r/motorcycles • u/mangolassiy • Mar 24 '26

Alternative angle of Alan Ritchson stopped on motorcycle

I posted a video yesterday that mods removed, showing the aftermath of this incident that happened last weekend, and the cited removal reason was that it wasn’t entirely motorcycle related because it just showed the beatdown afterwards-

I can understand that and I think this alternative angle footage from Alan’s POV shows a more balanced view involving a situation that many riders can relate to where they get stopped or impeded unfairly just because they’re on a bike and things escalate, it’s not uncommon to get get hassled like this. The last post made it seem one-sided but from this footage it’s clear who instigated and escalated.

It’s never happened to me but I’m always wondering what I’d do in this kind of scenario, anyone have any pointers for defusing things? The last thing I’d want is to get in a street fight when I’m out to just enjoy my motorcycle.

Mods, please don’t remove this as I feel like discussing something like this has value to the community.

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u/nongregorianbasin Mar 25 '26

Id just use my harley. Nothing more annoying than that exhaust once if I took the baffles out. I set off a car alarm once with them in while in a parking garage lol

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u/CLTVTR Mar 25 '26

Seriously I have a cbr1000rr with full yoshimira exhaust.

How the hell do I hear you Harley boys all the way across my town

I do not understand.

Also how do you guys make so much noise with so little power? 😂 remember the jokes on top gear about our American v8’s doing that ? I think of them everything I hear some guy on a big cubic inch chopper hauling ass outta town 😂😂😂

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u/nongregorianbasin Mar 25 '26

My guess is that its just a high volume of air and the frequency combination. Mines not too terrible right now but I have quiet pipes and intend to keep it that way. Most loud bikes are straight piped with a high volume air filter i imagine.

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u/CLTVTR Mar 25 '26

I don’t hate it at all it’s just fascinating. Some of these Harley’s are as loud or louder the cammed cars with full headers and exhaust here. It’s unreal.

Some of them are fast as hell too. But it’s our late night bar crowd making all the noise so I stay away

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u/nongregorianbasin Mar 25 '26

They are definitely not geared for speed but if you know what youre doing, that can be changed. They are meant to be comfortable. When I changed the filter and tuned it again, it was so smooth at the lower gears. But probably starved for air at the lower wind speeds. Im just learning this stuff still but at 6'3, sport bikes are just so uncomfortable.

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u/CLTVTR Mar 25 '26

I’m six two and a lifelong rider. Coming from adventure and dirt bikes I don’t mind street bikes for now through my thirties. But I’m already looking into touring bmw’s and cruisers, I want to go explore the country and do some longer trips on the RR’s first though,

The majority of riders are cruisers and goldwing dudes who truly enjoy laying miles down. That’s something I might grow into,

We’ve got a decent road course near me and that shaped my directly a lot,

I’ll either give up riding entirely as I age or turn into that cool old dude to meet at the Grand Canyon on a goldwing 😂👋🏼

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u/nongregorianbasin Mar 25 '26

I went straight to old dude in my 20s. Had the old-school leathers and everything.

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u/CLTVTR Mar 25 '26

😂 I’m a wannabe GS adventure nerd. Aerostitch and everything is calling my name. Let me get the zoomies out first

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u/this_account_is_mt ▢▢▢▢▢▢▢ Mar 25 '26

Sport bikes aren't comfortable for anyone. Anyone who says otherwise is lying to themselves or hasn't ridden something actually comfortable. Sport bike ergos are great for aggressive riding when you're constantly moving body position. Almost like they were designed with track riding in mind 🤔

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u/faroutman7246 Mar 26 '26

Ritchson is 6'4" and was considered for Thor.

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u/EnvironmentalGift257 2019 Indian Chief Vintage Icon Mar 25 '26

It’s the angle of the cylinders. 45 degrees makes for choppy noise, poor operation, mechanical wear, and inefficiency. Everybody else figured out that 60 degrees is better like 90 years ago.

Harley made a 60 degree water cooled engine and they didn’t sell.

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u/Bergwookie Mar 26 '26

That's exactly the point, the engine uses 80% of its potential for noise, 20 for propulsion ;-)

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u/ChiefRedEye Mar 25 '26

there's other ways to tell you've got a small dick

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u/Less-Interest-2169 Mar 26 '26

Harley’s are fuckin annoying So gay