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[ultrafxr]

Had a nice three day weekend down in Mobile, Alabama, with two other couples.  We road down and back avoiding interstates where at all possible and had a wonderful ride.  As we neared the Memphis metro area yesterday afternoon about 3 pm we had to get on the interstate otherwise we'd be forever getting through the city and home.  Just as we were merging from I-55 into the I-240 permiter expressway we encountered a large group of metric riders who passed directly in front of us.  All dressed alike with their t-shirts flowing in the wind behind them, athletic shoes, some in shorts, no gloves but all had full face helmets.  I noticed some of the t-shirts said 'Memphis Wheelie Men' and sure enough several of the clowns were pulling wheelies there in heavy traffic doing 60-70 mph as they and the entire group weaved in and out of the various four lanes.  This kind of chit give us all a bad name and it sure jacked me up.  Losing control of a bike while doing a wheelie at that speed in heavy traffic is a recipe for disaster and folks getting hurt if not killed.

Last year after the Western CVO GTG we had a near crash on an interstate due to an idiot doing something on her phone and not paying attention.  I guess she looked up and realized she was about to rear end the car in front and must have overbraked.  All I know is that suddenly her car was fish tailing madly right in front of us in the lane to our left.  My friend behind me complimented me on avoiding a collision after it was all over.  I took no credit as all I remember was trying desperately to move somewhere where she was not going.  Thankfully the lane to my right was open as I had to move without having any chance to look.  I was locked on the fish tailing car and moving in reaction to her. 

Gotta say that riding on the interstates these days is beginning to scare the daylights outa me.  I try to avoid them but in large metro areas you just about have no choice.

[red ben59]

Yea, I know where you are coming from. Was coming north on I-77 into Charlotte last week and saw four bikes a quarter of a mile behind me in the fast lane. One of the idiots pulled it up on the rear wheel and rode till he passed me. By then his front tire had slowed to the point when he sat it down it skidded and he death wobbled till it caught up with the rear tire speed. To top it off when he passed me his rear had a white strip down the middle ( you know, the kind you get from burn outs wearing  down to threads ). Thought the jackass was going to crash and burn, and take me out in the process. This boy will eventually die on that bike, just hope nobody else gets hurt. WTF 

[longlast]

We have the same thing happens here. We call them wheelie nobs. There's always something about a crash with these guys. I've been fortunate not to have encountered one when riding but have seen twice the nobs doing wheelies along the town centre main Street.

[chaos901]

But Jerry, the interstate around Memphis (and others) is where you get to put all of that training into practice. 

[Trimster]

But Jerry, the interstate around Memphis (and others) is where you get to put all of that training into practice.

Aint that the truth

[08glide]

in Ireland last summer, our tour bus driver identified them as "organ donors"   

[bigsixman]

We recently had a 24 year old sport bike rider crash into a car at high speed on a cloverleaf over the interstate. He was traveling at high speed going over the interstate and went thru a red light at a controlled intersection and hit a car with the right of way. He died soon after the incident and the sport bike was in 4 major pieces.

Sad to see young people die in in incidents like this that could have been totally avoided by using common sense and following basic traffic rules.