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But not in the classic yammie voice .....as such I for some reason cant hear any words ...its weird.....like sipping from a can thinking fizzy and forgot it was a coffee milk drink 🤯eww. Yam rules
Same here. And since with my friend we organize mostly Adv tours what is 80-90% offroad, a full tank is a musthave :D The other way: we do invite-only rides with 3-5 people, and they are the best...
Nice ride! You do different sprockets? That much power, people usually go up on tooth for front or down on teeth in back--to get more top speed. I went the other direction so my Ninja would pull my arms off lol
You also forgot the retired professional racer that was factory sponsored and has multiple championships under his belt. This guy usually laughs while passing the leader, hangs out with the sweep to talk about the love of riding and generally makes everyone in the group question their riding abilities that they were once confident about. This guy usually just floats down from above to play with mere mortals for the day and boost his ego.
The "i need gas" guy is classic and true. Also, my personal favorite is the guy that has to light a cigarette at every other stop light. Then the light turns green and he's still trying to light it up. Really?
Lol guilty im not even a fan of smoking, but to light a cigarette on a bike while you drive has to be on some sort of top 100 ultimate freedom list lol. Bonus points if its one of those small cigars and the second guy on your bike also smokes one.
Like your show and sometimes find it educational. Maybe the Honda Wing is the ultimate nerd bike but if taken care of properly it will outlast most other brands of bike on or off the road, Keep up the good work
Group rides are over since Covid came to town. Thank God ! I used to ride with a group of tuff guy Hardley a Davidson riders where their Ole' Ladies on the back of the bikes would give the signal to roll through the stop signs. Always hated that move. Too dangerous. Plus those broads were "Butter Faced" !
We used to have one guy who on the yearly group ride always had something. One year a broken chain, once out of gas, tanked diesel once, had his toll ticket slide under his windshield once, bald tires…. He was our Dudley. Lol
I’ve never understood the appeal of riding with other people. Groups draw too much attention and I don’t want to wait for anyone or feel like anyones waiting on me when I ride. It makes rising stressful which defeats the purpose of why I ride.
I ride an 06 Z1K and am always the caboose. Bike is fast but I didn't get this old by accident either. I break the sound barrier a few times a ride but never race never stay superfast for long. I like riding caboose because in my many many group rides I've been on, I've seen peoples bikes do some awful shit. Saw a guys bike engine on his CBR completely lock up while he was riding at over 100mph. Seen other stuff like people ride off the road in a curve. Seen people run out of gas. I've had a slip on fall off one of my old bikes years ago. I don't hafta be first. I just hafta make it through the ride.
I haven't been on a group ride. So I guess I would be the noob, but I am also the ADV guy and we don't pack it for the specific ride we always have a toolkit, tyre inflation kit, waterproofs, full first aid kit, enough chain to look up 3 bikes, an extra padlock, a spare sandwich and a USB charger ready to lend out to the guy who has no charge on his phone.
Meet up at a gas station/convenience store, for the guy you forgot. Stands up is 7:30. Shows up at 7:29, needs gas, then coffee, probably a cigarette, then back into the store to grab a water for the ride.
The old guy with long gray hair, wearing a leather jacket with the bick patch on the back, and a 1% in a diamond. That's the guy you listen to. Not the guy who made this video.
if I may, one important fact you forgot to mention : If you don't recognize one of the types or you think he is missing off your pack. well my friend it's you...
I've only been on a few "group rides". Not a fan. There's always some bonehead that thinks it's a race and is constantly ripping through the group. The last one was pretty good though. I was the new guy that thinks he is slow so I took the rear as to not slow anyone down. Eventually I realized the leader and myself were definitely faster and more skilled then the entire group. The leader riding a serious DRZsm and me on a first gen CBR900rr. I soon learned when the leader started to slide the rear, it was time to get busy. Dude really knew the route and knew the roads. Not sure if the fully leathered out matchy matchy liter bike riders full of BS or what but the sweep guy wasn't happy. He said he was falling asleep due to boredom. We only lost one guy after his off road, jumping a ditch and riding around the back of a house excursion. He was so shaken, he left the ride. We were only 10 minutes in when he blew a right hander and rode straight off the road. At the end of the day. The old CBR and the dirt bike (as the group talked crap about) had a blast. Best to not under estimate the street going dirt bike or the old fart on the old school beater .
Only two hands signals here in the UK a straight wave or show the back of the hand two fingers.(F OFF) Which is somewhat stronger than the spin on it single digit.
Agree, i do like to ride with friends but just for the sake of social stuff, or because there's a smoking hot lady with the pack If i want to enjoy riding a bike, i ride alone
One note about the staggered formation that always seems to be misunderstood: that is for straight roads, not turns. When cornering you should all move out of position and take the best line, then reform on the other side.
Regarding the noob, i've experienced and been told that it's best to put him (or her) right behind the leader. Having the slowest rider up front dictates the groups overall speed, so it's at the noobs comfort level. If the noob is at the back, he might be urged to drive faster than his skill, just to keep with the faster guys in front. So, always stack the pack from slowest to fastest (except the leader and the sweep of course).
