:) Nephew recently bought a bike from a police impound that had been clocked at 176. It too had run out of gas. It’s usually how they catch them. I’m not sure why this story is national news. What are we turning into? I’ve got four bikes now, but they’re all cruisers and dual sports.
Where i crank my bike there is a 6 ft concrete barrier for 12 miles between the east/west traffic and very little traffic.
I gave up bikes in 1988 after 25 years of riding pretty much only two wheels. My fourth trip to the hospital with multiple broken bones &c made me swear off of them. Gas going up over $4 a few years ago sent me back, but at a more sedate level. I have now a Honda 250cc Reflex. It will comfortably go any legal speed in this part of the country and the way I drive (a long commute at 40 mph) lets me get 75-80 miles a gallon. When (ha!) gas goes back under $2.50 I will re-activate my Chevy(pre GovernmentMotors).
“What are we turning into?”
The despair/hopelessness that plagued the urban underclass for decades has spread into the middle class as an increasing number of young Americans realize they have no future; you see it with the rise in teen pregnancy, drug abuse, body piercings/tattoos, and driving at 170 mph atop a speeding little machine.
These are America’s next generation of Dem voters, reliant on welfare and food stamps as a replacement for the jobs their parents used to work.