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tomtexan wrote:

WildBill wrote:I have heard stories of drivers opening their doors to hit bikers, but don't know any first hand accounts. It's hard to imagine someone being so mean and cruel that they would purposely injure or kill a motorcyclist, but stranger things have happened.

I can't believe someone would do it risking such severe damage to their door.

It's a form of road rage and the person that would do this doesn't think about the consequences. They just act out of rage. I am not specifically aware of any incident of this nature. The only thing that I can say is that back in the 80's, in SoCal, I did have, on two separate incidents without any previous contact, people try to hit me or run me over on the highway. If my head were not mounted on a swivel and I did not have a bike that could outrun almost anything street legal I would have been a statistic.

TxLobo wrote:
LOL.. back in the mid 80's we had a city cop that was working night shift.. On a quiet early Saturday morning, one of our local kids pulled his bike up in a wheelie.. 20 - 30 mph.. through 2 stop lights, for about a mile..

City cop on radio to DPS Trooper.. "What would you give Kenny for riding a wheelie down the drag?"

Trooper.. "The whole drag?"

City cop... "yep, from start to finish"..

...pause...

Trooper... "I'd give him a hand... that's pretty good riding"...

WildBill wrote:It doesn't seem like popping a wheelie, in itself, is necessarily reckless. I drive only cars and try to keep all four tires on the ground at all times.

It may not be for NYJ, but it certainly is for me. I also had a hooligan bike, Hayabusa, but I could never ride a wheelie on it or any other bike I've ever had including my dirt bikes. A Hayabusa isn't really a bike known for that, though. My thing was speed. It was necessarily dangerous for me to ride 130+ either, but do it around others going 60-70 and it becomes VERY dangerous.

One time, in the 80's when I was in the Navy, as I approached the exit to my base I noticed a line of cones in an arc. It was a drunk check before exiting the base. No problem, I just got off work and was heading somewhere. I don't remember where. So, I'm on a motorcycle and see a line of cones, well space out, what do you think I did? I weaved around them without hitting one and the guard stops me and tells me to pull over to the side. He questions me and does a FST and concludes that I'm not drunk, but wants to know why I did that. I explained and then he points out the other row of cones for the cages to stay between. I didn't even see the other row of cones. They gave me a base citation for reckless driving. I mildly argued that there was nothing reckless about what I did and would like to know if he could do it or if he thought that anyone impaired could do it without dropping the bike or hitting a cone. He just starred at me and told me to be on my way.

nyj wrote:Reckless driving. Rode a wheelie right past him. Whoops.

Expired inspection, btw.

Oops. There it is. Nailed it!

WildBill wrote:

C-dub wrote:

nyj wrote:I don't think you read my post quite right.

Wheelie?

So it's against the law to have your front wheel leave the ground?

I think it's called "reckless", but it might also have to do with how long it's off the ground and or where you're doing it. However, that was just my guess. I don't know what he was doing that was just "a little stupid."

nyj wrote:I don't think you read my post quite right.

Wheelie?