What is your riding etiquette?

I hear what your say'n!!!...Tha same thing happening here in Texas...minus tha cliffs...I also see that a majority..."Not All"...of these riders that ride like that are in there late teens or early 20's...Hopefully over time they will grow up a little bit and start respecting tha road and fellow riders...It's these people that give sport bikers a BAD name....

Keep da rubber to da ground...

 

I agree passing other riders at high pace on turns that you don't even know is just plain rude. If they freak out it could also get someone killed if they change their line from momentary shock. Good job passing the word to not ride like a jerk!

I used to carry a spark plug in my jacket for asshole car windsheilds(never used it thankfully), but it could just as easily work on a sandal wearing jerkoff trying to kill you. A friend of mine once took a guys mirror off at a light for coming too close. That was interesting.

Just cause they are on a bike does not make them your friend. Generally we are a community, but every community has folks that need a bit of discipline now and again. I also think the lanesplitting mentality of CA also gives the riders a bit more fast and loose attitude, but I could be wrong on that one.

 

derstuka:

Hate to say it, your post is so true. In Delaware, almost every sportbike rider and many crusier riders act like absolute morons on their machines. At least the ones I see on the road. Add the fact we have a pretty lax helmet law and maybe a third of the riders I see actually wear it on their head!? No matter what machine they are mounted on. And riding rear? What riding gear? Flip flops, shorts, t-Shirts and tank tops are standard protection in Delaware.

If you've never been to Delaware, at least the southern part, we lack alot of curves. So the only skill these morons work on going fast in a straight line in busy beach traffic.

Sad.

I am not against riding at a brisk adult pace, BUT PICK THE APPROPRIATE TIME AND PLACE. I just read the post about the member who wreaked on the Dragon because of the trike accident and someone else posted that the Dragon has already taken some lives this year. I would love to ride the Dragon, but because of the morons who ride it at a skill they don't have, I'd rather do a track day.

BZ

BZ

 

Derstuka, I think you will find lots of folks here will be in total agreement with all that you said.
I live in northern California just 15 miles from "Alice's Restaurant" which is the hub of motorcycling in our area.
I think you might be surprised as to how many idiot riders we have here.

I don't think anybody has a love for speed greater than myself.
Having said that. I managed to direct my speed addiction onto the tracks,
in racing 250gp motorcycles (5 years), and sports car racing (10 years) BUT NOT ON THE STREET.

If someone wants to play rickey-racer then they need to go on the track.
As for loud pipes...they just reflect a juvenile attitude of "look at me, look at me".

The bottom line of this poor behavior is that it reflects on all of us
and could create more problems.
So, if you want to go fast then go racing, or at least do track days or track schools.

 

Don't we call these idiots SQUIDS? I won't go blasting past a cager or poser because I don't know how they'll react. The posers are riding at their limit as it is. And those cagers are too busy yacking on a cell phone to see a bike blasting past. I think they are just trying to show off. I don't care if they crash being an idiot, just don't drag me (or another innocent bystander) into it. If they want to be stupid and rude, don't do it on the road and create another stereotype for all of us to have to overcome.

 

Your rant is justified, some of these nutters are riding road registered Superbikes that would have won GP's not all that long ago without the ability or respect these machines demand, the result of which brings down responsible motorcyclists in the eye's of the general public.

Who hasn't been driving the family cage when a daredevil squid pulls off a bonehead overtaking manoeuver then having to convince one's spouse afterwards that riding is not dangerous ?

Recieved the below link some weeks ago, wasn't going to post the link because I found it a little disturbing but it seems to illustrate this Threads meaning clearly.

Warning:- the linked Video shows a GSXR rider with on board camera riding above his ability before sadly causing a head on with an oncoming motorcyclist. :frown:

Motorcyclist Head On Link:
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=e18_1182467236

 

DerGermanWWIIdivebomber:

nice thread, I have the same frustration when I see a squid riding sidesaddle in the left lane of the 4 lane interstate at rush hour over 80mph.

A month back a police cruise was chasing such a SQUID and rammed into the rear of a vehicle, sending into oncoming traffic with a fatality. The nightly news asked if "crotch rockets" should be banned. Unfortunately, most every cager that sees my Interceptor puts my bike in that class. The general public just can't differentiate between the squids riding a sport bike and someone on a VFR... they just see the bike, not the behavior.

Is there anything that I (we?) can do to help encourage squids to not ruin our fun with their antics?

 

Sounds a bit Nancy ?

 

I've never known Nanny, so I cannot answer. :wink:

 

My small town is full of guys riding 1k's and stunting and yada, yada, yada. Unfortunately they have an appeal in town, and newbie riders jump in with them and try and try to do all that they do. I work with a kid that just keeps trying to match everything that the Squidcrowd in town does and unfortunately for him "he's just too skeeered" or that is what they have told him about why he still has 1/2 inch chicken strips on his tire. I told him maybe it is just because he's just that smart! Maybe he should take his time and wait for his riding skills to catch up to his friends.
But their attitude has unfortunatley infected him so bad he looked at me and just said that that depended on who you ask. I have tried and tried to teach him about safety and practicality and safety again, but soon he will find out the hard way and that just sucks for kids like him. People don't understand that their actions sometimes have really bad consequences, even if it doesn't directly affect them.

Great post by the way!

 

:blah: Tell your friend if he wants to safely get rid of his "chicken strips" to get out some 60 grit sandpaper and rub the edges of his tire. That will get rid of the slick part ... but then again he could tell them he leans off his bike and doesn't need to lean the bike that far and this gives him an added edge to lean it if he needs it. Or he could just tell them to ......... and be his own man. :yield: :smash:

 

I got rid of the chicken strips by practicing.

I went to a nice big parking lot, staked out a large figure 8, and practiced for about an hour. do that a couple of times, and you'll be scraping just about everything. ignore the squids. they can't do even that.

 

JamesInaCube: I thought the idea was to practise so I didn't scrape the bike up :wink: I must be practising wrong as my RWB is still shiny on the top part.