No CCW? Me? Gimpy, out-of-shape me? There's going to be some body damage (sheet metal or protoplasm, does not matter which) once first contact is made. (No, I do not conside ramming the front of the Range Rover first contact. Pounding on the vehicle, trying to open a door, trying to smash a window all qualify.)
Apparently we all know to stay on the limited-access road and use all the territory between the guardrails to our advantage. Heck, if a NASCAR driver can squeeze his opponent up against the wall, think how much fun a crotch-rocket driver* would have being squeezed?
I was a bit surprized to not see NYPD accompanying this "annual event" either to enforce their parade permit privileges or to see they obeyed the traffic laws. Guess they are still too busy stopping and frisking everybody.
stay safe.
* - I will not refer to them as bikers". At least for me that term connotes a certain species of motorcycle rider of which these were not.