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Something I don’t understand

Apparently, packs of motorcycles—not Harleys, but sportbikes—are terrorizing the highways around St. Louis.

Brian Johnson of St. Louis said he was heading on I-170 north to Lambert International Airport with his wife when he saw the pack of motorcycles on the other side of the highway.

"There was a good half mile stretch where it was 20 bikes wide the whole highway," he said. "It was hundreds after hundreds after hundreds of bikes."

Johnson said the bikers were not your typical Harley Davidson types; most were wearing racing suits and riding speed bikes like you would see in stunt shows.

He said the first group of bikers were pumping their fists; the second group created a ringlike formation and had bikers riding down the middle doing wheelies.

Johnson said cars were forced over to the shoulder of the road and trying to get off. There were also traffic tie-ups on his side of the highway as drivers slowed to gawk at the spectacle.

Let me explain something to you morons very simply. If I’m out driving in my Ram 2500 Long Bed, and you try to force me off the road with your motorcycle you’re gonna die.

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10 Responses to Something I don’t understand

  • walk_n_wind says:

    I don’t know man, these were speed bikes (you know, like the ones in those stunt shows).  Yikes!

  • Ranger Jay says:

    Apparently, this is one of those “flashmob” things, where “young” sport bikers take over a busy stretch of road, close it down, and then do stupid stunts for a while. Then, they all go separate ways to avoid the police. It happened in Dallas not too long ago. The one in Dallas “may” be related to a biker death, but the lure of the 15-minute fame on YouTube may trigger stupid behavior by other idiots in other places.
    http://www.wfaa.com/news/crime/Bikers-take-over-of-Central-Expressway-spurs-police-response-concerns-123142588.html
    Probably will happen a few more times, then fade away after a while. May fade away sooner if someone gets killed.

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  • Brady Steffl says:

    Dale,

    What is this nonsense now? I can understand a flash mob – a bunch of maniacs start dancing in public. Clogging a highway is a different thing entirely. Motorcyclists as a group do not need help convincing the general public that we are a group of degenerate morons. The overarching opinion has been getting better over the years, and now this kind of crap starts? No thanks, count me out.

    Brady
    Behind Bars – Motorcycles and Life
    http://www.behindbarsmotorcycle.com

  • Tim Frazier says:

    I agree, Dale.  My Dodge Magnum vs. motorcycle trying to run me off road means motorcycle loses.  Not to mention that if they endanger one of my family members they’ll have to deal with the .45 I carry in the console as well.

    This sort of stupidity is what causes some cops to make assumptions about all riders, not to mention the general public deciding they don’t have to share the road with us because some squids decide to try to own it outright.  I’ve done stupid stuff on my bike and I’m no saint, but at least I make sure the only life I endanger is my own.  These guys are juts punks that need a good beating to make up for all the spankings they apparently missed out on when they were kids..

  • Adrian says:

    Are you serious?
    No, you can’t be serious. You must be kidding. You’re kidding, right? I wouldn’t wish a motorcycle accident on my worst enemy, let alone threaten to mow someone down on a bike. Do you even ride much???

    • Dale Franks says:

      Deadly serious. If you try to run me off the road in your motorcycle, then you deserve to suffer the consequences. I have no sympathy for you at all. I have no obligation whatsoever to you in that situation. You wanna play that game on a motorcycle, then you’re too stupid to live. It’s better for everyone if you get taken out of the gene pool, hopefully before you reproduce.

      And yes, I ride. Every. Single. Day.

      You know what I don’t do? I don’t intentionally pit my motorcycle against drivers in 5,000 lb automobiles.

      • Adrian says:

        If a kitten walked into me, I wouldn’t go out of my way to kick it, but I would stay on my course.
        That’s what we are as motorcyclists to cagers. There will always be idiots giving us a bad reputation. Running them down isn’t the solution. It’s pretty over dramatic.

        • Dale Franks says:

          Didn’t say I’d go out of my way to run anybody down. But somebody who’s trying to run me off the road is the aggressor. What part of that do you not get?