Side-by-side riding - would you do it?

[Coyote]

I ride solo Only cause the L plates stopping me from going on KB rides

[hondacmx450]

[QUOTE=bugjuice]I'll happily ride side-by-side, but only with a biker I know well, else I keep a good safe distance and ride on the other side of the lane to them.

me and a mate ride like this alot up and down the country when we r ou and about

[John]

I ride solo Only cause the L plates stopping me from going on KB rides

not by choice eh.. just kidding, shit I'm being a toss this morning.

[Big Dave]

geez you kiwis are polite.

poker runs, charity events and generally riding with patches excluded - where side by side is uncomfortable, but acceptable.

1st I would make an appropriate 'get behind' gesture.
If that didn't work I would then go very close and yell 'f*** off you maggot' with somewhat more threatening jestures.

Reckon that would do it.

The site does say 'biker' dunnit?

[John]

geez you kiwis are polite.

poker runs, charity events and generally riding with patches excluded - where side by side is uncomfortable, but acceptable.

1st I would make an appropriate 'get behind' gesture.
If that didn't work I would then go very close and yell 'f*** off you maggot' with somewhat more threatening jestures.

Reckon that would do it.

The site does say 'biker' dunnit?

Well if your in a tank bike I would suggest just running them off the road - now thats rebelous, only if you didnt know them - or if you do what ever tickles you, personally no one gets the chance to do that to me because if they do I speed up or slow down, or boost of into the horizon clocking 280 with my finger hoving over the nos button to deliver the final nos shot ... I live a lonely lonely life, I miss my bike

[Beemer]

Went along to some motorcycle training today where a cop who trains bike cops was teaching the participants to ride in PAIRS and then in FOURS. Is it just me, or is this the kind of stuff you DON'T find in the road code? I had already decided to sit the afternoon session out after hearing that the two groups would be crossing over each other's path - that's not training to me, that's suicide. Give me a Stay Upright course any day, at least you don't have to worry about someone else hitting you!

[hondacmx450]

were thay training for the smash up raceing figer 8 way

[ManDownUnder]

no...

10 char things dammit etc

[MSTRS:Me]

Only on a straight stretch & then only briefly to signal some change of plan or whatever

[Storm]

Only if you are confident in each others abilties or as MSTRS said re indicating change of direction etc

[loosebruce]

I do on rare occasions where, like you say, I "know" the other rider. Usually it is when we are going slowly and I pull up alongside to communicate a message in *biker sign language*!

Or when you pull a wheelie next to em and almost land your front wheel on there head

[Motoracer]

No, I feel unsafe doing it. If there is a rider next to me, I'd slow down or speed up to get behind or ahead of that bike.

Though with all this n00b talk, I am getting some memory back from when we were n00bs, me, Andy1 and a few others mates all on small bikes. We used pin it on the straight doing about 180-200 and sit on the tank, sometimes in the high chair position, lie down on the seat, ride side by side and try to kick or grab each other for laughs etc (what else could you do on the straights with 400 and 250 cc bikes when you didn't know how to wheelie? Come to think of it I still can't wheelie but that's not the point!). Ahhh thoes were the days, being young and stupid! Not that I'd ever go back to that level of insanity but we still had good laughs...

[vifferman]

I've occasionally ridden beside another rider, but then only for short distances, usually only at around-town speeds, and only when going straight, never on corners. The only (obvious) exception to this is when riding in a large group, and then it's not really 'beside' but in staggered formation. The first time I did this (what a buzz!) was with 400 other bikers in 1975 or thereabouts, at a Honda Owners Club rally. I've since done an Easter Egg Run and a couple of other rides of a similar (or bigger size) where staggered riding was de rigeur.

[Ixion]

A good few years ago a mate an I used to do formation riding through country towns, when on a trip . Tootling down the main streets, close side by side, speed up slow down, stand up , wave, etc all side by side .All at exactly matched speeds.

Well, we were bored! And the "slow down for country town, cos the local snakes then in country towns were bastidges" was a pain. And it gave the locals something to talk about. Quite slow though < 50k and only on straight(ish) bits. And we knew each other well.

Please note that I do NOT recommend or endorse this practice. So don't do it. Do as I say not as I do.

[vifferman]

A good few years ago a mate an I used to do formation riding through country towns, when on a trip .

Reminds me of what I was thinking about with respect to answering this. When I was at school, the second bike I had was an almost identical one (same model, colour) to a classmate's one. We used to sometimes ride around town together, and sometimes rode side-by-side to talk. Racing was a bit pointless, except offroad.
He died shortly after that (shooting accident), so it didn't last long.