Comments on: RTMC - US chapter, First official ride ! http://joydutta.com/blog/2005/04/17/rtmc-us-chapter-first-official-ride/ Motorcycling, photography, creativity and everything that excites me... Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:09:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Abhi http://joydutta.com/blog/2005/04/17/rtmc-us-chapter-first-official-ride/#comment-36 Abhi Mon, 18 Apr 2005 08:26:21 +0000 http://joydutta.com/blog/?p=8#comment-36 Hey! Great going Joy! As Prashi already said, that was a great weekend for us guys too! Have fun, keep us updated! ----- Abhi Hey! Great going Joy! As Prashi already said, that was a great weekend for us guys too! Have fun, keep us updated!
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]]> By: Nomad http://joydutta.com/blog/2005/04/17/rtmc-us-chapter-first-official-ride/#comment-35 Nomad Mon, 18 Apr 2005 06:39:31 +0000 http://joydutta.com/blog/?p=8#comment-35 hey joy/vaibs.... Great ..to see you ppl gain back on the "long Rides mode"...and well here RTMC has just got back from horsely hills after celebrating the MadBulls 3A ..how does the sound of 90 thundering beauties sound ???? and in true RTMC style the party was hijacked ..with 55 bikes from our side....some party that was...the Southern Squadron in action !!! hey joy/vaibs….

Great ..to see you ppl gain back on the “long Rides mode”…and well here RTMC has just got back from horsely hills after celebrating the MadBulls 3A ..how does the sound of 90 thundering beauties sound ???? and in true RTMC style the party was hijacked ..with 55 bikes from our side….some party that was…the Southern Squadron in action !!!

]]> By: OnePoet http://joydutta.com/blog/2005/04/17/rtmc-us-chapter-first-official-ride/#comment-32 OnePoet Sun, 17 Apr 2005 21:37:14 +0000 http://joydutta.com/blog/?p=8#comment-32 The only place you can legally "lane split" here in the US is California. Texas has passed the law according to rumor, but it will not be in effect until Spet 1, 2005. Most riders agree that you should ride staggered and not side-by-side, but many riders and most police riders ride side-by-side. I personally feel that doesn't give either of us enough time for preventive measures in case of road hazzards or mechanical failure. Happy to here that the club lives. Now you gotta get out and try to keep up with the RocketIII... Strap a nitrous kit onto that VLX and hold on... maybe flames out the back like the batmobile... OnePoet The only place you can legally “lane split” here in the US is California. Texas has passed the law according to rumor, but it will not be in effect until Spet 1, 2005.

Most riders agree that you should ride staggered and not side-by-side, but many riders and most police riders ride side-by-side. I personally feel that doesn’t give either of us enough time for preventive measures in case of road hazzards or mechanical failure.

Happy to here that the club lives. Now you gotta get out and try to keep up with the RocketIII… Strap a nitrous kit onto that VLX and hold on… maybe flames out the back like the batmobile…

OnePoet

]]> By: therider http://joydutta.com/blog/2005/04/17/rtmc-us-chapter-first-official-ride/#comment-31 therider Sun, 17 Apr 2005 14:31:53 +0000 http://joydutta.com/blog/?p=8#comment-31 On rides, I am much relaxed to capture snapshots than photographs, taking a whole lot of load off my head. In the US, motorcycles are considered equivalent to cars, except that two motorcycles can share one lane. So a jam means getting stuck, no matter what. On rides, I am much relaxed to capture snapshots than photographs, taking a whole lot of load off my head.

In the US, motorcycles are considered equivalent to cars, except that two motorcycles can share one lane. So a jam means getting stuck, no matter what.

]]> By: Francesco http://joydutta.com/blog/2005/04/17/rtmc-us-chapter-first-official-ride/#comment-30 Francesco Sun, 17 Apr 2005 14:26:51 +0000 http://joydutta.com/blog/?p=8#comment-30 Nice reportage and nice snapshots (I wouldn't call them pictures, though... let's just call them snapshots, will ya?)... I found interesting that you say: "A long queue of weekend cagers slowed us down beyond any kind of tolerance." Assuming that the cagers are the people driving cars, it really surprises me that here in the US you can't pass them with you bike? In Italy there is nothing stopping a biker. No traffic light queue, no highway queue, nothing at all... they are always moving, no matter what the "stupid cagers" are forced to do by the heavy traffic. Nice reportage and nice snapshots (I wouldn’t call them pictures, though… let’s just call them snapshots, will ya?)… I found interesting that you say:

“A long queue of weekend cagers slowed us down beyond any kind of tolerance.”

Assuming that the cagers are the people driving cars, it really surprises me that here in the US you can’t pass them with you bike? In Italy there is nothing stopping a biker. No traffic light queue, no highway queue, nothing at all… they are always moving, no matter what the “stupid cagers” are forced to do by the heavy traffic.

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