Dickheads on group rides

[Fatjim]

Why is there always one?

Twice now I have been abused by some dickhead that thought that they owned the road just because I deigned to split up their group overtaking on a passing lane in my car. Guess what dickhead, you are sharing the road, and riding in a group of 10 bikes at 80-90 kph on the open road does not mean you own it.

[Maha]

There is a certain amount of arrogance shown by a lot of road users from time to time, not just bikes. If you got the finger/s for using the road as you should, then that reaction is simply laughable.

[TheDemonLord]

Why is there always one?

Twice now I have been abused by some dickhead that thought that they owned the road just because I deigned to split up their group overtaking on a passing lane in my car. Guess what dickhead, you are sharing the road, and riding in a group of 10 bikes at 80-90 kph on the open road does not mean you own it.

In B4 Cassina

[pritch]

Why is there always one?



Only one? As soon as some people get in a group they set their brains to "Park". They can be tough as Hell though 'cause there's ten of them and one of you.

Reminds me of the Black Power gang who were very interested in a Land Rover parked in a remote rest area late at night, until shotgun barrels slid out the window.

[nodrog]

You should have just run them over.

[Voltaire]

I find riding by myself reduces the dickheads to 1.:msn-wink:

I only go on group rides with riders I know these days, one KB group ride about 5 years ago was enough...seeing broken bits of boat/trailer

and Guzzi's all over the road on the Coro loop where the Guzzi had no WOF and the rider was on a restricted, fortunately the driver of the 4x4

with the boat saw him lying on the road in time and avoided him...at the cost of his boat going in the harbour and hitting another rider who

had stopped to help breaking his arm.

[jasonu]

I find riding by myself reduces the dickheads to 1.:msn-wink:

I only go on group rides with riders I know these days, one KB group ride about 5 years ago was enough...seeing broken bits of boat/trailer

and Guzzi's all over the road on the Coro loop where the Guzzi had no WOF and the rider was on a restricted, fortunately the driver of the 4x4

with the boat saw him lying on the road in time and avoided him...at the cost of his boat going in the harbour and hitting another rider who

had stopped to help breaking his arm.

Another rider stopped to help break another riders arm???:shutup::crazy:

[baffa]

Biggest issue I see with group rides, apart from group mentality, is everyone playing following the leader, instead of reading the road ahead of them.

Went for a ride last summer with a few mates, and a mate on an older Ducati lost a front caliper bolt.
Luckily he managed to stop it safely, but the ride home with no front brakes was interesting.

[Tazz]

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[Oscar]

Luckily he managed to stop it safely, but the ride home with no front brakes was interesting.

Any Harley rider could show you how.

[Akzle]

Any Harley rider could show you how.

pfffft. Harleys cant go fast enough to need brakes...

[Voltaire]

pfffft. Harleys cant go fast enough to need brakes...

This would be as near as you get to riding a motorcycle :yawn:

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[baffa]

Any Harley rider could show you how.

Considering he could finger tighten one of the bolts, he still kept respectable pace through the twisties. Something I doubt your average Harley rider would be doing with working brakes.

[breakaway]

Why is there always one?

Twice now I have been abused by some dickhead that thought that they owned the road just because I deigned to split up their group overtaking on a passing lane in my car. Guess what dickhead, you are sharing the road, and riding in a group of 10 bikes at 80-90 kph on the open road does not mean you own it.

You sure you're not the problem here? 90% of cars are happy to drive around at 70-80 km/h slowing to 60 for the occasional corner only to speed up to 95 in "passing" lanes. All they accomplish is get 1 car length ahead in 1+ km of passing lane thereby totally fucking up the opportunity for others to be able to pass the entire line of slow twats that can't negotiate the open road to save their lives.

Thankfully it's not an issue if you've got a powerful machine but BY GOLLY is it frustrating when driving a slow as shit econobox.

