EVERY time an RXZ Members programme rolls around, timelines explode. People call it a waste of time, a drain on public resources, irresponsible — the accusations pile up fast.
Funny thing is, when an autoshow, MotoGP, K-pop concert, or massive nasyid event comes to town, you never see the same level of outrage. And that right there is where you can watch cognitive bias operating in real time — completely unchecked.
Stereotypes and Mental Shortcuts
Yes, a handful of RXZ riders have done stupid things. Revving obnoxiously, pulling wheelies in traffic, doing superman stunts, making the news. And just like that, an entire RXZ community gets tarred with the same brush. That is before we even get into headlines about someone selling an RXZ for Lamborghini money. Did any of that news actually affect your life? Did it stop you from eating? Did your salary drop by 10 percent?
That is your brain taking shortcuts. Once the image of ‘troublemaker’ or ‘rempit’ gets locked in, the brain stops bothering to separate the guy who turned up just to show off a vintage bike from the one who genuinely has no respect for the law.
Negative Sticks Harder
If 10,000 people attend an event peacefully but five get into an accident or a fight, that is the image that lodges in everyone’s head. Media loves that angle too — it gets the clicks and shares. So the RXZ narrative becomes permanently associated with chaos, even though the reality is that the vast majority showed up purely to feed a nostalgia fix.
Searching for Evidence to Confirm What You Already Believe
A lot of netizens have already made up their minds that RXZ equals rempit. So when a negative story surfaces, it gets amplified immediately as proof. But when positive stories emerge — charity rides, visits to orphanages, blood donation drives — everyone goes quiet. That is confirmation bias in action. The brain hunts for evidence that supports what it already believes, not evidence that challenges it.
Jumping on the Criticism Bandwagon
When everyone in a social media group is piling on RXZ, most people join in too. Nobody wants to be labelled a sympathiser or get associated with the rempit crowd — so it is easier and safer to just pile on. Bandwagon bias drowns out the quieter, more reasonable voices who want to be fair, swallowed up by a majority endlessly recycling the same narrative.
Actually Wrong, or Just Wrong Perception?
If RXZ is a waste of time, then what exactly makes it different from thousands of people grinding through traffic to reach MotoGP, an autoshow, or a concert?
All of them cost money, all of them create noise, all of them consume public space. One gets a prestigious label. The other gets called irresponsible. The only real difference is the image that has been stuck to each for years.
Fairness Has to Go Both Ways
Netizens need to remember — not every RXZ rider is a rempit. Many are genuinely there because they love old motorcycles or want to feel part of a community. The same way classic car enthusiasts gather for a shared passion.
But the RXZ community itself cannot escape accountability either. There are those who genuinely have no regard for the safety of others — riding recklessly, making excessive noise, racing with no sense of consequence. As long as that behaviour exists unchecked, the stereotype will keep feeding itself.
The RXZ Members debate is ultimately not really about a two-stroke engine or a large gathering. It is about how quickly our minds reach for a label without examining all sides of the picture.
Cognitive bias is subtle — but it is powerful enough to shape entire perceptions. And honestly, it is not unique to the RXZ conversation. Look at any current issue around us — the late Adik Zara case, or anything trending right now. Before you are quick to say something is a waste of time, irresponsible, or sinful, stop and ask yourself — is it actually all of that, or is it just a bias your mind has been running on autopilot for years?
