I have a lot of respect for you, Hansel & Curling, but I think in this, you are just wrong.
You both love to ride, so you defend your actions, rationalize them. But to most of the people who have responded to this line of threads, you guys are crazy.
It's probably because most of us in cages are sick of riders tailgating, lane splitting, excessive noise, racing (I saw 2 sportbikes doing, probably 100 km/h in a school zone at 11:30 A.M.). Whether you see it or not, most peeps look at it as intimidation & lack of respect.