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T.W.R
27th October 2005, 17:30
Had this pic for a while it sort of points out the obvious but many a time unlucky bikers have been caught like this and come off much worse!

Whoever this was they were bloody lucky!

gamgee
27th October 2005, 17:34
stupid big american cars, that happened to ewen mcgreggor on the long way round as well

zadok
27th October 2005, 17:37
A few years ago I was stopped at a stop sign, when a car hit me from the rear and shunted me into the intersection. Fortunately there wasn't a car coming through at the time. The guy was most apologetic and paid for my broken tail light. I was lucky that was all that was broken.

Gixxer 4 ever
27th October 2005, 17:40
You got it. You need to know as much about what is behind you as you do about the front. Remember you can stop faster than a cage and it will simply run you over. I saw a car hit the back of a truck. No big deal but I was going to pass the car and drop in behind the truck coming up to an intersection. Why didn't I pass the car? No idea. decided to wait. It was very wet. When your number is up I think it is up.

T.W.R
27th October 2005, 17:44
stupid big american cars, that happened to ewen mcgreggor on the long way round as well

yep saw that, bloody hairy assed boy in a Honda, McGregor was damn lucky, would have been interesting to see from the description they gave after it happened, Bowmans comment at the pub later was the best though " i wanted to kill him, then saw how young it was, there ain't no fight in that" HAHA! :niceone:

T.W.R
27th October 2005, 17:49
stupid big american cars, that happened to ewen mcgreggor on the long way round as well

yep saw that, bloody hairy assed boy in a Honda, McGregor was damn lucky, would have been interesting to see from the description they gave after it happened, Bowmans comment at the pub later was the best though " i wanted to kill him, then saw how young it was, there ain't no fight in that" HAHA! :niceone:

Jabez
27th October 2005, 17:58
Had a similar minor shunt (no damage) from a car a while back..... his excuse was that his aircon came on...... :doh:

Rhino
27th October 2005, 18:03
You got it. You need to know as much about what is behind you as you do about the front. Remember you can stop faster than a cage and it will simply run you over.
Whenever I have to stop, the first thing I do is look in the mirrors and see how close the vehicle behind is (before even touching the brakes.) If I consider that they are too close, given the road conditions etc, I immediately start plotting my escape routes (such as lane splitting beside the vehicle in front and let him take the impact.)

ducatilover
27th October 2005, 18:22
A few years ago I was stopped at a stop sign, when a car hit me from the rear and shunted me into the intersection. Fortunately there wasn't a car coming through at the time. The guy was most apologetic and paid for my broken tail light. I was lucky that was all that was broken.
same happened to me a while ago, it was a female who didnt see me [ahem, or the red light for that] i got off pretty lightly, cos i took off when i saw her barreling up behind me :mellow: and she still didnt, ahem, see me :crybaby:

Zapf
27th October 2005, 18:43
not funny at all... happed to DM not too long ago.

Ixion
27th October 2005, 19:15
No, not funny.

I have lost count of the number of times that my silly habit of stopping on amber and red lights has resulted in a dildo in a cage attempting to sodomise my exhaust. I regularly have to jump forward into the intersection or between the traffic lanes to give the tossers time to stop. Absurd thing is *I* stopped- *you* had my stopping time and distance *plus* the distnce between us. So why can't you stop. The crowning insult however is when the throwback actully has the nerve to sit and HONK - because I I don't run the amber light ! GRRRRR.

Coyote
27th October 2005, 19:26
A few years ago I was stopped at a stop sign, when a car hit me from the rear and shunted me into the intersection. Fortunately there wasn't a car coming through at the time. The guy was most apologetic and paid for my broken tail light. I was lucky that was all that was broken.
You were lucky that he was apologetic. Cagers seem to deny responsibility for their actions more often than not

ducatilover
27th October 2005, 19:34
You were lucky that he was apologetic. Cagers seem to deny responsibility for their actions more often than not
too true :mellow:

Motu
27th October 2005, 19:58
If my bike had an ass,I would hope someone would run into the arse of my bike to remove it....

vtec
27th October 2005, 22:55
You were lucky that he was apologetic. Cagers seem to deny responsibility for their actions more often than not

Yeah I think this is usually the reason that they just keep going after knocking you off or forcing you off the road. I'm a cage driver too, but there are too many tards on the road. I'd name ethnicity and sex but there's too much PC shite going round at the moment. So I can't tell you who to watch out for.

justsomeguy
27th October 2005, 23:01
No, not funny.

I have lost count of the number of times that my silly habit of stopping on amber and red lights has resulted in a dildo in a cage attempting to sodomise my exhaust. I regularly have to jump forward into the intersection or between the traffic lanes to give the tossers time to stop. Absurd thing is *I* stopped- *you* had my stopping time and distance *plus* the distnce between us. So why can't you stop. The crowning insult however is when the throwback actully has the nerve to sit and HONK - because I I don't run the amber light ! GRRRRR.

It really sucks......

However for a guy your size - simply dismounting and approaching them with full gear on and wild eyes will make them :sweatdrop Have you tried it before??

Ixion
27th October 2005, 23:16
It really sucks......

However for a guy your size - simply dismounting and approaching them with full gear on and wild eyes will make them :sweatdrop Have you tried it before??

Oh yea. Many times. Gets the windows rolled up real fast. Especially if I'm swinging my security chain. Bang on the window a few times , ostentatiously write down the rego, and watch them sweat. Amazing too, how much bigger a leather jacket makes you look (old style black ones, anyway). Cordura just doesn't cut it there.

Korea
27th October 2005, 23:22
Got hit from behind by a lady driver at a red light a few months back. Bent the exhaust right up. She gave me some dolleros to get it fixed, but I kinda like it the way it is now... *ahem* but that's not the point - bloody dangerous she was *ahem**ahem*

Waylander
28th October 2005, 01:21
Didn't even look at the guy that nearly parked my backwheel on his "bonnet" thursday morning. Wasn't his fault though other than tail-gating. Lucky for the two of us and the fucktard at fault that I was paying attention and didn't just go around the fuck though next time I wont be so nice.

Lou Girardin
28th October 2005, 11:06
Another reason to filter to the front.

The_Dover
28th October 2005, 11:11
It really sucks......

However for a guy your size - simply dismounting and approaching them with full gear on and wild eyes will make them :sweatdrop Have you tried it before??


Fucking priceless!! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

JSG giving some poor motorist the old crazy eyes :blink: :blink: :blink:

They must really shit themselves bwahahahahah :niceone:

pritch
28th October 2005, 11:47
So I can't tell you who to watch out for.


Watch them all!

justsomeguy
28th October 2005, 17:01
Fucking priceless!! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

JSG giving some poor motorist the old crazy eyes :blink: :blink: :blink:

They must really shit themselves bwahahahahah :niceone:

I see you've recovered from your hangover Mr I pee in my pants....