People throwing stuff at you

[copperS100]

Jus wundaing im a new rider (riding for like 4 months) and in those 4 months i've had all kinds of shit thrown at me e.g. apples, oranges, bananas, cans and otha really stupid shit!! jus wundaing if dats normal??

[Dadpole]

Either you live in a really bad area, or everyone hates you. Consider moving!
Otherwise, it is not a problem I have encountered often. Perhaps riding a bigger bike helps (more of a threat etc).
All you can do is keep an eye out for likely wankers and let them know you are eyeballing them.
If they are smaller than you, stop and beat the crap out of them.

[Colapop]

No, it is not normal. If anyone ever throws anything at you, stop immediately, turn around, go back and kick their arse! If it is someone bigger than you, go directly to the cop shop and report it. What happened, where, when, who (description or name).

[cowboyz]

only once have I had something thrown at me and it was a boyracer throwing a can. Missed by a mile. I had a chat to him about how inappropriate his actions were and he decided to see things my way.

[paturoa]

never in 30 years of riding

- same person, or different people??

[crashe]

Jus wundaing im a new rider (riding for like 4 months) and in those 4 months i've had all kinds of shit thrown at me e.g. apples, oranges, bananas, cans and otha really stupid shit!! jus wundaing if dats normal??

Hi young fella, and welcome to KB

No it aint the normal at all...
You can report the shites to the police and let them know that these shites are going to be causing a accident to some poor beggar out there on the roads.

You got to meet two of us before you even joined KB.
Myself and Frosty.

Yep we rescued this young lad off the side of the road.... and Frosty put the bike into the back of his van and took it to Henderson bike shop to do a quick emergancy change over of oil etc.. these jolly two stroke bikes and running out of oil.

Both copperS100 and I both got a lesson on two strokes that day.

To make sure that copperS100 and the bike got home ok, I had him following me all the way up to westgate as he didnt know the Henderson area... from there copper lead the way.

Nice young fella, so hopefully soon he will join onto a few KB rides.


PS: copperS100, have you put a screwdriver and another bottle of oil into the topbag yet?

Cheers for the nice PM and you are most welcome.

[terbang]

Nothing really apart from the odd cigarette butt flicked out the window of the car I've been following.

[stunz]

Jus wundaing im a new rider (riding for like 4 months) and in those 4 months i've had all kinds of shit thrown at me e.g. apples, oranges, bananas, cans and otha really stupid shit!! jus wundaing if dats normal??

I only seem to cop cigarette butts on a regular basis. Beats me why people have to throw stuff out the window.

[Big Dave]

I only seem to cop cigarette butts on a regular basis. Beats me why people have to throw stuff out the window.

I've started riding a bit closer and miming flicking stuff at them as i go by.

[DingDong]

Not normal at all... you must be pissing people off or somit?

Take plate numbers a ring the cops... or beat them over the head with ya bike.(if you cant lift ya bike, go with the cops)

[deeknow]

does "throwing insults" count?

[davereid]

Yeah, pretty unusual I'd say. I've has plenty of cig. butts, and generally pass stock trucks pretty promptly, but I've never had anything thrown at me.

Even small objects can knock you off your bike, so don't hesitate to get a rego and report it.

Many years ago, I kicked a possum. Had this mental idea of it flying through the air in a graceful curve. Actually knocked me off my bike, broke my foot and f*cked my rifle. (I was in the bush on my XT).

A two thousand dollar, painfull lesson about the energy required to accelerate a stationary object !

[McJim]

Women throw their underwear at me as I ride past but I suspect that's coz I'm a sexy man (delivered in Fat Bastard accent) is there a particular area through which you're riding that this happens? Perhaps we should organise a KB ride through that area..they fling a banana at you and 30 bikes come round the corner - brown trouser time for the wee bastards!

[pritch]

Usually I avoid Hamilton but last year I was following a car through town when a woman in the back "vomited" out the window at the strategic moment. It turned out to be milkshake and I assume was a simulated vomit performed for the amusement of the other occupants of the (rental?) car.

I was thinking angry thoughts there for a bit, but now I just avoid Hamilton even more than I did before.

[terbang]

I've started riding a bit closer and miming flicking stuff at them as i go by.

Watched a guy on Sydney's M5 that had been nearly knocked off his Gixxer by a trucky do an awesome mime. He overtook the truck, slowed down so that he was right in the guys face, turned around and with his left hand made the animated appearance of drawing and cocking a handgun, aiming it at the driver and firing. Obviously he was firing a .44 magnum or similar with appropriate recoil. My Mrs and I pissed ourselves as it was well done though it was certainly an intimidating gesture. It pissed the trucky off immensely and he honked his horn and waved his fist at the rapidly disappearing Gixxer.