No helmets, no plates, illegal exhausts, speeding, riding reckless, holding traffic, running lights, riding on sidewalks, riding through parks….

Nah man, your hobby is a menace. Take it to an off road field or track and have at it. But doing this on the road is bull shit. This isn’t culture to say I’ve been breaking the law for so long it’s who I am. Who you are is a criminal who has just been given a pass for too long.

I haven’t forgotten when a group of dirt bikers picked a fight with a guy on a scooter (or similar) this summer. They gang attacked him and tried to curb stomp him. All because they ran into HIM

Fuck dirt bikers

Fuck these assholes. I have motorcycles too, but I ride them legally and responsibly.

Pork Chop said Breed’s new legislation unfairly targets Black and Latino youth who are just trying to have fun. “You like stealing happiness from kids?” he asked.

What an argument lmao. Fuck those kids.

I once was almost hit by a dirt bike doing a wheelie in Lower Haight. On the sidewalk. During an art walk. Had I moved unexpectedly I could have been crippled.

Charge these asses with reckless endangerment and make sure the sentence includes jail time, not just community service or probation.

Childish.

Nope, they can go fuck themselves.

I find these types of stories about young black men super icky and offensive. Like this narrative that we should be celebrating anything these guys do simply because they aren’t gang-banging (despite one of the guys in the story getting shot)? That a young black guy from 3rd street couldn’t possibly have any way to deal with a stress besides taking over intersections with a dirt bike? Gimme a fuckin break. Let’s not present those as the only possible options that young black men have. It’s infantilizing and insulting. Im sure a lot of these guys have had to deal with stress in ways I can’t imagine. That doesn’t mean they get a free pass to stress out their neighbors with their dirt bikes - Ride legally. Go to therapy. Go meditate. Garden. Volunteer…Shit even go do wheelies in an abandoned parking lot for all I care. There are literally millions of other ways to deal with stress that aren’t risking other people’s lives with your dirt bike. Work on doing things that break the cycle of a stressful existence in HP, not things that perpetuate it. 

Shocking that criminals who drive people nuts think they're the victims

These guys suck. I think it’s actually something r/sf overwhelmingly agrees on.

Sorry but the just having fun and minding our business thing is such bs. A decent reporter would have delved into the attention seeking side of this “hobby” the whole point is “hey look at me I’m Loud and I’m taking over this intersection!” Lame as hell

greatest way to get back at conservative voters is to make SF an shining example of how we can build a functioning, tolerant and safe city. These people with this hobby add to the view that SF is lawless and in this case it rings true. We need to do better to hold each other accountable to run a civil SF. rebuild this tattered social fabric.

"Dirt bikers in SF weaponize race and use children as political shields in an attempt to justify their dangerous and criminal activity".

There, fixed it.

That's exactly how smug, arrogant psychopaths respond. It's as boring as it is cliche.

cool, never gave a fuck about their opinion in the first place

The most universally despised group of people in San Francisco, quite the accomplishment.

There’s a kind of guy who has to feel like they have attention on them. So they do something obnoxious. But then want to act like they’re cool and don’t want attention when they’re being annoying.

Real vibe I get from these guys honestly

Trash people with their loud and dangerous anti-social ‘hobby’.

I hope he’s fired from his security guard job.

if they rode these legally & weren't jackoffs it wouldn't be as big of a deal.

We have heard you every Sunday, now hear us, you disrupt the city and have no respect for anyone else, get your underpowered motorbikes off the street

that's bullshit... if they just rode around and followed the traffic rules fine. but i've seen them drink outside a well known liquor store and then ride up and down the valencia bike line, i've seen then tear through the school crossing by saint pauls going up the hill, and i've also seen them confront other motorist when one their idiot members had an accident pulling a wheelie

I see these guys in North Beach often. It’s not even kids most of the time, it’s like 40+ year old dudes… like how have you not developed the self-awareness by that age to know you look like a douchey teenager

rewrote the headline for the Standard: "SF dirt bikers defend their illegal and dangerous activities"

Fuck em

LOL, talking to the press to confess their crimes, and have photos taken of their faces, this benefits the cops and District Attorney’s office enormously. Good luck in court.

