The reality is that some people's lives are negatively affected by loud bikes racing by their homes affecting their safety and and peace. Those comments indicate a sense of frustration at self-entitled a-holes who think they can go as fast as they want, as loud as they want.
While this, "screw the world" attitude is super cool right now, as rider numbers continue to dwindle, we should not be surprised if the world returns the favor.
Just out of curiosity, why is it you think that rider numbers are dwindling?
A look at Stats Can indicates that rider numbers are increasing year after year every year since 1999 (as far back as the online data seems to go).
Moreover, attendance at places like Dover, New Liskeard Biker's Rally, etc, all increase year after year.
I think that ridership is increasing. Sure the number of shops are decreasing -- mainly because more and more people are buying online, and I suspect bikes are becoming more reliable and easier to maintain so the bike shops are reducing in number as well.
I can't get the Stats Can data to format well for this forum, but basically that data shows:
Canada cars (1999):
16,538,054; motorcycles (1999):
273,957
Ontario cars (1999):
6,174,461; Motorcycles (1999):
74,615
Canada cars (2013):
21,261,660
; motorcycles (
2013
):
672,428
Ontario cars (2013):
7,625,689
; Motorcycles (
2013
):
211,294
That's a 28.5% increase in # of cars in Canada, and a 145% increase in motorcycle registrations in Canada in the same time span.
That's a 23.5% increase in # of cars registered in Ontario, and a 183% increase in motorcycle registrations in Ontario in the same time span.
If anything, I'd say ridership is increasing drastically even compared to 14 years ago.