Attention bikers, please don't try this at home

As a police reporter, I already feel like I write about a lot of motorcyclists getting scraped off the highway -- even ones who are obeying traffic laws.

This kind of stuff can't be helping. (With video!)

Wheelies and such have been around forever, but Steve Rock reports that authorities believe such stunts are contributing to an increase in motorcycle-related deaths.

-- Sara Shepherd

Comments

[G]

To those who doubt evolution, i say....Behold: Stunt Motorcycling!

[Searching]

I saw a motocycle doing this on I-70 one day.

[Crashin]

To G
Evel Knievel rode a lot of wheelies...

He lived to be 69

so much for evolution.

[JC_in_KC]

Evel Knievel also was well trained and protected. I never saw him in a white short sleeve, with a passenger on the back like that.

Evel Knievel broke every bone in his body. Most of us don't aspire to that.

[ODF]

As has been said...Evil Knievel was a well-trained stuntman and still broke almost every bone in his body. He performed in controlled environments where spectators and innocent drivers/bystanders were not injured.....he also never killed a 3 year old baby during one of his stunts. The only people that ride like this on public roadways are complete and utter idiots. The only people more stupid than the drivers is that ignorant passenger in the photo above. If that drivers loses the bike, she is going to be spitting out teeth...and asphalt...for some time. Darwinism at it's finest!

[just me]

Of course this is dangerous. Just riding a motorcycle on a street is dangerous. Your entire body is exposed, meanwile, big SUVs and people on cell phones don't pay attention. It's just an accident waiting to happen.

[DaMone]

I absolutely love these dip sh*ts. Memo to all you @ssholes that ride crotch rockets. You and your gay bikes, your little f@g Power Ranger outfits & that cool little thing you do (parking in a row together at the plaza like complete morons) are the laughing stocks of the road. Do you not look in the mirror and understand how stupid you look? I swear, everytime you pull up to me on the road, I feel like running over you dumb @sses. Actually, I take it back... Don't change a thing butt plugs, cause your always good for a laugh.

[jpbikerfreak aka cartman]

Wow, Damone, do you feel better?

I bet you feel like you just crapped a 40lb concrete tird now, huh?

Ever consider some aromatherapy or a massage maybe? How about guided imagery?

[jpbikerfreak aka cartman]

If you don't get help at charter, please... get help somewhere.

[Liz]

Ahhhh, Darwin's theory at its best.

[CareBear]

jp, that made me giggle out loud in the LIBRARY. You wrote what I was thinking (without the 40 lbs of concrete).

Learned a new word "butt plug", what exactly is that and is it to be received or given?

[jpbikerfreak aka cartman]

You think that word is interesting, google "pegging" some time, CB LOL

[Chris]

Unlike most who uses the bike to make them look good, we make the bike look good. On one or two wheels......

[in2ropin]

I have to give it to JP, I was ready to write something very simliar after reading that, but JP beat me to it. Hats off to you:)

CB, it's a gay bashing term used to make the author feel manly:)

I'm currently awaiting surgery on my left shoulder from a bike wreck during the March of Dimes Charity ride and thank DaMone I wasn't on one of those kind of bikes:)

DaMone...
That was a very educated comment you made there. Wonder who the laughing stock of this thread is???
Maybe you shouldn't comment on things you don't know anything about. Works out better for your image that way. Of course if you had half a brain, you'd already know that.
BTW... that "power ranger" outfit you're talking about is what is worn by most considerate and safe riders, because that's exactly what it's made for... safety. But you probably already knew that...

[CareBear]

oh, so he is the plugger not the pluggee. I get it now...

[DaMone]

He Crotch Rocket Guy - You're so gay, you make Moped Guy look cool. Seriously, What's up with loitering outside Houstons on the plaza? All lined up in a row, like an army of nerds. Enough already, put your Storm Trooper outfit back in the closet, park that silly bike in the garage & maybe - just maybe, you might get laid. And dudes, whats up with the 80's jeans (light blue - tight at the ankles) & the neon tank tops? Really?

[CareBear]

Gosh, Damone, you're pretty observant about what they're wearing. I don't pay that close of attention to people that I'm not with.

[DaMone]

CareBear - Do you look at train wrecks? Exactly!

[Searching]

What they are wearing all the time on the plaza carebear.....

hey damone... are their shoes this season?

[CareBear]

lol Searching.

I don't think I can compare looking at what people are wearing to a train wreck.

[unnamed assailant]

Evel Knievel was a dumbass. How in the world do you admire someone that crashed 90% of the time. What do you do, take off your hat, lift a glass and say, "Que wow, you have got to be the dumbest guy I have ever seen."

The jump over Snake River Canyon. I am still LMAO over that one.

My idea of a hero is certainly not one who almost kills himself every time he tries a new stunt.

Apparently to some people taking a motorcycle and driving it right into a wall is an incredible feat of heroism.

[Chris]

There you go, making this a gay thing. That just shows us your level of education. It kind of fits your name to....

[Chris]

But jealosy does make people say stupid things damone

[DaMone]

Oh, Chrissy stop.

[DaMone]

Searching - Here are the essentials....

