oh ya, theres going to come a day when there stopped in the middle of an intersection and holding up traffic and someone with some beat up p.o.s. truck is gonna say screw it, nose his way through the intersection and about 10 of those idiots are going to hit him. and you know what? they can't do anything about it!

Haha, well it made me laugh. Thugs that wants attention :D

It comes down to parenting none of theses ******** were raised they just simply grew up too bad the streets didnt get them sooner.If they keep this up they will

All stolen too

tl1000rlt said:

I was thinking the same thing, what do they care about anything? Even land in the hospital on our dime, F#%)*&S! :banghead:

what about creating a task force to end this ...hire some x navy seals,maybe even chuck norris to sneak in at night at take the atvs and bikes they so don't deserve then donate the bikes and atvs to kids who can't afford them.
I don't care how tough it is there were there is a will there is a way,this has to be stopped and you tube should not promote illegal activity it just gives kids wrong ideas,man this pisses me off.:bonk:

People riding. Wild and free. At least for awhile. And not one word of support?

This is rebellion, a thing this nation was FOUNDED on, acting out against the dehumanizing suffocation of living in our major cities, a thing Thomas Jefferson wrote against a long, long time ago.

Is it lawless? yeah. Some but, I didn't see any robbing or pillaging or physical violence. Oh, so the bikes MUST be stolen! Drug money! I'm sure there is at least some of that but, we also saw trailers meaning people must have stolen them and the trucks to pull them too, right???

Any of you grow up in a ghetto? Any of you imagine what it's like to be young and having grown up around nothing but poverty and the grinding day to day bleakness of a Baltimore or a Philly? There're no dads to show a boy right from wrong. There's no dads because social policy long ago made it financially better for a mom to not have one. For young dads, what do they do? Construction? Learn a trade? Not any more, not since our immigration policy simply allowed the flood gates to remain open and inundate the nation with cheap labor.

And drug money? What of it? Our drug policy has made the penalties so severe over what someone may choose to ingest that there are fortunes to be make. You gonna work at McDonalds for $8-10 an hour? Or, maybe give in to the opportunity to make a couple of grand a week?

These people are just kids. They happened to have been born and raised in and around shitholes, places where they start kindergarten behind and fall further and further behind every year until they just say '**** it'.

Sure, some get out and that's good but, hell, then our pop culture attacks them for not being 'real' or for being 'sell outs' or 'Uncle Tom's'. The music is bleak and droning and it matches the day to day life of being poor in the big city, especially the East coast. We don't even have the West coast weather.

I am not an anarchist. Far from it. Law and order is the backbone of a society, the world most of us grew up in, that offers great opportunities for anyone willing to work hard, be smart and have some self control. But respect for law and order can only come from laws that promote respect for them and that is based on fairness and reason and not hypocrisy and privilege. That said, I don't care where you are from, life is TOUGH right now. Lot of people I know, good people, tradesmen, losing homes, losing business's. College for our kids is insane cost wise. And what are they gonna do when they get out?

That said, if it was you or me in Philly or B'more, how many of us would have long ago given up and had one hell of a day riding, free and fun, at least for awhile?

What we are seeing is the results of our social and economic policies. What we are seeing is the inevitable result, fighting back, against a messed up society. I'm not religious but, there is wisdom in saying 'there but for the grace of God go I'.

They're riding, people. They're riding.

Enough with the soap box and I wish every one a Merry Christmas and a happy new year.

:thumbsup:

Larry, after reading your statement above i would just like to say, "very well written!" I can't figure out if you are an "inter-city" school teacher, or a youth group organizer. I understand what you are saying, a lack of education, poor job choices, drugs, gang violence, and what ever else, has caused these kids to do wheelies down through heavy concentrations of traffic. Hmmm! That blows! I say it is illegal and dangerous! No safety gear, no respect for the public, hell no respect for anybody!

I live in a rural, backwoods part of Arkansas. After having to actually out run Arkansas State Troopers (4) times, I have had to quit riding gravel roads. It doesn't help things that I am the only person near here with a KTM, I can't even hardly bring that bike out in public anymore for fear of being prosecuted for felony fleeing! We have some good trails around a lake, all gravel, all accessible from my gate, county roads and I can't ride on them! ($175.00 fine) Our National forests have awesome back roading opps, ALL illegal to bikes w/o license plates. ($200.00 fine)

So anytime I see a video of a bunch of "jack wagons" doing whatever the hell they want on public streets... well it pisses me off! I don't know that you can blame anybodies "socio-economic" misfortunes on just being stupid. That is like saying, "Oh you poor inter-city kids with low education and no jobs, go out and learn to wheelie quads and dirtbikes and play in the streets! It's all good, taxpayers will pay your med bills, you don't have insurance so you won't have to pay for someones vehicle you just smashed into. Heck if anybody says anything to you we will just call Al Sharpton and make it into some kind of race issue!"

