Rep points for the newbie!

[Coyote]

I'm not surprised. Your just that little bit more conservative whilst on the L plate, as you don't want to bloody stuff up

[Zed]

when im drvin my cage, see a biker behind me, i always pull over at let motobikes pass, makes life easyier for both, just good curtisy in general tho, wish more people did it

I sometimes feel embarrassed for the cager who pulls far over to the left for me to pass when I'm lanesplitting the motorway...everyone else is keeping their line nicely enuf for me to just glide on through. Sometimes I think it's a good gesture and wonder if the cager is a biker in heart, lol sometimes I think we jusy freak out some drivers and when they catch a glimpse of our headlight approaching they hurriedly move to the left of the lane for fear that we'll take them out!!

[pommie girl]

Most noobs that I've come across on the road, who are already lanesplitting themselves, keep on dawdling along without using their mirrors (wasn't this point debated recently?) and don't see me 'waiting' for them to move.

I always move over if another biker comes up behind me, and although I try to regularly check my mirrors, I find that I am very focussed ahead on the traffic that I'm passing through, rather than so much on what's behind me. I'm trying to find a happy medium

[Zed]

I always move over if another biker comes up behind me, and although I try to regularly check my mirrors, I find that I am very focussed ahead on the traffic that I'm passing through, rather than so much on what's behind me. I'm trying to find a happy medium

Regularly checking your mirrors is all I expect from any rider. Personally I'm more focussed on what's ahead of me too, but I never forget that there could be action happening behind me, eg. other riders & emergency vehicles approaching...unless I'm passing everything in sight and every ounce of concentration must be on the front...not so with lanesplitting though.

Anyway, that's the great thing about this website - we get to learn about how other bikers *think* on the road and maybe take on board a thing or two to help change some of our bad riding habits, I know my riding has improved heaps just by observing & applying.

[Krayy]

I always move over if another biker comes up behind me, ...

The other thing that hit me this morning on the way in is that the "speed splitters" are risking it all just to get to work!! Bloody heck, I'm glad that the traffic holds me up every now and then. And as Robin once said (badly quoted, BTW) "Holy Vaudeville Batman, you mean somebody Russian (rushing, get it?) is going to slip on a banana peel and break their neck?"

[Dutchee]

A week or so back, I was riding along heading to work & some guy came up behind me. I hadn't seen him approaching but he obviously worked that out & gave a quick rev of his bike to let me know to pull outta his way.

I thought that was cool. I lane split if the traffic pretty much stops, but if it's moving okayish, I'll go with it - keeping an option open to carry on splitting if it stops again (hence me in his way - apologies).

Also, if a young female who was riding along Meola Road? Thursday reads this, do you want someone to practice hillstarts with? I was on the yellow bike & didn't want to put you off, so happily pulled in next/behind you.

[inlinefour]

Often being the one on the slower bike, I have to do the same thing. Mind you when I do get the qucker bike I'll still be doing it as I've got nothing to proove. I'll ride fast when I want to and ride like a Nana also, when I want to. Goon on the Suzy L rider with the panda ears, can be in a hurry as the ears will stuff the aerodynamics