stunter meets his maker, now the media ?'s the safety of motorcycles

tdeal28 · 10-18-2005, 4:56 PM

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Originally Posted by slodsm

It's simply natural selection at it's finest. If it were not the motorcycle, he would have met his end off of something less spectacular like copying something he saw on Jackass or perhaps setting himself on fire at a party. Some people simply are not equipped to handle their own freedom so they have a way of taking care of themselves.

I can't believe that you stated this...... How can you "assume" such a comment. Yes, I will agree that stunting your bike on a highway at night is not the right thing to do, but just b/c a rider does stunt doesn't mean that they are people who stunt in general are retards that just go out and copy jackass stunts.
I see idiots that DONT stunt riding fast as Helll and trying to take corners in the city limits as if they where on the race track like they are trying to impress me or others and some of those guys/kids eat pavement and cause accidents. With that said, I DO NOT assume that every person who has a fast, track style of riding or is a track guy is going to ride like that.

CBRVFR · 10-18-2005, 5:06 PM

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Originally Posted by tdeal28

I see idiots that DONT stunt riding fast as Helll and trying to take corners in the city limits as if they where on the race track like they are trying to impress me or others and some of those guys/kids eat pavement and cause accidents....

That's stunting in my book. Slodsm's remark has validity... if a person is seeking approval by misusing a powerful instrument in this way, then they lack the discipline and wisdom to stay alive-- a survival instinct. The fact that they cause accidents and endanger others, as you point out, is the reason many hope they don't breed before they take themselves out of the gene pool.

rocket · 10-18-2005, 5:36 PM

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Originally Posted by revkev

ah first of all, i am not a stunter,second, i have never endangered your ability to enjoy the sport, ever! i am a fellow rider who loves the sport and people who love bikes. over here in humboldt we have a lott of riders that all go on rides together and have started our own club/site humboldtriders.com and we have a brotherhood with ourselves and other riders even if they have made a stupid mistake in there life. one of our riders wrecked his bike with the front wheel up going down the freeway (dumbass) and now he does not do it anymore. he is lucky to be alive. i dont hate him for it. mater of fact i use him for an example to tell others not to do that kind of crap, take it to the dragstrip or whatever. we dont want members of our club making us look bad doing that sort of stuff. i just think some of you need to chill out with your hate and remember you all have done stupid things. ....... and now im waiting for some fool to take a small quote from what i said and play better than thou. come on guys stop the hate we all cant afford the cost of track days. some of us have no choice but to ride on the street but lets be responsable about it.

What is your point? I don't think any of these guys have exerted half the energy required to actually hate someone. I just think they are concerned that the asshats that stunt are going to ruin it for us all.

Did the cat deserve to die? It's not a question of deserves it's a question of playing the odds and losing. The problem is he doesn't just play the odds and lose for himself ...we all lose to an extent. When you go to buy the new 50 HP 1000RR don't blame anyone but these jackasses that abuse it for the rest of us.

tdeal28 · 10-18-2005, 7:26 PM

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Originally Posted by CBRVFR

That's stunting in my book. Slodsm's remark has validity... if a person is seeking approval by misusing a powerful instrument in this way, then they lack the discipline and wisdom to stay alive-- a survival instinct. The fact that they cause accidents and endanger others, as you point out, is the reason many hope they don't breed before they take themselves out of the gene pool.

Yes, I do see your point. I guess what makes me upset is that it seems a lot of people on this site dont' like stunters (which is fine) but just b/c some people ride the way they do in public DOESN"T mean that ALL stunters are like that. Maybe I was just looking into it too much, but I just felt as if his comments were towards stunters in general, Rather than those "stunters" that don't take it off the public roadways.

ConqSoft · 10-18-2005, 7:27 PM

Rule #8 was clarified a while back for that very reason.

ConqSoft · 10-18-2005, 8:55 PM

...which goes back to the tiered licensing discussion...

Tiered Liscensing, what do you think??

Zeeman · 10-19-2005, 1:08 AM

But, as anyone who deals with the general public knows, the general public are dumb. They will read this stuff and nod their heads in agreement aas they mumble words to each other along the lines of banning those death machines...

This is why the trashy media works so well.

Z...

tdeal28 · 10-19-2005, 12:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Zeeman

But, as anyone who deals with the general public knows, the general public are dumb. They will read this stuff and nod their heads in agreement aas they mumble words to each other along the lines of banning those death machines...

This is why the trashy media works so well.

Z...

I couldn't agree with you anymore. The media never tells 100% of BOTH sides of the story, if they did it wouldn't be as interesting to the general public....