Sociology of Motorcycle Week

[MarkinNH]

Originally Posted by joann721

"[B] have we revved our engines just to hear them make noise[/B

Then please give us a reasonable and justifiable explanation as to Why many bike riders (not all) sit at stop sign's and stop lights and rev their engines. As a person who many times has had to close my windows in an attempt to somewhat block out the obnoxious racket being made by the moron on his bike sitting there going VROOM VROOM VROOM VROOM I would really like to hear an answer.
Despite showing a blatent lack of respect and a total disregard for the people around them is there a necessary reason for this ?

[Gatto Nero]

Originally Posted by MarkinNH

Then please give us a reasonable and justifiable explanation as to Why many bike riders (not all) sit at stop sign's and stop lights and rev their engines. As a person who many times has had to close my windows in an attempt to somewhat block out the obnoxious racket being made by the moron on his bike sitting there going VROOM VROOM VROOM VROOM I would really like to hear an answer.
Despite showing a blatent lack of respect and a total disregard for the people around them is there a necessary reason for this ?

I think you answered your own question.

Originally Posted by MarkinNH

...obnoxious racket being made by the moron on his bike sitting there going VROOM VROOM VROOM VROOM

[MarkinNH]

Originally Posted by Gatto Nero

I think you answered your own question.

LOL I am afraid your right.
I know my posts make it look like I dislike All bikes and their riders when in reality I don't. Unfortunatly it is always the bad apples that stick in your mind and it again unfortunatly, taints your vision of the hobby and group as a whole. I think some bike riders have the same or similar mentality as those people who ride around in their cars with the stereo going BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM, thinking that everybody will hear me and see me and think I'm cool.
I also suspect that age and maturity or lack of, play a large role in how a rider acts and conducts themselves.

[tricia1218]

I was about 18 and decided to visit my parents who have a camp on Paugus Bay on the Saturday of Motor Cycle weekend, this was about 20 years ago before there were state troopers every 10 feet. A big scary biker approached my car and asked if I had a light, I happened to and I said keep it, he took the lighter and walked a little further up to another group of bikers. A guy about my age and some of his friends approached my car, clean cut, no leather and started yelling stuff at me in the car, I think we all remember the days of “show em?” they would not leave and continued to yell, well here comes my friend the big scary biker with his friends, “is there a problem here fellas?” he asks. The younger guys mouths hit the ground and they all but ran away. So anyway long story, but try not to judge a book by its cover.

[joann721]

Originally Posted by MarkinNH

Then please give us a reasonable and justifiable explanation as to Why many bike riders (not all) sit at stop sign's and stop lights and rev their engines. As a person who many times has had to close my windows in an attempt to somewhat block out the obnoxious racket being made by the moron on his bike sitting there going VROOM VROOM VROOM VROOM I would really like to hear an answer.
Despite showing a blatent lack of respect and a total disregard for the people around them is there a necessary reason for this ?

Hi Markin - I asked my husband your question and he thought about it for a minute and he said that when he had his previous bike it had a carburator that took quite awhile to warm up & get the idle to smooth out - and so he would rev it a few times while he was stopped at a light until it was warmed up. Now he has purchased a Meredith Police Bike - and that is no longer the case. He said his honest opinion is that most people who do this as you described - do it to get attention or to get a pretty girl to look at them.. if the bike is tuned and running properly, in his opinion, there isnt a reason to do it..