"Jay Honeck" wrote in
news0Y9f.532553$xm3.374203@attbi_s21:

I learned to ride here and it's pretty much all I know. I have
a feeling if you can live for 18 years on a motorcycle in this
traffic (where I've actually had people TRY to run me off the
freeway because 80 wasn't fast enough*) then I must be doing
something right.

LA is the only place I've ever ridden where (a) I was actually spat at,
and (b) people actively tried to cut me off.

Been there....done that....

I used to have lots of problems but I changed my riding style several
years ago and now it's rare for me to have 'issues'. There's several
ways I've found to sum it up,

I ride like everyone is trying to kill me.

I'm allergic to cars.

As a matter of fact, I DO own the road.

I pretend I'm in an F-16 flying low and out of ammo. All I
can do is outrun the enemy.

I'm sure I **** a few people off as I do what I do, but I'm only
doing what I've found is necessary to stay alive. I don't feel
as immortal as I did when I first started riding as a teenager.

I also don't take kindly to people telling me that what I do is
wrong or part of the problem, etc... When they've been riding
for as long as I have and been through what I've been through on
the road, then we'll talk.


And I was riding a Gold Wing, with Mary on the back. Not exactly the
"outlaw" biker you might expect would raise people's ire.

hahahaha....maybe that's been helping me a bit!

I'm not 'outlaw'...but I would not get looked at funny if I walked
into a 'biker bar' (not that I drink). I have the Harley, I have the
leathers, I have the long hair and (short) beard...if your newsreader
can read X-Face...But the point is I'm not one of those new fangled
yuppy "biker for the weekend" types.

Most people seem to find me quite puzzling. A long haired Harley
riding loud music listening (and playing)....amateur scientist.


A strange bunch, out there in La-la land...

You don't have to tell me!!! I am actually shocked, literally, when
someone goes out of their way to not be an ass. It's sad really, but
I think I've come to expect all humans to be that way. Perhaps I
need to get out of this area....I keep buying lottery tickets...

Brian
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