1) Diesel/ Seven jeans
2) Rolex/ Omega watch (The only jewelry a man should wear besides a simple wedding band)
3) Crisp white/ other solids long sleeve button downs (preferably Polo purple label/ Prada/ D&G
4) Imported (clean & new) leather shoes
5) A pair of Maui Jim sunglasses

Now go get the job, the girl or anything else you want.

[unnamed assailant]

"I don't think I can compare looking at what people are wearing to a train wreck."
Posted by: CareBear

After seeing Bjork on HBO the other night, I would have to disagree with you.

[unnamed assailant]

DaMone sounds like you are getting dressed up for an evening with a US Senator at an airport restroom.

I have to disagree with what clothes attract women. When I was single and lived in Key West this was the outfit I wore that worked the best:

Black AC/DC t-shirt.
Cut off jeans with holes in the pockets.
47 foot Scarab w/600HP of Johnson outboards.

Worked like a charm.

[jpbikerfreak aka cartman]

Ya I'm not sure who damone is calling crotch rocket boy, but for the record I am not one. But I also really don't care what kind of bike a person rides, or what he wears or doesn't while riding. Seriously, aren't there bigger things in life to get pissed off about? Or are you just trolling?

And ya, you can scrap the yuppie golf course dress for me too. As soon as I get home from work, it's usually a t-shirt (in the summer cut up for ventalation), jeans, black harley biker boots, and a leather coat if necessary.

And btw I think your jewlry is about as "gay" as the rider apparel you're bashing. IMHO the only jewlry a man should wear is sterling silver or stainless steel. Which includes my 12 guage ear rings, 12 guage nipple ring, ring (NOT a wedding band, that's for guys who are whipped) and bracelet.

he he he heee...

[DaBone]

If it were really a gay na,e it would be

[DaBone]

A lovely diamond tennis bracelet?

[JUNGLE JIM]

Is a leather coat ever really necessary?

[unnamed assailant]

JP I hate when you sugar coat it!!

[kmb]

If anyone knows what's gay and what's not, I would trust JP - because he's a REAL man, and anyone on this blog who has read his posts in the past would have to agree.

I'm not saying I agree with everything he says in every post - but he speaks his mind, doesn't try to overwhelm with b.s., and takes care of his family and his home.

Please refer to comments at 1.29 pm and 1.32 pm.
DaMone, I assume the 1.32 pm comment was your response to my 1.29 comment.
Once again, you are commenting on something you know nothing about. You have never met me, yet you are assuming that I am a loitering gay guy that rides a crotch rocket, doesn't get laid, and wears 80's jeans. Well, let me inlighten you...
I am a girl, I am not gay,I do ride a crotch rocket (very safely, never wrecked, don't do stunts),I don't wear 80's jeans, I get laid regularly since I'm married to a very hot crotch rocket riding non 80's jeans wearing guy with a very high sex drive.

YOu should consider not posting anymore, because everytime you do you make yourself look a little more stupid. Just my opinion.

[kmb]

Who's the anonymous poster here in this blog?

Meant the post from 11.33 instead of 1.29 post above.

[kmb]

who ARE you, O anonymous one?

A ghost
will post
but not
the most.

Just someone bored at work and really irritated about people who like to talk a lot about things that they don't know anything about.

[x-raygal]

Is DaBone and DaMone the same person?

[kmb]

Just someone bored at work and really irritated about people who like to talk a lot about things that they don't know anything about.

Posted by: | Friday, December 21, 2007 at 03:29 PM

That's me every day! LOL

[jpbikerfreak red foreman]

Aw shucks, kmb, thanks! I'll take your comments as a nice christmas present!

[aqua]

Dang, JP & kmb need to get a room...

[Lisa]

As a motorcycle enthusiast (average 22,000 miles per year) I have to say that I'm thoroughly disgusted with the crotch rocket riders. Most of these riders are young people that don't care about the risk they take, not only to themselves but to others sharing the road with them. I don't understand why they are even street legal bikes because they are made for racing and stunts.

[PTT]

Ever time one of these dimwits wipes out just thank Mother Nature for culling the herd.

[Farmers agent]

As an insurance agent, I love for these little dummies to drive the rates up. Keep poping those wheeles! keep crashing and dieing, more commision for me.

[lisa]

Farmers agent, what a horrible thing to say! Most of the crotch rocket riders are young kids who just haven't matured enough yet to think seriously about consequences. For you to wish death on a young person, or any person for that matter, is horrible. I hope you never have to suffer the pain of losing a child.

[unnamed assailant]

As an insurance agent, I love for these little dummies to drive the rates up. Keep poping those wheeles! keep crashing and dieing, more commision for me.

Posted by: Farmers agent
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Another POS walks among us.

[Goldwing Rider]

I like to watch sport bikes do tricks. It takes talent to hold over 300 pounds at bay while doing a wheelie or spinning or whatever trick they try. My problem is keep it off the highways and streets. Seriously kids, for your safety and the safety of others, do it in a controlled environment. Keep the suits too for your safety! Harley riders wear full leather, why can't you for safety reasons. Like I said at the beginning, watching tricks and stuff is really neat, just keep it off the streets.