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Muslims continually block streets in NYC for their morning prayer. NYC also has a massive annual parade of something like 'Muslim pride'. Sharia Law is in effect in Britain so it will be interesting to see how this plays out when the Muslims want to march. Anymore it seems certain organizations get preferential treatment when it comes to those sorts of things.

I like hearing the hum and roar of the motors........ and Doc, whats up with those T shirts bro?

We have always set up rides to end up at an eatery......nice way to end it all.

"On Saturday, Ruma, 32, of De Soto, was one of about 2,500 bikers who converged on St. Louis area highways for the "Ride of the Century," an annual event that has escaped major attention until this year. It drew so much anger from startled drivers that organizers are now considering canceling the event. And if it does happen again, state law enforcement has pledged to step in." http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/article_b9d0047f-04ea-551d-996d-a7d729c00ff3.html Good!!!

I'll give a thumbs up on those K & N filters. Have one on every vehicle.....bad to the bone.

LOL, sounds like an 'eventful' ride.....kudo's to Doc for hooking everything up and from the sounds of it, ending up with a great, successful ride!

Yep when traffic is stopped. You have never seen drivers get out of their car during a long wait? Or seen idiot drivers try and squeeze in front of someone else by turning toward them? Not necessarily intentionally to screw with someone splitting lanes. That is bs. But the other stuff does happen all too often. All it takes is to have that happen once. I have been around long enough to think about 'possibilities' like that, and whether 'what could happen' is worth the risk. Risk and reward. Is the risk (and repercussions) worth the gain. That's all I am saying. I just don't need all that just to gain a few minutes....

So part is closed this year? They were re surfacing a portion running south out of Zanesville early last summer so on that run we had to forego riding it, but hadn't been back this summer. Bet its a beautiful scenic ride this time of the year...

Never heard of this. I have ridden the dragon. Imho its way overblown....there are far more better rides down that way. We stayed in Gatlinburg and the owner of the B&B we stayed at was a biker. He showed us some of the most beautiful areas you could imagine.

So what do you do if, when you are splitting a lane, a car suddenly throws their door open either into you, or just as you are at the door and you hit them or it? How about if the vehicle sitting suddenly moves over one way or another, all without any regards to someone coming up between vehicles in the lane? I saw a kid get hit when he was walking across the street where vehicles were stopped due to a fender bender up in front a few cars. The kid thought he'd cross the street since traffic was at a standstill and as he stepped out from in front of a van !wham! he got hit by a crotch rocket coming up between the stopped cars. These can be commonplace when traffic is sitting like that.

Riding the AlCan, from what my friends have related, is a tough one. The road is beattohell and the bugs are godawful. There are l-o-n-g stretches between fuel stops so planning is of utmost importance. A friend of mine rode the Hoka Hay race last year and I have talked to several who have made the trip up and back, both on bikes and in cages. They all recommend the ride but everyone's bikes needed major work upon their return and breakdowns were a plenty even for the best prepared rider. Alaska is our last land frontier and quite an endeavor to undertake. Far out! I sure would love to make that trip, but its always timing and cashola.

That too. But this crap on the roadways has got to stop too. Or they're going to come down on all of us bikers, hard. 'True Bad people'....and who picks and chooses who those 'true bad people' are?

I hope it does go viral, and someone can get plate numbers.

Oh, and Casper, hope you didn't take my little toe stepping seriously....if so, sorry, my bad.

Ifuggintalian??? UGH....I gots me a bit of the Blarney Stone here.....Irish baby..... Michigan sucks only because Ohio blows......lol At least they don't hold a worthless nut so dear they name everything after it.....

Down here in Ohio there are always derogatory remarks made about Michigan, whether its the school or the state. Guess maybe my response was a bit hair triggered, but I was also just throwing it back at him....

Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen

Yep I have learned it best to gather all intel before pointing fingers.

by overriding states rights... http://www.theblaze.com/stories/what...80%99s-rights/ I went to scribd and read it for myself.... http://www.scribd.com/doc/64723281/American-Jobs-Act For instance, buried deep, deep on page 133 of the bill, it states: It gets even better: They will literally make a Federal case out of it. The bill continues: Unbelievable!

Why is it automatically ass-umed that if we bring home all that money it is going to be for 'hand-outs'? With all that money we could seriously put a dent in unemployment with some real bonafide job creation actions.

Congrats for this young man. Is it just me or does there seem to be an unusual number of MOH recipients lately?

On another site we had quite a discussion over lane splitting, riding on the shoulder during times when traffic is stopped like that. Wonder what would have happened when one of those idiots were coming up between a couple of stopped vehicles and suddenly a car door flew open, and someone got up out of his vehicle? That happens alot when traffic is a standstill like that. We all talk about how the police are becoming more brazen in their approach in dealing with the public. We watched a cop in Canton or Akron that was an asshat with some people just standing around and talking at night. You can laugh about gunfire coming into play, but what are Leo's supposed to do with idiots like this? Virtually impossible to contain or control, so what will end up happening is Law enforcement will take their game up a few notches and the next thing we know is, yes, bikers like that will be going down, shot dead. Then the law will begin to come down on all us bikers.

It's all relative.....relatively speaking that is.

What a sad ending to a young man's life. RIP Clayton.