Why do cars just wanna always take on the bike?

[saltydog]

Just leaving the house, sunday evening ride and this chicky in a old red mazda comes right up behind me....too close, so I pull away slightly, it's a down hill section into town (cold tyres taking it easy) and bugger me shes on me like shit on a blanket. I mean she must have been all of 16, you know know big sunny brigade, and she just wouldnt budge. So ok i take this corner at bike speed and she comes flying around the corner over the centre line trying to keep up (any one knows hillcrest rd into Whakatane will tell you theres not much room to move). I get to the bottom, purposely slow down to a sedate 50 and fark me there she is giving me the bird?!
Seems like whenever these boy racer types see a bike it turns them into some kind of deranged F1 manaic that just wants to take you on.
Any one else experience this type of madness?
Oh, hit a magpie on my ride, actually the first time I've ever hit one in anything, so was (in a sic way) kinda chuffed. Had to pull over and pull him out of my radiator and fairing, no damage thanks to the rad-guard. The lingering the smell of cooked bird is all I can smell in the garage......
oh the simple things in life......

[jrandom]

I had a chap in an Audi RS4 try to play with me on the K2 the other week. Sitting alongside me for a while, he was, and surprised me by suddenly flooring it.

I was in top gear, just idling along with my head in the clouds, so the only learn he received was of the unprepared roll-on flavour. Took me a full half second or so to catch him and disappear into the distance.

I felt that that was rather letting the GSX-R1000 side down, so a km or two later I drew back alongside him and ostentatiously shifted down into third.

What happened next has probably caused RS4 Man to go home and start thinking about getting his 6L.

:D

[Deviant Esq]

The lingering the smell of cooked bird is all I can smell in the garage......
The one that wound up in the radiator... or the silly bint who was following you?! :blink:

Yep, that pisses me right off too. Annoying thing is when you're splitting up to the front of the queue, and there's some hotshot in his tarted up Skyline or Evo or whatever happens to be there, just waiting for someone to drag them. Actually the big 4WDs always seem to be willing to have a crack. Frustrating either way... especially if you're on a 4/ 250 single. I've taken to stopping just behind them if I think they're going to try it on... rather not get knocked off by some loser.

[saltydog]

He was just flexing his swedish penis extension, which was obviously inadquate. Gota stick up for the cause........and in third no less. Dick heads ay!

[iwilde]

I get them in HSV's and XR8's. Feels good to take them up to their max speed then watch them cry in my magic mirrors.

[Gremlin]

Yep, that pisses me right off too. Annoying thing is when you're splitting up to the front of the queue, and there's some hotshot in his tarted up Skyline or Evo or whatever happens to be there, just waiting for someone to drag them.
Funniest is when 2 are trying to take each other on... best is when you arrive as they take off, and bloooow by, coz they didn't have the chance to see you. :laugh:

Even the full standing start... by the time you actually have some traction to use... its already over. I wouldn't even call it racing... they never have a chance :sleep:

[saltydog]

I get them in HSV's and XR8's. Feels good to take them up to their max speed then watch them cry in my magic mirrors.

There definitley two types arent there. The frustrated older gentleman with the HSV/XR8's/Euro muscle and theres the Evo crew. The first lot will just sink their foot to the floor and go you until you pass them. The second lot will almost die for the cause trying to keep up with you and then some. Goes to show that young dumb and full of come will always outlast the wisened old warrior. (but not in the bedroom!!!)

[mitchilin]

Wierdest person trying it on for me was a thalidimite(don't know about the spelling,never had to spell it before) wanting to race .I was at a set of lights waiting,look across and this funny looking chick in a special car is really excited wanting to race.It was just surreal.Gpz vs honda civic?

[mitchilin]

Very good.To be honest I was freaked.It was too strange.I'm used to some ppl with issues wanting some validation by having a "race" with a bike but beating a Kawaski with a Honda ain't gonna grow you arms.