[jellywrestler]

like the clown on the wellington distinguished gentlemans ride at the weekdn who thought just because his passnger had a camera he could cross lane and ride where he wanted. for christs sake there were all sorts of differnt bikes and riding abilities there, foot clutch bikes whicg aren't easy in modern traffic you're lucky you didn't get hit by someone you cut off.

[Motu]

I'm a dickhead on group rides - it's a bit embarassing, but every ride needs one and it gives my life a purpose.

[toycollector10]

Asked my mates at pub night not to tailgate me.....
Asked my mates at pub night not to undertake me.....

Starter for ten. What happened next?

[F5 Dave]

Any Harley rider could show you how.
Well its funny you should mention that. I hate group rides these days. Had an airhead on an airhead not notice we were braking. I saw him closing in and moved over but not enough and the boxer hit the GS11s muffler cartwheeling him down the road. A mate was standing up ready for the impact I deflected (bought me a beer later).

But then Hardley shoots past on the left. He was at the pub and said. Aww there was no room to stop. He was told everyone else managed except the cretin who wasn't looking. Fred Flintstone brakes.

[F5 Dave]

Asked my mates at pub night not to tailgate me.....
Asked my mates at pub night not to undertake me.....

Starter for ten. What happened next?
You got drunk?

[Old Steve]

Went on a Ulysses ride out of Tauranga four or five years ago,. This was first ride with the club on my new Boulevard M50, I'd ridden with them for about a year and a half on my learner cruiser 250. There were two Harley riders, four sports bike riders and me. While the two Harley riders were discussing something, one of the sports bike riders (Yammie R6 rider) came over and started abusing me and my bike - "Why did you buy that piece of shit? My bike has the brakes of an R1 ... " for about 5 minutes. And disappointingly none of the other sports bike riders said anything, no "Hang on," no "That's enough".

So my bike doesn't have the brakes of an R6/R1. But I don't ride like an F*wit so I don't need them. The M50 is fit for purpose, good enough for the way I ride.

Next day I handed in my membership of Ulysses and have been riding and enjoying it on my own since.

Yeah, there's always a dickhead in a group ride.

[Mike.Gayner]

I've gone off group rides because I find on average about 60% of the people there are twats, with whom I share no common interests outside motorcycles.

[Madness]

You're obviously not scary looking enough, James :whistle:

After having been prosecuted for the riding of another on a group ride a few years back, fuck that shit. Group rides are just passing fodder these days and can add a little spice to an otherwise meh ride. Give the cunts the learn!

[nodrog]

group rides are hilarious, especially on a LS650.

[Katman]

group rides are hilarious, especially on a LS650.

How many did you manage to fit on it?

[nodrog]

How many did you manage to fit on it?

All of me.

[Flip]

Well its funny you should mention that. I hate group rides these days. Had an airhead on an airhead not notice we were braking. I saw him closing in and moved over but not enough and the boxer hit the GS11s muffler cartwheeling him down the road. A mate was standing up ready for the impact I deflected (bought me a beer later).

But then Hardley shoots past on the left. He was at the pub and said. Aww there was no room to stop. He was told everyone else managed except the cretin who wasn't looking. Fred Flintstone brakes.

The newer harlies with Brembo's stop as well as any motorcycle these days.

I have seen a few Harley riders bin it after a brain fade, I have also seen a few jap riders do exactly the same. Group rides can bring out the worst in some riders, they also show who has no self control and who to keep the fuck away from.

I had an attractive young lady buy me a beer after an ambulance run a few years ago. She followed me on the run. Her on a GN and me on the old sidecar. There was a good acident just after a plonker ran around us and back ended a 4WD. (If I was just 30 years younder and she was a little blind we would have made a lovely couple).

I keep away from group runs if I can, espcially the public ones.

[F5 Dave]

Oh I'm certain this dick could a stopped if he'd been paying some attn and yanked a little harder on that lever instead of standing on the pedal.

[jasonu]

Asked my mates at pub night not to tailgate me.....
Asked my mates at pub night not to undertake me.....

Starter for ten. What happened next?


