Aggressive riders only.
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From: Glen Burnie, MD
When the tour pack is on and my girl is on the back is the only time I putt. But once the tour pack comes off I ride it like I stole it. What other reason would I have built a 100+hp bike.
Aggessive?
Nowdays I enjoy leisurely putting along, stopping to admire a view and smell the roses along the way.
BUT, when there is an inviting piece of asphalt in front of me there's nothing like grabbing a handful of throttle and pushing into the curves, leaning hard to the right then left, pushing hard on one grip while pulling in on the other while the footboards are grinding away.
My Fat Boy is lowered, so I know when they start grinding I have a little ways to go. At night I can really light things up!
Ride Safe & Enjoy
BUT, when there is an inviting piece of asphalt in front of me there's nothing like grabbing a handful of throttle and pushing into the curves, leaning hard to the right then left, pushing hard on one grip while pulling in on the other while the footboards are grinding away.
My Fat Boy is lowered, so I know when they start grinding I have a little ways to go. At night I can really light things up!
Ride Safe & Enjoy
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From: Pennslytucky
the way i see it is this. there are rules of the road for a reason. when they are broken the system fails sooner or later. not all riders are advanced enough to ride aggressively or are prepared for a rider who is. same thing goes for cars. if the speed limit is 65 they are expecting all traffic to be going 65. in corners they are expecting everyone to slow down. their decisions will be based on how traffic is moving. some idiot ripping down the freeway doing 110 mph on a bike splitting lanes will startle other drivers and possibly make them wreck. would you like to be responsible for some 70 year old man that wrecked his car because you startled him? what if it was your father? the consequences can be severe like my friend's 16 year old daughter who was on her way to work when some jackass thought it would be cool to run a red light doing a wheelie at 90 mph and t boned her car, killing her instantly. my son and x wife are both nurses who work in the emergency room at our local hospital. they see on a daily basis what a bike accident can do to a body. our state has no helmet law so they have seen both sides of the coin there.
ride the way you want but if you kill someone or yourself(preferably the latter of the two)be prepared to pay the price.
ride the way you want but if you kill someone or yourself(preferably the latter of the two)be prepared to pay the price.
I ride pretty aggressively when alone and when riding with a crew I stay in formation. I am usually bringing up the rear with my girl.
Now if I see a rider coming in hot in my mirror I move to the track closer to the shoulder so they can pass me without having to get in the other lane.
My dyna surprises me with how capable my street bob is. I bought it for looks however it shows me daily that I made the right decision buying a dyna.
Now if I see a rider coming in hot in my mirror I move to the track closer to the shoulder so they can pass me without having to get in the other lane.
My dyna surprises me with how capable my street bob is. I bought it for looks however it shows me daily that I made the right decision buying a dyna.
the way i see it is this. there are rules of the road for a reason.
YEAH - to protect blind old men driving in the rain at night, more often than not.
not all riders are advanced enough to ride aggressively or are prepared for a rider who is.
YEAH - and that's why we tell guys to ride their own ride, not try to keep up with others.
same thing goes for cars. if the speed limit is 65 they are expecting all traffic to be going 65.
YEAH - right. Like everyone drives the speed limit. What planet YOU on?
their decisions will be based on how traffic is moving. some idiot ripping down the freeway doing 110 mph on a bike splitting lanes will startle other drivers and possibly make them wreck.
YEAH. Illegal to split here and dumb at that speed.
like my friend's 16 year old daughter who was on her way to work when some jackass thought it would be cool to run a red light doing a wheelie at 90 mph and t boned her car, killing her instantly.
YEAH - jackass is right.
ride the way you want but if you kill someone or yourself(preferably the latter of the two)be prepared to pay the price.
YEAH - to protect blind old men driving in the rain at night, more often than not.
not all riders are advanced enough to ride aggressively or are prepared for a rider who is.
YEAH - and that's why we tell guys to ride their own ride, not try to keep up with others.
same thing goes for cars. if the speed limit is 65 they are expecting all traffic to be going 65.
