Stupid cars

[NDORFN]

You're on a 250 aren't you? I don't think you should be attempting that on any 250. The 250's just aren't safe, whereas a 600 or even a 400 you can crack on some speed in just a second, and then scrub it off just as quickly.

You could ride up the white line, but thats really only suitable for straight road, there are ALL SORTS of gotchas with that, so I will leave it for someone else to coach you with that one.

Steve

DON'T ride up the white line. You'll make a habbit of it and get caught out in the wet.

[Taz]

Go do a track day. No cars and after all the road is not a race track and all road users have the right to travel on it.

[CookMySock]

DON'T ride up the white line. You'll make a habbit of it and get caught out in the wet.

I don't make choices in traffic on the basis of habit. Everything I do is by choice and calculation at the time, on it's merits. If a person can only ride a motorcycle on the basis of their habits, then they shouldn't be riding a motorcycle - everything gets reviewed on an ongoing basis.

It's perfectly feasible to ride the white line. In the wet, the white line will be slippery, but you should not be white-lining on corners. Yes, you might slip a tyre while braking on the slippery white line, but why are you braking hard here? Why is your speed differential so high? What did you miss?

Steve

[yungatart]

Cars are NOt stupid, any more than motorcycles are dangerous!
They just 'are'.
Take a chill pill and don't sweat the little things.

[NDORFN]

I don't make choices in traffic on the basis of habit. Everything I do is by choice and calculation at the time, on it's merits. If a person can only ride a motorcycle on the basis of their habits, then they shouldn't be riding a motorcycle - everything gets reviewed on an ongoing basis.

It's perfectly feasible to ride the white line. In the wet, the white line will be slippery, but you should not be white-lining on corners. Yes, you might slip a tyre while braking on the slippery white line, but why are you braking hard here? Why is your speed differential so high? What did you miss?

Steve

Nothing. I just wouldn't advise a learner to go anywhere near road markings.

[marty]

you could always just get a decent bike that can actually overtake.

i'm picking the the car driver was thinking 'who's this pussy bike rider behind me that can't even pass me'

[CookMySock]

Nothing. I just wouldn't advise a learner to go anywhere near road markings.

While on the face of it that is good advice (slippery fuckers!), what happens is it instills a fear of white lines on the newbie and they panic when forced to ride on one.

you could always just get a decent bike that can actually overtake.

And that is the issue isn't it, but he can't because he's a newbie(?), so... he's stuck with his present situation. His only option is to cool it.

Newbs on little bikes are not in a good situation are they? Cagers follow them too closely, can't pass to get out of trouble, passing takes ages, shit tyres and wet white lines don't mix - it's all just asking fer trouble.

Steve

[cambridgedan]

Get a fucken aeroplane then.

Already got one

[NDORFN]

While on the face of it that is good advice (slippery fuckers!), what happens is it instills a fear of white lines on the newbie and they panic when forced to ride on one.

And that is the issue isn't it, but he can't because he's a newbie(?), so... he's stuck with his present situation. His only option is to cool it.

Newbs on little bikes are not in a good situation are they? Cagers follow them too closely, can't pass to get out of trouble, passing takes ages, shit tyres and wet white lines don't mix - it's all just asking fer trouble.

Steve

You said it. One of the hardest part of learning to survive riding is to keep it cool.

[short-circuit]

Does anyone els get really annoyed when you on your fav road or a new road that you have found thats really cool or just any windy road, and you are having fun and then boom there is a car in front of you, and they go super amazingly slow around the corners and for some reason think they are going fast enough to not pull over and let you past on the straight thats not quite long enough to pass them on.

Nah - I just blast right round the outside of them (in almost any gear I like)

[breakaway]

I know what you're missing. About 750 more cc. Flicking the throttle will make it stand up on one wheel and overtake those shitboxes without breaking a sweat.

[coffeejunkie]

Does anyone els get really annoyed when you on your fav road or a new road that you have found thats really cool or just any windy road, and you are having fun and then boom there is a car in front of you, and they go super amazingly slow around the corners and for some reason think they are going fast enough to not pull over and let you past on the straight thats not quite long enough to pass them on.

Yes....Yes we do, Balzy and i both love SH58 specially if he's in his groove, Also on the rimmies(i personally hate them but hay i'm just the pillion)

[crazyhorse]

Does anyone els get really annoyed when you on your fav road or a new road that you have found thats really cool or just any windy road, and you are having fun and then boom there is a car in front of you,.....

Yeah I know the feeling. You are just getting into the motion of the twisty bits, and loving it ....... But that's life, shit happens, take a concrete pill and get over it

[Mschvs]

Does anyone els get really annoyed when you on your fav road or a new road that you have found thats really cool or just any windy road, and you are having fun and then boom there is a car in front of you, and they go super amazingly slow around the corners and for some reason think they are going fast enough to not pull over and let you past on the straight thats not quite long enough to pass them on.

Unfortunately drivers will be drivers ... and you have to maintain a degree of patience even when they are being complete idiots ... at the same time, regardless of whether or not it is your 'favourite road' cars can't drive as fast, and no a lot of people don't realise the are holding a bike up!

[cambridgedan]

well its good to know im not the only one haha, i didnt think i would be,