Thread: Pet Peeves?

Funny you mentioned that, one of my biggest peeves is the male menopausal crew who rode their friends 90 cc 2 stroke yamahaha when they were 14 and think they can hop on a road king at 58 years of age.
Not hard to spot them, the bike is immaculate with low mileage and every conceivable factory extra. They wear Harley helmet, jacket, gloves, boots, socks, probably underwear and have 300 pins and patches on their vest.
They ride too fast or too slow. They have an intercom on their helmet so they can communicate with the pillion, which is usually a 350 lb behemoth squeezed in to a size too small matching leather jacket and pants.
They all belong to the HOG club and wear a beard.
On Monday they get in their suits and toddle off to the office in their Audi.
I give them a wide birth.
The only up side is they buy a new bike every two years, so you can pick up a low mileage bike for cheap.

Sent from a moto x far far away

Originally Posted by Grazor

Funny you mentioned that, one of my biggest peeves is the male menopausal crew who rode their friends 90 cc 2 stroke yamahaha when they were 14 and think they can hop on a road king at 58 years of age.
Not hard to spot them, the bike is immaculate with low mileage and every conceivable factory extra. They wear Harley helmet, jacket, gloves, boots, socks, probably underwear and have 300 pins and patches on their vest.
They ride too fast or too slow. They have an intercom on their helmet so they can communicate with the pillion, which is usually a 350 lb behemoth squeezed in to a size too small matching leather jacket and pants.
They all belong to the HOG club and wear a beard.
On Monday they get in their suits and toddle off to the office in their Audi.
I give them a wide birth.
The only up side is they buy a new bike every two years, so you can pick up a low mileage bike for cheap.

Sent from a moto x far far away

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Originally Posted by Hirlau

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+1 on that!
Yeah, I guess they have a worldwide group of those yuppies!!! They'll have low miles because they'll usually make an appearance at the local biker bar talking big & so on. They're the ones that if they go to a biker event several states away, they put their scooters in trailers & drive them there pulled by a pickup truck, then about 50 miles away or less, they'll pull them out of the trailer & ride in acting all worn out from such a long ride.

Originally Posted by Grazor

Funny you mentioned that, one of my biggest peeves is the male menopausal crew who rode their friends 90 cc 2 stroke yamahaha when they were 14 and think they can hop on a road king at 58 years of age.
Not hard to spot them, the bike is immaculate with low mileage and every conceivable factory extra. They wear Harley helmet, jacket, gloves, boots, socks, probably underwear and have 300 pins and patches on their vest.
They ride too fast or too slow. They have an intercom on their helmet so they can communicate with the pillion, which is usually a 350 lb behemoth squeezed in to a size too small matching leather jacket and pants.
They all belong to the HOG club and wear a beard.
On Monday they get in their suits and toddle off to the office in their Audi.
I give them a wide birth.
The only up side is they buy a new bike every two years, so you can pick up a low mileage bike for cheap.

Sent from a moto x far far away

I see tons of these at the Park cruising the twists and bends.

Originally Posted by Grazor

Funny you mentioned that, one of my biggest peeves is the male menopausal crew who rode their friends 90 cc 2 stroke yamahaha when they were 14 and think they can hop on a road king at 58 years of age.
Not hard to spot them, the bike is immaculate with low mileage and every conceivable factory extra. They wear Harley helmet, jacket, gloves, boots, socks, probably underwear and have 300 pins and patches on their vest.
They ride too fast or too slow. They have an intercom on their helmet so they can communicate with the pillion, which is usually a 350 lb behemoth squeezed in to a size too small matching leather jacket and pants.
They all belong to the HOG club and wear a beard.
On Monday they get in their suits and toddle off to the office in their Audi.
I give them a wide birth.
The only up side is they buy a new bike every two years, so you can pick up a low mileage bike for cheap.

Sent from a moto x far far away

Well aside from the ones they scrap because they cant ride and end up going over a cliff or hitting a tree/truck/wall/car/each other etc etc...
Round here they made variable prices for licence plates dinging sport bikes 1400$/year then anything else over 400cc 600$/year and under 400cc 400$/year.
A car costs 250$/year to plate Yes plates are ridiculous here! Bikes and cars used to be the same till about 5 years ago
The excuse was that the sport bikes were more dangerous but the govt stats showed it was 50+ first time riders on cruisers that crashed the most. Youngsters already couldn't afford the massive insurance on sport bikes so it really wasn't that much of a problem but they did succeed in driving a lot of bike shops out of business.

Bicycle riders claim that they shouldn't have to stop at a stop sign because they have to take their feet off the pegs!

If they were in the Tour DE France and in the lead I would agree with them.

A yellow jersey is just wishful thinking.....................

Originally Posted by 32t

Bicycle riders claim that they shouldn't have to stop at a stop sign because they have to take their feet off the pegs!

If they were in the Tour DE France and in the lead I would agree with them.

A yellow jersey is just wishful thinking.....................

I've seen dash-top videos showing where the 'Elite' on a bicycle runs a stop light and the police take off after them AND THAT'S THE WAY IT SHOULD BE!!

Share the Road/Share the Rules!

Originally Posted by 32t

Bicycle riders claim that they shouldn't have to stop at a stop sign because they have to take their feet off the pegs!

If they were in the Tour DE France and in the lead I would agree with them.

A yellow jersey is just wishful thinking.....................

Worse than that is living in a state where it is actually allowed

Idaho has a special "Stop Sign" 'Red light" laws for Bicyclists, along with the fact they can become Peddlers, Pedestrians or Cars at their own whim almost. By far the dumbest Bicylist laws I have ever seen..

Originally Posted by gssixgun

Worse than that is living in a state where it is actually allowed

Idaho has a special "Stop Sign" 'Red light" laws for Bicyclists, along with the fact they can become Peddlers, Pedestrians or Cars at their own whim almost. By far the dumbest Bicylist laws I have ever seen..

is right!

I hate to say it, because I'm pretty sure we have some on here, but cyclists in general (BIcycles, not motorcycles). Around here they tend to ride in packs, and can hang up a country road for miles, not to mention the ridiculous outfits they wear. When they do the Assault on Mount Mitchell (a famous local race that starts here in town), or on a pretty fall day on the Blue Ridge Parkway, you can't get anywhere. I probably just hate 'em because they're all in much better shape than me, though...

Funny, on the other hand I kinda feel sorry for all the poor bastards riding around here on what we call "Liquor-cycles" (mopeds, scooters, etc.), just toolin' along grim-faced at 20mph in every kind of bad weather year 'round. For most of them, a DUI or similar forced them onto SR-22 insurance, which they can't afford, thus the liquor-cycles.

Having said that, I give all of them, and motorcycles, a LOT of following room and never try to pass them in a bad spot that could potentially get them killed if it goes wrong. I used to ride street bikes myself, but wouldn't do it now, in the age of texting, with a gun to my head!!