| Author | Message | ||
     Koz5150 |
Yeah, I saw you on highway 41 north at 5:35 pm. As I was getting on at the II ramp when I saw you cut between two cars in the center lane and over 2 lanes from the far right to the far left at about 75 mph then up to about 90. Then in less then a half mile you braked hard, cut back over the same two lanes and next to a car forcing him to make room so you could sneak onto the ramp for 441. All of us behind you had to abruptly slow down. Of course the one car in front of you just wasn't fast enough so before the end of that ramp you cut across the solid white line (where the loose gravel accumulates) and then to the far left lane of 441. Yeah, that spot right where the bridge starts and there is no run off lanes. Finally you gunned it up to probably 80 something until you were tail gating the next set of cars. I watched you stay right behind those cars till I got off at the Onieda St. exit. You were easy to spot as you were the only one racing around wearing no riding gear, just brown pants, a blue short sleeved shirt and black plastic sunglasses. Riding like that I can only hope you are still alive to read this and realize the number of poor decisions you made in a matter of 5 miles of highway. I am not claiming to be an angel, but that was about the worst 5 miles of riding I have seen in awhile. Hard to imagine why sportbikes get a bad image??? | ||
| Svh |
I have seen this guy out on 441 also doing equally crappy riding. No gear that day either. | ||
| Bobby_fletcher |
I will try to do better.....j/k He will learn his lesson one day, and hopefully it won't involve other humans. Some of us have to learn the hard way, it's just how we are wired.....lol | ||
| Svh |
We just had a 21yr old with a 9mo old daughter hit a left turning car at 100mph on a CITY street! No gear at all. Needless to say he did not make it. Spun the car around. Sad thing that may have been a sad recovery story not a tragic one had he been wearing gear. | ||
| Buellerandy |
My wife was working at that gas station that day and saw it. She's still a bit shocked. But what that tool chose to do that day wouldn't have been lessened with any amount of riding gear. I atleast hope his family can find a way to recover. We all make our decisions when we climb onto our saddles. You don't accidentally go through a city at triple digits. | ||
| Koz5150 |
The other bike I have been seeing a lot of is a red and gold XB12r that hangs with a bunch of other sportbikes. No complaints, I just have seen him around like 5 or 6 times already. | ||
| Daves |
It wasn't me! | ||
| Koz5150 |
I know Daves, you are always geared up! | ||
| Paint_shaker |
What Koz posted happens, somewhere in America on a daily basis. | ||
| Rah7777777 |
I was at a cycle gear one day when a buell XB pulled up, normally I'd go say hello but this guy had on NO gear, no helmet. Just a tank top, shorts and flip-flops. I decided I'd rather not socialize with him :-) | ||
| Nextcorner |
Most of the other Buells I see around here are black. I'm not sure I've seen this guy around. | ||
| Chrisrogers3 |
It wasnt me either. I only have a white 12r now. I actually dont know who it could be. | ||
| Koz5150 |
I am not one to talk about gear. I ride jean/shorts and a t-shirt. Not the topic I was looking to start. I just wanted the guy to know that because of his poor decisions he was greatly increasing his chances of becoming roadkill. To put it more bluntly, he was ridding like a dumba$$, almost cause an accident, and I was calling him out for it. | ||
| Midknyte |
very very good PSA I ran across earlier this week... | ||
| Drkside79 |
I saw the same thing on Barrington Rd and Hassell rd in Hoffman Estates IL except the douche in question was on a Black 1125 | ||
| Nextcorner |
Save that type of riding for the track! Unless I'm good friends with a guy that's riding like a jack@$$, I really don't care what they do. Just don't let me become involved as a 3rd party. People piss me off that make everyone else have to slam on their brakes for what the 1st person is trying to do. Everyone, keep the rest of the people on the road in-mind when you're trying to cross lanes, etc. And while I'm at it, people need to use their turning signals BEFORE they turn. I hate when people don't turn on their blinker until they are already 1/2 way in the next lane. It's used as a warning (Hey, I'm about to move over in a second). NOT, "Hey, I'm already in your lane.... here's my blinker." |
