Egg Runs and Charity Rideouts

A common occurrence at this time of year is the Bikers' Easter Egg Run
for a local childrens' hospital or similar. Other charitable causes
also benefit; I myself took part in a ~100-bike rideout yesterday
through the Scottish Border country, ostensibly to raise money for a
cancer charity, as a friend of the organiser is suffering from the
disease. I have no doubt others reading this have participated in
similar.

Why does this happen? Why does a large part of the motorcycling
fraternity feel the need to, on the face of it, do what we do anyway
(i.e. ride bikes) but dedicate some part of the activity to charity?
For myself it was an opportunity to take part in a large group
rideout, which was well-organised and marshalled, along some of the
most fantastic roads through which I've ever had the pleasure of
wrestling a Bandit (cue Frankie Howerd-esque noises). Although a
donation of £5 to the charity of the day was required in order to
participate, in reality nothing actually stopped me going that way, as
the roads are all public rights of way, and if people really felt
strongly about a particular cause, wouldn't it be more efficient
simply to give money and get on with whatever you were doing in the
first place, or even take direct action in support of the cause?

Is there, perhaps, a subconscious urge to prove to the non-biking
public that we are not, in fact, baby-eating, anti-social,
psychopathic perverts in leather?

Ladies and gentlemen (and those occupying other parts of the spectrum
of gender/sexuality), the floor is open.

 

Speak for yourself - although I wouldn't class myself as a pervert, as such.

--
Rich
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2001 Disco II ES auto
1971 S2a 88" petrol
2006 Bandit 1200S

Take out the obvious to email me.

 

DR says...

I just cannot stand doing these types of runs. Round here hey are
usually organised and attended by the kind of motorcyclist who believes
everything they read in MCN because it's the biker equivalent of The Sun
and go to the Skegness bash because "The people who go are just like
us". They occasionally ride early 90's Gixers and Blades with anodised
levers and aftermarket grabrails[1] and call them super-fast
sportsbikes, they dance badly[2] to 70s rock music and wear Isle of Man
1981/2/3 T-shirts just to let people know they are a 'proper' biker.

Not my kind of thing at all.

[1] They look more like high-rise towbars
[2] As if you can dance at all to that shite.

--
Lozzo
Triumph Daytona 955i SE (Black with added black bits)
Suzuki Bandit 600S (Green with added shit bits)
Yamaha SR250 Delusion (It's "Special")
I ride way too fast to worry about cholestorol.

 

DR wrote;

I can't speak for others, but I do it for three reasons:
I like riding my bike.
I like laughing at dressers.
I like kicking cars.

I resent your suggestion that I may have a subconscious.

 

Please don't tell me you had those cunts who decide to hold the traffic
up while you cross interesections?

 

No. Merely people sent on ahead to significant junctions to signal
oncoming riders which way to go. The police round here don't like
people who do as you described.

 

Nor does anyone. It's always struck me as one of the most arrogant
inconsiderate things that bikers do. And the legal implications don't
bear thiking about.

 

I dont wear leather......much

--
'Chill Winston.......'

Nige

Subaru WRX (54)
Land Rover Discovery II (2001)
BMW GS1200 (2007)
Honda CBR900RR Fireblade (1997)

 

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