Yes it does. Sport motorcycles are manufactured to be very fast. Some of these motorcycles will do over 140mph easily. There are cars that can do the same thing. The problem is not that these motorcycles or cars are fast, the problem is that some people riding them are going too fast.

Norm

There are a select few, as you can see by a couple of comments of here, who have no regard for law, public safety or their own safety.

They give all of us bikers a bad name because we are lumped in with them by the public and law enforcement.

The reason they are crying bias and perpetuating a so called cruiser v. sport bike rider rivalry, which is a myth, is to justify what they are doing. There is no sport bike rider v. cruiser rivalry.

On the runs that I go on everywhere, all bikers and motorcyclist show each other respect. I have heard other bikers coming down on an idiot who decides to wheelie down a two lane road at 80mph a few feet from where hundreds of bikes are parked and bikers are standing.

The vast majority of sport bike riders that I know follow the law. Both cruisers and sport bike riders get taken out equally by cagers. We have to stick together!

Norm

Norm

I cannot tell you how many sport bike riders I represent who have been taken out by cagers. To me all bikers are the same.

Read my article again.

Norm

I can see the you feel strongly about loud pipes and their affect on cager opinions of bikers therefrom.

My article about loud pipes saving lives has nothing to do with what cagers think. It has to do with my own personal experiences on the issue. Cagers are the ones crashing into us because they fail to see us, or hear us. The issue of public perception is a whole different matter.

If you read my article on Sport Bike riders you will notice that I am not lobbying against Sport Bike Riders. My article is about why law enforcement is rousting them. The article talks about how a few sports bike riders are ruining it for the majority. Many of my clients are sport bike riders. They are reporting to me that they are being pulled over for no reason at all. I also discuss what I have personally seen on the roads.

Now whether a grandma will get more pissed off seeing a sport bike rider doing 100 miles per hour down a city street, or a loud Cruiser going down the street, I do not know. Frankly, my articles are about safety. I invite you to write an article about public perception of bikers. I will publish it on the Blog. Simply shoot me an email to law@norman-law.com with your article and it will be published here on the Blog.

Norm

Cruiser riders to their fair share of stupid stuff too, and I’m not a fan of the loud pipes, but I notice sport bikes more because that is what I ride and the type of activity I see people associating me with.

Instead of embracing this type of activity, the sport bike community needs to shun it. For example, the stunters who put out videos of them stunting on public roads, donÂ’t buy from them. DonÂ’t hang out with the sonic racers either, youÂ’re just encouraging the same activity that gets you harassed by the police.

Just my 2cents.

well I guess what I’m really tring to say is
I’m faster than a speeding ticket
you can’t give me a ciation if you can’t catch me.

good luck sportbike riders

** The rest of the comments have been edited out due to your derogatory reference to certain well established motorcycle clubs, and your bash comment which is not allowed on my Blog.

Norm