2 million biker 'march' denied no stop drive through permit

MadsL

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/sep/9/bikers-denied-no-stop-permit-911-rally-will-ride-a/

So 2 million bikers have been denied a permit to ride non stop through Washington.

Naturally screams of bias through the media, but was Washington right to deny the permit. Personally I can see no reason not to wave them through a designated route.

biko

Ok, I'm not really interested.
But yeah, no, whatever.

Menas

MadsL wrote:

2 million bikers have been denied a permit to ride non stop through Washington. .

That is a lot of lost viagra sales.

Chucken

biko wrote: »

Ok, I'm not really interested.
But yeah, no, whatever.

You have to be interested! Its in Washington! WASHINGTON!!!!!!

arybvtcw0eolkf

They're going through either way.

shopaholic01

It takes 2 million bikers to remember the victims of 9/11 and honour the armed forces?


Bullshit, they want a nice clear ride through the city without the bother of traffic lights.

NuckingFacker

Janelle Short Fennel wrote: »

They're going through either way.

200 bikers would be tricky to stop..2,000,000 - good luck with that.

MadsL

shopaholic01 wrote: »

It takes 2 million bikers to remember the victims of 9/11 and honour the armed forces?


Bullshit, they want a nice clear ride through the city without the bother of traffic lights.

Given that some of them are members of the Patriot Guard, who form a honour guard preventing the Westboro Baptist Church getting anywhere near soldiers funerals then I say give em a parade.

lahalane

2 million?? That's 1 in every 250 American...if my maths are right. That's impressive.

No I think it's right to ban them

P_1

What's the big deal? They've not been denied the right to drive through the city, they've merely been refused permission to ignore red lights and other usual road traffic directions.

shopaholic01

MadsL wrote: »

Given that some of them are members of the Patriot Guard, who form a honour guard preventing the Westboro Baptist Church getting anywhere near soldiers funerals then I say give em a parade.

And feck everyone else?

minidazzler

shopaholic01 wrote: »

It takes 2 million bikers to remember the victims of 9/11 and honour the armed forces?


Bullshit, they want a nice clear ride through the city without the bother of traffic lights.

They're in the United States, a place with hundreds of undisturbed miles of Highways that they could ride for a clear route. This is for a parade, there have been worse reasons traffic has been diverted. It would be quite impressive to see 2 million bikes ride through a single city.

MadsL

shopaholic01 wrote: »

And feck everyone else?

Well they can cruise through in 2 hours or it could take hours and hours with them stopped at every light.

Soooo.....who gets fecked?

kneemos

What would two million bikes sound like?

lahalane

lahalane wrote: »

2 million?? That's 1 in every 250 American...if my maths are right. That's impressive.

No I think it's right to ban them

Your maths is wrong :pac:

They have now been invited to join another group who already have a permit



''We welcome the ‘Bikers Benghazi Brigade’ with Open Arms to join our Justice for Benghazi Rally as we already have a permit.” -- Mitchell Mason, Rally Organizer

Washington D.C. – Today the Justice for Benghazi Rally Organizers, Patriots4America and Special Operations Speaks invite the 2 Million Bikers to ride into the Capitol as ‘Bikers for the Benghazi 4’ and join their approved and permitted rally on the Capitol West Lawn at 12:30-6:00 pm on September 11, 2013.

We welcome the Bikers to participate in the Justice for Benghazi Rally and will even offer some speaking slots.

MadsL

MadsL wrote: »

Well they can cruise through in 2 hours or it could take hours and hours with them stopped at every light.

Soooo.....who gets fecked?

2 hours? That would be an impressive feat of synchronisation.

Deleted User

Deleted User wrote: »

2 hours? That would be an impressive feat of synchronisation.

Some of them have been riding for days from where they live to get to Washington in time. Was watching a video of them riding earlier , looked really cool.

If ye like Bikers, and I do.
:pac:

NuckingFacker

Deleted User wrote: »

2 hours? That would be an impressive feat of synchronisation.

They'll spend four hours just putting on their lids and discussing what mods they've made to their bikes. 2 million? 2 days maybe..

Fox_In_Socks

Make them get off their bikes and "march". Many of them could stand to loose a few pounds kilograms stone.

MadsL

kneemos wrote: »

What would two million bikes sound like?

Noisy.

