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NC
19th August 2004, 14:32
I'm sure that everyone at sometime has had a bad day, and then some wowser pulls out and just about knocks you off your bike, or does knock you off your bike.:eek5:
Do you let it ride, or chase them and give them the ole "it's not like you use your mirrors anyway, so you don't need them." or the "character dents"?
I admit to bashing a few cars. And "hocking" on a car after she squirted me with her window cleaning crap in the eye. Well those are the ones I'm admitting too :)
Cajun
19th August 2004, 14:34
kicked a few doors in and knocked a few mirrors off, and given tons of people fingers etc
thats a normal day
Motoracer
19th August 2004, 14:34
I am a nice gentle easy going rider :innocent:
Mongoose
19th August 2004, 14:36
I stay away from anything north of the Waitaki River, saves a heap of agro :calm: :killingme
wari
19th August 2004, 14:39
WHOAREYOUCALLINGAGGRESSIVE !!!! :angry2:
YOUGot EYe TRouble BRo'? !!! :eyepoke:
Hitcher
19th August 2004, 14:42
I generally subscribe to the "live and let live" school of motoring decorum, but lost it big time a few weeks ago after nearly getting taken out by a neanderthal in a Prado. And I was riding Mrs H's Marauder at the time...
The prick came off a Give Way right in front of me. He saw me coming too. [Seethe, fume]
Dodgyiti
19th August 2004, 14:42
I admit to kicking in a door or two, but loud pipes save lives.
And it is kinda risky if you piss off the wrong person who has nothing to loose by knocking you off
riffer
19th August 2004, 14:43
Given that most of my riding is done in 3-lane motorway traffic in rush hour traffic, I tend to just boot them or bang on the mirror as I go past.
Unlike my old Spool jacket my new one has the solid armour at the elbows so you can really give their mirror a good old whack as you go by.
But really the majority of my aggression revolves around quickly giving them the finger as I go by. Too bloody dangerous on the welly motorway to try anything else - well that's how I feel at the moment after my big lose on the motorway back in June.
However, a LOT of cars give way to you on the welly motorway and people are mostly courteous. I spend a lot of time waving thanks to those who have let me through.
NC
19th August 2004, 14:47
I admit to kicking in a door or two, but loud pipes save lives.
And it is kinda risky if you piss off the wrong person who has nothing to loose by knocking you off
The def drive too, yah know.
And as for the "nearly" legally blind, that's why they have catseyes on the road.. :crazy:
:D
Cajun
19th August 2004, 14:51
well if they can't hear me my stock exhust has been moded, they should be able to see me in my bright yellow bike yellow helmet, and bright yellow safety jacket i have been wearing around town
i guy the other day told me he saw the jacket before he even saw the headlight
best of all work paid for the jacket
hahahah water proof and wind proof
NC
19th August 2004, 15:04
well if they can't hear me my stock exhust has been moded, they should be able to see me in my bright yellow bike yellow helmet, and bright yellow safety jacket i have been wearing around town
i guy the other day told me he saw the jacket before he even saw the headlight
best of all work paid for the jacket
hahahah water proof and wind proof
Dude, you stand out like a Terrorist at a FBI conference.. hehe
Cajun
19th August 2004, 15:05
Dude, you stand out like a Terrorist at a FBI conference.. hehe
yeah that has good and bad sides tho.
hence why some reasons i ride the wifes bike for a few days, and wear my black jacket and different helmet, its good having 3 lots of riding gear haahahha
NC
19th August 2004, 15:13
yeah that has good and bad sides tho.
hence why some reasons i ride the wifes bike for a few days, and wear my black jacket and different helmet, its good having 3 lots of riding gear haahahha
Pahaha!
Yes, I know what yah mean:)
Cajun
19th August 2004, 15:15
really i am a good boy really i am
hahahah i wish
NC
19th August 2004, 15:17
really i am a good boy really i am
hahahah i wish
And I have all my demerit points :wacko:
Cajun
19th August 2004, 15:21
And I have all my demerit points :wacko:
i don't but i can blame a dodgy speedo on my gsxr1100 was in miles, i though i was doing 65miles which is 108km/h turned out it was 118km/h i was doing damn thing,
vifferman
19th August 2004, 15:21
I put really loud horns on my VFR, and used them a lot, but I've mellowed a bit over the last year, and haven't done anything aggressive, rarely even resorting to "tootling vigorously" at wayward braindead car drivers. However, in the past, I've followed a woman who cut me off on the bridge, and when she eventually got to her destination, told her what a crap driver she was.
