Ducati Sporting Club UK > General > Idle Chat > maniac bikers on the loose

[bradders]

Originally posted by Ray
What can the biking community do to improve their press?
Ray.

difficult one Ray - who says we can do anything?? All we can hope is that the media have another target soon......but as they have portrayed negative images of bikes for 50 years, I won't hold my breath!

And I dont think speeding nutters are the probelm - its people like us (me, dont know about you) who have loud cans and SOUND like we are speeding. 40 thru a village in 4th rather 30 in 1st will not cause as much problem, hence why complaints are not as prfelent for cars which often go as fast or faster.

[Loz]

Originally posted by bradders

difficult one Ray - who says we can do anything?? All we can hope is that the media have another target soon......but as they have portrayed negative images of bikes for 50 years, I won't hold my breath!

The media, especially the BBC, are past masters of misrepresentation. I saw a documentary about their coverage of the miner's strike quite a few years back. The coverage depicted the strikers lobbing stones, etc at the police and the police launching a horseback charge in response. The reality of the situation though was that the police had charged first, and the miners responded. A subtle manipulation of events, and their effect on the viewer, I thought.

And I dont think speeding nutters are the probelm - its people like us (me, dont know about you) who have loud cans and SOUND like we are speeding. 40 thru a village in 4th rather 30 in 1st will not cause as much problem, hence why complaints are not as prfelent for cars which often go as fast or faster.

Absolutely. And it's for this kind of reason I will not fit noisy pipes - I want to retain as low a profile as possible, so far as complaints are concerned, and I'm yet to be convinced of the argument that extra-loud pipes save lives.

[webbyc]

Also the guy filming took a lot of close-ups of my bike particularly the DSc sticker on the screen!!! As we appeared on the beeb does that mean we're entitled to some sort of fees?

Well done Charlotte, are we all in for some form of compo payout?

[Redsps]

webby, I know how we all like the excusivity of the DSC, but prime time telly, this is probably stretching things a bit far mate.

But seriously, I hav'nt seen the said article yet, but having read the postings,totally agree you all.The Beeb and Co were well out of order here, there must surley be some kind of recourse here against the beeb and Co.

Keep up the good work mate.

Red..