Bloody boy racers!

[Bob]

Back when we still had the 250 Virago in the garage, there used to be a great stunt I'd pull.

If I was out on a "battery-charging" ride, there is a nice, sweeping set of major "A" roads that I get to use as one of my daily commuter runs. And of course, this means I know how the timings of the lights on the stop before you get onto these roads....

So what I'd do, if I was approaching and saw the lights change, was time my approach so that I'd hit the front just as the lights changed... which meant I shot past any boy racers, but with momentum already there so I had a head start.

Can you imagine how annoyed they were by this tiny cruiser thing roasting them at the lights? So you'd hear the screech of car tyres as they'd set off in pursuit...

Now the XV250 isn't exactly the fastest thing out there, but given a head start it'll hold them for a time - enough time for me to back off just as I reach the (working) speed camera. So I brake to legal speeds... boy racer thinks he is really catching me now and puts in an extra 'spurt'... and FLASH... off goes the camera and he has a ticket on the way in the post

That said, on the same stretch of road there is a downhill right hander, that straightens, heads uphill then banks left into another downhill. It is controlled entry and exit speed before and after by cameras (sound idea as there is a slip road in the middle as well to make life even more tricky, it is off-camber also). Given that this is a tricky bit of road to take well, I like to be able to set myself up for it. So if some boy racer sits up my backside, if I can I'll stick to limit on the downhill and into the first bend, then accellerate through the straight and move over lane and brake before the second camera... and FLASH... off it goes again!

Reckon I catch one every other month with that move... serves them right for tailgating and not realising that a bike will pull away, but be able to back off easily in these situations.

The rest of the time, I do what Pixie said and totally ignore them. Best thing to do with anyone that craves attention, they really don't know how to handle it.

[thehollowmen]

Bling to you, I used to do the speed camera trick all the time in dunedin

[scumdog]

Hmm, never seem to want to race me when I'm in the work car and in the hot rod (which would cane 90%+ of them) they seem content to sit alongside and take PXT of it as I tootle off at a modest pace.


Mind you, we don't got no fixed speed cameras or traffic lights at intersections down here in the Riviera of the South.

[Fatjim]

I rarely have them take me on. In their ignorance, they probably think 1200S on my bike means it's really fast.

Maybe they suspect theres an "arse" written on the tank hidden behind your knee. Assuming you ride a Bandit that is.

[lukelin250]

bring them on i say, i love boosting a god damn peice of shit boy racer car and showing them first hand how lame there ride is. hopefully give them some more respect for bikers,who knows maybe itll even persuade one to sell his peice of shit big bore starlet e.t.c for a bike,then it would have all been worthit!!!

[Bend-it]

NOOO!!! Then they'll start pulling stupid stunts on bikes and give the rest of us respectable, decent folk a bad name!

[roogazza]

Maybe they suspect theres an "arse" written on the tank hidden behind your knee. Assuming you ride a Bandit that is.

Go change your cam belts !!! G.

[crazybigal]

i love to drag them at the first set of lights then egg them on for another go at the second and just let them go while i sit there.!
on another note, has anyone seen the mini powered by a busa motor on youtube? fricken mean!

[Sniper]

on another note, has anyone seen the mini powered by a busa motor on youtube? fricken mean!

I posted a downloadable version somewhere on the forums. Search for Busa + Mini

[NUTBAR]

I love blowing them away on my FJR
even better when they have a hot little honey in the pasenger seat, it bums them right out when you give there girl a smile & a wink then procede to kick there ass!
even better when you see her later & she wants a ride.

[Waylander]

I love blowing them away on my FJR
even better when they have a hot little honey in the pasenger seat, it bums them right out when you give there girl a smile & a wink then procede to kick there ass!
even better when you see her later & she wants a ride.

So they race you but not me, WTF....

And you're married.

[NUTBAR]

So they race you but not me, WTF....

And you're married.

no no im not married, just hooked up.

[Waylander]

no no im not married, just hooked up.

Ah, that makes more sense.



So how are you getting them to race you? Most take a look at my bike then look away and refuse to look back. I know it's ugly but that's no reason not to race. Looks heaps better than most of the shitters they drive anyway.

[NUTBAR]

like i said eye up there lady, they think they have to prove something to there lady, so they put there foot down, you just toy with them a bit, make out they are beating you & when they start larghing you blow them away.

[Waylander]

like i said eye up there lady, they think they have to prove something to there lady, so they put there foot down, you just toy with them a bit, make out they are beating you & when they start larghing you blow them away.

Sweet, know what I'm doing friday night now.