first uve never seen a crotch rocket traveling at the speed now this. are u just trying to get some attention yourself. alot of sport bike riders i know ride somtimes slower than trafic just to enjoy the scene etc....MotoF150 wrote:You guys on crotch rockets always have to prove yourselves, show off, if nobody was around to see you, you guys ride the bike at a normal speed, I can understand if you wanta impress some cute little girl by goosing the throttle and riding wheelies, but I don't understand why some of you guys have to do that in front of me with a slow cruizer bike with the top speed of 90mph. Us guys riding slow cruizer bikes understand that your crotch rocket is wayyyy faster,. a crotch rocket is an easy bike to ride and some of you guys are not that good, and I just simply worry about you, thats why I move over and wave you guys ahead of me. On twisty mountain roads I have passed up crotch rockets with my slow cruizer bike, some of you guys can't handle those high speeds around tight curves, but on a 4 lane, level road you do OK.
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NO ! I have "NEVER" seen any crotch rocket riding at a normal speed with traffic flow. You guys riding crotch rockets pass up everybody even when they are exceeding the speed limit then when some car or suv cuts you off you guys get mad and give them the finger. I once owned a crotch rocket a 98 Honda CBR600 F3 and I was guilty of going too fast and passing everybody, the reason I got rid of the bike cause I feared I was going to kill myself on it. But any crotch rocket is easiser to ride and handle than any cruizer bike and frankly, some of you guys are not that good to handle a bike at those high speeds. Beginners are buying crotch rockets like crazy, an unskilled rider on a 150 HP racing bike is frighening to me. Everyday when I take my slow cruizer bike out I always experience a close call with a car or suv driver, and if I was traveling fast I would have not made it. When im on a single lane road riding behind a line of slow cars and trucks and if a crotch rocket comes up behind me and he almost kills himself by passing that line of cars in a no passing zone, I don't feel ashamed or embarressed that I didn't follow him and do the same, I feel good that I didn't wreck or die today.
2011 Toyota Tacoma 4x4, 09 Yamaha Tmax, 08 Suzuki King Quad 750
JCS is right. You always have to mitigate the "what if". If you lane share w. some idiot and he takes you out or creates an accident - you'll be part of the casualty list. It's no different than any other vehicle - if they want to pass they should do it legally. It's always best to share the road, but not to the point of endagering yourself.JCS wrote:I will not share my lane with anyone. Period. If they need to get by I will slow down, move over and wave them by but I will not share my lane. You never know what the other person will do. Always leave yourself an out. If someone is trying to share your space, you have no escape route.
Those of you who think you're cool annoy those of us who really are! 8)