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Posted by T3 on June 12, 2008, 4:53 pm
> Sheesh:
>
> http://www.cyclenews.com/ShowStory.asp?HeadlineID=12439
>
> The days of rental carnage, fast bikes, loose women, and beer
> then racing in the morning are long gone. So long gone the
> teams are busting kids for acting like racers.
>
> I'm feeling older every day.
>
>
> Go fast. Take chances.
> Mike S.
Besides, it was just a rental car and we know how racers and rentals
just don't seem to mix and for the beer? Gimmee a f'ing break, at least
it wasn't heroin, crack, or speed with a few hookrz...
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Posted by Howard Kveck on June 12, 2008, 8:08 pm
wrote:
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> > Sheesh:
> >
> > http://www.cyclenews.com/ShowStory.asp?HeadlineID=12439
> >
> > The days of rental carnage, fast bikes, loose women, and beer
> > then racing in the morning are long gone. So long gone the
> > teams are busting kids for acting like racers.
> >
> > I'm feeling older every day.
> >
> >
> > Go fast. Take chances.
> > Mike S.
>
> Besides, it was just a rental car and we know how racers and rentals
> just don't seem to mix
http://www.johncooperclarke.com/Pages/hirecar.htm
--
tanx,
Howard
The bloody pubs are bloody dull
The bloody clubs are bloody full
Of bloody girls and bloody guys
With bloody murder in their eyes
remove YOUR SHOES to reply, ok?
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Posted by Rider on June 16, 2008, 3:41 pm
> Besides, it was just a rental car and we know how racers and rentals just
> don't seem to mix and for the beer? Gimmee a f'ing break, at least it
> wasn't heroin, crack, or speed with a few hookrz...
I'm sorry, but the whole "boys will be boys" argument doesn't make sense to
me. At a time when public perception is so critical to our ability to not
only grow the sport, but maintain some modicum of public acceptance vital to
our ability to pursue it, there has to be some evolution involved. More and
more we are going to find ourselves at the mercy of public opinion. As oil
costs climb higher and sports like ours are seen as increasingly unessential
by the non-riding public, we have to consider how our actions reflect on us
as a whole and how it impacts our ability to gain support for our causes.
Dismissing actions like this as harmless when we are fighting tooth and nail
every day with city councils, homeowner's associations, enviros and
politicians to prevent them from restricting us into oblivion is ignorant.
These kind of shenanigans might have seemed innocent or even a rite of
passage a mere few decades ago, but they have much more far-reaching
ramifications in today's politically sensitive, environmentally conscious
world where the stereotypical assumptions about motorcyclists are anathema
to us all.
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Posted by T3 on June 17, 2008, 11:39 am
>
>> Besides, it was just a rental car and we know how racers and rentals just
>> don't seem to mix and for the beer? Gimmee a f'ing break, at least it
>> wasn't heroin, crack, or speed with a few hookrz...
>
> I'm sorry, but the whole "boys will be boys" argument doesn't make sense to
> me. At a time when public perception is so critical to our ability to not
> only grow the sport, but maintain some modicum of public acceptance vital to
> our ability to pursue it, there has to be some evolution involved. More and
> more we are going to find ourselves at the mercy of public opinion. As oil
> costs climb higher and sports like ours are seen as increasingly unessential
> by the non-riding public, we have to consider how our actions reflect on us
> as a whole and how it impacts our ability to gain support for our causes.
> Dismissing actions like this as harmless when we are fighting tooth and nail
> every day with city councils, homeowner's associations, enviros and
> politicians to prevent them from restricting us into oblivion is ignorant.
> These kind of shenanigans might have seemed innocent or even a rite of
> passage a mere few decades ago, but they have much more far-reaching
> ramifications in today's politically sensitive, environmentally conscious
> world where the stereotypical assumptions about motorcyclists are anathema
> to us all.
All I was saying is that in the grand scheme of things the young man's
transgression is not only NOT that big a deal and has been done many
times before, that's all. Now, if it actually happened as I've heard,
at the track, then that's a whole 'nother story and needs to be dealt
with swiftly and firmly, but away from the event? Then it's not a big
deal, except for maybe his folks, sponsor and the rental car outfit.
Motorcycle racer's these days, and MX in particular offer a fairly good
cross section of society and with that comes all sorts of
personalities, so it should surprise no one when things like this
occur, but like I said, (if it happened) at the event, then yes, *ALL*
those involved need to come to Jesus..
Bottom line? You don't sh*t where you eat, or for that matter, at the track...
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Posted by Rider on June 17, 2008, 12:55 pm
> All I was saying is that in the grand scheme of things the young man's
> transgression is not only NOT that big a deal and has been done many times
> before, that's all. Now, if it actually happened as I've heard, at the
> track, then that's a whole 'nother story and needs to be dealt with
> swiftly and firmly, but away from the event? Then it's not a big deal,
> except for maybe his folks, sponsor and the rental car outfit. Motorcycle
> racer's these days, and MX in particular offer a fairly good cross section
> of society and with that comes all sorts of personalities, so it should
> surprise no one when things like this occur, but like I said, (if it
> happened) at the event, then yes, *ALL* those involved need to come to
> Jesus..
> Bottom line? You don't sh*t where you eat, or for that matter, at the
> track...
I don't think we can have the same attitude about it today as in years past.
Back in the day incidents like this were rarely heard about outside of
racing circles or die-hard fans. Today, camera phones and the internet make
it far too easy to spread these stories way beyond the sport and into the
public consciousness. It's far easier for something like this to reach a lot
more people and have a much more detrimental effect. It is prudent and
necessary to put a tighter leash on athletes in any sport because the days
of keeping behavior like this under wraps and minimizing the negative
fallout are quickly disappearing. With the internet and its ability to
spread even just rumor quickly and far, the world is watching.
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