Some people have the nerve.

[aff-man]

Right i am on my way home after a long session at tech staring at a computer trying to make sense of my project, I havn'e had anything to eat in over 4 hours and just want to get home and kick back. Turn into my street and as i approach my house this lady on the side of the road starts yelling at me to slow down :angry2: :angry2: :angry2: :finger: .

Now i have a slighly less than normally baffled exhaust. I.e. it is a stumpy (i think 250) probably staight through exhaust, so is a little less than quiet. But honestly if you are going to stand on the side of the road and yell at me you might get surprised one day if i don't ignore you and pull over and ask just what the hell you think you are doing. This is the first time this has happend to me (well second but the other time the old guy just motioned me to slow down) and if it happens again i might have words with this woman. I don't yell at her for what ever transgressions she might have pissed me off with (like the way they park thier vehices on a blind corner which leaves me no room if something is coming the other way). I dunno i just find it incrediablily rude to just stand there and yell at someone :angry2: :angry2:

[Mr Skid]

Right i am on my way home after a long session at tech staring at a computer trying to make sense of my project, I havn'e had anything to eat in over 4 hours and just want to get home and kick back. Turn into my street and as i approach my house this lady on the side of the road starts yelling at me to slow down :angry2: :angry2: :angry2: :finger: .


Try riding past your neighbours sitting on the tank, that got me a funny look from one of my neigbours last night. :spudwave:

Next time she bitches about speed, pop a mono in front of her.

[Devil]

Right i am on my way home after a long session at tech staring at a computer trying to make sense of my project, I havn'e had anything to eat in over 4 hours and just want to get home and kick back. Turn into my street and as i approach my house this lady on the side of the road starts yelling at me to slow down :angry2: :angry2: :angry2: :finger: .

Ive had the same thing down my own street, a guy motioning me to slow down and yelling while I was only doing 55km/h admittedly in first gear (ZXR250 engine). :p

[vifferman]

Yeah, there are some real tw@ts around, thats fer sure.
On my way to work this morning, some dick in a BMW backs out in front of me, so I slow way down, he keeps backing, so I stop right next to him, to make sure he's not going to keep backing up and slam into me. So he goes, "Cool I can go!" just as I start to go around him. F*ckin f*ckwit. :Oi:

[Riff Raff]

Maybe she wanted a ride so she could get her jollies. I had an old boy regularly waving at me to (I thought) slow down. Eventually I stopped to have a polite word with him and it turned out he really liked my bike and had been trying to get me to stop so he could have a look at it.

[Quasievil]

I know that a biker has to maintain his/her modern image and come across as a responsible and caring road user BUT there are times when we need to remind the arseholes of this world how we used to be ie loud ,violent, "Im going to get your daughter high on drugs and booze"
I think in situations like described above we need to show a bit of BALLS and stick it to em.

One of the funniest things I ve seen all year was on Waikato ride part 1 a few of us turned up in the pouring rain, we flagged the ride in interests of safety but decided to go to a local cafe so we went to town , no parking spots to be had so we opted to ride carefully on the VERY WIDE foot path to park our 5 bikes ensuring plenty of room for pedestrains. As we walked into the cafe a bloke ranted and raved as to how footpaths were for walking not bikes. IT WAS ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS, Firefight as you know a top bloke and one who you wouldnt want to get on the wrong side of, chose this as a moment to remind the bloke how we used to be and what we are capable of if treated poorly. Firefight sinking in to the depths of his linguistical talent shouted "FUCK OFF" and in doing so put the silly bloke right back in his place.

Affman ,I believe you have a duty to us bikers in general to do the same my friend, I propose that every KIWIBIKER event based out of auckland change the meeting spot from the auto barn to your road for at least 6 months, from this the lady will realise how good she had it

I think that would be awesome

[Motu]

Had a guy once run over and try to push me off my bike! That was bloody scary - mind you I was riding over a road block trench and mound on a new road construction,had been riding through there before the road was even started when it was only a clay track...just part of my city morning commute.(Clemow Drive)

[Paul in NZ]

One guy threw some hedgeclippers at me once...

Mind you I was testing my open piped 500cc Norton Dominator engined dirt bike up and down the street at the time...

Fair enough!

Paul N

[vifferman]

One guy they some hedgeclippers at me once...

Mind you I was testing my open piped 500cc Norton Dominator engined dirt bike up and down the street at the time...

Fair enough!What - throwing hedgeclippers at you, or testing the Dommie? :msn-wink:
(I vote for the latter :niceone: )

[TonyB]

Were you actually speeding? If you were just remember- NEVER SPEED IN YOUR OWN STREET! Why? Cause the neighbours will get pissed off and they might just get annoyed enough to have a cop come and have a word with you. This happened to me when I was young and stupid enough to think it was OK to speed in a built up area.

