Bloody boy racers!

[alamony]

why do boy racers always want to line up next to anything on two wheels??! I just don't get it! :angry2: Lights, motorway, highway doesn't matter its like they assume cos i'm on two wheels I want them to prove how great their 'skills' are :angry: Firstly, unless their Datsun 180B has actually been fitted with Blue Lightnings charged, nitroed and running on meth 6000HP thumper they haven't got a shit show in hell of 'winning'. And secondly, I'm really not even the slightest bit interested, all I'm thinking is how to avoid his/her P.O.S car before his/her randomly eratic and unpredictable driving takes me the F**K out!:dodge:

[Grahameeboy]

why do boy racers always want to line up next to anything on two wheels??! I just don't get it! :angry2: Lights, motorway, highway doesn't matter its like they assume cos i'm on two wheels I want them to prove how great their 'skills' are :angry: Firstly, unless their Datsun 180B has actually been fitted with Blue Lightnings charged, nitroed and running on meth 6000HP thumper they haven't got a shit show in hell of 'winning'. And secondly, I'm really not even the slightest bit interested, all I'm thinking is how to avoid his/her P.O.S car before his/her randomly eratic and unpredictable driving takes me the F**K out!:dodge:

THAT WAS A QUICK REPOST....MORE COFFEE NEEDED!!

[alamony]

LOL posted instead of previewed! ooops injecting coffee now!!

[Grahameeboy]

LOL posted instead of previewed! ooops injecting coffee now!!

Welcome to the site..it takes some guys months to loose it..it has taken you days.........:rockon:

[Pixie]

Here's a bit of psychology:If you show any awareness that the wankers even exist, that will give them a degree of satisfaction.Attention is what they are after,so to ignore them completely is the greatest insult you can offer.

[Swoop]

Spot on Pixie!! Keep a lookout for ANY other bike (including *gasp* a scooter) and look intently at it - especially if it is passing, so you can do an over-exaggerated head movement...
Then go back to admiring your gloves or something more interesting than a cage:Punk:

[Grahameeboy]

Here's a bit of psychology:If you show any awareness that the wankers even exist, that will give them a degree of satisfaction.Attention is what they are after,so to ignore them completely is the greatest insult you can offer.

I just stay put when lights change and let them roar off and look stupid..

[Coyote]

Here's a bit of psychology:If you show any awareness that the wankers even exist, that will give them a degree of satisfaction.Attention is what they are after,so to ignore them completely is the greatest insult you can offer.
Haha, my brother is like that. He came up to me and my mate and we jokingly ignored him. We had found his weakness, lack of attention. He had to do everything in his power to get us laughing at him, he started going on about the advantages of mechanicle pencils in a british accent :p

[skelstar]

Own a bike that looks like a commuter. Nobody ever races me from the lights.

[slimjim]

"OO" dear , not another "Boy Racer" , haha gosh no swearing now,, aaarrr fucking tosser's ,and me use too with my old belmont 202 yellow terra head, humm real racer hahaha,, but yea life is full of smiles, and sometimes the smiles come as an after thought,

[Jamezo]

Spot on Pixie!! Keep a lookout for ANY other bike (including *gasp* a scooter) and look intently at it - especially if it is passing, so you can do an over-exaggerated head movement...
Then go back to admiring your gloves or something more interesting than a cage:Punk:
It's ironic that you're actually paying more mental attention to them to effect that....

Show them nothing in the way of attention, no revving, nothing, then just annihilate them when the light changes.

[Lou Girardin]

I rarely have them take me on. In their ignorance, they probably think 1200S on my bike means it's really fast.

[Oakie]

You want to piss them off? Just get in front of them and ride at the posted speed limit.

[crash harry]

Hmmm... I wish I had the self control that some on this site do... I just usually give in to temptation and smoke them, as long as it's safe enough.

The funniest thing is when you can goad them into hooning past a cop though, and you just tootle off innocent as. Doesn't happen that often but it's gold when you pull it off.

[KLOWN]

I used to try and take on bikes when I had a mini (and was 16), It was just fun to see the bikes kane off. It always blew my mind the amount of acceleration a bike had.

[Bob]

Back when we still had the 250 Virago in the garage, there used to be a great stunt I'd pull.

