If it bigger than 175cc, park it

Feb 19, 2026 Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists

(Kaieteur News) – Dem boys seh every lil junction in Guyana now sound like engine testing day at NASA. Yuh deh home tryin’ to watch the news, and the whole veranda start tremblin’ like it remember 2005 flood. Before yuh blink—vrooooom!—is another big bike gladiator tearin’ up the public road like he late fuh pole position.

Now leh we reason calm and cool. Guyana road got character. It got history. It got pothole with generational wealth. But what it ain’t got is run-off area, gravel trap, or grandstand.

Dem boys seh straight up: any bike bigger than 175cc ain’t got no business pon we roadways. 175cc is plenty fuh reach from Georgetown to Berbice without tryin’ to bend space-time. Once yuh cross that line, is like yuh buy horsepower just fuh intimidate traffic.

And leh we talk bout the “style.” Plenty big bike man does feel he nah fashionable unless he ridin’ bare head, no helmet, no protective gear, sun hittin’ he forehead like common sense never arrive. Helmet does apparently mash up the hairstyle. Gloves? Too warm. Jacket? Nah man, that slow down the vibes. Dem boys seh some of dem believe safety gear reduce speed by fashion law.

Then come the weaving. Left, right, between car and drain, like is obstacle course sponsored by bad decision. Indicator? Optional. Speed limit? Decorative. From zero to “who son that?” in seconds flat. And when dem pass yuh, the breeze alone does rearrange yuh thoughts.

But Guyana road ain’t racing circuit. We ain’t got pit crews; we got roadside vulcaniser and one uncle with a spanner who say, “It good, man, ride it so.” We cyan mix high-performance machine with low-performance infrastructure and expect Olympic results.

So dem boys seh keep the 175cc and below pon the public road. Anything bigger? Find a proper track or park it nice-nice and polish it Sundays. Because when yuh treat public roadway like racetrack, the only checkered flag yuh see is hospital curtain—and that race nobody want win.

Talk half. Leff half.

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