Ruff Ryders huh? wow....

[Hooli]

Since when did Stan become a Ruff Rider?

 

[jessaca]

Damn you guys with the prairie dog. Is this the new RickRoll?

 

[cycledrummer]

Last Saturday about 7:30pm I was just getting on my bike in the parking lot of the very busy Union Landing shopping center (Century 25, etc...) ...

at least 15 RRyders pulled in very slowly into the center to cruise and make as much noise as possible ... all had loud exhausts, one of them just kept holding WOT, over and over ...

they were all going about 3 miles per hour and revving the crap out of their bikes all through the lot. Just a whole different type of mentality.

But, I have no problem with stunters practicing and showing their craft in a respectable setting ... holding up freeway traffic to do it doesn't count. What if someone is trying to drive an injured person to the hospital, or even a woman in labor? No excuse for holding up traffic.

 

[Lester Green]

Damn you guys with the prairie dog. Is this the new RickRoll?

thanks.....it will be now.

 

[glenizen]

Damn you guys with the prairie dog. Is this the new RickRoll?

 

[Lester Green]

they were all going about 3 miles per hour and revving the crap out of their bikes all through the lot. Just a whole different, gang-like type of mentality.

That really has nothing to do with them being RR. That sort of behaviour is fairly common when you get any group of riders together, especially when you have a group of 20 something y/o guy's (i'm generalizing, mmky).

Impeding someone's progress by blocking traffic is the real issue at hand. All this other tangential stuff is, well...... just stuff.

 

[SVsick50]

Motorcycle clubs are the most visible, influential groups for young people, many newbie riders, and the general public. Because they are so flashy with colors, emblems, and logos they overshadow the normal, standard riding, Aerostich wearing commuter. So, moto clubs have a responsibility to not only themselves, but to the rest of the moto community.

I personally don't have a problem with moto clubs - I think they're a great way for like minded riders to get together and socialize... but, like Valgar said, they should nip bad behavior conducted by their riders.

It gives a bad name for them in the moto community AND in the general public. In other words, all the work AMA and like organizations are trying to accomplish gets set back by these individuals who don't really care about fellow motorcyclists - they just care about themselves.

I support the AMA and other organizations who are trying to make a valiant effort in rider responsibility, rider support, and organized, closed course competetion. I can't support any organization or group that takes away from that, nor should anybody else.

Ruff Ryders - You want respect and growth in your membership? Chill the fuck out. Take responsibility for yourself and others in your group. You're making things worse for all others who share the same passion for motorcycle riding, and we despise you for that. Instead of building bridges, you are burning them. Not only that, you are creating an environment for riders to never improve, learn, or become safer riders.

BTW, Here's another crazy video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWto2s2qsc0

 

[CeruleanSkye]

Impeding someone's progress by blocking traffic is the real issue at hand. All this other tangential stuff is, well...... just stuff.

Yeah. Driving and normal traffic sucks enough. Nothing would piss me off more than a bunch of yahoos blocking the freeway and slowing me down just so they can show off. Grrr... Not impressive.

There are lots of industrial areas with large roadways and parking lots, where lookie-loos and rubberneckers can't get distracted and cause accidents, or run a cyclist over should they crash while "stuntin'". Why not go there?

 

[wsmc831]

I dealt with some RR on 84 on a saturday a few months back. Made me remember why I don't go up there on the weekends any more, these particular motorcycle owners were complete morons.

 

[hitjohn]

oh my god, an official squid gang. whats up with closing a side of the freeway down to dish out your stupid antics for your club to watch? i don't believe there wasn't a parking lot in all of the "inland empire" where you could they could have gone to break their bikes at.

attention whores at their best....

and now i see why some folks hate motorcycle riders more and more.

im not against being creative or doing tricks on bikes but you are all grown ups and need to know where and when its ok to do them. doing them on a freeway is not ok.

thanks for helping us riders who log a lot more miles than you each year keep a good image out there for the riding community. your irresponsibility is to be commended by all those who ride because they have to and not for the attention.

official squid clubs at their best.

i'd love to see them try this stuff on the 405 during rush hour. they'd get mowed down.

 

[hitjohn]

umm, how do we know from that video whether or not this was a planned event?

well golly gee, let me take a really wild guess and...... the videos are titled

> "The First Annual Ruff Ryders Inland Empire Event"

does that tip you off to something organized? in one of the videos i see tents, a bunch of folks doing stunts.....

seems somewhat organized to me. maybe its just me though and nobody else....

 

[mlm]

...an official squid gang...

...attention whores at their best....