Also, the year before last, a lady in a BMW cut me off, and either hit my front wheel, or I lost it taking evasive action, and I dropped my newly-repaired VFR on the road. First thing I did after I stood up was yell, "YOU STUPID BITCH!!" at her. She was most apologetic, admitted fault, and paid for everything.
I'm very aware of how easy people slip into road rage mode (I've had a door kicked in), and how vulnerable we are on bikes, so it's best not to provoke people. Yesterday, a dork in a WRX, nearly changed lanes into me, then promptly cut off the guy in front of me by swerving violently into his lane. The guy in front of me tooted the horn, and the dork had the effrontery to give him the finger, when he was the one in the wrong! If the guy in front of me had then taken offense at this, I'm sure Mr Rude-WRX would've got very nasty. Dick.
Blakamin
19th August 2004, 15:26
When idiots dont know how to merge in Paraparaumu when i'm following and they stop.... then i get pissed right off... and normally go round them with the finger up screaming something about road rules :ar15:
I'd love a "how to merge" and "turn into your own fu(king lane" pamphlet made up so i could stick it to their windsceen as i go passed...
when in the cage with the missus...... :mad:
thats why i ride :D... the relaxation
Firefight
19th August 2004, 15:27
There are a lot smarter ways to get revenge..than kicking doors and breaking mirrors....
F/F :wacko:
Mr Skid
19th August 2004, 15:27
I still have some fishing sinkers from the running repair preformed on the last KB coro ride.
I don't really get angry enough to throw them at cages, so if someone else will put them to better use, they're yours!
I am considering mounting a duplicate horn button on the right grip so I can give the finger at the same time as beeping :banana:
NC
19th August 2004, 15:29
I put really loud horns on my VFR, and used them a lot, but I've mellowed a bit over the last year, and haven't done anything aggressive, rarely even resorting to "tootling vigorously" at wayward braindead car drivers. However, in the past, I've followed a woman who cut me off on the bridge, and when she eventually got to her destination, told her what a crap driver she was.
Also, the year before last, a lady in a BMW cut me off, and either hit my front wheel, or I lost it taking evasive action, and I dropped my newly-repaired VFR on the road. First thing I did after I stood up was yell, "YOU STUPID BITCH!!" at her. She was most apologetic, admitted fault, and paid for everything.
I'm very aware of how easy people slip into road rage mode (I've had a door kicked in), and how vulnerable we are on bikes, so it's best not to provoke people. Yesterday, a dork in a WRX, nearly changed lanes into me, then promptly cut off the guy in front of me by swerving violently into his lane. The guy in front of me tooted the horn, and the dork had the effrontery to give him the finger, when he was the one in the wrong! If the guy in front of me had then taken offense at this, I'm sure Mr Rude-WRX would've got very nasty. Dick.
Yep, most bikes have pissant horns, I had a mate put airhorns on my 93 ZXR250.
You get the triple pack and remove the largest horn, and attach the two shorter ones. Hehe OMFG those things are loud :D
Cajun
19th August 2004, 15:31
There are a lot smarter ways to get revenge..than kicking doors and breaking mirrors....
F/F :wacko:
quite old man dc:<
i don't really do that now days i did when i was younger tho, reason i got air horns now, air horns and the good old one finger wave
NC
19th August 2004, 15:32
There are a lot smarter ways to get revenge..than kicking doors and breaking mirrors....
F/F :wacko:
Just cause I'm a weirdo, doesn't mean I'm good at stalking :shifty:
toads
19th August 2004, 15:32
I usually swear and glare, but I'm too damn slow to catch up to the offender generally to even consider swiping at their vehicle, the thing that annoys me most is when they are in the wrong and they shake their fist at you and beep the horn, it happens a lot here, people with zero driving skills and manners.
