WTF moment on the Friday night ride home

[steve_t]

We need James Bond style flip over licence plates

[owner]

I once had the pleasure of having a disagreement with a white van man in the UK I got lots of practice at the "swerving kick" manoevre I am thankfully for the skills I learned that day and I'm thankful I haven't had to use them since. My first swerve kick was wobbly as hell but after a few I actually got good at it!! LOL
Being a trucker I have alot patience and acceptance for idiots on the road but some plonkers just want to pick a fight and they should get one.

=beyond;1129245971]Yep, aint easy kickin in a door while riding and it it gets darn right dangerous over 70kmh.

Once saw a guy on a Harley get cut off on the motorway by Granny knitting. She never saw him. He comes up alongside and gives the driver door such a kick the whole thing folded in..... then I watched in awe as he wobbled all over the road trying to regain his balance

For a few seconds I didn't think he was going to get it all together and thankfully traffic was light enough for him to struggle with his machine over two lanes.

[Ixion]

If you're going to kick a car whilst moving DON'T do it the rugby ball way, with your body weight behind it. That's what unsettles the bike. Just swing your leg from the hip , like a Nazi goose step. It was easier when cars had separate sticky out mudguards.

Taking out mirrors isn't as easy as it sounds.

But the kick can always be justified, "I was just trying to fend off this car that was about to crush mea, and push the bike out of its way".

Back in the day we used to wear a big honking chain slung bandolier fashion over the shoulder . Purely for security, it's to lock the bike when parked, wouldn't have to do that if the police were more proactive about bike thieves, would we officer. Amazing how cagers turned obliging when a biker came along swinging that big chain.

[caseye]

Done that! swung a chain, a two inch link bugger, almighty shower of glass as front windscreen vanishes and then of course it wraps around the drivers door pillar.Had to follow the poor cage driver home to retrieve my chain.
His dad, a minister of the clothe was not very happy after I'd explained my presence and why I needed my security chain back.
This guy ( about 19 yrs old then, some time back it was,) was driving a beautifully restored Defect 100 along Remurea road, he looked to his right before changing lanes, Oh hum theres a big black Motorbike there the rider is not a small dude and he's got this HUGE chain slung over his shoulder.
Oh well I'll change lanes anyhow!
I could not believe he'd just done that. I swerved out of the way, yep across the centre line, double lellow there to avoid the horrendous crash.
I pulled up next to him at the next set of lights and asked him politely and CLEARLY to wind his window down so we could converse.
He failed to comply.
OK, no sweat, I lead off from the lights, about to forget the whole thing, he does the whole alongside and pull in to the right lane with me THERE ,still routine again.
I lifted the chain, indicated my intention if he kept coming, he did, I swung and just managed to let go in time.
NOTE to anyone else attempting this, let go of chain asap it could well be detrimental to your health.
Well as I said I had to follow the bum home to retrieve my chain, should have heard the words he was using when I arrived in the gate behind him.
I liked his dad, the minister, he saw the car(no windscreen), saw my chain, saw me arrive and told the Kid to stop talking.
He asked me what had happened and after I'd had my say he calmly took the chain from the door pillar handed it to me and said "as long as you don't want to press charges, is that an end to this matter" I said yes , we went and had a cuppa tea in the rectory(No Bull) we did and I left there with a new friend, yep the minister.
I was young and silly way back then and I perhaps hadn't thought it all through, what if he lost control of his car and ploughed into another car/s on Rem rd etc etc.
I stopped carrying that chain, after that.
Temptation , is a funny thing.
then along came the kids and off went the bike! Anyhow, Now nearly 20 yrs since that time, I'm riding again and I'ved found it's as bad out there as it always was.
Keep your temper, get even, Not mad! The cell phone is a wonderful thing.
People in marked cars should not drive like idiots, their bosses really want to know about such behaviour these days.

[pete376403]

When you pull up alongside the car to discuss the error of their ways, and they wont wind down the window, make your feelings known by pressing against the window with this. Toughened glass (side windows, not windscreens) have been known to fall apart...
http://www.voltelectronics.co.nz/aut...ick-punch.html

[XRVrider]

The door/panel kick is a great way to get a real cock back. In the UK couriering on motos and bicycles, I got pretty good at it... you just need to lean in to the target car as you come up to it and boot hard straightening up your lean, lovely jubbly and no wobble off.

One bloke hit me on purpose at 90 degrees, did a squealy just to speed up to hit me, this was with me on a bicycle. He only clipped my backwheel as I sped up in mad panic to get out of his way, but he buckled the rear wheel, not enough to stop me riding for the moment. The good thing is as he drove off laughing is that he had to stop 100mtrs down the road at a red light. I went after him and gave the best full door denting kick on the way past. Stopped and spat on his windscreen, 2 fingers up etc... He lost it in a major way, so I simply got between 2 stopped cars and watched as he tried to run me over driving around and around up the wrong side of the road against traffic etc... Once he was out of the way I simply went up the footpath and up an alleyway and off to the next job (after fixing wheel) laughing my head off. Priceless in central London with quite a crowd and no regoplate. A few working scaffolders nearby clapped.

[popa griffin]

When you pull up alongside the car to discuss the error of their ways, and they wont wind down the window, make your feelings known by pressing against the window with this. Toughened glass (side windows, not windscreens) have been known to fall apart...
http://www.voltelectronics.co.nz/aut...ick-punch.html

I found a tap tap whack with your armor knuckles works wonders aswell.