Passing slower bikes on the left inside!

**cheshirecat** · 4th January 2011, 10:30

Originally Posted by popelli

bloody good idea, it also stops cars pushing their way past you and running you off the road, used to ride a 350 matchless, it was for a couple of months my sole means of transport, and I had to do this otherwise I was literally run off the road

also if you travel about 5mph faster than the prevailing traffic you tend to have less hassle with people trying to get past

as for the tosser passing on the inside, dont even give him a second thought he will reap his just deserves in due course

however learn from the experience and keep an eye on both mirrors all the time whats behind you is almost as important as whats in front of you

V Good advice above.

Once had some fun when travelling to the 24hr Le Man bike race some years back. Had bikes passing me inside and out on the autoroute all the way there. They passed wing mirror close and after the first few er, surprises, I took it as normal. I was passing nose to tail cars doing 110/130 real close like relying on their wing mirrors being under or over mine, but I reckoned if I was to go any more conservativley I'd just cause problems for those overtaking which was like every bike - thousands of them. Eventually I upped to 140/150 (it was a CB750K2 so no mean feat for the poor thing) just to keep in the bike traffic speed, stay alive and only have a few speedy groups whiz past instead of the whole f. . .ing lot of them. Not one bike accident did I see over that weekend though.

**SPman** · 4th January 2011, 14:43

Eventually I upped to 140/150 (it was a CB750K2 so no mean feat for the poor thing) just to keep in the bike traffic speed, stay alive and only have a few speedy groups whiz past instead of the whole f. . .ing lot of them. Not one bike accident did I see over that weekend though.

Yeah - but those were French bikers - they're nuts - the whole f**cking lot of them. Have you seen the scooter riders going through rush hour traffic on the Paris ring roads - traffic doing 0-20k and hordes of scooters and bikes threading through at 70-80k plus - we even saw one, cup of coffee in one hand, nonchalantly sticking his Piaggio through gaps even I 'd think twice about...... !!!

**MSTRS:Me** · 4th January 2011, 14:51

Originally Posted by SPman

... nonchalantly sticking his Piaggio through gaps even I 'd think twice about...... !!!

Yep...that's the French for you...

**Leseid** · 4th January 2011, 20:56

Thinking back on it, at the time it just sort of happened and it was over before I knew what had happened. The bike was long gone before I thought to get it's plate.
I didn't actually know (until just reading all the reply posts) how much of a no no it is to do. Next time it happens I will get the plate.

Just quietly on the side: A fixed camera on a bike taking constant footage but erasing it unless you hit a panic button just after an event, would have come in use here.

Thanks for all the feedback by the way.

**MSTRS:Me** · 5th January 2011, 09:07

Originally Posted by Leseid

I didn't actually know (until just reading all the reply posts) how much of a no no it is to do. Next time it happens I will get the plate.

It's not just a no-no...
It's illegal. Unless the vehicle you are passing is stationary.
http://www.nzta.govt.nz/resources/ro...g/passing.html

**Shadowjack** · 5th January 2011, 11:38

Bad enough on the road, but last year I was undertaken in the Lyttelton Tunnel...
Bloke must've been late for dinner, or something.

**scumdog** · 5th January 2011, 13:10

Originally Posted by Leseid

Thinking back on it, at the time it just sort of happened and it was over before I knew what had happened. The bike was long gone before I thought to get it's plate.
I didn't actually know (until just reading all the reply posts) how much of a no no it is to do. Next time it happens I will get the plate.

Just quietly on the side: A fixed camera on a bike taking constant footage but erasing it unless you hit a panic button just after an event, would have come in use here.

Thanks for all the feedback by the way.

Flicking on your left-hand indicator as you see then approaching from behind often has hilarious results.
And mostly they then don't undertake you...