One time my son was riding his scooter a heavily tattoed guy in a huge valiant/or similar started beeping at him and pointing at the side of the road indicating that my boy should pull over, thinking something was wrong with his scooter, he pulled to the side of the road, the guy in the valiant, honked the horn and drove past laughing, he just wanted to get past my son who was riding at 50kms, my boy was furious, and had he been on his cbr I know he would have kicked the guys door in, two days later he was still fuming about it. I'm glad he was riding the scooter or he may have ended up getting severely beaten by the valiant driver had he kicked the door.
Firefight
19th August 2004, 15:35
Just cause I'm a weirdo, doesn't mean I'm good at stalking :shifty:
Define "Weirdo"
F/F :wacko:
Cajun
19th August 2004, 15:37
Define "Weirdo"
F/F :wacko:
weirdo = FF
hahahahha i'm not doing anything to drive down your share price buddy
riffer
19th August 2004, 15:43
And I have all my demerit points :wacko:
Can I have some of yours? Mine are almost completely worn out ;)
NC
19th August 2004, 15:45
Define "Weirdo"
F/F :wacko:
:blink: It's unexplainable, it's more of a visual thing.
NC
19th August 2004, 15:49
Can I have some of yours? Mine are almost completely worn out ;)
I had to have a 3 month rest to get them back :(
riffer
19th August 2004, 15:54
I had to have a 3 month rest to get them back :(
I'm only a 15km/hr ticket away from my 3 month rest....
NC
19th August 2004, 16:00
I'm only a 15km/hr ticket away from my 3 month rest....
How many months till the first ticket clicks over to two years since you got it?
I was 3 months off. The second ticket I got was 12 hours after I got the NC30 for doing 147kms in a 100kms area. I thank the breaking power of the NC30 for helping me not lose my licence on the spot, concidering I was doing 210kms when I saw him.
*walks into garage and huggles bike*
gav
19th August 2004, 16:09
Had a car try and turn into me when I was turning right and they were turning left, chick driving, boyfriend in passenger seat, he must have said to keep turning and was pissing himself with laughter as I give him the evil eye. Only about 200 yards up the road had to wait for the lights and they pulled into lane one over from me and behind, so I managed to back pedal bike to pull up beside them and tapped on window. Young guy and girl looked shit scared and just sat their staring straight ahead and trying to ignore me, and I'm yelling at them "not so loud now aye punk" Soon as lights changed they ducked around corner, i just laughed and cruised off, hopefully they won't try that stunt again :headbang:
Motu
19th August 2004, 16:39
I don't have any trouble with bikes when I drive my Pajero...they all seem to move over for me when I change lanes...I don't remember to indicate often,usualy after I'm done it...but bike riders are pretty smart and get the idea real quick.Sometimes they knock on my window - but hey...I can't hear what they are saying with those silly helmets on - anyway,a quick blast with my turbo and I don't see them anymore.
wari
19th August 2004, 16:41
I WOnderr if jowsting stickes would worke ona motorbike ... :wait:
FROSTY
19th August 2004, 16:54
Ohh no Im totally the apytimey (sp) of politeness when dealing with idiot drivers.
I would never encourage --for example -kicking rear vision mirrors off of cars when they clearly arent being used.
Nor would I give them a taste of their own medicine by riding at 40km/h in a 50km/h zone
I would NEVER cary a pocket full of ball bearings to toss back at the idiots.
In no way would I ever encourage such anti social behavour from other KB members either. :devil2:
YEA RIGHT
wari
19th August 2004, 17:02
... anyway,a quick blast with my turbo and I don't see them anymore.
TIMe you had that TURbo seen to mate ... THInk of the chillen brethin inn those thicke toxick fumes .. :spudwave:
THis has beena word fromme® the wise ... :moon:
Posh Tourer :P
19th August 2004, 17:02
Epitome.
I thought the rear-vision mirror was inside the car.... thats a mighty effort of dexterity...
NC
19th August 2004, 17:02
Ohh no Im totally the apytimey (sp) of politeness when dealing with idiot drivers.
