PSA for any cruisers headed for NW AR! (rant)

FT BSTRD · 09-10-2008, 09:15 PM

I just ask that folks know their performance "place". What I hate is a guy on a chrome barge struggling to keep me from passing him. You can tell he isn't having fun. He can't be wrestling that big bastard well beyond his comfort margin.

I don't hate you. I don't wish you ill will. I simply want by. If you hold me up, sling hand gestures, try to run me off the road, you give me power over you. If you pull over just a bit, I will blow by you in a millisecond and POOF I am out of your sight and off your planet. You can go back to doing what you enjoy and I can get back to doing what I enjoy.

Dave · 09-11-2008, 09:53 PM

i will admit that i enjoy zipping up to them and being loud until i get a wave by lol

Sixxxxer · 09-12-2008, 04:59 PM

I havent had many run ins with the kind that you speak of quite yet...but I know I would never wanna be passed on ym bike so I can only imagine how it feels for them...But I have no sympathy for ones who ride at or below the suggested speed limit.

itgirl · 09-12-2008, 08:20 PM

yikes! guess i'll aim my cruiser the other direction.

nhgunnut · 09-14-2008, 10:13 AM

This is funny to me on a couple of levels. First let me acknowledge that people who have confused their check book or worse their credit score with riding skill and project their limits on to me irk the fecal matter right out of me. I don't really care what they are riding but as I have noted before the vast majority here in New England seem to be astride the ubiquitous over chromed HD. I should also acknowledge the more than a few riders on these machines who have decent road manners as they have “made a hole” for me on more than one occasions and in general are fun to take a leisurely ride with.
I have been on the other side of this when riding a Busa. On a recent trip back from New York with my reflexes dulled by fatigue I found myself being crowded by a group of Cruiser riders even though I had rolled to the right I could hear the loud pipe over revving behind me . After about 3 miles of this crap I got to wide spot in the road and stopped and let them go by and while I did not give the single digit wave it did occur to me that perhaps I could better place their pipe to help inflate the airbags that had their fee on the controls

09-11-2008, 09:53 PM	#2
Dave Chaotic Neutral Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Cherry Hill NJ Moto: GV1200 Madura, Hawk gt Posts: 13,992	i will admit that i enjoy zipping up to them and being loud until i get a wave by lol __________________ TWF Post whore #6

09-12-2008, 04:59 PM	#3
Sixxxxer Like Gixxxxer But Not Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Dirty Jersey Moto: 2008 ZX6R Posts: 4,891	I havent had many run ins with the kind that you speak of quite yet...but I know I would never wanna be passed on ym bike so I can only imagine how it feels for them...But I have no sympathy for ones who ride at or below the suggested speed limit. __________________ [FRSH] Candy Plasma Blue

09-10-2008, 09:15 PM	#1
FT BSTRD Tractor Driver Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Franklin, TN Moto: Buell XB12X Ulysses Posts: 1,007	I just ask that folks know their performance "place". What I hate is a guy on a chrome barge struggling to keep me from passing him. You can tell he isn't having fun. He can't be wrestling that big bastard well beyond his comfort margin. I don't hate you. I don't wish you ill will. I simply want by. If you hold me up, sling hand gestures, try to run me off the road, you give me power over you. If you pull over just a bit, I will blow by you in a millisecond and POOF I am out of your sight and off your planet. You can go back to doing what you enjoy and I can get back to doing what I enjoy.

09-14-2008, 10:13 AM	#5
nhgunnut gun totin redneck Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: South West New Hampshire Moto: turbo busa 999 Duc Goldwing & Victory Posts: 1,130	This is funny to me on a couple of levels. First let me acknowledge that people who have confused their check book or worse their credit score with riding skill and project their limits on to me irk the fecal matter right out of me. I don't really care what they are riding but as I have noted before the vast majority here in New England seem to be astride the ubiquitous over chromed HD. I should also acknowledge the more than a few riders on these machines who have decent road manners as they have “made a hole” for me on more than one occasions and in general are fun to take a leisurely ride with. I have been on the other side of this when riding a Busa. On a recent trip back from New York with my reflexes dulled by fatigue I found myself being crowded by a group of Cruiser riders even though I had rolled to the right I could hear the loud pipe over revving behind me . After about 3 miles of this crap I got to wide spot in the road and stopped and let them go by and while I did not give the single digit wave it did occur to me that perhaps I could better place their pipe to help inflate the airbags that had their fee on the controls