You got drunk?

and fucked a fat ugly chick:beer::weep:

(disclaimer - no fat ugly chicks were fucked during the publishing of this post)

[F5 Dave]

And woke up hungover with no wallet in a different town.

Hey this thread got interesting.

[TheDemonLord]

When I've been on group rides - I rode my bike....

Dunno what you lot have been doing.

[PrincessBandit]

Hmmm, riding at that speed and upset by a car that split them, maybe the rider was such a n00b that they were scared you would be responsible for them losing sight of the ride leader? :laugh:

Seriously though, it just seems to be the kiwi way. Plenty of car drivers take it personally if you overtake them; plenty or riders just can't help themselves with the, oh wait what is the expression? "f*ckin cagers" etc. Seems to be in our I'm-the-most-important-person-on-the-road mentality.

[Maha]

Hmmm, riding at that speed and upset by a car that split them, maybe the rider was such a n00b that they were scared you would be responsible for them losing sight of the ride leader? :laugh:

Seriously though, it just seems to be the kiwi way. Plenty of car drivers take it personally if you overtake them; plenty or riders just can't help themselves with the, oh wait what is the expression? "f*ckin cagers" etc. Seems to be in our I'm-the-most-important-person-on-the-road mentality.

...and 'I just can't wait any longer, now's a good time to pass''

Saturday.. Motorcycle behind a car/caravan combo heading towards us, Motorcycle pulls out to pass car/caravan combo, he was close enough for me to know it was a Honda Blackbird, the yellow lines probably should have alerted him that is was NOT the time to pass. He pulled back in.

Sunday.. SUV is passing a small truck when we (in our car) appear on the scene, luckily for us, he was NOT committed to the pass because there was nowhere for anyone to go. There was a slow vehicle lane 300m further on for him to use, his chosen moment was NOT the time to pass. He pulled back in.

[sidecar bob]

If you want to see dickheads on a group ride, go to a track day.

[5ive]

I've been on plenty of group rides over the last year, and have not seen any dickheads yet.

Maybe you all got sick of each other, and stopped coming along :laugh:

[TheDemonLord]

I've been on plenty of group rides over the last year, and have not seen any dickheads yet.

Maybe you all got sick of each other, and stopped coming along :laugh:

Maybe you didn't look in the mirror...

(I'm sorry, but someone had to make that joke)

[Oscar]

I'm a dickhead on group rides - it's a bit embarassing, but every ride needs one and it gives my life a purpose.

No you aren't.
Anyone who adv rides an XLV750 isn't a dickhead.

About time time you came out with us again.

[Big Dog]

When I've been on group rides - I rode my bike....

Dunno what you lot have been doing.
I have found that if you go on group rides and there is not a twat there... you are currently the designated twat.

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[nodrog]

If you want to see dickheads on a group ride, go to a track day.

or watch a sidecar race.

[sidecar bob]

or watch a sidecar race.

That was my first choice, but I didn't want to offend Drew.

[baffa]

Went on a Ulysses ride out of Tauranga four or five years ago,. This was first ride with the club on my new Boulevard M50, I'd ridden with them for about a year and a half on my learner cruiser 250. There were two Harley riders, four sports bike riders and me. While the two Harley riders were discussing something, one of the sports bike riders (Yammie R6 rider) came over and started abusing me and my bike - "Why did you buy that piece of shit? My bike has the brakes of an R1 ... " for about 5 minutes. And disappointingly none of the other sports bike riders said anything, no "Hang on," no "That's enough".

So my bike doesn't have the brakes of an R6/R1. But I don't ride like an F*wit so I don't need them. The M50 is fit for purpose, good enough for the way I ride.

Next day I handed in my membership of Ulysses and have been riding and enjoying it on my own since.

Yeah, there's always a dickhead in a group ride.

That's pretty shocking tbh. I always run in to other riders, be it on my own or with others, and end up just chatting endlessly about our common passion. It doesnt matter if I like your bike or not, I'm not about to rag on it unless you act like a twit.
I would've thought most people had enough manners to act this way.