[Quasievil]

Were you actually speeding? If you were just remember- NEVER SPEED IN YOUR OWN STREET! Why? Cause the neighbours will get pissed off and they might just get annoyed enough to have a cop come and have a word with you. This happened to me when I was young and stupid enough to think it was OK to speed in a built up area.
And what can the cop do ? besides have a word, he couldnt prove or do you on anything could he?

[Omega1]

Were you actually speeding? If you were just remember- NEVER SPEED IN YOUR OWN STREET! Why? Cause the neighbours will get pissed off and they might just get annoyed enough to have a cop come and have a word with you. This happened to me when I was young and stupid enough to think it was OK to speed in a built up area.

Yep,remember that ole saying "Don't shit in your own nest"

[DebK]

Hmmm, that reminds me of the wee letter I got in the mail earlier this year from the "NZ Police Community Roadwatch Programme".

To directly quote the letter:
"A member of the public has utilised the Community Roadwatch Programme to bring a matter to the attention of Police, they feel they should be aware of.
Yadda, yadda.. and continues...
"The vehicle concerned is reported to have been on Cuba Street, Wellington on the 30th of March 2004 at about 5:15pm

The report reads:

"The registration plate is horizontal to the road and cannot be read when being followed."

What the...?! What a waste of freekin' time and effort by Senior Sargeant Paid-Too-Much-To-Sit-on-My-Arse-&-Write-Stoopid-Letters!

The really ridiculous part is that a cop was the previous owner of my scoot.

Anyways, I have digressed off topic.

[Paul in NZ]

Yep,remember that ole saying "Don't shit in your own nest"

Or even close to it...

My dad used to tell me off if I was making too much noise if the people next doors kids were in bed (fair enough) so coming home of an evening I used to wind the bike up to speed up the road, flick off the ignition and coast the last few hundred meters. The old fella with the hedgeclippers lived about where I used to shut down for the coast home..... No wonder he didn't like me much....

Oh well... I thought it sounded kinda cool!

Cheers

[TonyB]

And what can the cop do ? besides have a word, he couldnt prove or do you on anything could he?
Actually, I have no idea what he would have said, because the day he came looking for me everyone in my flat was moving to a new flat across town. When he popped around I was away with the second to last trailer load of stuff, so we quickly did the last trailer and buggered off before he got back. The one part I still feel bad about is that someone had a bike that looked like mine parked outside one of the other flats when we were leaving (I had an FZ400R and the other bike was a TZR250 with roughly the same colour scheme). No one answered when I knocked on the door to warn them- he/she no doubt received the affore mentioned visitation. :Oops: If the cop had caught up with me, it would have been obvious to him that I'd been a naughty boy, as I am a crap liar...

A guy I used to work with had some difficulties with the law after someone accused him of 'driving erratically and running a red light'. Don't remember exactly what the outcome was, but I think he had to go to court. Made him sweat anyway.

[Coldkiwi]

I've always found it was the folks who could make my life more difficult than the cops - hence why I avoided the ol 'nest defacation'.
nonetheless, with a rowdy 250, even at 40kmhr it sounds like its going twice that and I had a similarly grumpy guy wave at me one day saying 'slow down!' as I went past at no more than 50... so I sped up :)

Can't please all of the people all of the time mate, but do yourself a favor and don't go out of your way to annoy her

[Posh Tourer :P]

Theres a lot of people out there who fervently believe that revs=speed....

Hence if you sound fast you must be fast...

[DarkDream]

I thought you where South African.

Don't you wrestle with loins, chase buffelo to make boltem (dryied meat) and generally dodge bullets when your walking to the convience store.

A little old lady like that should have seemed like an annoying fly you could swat away! Or is she bitter now that you don't take her daisy's anymore? :)

[Joni]

I thought you where South African.

Don't you wrestle with loins, chase buffelo to make boltem (dryied meat) and generally dodge bullets when your walking to the convience store.

A little old lady like that should have seemed like an annoying fly you could swat away! Or is she bitter now that you don't take her daisy's anymore? :)


Hey... dodging bullets was one of my favourite past times back home in Johannesburg!! The good old days back home ay.... :eek5:

[bevsta]

I'd have to agree it sucks when some old random jumps up and starts kicking up a fuss and dancing around like big-bird. My similar experience (although I was in a car and not on my bike at the time) was particularily frustrating as the old bag had just moved into the street where I (and most of my neighbours) had grown up and lived there for the last 15+ years. And she acks like as the new kid on the block she owns the place! I agree with Quasievil and creating a new meeting place outside this old-bats house. If that is not fesiable then burn a CD with some authentic petrol burning, rubber wearing, dirt blowing bike sounds and run it on repeat through a few rather large speakers pointed at her house. Then to cap it off go for a stroll past her as it is booming and comment on "what a pleasent day it is."
RidE oN

[FROSTY]

I do agree with the old--dont shit in ya own nest theory.
My nest has um a few eggs in it and I'd hate to loose or have broken an egg or two.
Quasi is right -there is such a thing as a time and a place to assert your rights but I don;t believe that place is in your street.
To be totally honest My street beeing a cul de sac and having a lot of under5 year olds around me I was out in my street one day with a chunk of 4x2 to beat the shit out of a couple of lil turds doing burnouts etc in the street and roaring off at top speed in a lil ring ding ding car.
If a lil kid hada come flying outa his/her driveway they woulda been dead.

[aff-man]

yes i love the bullet-dodging pastime as well.

But i just promptly ignored her. THIS TIME. If she has the tanacity to try it again i am sure we will have words. I know i do go *slightly* above the speed limit in certain area's and sometimes my own but usually not, for the sole fact that my street is a loop that has 2 tight corners (usually with cars on both sides) and so i take them at like 30-40 or even slower depending on the amount of cars about. Sure there are sometimes kids on the road but i am well aware of everything that goes on around me and i have seen cars doing a hell of a lot worse.

It all comes down to the whole noise thing. I told my dad about it and he says if i was going quick then i have to deal with her but he realises that due to the loudness of the exhaust it usually sounds like i'm going a hell of a lot quicker. I just think it's rude to stand and yell at someone. Do i yell at kids who play in the street or old people who drive really really slowly. No i do not. I think she realises i am a younger fella . Come to think of it what would you older fella's do if this middle aged women started yelling at you?? I think i'll just :scooter: and if she does anything else we might have words :crazy: :Oi: :angry2: :finger:

[Blakamin]

Do i yell at kids who play in the street or old people who drive really really slowly. No i do not.
Fuckin oath I do... not kids, old people... shame they cant hear me over the bike or thru my helmet.... and you should see me in a cage!!!! :ar15: :ar15: :ar15: *insert old people driving slowly here*

[VivaVee]

My street beeing a cul de sac and having a lot of under5 year olds around me I was out in my street one day with a chunk of 4x2 to beat the shit out of a couple of lil turds doing burnouts etc in the street and roaring off at top speed in a lil ring ding ding car.
If a lil kid hada come flying outa his/her driveway they woulda been dead.

I too live in a cul-de-sac which seems to attract contests for the best 1/16 mile. While I am tempted to the softball bat ( used to be able to slug it well into the outfield) I find that the usually inconvenient dog shit that gets deposited on the grass verge is a better bet. The boy racers just do not like their pristine wheels decorated ...

[Coyote]

At my old house, whenever we tested the KX after fixing it, we would get a load of shit from our good ol' neighbours bitching about how loud we were.

Might I add that these were the neighbours who had their stereo on full base pounding in their home 16/7 giving us all fucking headaches, screaming at the top of their lungs for fun, shout insults from their windows (like my mum uses polyfiller for her wrinkles, they should of thought that one out cause my mum took it as a compliment), and kicking their dogs so they would constantly moan in pain, deliberately to annoy us. This went on for 3 years. They obviously didn’t do it in retaliation to our bikes, cause we only got the KX a year back. We thought it would be better to move before we slaughtered them.

Now I always laugh at the 'Neighbours' theme song.

[2_SL0]

My neighbour use to abuse me for riding up and down the street on my dirt bike.
(Iwould give it a run if it had been sitting for a week or so)
So Im afraid I went and did some donuts on his front grass verge one night.
:Oops:
He never complained again.

This was not in Hunua.

[modalx]

I thought you where South African.

Don't you wrestle with loins, chase buffelo to make boltem (dryied meat) and generally dodge bullets when your walking to the convience store.

A little old lady like that should have seemed like an annoying fly you could swat away! Or is she bitter now that you don't take her daisy's anymore? :)

I can't believe no-one has picked up on this. Loin wrestling just sounds like so much fun!! :lol:

[ching_ching]

Turn into my street and as i approach my house this lady on the side of the road starts yelling at me to slow down :angry2: :angry2: :angry2: :finger: .

I think she likes ya! Your in bro!! :niceone:

[aff-man]

A middel aged woman that could block the street and i mistook for a man at first glance. Shit if what you say is true i had better move :no: :crybaby:

[Storm]

So the plate was horizontal to the road -correct me if I am wrong, but isnt that the usual way of things?

[Coldkiwi]

It all comes down to the whole noise thing. I told my dad about it and he says if i was going quick then i have to deal with her but he realises that due to the loudness of the exhaust it usually sounds like i'm going a hell of a lot quicker.

yeah, gee that exhaust must make you LOOK a lot quicker going past my place too! Certainly sounds like the MotoGP has come to town everytime you go past! :scooter: