Hot head motorcyclists.

Let the squids go by and enjoy the show. No reason to get your panties in a bunch. They won't be around very long. I wonder if my Goldwing will wheelie @ 80mph? (I'd probably pooh myself)

At least this guy had his helmet on, although I wonder if they wear helmets to hide their faces (cowards).

Although couple weeks ago this same stretch of road there's always a State Trooper hiding next to a barn towards the end of the month. As I was coming down the hillside, I saw him pull out and pull over 2 of the squids. This area is infamous for bikers and automobiles (and believe it or not trucks with confederate flags) passing people illegally since you can see for almost a mile. Used to be a dotted yellow, but couple years ago changed it to double solid yellow.

O.K., who's going to make the purple stickers:

"Think twice, save your life. Don't ride like a berkeley tard."

inform state police of your problems and they will likely act. They love the revenue.

When I drive aggressively, I make sure that no-one else is on the road with me, and if they are, I prefer to drive reasonable as to not draw attention to myself.

If I'm by myself and going the speed limit, I don't care if people pass me.

The idea that these guys are flipping you the bird is another story.

I go to school in Annville (LVC), and you're right, I have noticed more and more sports bikes driven by shiny happy persons. I just take comfort in the fact that soccer moms talking on cell phones sipping Starbucks will, FOR ONCE, be useful, and pull out in front of one of these morons, and then BOOM. No more problem

Which road, by the way? There's some sweet back roads in that area. Like Killinger Road off of 422, etc etc.

Twin_Cam wrote: I just take comfort in the fact that soccer moms talking on cell phones sipping Starbucks will, FOR ONCE, be useful, and pull out in front of one of these morons, and then BOOM. No more problem

Unfortunately they seem to get the wrong bikers, like my cousin who was under the speed limit when he got totally pwned by one in a really bad accident. His spine's back in one piece now and he's starting to walk again...but whenever there's an asshat around, no semis, no soccer moms, no nothing At least they're making themselves easier to take out with army-style helmets nowadays.

I was out at the used motorcycle shop the other day trying on motorcycles and actually sat on one of those crotch rockets. It seemed like a good fit for riding on a race track but as for riding it around town, it would make about as much sense as driving a Formula Ford to work. Then you have to consider the fact that kids in their late teens and early twenties with little or no riding experience are buying and riding these things.

Now, now, we all know it's legal to pass on the double yellow in PA due to presence of Amish buggies. . . .

Jack, I used to live near Erbs, on the Manheim Pike

Twin_Cam wrote: Which road, by the way? There's some sweet back roads in that area. Like Killinger Road off of 422, etc etc.

I usually take Route 117. Some sections were just dug up recently but used to be nice and flat. I don't go very far past 322 though.

PHeller wrote: If I'm by myself and going the speed limit, I don't care if people pass me. The idea that these guys are flipping you the bird is another story.

That is usually me. I don't care if people pass me or not. I don't understand that with some people. It's not like if you pass me you are going to get a medal.

I probably will call them. I'm also going to let them know of all the cyclists that ride on the road 2-3 bikes wide and me almost running one over last week since he wanted to make it 4 while I was coming up on them.

When people ride my ass and try to pass me when I'm going above the speed limit and/or it would clearly be unsafe to pass, I drop a couple of gears and quickly put a few hundred feet of distance between us, and then resume my previous speed. Smartens 'em right up

minimac wrote: Let the squids go by and enjoy the show. No reason to get your panties in a bunch. They won't be around very long. I wonder if my Goldwing will wheelie @ 80mph? (I'd probably pooh myself)

Yes.

Guys like that are one of the reasons I sold mine.

But NW Arkansas sure is a fantastic place to do a few hundred miles on a sportbike.

Snowdoggie, depending on your height, I'm short at only 5'7" sport bikes are actually not bad once you learn how to properly carry your weight on one.

GameboyRMH wrote:

Twin_Cam wrote: I just take comfort in the fact that soccer moms talking on cell phones sipping Starbucks will, FOR ONCE, be useful, and pull out in front of one of these morons, and then BOOM. No more problem

Unfortunately they seem to get the wrong bikers, like my cousin who was under the speed limit when he got totally pwned by one in a really bad accident. His spine's back in one piece now and he's starting to walk again...but whenever there's an asshat around, no semis, no soccer moms, no nothing At least they're making themselves easier to take out with army-style helmets nowadays.

Yikes, sorry to hear that.

thatsnowinnebago wrote: Yes.

I like how there's no way that he can see where he's going. Unless he got the optional 8" widescreen LCD HDTV monitor with surround sound and forward-view camera, of course.

It doesn't really matter where he's going. He can't steer anyway.

that, right there is a cruiser squid. those jeans won't last long if they hit pavement

That's Ronnie Smith, the former editor of Performance Bikes. He was a TT racer (a surprisingly good one) and good-spirited hooligan of the highest order. Dude could wheelie like Craig Jones, too. He was a straight shooter of a motojournalist, and a helluva rider.

He died in '03, near his home during a road test, on a scooter, of all things. He found a patch of ice and hit a parked car.

"Now, now, we all know it's legal to pass on the double yellow in Pa. because of the Amish buggies.."

I grew up and learned to drive in Pa. Here in the "MidSouth" I've seen MANY drivers ignore the double yellow...even in school zones. I asked a co-worker once if he knew what a double solid yellow pavement line meant....he didn't remember/didn't know.

integraguy wrote: I asked a co-worker once if he knew what a double solid yellow pavement line meant....he didn't remember/didn't know.

Wow epic fail!

z31maniac wrote: But NW Arkansas sure is a fantastic place to do a few hundred miles on a sportbike.

Where you at, z31maniac?

Farking squids are all over the Maryland side of the DC beltway. 100+mph, often on stolen bikes, wheelies, faux-mohawks, all that nonsense. Seems every few weeks, another one dies. And MD still has the "retaining wall on posts" (and not solid barriers), so they usually lose limbs or heads when they fall, making for a gruesome cleanup.

We riders like to call that Armco (retaining all on posts) "cheese grater"

A pal of mine used to work at a sportbike/ATV/snowmobile shop in Plaistow, NH. He has a Suzuki GXR600 that he loves to death, but rarely rides its because of the hard time he gets from future organ donors trying to race him and M@$$holes on the highway who don't pay bikers any attention. It wasn't unusual for a young buyer to come in, buy a 'Busa or some other overpowered bike, and then come back with at least one cast on. Or, a pal of his would come in and buy a bike while lamenting his dearly-departed friend.

I give motorcyclists PLENTY of space. My pal made sure to drill that into me every chance he got.

Everyone in my family has owned and/or ridden motorcycles and so we all watch for them. That still doesn't help when some yankoff is riding like an idiot.

This squid thing is nothing new, of course; a riding buddy way back when had a Yamaha 400 Special, one of those half chopper buckhorn bar 'customs' from the early '80's. This guy could wheelie ANYTHING, and I watched him wheelie through an intersection on a yellow light at about 60 MPH. He would ride off the shoulder to scare the crap out of pedestrians, idiotic things like that. I quit riding with him because I didn't want the cops getting my license number when it was him being an idiot.

Saw the best one ive seen yet today. Girl in early 20's riding a scooter, wearing long pajama pants, boyfriends baggy white t, cigarette in hand, and no shoes. She did a U turn at the light in front of me and hovered her bare foot a few inches off of the pavement the whole way around in case it was needed for balance. I cringed at the thought of her dragging a bare foot at even 10mph. She then headed up a road where she would be a moving pylon to the 55mph traffic.