Overtaking in its glory!

[Argyle]

You can feel the hair on your neck stand when you watch this movie!

SO NICE! The guy who he past he must have shit himself!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7Lr1...layer_embedded

[slofox]

Ermmmm yerr - ain't nothin' like blasting past some other roaduser...

There's an old joke:

Q: What does an Italian driver like better than screaming past a line of cars?
A: Screaming past the car that's screaming past the line of cars...

Daresay it applies to Italian bikers as well...

[JimO]

one wrong move and they both die

[Argyle]

one wrong move and they both die

Yep, it is certainly nothing good to do.

[Fatt Max]

There is no glory in that I reckon

[mnkyboy]

Had a certain crazy man on his er-6 do something like that to me on my 250. We were on a 250 ride north, all on a blind corner to boot.

Was mildly impressed till i realised how quickly it could've gone pear shaped

[DMNTD:Me]

Had a certain crazy man on his er-6 ...

He sounds....Crazy

[p.dath]

Would have scared the shit out of me if I was the slower rider. The slower rider probably didn't see the other guy coming at that speed.

[mikeey01]

Daresay it applies to Italian bikers as well...

Lies I tell ya, all lies

[sleemanj]

I was wiped out once years ago by some dude over taking on a bend.

Contact ensued (actually locked the bikes togethor for a few meters) and we both went for a lie down. I bet he slowed down a bit after that one, nothing like sliding along the road between a long way down a steep hill side and an unpleasant squishing by oncoming traffic around the next blind corner to give you a mortality reminder.

Call me a pansy if you like, but overtaking on bends and hills is not something I will do generally. Way too little margin for error.

[chef]

yeah that guys in sane imagine another dude coming from the opersite direction doing the same thing.

[swbarnett]

There's an old joke:

Q: What does an Italian driver like better than screaming past a line of cars?
A: Screaming past the car that's screaming past the line of cars...

I can attest to the truth of that. While traversing the motorway system in Northern Italy in the mid 90s I was doing 170kph overtaking traffic doing about 140kph and got honked and flashed at repeatedly by a Merc that came up behind me at what seemed like 100kph faster than me.

[swbarnett]

yeah that guys in sane imagine another dude coming from the opersite direction doing the same thing.

The overtaking bike stayed completely in their own lane. Why would this be a problem if a bike coming the other way did the same?

[Brian d marge]

the problem is?
corner wasn't blind , didn't cross centre line
overtaking manoeuvre done quickly
no cars coming

better than the kiwi way

blind corner ,,check

long line of cars . check

bird on back ...check

brains that would make Forest Gump be transfered to special class ,,,,check

Go


Give me the Italians any day ,,,,,,

Stephen

[breakaway]

The overtaking bike stayed completely in their own lane. Why would this be a problem if a bike coming the other way did the same?

True, but what happens if the guy riding slower sees some debris on the road and has to readjust his line mid corner?

Would not attempt this sort of manouever personally, like someone already pointed out, the error margin is way too small.