If I was out on a "battery-charging" ride, there is a nice, sweeping set of major "A" roads that I get to use as one of my daily commuter runs. And of course, this means I know how the timings of the lights on the stop before you get onto these roads....

So what I'd do, if I was approaching and saw the lights change, was time my approach so that I'd hit the front just as the lights changed... which meant I shot past any boy racers, but with momentum already there so I had a head start.

Can you imagine how annoyed they were by this tiny cruiser thing roasting them at the lights? So you'd hear the screech of car tyres as they'd set off in pursuit...

Now the XV250 isn't exactly the fastest thing out there, but given a head start it'll hold them for a time - enough time for me to back off just as I reach the (working) speed camera. So I brake to legal speeds... boy racer thinks he is really catching me now and puts in an extra 'spurt'... and FLASH... off goes the camera and he has a ticket on the way in the post :done:

That said, on the same stretch of road there is a downhill right hander, that straightens, heads uphill then banks left into another downhill. It is controlled entry and exit speed before and after by cameras (sound idea as there is a slip road in the middle as well to make life even more tricky, it is off-camber also). Given that this is a tricky bit of road to take well, I like to be able to set myself up for it. So if some boy racer sits up my backside, if I can I'll stick to limit on the downhill and into the first bend, then accellerate through the straight and move over lane and brake before the second camera... and FLASH... off it goes again!

Reckon I catch one every other month with that move... serves them right for tailgating and not realising that a bike will pull away, but be able to back off easily in these situations.

The rest of the time, I do what Pixie said and totally ignore them. Best thing to do with anyone that craves attention, they really don't know how to handle it.

[thehollowmen]

Bling to you, I used to do the speed camera trick all the time in dunedin

[scumdog]

Hmm, never seem to want to race me when I'm in the work car and in the hot rod (which would cane 90%+ of them) they seem content to sit alongside and take PXT of it as I tootle off at a modest pace.


Mind you, we don't got no fixed speed cameras or traffic lights at intersections down here in the Riviera of the South.:doh:

[Fatjim]

I rarely have them take me on. In their ignorance, they probably think 1200S on my bike means it's really fast.

Maybe they suspect theres an "arse" written on the tank hidden behind your knee. Assuming you ride a Bandit that is.

[lukelin250]

bring them on i say, i love boosting a god damn peice of shit boy racer car and showing them first hand how lame there ride is. hopefully give them some more respect for bikers,who knows maybe itll even persuade one to sell his peice of shit big bore starlet e.t.c for a bike,then it would have all been worthit!!! :Punk:

[Bend-it]

NOOO!!! Then they'll start pulling stupid stunts on bikes and give the rest of us respectable, decent folk a bad name! ;)

[roogazza]

Maybe they suspect theres an "arse" written on the tank hidden behind your knee. Assuming you ride a Bandit that is.

Go change your cam belts !!! G.

[crazybigal]

i love to drag them at the first set of lights then egg them on for another go at the second and just let them go while i sit there.!
on another note, has anyone seen the mini powered by a busa motor on youtube? fricken mean!

[Sniper]

on another note, has anyone seen the mini powered by a busa motor on youtube? fricken mean!

I posted a downloadable version somewhere on the forums. Search for Busa + Mini

[NUTBAR]

I love blowing them away on my FJR
even better when they have a hot little honey in the pasenger seat, it bums them right out when you give there girl a smile & a wink then procede to kick there ass!:yes:
even better when you see her later & she wants a ride.:buggerd:

[Waylander]

I love blowing them away on my FJR
even better when they have a hot little honey in the pasenger seat, it bums them right out when you give there girl a smile & a wink then procede to kick there ass!:yes:
even better when you see her later & she wants a ride.:buggerd:
So they race you but not me, WTF....

And you're married.

[NUTBAR]

So they race you but not me, WTF....

And you're married.

no no im not married, just hooked up.

[Waylander]

no no im not married, just hooked up.
Ah, that makes more sense.



So how are you getting them to race you? Most take a look at my bike then look away and refuse to look back. I know it's ugly but that's no reason not to race. Looks heaps better than most of the shitters they drive anyway.

