scracha
18th March 2007, 16:04
Was getting cabin fever this morning so popped over the kaimai's to see another KBer. Took the Waihi road home, stuck to all the speed limits (50 points is enough thanks) and thoroughly enjoyed it even thought it was bucketing rain. First time I've been out in the bike since one of the local yoofs knocked me off a few weeks back. Bike seems fine apart from the fairing cracks :yes:
Anyways....
Passed an SUV coming out of the roundabout (coming from Matamata on SH29, the one next to the toll road gates) as it's two lanes and goes up a hill. Carries on up the road minding my own business, took a right into Pye Pa Road.
Tootling along trying to remember if the turn off is the third or fourth on the right. Looks in rear mirror and I swear to Gawd an SUV is about 6 inches off my rear tyre. Checked speedo, I'm doing 52 (bad boy eh!). "WTF" thinks I. I put my left hand down pointing to the ground in a friendly "slow down" gesture. SUV blats horn. "fuggim" thinks I. I've spotted the turn off anyway so indicate right. Left hand up to wave bye bye to him (again, no 1 finger salute or anything as he's in a rather large vehicle). "Wanker" shouts our SUV driving friend out the side window. End of story thinks I but no....
Looked left and noticed he's indicating right and looks like he's gonna pull a U-turn. Not wanting to bring him and the aggro back to a fellow KBer's place I pull a U-turn and go further along the road. Pull into a sidestreet at random. SUV driver follows me and pulls up in front of me. I sit on bike till he gets out and I can ascertain that there's only one person in the SUV and he's not got a weapon. Shouts "have you got fu#kin airbrakes?" towards him. Calm down a little (a.k.a. the red mist dissapates) and get off the bike.
Ask him what his problem is. The guy starts ranting and raving about "blasting past him in the 80 zone after the roundabout. "So what? I overtook you says I, why were you driving up my arse". "You shot past me and then drove really slowly". I tell him I was merely following the speed limit and if he wanted to speed through town he could pass me whenever he liked. What followed was much tooing and fro'ing about what was his problem with being passed. I also told him I never saw an 80 sign. He then whines about my doing 50 in a 60. I told him I didn't know it was a 60, that I was looking at the street naems to find a turn off, and thats it was still no reason to drive right up my arse. He carries on ranting, I carry on telling him he shouldn't drive right onto my rear tyre, etc.
I eventually give up, apologise, tell him "he's correct, sorry, etc" and then get back on bike. Some folk there's no reasoning with. His parting shot was glowering at me and muttering something about "I've got your number". F@ck knows what that meant, maybe he's sending the boys round tonight.
Curiosity got the better of me on the way home so I took a detour via the toll road. The 50 was a 60 (he was right and I'd apologised about this anyway) and as far as I could see the 80 was a 100 (I was right). In any event, I don't think I'd hit much more than 80 in the 100 zone anyways as I was following other cars.
Didn't spoil my day's riding though.
Anyways....
Passed an SUV coming out of the roundabout (coming from Matamata on SH29, the one next to the toll road gates) as it's two lanes and goes up a hill. Carries on up the road minding my own business, took a right into Pye Pa Road.
Tootling along trying to remember if the turn off is the third or fourth on the right. Looks in rear mirror and I swear to Gawd an SUV is about 6 inches off my rear tyre. Checked speedo, I'm doing 52 (bad boy eh!). "WTF" thinks I. I put my left hand down pointing to the ground in a friendly "slow down" gesture. SUV blats horn. "fuggim" thinks I. I've spotted the turn off anyway so indicate right. Left hand up to wave bye bye to him (again, no 1 finger salute or anything as he's in a rather large vehicle). "Wanker" shouts our SUV driving friend out the side window. End of story thinks I but no....
Looked left and noticed he's indicating right and looks like he's gonna pull a U-turn. Not wanting to bring him and the aggro back to a fellow KBer's place I pull a U-turn and go further along the road. Pull into a sidestreet at random. SUV driver follows me and pulls up in front of me. I sit on bike till he gets out and I can ascertain that there's only one person in the SUV and he's not got a weapon. Shouts "have you got fu#kin airbrakes?" towards him. Calm down a little (a.k.a. the red mist dissapates) and get off the bike.
Ask him what his problem is. The guy starts ranting and raving about "blasting past him in the 80 zone after the roundabout. "So what? I overtook you says I, why were you driving up my arse". "You shot past me and then drove really slowly". I tell him I was merely following the speed limit and if he wanted to speed through town he could pass me whenever he liked. What followed was much tooing and fro'ing about what was his problem with being passed. I also told him I never saw an 80 sign. He then whines about my doing 50 in a 60. I told him I didn't know it was a 60, that I was looking at the street naems to find a turn off, and thats it was still no reason to drive right up my arse. He carries on ranting, I carry on telling him he shouldn't drive right onto my rear tyre, etc.
I eventually give up, apologise, tell him "he's correct, sorry, etc" and then get back on bike. Some folk there's no reasoning with. His parting shot was glowering at me and muttering something about "I've got your number". F@ck knows what that meant, maybe he's sending the boys round tonight.
Curiosity got the better of me on the way home so I took a detour via the toll road. The 50 was a 60 (he was right and I'd apologised about this anyway) and as far as I could see the 80 was a 100 (I was right). In any event, I don't think I'd hit much more than 80 in the 100 zone anyways as I was following other cars.
Didn't spoil my day's riding though.