[klingon]

... Annoying thing is when you're splitting up to the front of the queue, and there's some hotshot in his tarted up Skyline or Evo or whatever happens to be there, just waiting for someone to drag them. Actually the big 4WDs always seem to be willing to have a crack. Frustrating either way... especially if you're on a 4/ 250 single. I've taken to stopping just behind them if I think they're going to try it on... rather not get knocked off by some loser.

Why do they do that?! Even I get it - and I'm a chick on a Volty for crying out loud! :pinch: They must be really thick to think I need to race them to prove anything.

[mitchilin]

You have to be carefull.Some people think its an insult if you beat them off the lights.On a bike u will not see them until the next set where they think they got something to prove.If you're gonna play with em you have to set some distance because you can't keep record of who you passed.

[mitchilin]

I'm really drunk now and going to bed

[saltydog]

Why do they do that?! Even I get it - and I'm a chick on a Volty for crying out loud! :pinch: They must be really thick to think I need to race them to prove anything.

I reckon it's because a bike is the benchmark for speed.

[skidMark]

yeah had a guy recently ish....

give me a go in his hotted up wrx version 8 (i think)....

after bugeye model so ur talking pretty new
full body kit spoiler......... nice wheels...nicely lowered (for better cornering not no springs on bump stops)

all the gauges on the pillar etc...

riding along thru botany i'm going along at 60 ish ...come up beside him...sees me we are side by side for a few seconds i open my visor and say nice car...get back...cheers bro..then he drops it down...and plants it...wasnt expecting it at all aye...
i was like arg...i was in 3rd on my iddy biddy 250...could be arsed downshifting......

but he was staggered ahead because i wasnt prepared to race.....

and hes going full tit...i'm just sitting there thru the gears going...shouldnt this thing be creaming my bike...he keeps looking in his mirror...and gradually i'm catching up...but i had to back off as he was about to plow into a van so gave him room to get back in lol

of course this is all just hearsay and i'm quite likely talking a load of smack and this event never actually happened :Police::stupid:

[saltydog]

would have been ironical if he did plough the van and you cruised around both of them......into the distance.:shifty:

[skelstar]

I hardly ever get a 'race' (I live in the Hutt!!!), but until very recently I was on a commuterish looking bike... and I never look like I want a 'race'. The jap SB ridering mates always reckon they get a challenge and they are sick of it.

[avgas]

I do the exact thing to cars, sit behind them pushing them faster and faster untill the cop appears in front, i slam on the picks and the cop busts the moron in front of me.
Its way more fun than passing them.

[klyong82]

I had a guy in a silver RS4 that was behind me at the traffic lights along Quay St and he was literally revving his stupid car while waiting for the lights to turn green. When it turned green I pulled the throttle and off i went hitting 60 on my first and there he came revving his car from the back at full speed as though he was gonna take me out. He pullled to the next lane without indicating and blasted off probably doing 70-80 till the next set of lights that turned yellow....I mean what is his problem....I just cannot understand certain behaviour. :bash:

[Finn]

He was just flexing his swedish penis extension,

I think that you'll find Audi is German. Nice car, but no match in a straight line with a bike.

[Tank]

I used to get it in my old car that was visually easy to tell that it was set up primarly for the track.

I never raced them (ever) in the traffic light drag strip - it simply isnt worth the effort - there is too much chance for a kid or something to jump out and get hit.

So I used to take off nice and slow and just cruise along - whilst they are revving the tits off the piece of shit they are driving. Invariably I meet them at the next set and they are yelling "we owned you" etc etc etc.

One kid was REALLY doing this in Taupo when I was down there for a track weekend - so in front of his mates I said - "Hey - we are 5 mins from Taupo track - I bet you I can get around the track faster that you"

More bragging from the fuckwits in the WRX.

me: "OK then lets do it - how about betting $1000 on a single lap?"

them: Sheepish looks, "Nagh dude - my cars umm setup for drag like, not track ay"

Wankers - the lot of them.