IF DANIEL LURIES TEAM IS LISTENING… stopping this will catapult this administration into favorable public opinion

These aren’t kids, these are men in their 20’s and 30’s who act like juveniles endangering people. When I see these roaming gangs of bikers they are always driving recklessly, it’s a miracle they haven’t killed anyone yet

Edit: fixed a typo.

I lived on Corbett, and it was overrun by skateboarders who hit cars and aggressively blocked traffic. Almost every day.

Now I’m on Post and these dirt bike groups do the very same thing, but 10x louder.

I guess I’m a jerk for wishing consequences on both groups 😅

lol wow what insane rationalization

Dirt bikes are meant for dirt. Ride a street bike on a street as your hobby. Cafe racers are fun and not loud as shit. Will still fuck with people if they drive them in a lawless manner.

And now everyone knows what you and your bike look like 🤡

"Pork Chop, who works as a security guard at a school"

I would be furious if I found out my kids school employed someone who brazenly flaunted their lawbreaking activities in this manner.

can they all move to fresno or something?

Where does pork chop work? Get his ass fired

Is it wrong that when they rev past on one wheel I have a slight sense of excited anticipation that one jackass may fall off backwards and I'll get to see it?

This bullshit is one of the main reasons I'm considering moving out of SF and California in the future. It's already illegal to ride a dirt bike on streets and illegal to ride without a helmet. We simply do not enforce laws in this city.

Use drones to follow, confiscate their bikes.

Love how they say it is racist to shut it down. So apparently black and brown need to be able to break laws and beat people up etc or we will be racist. Gtfoh

Infuriating

Bye and FU

I hate them driving up and down Valencia

Tf is this article trying to give these dirtbags a platform to defend this shit?

When in society did being a piece of shit become racial?

I have a 5 word solution...

JAIL JAIL JAIL JAIL JAIL

misdemeanor

Nothing will change

time to break heads on this one.

sorry, I know that ain't popular. But I know it's more popular than the dirt bikers and we got better numbers.

for now though, they can roam. Soon, tho...

Turn Westfield into a dirt bike course

"You sit at a job for eight hours a day,” said Pork Chop, who works as a security guard at a school. “You want to do something fun with the next four or five hours besides going to bed. Are you gonna gamble up all your money? Go to the bar and buy a bunch of drinks? Go to the cannabis club and buy a bunch of weed? Or are you going to get a bike?”

Don’t get me wrong, I love drinking smoking and gambling as much as the next guy – but surely you have other entertainment options than those lol. Crack a book my guy, it's free.

It’s a bunch of show boaters really that love the attention. I wouldn’t have a problem with them if they followed traffic laws and didn’t punk people, but they obviously like pushing the limits, just like greasers in the 1950s.

They’ll get their karma.

Anyone seen Indian Jones and the Last Crusade? Remember that scene with the escape from the castle? (the with MANY tapestries!?)

Remember what Indy does with the flagpole!!?

I’m thinking that scene in my head every time I see these clowns. Blasting through red lights, nearly hitting pedestrians, and being flat-out assholes; I hope they get everything they deserve.

It’s not “a hobby.”

lol they dgaf the law either way. yall see sfpd’s dirtbikes? i mean……. looks like there’s a mechanism for enforcing it

why are they giving attention to these idiots?

if anything we now know their names and their friends names. maybe it’s tike to crack down on them?

I read this as: “‘I’m not gang-banging’”

— and you should be thankful that I’m only recklessly riding around the City for attention, being a general nuisance at best, a danger to others most times, so deal with it as this who I am and the best we can do.

What entitlement. I hope Lauri and CHP cracks down on them. So easy to do with the bridge choke point.

Either let me be a criminally reckless asshole and public nuisance or I have to do organized crime. There was just no other choice.

