Doing a runner

[cowpoos]

my twisty country roads as I know every inch of them having ridden them for 20 years+

your 30yrs old arn't u?

[justsomeguy]

Of course you ride with no lights. What do people think this all is? Kindergarten? White lines you follow.

Ya - but some bikes are hard wired on..... so those bikes need a switch to disable ALL lights.

[SimJen]

your 30yrs old arn't u?

Well actually 31 1/2 years old.
Been riding both dirtbikes and roadbikes on them for years....long before I had my licence and long before anyone seemed to care.

[Ducman]

I was on the Riverhead road once pottering through the village when a couple of bikes passed me.. doing the speed limit through town, as most of us do regardless of how fast we ride on the open road. Just after they past me a mufti cut off the back guy and pushed him into the curb causing him to crash!. They obviously weren't doing a runner. I put it down to an over zealous wanker that isn't able to assess a situation and act appropiately. The poor guy didn't even know he was behind him until he was knocked off his bike!

[Korea]

...a mufti cut off the back guy and pushed him into the curb causing him to crash!.

Dude that sucks! Please Mr. Officer I give up, just don't kill me!

Long ago on a quiet Saturday morning, I was blasting along Jervois Quay in Welly on my way to WMC when some guy in a dark jacket runs out from under the bridge, right in front of me and waving like a lunatic. WTF??? I dodged around him shaking my head. Crazy bugger.
Got into the scooter centre, when someone says:
"Hey, did you see the cop with the radar under the bridge?"
"Huh???"
I had inadvertently evaded the police - his disguise as a raving lunatic with a death wish was just too good!

[Unit:Me]

In the old days I did it for the rush ..yep a dumb farker I twas
In some ways I wish I did it yesterday ($510 fine ) BUT I know that it isn't worth it these days for many reasons.
Well aware that my bike could blitz their cars...no doubt at all, but a bus could blitz me if I screwed it worse still hitting a by stander and killing them.
Got to admit though an open road....hmmmm

Im too much of a nanna to ever go there, but hey, its great to read everyone elses stories. Guess I would consider it IF I thought my bike might be taken off me, that would cause me to react

[froggyfrenchman]

Done it a few times. The stress for the next few weeks, wondering if he got your rego is just hell!

[Broomie]

Never done it, well not deliberately anyhow. Have been stopped/booked for … just about everything from careless use to dangerous speed over the years,
First bike was Yamaha R5 (a proper bike) at age 16, had a tweaked 900 by age 19, stopped riding on the road at 38,
now I’m back on a race track … racing those silly little bikes (but at least it’s bloody fast) I’m not as fast as I used to be, but I won’t own a road bike again, life can humble you, I’ve lost friends to wooden boxes, close friends …. Even a pillion

My point … death, all these stories are cool to read and all that … and I still love bikes, BUT

You, on a bike are vulnerable … believe me

[justsomeguy]

You, on a bike are vulnerable … believe me

A friend of mine likes to say -

In a car it's metal wrapping around flesh. On a bike it's flesh wrapping around metal.

[SPORK]

A friend of mine likes to say -

In a car it's metal wrapping around flesh. On a bike it's flesh wrapping around metal.

Really it's Animal wrapping around Flesh wrapping around Plastic wrapping around Metal.

[KLOWN]

I have done four or five runners before, all in cars, and have gotten away with all. I don't think I would ever do it on a bike though as i'm just a learner and im not 16yrs-18yrs old anymore. I would only do it if coppa was heading towards me and saw him put his lights on and turn around, then would drive fast as i could for about five minutes then park and run for it.