[Fatjim]

The Bayliss REALLY gets the WRX's reving. This dipshit tried to race me south from the Silverstream lights. This is possibly the most heavily policed bit of road in NZ. Anyway, I do the usual, just keep my nose ahead of him, up till about 140, I think i even had my left arm behind my back pretending it was tied. Fuck it took a while to get there, Backed off as I came round the corner and we go straight passed a copper parked up.

On come the disco lights as he races passed me as I'm pissing myself with laughter. Poor little twerp got a ticket:oi-grr:.

[F5 Dave]

Yeah that shopping basket add on TV doesn't help, (Think its the Mazda one that goes ZoomZoom, I always reach the mute button). Some urbanite is driving this little shitbox & there is a bike shown & the car pulls out & passes the bike. Gee it must be fast.

I remember this tit explaining to my Dad when he was looking at buying some Abarth Fiat ages back how the salesman passed this bike up Mount Vic in one. I imagined some petrified learner almost being driven off the road by some FW trying to prove himself.

Coming back from the racing eons ago this small dick in a Porch 911 starts tailgating my girlfriend on her GS500 around corners & everything. We were following in an old Falcon with a trailer & 3 bikes & horrified. So when there was a passing lane she kept slow to get him passed & Don gunned the Falcon which turned out to be a fairly big Cleveland & returned the favour to the Porche which couldn't seem to get away from this groady old car towing a trailer despite the elevated speeds. I think it scared him a bit, but I suspect he was still a wanker after the experience so it didn't achieve anything.

Be careful out there. No point getting crashed into by some wanker who can't slow down & thinks you are racing.

[Blackbird]

I've had a real laugh reading this thread. The tone in most of the posts seems to imply that cage drivers are willy-wavers who have the temerity to take on a bike! Doesn't this imply in reverse that the aforesaid bike riders are showing some willy-waving characteristics too for wanting to retaliate? Probably par for the course if you ride a Gixxer (cheap shot and I reluctantly apologise:whistle:).

Now don't get me wrong, it is sometimes quite rewarding to show some uppity tin top drivers the error of their ways but with the Blackbird, there aren't many cars short of something like a McLaren that will give it a run for it's money on accelleration, so I normally feel much better for showing some restraint and not bothering, safe in the knowledge that there's nothing to prove. I made an exception for the fat bastard and his family in the XR 8 up the Kaimais last summer who kept speeding up and moving into my lane to block me from coming past. He was left in no doubt what performance was all about.

Oh, and what's the saying about pride coming before a fall? I'd only had the bird a few days a few years back and was intent on out-dragging a Mercedes SLK from some traffic lights in Hamilton. I was a bit handy with the clutch and bloody near looped it. Another good reason for showing restraint:weep:

[janno]

The Bayliss REALLY gets the WRX's reving. This dipshit tried to race me south from the Silverstream lights. This is possibly the most heavily policed bit of road in NZ. Anyway, I do the usual, just keep my nose ahead of him, up till about 140, I think i even had my left arm behind my back pretending it was tied. Fuck it took a while to get there, Backed off as I came round the corner and we go straight passed a copper parked up.

On come the disco lights as he races passed me as I'm pissing myself with laughter. Poor little twerp got a ticket:oi-grr:.

Old age and cunning beats youth and beauty every time! Did you tootle him melodiously as you cruised past?

[yungatart]

Me, I'm a boring old nana. If they want to race, I refuse to play, just let them go.
I don't care what BS story they tell their mates about dragging off a bike. I have nothing to prove, and nothing to be ashamed of, so they can do what they like....don't bother me none.

[F5 Dave]

Possibly the point that has only briefly been touched on is that the Police take a dim view on racing of any sort. And with very good reason. A rush of blood will make people do some silly things & take risks they wouldn't normally.

At the risk of sounding like an old Nana it is better to just avoid it.

[Mikkel]

Yeah, let them go if they feel a need to prove something.

I tend to not accelerate too hard when in town, no reason to add to a tense atmosphere by cranking the 250 up to 19k revs just to sit at 70 km/h anyway... Sounds way too hysterical too.

