Interesting lanesplitting video

[Geeen]

For all you big city commuters, what are you thoughts on this vid.


http://youtu.be/JNGD9AAIfFU

[st00ji]

plenty of intuitively obvious things well vocalised.

i did like the one guys comments about choosing to get on a bike, taking your life in your own hands means taking responsibility for your outcomes, regardless of 'fault' under traffic laws and so on.

i do most of my riding in auckland traffic (daily commuter) and started splitting a couple of weeks into ownership. i do agree that its a more natural and potentially safer way to ride than trying to be a car. i've been doing it for 3 or 4 years now without incident.

its also far less stressful, but thats a personal benefit :)

[Berries]

For all you big city commuters, what are you thoughts on this vid.
It's a bit boring.

If I wanted to sit in traffic I would get a car. Or something to pose on. What is the point of a bike if you don't do it?

[Zedder]

Motorbike = Lanesplitter, simple as that.

[James Deuce]

Why are they so slow?

[steve_t]

Already posted in this thread...

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php/21150-Lane-splitting-filtering-the-legal-and-commonsense-answers?p=1130463822#post1130463822

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[Zedder]

Already posted in this thread...

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php/21150-Lane-splitting-filtering-the-legal-and-commonsense-answers?p=1130463822#post1130463822

:msn-wink:

I just don't know how some people can sleep at night!

[bosslady]

I sit in traffic like a car cause I'm too scared to split!

[Mokadah]

As always the justification for lanesplitting is "because I physically can" and "because that's what I do". Which doesn't seem like much of a justification, but if you get away with it then great for you.

Happily it's non-issue where I live because a 'long' line of traffic is about six cars at a stop light.

[AllanB]

I got bored after a minute and turned it of. Jesus F Christ a video discussing lane splitting!

[Geeen]

Already posted in this thread...

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php/21150-Lane-splitting-filtering-the-legal-and-commonsense-answers?p=1130463822#post1130463822

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My bad, didn't know about that thread....

Not sent from an iDevice

[unstuck]

Happily it's non-issue where I live because a 'long' line of traffic is about six cars at a stop light.

Here it is 3 cars at a stop sign, we dont have lights. Rush hour lasts about 4 mins.:msn-wink:

[98tls]

:facepalm:A few minutes into it i started retching,there was waving then there was again waving and now this:laugh:Watching that was right up there with bothering to read the cover of Womens day,actually its worse women love that shit because :confused:...there women.Modern day motorcycling will soon feature on the cover of Womens day no doubt.

[clonak]

I sit in traffic like a car cause I'm too scared to split!

So was I at first, but you just gotta do it. You'll never learn if you dont. Start small, fighting your way upto the front of the lights. Its not that bad really. Plus you dont want your engine to over heat.


:facepalm:A few minutes into it i started retching,there was waving then there was again waving and now this:laugh:Watching that was right up there with bothering to read the cover of Womens day,actually its worse women love that shit because :confused:...there women.Modern day motorcycling will soon feature on the cover of Womens day no doubt.

I dont tihnk this video was really ment for 'us'(bikers), but more for the people that seem to think lane splitting is 'bad' or 'wrong' or 'unsafe'. When really, its not 'bad', or 'wrong', and where it can be 'unsafe' so is sitting in bumper to bumper traffic in a cage. The amount of people I have seen on the northern motorway heading into town from Esmond Rd on ramp reading the herald while they are sitting in the traffic, even at 30km.... At least if we are lane splitting, we are(or should be) paying more attention then most of the cages on the road. I personaly thought the video was, while yes abit boring, quite a good video, and needs to be viewed by more non-bikers. So should alot of those RideApart videos, they seem quite good.

[98tls]

I dont tihnk this video was really ment for 'us'(bikers), but more for the people that seem to think lane splitting is 'bad' or 'wrong' or 'unsafe'. When really, its not 'bad', or 'wrong',

:laugh:Jesus H i am glad im old,motorcyclings so complicated these days.Thanks for clearing that up.:laugh:

[bosslady]

So was I at first, but you just gotta do it. You'll never learn if you dont. Start small, fighting your way upto the front of the lights. Its not that bad really. Plus you dont want your engine to over heat

I've only been riding 1 1/2 or so months, must be to early, I'm scared I'll hit a car haha

[xXGIBBOXx]

I moved to aucks bout a year ago .took two weeks to man up and split up the on ramp , now i split most of the way to work . I have a set of rules for my self :not passed 80kms :not between two trucks/buses :pull in to let someone faster passed. The video was good so more aimed at cars drivers .Good find on the video

[Brian d marge]

Now before I watch the Vid ...

A, Are they American ?
B, can they ride a bike ,
C, if none of the above, and I watch the video, can I get those two min back?

Stephen

[Geeen]

Now before I watch the Vid ...

A, Are they American ?
B, can they ride a bike ,
C, if none of the above, and I watch the video, can I get those two min back?

Stephen

A: Two yanks one Pom
B: Pom is ex British Superstock and Isle of Man racer
C: No


I'm actually surprised no-one has mentioned the electric bike......

