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squids, especially the rich, entitled ones, make me laugh
« on: October 02, 2009, 04:07:19 PM »
we live across the street from a private school and among the vehicles these kids drive are 2 vipers, a hummer H1, a couple of classic porsches and a new bmw k1200r, their 165 hp, inline 4 sport bike. i;ve been watching this dip#$%* kid leave out of the parking lot daily, half the time the thing nearly gets away from him and he rides like an idiot. about 10 minutes ago, i heard the bike coming down the drive from the school so i looked out the window just in time to see dumbass pull a massive wheelie, unfortunately he and the bike parted company almost immediately, unfortunately for him and the parked car the bike hit. i ran out to render first aid if he was hurt, right after i called the police and told em i just saw a bike wreck out front. the one smart thing this punk kid has done is he has top of the line alpinestars gear so he doesnt have a scratch on him. i got out there and asked him if he was ok and the little snot says "what the #$%* does it look like? are you stupid?" i nearly felt bad for him till that comment. so, i heckled and laughed at him from my front porch till the police got here. i avout wet myself i laughed so hard. i know the police officer and as he got out of his patrol car, he told me he'd be over in a bit to get my witness statement, and as he walks toward the kid he's doing his best not to laught at the little punk too.
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Re: squids, especially the rich, entitled ones, make me laugh
« Reply #1 on: October 02, 2009, 04:22:07 PM »
Rich doesn't mean smart.
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Re: squids, especially the rich, entitled ones, make me laugh
« Reply #2 on: October 02, 2009, 04:33:41 PM »
thats for damn sure.
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« Reply #3 on: October 02, 2009, 04:43:48 PM »
Especially if it's "gimme" money.
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« Reply #4 on: October 02, 2009, 05:11:48 PM »
natural selection ,money doesn't change anything.

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Re: squids, especially the rich, entitled ones, make me laugh
« Reply #5 on: October 02, 2009, 06:11:27 PM »
We see that around here also.
Must be a nationwide epidemic.
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Re: squids, especially the rich, entitled ones, make me laugh
« Reply #6 on: October 02, 2009, 08:00:59 PM »
Daddy will be buying him a new bike tomorrow...probably new gear too.  Ya know, you just HAVE to keep up the "image".

Rich bastards make me sick   :P  It's THOSE JERKS that make it rough on all the others that ride sanely and responsible.  Friggin squids.

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Re: squids, especially the rich, entitled ones, make me laugh
« Reply #7 on: October 02, 2009, 08:08:11 PM »
the thing that really sickens me is that alot of the motorcycle dealers here wont sell the high powered motorcycles to anyone under 21, so the parents come in and get the bike without the kid. i've seen way too many people hurt or killed because theyre a beginner rider, on their first motorcycle and they choose a model of bike that has enough power to change the weather. hopefully this little peckerhead learned his lesson and will be more careful from now on, though i highly doubt it. the forest acres officer that was on the scene came into the house to get my witnesses statement and i told him how many times i've seen this kid do all sorts of stupid #$%* and nearly lose it a bunch of times. he said he's had to notify way too many parents that their little darling has hurt himself real bad or gotten killed. i've been riding for nearly 20 years and i still dont feel that i have enough skill to ride one of the litre bikes to their potential.
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Re: squids, especially the rich, entitled ones, make me laugh
« Reply #8 on: October 03, 2009, 08:34:01 AM »
i've been riding for nearly 20 years and i still dont feel that i have enough skill to ride one of the litre bikes to their potential.

If only my generation and even the generation below me would understand this...I had a 250 ninja and a 500 ninja with a properly setup suspension and I could ride circles around guys who only moments before were talking about how they HAD to get the GSXR1000 because the 600's just didn't have the power they needed. Yes somehow...i'm riding a bike 15 years older with less than half the horsepower, and i'm having WAYYYYY more fun and paying WAYYYY less in insurance lol.
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« Reply #9 on: October 05, 2009, 07:20:23 AM »
We need to follow Britain's lead and have a stepped licensing system in place. I work at a dealer and I have seen too many squids come in and buy the latest hyper bike (rather, mommy buys it for them) and they have no clue how to ride. A common comment is "Yeah, I used to ride a dirt bike!" And how does this qualify you to throw a leg over a 150hp rocket on the street? More than once I have seen a kid grab a handful of throttle and launch his new toy right across four lanes of traffic (and the median) into a ditch the other side of the hiway! Gee, maybe you ought to learn how to ride FIRST!!!

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Re: squids, especially the rich, entitled ones, make me laugh
« Reply #10 on: October 05, 2009, 07:25:30 AM »
This makes me glad my first bike had 50hp in 1974.

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Re: squids, especially the rich, entitled ones, make me laugh
« Reply #11 on: October 05, 2009, 07:28:22 AM »
I put these kind of things to my favorite saying.....They have lots of DOLLARS and little cents (SENSE)....JFK Jr. was in the same situation. Plane was more than he was able to handle and you know the outcome. I love to watch these kids trying to be the next big stunt rider and as they separate from the bike....one or the other or even both end up a wreak.
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Re: squids, especially the rich, entitled ones, make me laugh
« Reply #12 on: October 05, 2009, 07:33:33 AM »
We need to follow Britain's lead and have a stepped licensing system in place. I work at a dealer and I have seen too many squids come in and buy the latest hyper bike (rather, mommy buys it for them) and they have no clue how to ride. A common comment is "Yeah, I used to ride a dirt bike!" And how does this qualify you to throw a leg over a 150hp rocket on the street? More than once I have seen a kid grab a handful of throttle and launch his new toy right across four lanes of traffic (and the median) into a ditch the other side of the hiway! Gee, maybe you ought to learn how to ride FIRST!!!

i couldnt agree more. the beemer/triumph/victory shop i worked at wouldnt sell any of the sport bikes to anyone under 21.
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« Reply #13 on: October 05, 2009, 08:36:59 AM »
I can still remember a case a few years ago in England where a rich father bought his 18 year old son a Ferarri!!! The kid went out showing off and lost control, killing an innocent bystander. As the judge sentenced the young man he stated that he wished it were within his power to sentence the father as well. He stated that giving such a powerful vehicle to an inexperienced driver was criminal. Pity that the rich don't think like the rest of us.

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« Reply #14 on: October 05, 2009, 09:03:22 AM »
I love the fact that I spent my initial driving years in Holland, at 16 the biggest baddest thing i could own was a 50cc moped...sure I hopped it up like crazy...but it's scary that 10hp was a LOT of horsepower lol. Then at 18 I could take lessons and drive a car, and get my motorcycle license for bikes up to 250cc's.

Plus if we had that, we'd have a lot more of the cool 250's that europe and the rest of the world gets....
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Re: squids, especially the rich, entitled ones, make me laugh
« Reply #15 on: October 05, 2009, 10:39:05 AM »
hopefully this little peckerhead learned his lesson and will be more careful from now on, though i highly doubt it.


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Re: squids, especially the rich, entitled ones, make me laugh
« Reply #16 on: October 05, 2009, 01:37:41 PM »
I can still remember a case a few years ago in England where a rich father bought his 18 year old son a Ferarri!!! The kid went out showing off and lost control, killing an innocent bystander. As the judge sentenced the young man he stated that he wished it were within his power to sentence the father as well. He stated that giving such a powerful vehicle to an inexperienced driver was criminal. Pity that the rich don't think like the rest of us.
That's the problem here now - the bike test is so damn hard and insurance so high you almost have to be a born again biker to afford it BUT it does mean proportionately the biking community is safer.

The issue we now have is idiot kids buying cheap little hatchback cars and modifying the hell out of them so it's beyond their ability to drive them at the speeds they do. At 17 you can drive any car you can afford and that's why 25 year old and under males constitute the single biggest accident group in the UK. And I betthey don't tell their insurers about the modifications.

If it was me in power, I'd limit horsepower like with the bikes (33BHP for under 21s) and make it law for under 25s not to be able to drive a car capable of more than 30mph....that's the least controversial of my "if I came to power" laws :D
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Re: squids, especially the rich, entitled ones, make me laugh
« Reply #17 on: October 05, 2009, 02:58:31 PM »
It scares the hell out of me that kids that young have bikes that powerful.  Hell, when 9/10 of the original owners of our sohcs had their start riding, they were flogging trail 50s, 90s, 125s, etc etc.  now we have 17 and 18 year olds on modern rockets? ugh.

Too bad his pride wasn't bruised a little, Fuzz. ;)
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Re: squids, especially the rich, entitled ones, make me laugh
« Reply #18 on: October 05, 2009, 06:51:41 PM »
If you get caught "wheelee-ing" a  bike in Florida now...you loose the bike.

According to a cop friend of mine, most sport bike riders don't have the motorcycle endorsement and some don't even have a license. And, most of the time they don't chase them for offenses as they have had too many chases end badly.

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« Reply #19 on: October 05, 2009, 06:59:46 PM »
Whoa....are you telling me that Fla. passed a law outlawing a wheelie? If so, what do they consider a wheelie? Front tire off ground? or for a period of time? or a certain distance? And if they don't chase to enforce, why even have it in the first place?
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« Reply #20 on: October 07, 2009, 01:26:34 PM »
the bad thing is you tell someone to start with a 350 or 400 and they laugh at you
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Re: squids, especially the rich, entitled ones, make me laugh
« Reply #21 on: October 07, 2009, 02:00:23 PM »
That's one hell of a bike for a new rider to be on, hopefully he learned his lesson, but mommy an daddy probably bought him a new one by the end of the night. :D :D :D ;D ;D ;D
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« Reply #22 on: October 09, 2009, 06:58:45 AM »
and daddy pissed and fussed at me out in the yard yesterday because i laughed at his little darling then called the police. i told him to ef off and to get a clue, that i did the kid a favor, maybe a nice big reckless driving ticket will slow his ass down some, though i doubt it.
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Re: squids, especially the rich, entitled ones, make me laugh
« Reply #23 on: October 09, 2009, 09:37:34 AM »
Learned on a 250 Nighthawk - in the rider saftey course.  First bike was a GS850GL with all the touring stuff...first day, grabbed a mittful of throttle, wobbled, fell over.

Looking back now, I can't believe my parents let me buy that thing...but I am very glad they didn't let me get a crotch-rocket.  I'd be dead now.  Kids are idiots, plain and simple...and giving idiots that much power is asking for it.

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« Reply #24 on: October 09, 2009, 09:59:18 AM »
Yup. I learned on a kawi 125 eliminator at the rider safety course.  My 650 is my first bike, and I was still pretty intimidated in the beginning.
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