My apologies... to another angry cager

**BigB** · 3rd August 2005, 13:08

Must be the time for it, as i did the same thing heading home last night. Only the second time, the first was a taxi, he's started abusing me at the next set of lights but he had so many other dent's in his car I just told him to F*** off.

cheers

**placidfemme** · 3rd August 2005, 13:12

Originally Posted by BigB

Must be the time for it, as i did the same thing heading home last night. Only the second time, the first was a taxi, he's started abusing me at the next set of lights but he had so many other dent's in his car I just told him to F*** off.

cheers

lol whats it with people and dented cars... this one time (at band camp lol) on the bus the bus driver pulled out the bus stop (as they do) and the car behind (or to the side rather) didn't stop/slow down and scraped along the side of the bus and the bus driver stopped and thr cage driver got out and seriously kicked in the back lights on the bus and he was ranting and raving about his car... and it was an early 80's model honda something crap... some of the panels were white the rest of the car was brown and it had dents and crap all over it... looked like it was going to fall apart and yet he threw a right tantrum at the bus driver... you couldn't even tell where the damage was on his car because of all the other damage... lol

**vifferman** · 3rd August 2005, 13:15

Originally Posted by placidfemme

Bike mirrors arn't cheap either

I've never had to replace mine but we've had to replace Sam's twice (just two mirrors... not 4 mirrors) and for the FXR they are like $80 - $100

Bloody expensive little things

Had to replace a few on the VFR750 - luckily at least two were replaced under other people's insurance. I've damaged at least two from lanesplitting; the last one was already damaged/weakened from hitting things while lanesplitting (they were exactly the wrong height) and just fell off one day when I lightly clipped a car mirror with it.
I also replaced one on the VF500 - when I went to adjust it the glass shattered.

The ones on the VifFerraRi seem to be in a good position for NOT being vulnerable.

Broke the Subaru's mirror one day when backing into a park - the plastic cowl hit the edge of the truck I was backing around and broke the mounting tabs off. Fixed that with Marley's guttering adhesive and the glass fell out.

Cut a new glass and glued it in with Liquid Nails.

Man, that's a lot of bad luck if you're superstitious. Even though I'm not, maybe that explains why life is so unbelievably crappy lately.

**placidfemme** · 3rd August 2005, 13:19

things will get better... I choose not to believe in superstition...

lol if I believed in suoperstition I'd say that Sam's FXR was cursed

**vifferman** · 3rd August 2005, 13:21

Originally Posted by placidfemme

this one time (at band camp lol) on the bus the bus driver pulled out the bus stop (as they do) and the car behind (or to the side rather) didn't stop/slow down and scraped along the side of the bus

Hah.
The viffferbabe was the last one on the bus one day, and Peter (that big Samoan) was driving. He turns into Albert St, and swings wide so he doesn't hit the kerb (or the curb either). Some

in a ute behind him cuts up the inside, then goes nuts, tooting the horn, carrying on. So Peter stops and gets out to see what's the matter. The guy accuses him of cutting him off, and gets really aggro. He reaches into the ute to grab what looked like an axe handle. Peter goes, "Don't try that shit with me, mate!!" and Mr

leaps back in his ute quickly and locks the door. Then when the bus takes off, he starts ramming the side of it with his ute!! before driving off at great speed, through two red lights. What a tosser!
Must've been on P or summat...

**vifferman** · 3rd August 2005, 13:24

Originally Posted by placidfemme

lol if I believed in suoperstition I'd say that Sam's FXR was cursed

It's possible.

My black VFR was either jinxed/cursed, had black voodoo, negative mojo, or was just plain lazy and liked lying down in the road for a rest. It had been crashed before I bought it (and badly repaired) and I crashed it four more times.

