Boy-racers

[riffer]

Val chargers eat GM for brekky,RT Rules

Mmmmmmm. As a teenager I always wanted an E49. Had to make do with a noisy 318.

[wkid_one]

I still want a Charger.....I want to do the NZ Targa 2005 in one.....either that or a replica Cobra

[Motoracer]

You see, our numbers are quite minute so there are only a small number of people who get ticked off by bikes. Where as with the boyracers, everyone from 5-85 year old knows about them. So they are the primary target. The general public hardly knows what bikers are all about and what they do.

[Jackrat]

You see, our numbers are quite minute so there are only a small number of people who get ticked off by bikes. Where as with the boyracers, everyone from 5-85 year old knows about them. So they are the primary target. The general public hardly knows what bikers are all about and what they do.

You reckon,The guy on that Triumph was well known by every body that lives on my road.Try about 300 households.The other 7000 people that live in Waiuku weren't to impressed either.
Sorry to have to point this out to you but most of the nonbike riding public don't like us very much at all.The boy racers are just the flavour of the month.See what happens when some ladder climbing polly' has a go at us.Most of your general public will jump on the band wagon just like they do with boyracers.
If NZ is known for any thing it is our sheep.

[Motu]

Val chargers eat GM for brekky,RT Rules

Boy racers eh....you should see a friend of mines Charger - 265 hemi that puts out over 500hp and 450 ftlb of torque (I've seen the dyno printout) this thing is ultra quick (I've driven it) and would put many modern supercars to shame,in fact one of the British Touring Car drivers drove it a few years ago and said it wouldn't be shamed in any company.It was built to do Auckland/Wellington in the 5hr bracket and has a huge tank to get there without too many stops.

This ''boy'' is now in his 70s.

[Coldkiwi]

You reckon,The guy on that Triumph was well known by every body that lives on my road.Try about 300 households.The other 7000 people that live in Waiuku weren't to impressed either.
Sorry to have to point this out to you but most of the nonbike riding public don't like us very much at all.The boy racers are just the flavour of the month.See what happens when some ladder climbing polly' has a go at us.Most of your general public will jump on the band wagon just like they do with boyracers.
If NZ is known for any thing it is our sheep.

what a miracle. Jackrat posted a concise and easy to read post!

Sure, there's always local loons but motoracer is talking about generally. I would have to agree (although as with most of the talk on this thread, its just conjecture with absolutely zero evidence).

If the general public starts getting annoyed enmass about bikers tearing up the streets, i suggest we bikers get annoyed enmass about the general public tearing up bikers that they just couldn't see coming when they pulled out of the side street.

[Jackrat]

Boy racers eh....you should see a friend of mines Charger - 265 hemi that puts out over 500hp and 450 ftlb of torque (I've seen the dyno printout) this thing is ultra quick (I've driven it) and would put many modern supercars to shame,in fact one of the British Touring Car drivers drove it a few years ago and said it wouldn't be shamed in any company.It was built to do Auckland/Wellington in the 5hr bracket and has a huge tank to get there without too many stops.

This ''boy'' is now in his 70s.

Don't know if it is still correct but the 265 was for years the fastest standard production car in the world over the standing 1/4.
My one was pretty good but it didn't go round corners that good,Well not with me behind the wheel that is.
I sold it to my ma' inlaw,She had it repaired an drove it like a nutter for ten years then sold it for twice what I paid for it.
Now I want it back but don't have that sort of cash

[White trash]

Well the other three replys caught on to what I was about.
The same basic thing could be said about a lot of peoples past times but there will always be people like yourself that hide behind the IT WAS NOT ME method of reasoning,and ignore the issue because it is to close to home.Most of that yarn was just TIG to try to get a point across.
Your statement that ANY motocyclist has more nouse than the majority of these kids is a pretty clear indercation to me that you probably live on a different planet to me And don't read some of the shit posted on this site.I have never been passed by any boy racer at 200+kms but living close to puke' means I have it happen on a regular basis by SB riders.You can bet your ass the six sport bike riders that passed me at 200+kms on the way back from puke' a few weeks ago were noticed by far less understanding people than me.The main road between Puke' and Papakura is certainly not out of the public eye, it is right in it and yes we are looking,I hope they wasn't your idea of nouse.Or the fuck wit I see reguarly poping wheel stands on his R1 up the NW motoway.That also is not out of the public eye.The dick head on the Triumph who killed the girl up at Whangarei lived about two kms up the road from me,We used to have to put up with him and his sports bike riding mates howling up our road every bloody day,You want to tell me all about his nouse.
I hope not because he painted all of us with a pretty shitty brush didn't he?Or what about the two sports bike riding bastards that bought the coppers down on my club last year.Are they also your idea of nouse.Of course not aye,All of those guys are just a few dick heads out of a large group of top of the line people but they have the potentual to fuck it for all of us if we are treated in the same way as boyracers.
Like I said,It's not nice when it's our turn is it?
Next week I will start on URBAN(like the way I covered my own ass there?)4X4 Drivers.
Now try reading between the lines with both eyes open.

