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[GDOBSSOR]

No it doesn't, but it happens...
I ask of anyone on the group rides that we do.'' if a car is making your ride uncomfortable, slow/indicate and pull left where suitable and safe to do so, and wave them on''.
Far safer without idiots behind you.

I remember riding home on my scooter from work a few months ago and I wasn't going fast enough up a hill for some dickhead's liking. It was dark and freezing cold, and he tailgated me and kept flashing his headlights to get me to pull over. First off, I'm fucked if I'm going to pull over for someone like that. Secondly, there WAS nowhere to pull over, traffic was bad and visibility was poor. As soon as I got up the hill, dickhead passed me on the median strip and gave me the finger. If I'd been fast enough to keep up to him, I'd have followed him home and punched his mirror out.

[Berries]

Not sure what it is about the road between Roxburgh and Alex, apart from the Police gravitating to Fruitlands whenever the weather is nice. I just about got knocked off by lightning once along there and another time watched a bike fail to get round that 55k curve at Gorge Creek. I never knew Harleys sparked that much sliding along the road. Very pretty.

If I'd been fast enough to keep up to him, I'd have followed him home and punched his mirror out.

If you had been fast enough to keep up with him you wouldn't have held him up in the first place.

[KiwiPhoenix]

I've done the road in question and like Mrs Shrek a fairly new rider to boot, I agree with Shrek! Regardless of what or how anyone is riding, the yellow line is there for a reason. Shrek knows that road as do a few others and believe me I would listen to what they say in regards to it all!

[SPman]

I think some people here have missed the point about riding to conditions!!!
Conditions were bad and they were riding appropriately. Fuckwit in car was not, nor making allowances for others, which says something about their driving ability.....and the ability of strident critics............
I've had a similar experience on the Desert road in winter in heavy fog.......I couldn't, see the road properly at 60k, which was faster than I wanted to go......didn't stop cars blasting past at 120 and immediately being swallowed in the murk.........

[Sable]

I rode an RG150 all the way from Taupo to Wellington last year in the north island snow week. All I'm hearing is excuses.

[Maha]

I rode an RG150 all the way from Taupo to Wellington last year in the north island snow week. All I'm hearing is excuses.

Out of that 370km trip.... how much snow was there on the last 230?

[Sable]

Out of that 370km trip.... how much snow was there on the last 230?

From Otaki to Johnsonville the cars were stationary and there were drifts 40cm high in the middle of the road.

[bsasuper]

on our way home tonight 2051 traveling at 80kpa as it very windy, a car comes up behind me sits that close behind me I thinking they're checking my valve clearance or just being a total asshole, I decided the latter, then the car pulls out at the start of a broken yellow line & over takes me... bearing in mind mrs Shrek is just in front of me 10m then the car just indicates & pulls back in & it's either hit the brakes & let them in or get cleaned up, so I brake let them in... by now I'm then the @#$%* pulls right up behind mrs Shrek, less than a metre... (now I'm realy pissed) thinking they're going to run her down... so I pulled out & pushed my way back in between them with a few gestures etc... & the car sat right up my ass for the next 10 or so ks then over takes.... after car over took & was clear of mrs S I then cought up & sat back about
20m & follow the car into Roxburgh & side road to find the driver was late 50's or in 60's & the attitude was you're only doing 80ks get out of the way..... I would have got off to teach it some manners... but if I'd hit her..... so tomorrow it's off to mr & do it by the book

two things it was blowing a gail & night no moon so driving conditions weren't that flash we would have moved over but there was no where on that stretch & with the brow of the hill & right hand corner coming up double yellow lines

So even thought the said driver was being an asshole, by your own words you got road rage and pushed back in, being an asshole just like the first asshole you talk about.So I hope you implicated yourself in the police report you talk about writing (hopefully you came to your senses and canned the idea)
Sometimes you just have to let the assholes do what they do, and karma will do the rest

[mORPH]

on our way home tonight 2051 traveling at 80kpa as it very windy, a car comes up behind me sits that close behind me I thinking they're checking my valve clearance or just being a total asshole, I decided the latter, then the car pulls out at the start of a broken yellow line & over takes me... bearing in mind mrs Shrek is just in front of me 10m then the car just indicates & pulls back in & it's either hit the brakes & let them in or get cleaned up, so I brake let them in... by now I'm then the @#$%* pulls right up behind mrs Shrek, less than a metre...

fair enough riding to the conditions but from what you've described you were riding too close to mrs shrek so people couldn't overtake safely.

[tbs]

fair enough riding to the conditions but from what you've described you were riding too close to mrs shrek so people couldn't overtake safely.

I disagree.

[SVboy]

I think some people on here lack any idea of the depth of shreks riding experience which is considerable. Mrs S is starting to get up there too, so for him make a judgement to respond to dangerous driving in this manner would have been a considered action given the road, conditions and poor cage driving.

[_Shrek_]

fair enough riding to the conditions but from what you've described you were riding too close to mrs shrek so people couldn't overtake safely.

I was riding where I should be car had no right to start over taking on yellow line then push back in (end of story)

So even thought the said driver was being an asshole, by your own words you got road rage and pushed back in, being an asshole just like the first asshole you talk about.So I hope you implicated yourself in the police report you talk about writing (hopefully you came to your senses and canned the idea)
Sometimes you just have to let the assholes do what they do, and karma will do the rest

thats what came to me about 0200 this morning when I was driving back from up country, as two wrongs don't make a right so rang this morning & in your words (hopefully you came to your senses and canned the idea)

---- hence having said that I would most likely do it again if mrs S or someone I was riding with was being bullied (very slow learner)

[imdying]

So even thought the said driver was being an asshole, by your own words you got road rage and pushed back in, being an asshole just like the first asshole you talk about

To be fair, I can understand that, I've had to give another driver a smack in the chops for tailgating my Mrs.

[rossirep]

But there was enough room for the car to overtake you at one point, and then enough room for you to over take it back to sit between your mrs and the car,. but not enough room for you to slow down alil to let the car past for the next 10ks ??? maybe you guys need a few riding lessons then or should stick to some non dodgy straight roads during the day.. hahaha

[_Shrek_]

But there was enough room for the car to overtake you at one point, and then enough room for you to over take it back to sit between your mrs and the car,. but not enough room for you to slow down alil to let the car past for the next 10ks ??? maybe you guys need a few riding lessons then or should stick to some non dodgy straight roads during the day.. hahaha

your location shows just how much knowledge you have mr key board warrior..... any time your down this way I'll take you for a wee ride, you can either be pillion or ride your own at 100 kph & try to keep up