High 5 to this guy... [Archive]

light

2nd September 2009, 16:28

One of my work mates just told me about a biker he witnessed on the motorway in auckland a day or 2 ago.

Bike was in the right lane with a van behind him and a car infront of him. Lady in a car to the left of him started to indicate and slow move into the bikers lane... attempting to squash him between the car and barrier.

From this eye witness report as he got closer to him and he was getting closer to the wall he decided he would just reach over and knock on her driver side window :gob: (due to running out of road to get out of her way) the driver obviously freaked out because they never saw him and got back in their lane very quickly.

Props the guy that knocked on the window.

slofox

2nd September 2009, 16:34

A Stebel horn would've worked as well.....

jaymzw

2nd September 2009, 16:37

Props the guy that knocked on the window.

Cool as a Cucumber ay.

This happens all too often on the motorway to be honest

wysper

2nd September 2009, 16:39

Cool as a Cucumber ay.

This happens all too often on the motorway to be honest

No one has knocked on my window yet, maybe I look to angry?

Boob Johnson

2nd September 2009, 16:40

Cool as a Cucumber ay.
I wasn't aware Val Kilmer was in Auckland?

Jizah

2nd September 2009, 17:03

Sidewinder

2nd September 2009, 17:10

just like shutting a cars fuel cap on the road, they piss my off when there flapping about

light

2nd September 2009, 17:20

just like shutting a cars fuel cap on the road, they piss my off when there flapping about

Thats awesome also.

YellowDog

2nd September 2009, 17:21

I've never had anyone try and move into my lane thankfully. I like to think I choose my lane position carefully. But what has tripped me up,, lane 1 and lane 3 (me) both moving into the middle lane at the same time. :Oops:
Happens to me all of the time. So used to it that I don't worry.

I just move with the car as I figure there is always going to be enough space for both of us.

A gentle 'parp' 'parp' usually does the trick.

caseye

2nd September 2009, 17:22

LOL now that'd have to freak em out, hearing their petrol cap being closed while underway.
Hats off to the window tapper.Wonder what the old biddy had to say?
I know" I'm sorry young man, I didn't see you there"

Firefight

2nd September 2009, 17:43

he kindly re ajusted my van mirror at 110kph while cuming back from the fight club picnic on coro a while back ..

F/F

Max Preload

2nd September 2009, 17:51

...they piss my off when there flapping about

What language is this?

Sidewinder

2nd September 2009, 17:59

What language is this?

tis england

p.dath

2nd September 2009, 18:03

Very impressive. I don't think I would have the presence of mind to knock on their window.

Sidewinder

2nd September 2009, 18:05

he kindly re ajusted my van mirror at 110kph while cuming back from the fight club picnic on coro a while back ..

F/F

who did:wari::wari::wari::wari:

Firefight

2nd September 2009, 18:06

who did:wari::wari::wari::wari:

Big Dave ya blind carn

F/F

vifferman

2nd September 2009, 18:10

A Stebel horn would've worked as well.....
Indeed.
Or two Fiamms and a tweaked OEM horn, as I can attest from my experience a couple of weeks ago. I was on the motorway by SpaghettiJunction, and this guy in the lane to the left and slightly ahead of me stuck his indicator on and moved right, forgetting to do a head check.
Or at least he started to - he stopped very abruptly and just about had a heart attack when I engaged WakeUpYouTard mode, with my bike less than a metre from his door. There was never any danger to me, as I was keeping a sharp eye out for just such manouevres, and had a PlanB ready.

The week before that, I had an Asian woman pull out slowly at a T-intersection, right into the middle of the road, while looking to the left. She was most surprised when she finally looked to her right, only to see a bike a few cm from the middle of her door, and REALLY surprised when I engaged WakeUpYouTard mode just as she looked around. Surprise, DumbArse!!

Oh how I laughed. One must take one's entertainment when one can, mustn't one? There aren't too many sources of entertainment on D'Auckland's roads.

Headbanger

2nd September 2009, 18:21

Never would have happened if he had loud pipes.

Conquiztador

2nd September 2009, 18:27

Never would have happened if he had loud pipes.

Or dayglow west and one of those small flags on a pole... :scooter:

Naki Rat

2nd September 2009, 18:36

....., they piss my off when there flapping about

What language is this?

tis england

Well, closer to English than any of the alternatives but only just :shit:

zahria

2nd September 2009, 18:57

Or dayglow west and one of those small flags on a pole... :scooter:

Mate, you shouldnt even think that!!!
Mr Keys administration might be reading!:wari:

b1unt3d

2nd September 2009, 19:05

as he got closer to him and he was getting closer to the wall he decided he would just reach over and knock on her driver side window

Similar thing happened to me a few days ago, except I wasn't on my bike. A few friends and I were having a quick bite to eat in a parking lot outside a supermarket. We were sitting on her back bumper with the trunk open. A big SUV starts backing up towards us to get out of its stall, and I swear he would have hit us if I didn't knock on the back window so we didn't get crushed between the two vehicles. There was maybe 2.5 feet between the two bumpers. And he had to have been inches from backing over my helmet. I don't understand how anyone can back up without looking behind them.

I've never had anyone try and move into my lane thankfully.

Happens to me all of the time. So used to it that I don't worry.

It has happened to me a few times this summer, a couple at the exact same place. Intersections with poorly marked lanes/construction seem to be the worst spot for that.

Owl

2nd September 2009, 19:16

I wasn't aware Val Kilmer was in Auckland?

You obviously haven't seen him for some time?:shit:

Danae

2nd September 2009, 19:26

I've had a few people pull into my lane but I had the classic one at a two-laned intersection. I was in the right of the left lane, indicating left. When suddenly this woman pulls up beside me in my lane. I couldn't tell whether she was turning or going straight but what the hell! Just because my bike is small doesn't mean you can share my lane!

dpex

2nd September 2009, 22:32

When riding, I just go feral. As far as I'm concerned, every bastard be they driving, riding, walking, or just coming down to empty the letter box, is the enemy. They're all out to get me!

Even paranoids have enemies, ya know.

When I'm lane-splitting I'm watching for those subtle movements, those subtle hints, looking for the arseholes. Mostly, most drivers aren't, but some are.

I see a pair of eyes look in the mirror then see the subtle change of direction. 'Uh hu.' an arsehole having a bad day. He squeazes slightly left. I wait, dip behind, come out on his right and then glare at him, except he can't see the glare through my smoked visor, but get's the message. Arsehole.

I adore lane-splitting. I'm too old for vibrant sex so lane-splitting is the next best experience.

mstriumph

2nd September 2009, 22:37

Or dayglow west and one of those small flags on a pole... :scooter:

hmmmm - how about a small flag on a detatchable sharpened metal pole? or is jousting out of favour these days?

mynameis

2nd September 2009, 22:37

Hi5 my name Borat.

mstriumph

2nd September 2009, 22:39

Insanity_rules

2nd September 2009, 23:16

Never would have happened if he had loud pipes.

Not necessarily so, I have a pretty loud bike and I still get dumbass drivers try to pull into me. I have this great "wake up you tard" mode, I just gun it and that tends to wake em up out of their brain dead slumber. Well that and my horn sounds so GAY that George Michael owns two of em.

b1unt3d

3rd September 2009, 06:58

I adore lane-splitting. I'm too old for vibrant sex so lane-splitting is the next best experience.

Is lane splitting legal in NZ?

mossy1200

3rd September 2009, 07:17

just like shutting a cars fuel cap on the road, they piss my off when there flapping about

Your doing that wrong.Thats like turning down a free beer.

http://airrefuelingarchive.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/question-mark-air-refueling.jpg

Harvd

3rd September 2009, 12:42

Is lane splitting legal in NZ?

Nobody knows!!!! but everyone does it

Ecclesnz

3rd September 2009, 14:12

Your doing that wrong.Thats like turning down a free beer.

http://airrefuelingarchive.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/question-mark-air-refueling.jpg

Now there's a challenge, the rolling refuel.

How many points do you get for proof of that?

*Wanders off to find length of hosepipe to keep down jacket just in case*

Bend-it

3rd September 2009, 14:21

... I was on the motorway by SpaghettiJunction, and this guy in the lane to the left and slightly ahead of me stuck his indicator on and moved right, forgetting to do a head check....
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The week before that, I had an Asian woman pull out slowly at a T-intersection...

So this guy at the Spaghetti Junction, was he white? Or Maori? Polynesian? you're obviously missing a piece of important information there...

KrazyGixxerBoy

3rd September 2009, 16:58

Is lane splitting legal in NZ?

Haven't been pulled over yet! ...there is a difference between overtaking in a lane to undertaking so stay in the lane with the car on your left where possible. In saying that, unless your being a twat and hoofing it between the cars a a million miles an hour cope'll leave you alone. Search "lane splitting" on here and there's heaps of threads....

KrazyGixxerBoy

3rd September 2009, 16:59

Back on topic, I knowcked on a ladies window when she moved into my lane about 5 years ago. She freaked right out and just about took me out....Now I see them coming and gas off!

flyingcrocodile46

4th September 2009, 00:23

Is lane splitting legal in NZ?

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=21150&highlight=lane+splitting

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=95499&highlight=lane+splitting

flyingcrocodile46

4th September 2009, 09:14

marty

4th September 2009, 09:32

Here's a fun trick. Sitting at lights (I used Fanshaw/Hobson turning left towards Quay St. Asain dude in Audi Q7 next to me busy texting/searching his iPhone at the lights. He's not paying attention at all, so I suddenly move forward and toot. He panics, thinks the lights have gone green and someone is hurrying him up, and moves forward too. This is soooo much funnier if he's behind a truck :) Be careful there's no-one coming through on the green though - the lights down there are slow as, on timers, so it works really well. Especially if the there's a cop car in sight....

Fuck did I laugh. A lot. I didn't realise Audi airbags were so sensitive.