Organ-donors

[elfs]

Saturday, while I was driving around I saw quite a number of motorcycles out on the roads. That makes a lot of sense as it was the first nice weekend of the year. There were the different groups: the gang on black and chrome Harleys and choppers with their leathers and their too-thin windburned girlfriends, the fleet of old folks on their butterscotch Honda Goldwings, and then there were the young turks on their Kawasaki rockets all in primary colors and white farings and big, fat highway tires.

It was on the long, gentle uphill stretch of Highway 509 that about a dozen of the last came roaring by, going the other way. They looked impressive; with a few hundred feet of electroluminescent cord at night they would have looked like theyd just stepped out of Tron's world and into our own.

And, at the back of the pack there were two guys I could only describe as organ-donors; they had their front wheels high in the air and for at least a hundred yards rode that way, standing on some strut themselves, one hand on gas, the other flying free. Are they insane? Are they just stupid? I mean, who are they trying to impress, anyway?

Comments

[woggie.livejournal.com]

Each other.

[http://users.livejournal.com/dominic-m-/]

Ive done tricks "similar" to that before on ninja cycles.Not nearly as dangerous as riding down a highway on one wheel with one hand but when you pop a wheelie on one of those bad boys the rush is immeasureable.No I dont condone the idiotic things they where doing, and i have no clue who they where impressing...pretty stupid stuff they where doing.although when in a controlled area that knda stuff is hella fun.

[http://users.livejournal.com/dominic-m-/]

yes but one minor miscalculation and both their faces could be stretched for a quarter mile.yes its fun but what happens if the look away for just one second and a mini van pulls onto an on ramp ahead of them....either they brake and go flying(possibly to their deaths) or they try and merge away(while popping that wheelie is a icky icky idea) or as a last choice they keep going(smashie smashie time).Yea I do thourghly enjoy doing risky atupid things but I dont like putting others in danger,its quite inconsiderate.Yea they may have experience on their hands but they DONT have consideration( and not to mention some good ol fashioned brains too)

[http://users.livejournal.com/dominic-m-/]

Well for like 99% of your post I could not agree more.the other 1% was about the "context"..we have context,they where riding down a highway,even if it was clear ahead for miles it doesent mean somebody couldent merge onto it.What they where doing was quite irresponsable not only to themselves(even though i dont care about them) but to possibly others near them.see not entirely out of context,they where presenting a danger on a highway.I say if you want to do tricks,do them AWAY from others(break your skull where you CANT find help) not on a highway or almost any road for that matter.

[http://users.livejournal.com/dominic-m-/]

good response,and I am just as concerned with the weaving speeders as you are.Ok..no on ramp...hmm....what if he wipes out in the middle of the road and a witless driver approaches the accident scene...could be nasty. I say there is almost if not always danger when doing stupid things like that on highways.seriously cant these people buy dirt bikes and go to a track,or just keep their crotch rockets and go to a paved track.you are right that its quite plausable that they do their tricks safely and succesfully on a highway and THEY are wiling to risk it,BUT it not really their choice now is it,its public highway they dont get to asess and choose risks for others.thats kinda like going to an amusement park and having some punk kid keep trying to flip over the log on the log ride every time you try and ride it,sure its most likely not going to happen but what happens when it does....?

[http://users.livejournal.com/dominic-m-/]

And oh yea I like your Avatar. May I ask where you got it from?

[http://users.livejournal.com/dominic-m-/]

ive only seen a tiny bit of ghost in the shell at a friends house.so i guess thats where I recognized your avatar from..

[(Anonymous)]

> You don't ride a bike because it's practical
> and safe. You ride a bike because it's fast,
> small, and very likely to kill you.

Some people may not ride because its practical
and safe. But that doesn't mean there isn't
a population of people who do.

A close frend of mine rides because its the
only vechal he has, he is on a limmited income
and couldn't afford the cost of a car. He rides
responcibly and within his limmits.

Why do you impress people?

[flying-pegasus.livejournal.com]

Why do you write stories? Who are you trying to impress?

Is it because you love it - Or is it an outlet to channel your energy?

I like to play with paint guns and pretend I'm being hunted or I'm hunting someone. Why? Outlet, not necessarily for fun but for spiritual reason that boils down to Sympathetic Magic, in odd way. A visual kick perhaps, wanting to kill away your anger. Visualizing your prey (the problem) that is upsetting you.

I like to ride my horse wild and uncontrollable, I'm no where around people to empress anyone. I do it cause I need to drain out what's bugging me or who just piss me off. I do for conditioning reason as well, the horse is metaphorically me. How fast I ride that horse is my temper or whatever is destroying my outlook in life. Some how I need to learn to control that horse or I'm going to lose me. If I can't, I need to do a reality check on who I am.

That's why I think people or motorist ride hard or some say "Live to ride - Ride to live" was my fathers motto. For them to learn how to control themselves and figure out what troubling them.

Re: Why do you impress people?

[http://users.livejournal.com/dominic-m-/]

ooookeeey....well whatever the outcome I am willing to wager that the first sentence you wrote is going to sting elf a weee bit when he reads it..

Re: Why do you impress people?

[flying-pegasus.livejournal.com]

Sting - Not - Ironic Eyebrow perhaps be risen - Maybe.

He's Writer - I'm Critic = why should he care what my opinions are.

If he response in anger, I'll make note.
Not to remotely press that button or cause him to mope.
Only one can hope
He'll read between the lines
Not to despise.