Never follow cars etc....

[Crasherfromwayback]

i aint gonna participate in this anymore....had enough of your bullshit. i ride well and safely...been told that heaps of times by other bikers. i ride to keep myself, and if riding in a group, them alive. im not gonna be bullied by cagers or people like you who think the dangerous drivers have right of way.
a cager thought that once....it was me she hit. 4 kids and preggers, but she risked the lot pulling from a stop sign with no clear view. guess what? she got let off too. i lost my job, my bike, and several weeks of my life.
guess its a good thing im still alive, to be treated like future roadkill by fellow bike riders.

Good for you. Must be bloody uncomfortable with your kinckers so twisted though.

[Morcs]

Anyone called Pete is fucking cool.

I agree.

I hope this helps.

[Black Bandit]

if you think there is nothing more you can learn about riding a bike, stop, get off and buy a car

Farking hell, where did that come from??? Settle down boy, me thinks you're getting a little ahead of yourself! Let's try and keep this civil.

[Crasherfromwayback]

Well no matter who we are, or how good we think we are at riding these glorious inventions....we can always learn more.

[sinned]

Sorry Crash, but I think you have that wrong. Passing lanes are where the cagers who have sat at 80k for the last 10k immediately speed up to 110k because it must be safe to do as the road is so much wider!

So true. Leave passing here to the cars; they all speed up and if we storm past on a bike at the end of the lane or round the bend will be a cop. Better to let them sort themselves out and then pass.

BTW driving (a cage) back from Taupo track day yesterday came across 3 unmarked patrol cars that I wouldn't have noticed but for the new radar detector - scary how many I have missed in the past.

[Roj]

Farking hell, where did that come from??? Settle down boy, me thinks you're getting a little ahead of yourself! Let's try and keep this civil.

It wasn't aimed at being nasty, but a way to say there is always something to learn, I have been riding off and on for almost 3 decades, I don't for 1 minute think I know all there is about riding, the times when I have come off which was when I was lot younger was when I thought I was a really great rider, must have been something to do with being 6 foot tall and bullet proof

[NighthawkNZ:Me]

You're so right about trucks Ixion...tyres disintergrating at 100kph...??!!
Nasty!

Some years ago... I was about to over take a truck and trailer unit onit and one of the inner tyres blow... A piece of tyre hit me right square on the visor... cracked it gave me on hell of a heart pounding moment or two...

Luckily I was carrying my mates spare helmet ...

Also remember thats when trucks were only allowed to do 80km...

Quote:
Originally Posted by Roj
if you think there is nothing more you can learn about riding a bike, stop, get off and buy a car

Farking hell, where did that come from??? Settle down boy, me thinks you're getting a little ahead of yourself! Let's try and keep this civil.

I learn something new every day... my smile gets bigger each time I get off me bike ...

[yungatart]

Sorry Crash, but I think you have that wrong. Passing lanes are where the cagers who have sat at 80k for the last 10k immediately speed up to 110k because it must be safe to do as the road is so much wider!

Because of my somewhat deficient eyesight (yes, I am legally allowed to drive/ride), I almost only pass on passing lanes - unless there is absolutely NOTHING on the other side of the road and it is perfectly straight for miles...
I lack depth perception and this is the only safe way for me to do it.

[Roj]

I learn something new every day... my smile gets bigger each time I get off me bike ...

A very good way to be

[Roj]

Some years ago... I was about to over take a truck and trailer unit onit and one of the inner tyres blow... A piece of tyre hit me right square on the visor... cracked it gave me on hell of a heart pounding moment or two...

Been behind a truck when it happened, played dodge the rubber, I learnt to keep an eye out for the smoke coming off the wheel, seen it a few times over the years, the strip of rubber thaty gets laid down would take out a bike and rider real quick

[scumdog]

No need to pass 'everything', unless it is really slow, sometimes it pays to stick behind the effwit driver - you get to see the crash so much better.

Seriously, yesterday got passed on a blind left-hand bend but an idiot in a car - who then spedd up to 120kph+ at times (then dropped back to 95-100 for no obvious reason) AND THEN later on at a twisty bit cut at least two blind corners with double yellow line and was completely on the wrong side of the road.

Needless to say I followed said car until it turned off north of Roxburgh, otherwise there would have been a good chance they might have passed me again in an even more unsuitable spot.

(and I WILL be dealing with it work-wise)

[frogfeaturesFZR]

Well done Scummy.

[Roj]

No need to pass 'everything', unless it is really slow, sometimes it pays to stick behind the effwit driver - you get to see the crash so much better.

Too True

Seriously, yesterday got passed on a blind left-hand bend but an idiot in a car - who then spedd up to 120kph+ at times (then dropped back to 95-100 for no obvious reason) AND THEN later on at a twisty bit cut at least two blind corners with double yellow line and was completely on the wrong side of the road.

These are the types that NEED to get off the road, an accident waiting to happen

[NighthawkNZ:Me]

Been behind a truck when it happened, played dodge the rubber, I learnt to keep an eye out for the smoke coming off the wheel, seen it a few times over the years, the strip of rubber thaty gets laid down would take out a bike and rider real quick

too true...

i very rarely now will stay behind a truck... stung once, learnt a life experience... i not like it one bit...

Was funny afterwards... we pulled over and I asked my mate for a smoke... He looked at me... then looked at the visor and then looked at me again and said... "yep a good time and reason to start..."

No need to pass 'everything', unless it is really slow, sometimes it pays to stick behind the effwit driver - you get to see the crash so much better.

Totally agree with this too... and had to do with another truck... this was years ago on the desert road on my old katana 750... I remember the day well it was a sunny afternoon... I was heading south... I past a white truck and trailer at a casual speed of maybe 120... as I pulled back into my lane the truck speed up... and all I could see in my mirrors was the word MAC... Me being young dumb and full of... said eff you and open the throttle to put some space.... at 160 all I could see was MAC... and few different speed levels... (must have been on a return run and had no or little load)

If anything had happened he would not have bee able to stop or pull up... I just let him pass he sped away...

the funny thing was 10 minutes later I caught up with him and he had been pulled over by Mr Plod...

[scumdog]

No need to pass 'everything', unless it is really slow, sometimes it pays to stick behind the effwit driver - you get to see the crash so much better.

Seriously, yesterday got passed on a blind left-hand bend but an idiot in a car - who then spedd up to 120kph+ at times (then dropped back to 95-100 for no obvious reason) AND THEN later on at a twisty bit cut at least two blind corners with double yellow line and was completely on the wrong side of the road.

Needless to say I followed said car until it turned off north of Roxburgh, otherwise there would have been a good chance they might have passed me again in an even more unsuitable spot.

(and I WILL be dealing with it work-wise)

Update: Dickhead driver admits being on that road and driving at that time but denies all, says he will 'defend any tickets in the Court'
Mwahahaha, fricken loser!!

I get PAID when I appear in Court so to him I say: "Bring it onnnn, oh yeah"