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And yes, some of the posts are morbidly gleeful.

I see it, plain as day. And it is sickening. Just like the thread of the Judge that was shot in Reno. One poster asked if he was a liberal judge. A fine display of conservative morals and values, it is.

I ride a motorcycle at breakneck speeds on occasion. I reach speeds of 160+ in a matter of seconds and feel my front tire tap back down when I brake for an upcoming sweep. Indescribable acceleration awaits the exit of the turn.

But all of this is done on a racetrack where it belongs with full race gear. I am not a "bad ass biker" hell's angel type, nor am I a "squid". People like that represent 1% of the bikers on the road today. That 1% gives 99% a bad image.

I drive on the street like I am invisible to all and I am constantly braking, swerving and trying to get out of the way of cagers who are oblivious to their surroundings. It is too bad that someone sees my high performance motorcycle and instantly puts me in a category of 19yo squid who thinks the highway is his race track and that I have a death wish. My hobby is dangerous, but so is anything else.

BTW to some on this forum. Don't ever walk down a flight of stairs again. You could trip and break your neck.

You'll no doubt live to a ripe old age since you have abundant common sense.

Hubby and I have trikes.
[he has a trike building business]
Amazingly, even though they have more lights on them than a Delta jet preparing for landing and are 4 times as wide as a 2 wheeler, some people still "don't see them".
On the bright side, we've had a a massive decrease in "pull outs" since going into trikes.
People seem to realize that a heavy *trike* just might smash their cars up pretty bad.

We have our share of metric "wheelie boys" around here.
There's one particular strip of rural highway where they do their "tricks".
You can't imagine how sick I feel when I'm unlucky enough to be there when they're out "playing".

I usually turn off or slow down enough that I don't have to watch what's eventually going to happen to them.

Life is dangerous and everything can kill you.

A lady up the road went down to her basement and switched on the overhead light.
The floor was damp.
She is no more.