ADV Guy here. It's not that we feel that we need to pack all that shit for a day ride, it's just that our bikes are always packed for any ride - be it for the afternoon or all of next month. The sidecase is packed and stays that way. And the reason we carry so much stuff is that a lot of us grew up riding '60s era Brit Bikes and we usually needed most of it.
took my AT out one time without tools last summer and took an unexpected dunk in the river. Luckily there were lots of people on the trail and i was saved by the kindness and preparedness of strangers. that's the last time I leave without my tools and parts.
I never ride out without tools, spare chain, etc. Many times I'd have been stuck on the roadside without them. I'd rather have something and not need it than need it and not have it lol
I grew up with early Japanese motorcycles. Most were good for a year or two before they needed serious work. They were no worse or better than their European counterparts. In short, motorcycle manufacturers put those tool cases in the bikes for a reason. You will need them. Today my bike has more electronics on it than most airplanes but it still needs to be maintained and or fixed. Fixing is a relative term especially when you find yourself pushing your bike 3 miles down the road because it stopped running because of a fouled plug. Now, I always carry “stuff” with me whether it is warmer clothes, food, water or a tire repair kit or simple hand tools, and yes, a set of spark plugs, and yes, it happened to me and I didn’t have a spare plug....
My Dad is the "ADV" guy on his FJR1300. My God am I grateful for him. He has room for all the stuff we need on the ride! Water, snacks, space for an extra jacket in case it gets cold.. I get to ride with my Dad on his dorky touring bike, and I love it.
@@extec101 You’re right! It is an awesome bike, and it fits his riding style and what he wants out of a motorcycle perfectly. I don’t actually mind what my Dad rides, I’m just happy that I have the opportunity to ride with him.
Group rides, mostly, suck. "I gotta stop to pee". I gotta stop for a beer". I gotta stop for fuel". I gotta stop to fix a weggie". I gotta wait for my girl friend". "I gotta stop to let my electrics dry out". "I gotta stop for another beer" . . .
I don't want to ride with any group that "needs to stop for a beer". You need to pick better groups if someone can't fix a wedgie while riding or rides junk where wiring goes out lol
Okay, you kinda have me wanting to try a group ride now. 2nd riding season complete and I'm just a late-30s lone wolf, shredding these West Virginia twisties. But a group ride sounds hilarious
I met up with a group in my town a couple years ago because i thought it would be fun to hang out with some people that also like motorcycles. I pretty much concluded that these people were just small minded and judgmental. Watching this video confirmed that to me. Very judgy people. I think there is a mentality that if you are not doing something like me you are wrong or im going to judge you. Defiantly not the kind of people i want to hang out with. Just my 2 cents.
@@EustaBAracer I'll agree a group ride can be a very easy way for an inexperienced rider to be pushed or to push themselves past their skill level with bad outcomes. That said a group ride is still a thrilling experience and can be done safely and I'd argue when done safely is safer than riding solo.
@@PatrickCavanaugh0420 You, sir, are a gentleman and a scholar. Even though I am heavily biased towards solo rides, your point about generally being safer in a group is accurate and well made.
*The 7 types of riders at a group ride:* 1) The bad rider on the Harley 2) The bad rider trying to Wheelie and failing spectacularly 3) The bad rider who has been riding for two months 4) The bad rider on the sport bike yeeting himself and making gaps in the group 5) The bad rider that has a unsafe/borderline unusable ride 6) The bad rider that brought their Grom for the memes 7) The bad rider that brought their Busa for the memes
Left off the"Know It All" bad rider who suffers from Dunning- Kruger Effect and can't see that he isn't as good as he thinks he is , ( You Spot It ,You Got It)
@@vebez5993 that 's an oxymoron, all group rides are filled with bad riders. There is only one kind of ride where you can guarantee that you are with a good rider (if you have a big ego), and that is when you ride with yourself.
@@paulroberts3639 I actually used a Grom as an apt replacement for a friend with a moped. It was only for half of the ride thank god. In regards to the Busa, that has happened and it is very, very annoying.
I ride alone in my group rides. That way I always ride with someone i like. When in a car, I always carry some zip ties, plastic tarp, shovel, duct tape and a bone saw just in case I pick up a hitchhiker. To each his own.
@@redsquarejay I remember when I was late once. We were meeting on top of a hill at a lookout. As I was riding up the hill just arriving I noticed a heap of riders riding down the hill and signalling me to turn around (so I did). I had just missed the meet / greet prior to the ride. We continued on and at the next stop I found this out. I actually don't attend group rides anymore as the police will associate you with the group (even if you don't know them) and if they've been up to no good previously you get done as well.
I used to hate people who suggested going for a ride, which in their eyes meant going 5 miles down the road to cafe spending 2 hours talking and then home! Preferably go out by myself but enjoy an encounter with another bike, playing for a few miles overtaking each other. Then going separate ways without stopping and only a quick chat if you have to stop at lights.