YEAH - right. Like everyone drives the speed limit. What planet YOU on?
their decisions will be based on how traffic is moving. some idiot ripping down the freeway doing 110 mph on a bike splitting lanes will startle other drivers and possibly make them wreck.
YEAH. Illegal to split here and dumb at that speed.
like my friend's 16 year old daughter who was on her way to work when some jackass thought it would be cool to run a red light doing a wheelie at 90 mph and t boned her car, killing her instantly.
YEAH - jackass is right.
ride the way you want but if you kill someone or yourself(preferably the latter of the two)be prepared to pay the price.
I was wondering when you'd show up. Perhaps you should read this, it's a bit more explanatory:
http://www.motorcyclistonline.com/flashback/122_0911_the_pace_nick_ienatsch/index.html
Last edited by Quadancer; Apr 6, 2012 at 12:27 AM.
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From: Martinsburg, WV
the way i see it is this. there are rules of the road for a reason. when they are broken the system fails sooner or later. not all riders are advanced enough to ride aggressively or are prepared for a rider who is. same thing goes for cars. if the speed limit is 65 they are expecting all traffic to be going 65. in corners they are expecting everyone to slow down. their decisions will be based on how traffic is moving. some idiot ripping down the freeway doing 110 mph on a bike splitting lanes will startle other drivers and possibly make them wreck. would you like to be responsible for some 70 year old man that wrecked his car because you startled him? what if it was your father? the consequences can be severe like my friend's 16 year old daughter who was on her way to work when some jackass thought it would be cool to run a red light doing a wheelie at 90 mph and t boned her car, killing her instantly. my son and x wife are both nurses who work in the emergency room at our local hospital. they see on a daily basis what a bike accident can do to a body. our state has no helmet law so they have seen both sides of the coin there.
ride the way you want but if you kill someone or yourself(preferably the latter of the two)be prepared to pay the price.
ride the way you want but if you kill someone or yourself(preferably the latter of the two)be prepared to pay the price.
So when the national speed limit was 55mph, that was for everyone's benefit and then all of the sudden over night everyone knew how to magically drive 15 and 25mph faster with no training what-so-ever?
You can start preaching to me about my speed once you stop every single moron out there from running stop signs and riding or crossing the double yellow every time there's a slight left hand curve in the road.
And if a 70 year old man gets startled by other cars while driving, that's a pretty good clue that he shouldn't be driving.
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From: Chardon, Ohio
If you rode sport bikes or still do you will never get over the urge to pitch it into the corners. I still ride sport bikes at the track so I get my fix, but I also have a abused set of floor boards on my glide. It is actually very fun to push a 800lb bike to it's limits, and I am amazed how well a aftermarket suspended Harley carves apexes. Nothing is more fun than showing a noob on sport bike the front wheel of a touring rig mid corner! Straight-a ways are a different story!
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From: Chardon, Ohio
Please don't take this a personal attack, but that is the biggest crock of you know what I have ever heard. The person most likely to crash on any bike is not the young risk taker, its the old out of shape, bad eyes, bad back, slow reflexed, 1/2 deaf, bad balance, just getting back into riding 50+ year old, especially when he is packing a passenger, on his big 900lb barge.
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From: Frozelandia, Minnysota
Please don't take this a personal attack, but that is the biggest crock of you know what I have ever heard. The person most likely to crash on any bike is not the young risk taker, its the old out of shape, bad eyes, bad back, slow reflexed, 1/2 deaf, bad balance, just getting back into riding 50+ year old, especially when he is packing a passenger, on his big 900lb barge.
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From: Frozelandia, Minnysota
That's the rider, not the bike. You come up against an equal rider on a little Ninja 250 on the Dragon and all you'll see is his back tire... for a little while. When I rode metrics, Harleys were just obstacles in the road, even when they had 3 times the displacement. I love Harley's, but I don't fool myself into thinking they're some kind of racing machine, not with anywhere near stock engines and suspension. It's more rider than anything else. There are riders that could probably beat us through the Dragon on some of the stock scooters, unless you're a pro racer; and I'll admit I'm not.