Urgent courier on a TU250 Tracker

[mattian]

around 5pm this evening, Onewa road, close to Northcote college. If you EVER undertake me on my left at a great rate of speed like that again.... I am going to follow you to where you stop and knock you out you freakin little shit. Have some Fucking respect for your fellow bikers and learn how to ride you useless waste of space.

I hope you read this. ...... shouldnt have said that (edit)

[chef]

im sure hes gonna see this?...

[mattian]

im sure hes gonna see this?...

maybe..... probably not. Makes me feel better having a vent though. :angry2:

[Mom]

Weird thought here. Do you know the company this person works for? If you do and feel that strongly about it, contact them. Tell them the wheres and the whyfores and leave it to them to deal with.

Be grateful you did not connect with them in a physical sense, some one could have been hurt.

[Metalor]

Shame, the little guy was picking on you.

[mattian]

Weird thought here. Do you know the company this person works for? If you do and feel that strongly about it, contact them. Tell them the wheres and the whyfores and leave it to them to deal with.

Be grateful you did not connect with them in a physical sense, some one could have been hurt.

yeah.... thankyou ! actually that thought never occured to me. Thanks.

[Mom]

....*whoosh*

[mattian]

Shame, the little guy was picking on you.

if he was deliberately picking on me, I could accept that and just laugh it off. If someone behaves like a fucking moron without even realising how quickly things can go pearshaped.... then that makes me fucking angry. What if I had decided to shift my lane position to the left of my lane? at the speed he was going even a quick glance over my left shoulder wouldnt have been enough to see him coming he was going that quick.... what a tosser.

[mnkyboy]

around 5pm this evening, Onewa road, close to Northcote college. If you EVER undertake me on my left at a great rate of speed like that again.... I am going to follow you to where you stop and knock you out you freakin little shit. Have some Fucking respect for your fellow bikers and learn how to ride you useless waste of space.

I hope you read this. ...... shouldnt have said that (edit)

I'm sorry but....

Did it scare the diddums?:crybaby:

How many times have you done something that other road users would be pissed at?

He's probably a little shit but harden up man:oi-grr:

/troll

[madbikeboy]

The owner of the company is a guy called Steve Bonnici. He's a hell of a good guy. Give him a call.

[mattian]

I'm sorry but....

Did it scare the diddums?:crybaby:

How many times have you done something that other road users would be pissed at?

He's probably a little shit but harden up man:oi-grr:

yeah... I hear what you're saying. I have learnt to accept all kinds of stupidity from other road users. I expect a little more from other bike riders though.

[AD345]

I expect a little more from other bike riders though.

Muahahahahaha!

After an hour wading through some of the threads on here I feel like whacking the next bike rider I see over the head with my jandals as I ride past.

[Brian d marge]

youve been .................................

Stephen

[mattian]

youve been .................................

Stephen

hahahahaaa.... nice

[mattian]

I recognise that the problem is all mine. I have come to "expect" a certain kind of empathy or considerate behaviour from other bikers........ wrong ! don't "expect" anything when you're out there. except the unexpected.

[James Deuce]

<img src=http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/picture.php?albumid=121&pictureid=30789>

[AD345]

Oh I'm so saving that pic

[Insanity_rules]

Uh oh foo foo valve blown, foo foo everywhere. There are f#ckwits everywhere and we gotta just keep our eyes open. Even I'm guilty of riding like an ass hat sometimes.

[carver]

go the tracker!

[kave]

Isn't a TU250 basically a GN250 with different styling? If I was concerned about a GN250 going too fast as it passed me... I probably wouldn't post about it.

[Mystic13]

Isn't a TU250 basically a GN250 with different styling? If I was concerned about a GN250 going too fast as it passed me... I probably wouldn't post about it.

:laugh:

lolololol 10char

[tri boy]

yeah... I hear what you're saying. I have learnt to accept all kinds of stupidity from other road users. I expect a little more from other bike riders though.

I don't. The sport bike riders, (from KB) returning from the cold kiwi showed poor riding form, and pressured cars to pull left to make way for their childish pranks, (must pass with my mate etc).
I was embarrassed to be on a bike in their vicinity.

[Swoop]

Everyone knows that "paid, professional drivers" are exempt from the rules of the road. Look at couriers, taxi drivers and bus drivers for the required evidence.

[mad.mike]

Everyone knows that "paid, professional drivers" are exempt from the rules of the road. Look at couriers, taxi drivers and bus drivers for the required evidence.

I'm a courier, don't lump us all in! however I do know what you mean. Also the police officer who took my licence didn't agree that I was exempt :msn-wink:

[danchop]

he was on a time limit delivery and if he gets it there late his pay for that delivery is downgraded so thats it really,going up onewa road is a pain cause its a two lane road without the lanes,cars and such always go up in a single lane because the left has always got some car parked somewhere along it,i take it you were just plodding along in the lane with the cars and got a fright from a more adventurous rider on an inferior bike

[Devil]

I've stopped using Onewa in the evenings because it's a magnet for retarded behaviour.
All the cars going up it hug the centre line leaving enough room to drive a bus up the left. Godamn retards. Then people start thinking it's ok to pass on the left.
Not surprised about what you experienced. Fortunately I have a choice to not use it (do in the mornings though, transit lane is handy).

