Why I hate group riding sometimes.
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Why I hate group riding sometimes.
So im on a ride with a new group. We are riding some country single lane roads and Im in the back spaced staggered a couple seconds behing the guy in front of me. We are going about 60 mph and all of the sudden this freakn Herb on a Honda Shadow who is wearing harley pants, harley boots, and a Sleeveless Harley shirt starts ridn right next to me like he is starring in Chips. He is basically now only about 10 feet back from the rider in front of him going 60. This dude was clueless. And then every four way intersection we come to this poser brakes formation to speed to the middle of the intersection and come to a complete stop to stop traffic that does not even exist. I mean I thought maybee this dude saw a cow coming that I was not aware of. I tried to let poncharrelli have as much space as possible but he kept on waving me to ride in chippy style next to him. I could not waste anymore time on a beautiful Sunday riding next to this guy so I bailed from the group. I like to ride in groups but when posers have no concept of Motorcycle safety it really leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Has anyone ever seen a guy on a Harley wearing full Honda Shadow Gear. Man that would be disturbing? Why does honda rider not grasp that concept?
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We were a group of 6 Saturday and met up wit a group and it went actually pretty nice, We split up after we stopped and ate because we were going a different direction but the ride went well...BTW we were about 50 bikes.
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I do not ride in groups, but then I do not like other people. However, I would think people who ride Honda's can rides every-bit as well as Harley riders. The way you saw him, with all his Harley gear, I see people in dealerships all decked out in the HOG gear.
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Group riding skills are important. Even riding with one friend, I definitely see the difference and think I need more experience before riding with larger groups. Anyone disturbing a group should be dealt with accordingly.
As far as a guy riding a Honda wearing H-D threads... maybe his Harley was in the shop. Who knows. I wouldn't ride that way personally, but if I don't know the guy's situation, I wouldn't make too many assumptions either.
As far as a guy riding a Honda wearing H-D threads... maybe his Harley was in the shop. Who knows. I wouldn't ride that way personally, but if I don't know the guy's situation, I wouldn't make too many assumptions either.
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I've done the group thing about a dozen or so times in my life, Their are to many unknowns about other people's experince..........I don't do groups anymore. I'm pretty good at handling a stop sign without assistance
Last edited by HD7585; Aug 30, 2009 at 07:56 PM.
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We used to like riding with groups of other riders. However, every time, we find at least 10% of them don't know how to ride safely, and think they can ride next to you like they are your best friend at 60 MPH. We decided we rather live to do the next ride, instead of chancing it with idiots.
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I prefer to ride with 2 or 3 people that I know real well and we all know and anticipate each others moves.If I must ride with folks that I dont know so well I make dame sure I am last..I simply tell them that the 60s were real good to me and still in this point in my life I still have a hard time staying in a line..