You should see the $h#t they do in front of my house...

[JohnCVermont]

In the rant category of "Holy Crap !!! That is some stupid shit!!"

I live at Fort Ethan Allen & my front porch has a really good view of Rt 15 which I have dubbed "The Motorcycle Mile" ... generally, on a nice day, there is a really good parade of bikes heading out on Rt. 15 out to Essex & beyond ... I know that Green Mountain HD contributes a large share of Harley riders to the parade & Land-Air might as well... in summary, lots of motorcycles, all types... and one or two do some seriously batshit-crazy stunts on their bikes... last night/evening, I was sitting on my porch have a tasty beverage when I heard an obvious competition exhaust in the distance, down by the Camp Johnson entrance, I turned on looked... a rider wearing a nice t-shirt pulling a 65+ MPH wheelie leading a pack of street bikes... definitely a 300+ yd wheelie at a really high rate of speed.

after the initial ..."wow, that's ballsy ..followed by how seriously stupid was that"... (especially the 65+ wheelie through the intersection into Fort Ethan into Barnes Ave)

other than stunts like that... the parade of riders is fun to watch & *hear* ... all of those different exhaust systems...



Note : not that I am against batshit-crazy stunts & excessive speeding, just be aware, that stretch of Rt. 15 has a high rate of accidents, some of the highest traffic rates in Vermont (vehicles/hr), police patrols, & general driver stupidity/buffoonery. I don't go much past the speed limit + 5 on that stretch... I am all about the safety of others that may become inadvertently involved in the aftermath of a crazy stunt in a high traffic area.

[Doc]

I'm sorry. I couldn't help myself.

[korndogg]

a rider wearing a nice t-shirt pulling a 65+ MPH wheelie leading a pack of street bikes... definitely a 300+ yd wheelie at a really high rate of speed.

Black and orange GSXR, by chance?

[G21forme]

Well of course it's a gixxxxaahhh

[Garandman]

A HS buddy lives on the W end of Rt 17.

He says waking up to the sound of sportbikes going by his house at 7am on weekend morning at a high rate of speed is getting a little old. Then the HD's thunder by mid morning. There are a lot of noise complaints.

[JohnCVermont]

Black and orange GSXR, by chance?

Dang !! I can't remember. But it was a very stylish bike for sure.

If the rider had been wearing a jacket, it could have been Doc.

Like Garandman's buddy on Rt 17, the late night exhibition of competition exhausts systems along Route 15 by The Fort...can get a little tiring at midnight on a hot summer evening with the open windows... still, not all loud exhausts are motorcycles..

A colleague of mine lives on the fabled "Richmond Road" on the "Richmond Hill", a popular route to Appa Gap, the various sport bike speed passes & cruiser concussive thump-thump parade make interesting viewing in the summer as well. Even Ol' Unkle Pokey McPutt-Putt has been known to rev up past 4K on that section of road...don't worry...I'm still in 2d gear.

[RandyO]

Note : not that I am against batshit-crazy stunts & excessive speeding, just be aware, that stretch of Rt. 15 has a high rate of accidents, some of the highest traffic rates in Vermont (vehicles/hr), police patrols, & general driver stupidity/buffoonery. I don't go much past the speed limit + 5 on that stretch... I am all about the safety of others that may become inadvertently involved in the aftermath of a crazy stunt in a high traffic area.

even 35-40 years ago when I used to drive that road it was cazy then, usually, I'd take SusieWilson Road & Severance Road, instead to get to my work

I hear all about the fast motorcycles when I visit my Dad, not from him, but from the church supper crowd

[The Snowman]

If the rider had been wearing a jacket, it could have been Doc.

Doc wheelie? Pics or it didn't happen.

[MotoFreak]

Doc wheelie? Pics or it didn't happen.

I've seen Doc loft the front wheel...on more than one occasion ;D

[JohnCVermont]

Last night sitting on that very same porch...I saw Adam & Foster and the white Harley from Bike Night roar past my place ... at the speed limit and under perfect control.

[Huffer]

Last night sitting on that very same porch...I saw Adam & Foster and the white Harley from Bike Night roar past my place ... at the speed limit and under perfect control.

what you didn't know was they were on auto pilo,t sound asleep.