When he did it, he decided to try and sell the biker mystique to the world. He started by demanding that shops that sold Harley Davidsons, ONLY sold Harley Davidsons and shut down the Harley side of a lot of mom and pop shops that made their livings by stapling with Yamaha and Suzuki sales during the “Bowler bike” years. He’s a cunt.

Outoffocus – Motorcycling is mainstream now, accept it. It’s just another case of having to deal with a bunch of idiots invading what you love. Christ, I wish it wasn’t, my insurance rates basically tripled in the last 10 years on my bikes.

also, Il Dottore, ftw.

also, Christian Pfeiffer–fuck yea!

@thelotuseater725: “people buy Harley Davidson apparel without ever having even ridden on ANY motorcycle” that’s always been true, though.

Also, for the record, harley makes lawnmowers, not motorcycles.

And it’s still more awesome than this dude.

I sense that your feelers got a little bit hurt.
The d-bags that do the stupid shit may (possibly) be the “small” percentage of all bike riders in your opinion. In MY opinion, all of the crotch-rocket riders I see, are doing this kind of shit and are completely full of themselves. The ones that just ride for the love to ride, and don’t do obnoxious shit, in a vye for attention are fewer and far between.

When I was a youngster, off road motocross/supercross was completely off the radar. Now everyone knows who Travis Pastrana is and certainly Brian Deegan is. I love the smell of 2 stroke exhaust in the morning. Yummy!

Sure, off road and on road motorcycling are very different. But the freestyle cultures are very similar. Both taking away from real riding: racing.

OMG calm down!

The refusal to accept that ones subculture is now mainstream and Fashionable/cool. Motorcycle lifestyle is as mainstream as abercrombie and fitch honey. When you can go to your local wal-mart and buy clothing that is associated with that culture that was only previously available in specialty shops it is safe to say it is mainstream. Sturgis is as well known as the bush administration and practically everyone can name at least one high end motorcycle company. When douchebag college kids begin wearing triumph, norton and indian shirts en masse without having any knowledge of their significance it is mainstream. When people buy Harley Davidson apparel without ever having even ridden on ANY motorcycle it is mainstream. When you see college kids riding their rice burner cock rockets in flip flops, shorts and wife beaters, it has gotten mainstream. And the fact that said college douchebags generally buy them for the sole purpose of getting laid and “looking tough” makes it mainstream. The only part of biker culture that is somewhat underground in America is Moto GP and even then it is huge in Europe. So i am sorry but your culture is mainstream now. I know it sucks since mine went mainstream in the 80’s but oh well, just be glad that you are one of the few people in it for the sole purpose that they appreciate it and not because it is “cool”.

3: all of these are unimportant, seeing as how you made it sound like the bike was a vengeful Transformer, ready to choke a bitch for the affront.

Not that you’d deserve any less if you actually did something like that.

Wheelies are pretty easy to do on just about any bike. Small engine or big. Small engines are just require more finesse.

Motorcycling is NOT mainstream. Just because there are sports that bring it to the attention of the mainstream does not make it mainstream.

As with all things, there are the good riders and the bad riders. The bad riders are a small percentage but they make a bigger impression than the good riders. That does not make the activity or lifestyle less respectable.

Don’t clump dirt riding in with street riding either. It’s not the same and the environments have not evolved the same over the years.

Motorcycling was so much more respectable back when it wasn’t mainstream. Now it’s all glitter and gloss with no soul. Although a double back flip is pretty F’n cool and James Stewart and Chad Reed kick uber ass. I still miss the good ol days of Supercross and Motocross.

Douchebags. “OMGz Look at me!!! I r so Danjerus!”