Posted on 05/11/2005 11:18:19 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
LOL, at the rate things are going, the cutoff point would appear to be the day you were born.
If you want a really wild ride, try the Yamaha V-Max. That thing is a beast. Sportbikes are like riding a throughbred racehorse. The V-Max is like riding a rodeo bull! It is big, it is ugly and it is pissed! My R1 provides plenty of thrills, but moments of stark, mindnumbing terror are coutesy of my V-Max.
Not much difference between those two years. Easier to get aftermarket parts for the '86, but not much easier. Don't ask how I know. :)
I ride a motorcycle and I don't believe in penalties for any accident.
Accidents are accidents. They are not crimes. If there is no intent to commit a crime, there is no crime in my book.
It's my job as a motorcyclist to make sure I stay out of harm's way. I have been riding on and off since 1980 without a mishap. I think my way works pretty good.
Oh, I'm more of a cruiser-rider. I would surely get killed riding one of those sportbikes. Don't want to tempt fate. ;-)
The V-Max is a cruiser/standard. Probably the hottest performing cruiser out there. It has been around, vitually unchanged since 1985.
:)
I don't think what I said is going to make a difference, though.
I know what you mean!
I tried and he replied with post # 60,that's where I decided to give it up! :)
Wow, that is a beast cruiser! I just took a look at the specs. Egad! Ride carefully, man... ;-)
I ride horseback and occassionally along roadways. I have yet to meet a biker who didn't pull over and stop until I was safely by. I would never ride a bike, I don't have the courage, but I would bet there is a higher percentage of nice, law abiding, courteous bikers on the road than those driving automobiles and trucks.
Save your breath!
He isn't going to listen to you anyway!
It' like talking to a brick wall!
I made the same argument and he replied with post # 60!
LOL - didn't get as far as post #60, saw red at #35.
Thank you for your service!! Cream rises to the top.
As a mom of a biker - please be super careful, we need you alive and healthy! Remember your prayers before you get on that bike. (I couldn't resist, it's the mom in me).
As much as I would love to agree with you, I can't. I feel it depends on the area in which you live. Here we have a LOT of harley gangs, not just the H.A., either, there are a lot of others, just as dangerous. And they do control a lot of the meth trafficking here, unfortunately. It's unfortunate and a lot of them ride w/ HUGE chips on their shoulders, riding in the left lane doing 62 mph, I've even been "shouldered" almost off the road by bikers in the past and I just probably am a bit more jaded than most regarding that. :)
LOL.
So did I ,but not red enough until a few posts later!
Yeah I saw that vid. Pretty chilling, but I think the guy that rear-ended all those bikers didn't know them. I think.
Could have been a hit for all I know--one of the guys that died in that incident is a Mexican TV actor.
>>try the Yamaha V-Max.
Those are cool. Maybe after I've been riding for a while, I'll get me one of those.
I think he is all worked up because he was the guy in the Camaro that poster #9 spoke of.
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