Unfortunately, that doesn’t surprise me as much as it should.
No. They are anonymous posters on a message board - not worth your neck!
(I wasn’t aware Rand Rover needed therapy, tho I don’t think I’ve seen many of his posts.)
I once rode bitch with a guy who had some sort of satellite radio on his bike. The reason I said “once” was because he kept changing the channels. He was worse than Bill with a TV remote on game night.
Rand Rover is a Libertarian (I think I’ve got the title right). I suppose that makes him in need of therapy according to some worldviews.
A long regimen at the Battle Creek Sanitarium would be right up his alley.
Well, he’s gone a bit bonkers sometimes…
Seriously, there was a period where RR would respond with over-the-top inappropriate anger to anyone who asked him to back up an opinion. I calmly asked for a cite (on a fact that I suspected he’d made up) and he replied with three or four posts claiming he’d had sex with my mother; that it’d been difficult because she was so fat; and that he was going to find my daughter and give her the same. He didn’t apologize or even tone it down when I replied that she was a preschooler.
I traded emails with a mod who said “Sorry, if he didn’t use the C-word, he didn’t technically break any rules”. I did suggest RR show his posts to a counselor, and that’s when I found the “ignore” button.
Oh. Well. Carry on then and I’ll not be concerned that I haven’t run across anything from him!
People doing anything loud and annoying suck. If they don’t care that they are ruining your peace and quiet, they should be shipped off to prison.
That does sound a bit bonkers.
As is bringing it up years later… 'spose I should get over it one of these days.
I did take him off ignore eventually. I swear I noticed a particular week where he abruptly calmed down and stopped automatically insulting anyone who disagreed with him.
So is my straight piped Chevy the same problem? If so good, there is no point to have loud exhaust except for more power, more noise, and more fun. Because why not.
Did you raise a Zombie thread just to state you are a Zombie Douchebag?
Or did you just happen upon some google search and felt you needed to enlighten us with your more noise and power.
One chance to make an impression with his first post, and this was the best he could come up with.
Sad, really.
Wandering afield on motorcycle madness, can anyone explain to me why the handlebars that are at the rider’s shoulder level or higher are even remotely a good idea? It can’t be a good ergonomic move, and I’d think the effect on steering control would be negative.
Ape hangers mystify me, too, and I am an enthusiastic motorcyclist. They appeal, it seems, to riders who want a certain look rather than comfort or control. The posture they force the rider to adopt has to get uncomfortable pretty quickly. Meh. When you own a bike mainly as an accessory for cosplaying a badass biker, you aren’t going to ride very far far or very often. The main things are that it look like a badass biker’s bike “should” look and that it is loud. For that hour or so a week that you aren’t your dreary, unimpressive, aging self, you really want to put on a show for the rubes.
On choppers, the idea was to give the rider more leverage now that the front wheel was waaay out there, in exchange for the awkward riding position - partly a function of the seating position, as you can’t bring your weight into play since you’re sitting back with your feet up. Notice that sportier bikes mount the bars lower, with the bars right over the front wheel. The further out the front wheel, the higher your bars tend to be.
Don’t worry, snowflake. One day, when your testicles drop, you won’t have to resort to such things to make people think you’re a man.
Real men are subtle.
Posers are loud and flashy.
Great reply 
Man! Ape hangers! Banana seats! Those were the coolest things when I was in grade six! And I put a playing card in my bike’s spokes too!
Oh, to be 10 again…
Agreed. Doppler effect?