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Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 4:41 am
by Lion_Lady
The new "fun" for sportbike riders around Baltimore (and DC as well) is to do speed laps of the BELTWAY!!!
They meet up in a shopping center parking lot either early am or late at night.
We live within earshot of a feeder line to I-695 and at about 8:30pm on a week night I can hear the high rev whine of several sportbikes as they blitz south to the Beltway... then 90 minutes or so later, I hear them head back north again.
Scary, and it makes me want to come up with a way to get them off the road... legally, by impounding their bikes or something.
P
Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 4:52 am
by Shorts
younggun wrote:
way to go shorts!!!
you guys are cool.
k, I'm going to bed.
Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 6:41 am
by storysunfolding
Lion_Lady wrote:The new "fun" for sportbike riders around Baltimore (and DC as well) is to do speed laps of the BELTWAY!!!
They meet up in a shopping center parking lot either early am or late at night.
We live within earshot of a feeder line to I-695 and at about 8:30pm on a week night I can hear the high rev whine of several sportbikes as they blitz south to the Beltway... then 90 minutes or so later, I hear them head back north again.
Scary, and it makes me want to come up with a way to get them off the road... legally, by impounding their bikes or something.
P
I see alot of that on 495 as well. The worst thing is when you're riding your bike at the speed limit right after getting past by a few of those squids and a cop pulls up behind you and tails you to your destination where he gives you a warning because they've been getting reports of street racing on sport bikes
Of course that only means that the Vision project is coming along. Sportbike? My 1982 553cc v-twin? Compared to the 1300cc Suzukis that flew by me? Either Ignorance rocks (most likely) or the Vision is starting to rule the night.
Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 7:58 am
by t_bonee
xsyamahadg wrote:A rice burner is not a bike ? Sounds like yet another Harley man to me
It refers to a car.
"More contemporary use of the term rice burner, along with the prefix rice, has taken on an alternate pejorative meaning for an automobile that has been modified to give impression of high performance, but does not necessarily have any high-performance capabilities."
From:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricer
Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 8:10 am
by 9000white
Shorts wrote:younggun wrote: way to go shorts!!!
you guys are cool.
k, I'm going to bed.
anytime you want to take a nap just go read verms My Goals piece of skit
thread and instant sleep will follow.
Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 8:11 am
by dr_bar
verm wrote:like i said... no harm no foul.
On the contrary...
If you are seen speeding on a motorcycle, then you give the rest of us riders that follow the law a bad name. So, explain to me the "No harm, no foul" statement again????
Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 8:15 am
by VermilionX
dr_bar wrote:verm wrote:like i said... no harm no foul.
On the contrary...
If you are seen speeding on a motorcycle, then you give the rest of us riders that follow the law a bad name. So, explain to me the "No harm, no foul" statement again????
if people are not open minded enough to know that every rider is different. then there's really nothing i can do about that.
Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 8:17 am
by dr_bar
And you side stepped the question...
Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 8:19 am
by VermilionX
dr_bar wrote:And you side stepped the question...
what i meant by no harm no foul is that if they ride very fast but no accidents... then it's cool to me, i have no problems w/ them
Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 8:23 am
by Andrew
Just because they haven't caused any accidents doesn't mean they haven't done any harm. I've seen plenty of cars and bikes speeding and going through traffic causing other people to slam on their brakes or maneuver quickly to get out of the way.
Even if it's done safely(if possible), riding at breakneck speeds on public roads gives the motorcycling community as a whole a bad name. Maybe no physical harm is done, but harm is still done.