What will 2 million Harleys and Victorys sound like?

Apocalyptic.

Dan Jaman

MadsL wrote: »

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/sep/9/bikers-denied-no-stop-permit-911-rally-will-ride-a/

So 2 million bikers have been denied a permit to ride non stop through Washington.

Naturally screams of bias through the media, but was Washington right to deny the permit. Personally I can see no reason not to wave them through a designated route.

I was with them, right up until they mentioned Hardlys, then they lost me.

MadsL

Dan Jaman wrote: »

I was with them, right up until they mentioned Hardlys, then they lost me.

These seem to be getting way more popular around me.

http://www.victorymotorcycles.com/en-us/home.aspx

arybvtcw0eolkf

Fox_In_Socks wrote: »

Make them get off their bikes and "march". Many of them could stand to loose a few pounds kilograms stone.

They don't need to march, they don't need to be skinny to stand up for something they believe in... What would you stand up and be counted for?.

Its easy to slag.

Tigger

Janelle Short Fennel wrote: »

They're going through either way.

2 million lol
i was on a ride with 3 hundred and that looked cool
2 million

Tigger

Janelle Short Fennel wrote: »

Its easy to slag.

from very far away

MadsL

Tigger wrote: »

from very far away

Having met a couple of veterans motorcycle clubs around here, you would do well to slag them from a distance. I wouldn't fuck with them if I were you.

Tigger

Deleted User wrote: »

Your maths is wrong :pac:

its one in every 160

Tigger

MadsL wrote: »

Having met a couple of veterans motorcycle clubs around here, you would do well to slag them from a distance. I wouldn't fuck with them if I were you.

thats my point

Amerika

MadsL wrote: »

These seem to be getting way more popular around me.

http://www.victorymotorcycles.com/en-us/home.aspx

They look nice, but just can’t get beyond Victory’s snowmobile/ATV roots (and if memory serve me correctly Michael Andretti had one of the first dealerships locally). But after a long hiatus of some 60 years, Indian has made a comeback. Now that’s exciting!

http://www.indianmotorcycle.com/en-us/home

MadsL

Amerika wrote: »

They look nice, but just can’t get beyond Victory’s snowmobile/ATV roots (and if memory serve me correctly Michael Andretti had one of the first dealerships locally). But after a long hiatus of some 60 years, Indian has made a comeback. Now that’s exciting!

http://www.indianmotorcycle.com/en-us/home

Very exciting when the rear rim cracks, all over the road exciting.

http://www.indianmotorcycle.com/en-us/stories/08-30-13-kings-mountain-designed-motorcycles-rim-safety-recall

MonaPizza

MadsL wrote: »

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/sep/9/bikers-denied-no-stop-permit-911-rally-will-ride-a/

So 2 million bikers have been denied a permit to ride non stop through Washington.

Naturally screams of bias through the media, but was Washington right to deny the permit. Personally I can see no reason not to wave them through a designated route.

Bunch of clowns with their faux-"patriotism".

How many of these "freedom-lovers" demonstrate against the erosion of Habaeus Corpus, Posse Comitatus and Unreasonable Search and Seizure?

And their groups' names are cringe-worthy....."rolling thunder", "patriot guard riders", "gathering of eagles" crap.

Amerika

MadsL wrote: »

Very exciting when the rear rim cracks, all over the road exciting.

http://www.indianmotorcycle.com/en-us/stories/08-30-13-kings-mountain-designed-motorcycles-rim-safety-recall

Yeah they’ve had their early problems, but I’ve lost more friends to crashes, Jack and gun shots than rim failures.

MadsL

MonaPizza wrote: »

Bunch of clowns with their faux-"patriotism".

Many chapters are veteran chapters.

How many of these "freedom-lovers" demonstrate against the erosion of Habaeus Corpus, Posse Comitatus and Unreasonable Search and Seizure?

Errm. http://abatesc.com/web/news/latest/465-georgia-motorcyclists-ride-on-the-capitol-to-protest-checkpoints-us-rider-news

And their groups' names are cringe-worthy....."rolling thunder", "patriot guard riders", "gathering of eagles" crap.

You do you know why the Patriot Guard was formed?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriot_Guard_Riders

Fox_In_Socks

Janelle Short Fennel wrote: »

They don't need to march, they don't need to be skinny to stand up for something they believe in... What would you stand up and be counted for?.

