Cop on a bike

[Sparky]

http://i.imgur.com/997EFWn.gifv

[..]

If real he's an idiot.

[old2soon]

Something VERY similar took out Indian Larry.  IF real I defer to a ventriloquists dummies favorite saying-dumb ass!  RIDE SAFE.

[Willow]

Something VERY similar took out Indian Larry.   IF real I defer to a ventriloquists dummies favorite saying-dumb ass!   RIDE SAFE.

In fairness, Dennis, Indian Larry did that trick many, many times without a mishap.   As easy as it is for you to be judgmental and to feel superior, it is just as easy for a non-rider to look out the car window at you with the exact same thought regarding your riding a motorcycle in traffic.  We could easily say that if Larry hadn't done that trick he might still be alive today.  Perhaps we could say if he hadn't chosen to ride motorcycles he might still be alive.  Perhaps so if he'd just chosen to look more carefully for debris on the path.  My recollection is that he had some alcohol that day.  Maybe sobriety would have saved him.  Truthfully, it's likely we don't have nearly as much control over life (and death) as we believe we do.  In reality, the people who refuse to do anything they perceive as risky and spend their lives in rocking chairs are not nearly as much smarter than us as they think they are.

I don't choose to do the trick of standing on the seat, but I do acknowledge his skill.  It's not that I'm so much smarter than is he but moreso that I just don't have the faith in my own abilities.  I was riding down the road once minding my own business.  I experienced an unexpected rapid deflation of the rear tire and I mishandled the recovery.  I landed on the pavement on my face at flyway speed and I should not have survived, at least by the assessment of many.

Let's not be quite so judgmental nor automatically assume at a glance that we are mentally superior to others.  Especially we should not do that when we do so many things and say so much that convinces others of how intellectually superior they are to us.

Enjoy the ride.  Take the chances that you have decided are reasonable.  Know that we will all come to an end and it is not so much in our own hands as we might want to believe.  

         

[RDAbull]

Sorry to disagree with you Willow, but that is just being an idiot.
To me it is kind of like kissing a rattlesnake, someday you gonna git bit.

I will whole heartedly agree with "Enjoy the Ride", but there can be no reasonableness of standing on your ride on a road with other traffic of which you have no control.

[MacDragon]

I have to agree to... It's an idiotic move.  He may not be concerned with his own safety... but what about the safety of the family that the bike might take out after he falls off? 

[Willow]

Sorry to disagree with you Willow, but that is just being an idiot.
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LOL!  You don't need to be sorry.  A lot of people disagree with me and often.  We are each of differing genetic makeup.  

My point was that the criticisms that those of us offered when identifying the rider of faulty intellect can be just as regularly made of any of us by those who are "wise" enough to not ride motorcycles in traffic.

I'm good with saying it's not something I would choose to do.  I'm even okay with sharing our reasons why we would not.  I'm just not okay with calling anyone who doesn't see the world as I do an idiot.

My viewpoint is that the clearest indication of how risky a particular action is is what result is left after it's been done.  The risk factor of any past event is either 100% or 0% completely regardless of what we thought it was before.  I'll continue to do things that many folks will find unreasonable and risky.  I'll smile knowingly when they call me an idiot for my choices.

Very few of us are as all knowing and smart as we think we are.  I say few because there are two to three percent among us who are.        

[The emperor has no clothes]

I'm a dumbass and I know it. I guess I am in the top 2 or 3 percent ?

[Willow]

I'm a dumbass and I know it. I guess I am in the top 2 or 3 percent ?

The select two or three.  Let's not misconstrue the ends.   

[Oss]

I have friends who would do wheelies for miles on end
and stand on the bike   not my style

just shake my head and hope he dont hurt someone else

by the way meat, this was my gps till it fell off

Wonder which one I am in judging by my creation

Smart Dumbass

or

Dumbass Smart?

Your opinions do not matter, just throwing it out there    

    

says the fellow who rode out to inzane and back from NY
with some of one eye and not hardly much of the other at all

Damon you are still my hero !

[BobB]

I have never been one to attempt stunts on the street, dirt bikes don't count.  But I have always known that there are individuals out there that are a lot more skilled than myself, and stunts have always been a part of that.  It's not due to any mental condition.  Standing on the seat is a mild stunt.

In the '60s, Milwaukee bikers would gather at a spot along Lincoln Memorial Dr which ran along the lake.  Often a Motor Officer would join us and sit there to catch speeders.  One evening, along came a biker heading North, but this guy was riding a little different.  He was doing a hand stand on his seat and then went to a one handed hand stand so he could wave to the Motor Officer as he went by.  This was the best stunt I have ever seen, bar none.  The officer just sat there and when asked why he did not pursue this guy, the officer just replied "I will never catch him".

Some individuals just let it hang out there father than others.  Some pay for it...

[Rams]

It's all about risk versus reward.    With my skills, the reward is normally road rash so, I don't take many risks.        Of course, there was a learning curve to overcome but, let's not talk about that. 

[PAVALKER]

Fine example he is setting for others (NOT).  It would be my wish that he dropped it (without injury of course) in front of many so his example to others could be what not to do.  That would be a lesson.  Wonder if he had that video submitted to he boss......

Of course I believe he would rush to stop/ticket others from doing that.  Another example of hey look, I'm above the law or do as I say, not as I do.

[Mr Whiskey]

In fairness, Dennis, Indian Larry did that trick many, many times without a mishap.   As easy as it is for you to be judgmental and to feel superior, it is just as easy for a non-rider to look out the car window at you with the exact same thought regarding your riding a motorcycle in traffic.  We could easily say that if Larry hadn't done that trick he might still be alive today.  Perhaps we could say if he hadn't chosen to ride motorcycles he might still be alive.  Perhaps so if he'd just chosen to look more carefully for debris on the path.  My recollection is that he had some alcohol that day.  Maybe sobriety would have saved him.  Truthfully, it's likely we don't have nearly as much control over life (and death) as we believe we do.  In reality, the people who refuse to do anything they perceive as risky and spend their lives in rocking chairs are not nearly as much smarter than us as they think they are.

I don't choose to do the trick of standing on the seat, but I do acknowledge his skill.  It's not that I'm so much smarter than is he but moreso that I just don't have the faith in my own abilities.  I was riding down the road once minding my own business.  I experienced an unexpected rapid deflation of the rear tire and I mishandled the recovery.  I landed on the pavement on my face at flyway speed and I should not have survived, at least by the assessment of many.

Let's not be quite so judgmental nor automatically assume at a glance that we are mentally superior to others.  Especially we should not do that when we do so many things and say so much that convinces others of how intellectually superior they are to us.

Enjoy the ride.  Take the chances that you have decided are reasonable.  Know that we will all come to an end and it is not so much in our own hands as we might want to believe.  

         

Very well written & thank you! In this, we are of a similar mind

[Valker]

 Most police officers would write a citizen a ticket for stunting if they saw them doing that on the street.