re: Is revving a Harley Davidson up and down the only way to keep it running at a stop sign?

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I’ve been giving it serious thought lately of buying a sport bike. I know it’s probably an early mid-life crisis thing, but damn it’s been a hell of an itch I’m craving to scratch.

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The riding position on those type bikes can be hard on the body, especially if a bit older and out of shape, or riding a fair distance.

I ride a cruiser and was parked outside a bar one afternoon when a couple sport bike riders showed up. I had just come back from a 320 mile round trip ride to check on my late father-in-law's property in CENLA.

They were talking about how they took a quick ride out to the Lakefront to check it out and then out to Fort Pike to get in some miles----probably no more than 75 miles total. They were saying how their backs and wrists needed a break from being humped over the bike like a monkey fricking a coconut.

When I told them how far I had gone, you'd have thought I had crossed the country from coast to coast the way they acted.

Serious question. Have you ever ridden a motorcycle before, especially in urban areas? I only ask because most new riders who get a sport bike have little to no clue how to handle what that type bike can do and get in over their head real quick.

I'll never forget the advice the guy I got my first bike from in 1970 told me. He said "Just when you think you've got this riding thing down pat, the ground will jump up and bite you on the arse".