[NUTBAR]

like i said eye up there lady, they think they have to prove something to there lady, so they put there foot down, you just toy with them a bit, make out they are beating you & when they start larghing you blow them away.:done:

[Waylander]

like i said eye up there lady, they think they have to prove something to there lady, so they put there foot down, you just toy with them a bit, make out they are beating you & when they start larghing you blow them away.:done:
Sweet, know what I'm doing friday night now.

[hamie1]

Ah why not? Didn't buy a bike to ride it like a nana (sorry to any quick nanas out there). Im off out Saturday night just to try it out. Might be new and you guys might be a bad influence and I should know better, but I don't!:yes:

[Toast]

why do boy racers always want to line up next to anything on two wheels??! I just don't get it! :angry2: Lights, motorway, highway doesn't matter its like they assume cos i'm on two wheels I want them to prove how great their 'skills' are :angry: Firstly, unless their Datsun 180B has actually been fitted with Blue Lightnings charged, nitroed and running on meth 6000HP thumper they haven't got a shit show in hell of 'winning'. And secondly, I'm really not even the slightest bit interested, all I'm thinking is how to avoid his/her P.O.S car before his/her randomly eratic and unpredictable driving takes me the F**K out!:dodge:

I'm actually sorely pissed off at the lack of boy racers who take me on.

I think it's the mean ass note from the Two Bros full system that makes their manhood shrink and prevent them from embarassing themselves.

I remember a few more did it when the standard pipe was on...so much fun was had, staying right by the driver's window until he grabbed second gear, then lifting the front wheel and pissing off...it's the small things that make you feel good sometimes :love:

[skelstar]

I found that going from having a plain as black helmet (and black gear) to a flash sporty stripy helmet definitely ellicted a few more challenges. If you look sporty then it seems to help.

Having said that, if I pulled up next to a BR and rev'ed my bike a bit and looked at them then they would give it a nudge. But then that would be a bit wanky.

[snuffles]

theyre not boy racers, they are young adult car enthusiasts.......

[ManDownUnder]

It's all about style.

If you have the horsepower to blow anyone off the road (well 98% of anyone) ... why do you need to prove it? Some dick pulls up and wants a go it's just a satisfying to not stifle the laughter as it is to actually blow them into the weeds.

They gain nothing by taking you on. The gain nothing by not taking you on.

The biggest lesson I learned around this whole thing was by a couple going up a huge hill just south of New Plymouth (Burgess Park hill for the locals). I was on a GPZ550 and they were 2 up on a FJ1200. Horsepower to burn.

I naild it past having fun up the hill - left them behind and got stuk behind a car further up. They passed me at just the right time. No undue acceleration, no apparent hard work and no speeding.

Just pulled out and passed me when they had the right of way and they beautifully locked me in behind that car while we all proceeded the length of Coronation Av at 5:00. Like I said - pure class.

It ain't about how fast you go. It's about style. If you've got it, and you know how to use it... then you get my respect.

[roogazza]

theyre not boy racers, they are young adult car enthusiasts.......

Thats it snuffles, as far as I can see the name boy racer came from the police ? didn't it ? If thats the case I'm a boy racer and I'm 57 !!! and before you ask , I was a policeman too (but a real one , not a ticket writer)
I get pulled quite often in my MR2 , surprises them when they see an old fart behind the wheel. Gaz.

[Pwalo]

[QUOTE=skelstar;816210]I found that going from having a plain as black helmet (and black gear) to a flash sporty stripy helmet definitely ellicted a few more challenges. If you look sporty then it seems to help.

Funny that you mention that. I've gone form a race rep type helmet to a plain black helmet (HJC CL-SP), and car drivers don't seem nearly as keen to race me. In fact they seem to be far more civil.

I'm pretty sure this is a good thing.

[NUTBAR]

Thats it snuffles, as far as I can see the name boy racer came from the police ? didn't it ? If thats the case I'm a boy racer and I'm 57 !!! and before you ask , I was a policeman too (but a real one , not a ticket writer)
I get pulled quite often in my MR2 , surprises them when they see an old fart behind the wheel. Gaz.

yes but im sure you dont race down a 50km street at 120 odd kms like i have seen down our street.