I would never encourage --for example -kicking rear vision mirrors off of cars when they clearly arent being used.
Nor would I give them a taste of their own medicine by riding at 40km/h in a 50km/h zone
I would NEVER cary a pocket full of ball bearings to toss back at the idiots.
In no way would I ever encourage such anti social behavour from other KB members either. :devil2:
YEA RIGHT
Mmmm Tui :eek:
FROSTY
19th August 2004, 17:05
Epitome.
I thought the rear-vision mirror was inside the car.... thats a mighty effort of dexterity...
Hmm--thats the word-ty PT--oh and I mean the ones outside the car
wari
19th August 2004, 17:06
Epitome.
I thought the rear-vision mirror was inside the car.... thats a mighty effort of dexterity...
THats wherre jowsting stickes come in handy ... :apint: <=unrelated ... just what I feelle like right now.
Firefight
19th August 2004, 17:08
I WOnderr if jowsting stickes would worke ona motorbike ... :wait:
depends on how much you had to pay for them....
F/F :wacko:
wari
19th August 2004, 17:10
depends on how much you had to pay for them....
F/F :wacko:
WEll .. .ifya gottim for half price ... theyd bea bargin ... :not:
NC
19th August 2004, 17:11
THats wherre jowsting stickes come in handy ... :apint: <=unrelated ... just what I feelle like right now.
:killingme :killingme
Firefight
19th August 2004, 17:14
WEll .. .ifya gottim for half price ... theyd bea bargin ... :not:
Its has to be said I guess,,,,
Na... tellhim he's deamin
F/F :crazy:
dhunt
19th August 2004, 17:31
I'm sure that everyone at sometime has had a bad day, and then some wowser pulls out and just about knocks you off your bike, or does knock you off your bike.:eek5:
Do you let it ride, or chase them and give them the ole "it's not like you use your mirrors anyway, so you don't need them." or the "character dents"?
Generally I'm too busy putting on the ankors and then trying to get round the cages after they come to their senses (or don't). Sometimes I feel like doing something but don't as normally it is just their stupidity and would think we were the idiots if we bash their cages. Also you never know if you get in trouble they might end up helping you.
David
Motu
19th August 2004, 17:50
Me aggressive?..heh,heh,heh,not on bikes,but my cars often are a bit beat up looking...revenge is sweet.
Now dogs are a different story - I really hate dogs that come out and chase and bark at me when I'm on a bike.But I usualy ride dirt bikes - one little yappy mutt used to come out at me every morning...so I took to chasing him ,pretty soon he'd run home,well, I would chase him there too,all over the front lawn,nice big slides with my 4.00 18 knob.After a few days of this he decided he might just stay at home when the noisy bike went past.You don't even need a dirt bike - a certain German Shepard would come out of his kennel in the mornings as he heard a vehicle come down the gravel road,then stand by the gate ready to run out....but when he saw a lime green C50 coming down the road he would go back to his kennel.It's just a matter of training.
Blakamin
19th August 2004, 18:05
A boss of mine used to have a rotty that ate tyres on the back of harleys - while they were moving.... shame he owned a harley shop, really...
Kickaha
19th August 2004, 18:16
I WOnderr if jowsting stickes would worke ona motorbike ... :wait:
Been done before by some French nutters,only works against other bikes though.
I only ever give them car driving wankers the finger if they piss me off,this is pretty rare as I don't bother riding round town much
aff-man
19th August 2004, 18:30
Bloody guy did it to me yesterday he looks sees me a little behind him and then starts moving into me. I think he was blind. So i pull up next to him . shake my head and burn off(under the speed limit even). Sure enough 20 secs later i am just ho-humming as i go home and here he comes vroom vroom in his ute. Idiot
torque(sorry if i get this wrong) what is it about driving cars that makes you such arsehols??? :bleh: :bleh:
Ms Piggy
19th August 2004, 18:38
I usually just shake my head and laugh at wankers on the road or give them a good glare! Yeah that will teach ya!! :crazy: I decided it's not worth my while getting upset, I'd rather enjoy the ride. :ride:
badlieutenant
19th August 2004, 18:38
I admit to kicking in a door or two, but loud pipes save lives.