I will however overtake you to prove my bike is faster when we get on the road though ^_^

[F5 Dave]

Male competitiveness and lack of an established pecking order. Thats why people I don't know frighten me as they don't understand how awesome and particularly slow I ride.

[buggerit]

Someone else apart from me who has noticed many group riders ride under pressure to keep up.

Nah, just you :crybaby:

[Erelyes]

Someone else apart from me who has noticed many group riders ride under pressure to keep up. You wil never get a group rider to admit to that though.

How do you know they were trying to keep up? Did you keep up with them to find out?

[scumdog]

Any Harley rider could show you how.


Been there-done that!

Yonks ago the caliper bolt holding the two halves together went awol on my '81 Sporty.

Screwed the two halves back together the best I could and taped the caliper to the handle-bars with a spanner between the pads and carried on to the rally - and bumped into a dude with an engineering shop that had the correct bolt and a tap to re-do the thread.

But yeah, an 'interesting' ride trying to anticipate the need to stop or slow down.

[scumdog]

I've been on plenty of group rides over the last year, and have not seen any dickheads yet.

Maybe you all got sick of each other, and stopped coming along :laugh:


Me?
I pick the group(s) I will ride with carefully.

Fuckwits need not apply. (So that's half of KB wiped out straight away!)

[Bald Eagle]

Went on a Ulyseys group ride once, won't ever ride with them again. ...left behind as they all rossied away into the distance.

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[Laava]

Me?
I pick the group(s) I will ride with carefully.

Fuckwits need not apply. (So that's half of KB wiped out straight away!)

What about the ones with no bike? You could chuck them on the back.

[Laava]

Went on a Ulyseys group ride once, won't ever ride with them again. ...left behind as they all rossied away into the distance.

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Funny how this is the second post about the Ulysses being crap to ride with. I have ridden with them a lot and they are no different than an other group really. It will differ from branch to branch with at least one that I know of being sticklers for the speed limit with a no overtaking rule. In the Far North branch we tell everybody to ride their on ride. So, yes, some will Rossi off but that is up to them, we always regroup and have a TEC so no one gets left behind. You will always get dickheads in group rides and the bigger the group etc. i ride with a bunch of people, up to a dozen, all of a similar pace and we never have issues, but all good things come to an end and people move on or stop riding, you know how it goes.

[nodrog]

Hey if retards keep falling off because they cant keep up its only going to make it easier to pick who to ride with.

[TheDemonLord]

(Sees Cassina posting in the thread)

Called it!

[pritch]

Funny how this is the second post about the Ulysses being crap to ride with.

Yeah those guys had a very different experience to mine too. I went on several rides, overnighters and others, but the local branch then needed to cater for some born again or newer riders and adopted an appropriate pace to cater for them. That was completely reasonable, but too slow for me so...

The "group" rides I do these days could really only be loosely described as such. There are designated stops and it's each to his own between those.

[arcane12]

The Goldwing Club guys have been fun to ride with. No egos there! My LS650 was right as rain. Went on my first group ride with them :D

[Fatjim]

You sure you're not the problem here? 90% of cars are happy to drive around at 70-80 km/h slowing to 60 for the occasional corner only to speed up to 95 in "passing" lanes. All they accomplish is get 1 car length ahead in 1+ km of passing lane thereby totally fucking up the opportunity for others to be able to pass the entire line of slow twats that can't negotiate the open road to save their lives.

Thankfully it's not an issue if you've got a powerful machine but BY GOLLY is it frustrating when driving a slow as shit econobox.

the point is is if there are say 10 bikes riding in a group at 90kph why do they have problems when you overtake about 5 of them on a passing lane. Its like splitting their group into two is a capital offense. A group of bikes is not a single vehicle. Its not a car and trailer, it has not right and shouldn't expect to be able to travel in a contiguous group if its not doing the speed limit.

[FJRider]

The Goldwing Club guys have been fun to ride with.

Gold Wing riders have no morals ... FACT

[FJRider]

Me?
I pick the group(s) I will ride with carefully.