So what's the answer, Jack?

We all sell our plastic fantastic crotch rockets and buy 650 Specials? Somehow I dont think so. How about Mr Excutive with the 300kw Monaro who drives pretty bloody quickly. Is he labeled a "Boy racer"? Is he contributing to their tighter police attention?

Or the filthy rich bloke with two Lambo's, a porsche and an AMG Mercedes. Is he doing Boy racers any harm even though he drives like a dick?

I don't think you can hold me responsible for a loss of motorcyclists rights, simply because I ride a SB and ride it quickly but (mostly) safely.

We all get different pleasure from different things and there's no way I'd bag the XS650 Club because they don't ride like me. Far from it, we're all on two wheels (sometimes one) so we're all in this country together.

I'd like to continue this discussion over a beer as I really should be working, when you next down this way?

Oh yeah. It's Mopar, or no car. Had an R/T Charger, the best fucking thing on four wheels. I sure wish they'd put power assisted brakes in the bastards though! Christ it was hard to stop!

[Jackrat]

So what's the answer, Jack?

We all sell our plastic fantastic crotch rockets and buy 650 Specials? Somehow I dont think so. How about Mr Excutive with the 300kw Monaro who drives pretty bloody quickly. Is he labeled a "Boy racer"? Is he contributing to their tighter police attention?

Or the filthy rich bloke with two Lambo's, a porsche and an AMG Mercedes. Is he doing Boy racers any harm even though he drives like a dick?

I don't think you can hold me responsible for a loss of motorcyclists rights, simply because I ride a SB and ride it quickly but (mostly) safely.

We all get different pleasure from different things and there's no way I'd bag the XS650 Club because they don't ride like me. Far from it, we're all on two wheels (sometimes one) so we're all in this country together.

I'd like to continue this discussion over a beer as I really should be working, when you next down this way?

Oh yeah. It's Mopar, or no car. Had an R/T Charger, the best fucking thing on four wheels. I sure wish they'd put power assisted brakes in the bastards though! Christ it was hard to stop!

Remember the TIC thing.
I use sports bikes simply as an example,nothing more in it.
If you want to be serious,there is no easy answer.
There is no one group of motorists that are perfect,but nailing the one that stands out as most different achives nothing.
Bikers as a group have always had to live with that kind of thing so it is just disapointing to see so many of us jumping on the same band wagon.
I guess i just exspected more.

[White trash]

I, like yourself I understand, have absolutely no time for the small percentage that brings any group into disrepute.

I'd just hate to think that because I ride a sports machine, I'm labelled a wanker and it's my fault the "man" is coming down hard on us.

As you stated earlier, it's little wonder most cruiser riders hate SB riders when they're trying to show how big their peckers are by buzzing you at silly speeds. That shit's not on.

I ride with the HOG club once a month and they enjoy a laugh if I ever turn up on the Suzuki and pop a few wheelies for them.

That offer for a beer still stands and I'm glad I finally got my low powered brain to understand your way of thinking.

Sorry, I thought you were having a go at me.

[bungbung]

pfffft.. whats happening to you all?

WT understands JR, and agrees with him.

others agree with JR and Wkid (on several occasions!)

the internet is a strange place

[White trash]

I'm just worried about passing him on one wheel while he's carrying a brick!

Me no sirry!

[spudchucka]

Question: If the Government makes the law, the Police catch those that break the law, who is it that assigns the penalties????

That would be the NZ Court / Justice system.

[sAsLEX]

crush the ceramic(white part) of a spark plug, this powder will smash windscreens if thrown at them!!

[k14]

I think all this boils down to is the minority spoiling it for the minority. But this is what always happens, the minority that acts badly is what everyone takes as their steriotype, and there is no way back from there. Just the way it is, sucks i know.