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Transportation and lack of funds honestly.
Why do you think you’re above the law? Why don’t you guys just go rent out a drag strip for a weekend or something? Do most of you know that dirtbikes are meant to be ridden off road in the dirt? Where are Chad reed’s tablecloths?
Well I can’t speak for all of Philly but most of the boys in my neighborhood atleast learned how to ride a little bit. It’s kind of like alot of people learned how to play basketball as a kid but most people aren’t that good that’s how I think it was with bikes when I was growing up but a lot of people do fall in love with bikes. I feel like many people in the community don’t like the noise but there isn’t really insane amounts of push back but alot of our neighborhoods are so dangerous that a lot of the older people have the mindset that they would rather kids be on bikes than selling drugs etc. also it’s so cold out that most of the time people ride the most during the summer so I don’t think people are really that annoyed most of the year. Not saying that people don’t ride in the winter it’s just not as much people out ripping through the streets in the winter.
As far as mods go I’ve never been a mod person but many people like to put the street tires on their bike. Also a lot of guys run smaller sprockets on the back and bigger ones on the front.
A lot of it comes down to taught behavior. Also when you live in violent cities you start to rationalize behavior compared to what you see around you. When I was a kid I looked at in like why follow rules if people around the neighborhood is getting killed and no one is going to jail and to be honest a lot of neighborhoods up here have a level of lawlessness to them. I can understand your view especially if you haven’t lived in a environment as dangerous but when kids grow up in lawless neighborhood how would they know to follow rules? It comes with maturity. I view things much differently now that I’m older but as a 16 year old there was nothing that anyone could tell me that what we were doing was wrong because I compared it to being less than violence.
And lack of funds is why people don’t rent out drag strips.
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Just here to tell you, we grew up in completely different situations other than extremely poor. I was raised by a single mom of 4 boys. We lived in rural Iowa among the fields of corn and soybeans. We lived in a house that shouldn't have even been lived in. When we were all grown and out on our own, and moved away, the house was tore down by the town 2 years later.
Beyond that, I could never have a dirtbike growing up, despite reading, watching, drawing art, of anything of the sport of motocross. I mowed yards all summer when 14 and bought a used '79 KX80. I rode trails I made along a river outside of my small town.
Many here won't understand or be able to comprehend growing up in virtual poverty. I'm not from the hood, but I understand growing up dirt poor and how our society can shun you based on economics. It doesn't matter what race you are.
But my love of dirt bikes and moto luckily stayed with me, and I've been into moto for over 40 years.
Loving this thread. Respectfully and enlightening!
I struggle to find any equivalence to equating breaking vehicle code laws to "culture" and also struggle to understand how trying to impress or irritate the general public in the general public space isn't narcissism. Please tell me what the connection is between crime and culture, and what your thought process is where you prioritize your desire for entertainment above the need for a city to function, people to get to work, etc. Finally, does it fit within your culture if I create my own culture that hinders your entertainment?
By definition culture can be regarded as a way of life, social behavior and norms found in human societies. So where I’m from the dirt bike culture is not something that my generation created it’s something that was already prevalent in the neighborhood and has been around since the 80s. In my opinion this is considered a part of hood Philly culture. You may not agree with it or the behavior but i disagree with the argument that it isn’t a culture. Also not that I’m older I look at street riding in a complete different light especially safety wise but majority of riders are young bulls and not older men.
Love this response bro!
Do you watch the racing now and who are the guys you like? Do guy do there own maintenance in the neighborhood's or is there a go to guy that would fix up broken bikes? Any mods people liked to do to make the bikes better for the street?
How many people have you shot? Not this weekend but in your whole life.
So OP may be the 1%, but unfortunately the rest of these clowns ruin it for all. Effing up traffic, stealing bikes (ask me how I know), breaking into shops etc all for the look at me show. In Atlanta, it’s starting to be sxs running up and down the 55+ mph roads. Again, blue city, no consequences for lawlessness. Wheelie boys can all go suck a fart as far as I’m concerned. Let the downvotes rain.
The wheelie skills are cool, intimidating motorist and making dirt bikes look bad isn’t.
how long did it take you to "chicken wing" cheers from someone who used to do it
Same alistair whitton that used to do x games bmx?
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