[dfire]

Now I know why I never stopped before...

I see a group of about 15 bike parked on the side of the road, and I think I could get to know some other riders in the area. So, I stop and say hi to these people, and immediately get some crap for having the stock can on my bike. "It makes it sound so weak, and no one's gonna notice your bike." I explain to this guy how I don't want to be noticed because of the habitual traffic offender status on my license. I still have a D&D at home with the packing burned out, but I'd prefer not to announce to every cop with in 3 miles when I am breaking the speed limit.

We BS for what seems like 45min, I ask if anyone is actually going to ride there bikes in this group tonight, they say there are waiting for some more people. About five minutes later more 3 bikes show up bouncing off the rev limiter, and now I understand. Some time passes and we go for quick 20 minute ride. Initially I fell back because the idea for sitting at red light at 10 grand and then going 70 MPH from red light to red light all starting from 4 blocks away from the city police building seems like a bad idea to me.:dundun: So when we hit the Bay front access (basically a couple miles of straights) everyone starts popping wheelies or attempting to get the front wheel up. Again I dropped back, with the vision of wadding it up because somebody loops out. When we get back a few of them are ragging on me for not trying to do wheelies. I told them that when I used to do wheelies on dirt bikes I would lose it every great while and the idea of falling at 100+ MPH on asphalt concerns me.

So, what I learned from this experience?? Neither I nor my bike is cool enough to sit for hours on the side of the mains street downtown I guess.

 

[lexanidubs09]

hahahahahahhahaha


for some reason this story is just hysterical

 

[400killer]

It's all good. Ride the way your comfortable. It takes more balls to go against the crowd in my book, than to go with them and have to pay hospital bills. If I can find a closed area and a waded stunt bike I can trash, then I'll mess around. Doing shit with your daily ride in traffic is stupid. Messing my daily ride up so I can feel like I fit in, isn't worth it to me. I ride dirt also, so I get it out there, as the road rash isn't near as bad, you don't have 4000# object hurded at you, and you don't have to ride it to work, lol. JMO take it for what its worth.

 

[dfire]

You should have been there, that was humor.

Next time, I think I hang out with the Race Car drivers, you know the one who drive the cars park benches on the trunk.

 

[lexanidubs09]

:lol:lol

 

[racerboy88]

sounds like a group you don't want to ride with

 

[dfire]

It's all good. Ride the way your comfortable. It takes more balls to go against the crowd in my book, than to go with them and have to pay hospital bills. If I can find a closed area and a waded stunt bike I can trash, then I'll mess around. Doing shit with your daily ride in traffic is stupid. Messing my daily ride up so I can feel like I fit in, isn't worth it to me. I ride dirt also, so I get it out there, as the road rash isn't near as bad, you don't have 4000# object hurded at you, and you don't have to ride it to work, lol. JMO take it for what its worth.

Not planning to try and fit in anywhere, nor would I ride out of my comfort zone. My point is, no wonder the loclal cops are all fired up when it comes to bikers. The way they were acting just blows my mind. Why are they trying to provoke the police. My personal experience has been pissed cops = hand cuffs, a face full of gravel, and lots of money for the state to spend.

 

[400killer]

Not planning to try and fit in anywhere, nor would I ride out of my comfort zone. My point is, no wonder the loclal cops are all fired up when it comes to bikers. The way they were acting just blows my mind. Why are they trying to provoke the police. My personal experience has been pissed cops = hand cuffs, a face full of gravel, and lots of money for the state to spend.

I hear ya on that one. And those of us that carry full coverage wonder why our rates are so high. :no:argue I couldn't afford insurance if I got caught doing a wheel, :lol.

:chair:And for your information, its not a park bench, its a handle to make it easier to push:lol

 

[Toecutter]

dfire--look for some older, more mature riders to ride with. They will actually go and ride and not stand around. I went to a local forum in AZ and met up with some older guys. We rode like 300 miles, it was a great all day ride! Still had some fun, doing some hight speed runs, and when we hit the twisties it was a nice pace. My .02

 

[dieyoung69]

sounds like a group you don't want to ride with

:iamwithst

I agree ... for some reason the word SQUID pops in my head, don't hang with those guys ... the chances of them taking you out by causing you to crash is normally quite high.

:lol .... quite funny though !!!

 

[black89]

Pretty much why I don't ride in big groups. I like riding with 2-4 other people that don't talk much but ride alot. I tried a few groups out and had similiar experiences. 0.02C

 

[Devil1]

Man when I was younger and had my first SB, shit I was such a squid. Love going to the "Bike Night".... yeah now 7 years down the road, I've matured and that crap interests me none. I had a buddy drag me out to a "Bike Night" in Jax when I was down there..... starting the bike with the throttle pined! Hating on everyone elses bikes. Yeah screw that crowd.

 

[Fikays]

Yeah dfire, you're better off without them; good call on your part. :fact I think if you were riding past a group of riders, just by looking at them you would know if they would fit your style or not....for me that hat backwards, arms crossed, eye ballin traffic street tuff crap is a dead giveaway...:lol

 

[Chic78]

lol, im surprised you stuck around that long! I would have left pretty quick or would have least dropped out of the group when they started that crap. sounds like a bunch of pretty lame sportbikers.

 

[SpectreZ91]

Hence why I don't ride with groups.. Most of em are all just squids/posers. Wouldn't know what to do in a canyon.

Usually when I ride the canyons its just me and 1 person.. I'm to old to be doing wheelies / stoppies nowadays. Now a trackday.. That's what I'm talkin about!

Funny thing is, the older I get (I'm 32 now) the less idiotic things I do and the lower my insurance rates are.. Wonder if anyone else has this same problem.

 

[bmacknyc1k]

sounds like the squids around here, they ride light to light, go eat pizza, look at their chrome wheels and swingarm, and then light to light again TRYING to do wheelies:lol

the funny part is , i don't do wheelies, stoppies, etc, but when i actually want to wheelie, i clutch second up pretty well and ride for a while....then they will ask me, how do you do that :lol

i am not interested in wheelies or stoppies, they do nothing for me...

i prefer to look for turns and actually make the bike do what it was meant to , i cant wait, trackday in a month!!!!!

I cannot ride with groups like that anymore, i'd rather ride by myself if that's the case or one other person who wants to go find some twistys.....

Squids around here always ask this question: Aren't you hot with those gloves and jacket???

They wear wifebeaters and shorts around here, it's a joke, and i can take turns faster than them in my car....:drunk:

 

[tiatool]

I think I've rode with those guys before... Did you go from starbucks to hooters to starbucks? Oh wat you don't live in my state HMMM... coincidence?

LOL!

 

[Fikays]

I think I've rode with those guys before... Did you go from starbucks to hooters to starbucks? Oh wat you don't live in my state HMMM... coincidence?

LOL!

Yeah, what is it about kickstand parties and Hooters? Moose knuckles and squids...is that some sort of surf and turf???:crash

 

[SpectreZ91]

You mean ridding in shorts, tank tops and shirts isn't safe?

I have much more respect for someone on a bike when I see they have a grip of gear on..

I'm terrible and don't wear the propper pants when ridding to work. But I do have Icon Field armor boots on and leather jacket with gauntlet style gloves with a spine protector on.. I think this weekend I'm going to get some shinguard/kneepad combo so I have that much more.

 

[meat78]

Here they all hang out at a local Shell Station gas station. I once went there to get gas and a Sobe and the people thet were there, about 50 bikes, were still ther when I left about 10 minutes later. Some stated how they wish they had time to ride and I just questioned " why are you here then."