[Morcs]

He probably saw you were on a girls bike and gave you the learn.

[elevenhundred]

yeah.... thankyou ! actually that thought never occured to me. Thanks.


That's because you have road rage

[mnkyboy]

He probably saw you were on a girls bike and gave you the learn.

:spanking:

lol........

[vifferman]

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/picture.php?albumid=121&pictureid=30789
That don't look like Safety Panda to me. :confused:

[vifferman]

I've stopped using Onewa in the evenings because it's a magnet for retarded behaviour.
All the cars going up it hug the centre line leaving enough room to drive a bus up the left. Godamn retards. Then people start thinking it's ok to pass on the left.
Lolly.
Like the guy I saw a couple of weeks ago - I was on the VFR, and just cruising westwards on Onewa at around 5ish, when this guy on a CB125 I think it was, comes zipping past me on the left, doing at least 20km/h more'n the traffic. Ahead of me, a van was indicating a left turn to go into a driveway, and the driver was SO not expecting someone to pass him on that side.
Oops...
One crunched bike, one shamefaced and slightly bruised rider. :o

Ironically, the rider was wearing a "Watch out for Bikes!" fluoro vest.
He should've asked for his money back...

[Latte]

He gave me the learn this morning :D , overtook me in my lane on the harbour bridge (saw him coming so moved over a bit) then he used the bus only lane past Shelly Beach offramp. But didn't get an impression of him being dangerous or speeding etc. So I won't require the waambulance.......


Maybe we could start posting up sightings of the mighty TU, keep him honest ;)

[Swoop]

All the cars going up it hug the centre line leaving enough room to drive a bus up the left. Godamn retards.
So. Normal kiwi driving behaviour then.

[mattian]

Isn't a TU250 basically a GN250 with different styling? If I was concerned about a GN250 going too fast as it passed me... I probably wouldn't post about it.

so.... you thought you would just make a post about something you wouldnt post about.....hmmmmm thats cryptic.:clap:

[Bonez]

Maybe we could start posting up sightings of the mighty TU, keep him honest ;)Second that. And pics, or it didn't happen ;).

[old git]

Hey, send the kid to London , he will be soon dead OR he will turn into an ace dispatch rider...................Anything goes to earn the dosh!!!!

[mattian]

He probably saw you were on a girls bike and gave you the learn.

I've decided the best way to deal with this situation is to give him a taste of his own medicine next time I see him...... imagine that? someone giving you the "learn" on a girls bike :Pokey: that'll get him riled up :devil2:

[klingon]

You've gotta watch those TU250 riders. They're lunatics! :pinch:

[mattian]

I think alot of you might be missing the point of my post. I don't give a shit if you want to speed, or overtake me on a 50cc scooter !!! I don't give a fuck, I'm not going to take it personally. Just overtake me on my RIGHT ! I will even make room for you if you want!

[SMOKEU]

That don't look like Safety Panda to me. :confused:

Close enough
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[carver]

I don't. The sport bike riders, (from KB) returning from the cold kiwi showed poor riding form, and pressured cars to pull left to make way for their childish pranks, (must pass with my mate etc).
I was embarrassed to be on a bike in their vicinity.

wasn't a K1 GSXR thou, black 06 R1 and a black 08 R1 was it?

[Patrick]

I'm a courier, ....:

Bloody couriers, they are all the same....:Pokey:

Heard that somewhere.... 'cept it wasn't couriers..... :devil2:

[tri boy]

wasn't a K1 GSXR thou, black 06 R1 and a black 08 R1 was it?

A group of about a doz heading nth.
Don't know them.
don't wish to.

[carver]

A group of about a doz heading nth.
Don't know them.
don't wish to.

ok, i never ride like that, just so you know

[vtec]

9 hours a day, 5 days a week on a motorbike, and you don't think he's lost patience with other drivers. I've been there, and after that much time dealing with the average retarded driver and pedestrian on the street, you follow no rules except for look after yourself, and deliver as much as you can. So if he wanted to be any good as a courier he had to give up waiting for people to make space for him and learn to take space where he can find it and where he knows that it is safe. Just because he gave you a jump doesn't mean that he did anything wrong, did he clip you, knock you off your bike? No? Well then he didn't do anything wrong as far as I'm concerned, now harden up Nancy brush that TU250 dust off your visor and move on.

Also, bicycle and motorcycle couriers although they look dangerous are some of the best riders on the road, they spend so much time dicing in the worst traffic that they hone their skills, their judgement, their experience to a level that many office dwellers don't know exists. His consciousness while on the road is probably at a far heightened level than yourself.

Although part of being the most successful courier also involves learning how to be invisible. In my two years as a courier I didn't get one ticket but damn I existed in a state of perma-illegal-ness. Many don't make it as a courier due to not being invisible to the law.

Couriering is one thing I'm passionate about. And you'll find that 75% of the bicycle couriers out there are equally as passionate about it. It's a bit of a religion.

*edit* just re-read my post and I sound like a righteous pompous git, but at least I'm passionate.


I think alot of you might be missing the point of my post. I don't give a shit if you want to speed, or overtake me on a 50cc scooter !!! I don't give a fuck, I'm not going to take it personally. Just overtake me on my RIGHT ! I will even make room for you if you want!