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Old 10-17-2010, 04:32 PM   #1
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This is my rant and rave for the day... I am trying to bring awareness to this crap!
1 killed, 2 injured in Biketoberfest crash... One was a pregnant woman

This is freaking sad as hell.
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Old 10-17-2010, 06:44 PM   #2
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Old 10-18-2010, 11:28 PM   #3
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I won't even read this. Normally, when something like this happens at a gathering, it's due to the stupidity of the riders. I have no sympathy for idiots on motorcycles.
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Old 10-21-2010, 11:18 AM   #4
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that site has very low traffic, looks like they are trying to promote it.

user only has 11 posts too hint hint
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Old 10-22-2010, 11:54 AM   #5
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link doesn't work but sad if true
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Old 11-28-2010, 09:23 PM   #6
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I have no sympathy for idiots on motorcycles.
As a motorcycle (Harley) rider, I don't either.

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You should have...

Ripped from the article- The death of a pregnant woman marks the first motorcycle fatality of Biketoberfest - the annual motorcycle festival in Daytona Beach.

A pregnant woman who was a passenger on a motorcycle died and three other people were injured when a sport utility vehicle crossed into the path of three motorcycles Friday night.


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Normally, when something like this happens at a gathering, it's due to the stupidity of the riders.
Simply put, your above statement is ignorant. As a rider, I have seen riders on all types of bikes do stupid things. That said, believe me, the number of car drivers using a cell phone (talking or texting) outnumbers stupid bikers about 10,000:1.


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that site has very low traffic, looks like they are trying to promote it.
user only has 11 posts too hint hint
I have fewer posts than that... this thread appears to about putting light on a trgaic situation, NOT trying to increase a website's traffic (as if BBF's Rants & Raves section could do that.)
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Old 11-28-2010, 09:27 PM   #7
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Looks like the web site took the view down.
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Old 11-28-2010, 10:43 PM   #8
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As a motorcycle (Harley) rider, I don't either
Bear in mind that you ride a cruiser, not a crotch rocket. There's a difference in the crowds those types of bikes attract. This incident involved the latter.
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Old 11-29-2010, 08:29 PM   #9
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Bear in mind that you ride a cruiser, not a crotch rocket. There's a difference in the crowds those types of bikes attract. This incident involved the latter.
Biketoberfest is a huge annual Bike Rally in Daytona, where Crusiers (Harley's) outnumber sportbikes at least 20:1. (I've been twice in the past 10 years.)

Is it OK for me to stereotype a blackberry user because I "know" that they text/email/or talk on the phone while driving?
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Biketoberfest is a huge annual Bike Rally in Daytona, where Crusiers (Harley's) outnumber sportbikes at least 20:1. (I've been twice in the past 10 years.)

Is it OK for me to stereotype a blackberry user because I "know" that they text/email/or talk on the phone while driving?
Eh, I also pass gas.

In my day they were called cafe racers.
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Biketoberfest is a huge annual Bike Rally in Daytona, where Crusiers (Harley's) outnumber sportbikes at least 20:1. (I've been twice in the past 10 years.)

Is it OK for me to stereotype a blackberry user because I "know" that they text/email/or talk on the phone while driving?
Irrelevant. The people involved were sportbikers, and unfortunately, the stereotypes for them are almost always true. They just get stupid in large numbers.
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Old 11-29-2010, 11:56 PM   #12
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Sorry to be a buzz kill and I know this the rant section but don't we get plenty of shitty news thru the lame stream media on a daily basis??? I know I don't want to read about this type of stuff when looking for blackberry info.
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Old 11-30-2010, 09:28 AM   #13
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Sorry to be a buzz kill and I know this the rant section but don't we get plenty of shitty news thru the lame stream media on a daily basis??? I know I don't want to read about this type of stuff when looking for blackberry info.
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Irrelevant. The people involved were sportbikers, and unfortunately, the stereotypes for them are almost always true. They just get stupid in large numbers.
Have you ever been to Biketoberfest? There are not "large numbers" of sport bikes.

How do you know the pople involved were sport bikers...?...you refused to read it...?

Regarding the tragic incident (as well as some aspects of this thread), the quote from Ron White rings through my brain- "Ya' just can't fix stupid."
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Have you ever been to Biketoberfest? There are not "large numbers" of sport bikes.

How do you know the pople involved were sport bikers...?...you refused to read it...?

Regarding the tragic incident (as well as some aspects of this thread), the quote from Ron White rings through my brain- "Ya' just can't fix stupid."
It was plainly obvious. The linked forum was for sportbike tuning.
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Old 11-30-2010, 11:49 PM   #16
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Did you seriously just post to tell people not to post?
No I don't see where I told people not to post. I said this is a blackberry forum...and we get plenty of bad news about all sorts of accidents, murders, rapes, etc etc in the news. In my opinion, people don't normally want to see or get into this sort of discussion on a blackberry info site. I don't see what you don't understand about that.
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Old 12-01-2010, 08:36 PM   #17
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No I don't see where I told people not to post. I said this is a blackberry forum...and we get plenty of bad news about all sorts of accidents, murders, rapes, etc etc in the news. In my opinion, people don't normally want to see or get into this sort of discussion on a blackberry info site. I don't see what you don't understand about that.
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Dude, relax. She winked. And really, it is the rants and rave forum. If it's something you don't want to read, move on.
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