Sports bike haters

[FkNAmerican]

Yeah so the weather was good for riding today. Went out and tore it up out on some back roads. Was coming back through my neighborhood at the posted 25mph speed limit and some pencil dick neighbor of mine is heading out of his driveway just as I pass by.

The guy proceeds to follow me back to my house and then give me bullshit about speeding through the neighborhood and how I should stick to 25 mph and such. Gives me the whole sob story about deer and children and old ladies and such.

I proceed to stop myself from telling him to fuck off (he is my neighbor after all) and politely reply that I WAS doing 25mph and that I always do 25 mph unlike about half the cars that go through.

He then tells me he heard my engine and there is no way I was going that slow.

I begin to explain that my bike is loud and I was in first gear and blah blah blah....at this point I've just had it and I walk inside and ignore his responce.

I wont be surprised if, come tomorrow, there is a nice little notice on my door from the friendly neightborhood homeowners association (Nazi's) about speeding motorcycles through the neighborhood. Since I am the ONLY motorcylist in the neighborhood that would basically be referring to ME.

Funny but I havnt seen one notice about the half million grannies that go 55mph + in thier crown victoria's through the entire neighborhood, rear end people, and mow down street signs on a near daily fuckin' basis. But get one 25 year old on a sports bike in the place and its all going to hell. Something has to be done.

I was having such a nice day too. Damn haters.

End of rant.

[BiK3RChiK]

Got a hose? Oh, yeah... He's your neighbour! Tell him to F**K OFF and get a life! Moron!!

[SixPackBack]

Got a hose? Oh, yeah... He's your neighbour! Tell him to F**K OFF and get a life! Moron!!

Be polite the fookers all carry guns innit.

Perhaps FKNamerican a practical demonstration is needed to keep said Nazi group at bay.

[Grahameeboy]

Be polite the fookers all carry guns innit.

Perhaps FKNamerican a practical demonstration is needed to keep said Nazi group at bay.

No need to defend if you were doing 25mph...let them rant and just throw the note in the bin and put the kettle on...

[FkNAmerican]

LOL, yeah you never know who's packin' heat when your in the good ol' US of A......especially in NC.

I went out shooting just the other day and was amazed at howm any peeps were there at the concealed carry class. The classroom was almost standing room only it was so full. Couldnt believe it.

Im all for gun rights and such but the whole concealed carry shit scares me. All too easy for a fist fight to turn into a murder when everyones got a 9mm in thier back pocket.

Funny I should say that b/c I own a tricked out Bushmaster M-4 clone. Surefire light, Bushnell holographic sight, flip up iron sights, etc and I will be the first to argue for gun control and I will be the first to vote against concealed carry permits in general. :)

Anyway, Im happy again. Ordered the clear alternatives fender eliminator for my bike today plus my buddy is making me a custom licence plate bracket to clean up the bike a bit. Cant waite!!! I'm gonna ditch the pegs too so the entire rear end of the bike will be clean and smooth......I'll take some pics when its all done.

I tell you, nothing makes you feel better like spending $$$ on mods :)

[Dino]

I hope you don't ever see that same ranting neighbour speeding down your street in his big old SUV, sure as hell would take him alot longer to stop than your R6 if a kid runs out in front of him.

Have fun spending money.

[YellowDog]

It is quite amazing how neighbours pick on bikers, yet ignore other blatantly bad road users.

One of my neighbours has a Range Rover Sport (Supercharged). If they ever go slowly enough down the communal drive, I will stop them and ask them to reduce the risk of death to others by moderating their speed.

I hear "You're bike's noisey" from neighbours. No one mentions the noise from the Supercharged Range Rover!

I am surprised they managed to hear my carefully slow moving bike over the sound of their screaming kids.

Anyway, old bike is sold. New bike will be louder, but still considerately ridden.

[Storm]

Bloody whinging neigbours. Just smile nicely and ignore him.
Or, be a mongrel and:
-tune your bikes full throttle response at all hours of the night
-invite all your biker mates around for a bbq and stunt session on the street(make sure all the impressionable local kids are watching with thier eyes on stalks)
-practise writing your name on your driveway.......with the rear tyre
-make it race from 0 to 25mph...every single time

[Okey Dokey]

Good on you for trying to be nice to a neighbour. If he followed you home he should have realised you were only doing the speed limit, shouldn't he?

Hope he didn't completely ruin your ride. I bet there are some lovely roads in NC

[daytona 2]

my neighbour is also a 'NAZI" ive got polini and hes threatened to call police noise controll ect.......so i gave my polini a gud rev at 6am :niceone:

[Chrislost]

have you ever heard a R6 without a muffler on?
I havn't but im sure it would be impressive at 3am and 12000rpm...

