I will TRY to make this mild rant short, direct and to the point. Big cities usually have a bike night where bikers gather and show off their bikes and show a little biker commerodery. Lincoln Nebraska is no exception. Being a little bit older than these younger guys with crotch rockets I guess I have a different outlook on motorcycles and the way people are united by them. Like the Marines motorcycling has always had kind of a a sacred code. Like a brotherhood if you will. Another rider will do what he can to help another rider any time or place. No matter if he rides a harley,a jap bike,british,honda rebel or BMW etc etc, his brother biker(or sister) will always be there to help and provide a positive influence for the love of this sport. Well I think those days are over.
Some of these squids that hang at this Lincoln Nebraska Bike Night downtown at the car lot like to hurl insults at other bikers as they ride by on the strip. I myself ride with a few other riders with bikes ranging from dual sports to cruisers. All of us have experienced the insults these guys hurl at riders that ride by that lot that dont have so called "SuperBikes". Hell I ride a opened up Kenny Roberts with some TZ plastics (270 pounds) I am trying to get in order and these guys yell at me in feminine voices saying "What size is that moped?" Other insults range from "Buy a real Bike" to (yelling at my cruiser buddies) "buy a Honda!" or "get a real bike!". I wonder if these guys know who Kenny Roberts is. Or where the technology their bikes have came from. Probably not. I am sure alot know their roots and have respect. But it's the bad apples that make them all look like chumps. Squids...people that ride these high technology machines down to a lot(in shorts) to park so they can hurl insults at other bikers passing by. Thats showing some skills for sure. This is not the biker spirit I have grown up with and been raised to respect. Times are changing I guess, like they always do. Thats part of life. But I never thought there would be this much disrespect towards other bikers with the same passion for riding freedom. I think bike groups should educate and put pressure on these disrespectful squids before they give any more groups or riders a bad name. Bikers should stick together and respect each other. Isnt that why we wave at each other? I think so! Get in the spirit or get off the road. Just makes me sick to know these guys act this way. There is no competition in hollering smack from the sidelines. Someday these chumps will get to the track for track day only to be smacked down by some guy on a tired 25 year old 250cc retired 2 stroke GP replica, then they will find out what side their bread is buttered on. Squids without "Rider Respect" need to get a life! Good luck with all of your bikes.
Some of these squids that hang at this Lincoln Nebraska Bike Night downtown at the car lot like to hurl insults at other bikers as they ride by on the strip. I myself ride with a few other riders with bikes ranging from dual sports to cruisers. All of us have experienced the insults these guys hurl at riders that ride by that lot that dont have so called "SuperBikes". Hell I ride a opened up Kenny Roberts with some TZ plastics (270 pounds) I am trying to get in order and these guys yell at me in feminine voices saying "What size is that moped?" Other insults range from "Buy a real Bike" to (yelling at my cruiser buddies) "buy a Honda!" or "get a real bike!". I wonder if these guys know who Kenny Roberts is. Or where the technology their bikes have came from. Probably not. I am sure alot know their roots and have respect. But it's the bad apples that make them all look like chumps. Squids...people that ride these high technology machines down to a lot(in shorts) to park so they can hurl insults at other bikers passing by. Thats showing some skills for sure. This is not the biker spirit I have grown up with and been raised to respect. Times are changing I guess, like they always do. Thats part of life. But I never thought there would be this much disrespect towards other bikers with the same passion for riding freedom. I think bike groups should educate and put pressure on these disrespectful squids before they give any more groups or riders a bad name. Bikers should stick together and respect each other. Isnt that why we wave at each other? I think so! Get in the spirit or get off the road. Just makes me sick to know these guys act this way. There is no competition in hollering smack from the sidelines. Someday these chumps will get to the track for track day only to be smacked down by some guy on a tired 25 year old 250cc retired 2 stroke GP replica, then they will find out what side their bread is buttered on. Squids without "Rider Respect" need to get a life! Good luck with all of your bikes.