Its easy to slag.

It was a joke. And yeah, it is easy to slag. I like doing it.

MadsL wrote: »

Having met a couple of veterans motorcycle clubs around here, you would do well to slag them from a distance. I wouldn't fuck with them if I were you.

What are they going to do? Beat me up for making a joke on the internet?

F*cking hell.

MonaPizza

MadsL wrote: »

Many chapters are veteran chapters.


Errm. http://abatesc.com/web/news/latest/465-georgia-motorcyclists-ride-on-the-capitol-to-protest-checkpoints-us-rider-news



You do you know why the Patriot Guard was formed?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriot_Guard_Riders

Whooppee!! They're a bunch of tools. Donkers with their eagles and their banners and their damn "don't tread on me" or "these colours don't run" t-shirts. Muppets.

MonaPizza

MadsL wrote: »

Many chapters are veteran chapters.


Errm. http://abatesc.com/web/news/latest/465-georgia-motorcyclists-ride-on-the-capitol-to-protest-checkpoints-us-rider-news



You do you know why the Patriot Guard was formed?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriot_Guard_Riders

So protesting an issue that ONLY affects them makes them such upholders of the Constitution. Like gun-knobs bleating about the Second Amendment but not giving a toss about the Fourth when someone can be spied on or the First when Occupy protesters are beaten off the streets.

HamSambo

You'd want some paddywagon to arrest 2 million bikers

Dan Jaman

MadsL wrote: »

These seem to be getting way more popular around me.

http://www.victorymotorcycles.com/en-us/home.aspx

I like the naked cruiser version, but the bodywork on the tourers is utterly hideous. Still, that's what seems to float the boats of many buyers and that's up to them. Horses for courses.
Even at that, if I ever got one of the cruiser types, it would be a summer-only ride, me being fed up with being cold an' all. Fairings in the winter, is the only way.

MadsL

MonaPizza wrote: »

Whooppee!! They're a bunch of tools. Donkers with their eagles and their banners and their damn "don't tread on me" or "these colours don't run" t-shirts. Muppets.

MonaPizza wrote: »

So protesting an issue that ONLY affects them makes them such upholders of the Constitution. Like gun-knobs bleating about the Second Amendment but not giving a toss about the Fourth when someone can be spied on or the First when Occupy protesters are beaten off the streets.

That's some despising right there, tell me about your own political activism - handcuffed yourself to any railings recently?

Amerika

I'm about 3 hours north of DC. Plenty were rolling on my scenic country road late this afternoon. Lots of colors and bedrolls. Mostly Harley's of all variety, a few crotch rockets and some sick choppers. And the majority were older guys and a lot of gray hairs.

Duggy747

Isn't the whole 2 million biker march a response to the proposed million Muslim march?

Elbaston

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlZEK4Ah_Cc

WilyCoyote

shopaholic01 wrote: »

And feck everyone else?

Oi! Back to Liffey Valley woman!:)

MadsL

Duggy747 wrote: »

Isn't the whole 2 million biker march a response to truther the proposed million Muslim march?

It appears to be for some bikers, but then the "million muslim" march is a bit of a stunt by "American Muslim Political Action Committee". Make of that what you will.

couple of updates on the Biker ride and some videos. The sound of all those bikes is brilliant

http://www.redstate.com/lineholder/2013/09/09/hear-that-roar-feel-those-vibrations-thats-2-million-bikers-to-dc/


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1SlpTkjo9M

Morph the Cat

kneemos wrote: »

What would two million bikes sound like?

Douchebag city?

TheIrishGrover

Oh GOD. It's not September 11 AGAIN? Well, better stay away from American sites/tele today then

Gran Hermano

Meh, seemingly there are nine million bicycles in Beijing..

Dan Jaman

MonaPizza wrote: »

So protesting an issue that ONLY affects them makes them such upholders of the Constitution. Like gun-knobs bleating about the Second Amendment but not giving a toss about the Fourth when someone can be spied on or the First when Occupy protesters are beaten off the streets.

At least they have something worth protesting about (what is that, again?). This side of the pond there isn't enough protesting; we seemed to have turned into spineless sheep.

shopaholic01

WilyCoyote wrote: »

Oi! Back to Liffey Valley woman!:)

I prefer Dundrum.;)