[Timber020]

Gear the bike down so first gear is 25mph at full throttle. Get an engineers report saying this and send it to all on your street so when they have your bike going down the road at 15,000 rpm (or whatever the r6 taps out at) although they cant hear themselves think they can be assured your only doing 25mph.

[Rogue]

M8 don't let dickheads like that worry you :rolleyes:
If he continues to hassle you go spray his lawn with herbicide :ar15:

[breakaway]

If he continues to hassle you go spray his lawn with herbicide :ar15:

In the shape of a nasty word ;)

[Cr1MiNaL]

My neighbour just told off my mate for parking his car outside my house (slightly out of the common the driveway) easy enough for a truck to go past. He wasnt v polite and just said dont park ur car here rudely and drove off. Guess he knows what 2 R6's, a bandit 1200 and 2 gixxer thous sound like 'warming' up their engines at 10k rpm.

[YellowDog]

not just me then.......................

[BiK3RChiK]

Some people just have to take out their bad attitude on everyone else! F**k them! They need to get over themselves and get a life!

My neighbour loudly and rudely nutted off at me in front of my then 11 year old daughter when we hadn't long moved into this place. I loudly said to my daughter as the neighbour was walking away...'Now that is what you call 'No Character!' Hahaha She hasn't been rude to me since, and her character or, rather, lack of it, has been proven to all and sundry on a regular basis.... mostly to her family!

[Zuki Bandit]

You could always do the old dog shit in a burning paper bag trick. you would have to hide somewhere where you could see him , just to get a laugh when he stomps it out!:lol:

[BUNGY]

Last weekend had a mate over with his GN250, having never ridden one I took it for a ride up and down my street and he rode my CBR250. Its a fairly small no exit road so we went up and down a few times and a couple of times I stood upright on the pegs of the GN.

About half an hour later we were standing outside and a cop came down the road and pulled in. Turned out someone had rang and complained about us continually goin up and down the road and doing "stand ups" which the cop took as wheelies. I guess some people have nothing better to do with their day than complain about everything to anyone who will listen.

[The Pastor]

lol. standups. bhahahhahahahahahha

although i did get pulled over for doing the YMCA on my bike. cop was so pleased he pulled me over too, i think he was having a race with another coppa to try and get me.

stupid cops.

[Bren]

You could always do the old dog shit in a burning paper bag trick. you would have to hide somewhere where you could see him , just to get a laugh when he stomps it out!:lol:


or try the dog shit under car door handle trick.....gives em a nice stinkfinger!

seriously some guys are just assholes towards bikers....maybe his mommy would not let him have a bike when he was a teen and now he is too chickenshit to stand up to his mom...

[Coyote]

We're all badass, mongrel mob, whore lovin' P dealers since we're bikers right? We're a menace to society so should be treated as such surely?

[Mikkel]

Take the ultimate revenge - get his kids into motorcycles ;)

[Zuki Bandit]

Yeah so the weather was good for riding today. Went out and tore it up out on some back roads. Was coming back through my neighborhood at the posted 25mph speed limit and some pencil dick neighbor of mine is heading out of his driveway just as I pass by.

The guy proceeds to follow me back to my house and then give me bullshit about speeding through the neighborhood and how I should stick to 25 mph and such. Gives me the whole sob story about deer and children and old ladies and such.

I proceed to stop myself from telling him to fuck off (he is my neighbor after all) and politely reply that I WAS doing 25mph and that I always do 25 mph unlike about half the cars that go through.

He then tells me he heard my engine and there is no way I was going that slow.

I begin to explain that my bike is loud and I was in first gear and blah blah blah....at this point I've just had it and I walk inside and ignore his responce.

I wont be surprised if, come tomorrow, there is a nice little notice on my door from the friendly neightborhood homeowners association (Nazi's) about speeding motorcycles through the neighborhood. Since I am the ONLY motorcylist in the neighborhood that would basically be referring to ME.

Funny but I havnt seen one notice about the half million grannies that go 55mph + in thier crown victoria's through the entire neighborhood, rear end people, and mow down street signs on a near daily fuckin' basis. But get one 25 year old on a sports bike in the place and its all going to hell. Something has to be done.

I was having such a nice day too. Damn haters.

End of rant.
Damn dirty rotten haters!!!:spanking:

[YellowDog]

I hear Helen Clark is considering bringing back Capital punishment for biker crimes for being a scourge on our society!

It could be a vote winner (for some)!

