OK, we have all seen all or one of the following.

- The person who bicycles his motorcycle in a parking lot instead of putting his feet on the pegs and riding at slow speeds.

- The person who rides smack in the middle of the lane with the car and transmission oil right under the tire.

- The person who is doing the turtle while riding. Head straight and neck withdrawn and clenched, holding onto the bars for all he is worth, never moving his upper or lower...

I went riding the other day with a few really good guys.

On a personal level, they are laid back, easy going, friendly and decent people. People who you like to hang with. People who are what I call riders.

Not jokers who live an image, kind of. Or, people who push limits to show off to others, wheelies, burnouts and other lower rider evolution crap.

Just good guys. Ride, coffee, chat about bikes, ride, lunch, talk about bikes, stuff that puts you in a...

I need to vent on how some of our brothers are so full of crap on safety.

How ofthen do we blame cagers when the real statistics show that the vast majority, 85%, of death and serious injury are caused by bikers loosing control or using bad judgment or alcohol or all three at once.

Or, I ride with a beanie and a tee shirt because I am free. No, you are an idiot who lives in a free society. You are free to be an idiot but why be proud of that?

Or, I just...