19 and just got my first bike. I just want to go out and have some fun, where as it seems almost everyone else my age (my friends) with a bike is just about the speed and thrill. Just not for me so i ride alone for now
HOLY SHIT!!! I guess Im the Sweep! In 42 years of riding, Ive never had anyone describe me in such detail. I might even have SWEEP embroidered on the back of my jacket!
Find some people that ride like you and its pretty damn fun. I got guys I wheelie with, guys I cruise with and others that haul ass through the hill country
Aww, I didn't fit any of them, lol. I'm the fat guy on a chopper that shows up to street bike rides but still somehow keeps up with the front of the pack.
Can’t forget the “Busted bike guy”, who shows up on an old F4i that’s been used and abused since it was new, and it’s falling apart. Basically the bike is held together with zip ties and has been crashed multiple times. Usually this guy is in his early 20s, rocks sport touring tires, but for some reason no matter how hard you try, you can’t keep up with him in the twisties on your state of the art literbike with Supercorsa’s. He will even drag his knee in the rain.
To me, this is the guy who you dont know, and he kinda sneaks to the front of the ride, and you cant recognise the bike.... you get close to take a look at this bike thats been hauling ass... and its a clapped out jelopy with a busted brake lever and scrapes on the case and zipties everywhere and no windshield.... lol
I was the noob for a while, but I almost always ride second behind my stepmom. Now I am the adv guy(2019 Africa twin adventure sports) but I only wear high vis is the summers, and I wear my 1960s leather Harley jacket the rest of the year, also I can’t afford saddle bags so all I have is a tank bag
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I'm the noob. Only been riding for 3 years, but there was a groupi rode with a few times and they always put me up front👍. Unless there was a straight stretch they wanted to pull, then i got left behind, but they ALWAYS waited for me to catch up.
You forgot the Gromblins, people who show up on Grom bikes and immediately flee the scene if and or when you or someone you know get's pulled over. Also, yeah I know the only place you'll encounter Gromblins is in the city, but still if you're doing a meetup and one of these guys shows up for city driving. Expect him to pop the most illegal wheelies while wearing shorts and sandals. Just to get the nearest officer to pull YOU over and then run away on his leaf blower of a motorcycle. I freaking hate Gromblins man...
I used to ride with a guy that was always low on fuel. He always blamed it on having a small tank. Dude had no less that four gas stations near his house.
Unless you are the police do not block traffic. As motorcyclist we have to follow the rules, just like everyone else. That's the kind of behaviour that gives us a bad reputation. Happy riding! 👍
Yammie, I'm sorry to inform you but if there was a perfect 60mph wind from behind you and you have your bike geared for speed instead of acceleration or torque, you could actually hit 186mph on a 600c bike.
So far I've never seen any stunters in a group ride, fortunately. And the noobs are usually in the front, right behind the leader, so that the leader can keep an eye on them and make sure he's not going too fast for the new riders. So the second bike determines the speed of the group. I'm usually in the back, I think the best position is the last position. You can see all riders in front of you and see what they're doing, and you have more variety in speed. If the whole group can't make it in one go across an intersection or a traffic light, then it's good when the fastest riders are in the back, they will catch up easier.
Yeah. That "meet up" feature he's talking so highly about is a PURCHASED FEATURE. doesn't work with the FREE account.. pretty (skumbaggie) if I had to say so myself.
I decided to remove myself from group rides because I realized that the chance of me getting run off the road and dying by some idiot with no mirrors was pretty high.
david wendland The guild of adv dads takes offense. We already knew you’re rides where not for us. we all take turns showing up with the proper equipment to keep you squids on the road. The attendee is usually decided upon by whom brought the worst dish for the potluck to the last dualsport. Your welcome.
Yep, had a guy that always needed gas. I told everyone to just continue to ride when he wanted to pull over for gas. After a few times he disappeared. Never to be seen again. Also, the know it all leader. Knows everything, and can't stand it when someone adds their 2 cents. And always riders at least 10 MPH over speed limit to show how fast he can ride. Total narcistic pri-cks. A few times we all road at speed limit, and since he could not show off anymore (because no one followed him), he disappeared. Good by.
OMG, this list is on point. I love the sweep, I've had guys on full-dress Harleys with a girl on the back carrying twice my speed through bends, with ease. I've also had some great leaders who were much faster than me, but communicated well and knew how to stop and catch everyone up, made the ride a lot of fun for everyone. I don't seem to fit any of these, so I must be #8, guy in the middle of the pack, nice enough, good enough, no biggie.
Funny that in the groups I participate here in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the Noobs are put right behind the leader, mixed with more experienced drivers but always at the first half of the pack. Who dictates the rhythm are 'the noobs in the front' to keep it safe for everybody. What counts in the end of the day is that everyone gets in one piece back home.
I'm the guy with something to prove but I ride a 06 gsxr 1k that I paid 3g for it and do all maintenance myself with Rotella t6. But my chicken strips are 0.22mm and I'm always near last but yeah, I don't stay to hang out. I keep riding