[rudolph]

Rip the legs of his cat and or have huge party's and burn plastic 24-7:devil2:

[CookMySock]

I suggest you don't tolerate people who are hostile. It might be many many years, and many nasty stunts pulled against you before you begin to hate them in return, but hate them you will.. and the sooner the nastier haters begin to understand that their disgusting behaviour has consequences, the quicker they will fuck off and mind their manners to begin with - unless they have a gun.

In the same breath. those who are deliberately or even inadvertantly provocative on their bikes will probably get theirs earlier rather than later too.

We all gotta live together.

DB

[FkNAmerican]

yeah so a funny update:

I think he's been up to no good lately with my other neighbors. They must be forming alliances against me b/c today I was followed around by ANOTHER one of my neighbors but this time I had a little fun with it......

So I went for a short (hour long) ride today and on my way down the street a different neighbor (old lady this time) is pulling out of her side street and instead of taking a right to leave the neighborhood she turns left as I pass and gives me a dirty look as I go by.

Instead of going home I take a bunch of random turns through the neighborhood and, sure enough, she stays with me. Keep in mind Im not exactly trying to lose her as I'm keeping it carefully at 25mph or less the whole time.

So this goes on maybe 10-15 minutes before I decide to step things up a bit and go for a litle roundabout near the bottom of the 'hood. I just keep going round and round and she keeps following me. At this point Im almost falling off the bike laughing at the situation: 90 year old granny in a hot persuit of an R-6 going 25mph (or less).

So finally after about 10 loops I just pull over. Of course she is too scared to actually stop and say anything to me so she drives by veerrryyyy sllloooowwwllly. I waite for her to go around the corner and continue on my way. Sure enough, she has turned around and is coming back the other way again.

As soon as I pass her she turns back around and follows me again so I decide Im going to take a tour of the ENTIRE neighborhood. I start making every single left and right that comes up and just slowly cruise down every cul-de-sac in the entire place. Keep in mind there are almost 2,000 homes so this is time consuming.

After about the fifth turn she gets the message and gives up.

This is getting unreal. Luckily my immediate neighbors are all cool. Its this group that lives several streets down that, apparently, is pissed at all the noise my bike makes as I drive by thier houses. LOL.

The sad thing is that the entire neighborhood is built like a track. Perfectly maintained roads, one amazing corner after another (nice flowing turns), elevation changes.......but its destroyed by a 25mph speed limit and houses. I fantasize about being able to close the whole place down and race around all the loops with my friends. Such a pity.

[jrandom]

Murkns are weird.

[Cr1MiNaL]

Americans in general are weird ! lol they drive on the right not because its any easier but because they can, they have left hand steerings because they want to be different? But FknAmerican is a legend coz he rides a mean as R-Sex. Go hard brother. Fuk em haters. lollies.

[breakaway]

FknAmerican, do you have aftermarket exhaust?

[motorbyclist]

So finally after about 10 loops I just pull over. Of course she is too scared to actually stop and say anything to me so she drives by veerrryyyy sllloooowwwllly. I waite for her to go around the corner and continue on my way. Sure enough, she has turned around and is coming back the other way again.

As soon as I pass her she turns back around and follows me again so I decide Im going to take a tour of the ENTIRE neighborhood. I start making every single left and right that comes up and just slowly cruise down every cul-de-sac in the entire place. Keep in mind there are almost 2,000 homes so this is time consuming.

After about the fifth turn she gets the message and gives up.



should've pulled over and when she passed, followed her instead:jerry:




here in NZ my mate had a similar thing. had a few of us over around 6pm looking at his 2 smoker that wasn't going. got it going and gave it a rev for 2 seconds then turned it off. first time we had been to his place.

sure enough a neighbour came out asking that we stop revving our bikes and that it's very "antisocial". apparently we were talking too loudly and should go from the driveway to around his house.

we did

then she comes over AGAIN, walks onto the property and has another go at us because we're talking too loud. apparently he "always" has his "motorcycle friends over" having "parties". note it's our 1st visit, we're just sitting around talking, completely sober. meanwhile the neighbour is pumping death metal out through his windows

she insisted on having the last word, treated us like children, and was completely unreasonable.

sure enough we all redline our bikes leaving at about 7pm. apparently some relatives came to pick her up later that night! WTF


then there's the neighbour who calls my house whenever i've got my dirtbike out. it's a rural area. he refuses to say who he is or where he is nor come to any arrangements like the other neighbours. won't even ask nicely. just threatens to call sound control. figured out who he was; he lives over 1km away so wouldn't be able to hear me over the sheep and farm equipment! he's also notorious for complaining. even complained when a neighbour harvested some trees because it ruined his view



Americans in general are weird ! lol they drive on the right not because its any easier but because they can, they have left hand steerings because they want to be different?

....

britain, japan and NZ are the only countries (i know of) to still drive on the left

[toebug]

Gear the bike down so first gear is 25mph at full throttle. Get an engineers report saying this and send it to all on your street so when they have your bike going down the road at 15,000 rpm (or whatever the r6 taps out at) although they cant hear themselves think they can be assured your only doing 25mph.

:niceone: Now thats a good idea!

I'm lucky enough to live in a street thats got 6 bike riders within 200 meters!

That whole carrying guns thing gives me the shits in the states! While I was there in my 20's I was very careful not to get into a fight with anyone just in case they decided to shoot me!!:Pokey:

[Soul.Trader]

We're all badass, mongrel mob, whore lovin' P dealers since we're bikers right? We're a menace to society so should be treated as such surely?

TBH I dont know where this type of cynicism comes from. I find that the vast majority of the general public are great towards motorbikes, and only a very tiny minority are wankers. In my (admittedly short) experience, most motorists are happy to pull aside to let us pass, give us plenty of room and treat us with respect.

[toebug]

TBH I dont know where this type of cynicism comes from. I find that the vast majority of the general public are great towards motorbikes, and only a very tiny minority are wankers. In my (admittedly short) experience, most motorists are happy to pull aside to let us pass, give us plenty of room and treat us with respect.

I'm sure your attitude will change once you have several thousand k's under your belt.

[Coyote]

TBH I dont know where this type of cynicism comes from. I find that the vast majority of the general public are great towards motorbikes, and only a very tiny minority are wankers. In my (admittedly short) experience, most motorists are happy to pull aside to let us pass, give us plenty of room and treat us with respect.
I often get annoyed with the people who swerve dangerously out of our way. It's too dramatic, like we're about to kill their children in the back seat of her 4x4 and they're leaping to safety.

Better than those that dramatically swerve into your way since you shouldn't be allowed to have an advantage over their leather clad Mercedes.

[Cr1MiNaL]

[/quote]britain, japan and NZ are the only countries (i know of) to still drive on the left[/quote]

Your not serious!

[glice]

I agree, some people are wankers. I went on the ride up to cape reinga and had afew people try to take me out, having said that there were alot of people who let us aside nicely, so thanks to them and middle finger solute to the rest.

I've lived in the same neighbourhood my whole life and there has always been the at least one bike on my street, but I still get afew bad looks riding past, I think maby some people mistake me for the r6 that comes past on the back wheel alot of the time.

It also doesnt help that bikes sound like their going fast because they rev high, my dad often says you sounded like you were in a hurry when you left/arrived today (with an impressed look on his face :yes:) even when I'm just cruzing.

[Subike]

yeah so a funny update:

I think he's been up to no good lately with my other neighbors. They must be forming alliances against me b/c today I was followed around by ANOTHER one of my neighbors but this time I had a little fun with it......

So I went for a short (hour long) ride today and on my way down the street a different neighbor (old lady this time) is pulling out of her side street and instead of taking a right to leave the neighborhood she turns left as I pass and gives me a dirty look as I go by.

Instead of going home I take a bunch of random turns through the neighborhood and, sure enough, she stays with me. Keep in mind Im not exactly trying to lose her as I'm keeping it carefully at 25mph or less the whole time.

So this goes on maybe 10-15 minutes before I decide to step things up a bit and go for a litle roundabout near the bottom of the 'hood. I just keep going round and round and she keeps following me. At this point Im almost falling off the bike laughing at the situation: 90 year old granny in a hot persuit of an R-6 going 25mph (or less).

So finally after about 10 loops I just pull over. Of course she is too scared to actually stop and say anything to me so she drives by veerrryyyy sllloooowwwllly. I waite for her to go around the corner and continue on my way. Sure enough, she has turned around and is coming back the other way again.

As soon as I pass her she turns back around and follows me again so I decide Im going to take a tour of the ENTIRE neighborhood. I start making every single left and right that comes up and just slowly cruise down every cul-de-sac in the entire place. Keep in mind there are almost 2,000 homes so this is time consuming.

After about the fifth turn she gets the message and gives up.

This is getting unreal. Luckily my immediate neighbors are all cool. Its this group that lives several streets down that, apparently, is pissed at all the noise my bike makes as I drive by thier houses. LOL.

The sad thing is that the entire neighborhood is built like a track. Perfectly maintained roads, one amazing corner after another (nice flowing turns), elevation changes.......but its destroyed by a 25mph speed limit and houses. I fantasize about being able to close the whole place down and race around all the loops with my friends. Such a pity.


