Removing wing mirrors...

[Katman]

........and kicking in doors.

What is it that you actually think you're achieving?

Do you really think that the majority of drivers are going to think "Opps, poor motorcyclist - I'll look out for them next time".

Or do you think that perhaps they're more likely to think "Fuck you ya prick, I'll take out the next fucker on a motorcycle who passes me"?

[The Pastor]

i useally think, lols he dosent have a mirror no more

[paturoa]

Stupidity isn't limited to cagers.

[Maki]

Wassamater, did ya just have the mirror of your cage kicked off? If you did I hope it learned you not to mess with bikers!

[cynna]

satisfaction - probably in the same way that people rant on in here about how they got cut off

i got charged a few years ago - ended up with diversion, so im a good boy now...

[PirateJafa]

If you clock some chap upside the skull outside a pub while wearing your Repco work shirt, that dude is hardly going to unprovokedly attack the next random person he sees walking along the sidewalk wearing a Repco work shirt.

Same thing applies to the road.

If they see YOU again, they may indeed do something silly. But they're not going to attack just any ol' biker they see, unless they're already substantially more fucked in the head then your average human being, at which point there is no point factoring them into the equation because they're just that - outside of the norm.

[PirateJafa]

/worldssmallestviolin

[Katman]

If they see YOU again, they may indeed do something silly. But they're not going to attack just any ol' biker they see, unless they're already substantially more fucked in the head then your average human being, at which point there is no point factoring them into the equation because they're just that - outside of the norm.

That's a very naive view of the world that you're blessed with.

[FJRider]

........and kicking in doors.

What is it that you actually think you're achieving?

Do you really think that the majority of drivers are going to think "Opps, poor motorcyclist - I'll look out for them next time".

Or do you think that perhaps they're more likely to think "Fuck you motherfucker, I'll take out the next fucker on a motorcycle who passes me"?

What makes you think there is any real thinking involved ... it's sort of like... an itch that needs scratched ... if it makes you feel good at the time ...

[Katman]

What makes you think there is any real thinking involved ... it's sort of like... an itch that needs scratched ... if it makes you feel good at the time ...

And fuck anyone else who comes along later and gets to deal with the backlash?

[PirateJafa]

That's a very naive view of the world that you're blessed with.

Maybe of whatever world you live on.

'Tis pretty accurate for Earth though.

[SixPackBack]

Sand in the crack Katman?......grumpy coont!

[R6_kid:Me]

I don't think it happens as often as people might make out that it does, I only know of one account where I genuinely believe the person did exactly as they said and took out a mirror.

Truth is Katman, most people in society aren't cold hard killers. You get a few loose units, but the majority of people are so softened by their upbringing that while they may be pissed off at you for taking off their mirror, I doubt that they would go so far as to retaliate.

It is much more understandable that from that point on they will hold a lesser view of motorcyclists in general which doesn't do any good for any of us. Of course in the case of the small percentage of society that have a chip in their shoulder (much like those who kick mirrors and doors) we can only hope that the sentiment passes by before they do something as stupid as the person who kicked their vehicle - and it's more likely to become a drunken bar story about the time a biker kicked his mirror and 'i did XYZ to that mother fucker, you should have seen the look on his face'...

[Timber020]

I do it very seldomly and to drivers who dont use there eyes, and you can bet from that day on they will be at least LOOKING out for bikes, even if its because they hate them. And should they hunt down an kill a motorcyclist, I leave a card to say im buying a Katana next.

[gwigs]

Got to agree with Katman.....As good as it may feel at the time its just not worth it...You dont know what kind of person is in the car ...might be a complete lunatic who wouldnt stop at running over you.....he might just catch you....maybe on a different day..he will remember you and your bike.
Thats besides the legal ramifications: