My brakes work!

**banditrider** · 5th December 2010, 13:58

Yesterday I had a pretty good sphincter-tightening moment when coming back from the New Plymouth Toy Run.

My mate Brian and I were in a line of traffic just West of Turakina. We were just cruising in the traffic with a pretty decent sized gap between myself and the car in front of me. As we started down a slight rise a Suzuki Swift decided that he'd had enough of waiting to turn right and stabbed it after the car in front of me went past him.

Well, she was all on - I hit the picks big time, then probably less than a second after that I was off them again and throwing the Connie to the right. In the end the hard braking and evasive action got me well clear of the car but I did get a good look at all the car's passengers and got the chance to give the Stebel a bit of a workout too.

Luckily Brian was further behind me and he was well clear of the mess but he reckons he doesn't know how I avoided the twat in the Suzuki. All he saw was the car turn across me, the Connie take a big dive under brakes, the swerve and then it was all over.

All I can say is thank goodness for the superb brakes on the Connie (backed up by ABS which didn't kick in) and what the hell did the idiot in the Suzuki think he was doing - somebody take his licence away...

Know ya brakes people!

**davebullet** · 5th December 2010, 14:04

Sounds like he pulled a swifty on ya! New definition - ABS = Arsehole Being Swifty!

**banditrider** · 5th December 2010, 14:06

Which I'd had my video running (sitting useless on it's mount), someone here may have recognised the passengers doing goldfish impersonations...

**BMWST?** · 5th December 2010, 16:04

Originally Posted by banditrider

Which I'd had my video running (sitting useless on it's mount), someone here may have recognised the passengers doing goldfish impersonations...

how the f&^k anyone could miss a bike like a connie ....was the sun a factor?

**banditrider** · 5th December 2010, 16:07

Originally Posted by BMWST?

how the f&^k anyone could miss a bike like a connie ....was the sun a factor?

Nope - 11:30ish so sun should have been pretty high. And it was 2 Connies, both with +80 bulbs...

**chanceyy** · 5th December 2010, 16:39

geezzz Andrew, good skills dude, tis coming up to the crazy season .. take it easy out there

**ellipsis** · 5th December 2010, 17:19

....you are obviously of the calmer non reactive type of biker ilk....good SWIFT smack in the eye would maybe make wanks like this, look a little harder next time....

**Spearfish** · 5th December 2010, 22:49

Sad thing is they would have seen both the bikes and didn't perceive any risk to themselves, the risk to you is incidental.

How you handled it says a lot about your riding so can at least be happy about that.