison and as much as I'd like the stereotypes to be true for some people who go there, 1.) There aren't many people named Bubba and 2.) There isn't as much Anal Raping as you'd think, it just doesn't happen all that much.

[905mike]

So I met up with about 30 other riders on Friday night. I pull up and realize I'm easily the smallest bike there. There were a few 600's, and plenty of 1000s, 1300s, etc. People around here like their big bikes. So I'm immediately worried that I'm going to get left behind in the dust. The first part of the ride is pretty easy. We're doing about 55 through town, but we hit the highway and all hell breaks loose. As mentioned, there's about 30 of us...We're all cruising 100+ mph. About 8 guys in front are riding wheelies well over 100 yards long, etc. Quite fun to watch 

I was quite happy to report that the GS kept up just fine. The only time I had a problem was when they started doing over 130 mph. Then I just went as fast as possible until they slowed down a bit. After about 60 miles, we stopped at a Hooters, blocked off the entire front curb, and parked the bikes. We ate some food, had some fun, etc. After that, just about all of us headed down the road to another restaurant to meet some people. Probably at least 20 of us still. Another ride like the first one. We cruised around 90-100 mph. Not too many cars on the road, thank god. Plenty of wheelies, etc. No, I don't do wheelies. And especially not on the highway....

Anyway, we stop at the second restaurant. A bunch of people decide they're ready to head home. So there's about 6 of us left. A yellow r6 shows up that saw us while we were going down the road, and decides to ride with us. He ends up leading the pack. And this guy is INSANE. He lane splits semi's, he rides on the shoulder to pass, etc. Of course, the group, not wanting to look bad, follows. Including me. We end up cruising for another 60 miles or so. The roads we're on are quite fun too. You have to lean about as far as possible to make these turns doing 115 or so. Of course the other bikes left me in the dust for the most part, BUT i wasn't very far behind them. I couldn't even say how many close calls we had with cops...

We end our ride at QuikTrip and meet up with another large group, so there's probably 30 bikes total again. One of the guys has been racing bikes for the past 15 years or so, and is on his gf's r6, instead of his r1. A bunch of guys are giving him shaZam! about how he managed to keep up with the r1s, gsxr 1000s, etc. Well he and the rest of the guys proceed to say that I managed to keep up with them on the ride too, and the group that we met with asks me what kind of bike I'm on... I tell them i'm on a 500 twin and they're all shocked. They all crowd around my bike and they all think it's pretty cool. Before I pointed out what bike I was on, there were a few guys walking around it trying to figure out wtf it was. They were so confused, it was hilarious to watch. I have a seat bag that covers the gs500f sticker on the tail...

It's pretty funny to watch all the guys with r1s, gsxrs, line up to sit on my bike and see how it feels. Everybody says something along the lines of "This thing is comfortable as shaZam!!". And the 6 guys I was riding with congratulated me on my damn good riding, managing to keep up with the big boys, which was pretty cool to hear. 

So anybody that thinks this thing is grossly underpowered, or will be laughed at, etc...trust me, it's not as bad as you think. Mine's completely stock, no pipe, no rejet, etc.

*Disclaimer* I know that the aforementioned riding was dangerous. It was late at night, we were riding between cars, riding the shoulder, doing wheelies, etc. I was wearing full gear except for jeans. Just about everyone else was too. We knew the risks of what we were doing. We did not deliberately disrupt traffic.

Keep the rubber side down... 

thank God your group of motorcycling enthusiasts did not kill/injure OTHERS during your travels.

[dogjaw]

"worked for 5 years in a Federal Prison and as much as I'd like the stereotypes to be true for some people who go there, 1.) There aren't many people named Bubba "

I think that all the people named Bubba are located in my "hillbilly" town... must have been run out of MIAMI.

[spc]

The only person I've ever known named 'bubba' was a 5'8 300+lb Ranger that I swear used old VW bugs to bench press

[Fry]

Im not saying we didn't have a few Monsters in the Joint, the Penn didn't have many more weights left so the bigger guys had to get creative like garbage bags filled with water, with multiple ones hung of each end of a broom stick ectera...But not many Bubbas.