06-28-2019, 12:18 PM
(06-28-2019, 10:31 AM)Stichill_imp Wrote:max!
I guess I'm not a fan of people using motorcycles in a non-serious way, e.g. obnoxiously loud pipes, stunting on the highway, street racing, swarming/flash mobbing, ape hangers, motorcycle gangs, stretched-swingarm / pimped-out 'busas, and these goofy Bosozoku. These are social phenomena that are less about the motorcycles than they are about sticking a finger in the eye of their fellow citizens. Same thing as the stupid boom-boom cars that were popular a few years back, or these diesel pickups that "roll coal" on Toyota Priuses.
I think any "look-at-me-I'm-being-obnoxious" behavior that involves motorcycles diminishes our sport/hobby and by association us as riders in the eyes of the larger society.
Interesting observation, Stichill. I'm assuming you actually find any "look-at-me-I'm-being-obnoxious" behavior objectionable and are limiting it purely for the purposes of this forum and conversation.
It makes me wonder why the wider community is so willing quickly to lump all motorcyclists in the obnoxious category when it seems to me highly unlikely they'd do the same thing, say, to all car drivers because of the behaviour of an obnoxious sub-class of car driver.
There must be something about motorcycles.