Biggest Pet Peeves About Other Motorcyclists – Question of the Day
What drives you nuts about other riders?
As much as we like to think of motorcycling as a community, we have to admit there are some things about other motorcyclists that we find annoying at times. Not that there’s anything necessarily wrong with that. Anyone who has siblings, or is in a long-term relationship will find something about each other that bothers them, but that doesn’t make us stop loving each other. Usually.
But just because we can overlook each other’s quirks, it doesn’t mean those quirks don’t still bother us.
Personally, my pet peeve is seeing people riding with minimal, or even no safety equipment, like a lot of the folks in the picture above. I mean, sure, it looks like some sort of parade, and, given the tight quarters, I assume everyone’s moving at a very leisurely pace, but my skin still crawls seeing all those T-shirts and shorts, and imagining the potential road rash from a tip over even at a slow speed. Then there’s the varying choices of head protection, which opens up another whole can of worms.
Conversely, I’m sure there are riders out there whose pet peeve is they don’t like being lectured about what they should or shouldn’t wear.
For others, it could be excessive noise from the “loud pipes save lives” crowd, or stunters pulling wheelies on the freeway, and the negative stereotypes they create. It could also be something relatively small, like those who don’t wave back at other riders, or people who forget to turn off their indicators after completing a turn (even though we’ve probably all done it ourselves at some point).
Question of the Day: What are your biggest pet peeves about other motorcyclists? Let us know in the comments below.
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Riders who wear flip flops, sneakers and shorts!🙃
The obvious divisions created by the various classes of motorcycles. Sport bike riders who ignore other riders at a gas station, harley/Indian rider with the bad boy attitude, adv riders who snub gold wing cruisers. The bike is not the definition of the rider but the ride defines us all as a bigger community.