I was wondering if anybody made any meaningful ones. I made a couple of work related and personal ones that I won't bore you with, and I made a couple of riding related ones that I will bore you with. There's another one that I think it would be a good idea if we all made together too. If you don't like my idea, that's ok, I'm a big boy. I've been thinking about it for a while and I actually put it into practice a couple of times this past year. Ok, here goes...
Resolution we should make together (421 Riders)
I think we should all make an effort to tactfully say something to anybody we see doing something stupid on 421. By stupid I mean anything that could endanger another rider, lead to a serious crash of some kind (like somebody riding way over their head), or attract law enforcement to the valley. I really don't want to see anybody get killed up there.
There will almost certainly be more riders this year. If we can get the word out that the regular guys aren't going to put up with any B.S. from newbies (like stunting, using the other lane to straighten out the turns, speeding in the valley, endangering one of us, etc.) maybe a little of it will stop. I'm not saying hit somebody over the head with an empty Dr. Enuff bottle or threaten an ass kicking; just a carefully worded reminder that if they want to fit in and be welcome, they need to play by the unwritten (maybe they should be written) rules. The couple of times I said something to somebody last year it was well received and one guy even said thanks, if you can believe that.
If tact doesn't work then it's ok to go for the Dr. Enuff bottle.
A couple of personal riding related resolutions
Do at least four trackdays/weekends (I don't see how I can afford anymore than that since there are two of us)
Do a better job of riding (on the street) within what I think are my safe limits and save the hard riding for track days. I generally think I do a decent job at this but there was two or three times last year where I caught myself doing something I felt was stupid and dangerous (Like running off of the road, crashing, almost crashing, dangerous passes, etc. Ok, make that four or five times :laughing ). I want to cut that down to zero.
Anybody else have any?
Resolution we should make together (421 Riders)
I think we should all make an effort to tactfully say something to anybody we see doing something stupid on 421. By stupid I mean anything that could endanger another rider, lead to a serious crash of some kind (like somebody riding way over their head), or attract law enforcement to the valley. I really don't want to see anybody get killed up there.
There will almost certainly be more riders this year. If we can get the word out that the regular guys aren't going to put up with any B.S. from newbies (like stunting, using the other lane to straighten out the turns, speeding in the valley, endangering one of us, etc.) maybe a little of it will stop. I'm not saying hit somebody over the head with an empty Dr. Enuff bottle or threaten an ass kicking; just a carefully worded reminder that if they want to fit in and be welcome, they need to play by the unwritten (maybe they should be written) rules. The couple of times I said something to somebody last year it was well received and one guy even said thanks, if you can believe that.
If tact doesn't work then it's ok to go for the Dr. Enuff bottle.
A couple of personal riding related resolutions
Do at least four trackdays/weekends (I don't see how I can afford anymore than that since there are two of us)
Do a better job of riding (on the street) within what I think are my safe limits and save the hard riding for track days. I generally think I do a decent job at this but there was two or three times last year where I caught myself doing something I felt was stupid and dangerous (Like running off of the road, crashing, almost crashing, dangerous passes, etc. Ok, make that four or five times :laughing ). I want to cut that down to zero.
Anybody else have any?