Fuckwits need not apply. (So that's half of KB wiped out straight away!)

The OTHER half are a bit dodgy too ... :innocent:

[kiwi cowboy]

Gold Wing riders have no morals ... FACT

FJ riders neather:wings::wings:

[kiwi cowboy]

Me?
I pick the group(s) I will ride with carefully.

Fuckwits need not apply. (So that's half of KB wiped out straight away!)

:oi-grr:well fuck you muchly:tugger:never wanted ta ride with ya anyway:whistle::whistle::girlfight::girlfight:
No road going bike at the mo anyway until I get the fizzer together:brick::brick:

Group riding I always get left behind cos I don't feel pressure to keep up and just go my own pace (and get lost).

[FJRider]

FJ riders neather:wings::wings:

shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ...

[cheshirecat]

went on a group ride once. On the autoroute with about 25,000 French riders. Scariest two hours of my life. Doing about 140/150k lane splitting between cars jammed up doing 50/60 and that was riding conservative to keep up and not become obstructive. Then there were the weekend antics. Le Mans 24 bike thinghy. Not one accident did i see. Don't do them anymore over here though.

[TheDemonLord]

went on a group ride once. On the autoroute with about 25,000 French riders. Scariest two hours of my life. Doing about 140/150k lane splitting between cars jammed up doing 50/60 and that was riding conservative to keep up and not become obstructive. Then there were the weekend antics. Le Mans 24 bike thinghy. Not one accident did i see. Don't do them anymore over here though.

There was probably a fight going on in the other direction and they were retreating......

[Banditbandit]

Went on a Ulyseys group ride once, won't ever ride with them again. ...left behind as they all rossied away into the distance.

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Not all branches ride like that - some follow the speed limits - some branches have fast and slow groups on any ride .. it varies ...


Yeah those guys had a very different experience to mine too. I went on several rides, overnighters and others, but the local branch then needed to cater for some born again or newer riders and adopted an appropriate pace to cater for them. That was completely reasonable, but too slow for me so...


I find that frequently ...

[Swoop]

Fuckwits need not apply. (So that's half of KB wiped out straight away!)

That's a bit off Scummy!
Surely it's closer to 80%...

[Katman]

That's a bit off Scummy!
Surely it's closer to 80%...

Lol.

That's actually rather funny considering the 9/11 poll results.

[Swoop]

Lol.

That's actually rather funny considering the 9/11 poll results.

You'd best not be confusing logic with opinions.

[scumdog]

Lol.

That's actually rather funny considering the 9/11 poll results.

OK, so 26% are idiots when it comes to conspiracy theories??:bleh:

[pete-blen]

There is a certain amount of arrogance shown by a lot of road users from time to time,


you must be talking about cyclists....:angry:

[Maha]

you must be talking about cyclists....:angry:

Trucks/cars/bikes/cyclists and hawks make the short list.

[J.A.W.]

Trucks/cars/cyclists and hawks make the short list.

For sure, - you expect stupid shit from that type of mobile chicane..

But useless bike riders are an embarassment, as well as a pain.

Some clearly ought to stick to playing dodgems at the stupidmarket, crashing trolleys into sundry items.. & then having a whinge about it, afterwards too..

I - hilariously - nearly collected a bunch of Uselessyies riders in my cage - when they needlessly panic-braked en-mass - for a high-speed sweeper..

[Voltaire]

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[FJRider]

OK, so 26% are idiots when it comes to conspiracy theories??:bleh:


So ... the other 74% are correct ... ?? :scratch:

[J.A.W.]

"Make it stop"

Yeah, like that'll work for you in India too.. L.O.L...

[Voltaire]

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:lol::lol::lol:

[awa355]

I - hilariously - nearly collected a bunch of Uselessyies riders in my cage - when they needlessly panic-braked en-mass - for a high-speed sweeper..

A group of Ulysses riders travelling as a close packed group??, into a corner?, I would have to see that for myself.:rolleyes::rolleyes: