Bus Drivers Are Cool

[Ixion]

Good to see someone who is like minded, its bikers like us that will help build a relationship between the biggest on the road and the smallest on the road (buses & bikes for those of you who are still battling to wake up on this shitty monday morning)

You have never seen the Whale

[Mr Skid]

You have never seen the Whale

Has *anyone* ever seen the whale?
When ya gonna turn up on a KB rider mista?
I'm beginning to wonder if you're a alter-ego of WINJA..

[Ixion]

Has *anyone* ever seen the whale?
When ya gonna turn up on a KB rider mista?
I'm beginning to wonder if you're a alter-ego of WINJA..

Meh. both me and my bikes far too slow to keep up on KB rides. Though Mr Tristan passed me going the other way a while back.

Actually, I'm really Mr WINJA's alter-id . Tis the id not the ego. Cue, Mr Satre

[Motoracer]

Bus drivers are just people, some are bad, some are good. When it rains, I catch the bus and have a chat with a couple of them I now know, all the way till I get to work. One of them even drops me off right out side my office work door, when the bus stop is actually 500m back. Most of them are very good people I'd say.

[myvice]

I'm usually well behaved for bus drivers, prob caus there bigger than me!
But taxi drivers are unique, how many other industries are there, where the longer you do your job, the WORSE you get at it?
And its not that there that great to start with!

[Toast]

I came across a bus driver one time when I was going down Dominion Rd in the bus lane...

Pulled out without looking...

Quickly stopped when he saw me (first reaction)...

Then think: 'Nah, fuck you, this is my lane!!" and charge out to block me off as I was coming down at 50 km/h.

Naturally the CBR250Rangi had no brakes, so I swerved towards the line of stagnant rush hour traffic and had about an inch to spare on each side! The clown could've killed me...on purpose? I felt thankful for all of that close quarters stuff with sheep and goods trucks on the narrower sections of the Coro coast road which gave me half decent spatial awareness...

Never had much of an affinity for bus drivers after that and a few other incidents.

[Posh Tourer :P]

Meh. both me and my bikes far too slow to keep up on KB rides.

It is bigger an younger than mine....

Mind you, you are probably older and sensibillier than I, so it'll even out

[Dafe]

I'm not a fan of Bus Drivers either, and with Wellingtons inner city roads getting narrower, Buses are definately at the top of the foodchain and they're certainly driving like it. Recently, I had a bus swing wide beside me to take a corner, and he swung right into my lane and when his back swung around, it hit my work Cage. The cage was brand new at the time too.
Prick driver was looking back at me and he kept going..... The Wanker!

[N4CR]

You have never seen the Whale

I have... it is rather 'bulky' so to speak. I would guess 'lane splitting' only occurs if the bus lane is empty

Must be a comfy mutha though.

After being on busses for years, most of them (drivers) seem like very nice people, and they are uuusually fine when I'm riding around Auckland (but not to cars ).

[Ixion]

I have... it is rather 'bulky' so to speak. I would guess 'lane splitting' only occurs if the bus lane is empty

...

Meh, I just follow the buses as the split.

Though actually on the (rareish) occasions that I do lane split on the BMW I often find that drivers make quite an effort to let me past. Wonder why

[Dadpole]

Must be your friendly smile

[raster]

Meh, I just follow the buses as the split.

Though actually on the (rareish) occasions that I do lane split on the BMW I often find that drivers make quite an effort to let me past. Wonder why

It's not too bad, least it hasn't got 3 metres of bonnet.

Not as big and the Goldwing I was looking at today at Eastamaki Honda.

[raster]

I do like the idea of ABS brakes.

[myvice]

I'm not a fan of Bus Drivers either, and with Wellingtons inner city roads getting narrower, Buses are definately at the top of the foodchain and they're certainly driving like it. Recently, I had a bus swing wide beside me to take a corner, and he swung right into my lane and when his back swung around, it hit my work Cage. The cage was brand new at the time too.
Prick driver was looking back at me and he kept going..... The Wanker!

Cant say I'm a fan... But it's better than ANOTHER 30 cage aiming troglodytes trying to kill us!