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Originally posted by skidlids
So should we as a club denounce the use of Termis, open clutches, any number plate that doesn't conform, tinted visors, speeding of any kind and definately no wheelis, stoppies and other such antics. Maybe we should denounce the use of Super Corsas, Rennsports and alike on the road as it could rain on any day of the year in this country.
May be time to buy a Virago and join their owners club if that is the case.
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skids I am certainly not saying we as club should do anything like that, far from it, which was why I put in the word motorcyclists. I believe people should be free to make their own choices.
I just think there is another side to the story of how we as a group (motorcyclists) are seen by non motorcyclists. Recently it has surprised me a bit when talking to non-motorcyclists who have not known of my interest in bikes; some of them really do hate us as a group. And in this day and age where the minority are brushed aside (ban of hunting with dogs) I think we perhaps need to just be aware. I think there has even been a recent Bike editorial that was saying the same sort of thing. I really do think that as a group (motorcyclists) are the best group of people you could come accross (even the gixxer boys), how many events could you get 120,000 people at without a single case of trouble? But the non motorcycling public (and non bike cops perhaps) just don't understand or see the positive, they only see the negative.
My own opinion is that loud bikes make for safer bikes; I am planning talking out my 2 catalytic convertors, putting pipes with removable baffles in so don't put me down for Mr PC.. yet.