Bloody cagers

[Lias]

Just about T-boned a car this afternoon.. Same road I had my last crash on, less than a km from home.. Turned off a round about, started accelerating when some dickhead pulled out of a driveway (with screeching tyres n all) and I found myself staring directly at the driver who just relaised there was a bloody great motorbike heading for his drivers door.

Thankfully (for me at least) I DIDNT t-bone his stupid ass, but it was mighty close and it put the shits up me.. My hands were shaking for a good 20 minutes afterwards.

On an unrelated note, I was quite proud of myself, for a bloke who know next to nothing about the mechanical side of cars n bikes n things, I managed to retension my chain earlier today without wrecking anything.

[scumdog]

Just about T-boned a car this afternoon.. Same road I had my last crash on, less than a km from home.. Turned off a round about, started accelerating when some dickhead pulled out of a driveway (with screeching tyres n all) and I found myself staring directly at the driver who just relaised there was a bloody great motorbike heading for his drivers door.

Thankfully (for me at least) I DIDNT t-bone his stupid ass, but it was mighty close and it put the shits up me.. My hands were shaking for a good 20 minutes afterwards.

On an unrelated note, I was quite proud of myself, for a bloke who know next to nothing about the mechanical side of cars n bikes n things, I managed to retension my chain earlier today without wrecking anything.

Did you 'explain' the error of his ways to him??

[Lias]

Prick didnt even stop.. he just accelerated ofgf (with more screeching tyres)

[Jeremy]

Taking a leaf out of John Wright's book, "honk the horn repeatedly any time you think someone else is going to do something stupid", hopefully they do something other than just stay there.

[DebK]

Or to quote from www.rideforever.co.nz (which quotes Graham Allardice):
"With experience comes discretion, but in an age of road-rage be aware that using your horn may cause other motorists to:

- Become angry or confused.
- Brake when you least want them to.
- Slow down and block your path."

Last week I was very kindly gifted Graham Allardice's book "The Biker's Bible". No doubt already referenced on KB's in the past, but a must have book for riders of all levels. Highly recommended.

[Ixion]

Or to quote from www.rideforever.co.nz (which quotes Graham Allardice):
"With experience comes discretion, but in an age of road-rage be aware that using your horn may cause other motorists to:

- Become angry or confused.
- Brake when you least want them to.
- Slow down and block your path."

Last week I was very kindly gifted Graham Allardice's book "The Biker's Bible". No doubt already referenced on KB's in the past, but a must have book for riders of all levels. Highly recommended.

This is true. But, given some care in application, I'm with Mr Wright. Providing that the horn in question is A BLOODY LOUD HORN. The little peepers on some bikes are useless.

The Beemer has a damn loud horn as standard. And it's even louder now that I've fitted air horns as well. A blast from them wakes up even the most dozy twits . Mainly, I think, because although they don't give enough of a stuff about bikes to emerge from their coma, they do give a stuff about big trucks coming at them. And the loud horn makes them think they're about to be mowed down by a Kenworth. Self preservation kicks in.

I actually see them jump sometimes, and then focus on me.

[Aitch]

This is true. But, given some care in application, I'm with Mr Wright. Providing that the horn in question is A BLOODY LOUD HORN. The little peepers on some bikes are useless.

The Beemer has a damn loud horn as standard. And it's even louder now that I've fitted air horns as well. A blast from them wakes up even the most dozy twits . Mainly, I think, because although they don't give enough of a stuff about bikes to emerge from their coma, they do give a stuff about big trucks coming at them. And the loud horn makes them think they're about to be mowed down by a Kenworth. Self preservation kicks in.

I actually see them jump sometimes, and then focus on me.

OOOOOOOOOOOOH I wanna make em jump too! How much did your airhorns cost????? Are they easy to fit?

[Ixion]

OOOOOOOOOOOOH I wanna make em jump too! How much did your airhorns cost????? Are they easy to fit?

Air horns cost around 50 bucks, maybe a bit more for a good set. Mine were second hand, cos I'm a cheap cu*t.

They're easy to fit provided you can handle a bit of electrical rewiring. Hardest bit is just figuring out somewhere to mount everything, bikes don't have a lot of spare space.

Main problem, though, is they take a shit load of electricity. So you need a bike with either a big battery or a big alternator.

A lot of bikes just don't have a big enough electrical system to cope.

[Wolf]

On an unrelated note, I was quite proud of myself, for a bloke who know next to nothing about the mechanical side of cars n bikes n things, I managed to retension my chain earlier today without wrecking anything.

Good on ya. Welcome to the wonderful world of routine maintenance.

Was getting work done on the cage this weekend - frost plug had a hole in it and was pissing water everywhere. All the fucking around made me all the more appreciative of air-cooled motorcycle engines.

[T.I.E]

i'm actually get sick to death of cages pulling out and not even bothering to look over their shoulder to have a look and see what is happennig.
and it's so obvious that they didn't look too.
i think i'll carry a batton on the bike to teach them a lesson later on.