Crotch Rocket topic

Nope, I have people I am responsible for and that love and depend on me.. plus I don't have a small bird, I have nothing to make up for

I hate everything about those machines

Had an '04 R1. Lightest weight manufactured that year. Didn't act too much of a bozo with it. Had a few minor run ins. The worst I did was make it from Laffy to BR in about 25 minutes one late night. Nothing like cruising on the Basin Bridge doing 150.

A guy passed we doing a wheelie on Lake Martin Road. He wore a wifebeater and cutoffs with flip flops.

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Que?

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Vi a un idiota en una motocicleta.

Gawd I detest the term "crotch rocket."
That being said, I've had Ninja 600, Katana 600, FJ1200, Ducati Paso, Ducati 900ss, Moto Guzzi 1100 Sport, Triumph Daytona 955, Ducati ST4, Moro Guzzi V7 Sport, and a Suzuki TL1000S. Lots of dirtbikes along the way.
At a minimum: helmet, boots, gloves, and jacket with armor.
Having broken both of my feet, right one twice, the importance of strong boots its critical.

I had an SV650 and a GSXR750

All kinds of gear. Joe rocket Jacket, Shoe RF1100 Helmet, Alpine Star Boots, Joe Rocket gloves. Dianese full leathers. I also wore riding jeans and kneepads when I was learning and then later when I was riding aggressively.

Tricks? Never bothered to learn that crap. I rode track days and backroads, so I was more focused on technique. I could drag knee if you want to call that a "trick"

Never put it down and never pulled over. I did some really stupid crap like split lanes between vehicles on the interstate and 140+ on backroads.

Got out of riding after one of our family members was paralyzed in a bicycle accident. Quadriplegic, bad shite. Seeing everything he went through scared the crap out of me and I didn't want to put myself or my family through that. I have plenty of confidence in myself not to wreck, but in Lafayette it is essentially Russian roulette with the other idiots on the road so I figured my luck was going to run out eventually. Best to walk away while I can still walk.

1. Don't ever call a sport bike or supersport bike a "crotch rocket".

2. I stopped riding on the street in 2005 and have been racing with WERA on and off since.

Used to ride a few years back. Started with a little street riding until I acted like a dumbass one day and gave myself a self-imposed lifetime ban on street riding. Learned that the real fun happens on the track. Once you've been on the track, street riding becomes pretty pointless. Always rode with full gear on the street. The only difference between my track gear and street gear was padded denim riding pants instead of leather pants on the street. Every time I see a spode riding in shorts and flip flops, I practically beg the asphalt to teach him a valuable lesson that may save his life in the future.