Why do I care what other motorcyclists do?
1) Because of certain Harley riders (and sport-bike riders) California is now enforcing a strict Exhaust Ordinance.
2) Because of the Billy Lane and Jesse James many people think motorcyclists are drunk neanderthals that have no civic conscience
3) Ppeople go out and Buy 100,000 plus R1200GS because they have a hard on for E&C, and so Yamaha, and Honda, A Triumph build theses useless off road, Gigantic motorcycles instead of making an actually great bike.
Imagine if Kawasaki put its parallel twin from the Versys in a KLR type frame
Imagine if Honda kept making a real dual sport version of the transalp.
How great would it be if yamaha made an 800 tenere in a 660xt chasis. Or if suzuki made the Wee-Strom actually offroad availabe.
There is not hate, just frustration that these guys are, and want to be, ambassadors for the endeavor I love so much.
BTW, when a group is such a minority as we are, and one that is not overwhelmingly respected by the majority out there, everything that a fellow motorcyclist does effects all of us (at least in the developed world).
That being said I can't wait to watch Long way down
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