Promoting bikes on radio this morning.

[Swoop]

Did anyone else hear The Rock radio station this morning?

I was a little concerned about Leah Panapa's comment that "she gets annoyed when bikes filter to the front of the queue - and she would like to open her car door on us" (or words to that same effect).
OK, that is her opinion, but I would have liked to have seen a decent response from "Alistair" who aparently is part owner of Colemans Suzuki!!!

A darned good promotion of bikes in general, but let down by a comment like that...

[u4ea]

maybe if she tried it she would get an open hand on her face!!!!!!!!!!!

[Biohazard]

rofl she can try, but will end up with a helmet pushing its way though her door window butting the f*ck out of her...with public displays of stupidity like that its easy to see where peolpe get there prejudice of bikes from !

Silly whore, do us a favour and flush ya self into the sea.

[Swoop]

Silly whore, do us a favour and flush ya self into the sea.

I quite like Leah and her sense of humour. A darned good DJ really! Just provoking cagers to start doing those types of things.

Leah is thinking about buying a bike (scooter) and getting into riding as well.

[Str8 Jacket]

Its funny before I started riding I too used to get annoyed with bike filtering and lane splitting etc. And when a bike used to go zooming past I would always shake my head and think that it was sooo dangerous. If I didnt ride now I would probably still think the same. When people get out on the roads in NZ it always seems to be a race, so when bikes filter to the front others will get offended cause they cant! Dont know why people have this "race" or must get there first mentality its not like you actually even know where the other person is going...

[sAsLEX]

Well opening your car door and injurying someone is a chargable offence, plus a door is going to get fucked opening on 300 kg of bike and rider, but the clincher is cage drivers seldom see me when I am splitting so how would they know when to open their door?

[scumdog]

Did anyone else hear The Rock radio station this morning?

I was a little concerned about Leah Panapa's comment that "she gets annoyed when bikes filter to the front of the queue - and she would like to open her car door on us" (or words to that same effect).
OK, that is her opinion, but I would have liked to have seen a decent response from "Alistair" who aparently is part owner of Colemans Suzuki!!!

A darned good promotion of bikes in general, but let down by a comment like that...

For good reasons I don't listen to The Rock.

The above banal comment is right up there with the reasons.

[Biohazard]

I quite like Leah and her sense of humour.

Not everyone does get it (which is the problem), so they'll take her seriously

[Str8 Jacket]

Not everyone does get it (which is the problem), so they'll take her seriously

Yeah you're right there! I love The Rock and listen to it everday all day while at my desk, but fark me there's some idiots that call up and thats only a tiny portion of their listeners!

[Biohazard]

but fark me there's some idiots that call up and thats only a tiny portion of their listeners!

So true

[WRT]

Well opening your car door and injurying someone is a chargable offence, plus a door is going to get fucked opening on 300 kg of bike and rider, but the clincher is cage drivers seldom see me when I am splitting so how would they know when to open their door?

Yeah?? That's funny, I try to make sure they see me.

Between a combination of exhaust noise, headlights, my road position and lining up with their line of sight in their mirrors. If I'm not sure they've seen me, or if I think they aren't settled in their lane, they'll get a couple of blips from the throttle. That seems to signal intent pretty clearly. And if a driver does see me and change lanes before I come up on them, then no big loss, they are the ones stuck in traffic, not me.

[sAsLEX]

I try to make sure they see me

Same but I never act as though they have, they are all out to kill you!

[WRT]

You're not wrong there.

[Fub@r]

but the clincher is cage drivers seldom see me when I am splitting so how would they know when to open their door?

If they were going to start targeting bikes lane splitting at least they might discover what the side mirrors are for and start using them

[wybmadiity]

I have always moved aside to help give bikes room, and the only problem I ever had with bikes going to the front of the que was that I wished it was me, i would think "lucky bastards!" Had a Harley or 2 sneek up on me and give me a hell of a fright as they flew past but never been a concern. It is only jealousy that makes people say things like that.