Warthog, Point Taken and in many ways agreed with,
I know what I say is a very sweeping and general, I have also rode sportsbikes for over 30 years along with other machines however there is a very large and notable element of riders who stand out in there behavior sometimes travelling in large groups sometimes individuals but as I say often travelling at speed on race reps in race leathers etc they stand out a lot - many of these people dont ride bikes other than as a hobby often at sunny weekends and meet at Bike Cafes etc,The bikes are often no more than another trinket on these peoples Tick Box ! - they may be a minority but the impact they have is on the majority. It grieves me to see people constantly blaming the Police or some other authority without first looking inwards at why the problem exists in the first place. I feel as someone who has been riding bikes almost every day to work, for holidays and travelling and have done so for over 35 years to have my freedoms taken away because of these idiots and some of elements of the press who promote the actions is just too much. Bye the way many of these types wouldnt give lip service to anyone on a dirty or old or well used bike so really I dont include them in the framework of genuine people with a love of bikes whether sports /trail / chop or whatever. Bye the way I am getting older now so just becoming a bitter twisted misery.