Well, whew! I'm done, going riding on "private" land with safety gear, and rip the shit out of some badass single track, and prolly vent out the rest of my rant! Sorry sooo windy and opinionated! :ride: If you want to further the conversation, p.m. me and we can do it there. Thanks!

If they had any brains they would at least wear a helmet.
So sad that there parents did all that work raising them so they can be tube feed because they thought helmets are not cool.

drtlvr said:

like toys for tot's!
bikes for billy! :thumbsup:

That would be like Robin Hood or robbing the hood

i love how everyone says these guys have no talent. just like other pro supercross and motocorss riders have said, they cant even do what these guys do. I wanna see people on here do this.

I disagree in a way with everyone on here. I dont support this and they are total idiots for not wearing helmets and running red lights, but go out to any redneck town, ateast the ones i have been to, and everyone is just riding their atvs around like nothing. No one cares about that. Its accepted.

I think the fact these guys are into bikes and quads is awsome, especially being from the hood. They do what we wanna do, ride, just on a different level. It sucks they cant take it to the track but i really dont think this is the worst thing in the world. I wish i had 30 friends to go ride with like these guys. Like i said, im not supporitng it, but i think it is sweet that the only reason these guys are on a bike or quad is cuase their one friend got one, then the next got one which made their friend get one, and they clearly spend a lot of time riding to be able to do wheelies like that.

Larry Gude said:

hahahaha!!! Seriously, when I was growing up I did lot's of stupider S*** than what the guys in this vid are doing... But it's still stupid and wrong. Oh well... :excuseme: Another thing... I'm willing to bet at least one if not more of the bikes are not stolen... :smirk: Rebellion.... Ahhhhhh, I'm almost 50 and giggle with relief that my kids aren't even half as crazy as I was...

sdjclevland said:

Have you ever tried to wheelie a dirt bike with knobbie tires on pavement...it truly is not that hard. I have done it many times. Now if they were on dirt roads or on street bikes then I could say they have some talent. These guys are nothing but idiots doing dumb things on city streets, breaking laws, and endangering themselves as well as others.

Rich_Bing said:

I can't really post my honest opinion here without being kicked off this forum or labeled as "racist", since that's the main fad now, but I'll just say I must agree with this post above. I don't give a shit about a well written novel of an excuse about growing up in the ghetto. Tell that to your dead daughter when she's out driving and LIL B wheelies into her freaking face.

Oh, also...Not impressed what so ever. Let's see any one of these goons do this on a track, or hell, a dirt road!!!

I don't want to keep hearing about this in the coming years. They better nip this shit in the bud real quick. :foul:

we should enlist some real LEGAL tard riders to go after these guys with big net guns and such to catch them all and drag them to the police station :thumbsup: (action movie scene?!) :smirk:

I guess we are all entitled to our opinion, that's what makes this country great,but the bottom line is we all bitch about land closures and having no place to ride,and we all know who makes those decisions for us right. yes people in Washington, and you think when they see this first hand maybe on the way to work or maybe when they are taking there family out for dinner, that what they here or see isn't going to effect the way they think on maybe the next land closure. remember how most of us thought that nice sounding mufflers were cool,and then we realized that maybe we should be a little more respectful and tone it down.change is good,but only if its for the better,and what this movement they are talking about? they could take the money they make doing whatever they do and save it so they can move out of the ghetto and go to a place that has legal riding areas.

I was talking with a buddy about this a long time ago. The main group is 12' o clock boys or something equally as gay, but apparently most of these bikes are stolen. Except these guys don't steal to sell...Obviously, they steal to ride...Knowing this infuriates me to a whole nother' level...NOTHING worse than a petty thief!

I couldn't care less about someone riding on the street illegally. Really. However, my one issue, since I won't assume any of the quads are stolen, is the safety of it all. All it takes is one screw up and a 300+ pound quad can hit innocent pedestrians on sidewalks or even cause serious vehicle collisions. Any justification for this type of behavior is patently BS.

BTW, I grew up poor in the inner city. Yes, I rode on the streets illegally at times when I was 15-16yo or younger. However, I didn't ride on any main roads/highways and do stupid stunts where I could possibly hurt someone else. So, don't give me the BS "poor and oppressed" speech. If I can make it out then anyone can. You just have to make the choice, grow up and be a responsible citizen or continue to be part of the thug life.

I feel bad for the people that got their bikes taken from them. Now they get to watch a bunch of gangster goons ride their bikes around their city.