You have grounds here for a charge of stalking
throw it back at them via the law itself, get the police involved first
but wait till two or three do it, and I don think they would continue if you prove them as being the law breakers
well !!!!

lol stalked by a 80yr old granny!

[Soul.Trader]

I often get annoyed with the people who swerve dangerously out of our way. It's too dramatic, like we're about to kill their children in the back seat of her 4x4 and they're leaping to safety.

Better than those that dramatically swerve into your way since you shouldn't be allowed to have an advantage over their leather clad Mercedes.

Yeah, I think it's fair to say that some people are just completely unaware of their road presence in one way or another. I'm also a cyclist, and as such expect that motorists give me a decent amount of space when they wizz by. But some drivers seem to have no idea of the size of their car, and in an attempt to be "courteous", drive right over into the other lane, even in the presence of oncoming traffic. I really only need about 50cm of space, and giving me 2 meters is just stupid. I was in the passenger seat with a mate who is probably the worst drive I know - I swear he almost had a head on collision passing a cyclist. When I had him up about it, he honestly believe he was just giving the cyclist space, and thought he was doing the right thing :Pokey:

[HungusMaximist]

then she comes over AGAIN, walks onto the property and has another go at us because we're talking too loud. apparently he "always" has his "motorcycle friends over" having "parties". note it's our 1st visit, we're just sitting around talking, completely sober. meanwhile the neighbour is pumping death metal out through his windows


Haha I remember that, it was hilarious.

As for myself, living in a area where I we have neighbours 360 degrees in a cul de sac sort of setup and I am quite aware how much sound travels.

I do enjoy taking the bike out during evenings and realise I probably get noticed by a fair few neighbours when it warms up and not to mention waking up the people in the my house as one bedroom is just adjacent to the garage.

Those are the times that I wished I had the option to 'mute' the bike with a push of a button, but being such a upstanding citizen like I am, I can't let this shit distract me from riding my bike.

[FkNAmerican]

No aftermarket exhaust for me. Hate everything on offer for the R-6 apart from the Racefit growler and thats $800 for the slip-on!!!! I just cant bring myself to drop that much $$$ on a slip on when for not much more I could have a full system, power commander, and tuning. A few weeks ago I was dead set on ordering it.......but just couldnt do it. Decided to spend the money on the most important performance upgrade you can do to your bike......improving the person riding it (me).

That means California Superbike School at Virginia International Raceway and that means I've already spent my alotted motorcycle fun money for the summer.

Cant complain though. Only hard part now is waiting for day 1.

[NZsarge]

Have you tried Arrow? or Akropovic?

[James Deuce]

Your not serious!
Dead Serious. He missed Australia though. That's "You're" btw the way. I don't believe he owns a "not serious".

Name somewhere that drives on the left apart from the countries he mentioned, excluding British Commonwealth countries. You can't count India. They drive wherever it pleases them. Or Shiva. Or maybe Vishnu.

The Americas, Europe, Asia Minor, Chunks of Africa, Most of Asia, Russia all drive on the right.

Left hand drive vehicles are "normal". It's our right hand drive vehicles that are weird. Up until 10 years ago, a lot of Italian made cars were un-drivable thanks to the right hand foot well not being designed for pedals. If you had feet bigger than Size 4, it was a mission using the clutch and the brake at the same time.

[Daffyd]

I had an idea that either Sweden or Switzerland used either LHD cars on the left side of the road or RHD cars on the right side of the road. This was some years ago and I think has been changed since.

Speaking of which, I heard that the Irish are introducing driving on the right side of the road, but, because some Irish are a bit slow, they're doing it in stages...Trucks for the first 6 months, then trucks and buses, then cars. (p/t)

[James Deuce]

Sweden because they were in the process of changing from left to right. It can be done. Just not by Kiwis.

[Cr1MiNaL]

Dead Serious. He missed Australia though. That's "You're" btw the way. I don't believe he owns a "not serious".

You can't count India. They drive wherever it pleases them. Or Shiva. Or maybe Vishnu.


Your speaking from personal experience I take? Yes Indians in India drive whereever the heck they want but thats personal choice. I could drive on the right hand side of the road in Nz if I 'chose' would that exclude NZ from your analysis?

Also Shiva and Vishnu are God's names. Be less shallow please and don't disrespect them thus. Also don't b so damn padantic about spelling mistakes on an online forum who gives a fuk hw I spel ma shit. Chur.