And it is kinda risky if you piss off the wrong person who has nothing to loose by knocking you off
was driving home and saw a cage nearly drift into a rider, rider taps window, no bashing or anything, just a tap. and continues on. I watched the guy in the guy swerv to take the bike out. couldnt F%$ing beleive it. and then the driver tries to get through traffic to hunt him down. What a loser but the guy on the bike was lucky, the car missed him by about 30cm's.
Skyryder
19th August 2004, 19:46
Celtiic S Lilly has the right attitude. Don't let the bastard spoil your day.
At the end of the day you are more vulneable than the cage. Upset someone and they loose it...............just not worth the heavy shit if you go down.
Think right, ride right, stay upright. Them's the three R's
Skyryder
NC
19th August 2004, 19:59
Celtiic S Lilly has the right attitude. Don't let the bastard spoil your day.
At the end of the day you are more vulneable than the cage. Upset someone and they loose it...............just not worth the heavy shit if you go down.
Think right, ride right, stay upright. Them's the three R's
Skyryder
All I have to say is.......
Auckland Taxi Drivers:mellow:
KATWYN
19th August 2004, 20:11
My thoughts are...no matter how angry you feel at
bad drivers and want to hassel them back....They
are in the bigger vehicle- so count to ten and stay
calm
marty
19th August 2004, 20:29
I usually swear and glare, but I'm too damn slow to catch up to the offender generally to even consider swiping at their vehicle, the thing that annoys me most is when they are in the wrong and they shake their fist at you and beep the horn, it happens a lot here, people with zero driving skills and manners.
One time my son was riding his scooter a heavily tattoed guy in a huge valiant/or similar started beeping at him and pointing at the side of the road indicating that my boy should pull over, thinking something was wrong with his scooter, he pulled to the side of the road, the guy in the valiant, honked the horn and drove past laughing, he just wanted to get past my son who was riding at 50kms, my boy was furious, and had he been on his cbr I know he would have kicked the guys door in, two days later he was still fuming about it. I'm glad he was riding the scooter or he may have ended up getting severely beaten by the valiant driver had he kicked the door.
only a brave man kicks a valiant. they're real steel don'y you know
marty
19th August 2004, 20:37
driving 280k a day i see my share of inconsiderate (and dickheads texting) drivers. 95k in the fast lane of the motorway, not passing trucks on the gordonton rd when there's plenty of room, or my personal 'favorite' - not dipping headlights when following. the other morning, a VY commodore that i had (nicely) passed, once he was about 1km behind me, flicked his lights onto high beam. i adjusted my mirrors, tapped the brakes to flash the brake lights (sometimes that works), and tried speeding up, but at 130k he was still behind me. i ended up stopping, u-turning, lights on high beam, waiting for him to go past, then u-turned and pulled in behind and flicked MY lights on him. made me feel a lot better. he took off at 160k, and i didn't see him again til he was parked on the roadside with a huntly night shift patrol unit, in the taupiri gorge. i tooted as i cruised past, and laughed all the way to work......
Zed
19th August 2004, 21:22
I'm sure that everyone at sometime has had a bad day, and then some wowser pulls out and just about knocks you off your bike, or does knock you off your bike.:eek5:
Do you let it ride, or chase them and give them the ole "it's not like you use your mirrors anyway, so you don't need them." or the "character dents"?
I admit to bashing a few cars. And "hocking" on a car after she squirted me with her window cleaning crap in the eye. Well those are the ones I'm admitting too :)
If you've ridden bikes for any length of time you would know that "close calls" are part of the riding experience. Aggression won't solve anything, it may make you feel better at the end of the day, but if anything it will just make things worse and lead from a molehill into a mountain!
Personally I've never willfully damaged anyone else's vehicle in an accident situation or otherwise just because I may have been angry at them for what they did...I like to try my best to stay away from other vehicles on the road if at all possible and the best method on a bike is to keep in front of the traffic, especially on the open road. :cool:
Zed
Zapf
19th August 2004, 21:28
how about stealth mounting a CO2 gas pistol inside the flaring.? or drop a bag of nails (over the top) in front of that cage?
or mount a squirt bottle of oil and give it a good squirt at their tires when they are stopped at the lights?
:innocent:
I sometimes wonder where will my imagination take me.
NordieBoy
19th August 2004, 21:38
I sometimes wonder where will my imagination take me.
A&E?
.........
Mr Skid
19th August 2004, 22:00
how about stealth mounting a CO2 gas pistol inside the flaring.? or drop a bag of nails (over the top) in front of that cage?
or mount a squirt bottle of oil and give it a good squirt at their tires when they are stopped at the lights?
Now that we've ventured into the realms of gleeful folly, I recall a particular conspiracy theory surrounding princess diana death being caused by motorcycle mounted MI5 agent(s) blinding her driver with a strobe light - road safety aside - that'd be the way to go!
Attach a strobe to your pillion seat, pull in front of the errant driver and blind them! They couldn't see your number plate to identify you, and the roads would be safer for a few minutes while they stopped to regain their vision! :cool:
enigma51
19th August 2004, 22:07
I tend to look at them and if they say sorry I do nothing otherwise I have a small problem with anger realy small I promise. The best one I ever did was this dud that cut me off and when I looked at him he showed me the finger. What he did not expect is that when we stopped at the traffic light I kicked the stand out got off the bike and walked to his window and asked him in a very calm voice what is his problem and cant he drive. The response was how shall I say ......... funny. Sorry I did not see you.
Zed
19th August 2004, 22:13
I tend to look at them and if they say sorry I do nothing otherwise I have a small problem with anger realy small I promise. The best one I ever did was this dud that cut me off and when I looked at him he showed me the finger. What he did not expect is that when we stopped at the traffic light I kicked the stand out got off the bike and walked to his window and asked him in a very calm voice what is his problem and cant he drive. The response was how shall I say ......... funny. Sorry I did not see you.
So honestly enigma, what would you have done had this driver got out of his car and took you on (helmet & all)? :sweatdrop
Bleck K6
19th August 2004, 22:15
I hate when the f**kers look at you with the, what are you talkin about, terrified look.
Zapf
19th August 2004, 22:31
Now that we've ventured into the realms of gleeful folly, I recall a particular conspiracy theory surrounding princess diana death being caused by motorcycle mounted MI5 agent(s) blinding her driver with a strobe light - road safety aside - that'd be the way to go!
Attach a strobe to your pillion seat, pull in front of the errant driver and blind them! They couldn't see your number plate to identify you, and the roads would be safer for a few minutes while they stopped to regain their vision! :cool:
Good plan, just make sure you get the hell out of the way before they rear end the car or (bike which WAS in front of them)
A few years ago I was so annoyed about speed cameras, was really thinking of buying a industrial laser to mount in my car, so I can pull up and point that thing into the camera lense and burn up that chip behind the lens. I only got put off by the price of those lasers.
loosebruce
19th August 2004, 22:54
kicked a few doors in and knocked a few mirrors off, and given tons of people fingers etc
thats a normal day
Shit if that's what it's like in tauranga you best not move to auckland cajun!
I find the carbon kevlar kunckles quite handy for rapping on a window at times, but most of the time now i just tend to think wtf to myself and carry on.
Kwaka-Kid
20th August 2004, 01:34
Shit! So many replies to get thru and i gotta be up @ 7am to work on bikes... But with me...
I havnt yet done anything like physical to another car or anything, coz whenever shit happens i usually damn near piss my pants and have to concentrate on not letting the fluid flow! and by the time my fingures have stopped hurting from all the blood that seems to instantly get pumped to them when i get a massive surprise like a jerk pulling out on me - they have already gone the other way, or i have already gotten passed and out of the situation! if ever i do see them for longer i.e we are going the same way, i just shake my head as/if i go passed.
Never used the horn on anything, i hate them. only seldomly to say goodbye or something.