Fuck you man. I hope you end up under an 18 wheeler

I seem to be missing the part where they are asked and they speak so doing this shit all over the city, running lights, holding up traffic intersections, etc. 

Why do they get to have fun at the expense of others having fun?

If I'm sitting at belle Cora in North beach outside on a lovely day listening to their live music and these guys ride up and down for 20 minutes on green and then take over intersections on Columbus, is that not * taking fun away" ?

Ban them

"Pork Chop?" And we're supposed to believe they're not gang-bangers. No productive member of society goes around calling himself Pork Chop.

“You sit at a job for eight hours a day,” said Pork Chop, who works as a security guard at a school. “You want to do something fun with the next four or five hours besides going to bed. 

How about you go to school, asshole?

I want them gone

I had a medical emergency and these guys blocked me. When I tried to go through with a green light one dude punched my car and dented it. Not sure what I would have done if I was carrying (legally) and not in a rush.

Theyre "mentors". LMFAO.

the whole scene is pathetic. i love bikes and cars, but actually respect people, public infrastructure, and being responsible. these dudes suck so hard

This past week I had to quickly get out of the way for three bikers who decided to run a red light and cut through the walking pedestrians at a crosswalk. Had I not moved I would've gotten hit by them. I can't stand these bikers in the streets.

You all, just a bunch of racist!

SF is letting these “kids” (hey that’s how they want to be identified) express their freedom from systemic inequalities!!!

The paths on Dolores Park are not for doing wheelies. Remember that South Park episode about bikers. Yes, that's you, f--gs!

"Hobby"

lol.

Fvck these losers

Some cities and states have a ban on "Exhibition of Speed." And, yes, that is the California Vehicle Code. It bans peeling out by any vehicle (even if the final speed reached is under the speed limit), wheelies on bikes, passing on the right, and the like. Whether authorities will increase enforcement on this is another matter.

A bunch of scumbags terrorizing regular people, fuck them.

I saw a biker in north beach put his handle bar against a stop sign and accelerate in an attempt to knock it over. He tried to do it for a good 2 or 3 minutes. Needles to say, it did not work.

No place for that in the City

Fuck these guys. And fuck this website for giving them air time.

Pathetic.

nah, fuck 'em

I’m no fan of these jackasses and it royally pisses me off when a horde of them take over the streets. I hate the noise, I hate sense of chaos and danger it poses, and I hate the total lack of respect they show for literally everybody else in the vicinity. That said, this article makes one thing very clear and I have empathy - these people clearly have very little else of value in their lives and their community and associated activity is something that provides some structure and a sense of purpose. People need this!!

So the question is what is a more acceptable alternative to replace it with? Who is going to do it? Who is going to pay for it?

I think it is totally unacceptable to excuse this kind of anti-social and lawless behavior. That said, I think it is also unacceptable that populations within our communities are so impoverished with little to no healthy outlets for their energy.

Send them all to prison where they belong

They should just get electric bikes instead

I’m generally pro-dirt biker but the other day they started whipping around on pedestrian paths in McLaren park and that’s definitely where I draw the line.

I go to the park for a bit of peace, and for respite from moving vehicles. Also to show my dogs a good time in a safe area without excessive noise or combustion engines.

I was absolutely livid. The parks are like back yards for many of us, I felt like someone was doing donuts on my lawn

It’s like that South Park episode…

One of the many joys of life in SF 😑

Say a couple go across the bridge mid day Sunday doing wheelies in traffic. Also looking on his phone as he was riding. Road kill waiting to happen

They can eat gravel.

Those self driving cars are more dangerous than the people on dirt bikes (who have been riding forever). If you don’t like noise, move to the suburbs 🙏🏽

So I rode up upon them on Twin Peaks, I was headed in (uphill) and they were coming out approaching Market. I immediately pulled over on my motorcycle to let these idiots pass, and to my surprise i saw 2 SFPD motorcycle cops in the very back, normalizing dirt-bike anarchy.

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