What are you going to get and what do you deserve?

I ride a bike because I enjoy it and I don't give a rats bum who thinks of what, how or why I ride. I ride to keep my self alive and if that means upsetting some cage drivers opinion of motorcyclists, well tuff poop. It's not a popularity contest riding a bike, or a reason to win the hearts and mind of the car drivers. You ride how you want and because you want, if that upsets a few car driver, tuff bikkies.

Quote from: bubba zanetti on March 17, 2011, 03:51:32 AM
What are you going to get and what do you deserve?

I ride a bike because I enjoy it and I don't give a rats bum who thinks of what, how or why I ride. I ride to keep my self alive and if that means upsetting some cage drivers opinion of motorcyclists, well tuff poop. It's not a popularity contest riding a bike, or a reason to win the hearts and mind of the car drivers. You ride how you want and because you want, if that upsets a few car driver, tuff bikkies.

Hey.. good for you 

I don't think there is anyone who would want to be tarred with the same brush as the numb-nuts in these vids no matter if you don't care what others think.

I sincerly think that that kind of thinking is one that can get you killed. Many times as an EMT I heard "it's just a dumb biker" when instead of my services the rider needed the ME. When my friend Troy got nailed last May (hard to believe it's been a year). The driver in the SUV told the officer " I saw him thought I could make it he's just a biker". Guess a minute was more important than my friend's life. He came out of his coma in October but still paralyzed on his right side and has a hard time focusing for long periods of time due to brain stem injury. They said he was lucky an EMT a combat medic trained person and a paramedic saw the accident or he wouldn't be with us. Troy is a good man happily married his wife stood by him to the point of selling their house and moving the family to Atlanta to give him the best outcome. If that isn't love I don't know what is. While Troy worked on motorcycles he was also a pastor at one of our Spanish churchs and his two kids are awesome.

Stereotyping is dangerous to all involved!

Mary

Quote from: Toogoofy317 on March 17, 2011, 09:13:53 PM
I sincerly think that that kind of thinking is one that can get you killed. Many times as an EMT I heard "it's just a dumb biker" when instead of my services the rider needed the ME. When my friend Troy got nailed last May (hard to believe it's been a year). The driver in the SUV told the officer " I saw him thought I could make it he's just a biker". Guess a minute was more important than my friend's life. He came out of his coma in October but still paralyzed on his right side and has a hard time focusing for long periods of time due to brain stem injury. They said he was lucky an EMT a combat medic trained person and a paramedic saw the accident or he wouldn't be with us. Troy is a good man happily married his wife stood by him to the point of selling their house and moving the family to Atlanta to give him the best outcome. If that isn't love I don't know what is. While Troy worked on motorcycles he was also a pastor at one of our Spanish churchs and his two kids are awesome.

Stereotyping is dangerous to all involved!

Mary

Well said mary. But i think riding like everyone iS going to pull out in front of you, and planning accordingly will keep you alive. idk about acting billy badass, 

Well, I do ride like that. Although, I don't know what Troy was thinking on this particular day he doesn't remember either. The woman did pull out onto the farthest lane of the three lanes in 192 (lunch hour very busy cops concluded she could have turned into the second lane SUV radius was small enough). Troy was going 35 actually ten under the limit because he was testing a customer's bike. So maybe he was a little distracted trying to hear what may be wrong. Sometimes as much as you prepare I don't think you can see "everything". Many times my attention will be diverted to the weird antics of the person to my right right when the moron to  my left will do something worse! Example guy to the right has his blinker on to come to my lane so I look there while the driver to the left catches my slight slow down  to let the other driver in and cuts me off without a turn signal. Happened yesterday when realizing my horn is dying.

Mary

Quote from: Toogoofy317 on March 19, 2011, 10:56:42 AM
Well, I do ride like that. Although, I don't know what Troy was thinking on this particular day he doesn't remember either. The woman did pull out onto the farthest lane of the three lanes in 192 (lunch hour very busy cops concluded she could have turned into the second lane SUV radius was small enough). Troy was going 35 actually ten under the limit because he was testing a customer's bike. So maybe he was a little distracted trying to hear what may be wrong. Sometimes as much as you prepare I don't think you can see "everything". Many times my attention will be diverted to the weird antics of the person to my right right when the moron to  my left will do something worse! Example guy to the right has his blinker on to come to my lane so I look there while the driver to the left catches my slight slow down  to let the other driver in and cuts me off without a turn signal. Happened yesterday when realizing my horn is dying.

Mary

go to autozone, and get horn set from a lincoln towncar. works wonders. not far larger than stock. i had fitted my galls siren box to mine. that kicked ass for horns