[pzkpfw]

Your speaking from personal experience I take? Yes Indians in India drive whereever the heck they want but thats personal choice. I could drive on the right hand side of the road in Nz if I 'chose' would that exclude NZ from your analysis?

Also Shiva and Vishnu are God's names. Be less shallow please and don't disrespect them thus. Also don't b so damn padantic about spelling mistakes on an online forum who gives a fuk hw I spel ma shit. Chur.

Jesus Christ!

My wife is a Hindu and would tell you to get a grip.

[James Deuce]

Your speaking from personal experience I take? Yes Indians in India drive whereever the heck they want but thats personal choice. I could drive on the right hand side of the road in Nz if I 'chose' would that exclude NZ from your analysis?

Also Shiva and Vishnu are God's names. Be less shallow please and don't disrespect them thus. Also don't b so damn padantic about spelling mistakes on an online forum who gives a fuk hw I spel ma shit. Chur.

That's "Pedantic".

Really see through dodge there mate. More effort next time please. C-.

[Cr1MiNaL]

Jesus Christ!

My wife is a Hindu and would tell you to get a grip.

Im not Hindu myself but don't disrespect such things.

[James Deuce]

Im not Hindu myself but don't disrespect such things.

Your stated principle would hold some weight if you hoed into everyone who "disrespects" a variety of other mythical religious beings.

But you don't. You just didn't like being called on the fact that the majority of cars are built left hand drive because most countries drive on the right, not the left.

So you decided to appear the "superior being".

[Cr1MiNaL]

Your stated principle would hold some weight if you hoed into everyone who "disrespects" a variety of other mythical religious beings.

But you don't. You just didn't like being called on the fact that the majority of cars are built left hand drive because most countries drive on the right, not the left.

So you decided to appear the "superior being".

Not really, I'll always try and drill some cs into people when I think they are disrespecting something that other beings believe to be sacred. For example kicking over grave stones, calling the dead names, disrespecting other religions etc. In my view there is only one God, call Him what you may. I go as far as to voice my view and leave it at that as I have done here.

Back on topic anyhow, I was only pulling fun at Fkn American and not really trying to stir.

[PirateJafa]

That's "Pedantic".

Really see through dodge there mate. More effort next time please. C-.

I must confess that I love the way you mock R6 for his poorly composed and presented posts, when you are guilty of the same crime.

Let us examine the reply in question:


Dead Serious.

This is only a fragment of a complete sentence. Now even if you let this pass, as a answer to R6's question, we still have the incorrectly capitalised "s". This may have been done for effect, but nonetheless it is grammatically incorrect.


That's "You're" btw the way.

As I am sure you are aware, "BTW" is an abbreviation of "by the way". So to say "btw the way" is in effect saying "by the way the way", leaving the final two words quite redundant.


The Americas, Europe, Asia Minor, Chunks of Africa, Most of Asia, Russia all drive on the right.

Once again we have a prime example of incorrect capitalisation.


Three mistakes within what looks sixty words? That's a fail, even under the extremely lenient standards of NCEA.

I would certainly hope you are not a member of the BDOTGNZA, or they will lose all credibility at that rate.



here in NZ my mate had a similar thing...

Of course, the situation may not have been helped by the fact that I was somewhat unwilling to allow the lady in question to rant on with a presenting a reasoned point of view in opposition. It is always fun to play the devil's advocate. :)

[mark247]

If you thought about it for a second the reason we still drive on the right hand side is because the closest car producing nations such as Australia and mainly Japan drive on the right hand side.

[Soul.Trader]

In my view there is only one God, call Him what you may.

I like to call "Him" the Flying Spaghetti Monster (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_spaghetti_monster), but that's just me. Does it make me disrespectful? In any case, I think this thread has been dragged well and truely off topic, so that's enough of that.

[FkNAmerican]

hey NZSarge......yeah I looked at Akro and Arrow and I dont like either. The funny thing is that I would KILL for those systems on other bikes but I just dont like what they make for the R-6.

The only two I like are the systems from Racefit and Termignoni.....but I dont like them enough to spend the $$$.

I think what I'll prolly end up doing to make my bike stand out is a custom paint job....prollly a race replica or something. I'm planning that as a winter project thing so thats not coming for another several months..

Some I really like:

1. Fiat R-6 race replica bike
2. Virgin Mobile R6 cup bike

I heard you can actually order the Fiat replica fairings direct from Yamaha so I might just take off all my fairings and sell them on Ebay first to cover some of the cost.......

[Cr1MiNaL]

The Fiat Replica Kit is a damn fine Idea mate ! Keep the old fairings for track use... I think I like that idea! can you tell me what the whole fiat replica kit costs in the states FknAmerican pls. Ta.