If I was female I'd do the "what's this" pinky everytime! Doesn't really work for us guys though :(

[DMNTD]

Nothing better than appearing to take up the challenge...get into possition...rev your motor hard...lights go green...make a shit load of noise...and watch them disappear ahead of you towards a waiting cop :lol:
I don't race in town ever...open road can be different though.

[Sully60]

I don't even bother, none of there twerps can launch their cars properly anyway. The amount of times I'm pull up to the lights (in my work ute)and think I'll pull in behind
the Boy racer car in the right lane because they should get off the line ok, only to have them try and take off in second and let the Echo driven by Doris on her way to the bowling club get the holeshot!:doh:

Whats the point in "learning" people when they obviously can't string enough thought processes together to know when they should just let it go?
Seems like no one else has bothered to "learn" them anything else in their lives previously, it goes a way to explaining the inversve relationship of IQ to the level of boost these ejits run in their cars.

My two (wait 1.77c, taxman has the rest) cents, anyway.

[cowboyz]

I am not into trainspooting but interesting pasttime is noting that on EVERY ride at at least one fuel stop there will be a car that will accelerate faster than usual out of the servo if they see a group of sportbikes sitting there. It gets a bit of a groan from me.

Had an interesting conversation last weekend with 2 guys argueing which of the new fords or holdens are faster. I piped in with if you want power why are you buying a vechile that weighs a ton?

[limbimtimwim]

A fun thing to do when I had the GSXR was to take off not that slowly from some lights on the Hutt Road when there was a boy ricer car around, usually when it was full of girls. You know the type, guy wants to show off. Anyway, you proceed down the motorway at a legal speed. After a minute you see them in your mirrors approaching quickly in the other lane.

So you chop down from 6th to 3rd and wait for them to just pull up next to you, lean forward and open the tap all the way. You only need to hold it for a second and you are well in front again. Then of course the police paranoia kicks in and legal service returns, back down to a legit speed.

Yeah, it's macho 'my dick is bigger than yours' but it's good for a laugh as they pass you a bit further down the road.

[MSTRS]

... Probably par for the course if you ride a Gixxer (cheap shot and I reluctantly apologise:whistle:).

...

Oi you...apology reluctantly accepted.
I feel so ripped off tho...no-one has ever given me the 'eyebrow waggle' at the lights. Would I take their offer on??? Who knows. But why bother I guess.
Out on the open (closed, of course) road I suppose I could always let them think they're gunna beat me....wait until their shitbox is topped out, then I change into 2nd...Hah!!

[DMNTD]

Bloody gixxer hoon! :bleh:

[Eurodave]

I take great delight in hosing off these tryhards on my 32 year old 850-T Guzzi
To add insult to injury its got the standard very quiet pipes & the usual Guzzi loud tappet rattle & looks like an old shitter.... perfect for giving boy ricers the learn :whistle:

[MSTRS]

Bloody gixxer hoon! :bleh:

How well you know 'the type'....O! Re-badged One

[skelstar]

Can't wait to get the loud pipe for the twin :devil2:

[KATWYN]

Yea its a crack up when bikes are capable of speeds of 250 -300kmph and then you see a rust bucket nana car station wagon or some shitty old supermarket basket come up behind you and try and "take you on" :zzzz: for some reason they think miraculously their vehicles turn into the fastest vehicle on the planet.

I think its called dreaming.

I just let them go past - that way they feel real good when they skite to their mates that their shitty old unwarrented rust bucket with bald tyres and crappy suspension is faster than a sport bike

[Gremlin]

I'd only had the bird a few days a few years back and was intent on out-dragging a Mercedes SLK from some traffic lights in Hamilton. I was a bit handy with the clutch and bloody near looped it. Another good reason for showing restraint:weep:
Now that you mention your merc, I remember cruising up to a set of lights half a year back, just pootling along. 3 lanes went around a curve onto a bridge. Sitting on far left, as I ease off for the green, I hear this roar to my right, and find a Black CLK AMG getting a real good start.

Well... I couldn't let him have all the fun, so thought, what the heck, and chased him round the curve (on the outside). Struggled with traction all the way round, the twit ran a little wide onto the bridge, so I had to back off. Once he regained control, I passed :devil2:

Being that those things have large engines with some serious horsies, and cost a massive wad of cash... I still made it look slow past 240 :banana:

[skelstar]

... I still made it look slow past 240 :banana:
240km/h?

Yeah, sounds like those car drivers are real dick-heads huh? :mellow:

[Gremlin]

240km/h?

Yeah, sounds like those car drivers are real dick-heads huh? :mellow:
Yes... definitely... I had to show him the error of his ways :rolleyes:

No-one in front... was at a quieter time of the day, no side roads, etc

[phoenixgtr]

See, this is the weird thing. I haven't had anyone take me on since I got the 6R. I used to get it all the time on the little FXR but not now. I mean I've been at lights next to boy racers and thought "here we go" and they just dawdled off the line. Is the green beast too scary for them??

[Mikkel]

See, this is the weird thing. I haven't had anyone take me on since I got the 6R. I used to get it all the time on the little FXR but not now. I mean I've been at lights next to boy racers and thought "here we go" and they just dawdled off the line. Is the green beast too scary for them??

Nah, I think it's just that the cattle find the green colour very relaxing ;)

[Blue Velvet]

Recently had an older guy in a late model Alfa take off from some lights on the motorway in the lane next to me and cut me off. I changed lanes to get away from his looney arse when a mufti comes up behind and pulls him over while he was still doing his small cock acceleration move. Sucked to be him.

[Xaria]

I used to have a nifty fifty, and I would laugh every time I would get away quicker at the lights than the boy racer cars.

[kneescraper]

But it wouldnt matter if you were on a scooter or a ZZR1100, you would still beat him in a race because your the man. Hell, a 1200HP modded V8 supercar would stand a chance aganst you and your ZXR250...you are SKIDMARK...no one is a better rider/driver than you.

You rock :2thumbsup

Sorry, rant over...every post by that "kid" is some how link to his super large EGO.

Ive never had the problem of some one trying to drag race me...maybe its because Gisborne is full of old people still living in the 1800's.


yeah had a guy recently ish....

give me a go in his hotted up wrx version 8 (i think)....

after bugeye model so ur talking pretty new
full body kit spoiler......... nice wheels...nicely lowered (for better cornering not no springs on bump stops)

all the gauges on the pillar etc...

riding along thru botany i'm going along at 60 ish ...come up beside him...sees me we are side by side for a few seconds i open my visor and say nice car...get back...cheers bro..then he drops it down...and plants it...wasnt expecting it at all aye...
i was like arg...i was in 3rd on my iddy biddy 250...could be arsed downshifting......

but he was staggered ahead because i wasnt prepared to race.....

and hes going full tit...i'm just sitting there thru the gears going...shouldnt this thing be creaming my bike...he keeps looking in his mirror...and gradually i'm catching up...but i had to back off as he was about to plow into a van so gave him room to get back in lol

of course this is all just hearsay and i'm quite likely talking a load of smack and this event never actually happened :Police::stupid:

[MVnut]

Well we all know most bikes will dust cars in accelleration, but if you ever come up against a Fiat Bambina that looks stock except for fat tyres and a dump-pipe, be careful, it may be my old drag car......11.0 SS400m rather frightening actually with that wheelbase.:bleh::bleh::bleh:

[Mikkel]

MVnut... you're not a well man! Good thing you got your sanity back and went into biking!