In my last major experience Putman was following me when we were legally splitting down SH16 b4 waterview offramp, and all of a sudden the car to my front right as i was coming passed jumped into the left lane, shit me there was no indication and i usually tell when its gunna happen as when i see a gap in a lane i just think "careful, someone might jump out and take it" but shit this 4x4 made a bloody gap in hte traffic and nearly swipped the front wheel off my bike, i instantly grabbed the front brake hard on my NC24 with shitty front tyre at the time and locked it up for a little and let it out and grabbed again etc, .. once i realised what had happend and that i was soo lucky not to have been hit, the guy gave a long hard toot of his horn and swung his finger out the window at me! i soo couldnt believe it! i was like, shit me man u nearly nailed my bike and ur throwing me the finger? but he then turned off @ waterview and i wanted to keep on... once me and putman next stopped we talked about it and damn he apparently nearly ran right up the rear of me!
Althogh after that one, and the many like it i have said to whoever is around or myself "Shit, oh if i had a spare 5mins i woulda f***in got out and pounded the shit outta him" or "Shit i shoulda just kicked a big f-off dent in his car, or punched out a mirror!" I soon wakeup to the reality that im only a skinny lanky 6ft white boy with nothing to show, and more to the point nothing to prove! so why bother? just be happy that i survived another experience and saved myself that 5mins of dreaming i was beating the guy up when really itd be 5mins of getting my ass kicked.
But nevertheless good luck to all the real hard men out there whooping some ass.
sAsLEX
20th August 2004, 01:52
most they get is an angered arm raise normally, like the people that thought they could turn in front of me at cook st heading in to town, I get a green light and a car full of a...... waits till I am halfway across the intersection then pulls out and turns right from across the other side of the intersection, only just saw me and they all decided to wave at me ?? so I waved back in my local custom :finger:
Cajun
20th August 2004, 07:42
Shit if that's what it's like in tauranga you best not move to auckland cajun!
I find the carbon kevlar kunckles quite handy for rapping on a window at times, but most of the time now i just tend to think wtf to myself and carry on.
i did live in auckland i moved hahahaha
scumdog
25th August 2004, 10:55
I don't have any trouble with bikes when I drive my Pajero...they all seem to move over for me when I change lanes...I don't remember to indicate often,usualy after I'm done it...but bike riders are pretty smart and get the idea real quick.Sometimes they knock on my window - but hey...I can't hear what they are saying with those silly helmets on - anyway,a quick blast with my turbo and I don't see them anymore.
Nope. Still can't figure why the above is on this site. I'll think about it some more and maybe it will come to me :wacko:
Deano
25th August 2004, 11:49
Now dogs are a different story - I really hate dogs that come out and chase and bark at me when I'm on a bike.But I usualy ride dirt bikes - one little yappy mutt used to come out at me every morning...so I took to chasing him ,pretty soon he'd run home,well, I would chase him there too,all over the front lawn,nice big slides with my 4.00 18 knob.After a few days of this he decided he might just stay at home when the noisy bike went past.You don't even need a dirt bike - a certain German Shepard would come out of his kennel in the mornings as he heard a vehicle come down the gravel road,then stand by the gate ready to run out....but when he saw a lime green C50 coming down the road he would go back to his kennel.It's just a matter of training.
Its the useless owner that really needs training. A dog is only as clever as the training it receives. Owning a dog should require a licence, and not simply be a matter of right. (hops off soapbox)
Deano
25th August 2004, 11:51
Celtiic S Lilly has the right attitude. Don't let the bastard spoil your day.
At the end of the day you are more vulneable than the cage. Upset someone and they loose it...............just not worth the heavy shit if you go down.
Think right, ride right, stay upright. Them's the three R's
Skyryder
Hows about Retaliation, Repentence, Respect ?
Deano
25th August 2004, 11:59
So honestly enigma, what would you have done had this driver got out of his car and took you on (helmet & all)? :sweatdrop
The alternative is do nothing. The result of this will be.... nothing.
I don't let drivers get away with stupid shit on the road that endangers me without letting them know about it.
A polite word to an inconsiderate driver is everyone's right, and if they get aggro and assualt you, ring the cops. (Or beat the crap out of them yourself - its self defence if they start it you know)
If you're worried about getting assualted, ring *555 with the rego number.
But do nothing and don't expect anything to change.
p.s. you are better off to take the helmet off in a confrontation as they only need to grab it and you're screwed
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