Seen in December's CW

[Particle Man]

Part of the feedback from a reader:

"I wish the sportbike crowd would grow up and show some maturity. If you want to race, do it on a track! Meanwhile, quit giving the rest of us a bad name with your immature, unsafe, and usually illegal riding habits on public streets."

(See page 20 for the full text)

My thoughts:

I've seen stupid shit from both cruiser riders AND sportbike riders (and dual-sport riders, etc). It's the "1%'er" crowd that give "the rest of us a bad name with immature, unsafe, and usually illegal riding habits on public streets" regardless of what they ride, not just sportbike riders.

Discuss.

[shmike]

They have no idea what a 1%'er is.

[Rider]

I've seen more stupid shit done on sport bikes than on cruisers. It probably has everything to do with the maturity level too. Usually the SB crowd is younger and the cruiser crowd is older. Plus a cruiser doesn't have the power to weight ratio like a SB.

[askmrjesus]

Originally Posted by shmike

They have no idea what a 1%'er is.

Fags.

JC

[shmike]

Originally Posted by askmrjesus

Fags.

JC

Bet you won't say it again.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZMw5w-0qMs

[askmrjesus]

Fags.

JC

[Homeslice]

Originally Posted by shmike

They have no idea what a 1%'er is.

Interesting:

"The term One Percenter is said to have been coined after an incident in Hollister, California in 1947 which was dubbed the Hollister Riot. Whether an actual riot occurred is debatable, but there was a motorcycle rally in Hollister from July 4 to July 6 of that year that was attended by about 4,000 people. Several newspaper articles were written that, according to some attendees, sensationalized the event. Life magazine ran an article that included a staged photo of a slovenly-looking man on a motorcycle with beer bottles piled under the wheels and a bottle in each of his hands. The film The Wild One, starring Marlon Brando, was inspired by this event, and it became the first in a series of movies that depicted bikers and members of motorcycle clubs in this stereotypical manner. It has been reported that the press asked the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) to comment on the Hollister incident, and their response was that 99% of motorcyclists were law-abiding citizens, and the last one percent were outlaws. Thus was born the term "one percenter." The AMA now says they have no record of such a statement to the press, and call this story apocryphal."

[pauldun170]

Yeah...show some maturity and stop using the loud pipes save lives bullshit as you rev your obnoxious motor at every stop, gas station, parking lot, residential neighborhood at all hours of the night and day as you ride from one bar to the next.

[Rider]

Originally Posted by pauldun170

Yeah...show some maturity and stop using the loud pipes save lives bullshit as you rev your obnoxious motor at every stop, gas station, parking lot, residential neighborhood at all hours of the night and day as you ride from one bar to the next.

That annoys me to no end. When i see a "loud pipes saves lives" sticker I want to punch them in their fucking face. I can hear a stock Harley with no problems.

[z06boy]

Around here I've seen tools on both types of bikes. I will say that I've seen more on sportbikes but that probably is because it's a younger average age on these bikes.

There are several higher end 'custom cruiser' tupe bikes about here with the bigger engines and it never fails when they see the wife and I on our sportbikes they love to show me what they have.

I used to own a BigDog Bulldog so I know about these bikes and like them but it's definitely not JUST the sportbike riders around here that like to show off.