by Strika » Thu Apr 07, 2011 9:32 am
I may have commented earlier in this thread, but at the risk of repeating myself, I can't pass judgement on anyone who would go down this path. The day I got off my L's, I went out and bought a 750. Mind you it was 75hp and 230kgs, so in comparison it was probably like buying a ER6 in power terms. But, a few months later became a GPX 750 with 90hp and 220kgs. A few months after that it became a GSXR1100. None of which I ever crashed and I'm still here to talk about it. St that point I didn't posess the skills I have today and survived.
Personally, I feel very restricted by modern laws. It's like I just keep watching as my life progresses, this ever tightening net, which continually restricts my freedoms bit by bit.
Laws used to be metered out with common sense, something which governments believe the general public do not have. It's in my eyes a bit like kids. If you tell them for long enough they are bad, they will be. Teach them with positivity and they will more often be good.
I realise my attitudes towards laws are from the past, but, I fail to see why if the way laws were enforced back then worked then, why wouldn't it work now. I see rules for Fucking everything everywhere now. We all apparently need protection from our selves as we are not capable of surviving without it.
Can't park here, can't smoke there, can't complete a ride to your favourite piece of road, even without breaking any laws without being pulled over.
Mandatory lights on, motorcycle rego levy, police in camouflage gear hiding in bushes. Not the Australia I grew up in and enjoyed. I honestly feel a little stressed each time I ride. How many rego and licence checks will I have to have interrupt my ride today?
"I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me" Hunter S. Thompson.
There are really only two questions in life. 1.Which way do i go? 2.What is the lap record?