[Berries]

I'm actually surprised no-one has mentioned the electric bike......
I only got as far as 60 seconds, and life is too short to sit through it again.

[Katman]

Well, that's my weekly dose of cheese taken care off.

I'd question some of their stats but generally agreed with most of what was said.

I particularly liked the comment "More motorcyclists should learn to do it safely".

[FJRider]

I particularly liked the comment "More motorcyclists should learn to do it safely".

People say the same thing about skydiving ...

All good, until things (and people) outside your control ... "eventuates" ... that you didn't expect.

The old "That wouldn't happen to me" syndrome ...

[st00ji]

Now before I watch the Vid ...

A, Are they American ?
B, can they ride a bike ,
C, if none of the above, and I watch the video, can I get those two min back?

Stephen

A mostly
B depends on your definition
C its actually more like 14 min

electric bike was cool.

[swbarnett]

As always the justification for lanesplitting is "because I physically can" and "because that's what I do". Which doesn't seem like much of a justification,
When you have some real experience of daily commuting in Auckland traffic your commects may have more credibility; although you'd more than likely change your tune.

Lanesplitting is a service to all motorists; it takes a vehicle effectively out of the flow of traffic and, hence, reduces congestion significantly. It's also a damn sight safer than sitting in traffic. Saw a concatena about four spaces ahead of me on Friday. A car was hit by a van and squashed into the car in front; leaving their bumper imbedded in the boot. With this sort of accident a car gets panel damage; the driver maybe gets a bit of wiplash. On a bike you get totally pulvarised.


but if you get away with it then great for you.
I don't "get away with it"; that's like saying that the car drivers "get away with it" just by getting to work in one piece.

[SNF]

I only lane split at lights. Bit too new/not so confident to be able to split while traffics moving. Once traffic starts crawling at 5 pm I'll be splitting then sooner or later.

[Grizzo]

:shutup:electric:facepalm:

[st00ji]

i'd be well into that electric bike as a commuter. wonder how much it cost though

found one place in california that sells new electric bikes for 12k USD.

[clonak]

i'd be well into that electric bike as a commuter. wonder how much it cost though

found one place in california that sells new electric bikes for 12k USD.

They did a video about the electric bike, http://youtu.be/Lej-KopK1tc. $14k US I think it was ?

[superjackal]

I've only been riding 1 1/2 or so months, must be to early, I'm scared I'll hit a car haha

I was apprehensive about lane-splitting at first. But I found starting out that if I followed more experienced splitters it helped give me some pointers and learn what was possible. After about 2 weeks of driving like a cager on my bike I quickly got fed up with it and started lane-splitting. Once you start…….

Learning to get to the front and then “gun” your bike away was also a learning curve. Luckily GNs are so forgiving.

[bosslady]

I was apprehensive about lane-splitting at first. But I found starting out that if I followed more experienced splitters it helped give me some pointers and learn what was possible. After about 2 weeks of driving like a cager on my bike I quickly got fed up with it and started lane-splitting. Once you start…….

Learning to get to the front and then “gun” your bike away was also a learning curve. Luckily GNs are so forgiving.

it's definitely a confidence thing, I'm also scared I'll get a bit of target fixation. I'll have to start giving it a go soon, I find bumper to bumper traffic and continuously stopping and going for so bloody long very stressful and tiring.

[superjackal]

it's definitely a confidence thing, I'm also scared I'll get a bit of target fixation. I'll have to start giving it a go soon, I find bumper to bumper traffic and continuously stopping and going for so bloody long very stressful and tiring.

Someone wrote somewhere else that bikes aren’t made for stop/go traffic. My gn’s kinda jerky at low speed. I don’t (think I) have any overheating problems but I don’t want to try my luck. I make the odd minor mistake here and there, but that’s what learning’s all about and why I have a cheap first bike.

Reading the posts has been helpful and also unhelpful. Unhelpful in that I find myself questioning what I’m doing because of all the different advice received. Helpful in that I’ve calmed down and learned to “go with the flow” more. I try not to do anything that will aggravate a cager.

I think, very important, is a friendly wave to anyone who is courteous to bikers in traffic.

[bosslady]

Someone wrote somewhere else that bikes aren’t made for stop/go traffic. My gn’s kinda jerky at low speed. I don’t (think I) have any overheating problems but I don’t want to try my luck. I make the odd minor mistake here and there, but that’s what learning’s all about and why I have a cheap first bike.

Reading the posts has been helpful and also unhelpful. Unhelpful in that I find myself questioning what I’m doing because of all the different advice received. Helpful in that I’ve calmed down and learned to “go with the flow” more. I try not to do anything that will aggravate a cager.

I think, very important, is a friendly wave to anyone who is courteous to bikers in traffic.

they probably aren't, no. I hear you about slow speed, but I think it's me not the bike, it's so effing hard going at slow speed because it's slower than walking pace sometimes I'm wobbly as fuck! really stressful.

as for a friendly wave, I also find taking my hand off the bar hard haha

[superjackal]

I watched the lane-splitting video last night and I thought it was excellent. Cleared up a lot of things for me and gave an interesting perspective on the subject. Well worth the watch for newbies like myself.