[Cr1MiNaL]

I must confess that I love the way you mock R6 for his poorly composed and presented posts, when you are guilty of the same crime.

Let us examine the reply in question:



This is only a fragment of a complete sentence. Now even if you let this pass, as a answer to R6's question, we still have the incorrectly capitalised "s". This may have been done for effect, but nonetheless it is grammatically incorrect.



As I am sure you are aware, "BTW" is an abbreviation of "by the way". So to say "btw the way" is in effect saying "by the way the way", leaving the final two words quite redundant.



Once again we have a prime example of incorrect capitalisation.


Three mistakes within what looks sixty words? That's a fail, even under the extremely lenient standards of NCEA.

I would certainly hope you are not a member of the BDOTGNZA, or they will lose all credibility at that rate.




Of course, the situation may not have been helped by the fact that I was somewhat unwilling to allow the lady in question to rant on with a presenting a reasoned point of view in opposition. It is always fun to play the devil's advocate. :)

Well done Pirate.

Jim2 sounds like a bloke who would like people to think he is 'articulate' and proper, but unfortunately fails to realise he lives in 2008 and not in 1608.
If you really care about all the spelling mistakes on here take it up with spankme; who could make you a moderator of all the forums on here, and you in turn could sit correcting each and every post, if thats what floats your boat. Maybe one day I'll be as proficient in the language as you are, but for now I'll just enjoy my youth, and with any luck age won't take a death grip on the humourous side of me. You on the other hand might look into something called alliteration.

Bold words I know, but they are meant with the utmost respect.

YR64L.

[Swoop]

I could drive on the right hand side of the road in Nz if I 'chose' would that exclude NZ from your analysis?
Nope, but it might "exclude" yourself from any analysis in the future.


FknAmerican:
If your neighbours are prepared to follow you around the "hood", why not take advantage of it?
If you are being followed, they will know that you are sticking to the speed limit... so make sure you pass through their housing area as many times as possible. This will prove that the sound your bike is making, is being made at the posted speed limit. You are obeying the road rules. Also, you get to annoy the crap out of them!

[Livvy]

Nope, but it might "exclude" yourself from any analysis in the future.


FknAmerican:
If your neighbours are prepared to follow you around the "hood", why not take advantage of it?
If you are being followed, they will know that you are sticking to the speed limit... so make sure you pass through their housing area as many times as possible. This will prove that the sound your bike is making, is being made at the posted speed limit. You are obeying the road rules. Also, you get to annoy the crap out of them!
Swoop's got it... Just get out and stick at the speed limit to prove that though your bike's loud you're not a hoon. They'll hopefully eventually get the idea.

Their kids probably need more education - their teens who get mummy and daddy to buy hugely expensive road-legal race cars that they drive around in like they don't care if they're being safe or not; said as an observation of the people MY age in NZ... As a rule of thumb, I'd rather get on the back of a bike I don't know before in a car I don't know purely because bikers seem to be safer and smarter than cagers.

[vifferman]

In my view there is only one God, call Him what you may.
Her.
And you'd better call Her by Her right name, or She will get all pissy.

[Badjelly]

Its this group that lives several streets down that, apparently, is pissed at all the noise my bike makes as I drive by thier houses. LOL.

Yeah, really funny.

Perhaps you should make less noise with your bike? Nah, that would be considerate and therefore boring.

[McJim]

Move to Invercargill - home of the World's Fastest Indian. All my neighbours love the sound of my Ducati - I shit you not.

[Livvy]

Move to Invercargill - home of the World's Fastest Indian. All my neighbours love the sound of my Ducati - I shit you not.
You got lucky then!

[FkNAmerican]

Hey R6....the Fiat race rep kit from Yamaha costs over $2,500. I think what Im gonna do is get it done custom rather then buy the kit from them......no point when I could get something similar (and better looking) for about half the price.

[Cr1MiNaL]

Hey R6....the Fiat race rep kit from Yamaha costs over $2,500. I think what Im gonna do is get it done custom rather then buy the kit from them......no point when I could get something similar (and better looking) for about half the price.

How cool would that look in blek !! Roll on the 46 numbers from e-bay !

[motorbyclist]

teens who get mummy and daddy to buy hugely expensive road-legal race cars that they drive around in like they don't care if they're being safe or not; said as an observation of the people MY age in NZ... As a rule of thumb, I'd rather get on the back of a bike I don't know before in a car I don't know purely because bikers seem to be safer and smarter than cagers.