 

[Eisernkreuz]

I'm going to start a new motorcycle gang soon, called the Plush Riders you'll have to have an aftermarket seat on your bike, and there will be a minimum FICO score (this one's for you, plumber)

 

[cheezy]

I really wish Biker Boyz never came out. These newer clubs are straight out of the movie.

 

[DataDan]

Here's some better reporting from the Riverside Press Enterprise:

Members of Inland motorcycle club put on freeway show

The California Highway Patrol called it a sideshow.

Turns out it was an invasion.

More than 500 motorcycle riders converged on Inland freeways Saturday as part of Invasion of the Ruff Ryders, which the club president said is expected to become an annual event for the local chapter of the Ruff Ryders motorcycle club.

The event prompted dozens of calls to the CHP reporting a mass of riders blocking all of the lanes, popping wheelies, standing on their seats, riding on handlebars and generally disrupting traffic on local freeways.

But officers were at a loss to stop the bikers' 30-mile ride from Ontario to Perris. Only one of the riders was cited, CHP spokesman George Foard said.

On Saturday, CHP officials described the freeway convoy as a moving sideshow, a type of stunt-riding event popularized in Northern California in recent years. The city of Stockton has an ordinance banning such sideshows.

The president said the weekend-long event, which had been in the works for six months, began Friday night with a "meet and greet" at the Best Western Hotel on Shelby Street in Ontario.

More than 500 motorcyclists met there Saturday morning and rode together on the freeway to Perris, where a stunt show and fair were planned at the West Coast Motorsports store on Perris Boulevard.

...

 

[QuaiChangKane]

Prospects?

So...

Why are they letting their prospects act like assholes?

And, why are they letting their hangarounds act like assholes?

Most clubs would nip that shit quickly, and those "hangarounds" would have their asses kicked to the curb and been informed what would happen if they showed their faces again.

Just saying...if the club was against it, they would not have been doing it.

I agree, almost exclusively. But I've had negative encounters with others' prospects trying to prove themselves....


And I've known RR to thow down on the street a time or two, but to make a blanket generalization like the one above is just ignorance.


-Q!

 

[RRR70]

But officers were at a loss to stop the bikers' 30-mile ride from Ontario to Perris. Only one of the riders was cited, CHP spokesman George Foard said.

WTF they were at a loss?


You put two semi trucks across a freeway and walk down the lane giving tickets left and right.

+1 on oficial squid MC

 

[reynolds_brad]

But officers were at a loss to stop the bikers' 30-mile ride from Ontario to Perris. Only one of the riders was cited, CHP spokesman George Foard said.

WTF they were at a loss?


You put two semi trucks across a freeway and walk down the lane giving tickets left and right.

+1 on oficial squid MC

yeah i guess its just wrong to roll out the spike strips on the motos hu.

Still surprised to hear that the LEOs cant put this in check.

 

[Ezekiel]

From another thread...but I like the sentiment...

You can play the polite PR Rep and bust your ass six ways to Sunday trying to make everybody happy, but in the end... it gets you nowhere, and just turns your hair grey.

For every pedantic opinionated vocal asshole you make go away by allowing yourself to bend a little, ten will spawn in their place with even further ridiculous demands.

Honesly? Fuck Joe Public. We never asked him for any opinion on what the proper conduct and etiquette for a Motorcycle Club was in polite society. And there's a good reason why.

As President of the Vampires Motorcycle Club Santa Cruz Chapter, I am proud to say we have a rich history well back to the 50's of being complete and total motherfucking assholes on and off our motorcycles. Anybody who has a problem with us or the way we conduct ourselves can go get bent, it's as simple as that.

If we do something that any of you feel misrepresents motorcyclists or makes cagers angry... Go blog about it on the internet, or grow a pair and come talk to us in person. We'll still just fucking laugh in your face, but at least you'll have some self respect in the morning for getting out from behind that keyboard.

It's a Motorcycle Club, not a bunch of Shriners in go-karts on parade. Expect Bad Things.

Jesus Fucking Christ

-Mike-
President,
Vampires MC
Santa Cruz Chapter

 

[hitjohn]

From another thread...but I like the sentiment...

thats pretty funny. i know everyone wants to be a bad boy, 1% er and whatnot. its exciting and its like being in an old James Dean movie... it comes to a point where one must be responsible and not step on others to make their point. Don't jeopardize the freedom of others to use a public roadway while you are trying to whore for attention. Plain and Simple.

The only difference between the RR's doing wheelies in circles and the local shriner's driving their carts in circles during a parade is that the shriners were invited to do so and the rr's just do it because they want attention, have motorcycles, and dont believe that other people have rights as well on the same road.

BTW, the Shriner's club has a rich history dating back to 1872 and they drive bad ass cars and help kids.