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Old 06-08-2009, 10:50 AM   #11
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I know the cop that responded to my accident was biased against sport bikes. He accused me of going 75mph and he was ready to write me a ticket but he said he would wait until the investigation was over. When the forensic team came out to investigate they determined I was going 36. I will say that the cop called me back personally and apologized. He said "I'm sorry but I'm going to have to eat crow in this one".
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Old 06-08-2009, 10:53 AM   #12
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I know the cop that responded to my accident was biased against sport bikes. He accused me of going 75mph and he was ready to write me a ticket but he said he would wait until the investigation was over. When the forensic team came out to investigate they determined I was going 36. I will say that the cop called me back personally and apologized. He said "I'm sorry but I'm going to have to eat crow in this one".
At least he called and apologized. Let's hope he's not so biased on the next one.
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Old 06-08-2009, 10:55 AM   #13
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I know the cop that responded to my accident was biased against sport bikes. He accused me of going 75mph and he was ready to write me a ticket but he said he would wait until the investigation was over. When the forensic team came out to investigate they determined I was going 36. I will say that the cop called me back personally and apologized. He said "I'm sorry but I'm going to have to eat crow in this one".
Well at least he apologized, I guess..

I had an asshat DPS officer that worked my accident. Tried to say that the reason I crashed was that I was going so fast that my front wheel came off the ground. Being as I was riding a '93 F2 at the time, I would have to really work to get that bike to wheelie (being as I've never wheelied a bike, I wouldn't even know how).. and there's no way I was trying to do that going 40mph on a back country road. But then the guy also was trying to question me in the ER while I was vomiting blood, and then threatened my mom with a ticket for trying to "impede the investigation" when she tried to insist on staying with me when they took me to CT.
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Old 06-08-2009, 11:00 AM   #14
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Just chalk it up to you having more experience from the types of riding and riders that you prefer...

Youve seen my area...typically anytime someone says their going to the track its the drag strip, and you get the deer in the headlights when you ask if they know track racing or MotoGP, etc...

I talk to those who talk to me, but unless theres something REALLY cool that grabs my attention, I just go my own way...
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Old 06-08-2009, 11:15 AM   #15
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it's not that... I can deal with others doing things different than me... it's the negitive aspect they bring. I honestly don't think it's the "ride like I do or else" mentality... as I really have no interest in ever riding a trike or gold wing... but they're some of the most entertaining to talk to.

I'm extremely cautious about riding with other sportbikers... especially when I don't know them... so I've done it twice... both times ended with me taking the next exit while they wheelied/cut people off attracting the wrong kind of attention. I've ridden on about 5 occasions with a group of bikes that contained anything from cruisers to dual sports to big ass tourers. never had a hint of feeling nervous among them...

I guess I'm just stereotyping again here... but it just feel like the vast majority of the sportbikers I run into are just attention whores.
Oh I hear what you are saying... I think that some of it has to do with age, experience, etc. here we are in another situation where my honestly will get me vilified but as some of you know, I've appeared in several "stunt videos" and my group was pretty known back home for doing wheelies on the freeway, etc. I won't say that it's something that I'm "proud" of but I won't hang my head in shame either. I had some fun but I also buried some friends, so that chapter is over...

Maybe some of you can do something that I no longer have the stomach for, you could try and befriend these kids and maybe calm them down before they get killed. I don't have the heart for it anymore... Heck when I first moved here, I met a guy named Kacey Fry. He asked me to go riding with him the next day. While he was waiting for me, he decided to do a few wheelies up and down the street by campus. Someone pulled out, Kasey lost it, end of story. I went on a memorial ride for him just before the rally. One of the cops was popping "bunny hop" wheelies on his Beemer while he was escorting us... I don't even do wheelies unless I'm by myself, I don't want to even encourage it. Again,
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Old 06-08-2009, 11:24 AM   #16
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I bailed out of a ride early on Saturday cause I was sick of watching the HORRIBLE passes they kept making on cars mid corner. I am by no means claiming I do not pass on a double yellow (hence the "super secret probation" I am under in NC) but I wait till both the car driver AND I know it is clear before I make my pass. These guys I was riding with (didn't really know them) where runnin up on cars and just going around whether they could see or not. Then one driver got into it with one of "us" about "you can't pass on a double yellow" well what does "our" guy do? he tells him "well you tried to block me and that is attempted vehicular homicide"! Are you kidding me. After a few more blown turns in front of me I bailed. Not the type of riders I want to be associated with. And they are all too common.
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Old 06-08-2009, 11:28 AM   #17
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I bailed out of a ride early on Saturday cause I was sick of watching the HORRIBLE passes they kept making on cars mid corner. I am by no means claiming I do not pass on a double yellow (hence the "super secret probation" I am under in NC) but I wait till both the car driver AND I know it is clear before I make my pass. These guys I was riding with (didn't really know them) where runnin up on cars and just going around whether they could see or not. Then one driver got into it with one of "us" about "you can't pass on a double yellow" well what does "our" guy do? he tells him "well you tried to block me and that is attempted vehicular homicide"! Are you kidding me. After a few more blown turns in front of me I bailed. Not the type of riders I want to be associated with. And they are all too common.
Exactly! Man that reminds me of a story. I was riding with these guys a few weeks ago that were making double yellow passes. They pissed a couple off in a pickup truck so bad that the lady driving tried to hit one of them and then they later stopped and almost got into a fist fight with us!!! Man talk about a bunch of SQUIDS!!!!
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Old 06-08-2009, 11:28 AM   #18
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At least he called and apologized. Let's hope he's not so biased on the next one.
He was a real dick about it though. He kept asking how fast I was going and when was the last time I checked my speed, then he kept saying "well we'll let science tell the real story". Then the prick followed me to the ER to harass me some more.
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Old 06-08-2009, 11:30 AM   #19
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I bailed out of a ride early...
Oh I've totally done that before! I'm now very selective about who I'll ride with.

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He was a real dick about it though. He kept asking how fast I was going and when was the last time I checked my speed, then he kept saying "well we'll let science tell the real story". Then the prick followed me to the ER to harass me some more.
Did you report him?
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Old 06-08-2009, 11:34 AM   #20
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Did you report him?
It wasn't worth my time.
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