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[McJim]

Just had a thought while I was out this afternoon. You live in America, home of the law suit. If this pissy neighbour said "You exceeded the speed limit" then the burdon of proof is on this neighbour to prove that or face a case for defamation of character or libel or slander (depending on whether he puts this claim in writing or not) which means you could bankrupt him and make a decent profit.

[motorbyclist]

atleast go for harrassment!

[Sellout]

I was cleaning my exhausts today (enough deposits in those babies to run a coal range for weeks!!!!) and thought it might be fun to run the engine without the exhausts attached, less than 2 minutes after firing it up, I had 2 neighbours up the driveway... both wanting to check out what was making the noise 'cos they thought I must have a new ride.

I have a real problem with boy racers doin donuts on the corner outside my place, and about 12 houses around me (mine included) record licence plates and try to get the cops to do something about it, yet they all still love my bike! And they come around for a chat whenever I'm working on it in the driveway, no other bikers in my immediate vicinity but apparently half my neighbours used to ride, and since I have an old-school 2T, they all come and reminisce(sp)... It's hilarious!

FTR- I never speed or do anything silly... at least nowhere near home... Too worried about the potential damage to others (if I'm hurt = my stupid fault) But those bloody boy racers have knocked over the street sign on my corner and almost taken out my front fence, my kids play out there for chrissake, and these plonkers are ripping it up at 5 in the evening!

Sorry for the thread hijack!

[scumdog]

Yeah but most likely you don't go aroundandaround-and-around the same block at 3am with the same frikkin droning zorst noise.

[rocketman1]

This is a bit strange, I have had compliments from the neighbours over how good my sportsbike sounds, Mind you its 1000 Vtwin no baffles.
Must be something about the throb, compared to the scream, basic human sexuality or something

[alanzs]

I had a neighbor back in the States that used to compliment me on my Hayabusa and how it was really quiet. My wife used to tell me she could hear me coming from a few miles away. After four years of being neighbors, I found out he was stone fucking deaf. We used to have the greatest conversations! :rolleyes:

[DarkLord]

My neighbour just told off my mate for parking his car outside my house (slightly out of the common the driveway) easy enough for a truck to go past. He wasnt v polite and just said dont park ur car here rudely and drove off. Guess he knows what 2 R6's, a bandit 1200 and 2 gixxer thous sound like 'warming' up their engines at 10k rpm.

I wonder what he's going to think once I get my carbs rejetted and grab myself a Screaming Demon exhaust like on Gubb's bike :devil2:

[Roki_nz]

yeah so a funny update:

I think he's been up to no good lately with my other neighbors. They must be forming alliances against me b/c today I was followed around by ANOTHER one of my neighbors but this time I had a little fun with it......

So I went for a short (hour long) ride today and on my way down the street a different neighbor (old lady this time) is pulling out of her side street and instead of taking a right to leave the neighborhood she turns left as I pass and gives me a dirty look as I go by.

Instead of going home I take a bunch of random turns through the neighborhood and, sure enough, she stays with me. Keep in mind Im not exactly trying to lose her as I'm keeping it carefully at 25mph or less the whole time.

So this goes on maybe 10-15 minutes before I decide to step things up a bit and go for a litle roundabout near the bottom of the 'hood. I just keep going round and round and she keeps following me. At this point Im almost falling off the bike laughing at the situation: 90 year old granny in a hot persuit of an R-6 going 25mph (or less).

So finally after about 10 loops I just pull over. Of course she is too scared to actually stop and say anything to me so she drives by veerrryyyy sllloooowwwllly. I waite for her to go around the corner and continue on my way. Sure enough, she has turned around and is coming back the other way again.

As soon as I pass her she turns back around and follows me again so I decide Im going to take a tour of the ENTIRE neighborhood. I start making every single left and right that comes up and just slowly cruise down every cul-de-sac in the entire place. Keep in mind there are almost 2,000 homes so this is time consuming.

After about the fifth turn she gets the message and gives up.

This is getting unreal. Luckily my immediate neighbors are all cool. Its this group that lives several streets down that, apparently, is pissed at all the noise my bike makes as I drive by thier houses. LOL.

The sad thing is that the entire neighborhood is built like a track. Perfectly maintained roads, one amazing corner after another (nice flowing turns), elevation changes.......but its destroyed by a 25mph speed limit and houses. I fantasize about being able to close the whole place down and race around all the loops with my friends. Such a pity.


You should have called Mr.Plod on their arse

[Cr1MiNaL]

I wonder what he's going to think once I get my carbs rejetted and grab myself a Screaming Demon exhaust like on Gubb's bike :devil2:

I think he'll move out :apint: