The people who assaulted the family in the Range Rover were thugs, and should be prosecuted.

I must admit that I am (somewhat) surprised by the number of the people on this board who seem to be grouping all sport bike riders into a common group and then damming them all,in general terms. Would it have been any different if the thugs had been riding cruisers, choppers, ratbikes, scooters?
Thugs are thugs, thugs can ride motorcycles, thugs can drive cars, thugs can ride bicycles, thugs can even be fisherman.

I've learned not to expect much in the way of reasoning from many of the posters on this board, and this thread reinforces that conclusion.