Anyway, on my way home today I came up behind a newish (2007) BMW M3. Now, if I had the money I'd probably buy one of those too, since it's a rather nice 4 wheeler.
The guy was caught behind other traffic but I got a clear sensation that he was really really trying to loose me anyhow... *sigh*
I saw he was a youngish kid and was really really sad I didn't get the chance to pull up next to him and tell him that his "father has a great taste in cars!" :)

[westie]

yeah had a guy recently ish....

give me a go in his hotted up wrx version 8 (i think)....

after bugeye model so ur talking pretty new
full body kit spoiler......... nice wheels...nicely lowered (for better cornering not no springs on bump stops)

all the gauges on the pillar etc...

riding along thru botany i'm going along at 60 ish ...come up beside him...sees me we are side by side for a few seconds i open my visor and say nice car...get back...cheers bro..then he drops it down...and plants it...wasnt expecting it at all aye...
i was like arg...i was in 3rd on my iddy biddy 250...could be arsed downshifting......

but he was staggered ahead because i wasnt prepared to race.....

and hes going full tit...i'm just sitting there thru the gears going...shouldnt this thing be creaming my bike...he keeps looking in his mirror...and gradually i'm catching up...but i had to back off as he was about to plow into a van so gave him room to get back in lol

of course this is all just hearsay and i'm quite likely talking a load of smack and this event never actually happened :Police::stupid:

Dude you sound like the people in cars that want to race bikes. Sounds like it might be the last comment you made.

Aside from skids..... this car/race thing seems very widespread.
I almost got mounted by a large 4x4 yesterday that did not like me passing her.

[Coyote]

I prefur the cold approach. If I hear a 'revrev' next to me, I just keep staring at the lights. When they turn green, I'll quickly go to 100 (no wheelies) but no further. Hord Falcodores always have to proove they're bigger than me and scream past me doing 140+, and boy racers tend to do the same though their shit cars haven't picked up that much speed by the time they get to me.

Perfect example happened the other day. Got the revs begging me to race, 'don't notice him', tear off from the lights, see a Mazda Familia in my mirrors taking up both lanes so I veer to the left, screams past but only 10m ahead of me he hits the anchors. He prooved he was the bigger man, he didn't have to go any further and risk getting a ticket :p

[Boob Johnson]

See, this is the weird thing. I haven't had anyone take me on since I got the 6R. I used to get it all the time on the little FXR but not now. I mean I've been at lights next to boy racers and thought "here we go" and they just dawdled off the line. Is the green beast too scary for them??Na its the price of petrol, they have to be choosie about who they take on these days :lol:

[saltydog]

More bragging from the fuckwits in the WRX.

me: "OK then lets do it - how about betting $1000 on a single lap?"

them: Sheepish looks, "Nagh dude - my cars umm setup for drag like, not track ay"

Wankers - the lot of them.

I just love this thread, keep all the stories coming. There's only way of looking at it though. Even though we know our bike will basically eat anything, its THE BLOODY CAGES who always start this "rev rev" thing. The stories of leading them staright into an unsuspecting cop, or the cop taking off after the car are just priceless. So I have another to add to the mix:

Would have been 2 yrs ago. Coming back through Texas near Macdonlads rd I pull out to pass 2 cars, sweet as ticking over and see this BATMOBILE do the big pull out, overtake and muscle in on my back wheel as I'm coimng up pn another group of 3 cars about 200m ahead.
Now I was just trying to be nice and mellow and lined up this next group and went for the pass at about 120-130, nice and eay like. Well fark me, the drug dealer in the RX8 leaves it late and starts coming at me fast as I'm just about to pass the last car and pull in. Now this is where it gets mad, picture this. As i'm passing the commodore, the RX8 overtakes us on the outside shoulder passing both of us at once, I look accross to see the priceless look in the eyes of this mufti who was tucking into a double decker chocolate chip ice cream deciding to toss it out the window and give chase.
I saw that and thought fark it, i'm not letting the cage away with that, and shit that was a cop, all at the same time! I was on an 89 Fj1200 and took this first sweeping corner at 180 with the RX still pulling. The cop by this time, tosses the lollie and is after us. I catch up a bit to Batman coming past awakeri hot pulls and into the wee bendies before the turn off and the bacon has been burning. As I pull up at the STOP sign the RX8 is sideways up towards the shell awakeri and is copper on my tail, hard out flashing his lights at me (I'm copped I thought!) BUT NO. He roared off in a cloud of fat towards WHK after the dodgy black batmobile while giving me the "shaky pointy finger".(The, you're lucky mate, you know the one) Needless to say I turned off and backroad shuffled it all the way home laughing theough my helmet at 100k's. Priceless. He would have been busted when he got to town anyway, not many maoris with latemodel RX8's in Whaka's. hey, who laughs last laughs loudest.

[skidMark]

I prefur the cold approach. If I hear a 'revrev' next to me, I just keep staring at the lights. When they turn green, I'll quickly go to 100 (no wheelies) but no further. Hord Falcodores always have to proove they're bigger than me and scream past me doing 140+, and boy racers tend to do the same though their shit cars haven't picked up that much speed by the time they get to me.

Perfect example happened the other day. Got the revs begging me to race, 'don't notice him', tear off from the lights, see a Mazda Familia in my mirrors taking up both lanes so I veer to the left, screams past but only 10m ahead of me he hits the anchors. He prooved he was the bigger man, he didn't have to go any further and risk getting a ticket :p


yer ive been often know to go rev rev rev.....light goes green...they bury thier boot.....

and i just go off normally shifting at like 6k lol

makes them look like a tosser.....

and 6k aint much on my wee zxr...redlines at 19k rpm lol

[skidMark]

Well we all know most bikes will dust cars in accelleration, but if you ever come up against a Fiat Bambina that looks stock except for fat tyres and a dump-pipe, be careful, it may be my old drag car......11.0 SS400m rather frightening actually with that wheelbase.:bleh::bleh::bleh:


u sound about as nuts as me lol.

[saltydog]

Took me a good half an hour to get the dryed remants of uncle magpie out of the bike today. The cat was paying particulary close attention to my bike overnight and the misses said her sneaky fag in the garage smelt like bird.
:whistle:

[Boob Johnson]

u sound about as nuts as me lol.
Your not nuts SM, your stupid, there is a difference


ps: Nice one Saltydog, your a lucky boy alright

[Swoop]

would have been ironical if he did plough the van and you cruised around both of them......into the distance.:shifty:
Yeah. Great for the poor sod driving the van...

Not.

rust bucket with bald tyres...
Small-dicked boy ricers seem to regard them as "racing slicks"...

[saltydog]

ps: Nice one Saltydog, your a lucky boy alright

Then theres this other time at band camp........
Coming over this wee rise, road ahead not visible....bang there he is, look down, 145, shit....look in mirrors see cop car in a cloud of blue smoke trying to excute a u-e, and you think, for a sec....shall I? But na, I'm off the bike by the time he pulls up. "Sorry mate", blah blah, he goes, "na thats ok", "but did you see my bloody ABS not engaging?" as he peers in at the cars wheels (still smoking) just buzzing at the size of the lock up he just managed. So I put on the "yeah mate I did, whats the story there?" and after 10mins of BS he let me go. Priceless.

[Boob Johnson]

Then theres this other time at band camp........
Coming over this wee rise, road ahead not visible....bang there he is, look down, 145, shit....look in mirrors see cop car in a cloud of blue smoke trying to excute a u-e, and you think, for a sec....shall I? But na, I'm off the bike by the time he pulls up. "Sorry mate", blah blah, he goes, "na thats ok", "but did you see my bloody ABS not engaging?" as he peers in at the cars wheels (still smoking) just buzzing at the size of the lock up he just managed. So I put on the "yeah mate I did, whats the story there?" and after 10mins of BS he let me go. Priceless.
Struth your a lucky boy alright, how long ago was that? I suspect pre quota days.

[Sully60]

So I put on the "yeah mate I did, whats the story there?" and after 10mins of BS he let me go. Priceless.

Yep,
Nothing like inflating someones ego by blowing smoke up their arse for making them overlook minor discretions.:whistle:

[saltydog]

Struth your a lucky boy alright, how long ago was that? I suspect pre quota days.

It actually wasnt. he was geninuely pissed off his ride didnt stop fast enough and then started out on the Auckland coppers giving him a shit car. I played the violin a bit louder and he liked the tune! It does seem like theres not much room to move these days. Like you gota know the cop or have a really believable excuse, "honestly officer, she is in labour", " cant you see the way shes holding on!"

[Boob Johnson]

Yep,
Nothing like inflating someones ego by blowing smoke up their arse for making them overlook minor discretions.:whistle:
Hey whatever works aye. Ive come up with some crackers over the years but never really needed to over the last 10 odd years



It actually wasnt. he was geninuely pissed off his ride didnt stop fast enough and then started out on the Auckland coppers giving him a shit car. I played the violin a bit louder and he liked the tune! It does seem like theres not much room to move these days. Like you gota know the cop or have a really believable excuse, "honestly officer, she is in labour", " cant you see the way shes holding on!"
Double lucky mate, really that is sooo lucky it aint funny, you could of been walking if you got the wrong cop.

[saltydog]

Only ever had 1 other random bike HAVE A GO at me, back on the thread. It was when the Triumphs first come out and I was coming down the Bombays heading into AK and this guy comes past, outside lane flying, throws on the piks alongside me and goes the full "Matrix" wave on..."Come keanau.....follow me. Hell what a mad guy. Speeds too fast for me and he was bolting from the outside lane undertaking 3 lanes of cars on the shoulder. I was stoked he pulled off and disappeared at greenlane. Used half a tank of gas, in about 15mins and sweated bullets the rest of my trip over the bridge.

[skidMark]

I just love this thread, keep all the stories coming. There's only way of looking at it though. Even though we know our bike will basically eat anything, its THE BLOODY CAGES who always start this "rev rev" thing. The stories of leading them staright into an unsuspecting cop, or the cop taking off after the car are just priceless. So I have another to add to the mix:

Would have been 2 yrs ago. Coming back through Texas near Macdonlads rd I pull out to pass 2 cars, sweet as ticking over and see this BATMOBILE do the big pull out, overtake and muscle in on my back wheel as I'm coimng up pn another group of 3 cars about 200m ahead.
Now I was just trying to be nice and mellow and lined up this next group and went for the pass at about 120-130, nice and eay like. Well fark me, the drug dealer in the RX8 leaves it late and starts coming at me fast as I'm just about to pass the last car and pull in. Now this is where it gets mad, picture this. As i'm passing the commodore, the RX8 overtakes us on the outside shoulder passing both of us at once, I look accross to see the priceless look in the eyes of this mufti who was tucking into a double decker chocolate chip ice cream deciding to toss it out the window and give chase.
I saw that and thought fark it, i'm not letting the cage away with that, and shit that was a cop, all at the same time! I was on an 89 Fj1200 and took this first sweeping corner at 180 with the RX still pulling. The cop by this time, tosses the lollie and is after us. I catch up a bit to Batman coming past awakeri hot pulls and into the wee bendies before the turn off and the bacon has been burning. As I pull up at the STOP sign the RX8 is sideways up towards the shell awakeri and is copper on my tail, hard out flashing his lights at me (I'm copped I thought!) BUT NO. He roared off in a cloud of fat towards WHK after the dodgy black batmobile while giving me the "shaky pointy finger".(The, you're lucky mate, you know the one) Needless to say I turned off and backroad shuffled it all the way home laughing theough my helmet at 100k's. Priceless. He would have been busted when he got to town anyway, not many maoris with latemodel RX8's in Whaka's. hey, who laughs last laughs loudest.

Just a bit of info for ya here....

Batmobile's are RX7's.....only the latest one is rx8 and thats not batmobile shape, batmobile shape is series 7 rx7.

[saltydog]

I stand corrected, it was however black and flying straight out of TeTeko looking very out of place at the time. I'd never seen one up close....thats why I chased it to have a squizz:innocent:

[Fatjim]

Old age and cunning beats youth and beauty every time! Did you tootle him melodiously as you cruised past?

absofuckinglutely! and a nice wave for good measure.