I take it from the tone of your response that you think the people on this thread should mind their own business and that it is up to each individual to worry about their own personal safety?

If so...F**K YOU!

You wanna go plaster yourself against a guard rail or take a plunge off a bridge then by all means, be my guest! If your riding without a helmet or riding while on the phone then you probably deserved it! But the problem with j**k-offs who think that they are so bad-@$$ by throwing caution to the wind is that when they do lose it, they more often than not end up taking some innocent bystander with them! I have a wife and two kids, an elderly set of parents, seven brothers and sisters and countless of nephews and nieces as well as a handful of close friends, all who have to share roads with morons who think that when they do stupid things while riding (or driving) that they are the only one's taking a risk and so everyone else should just mind their business and back off.

Your attempt at coming off like some internet tough guy is about as lame as it gets. You wanna "live dangerously"? Buy a revolver and go into your basement and play some Russian Roulette with yourself. Put your OWN life at risk. No one on here expects to live forever. But it is human nature to want to preserve ourselves. And at the very least, I sure as hell don't want some @$$hole deciding for me when it is my time to go or even that I should get hurt or just lose my ride because they wanted to act like an idiot while on the road!

 

Yes.

We ride motorcycles, perhaps the most dangerous transportation in common use. The danger is very real and having our senses tuned to a high, animal-like level while riding is one of the thrills. I'm never more alive than when riding my bikes, because I'm constantly aware that one mis-step at 80mph is certain death.

In my post(s) I was attempting to point out the absurdity of having other bikers draw the lines of safety for me. We're all unsafe at the most fundamental level.

Personally I'm a boring driver, never sexting while riding, wears a helmet, blah blah. I've been riding since 1976 and have driven like a geezer ever since becoming one about 12 years ago. That's MY business. I'm not gonna tell you to not speed, wear a helmet, don't use a cell phone, etc - I sincerely couldn't care less what you do.

You know, Skeez - on a personal level, can you really read my previous OBVIOUSLY tongue-in-cheek post and think that I was attempting to be an "Internet Tough Guy"? Seriously?

 

I just downshift and nail it. Seen a couple of phone thrown up in surprize.

If I ride at a steady pace she is almost quite, so its easy to sneak up on them. But cracking the throttle wakes up everybody.

 

I saw a couple of people talking on their phone riding around Angier Saturday.

A couple of weeks ago I saw someone on a crotch rocket texting while riding going down I-95.

 

It about getting time to Bail on this thread the Mother Hens are starting to come out.

 

sounds like eric shouldn't be driving around in a cage either...jeez...how p-whipped can a guy be?

 

Hey I'm guilty to some degree; I sometimes use my cellphone, GPS, MP3 and Sat radio ...but via my bluetooth headset. Let me caveat by saying that if I'm in the $hit, then no, I don't want anything intruding on my focus. But when I'm cruzin down the road/super slab, yup, no issues with the above.

Bluegrass gave me an idea with his DVD remark, so I might need to look into selling the RK and getting a geezer glide. I could play the kids wii on those looooong boring Interstates.

 

When I got my ultra - my first bike with a radio - I wouldn't even turn on the radio the first few times. I listen to it now, but try not to mess with it while driving. Think I'd rather get a bit more familiar with the bike first.

 

Ya, and they must be really pissed when they catch up with ya!
The visual is really funny.

 

This whole thread is ridicules because idjits don't ride baggers, everyone knows that !!!! (sheesh)