People who go out and get a motorcycle during a mid life crisis whim because they think its cool and they wanna be like all the irresponsible, crazy, riders on the road today. I wanna do something off the wall, crazy, irresponsible, I wanna go buy a bike!! WTF is that? The public perception of motorcycle riders stinks, and yet these people wanna go out and be just like all the other crazy people??!!
The just totally rubs me the wrong way. Real riders, the ones who do it for the love of the sport or better yet the way of life that riding is , are not wild, crazy, irresponsible, stupid or any other piss poor adjective they wanna throw out. All they see is jesse james and the Tuetuls riding around w/ no lid, being the crazy biker, and Oh man I gotta have one.
Heck, the same thing applies to the punk kids of today.. all they see are the Hard Copy stories on TV and in the news about crazy kids stunting in the streets, causing traffic jams and endangering the lives and well being of those driving on the same roads as them. What, they gotta just be cool and go ride a bike because doing wheelies and stoppies is cool!! Gimme a break. It's no wonder the public perception of us never gets any better because too many people whether they are 18 or 50 go into riding for the wrong reasons.
Stunting on busy roads and city streets..or revving up ur bike in residential neighboorhoods just because you have the physical ability to do so doesnt make it right, and its not what riding is all about!
I take offense to punk kids doing that obviously, as probably most of us do..but also w/ these people in a mid life crises who all of the sudden say, I wanna go out and do something crazy, irresponsible and buy a motorcycle. That is not what we are all about nor is what riding is all about.
If you wanna do it and its just simply out of character for you, but you've always wanted to try it, and u go about learning and riding the correct way, in the right frame of mind..then more power to ya and welcome to the world of riding.. BUT
when go into just because your perception of it is people that do it are irresponsible to themselves and their family,and they are all wild and crazy bikers who just dont give a damn, and they wanna be rebels too; then yeah thats just flat out wrong, IMO. Im a biker and Im not crazy, stupid or irresponsible. I ride because I love it, because I enjoy the feeling of being on the open road and being one my bike. I do it because of the commradery and kinship. I do it because I never wanna stop learning about bikes no matter how much I may know already from experience. I do it because my wife and I enjoy it as well, and its something Im proud to say that I do to anyone that asks, and its something that hopefully my kids will want to do some day as well and I can pass along what I have learned and hope they take it to heart.
Just my .02 rant for the day after reading an article recently about somebody who used pretty much those exact words for a reason to get a bike.
The just totally rubs me the wrong way. Real riders, the ones who do it for the love of the sport or better yet the way of life that riding is , are not wild, crazy, irresponsible, stupid or any other piss poor adjective they wanna throw out. All they see is jesse james and the Tuetuls riding around w/ no lid, being the crazy biker, and Oh man I gotta have one.
Heck, the same thing applies to the punk kids of today.. all they see are the Hard Copy stories on TV and in the news about crazy kids stunting in the streets, causing traffic jams and endangering the lives and well being of those driving on the same roads as them. What, they gotta just be cool and go ride a bike because doing wheelies and stoppies is cool!! Gimme a break. It's no wonder the public perception of us never gets any better because too many people whether they are 18 or 50 go into riding for the wrong reasons.
Stunting on busy roads and city streets..or revving up ur bike in residential neighboorhoods just because you have the physical ability to do so doesnt make it right, and its not what riding is all about!
I take offense to punk kids doing that obviously, as probably most of us do..but also w/ these people in a mid life crises who all of the sudden say, I wanna go out and do something crazy, irresponsible and buy a motorcycle. That is not what we are all about nor is what riding is all about.
If you wanna do it and its just simply out of character for you, but you've always wanted to try it, and u go about learning and riding the correct way, in the right frame of mind..then more power to ya and welcome to the world of riding.. BUT
when go into just because your perception of it is people that do it are irresponsible to themselves and their family,and they are all wild and crazy bikers who just dont give a damn, and they wanna be rebels too; then yeah thats just flat out wrong, IMO. Im a biker and Im not crazy, stupid or irresponsible. I ride because I love it, because I enjoy the feeling of being on the open road and being one my bike. I do it because of the commradery and kinship. I do it because I never wanna stop learning about bikes no matter how much I may know already from experience. I do it because my wife and I enjoy it as well, and its something Im proud to say that I do to anyone that asks, and its something that hopefully my kids will want to do some day as well and I can pass along what I have learned and hope they take it to heart.
Just my .02 rant for the day after reading an article recently about somebody who used pretty much those exact words for a reason to get a bike.
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