**placidfemme** · 3rd August 2005, 13:25

yeah road rage is amazing... some people do really stupid things...

those Birkenhead bus drivers are kewl guys... the one guy used to smoke on the bus because Sam and I were the first people on the bus for about 10 minutes, and he used to let us stand at the front of the bus with him, with both doors open and smoke with him lol

*smoking is bad* lol

**placidfemme** · 3rd August 2005, 13:27

Originally Posted by vifferman

It's possible.

My black VFR was either jinxed/cursed, had black voodoo, negative mojo, or was just plain lazy and liked lying down in the road for a rest. It had been crashed before I bought it (and badly repaired) and I crashed it four more times.

that is shit for luck

I never dropped the FXR while I was riding it (well only once but at the basic handling skills lessons when I couldn't ride and tried emergency braking and went flying over the handlebars lol), but since Sam's had she's dropped it a few times, only once needing repairs and she's been hit once...

**unhingedlizard** · 3rd August 2005, 15:35

worse i lost my rag was in Britain, was having a poxy day and this minivan pulled out and cut me off. So as i passed i took his mirror off.

If they give you shit, just headbutt them.

**placidfemme** · 3rd August 2005, 15:37

Originally Posted by unhingedlizard

If they give you shit, just headbutt them.

note: With your helmet on... then run fast and jump on your bike and ride away into the sunset...

**Hooks** · 3rd August 2005, 15:42

Originally Posted by vifferman

I know how you feel - I've whacked lots of mirrors, and usually feel a bit guilty, particularly as it sounds so loud that you think you've broken summat for sure. But car mirrors are more robustly constructed than bikes ones, so it's very unkely your mirror hitting a car's one will break the cars mirror. I have broken my bike's mirrors a few times though.

I too have taken the odd mirror but mainly in retribution to bad behaviour by a cage driver !!

.... Earlier this year I got 4 in a week !!

I get sick of the buggers moving over on you when you are beside them !!

... They never seem to hear the horn ... but when their mirror goes BANG and flies down the road they notice you quick enough !!

**mstriumph** · 3rd August 2005, 15:52

isn't that the sound of the car mirror banging back though? they all seem to be on those springy things [technical term] so they don't get broken if they just get knocked?

Originally Posted by vifferman

I know how you feel - I've whacked lots of mirrors, and usually feel a bit guilty, particularly as it sounds so loud that you think you've broken summat for sure. But car mirrors are more robustly constructed than bikes ones, so it's very unkely your mirror hitting a car's one will break the cars mirror. I have broken my bike's mirrors a few times though.

**vifferman** · 3rd August 2005, 16:02

Originally Posted by mstriumph

isn't that the sound of the car mirror banging back though? they all seem to be on those springy things [technical term] so they don't get broken if they just get knocked?

Mebbe.
But they're designed more to spring back if knocked from the front, as they're not usually knocked forwards. Except by angry bikers.
But in any case, it's rather annoying for the car drivers if their mirrors are folded up or knocked, and suddenly useless. Heh - I've done that before: carefully folded a car mirror out of the way when I can't get past.

I still like that idea of "wheover it was" (can't remember) about opening the back door or passenger door of a car driven by some eejit who's trying to cut you off. Harmless, inventive, intensely annoying to the driver, and amusing to you.

**placidfemme** · 3rd August 2005, 16:15

Originally Posted by vifferman

I still like that idea of "wheover it was" (can't remember) about opening the back door or passenger door of a car driven by some eejit who's trying to cut you off. Harmless, inventive, intensely annoying to the driver, and amusing to you.

Yeah I remember that thread... then people were jumping in and saying that kind of behaviour was bad blah blah blah lol

I think thats a better option than breaking a mirror off... but possibly a more dangerous option... you'd have to be closer to the cage to open the door (as opposed to kicking/hitting the mirror off) and when you open it (the door)... wouldn't it hit your bike? Or twist your arm back? And wouldn't that only work if the cage was on your left... otherwise you would need to use your throttle hand... causing a loss of speed...

I dunno lol