poll: have you ever found yourself overtaking a line of cars doing >150k on your thou

**Naki Rat** · 5th March 2007, 07:45

80km/h following the B-train = 150km/h as you pass the driver's window if I give it a handful.

But I'm always mindful that that sort of acceleration puts you into positions far more quickly than other motorists are expecting. Keep an eye on the indicators and other actions of those you are about to overtake, that is if they bother to indicate.

**Jimmy B** · 5th March 2007, 08:07

Sometimes if there are a few to get past and space is a bit tight, well hey, the less time in the danger zone the better.

**Bloody Mad Woman (BMW)** · 5th March 2007, 08:07

Originally Posted by Naki Rat

80km/h following the B-train = 150km/h as you pass the driver's window if I give it a handful.

But I'm always mindful that that sort of acceleration puts you into positions far more quickly than other motorists are expecting. Keep an eye on the indicators and other actions of those you are about to overtake, that is if they bother to indicate.

This is an eyeopener for me - I regularly pass at those speeds - get the manoeuver over as quickly as possible.

My thinking around speed has to change. What I think is normal and what I have always done =- I get raised eyebrows!

I remember these guys asked me to join them on a ride - I needed new tyres so was taking it easy and also I wasn't in my full protection gear - even then I got pissed off they were only doing 140 and then braking around corners. Because I have always ridden on my own and self taught, I didn't know I was a good rider until someone with far more experience told me so, and proceeded to teach me more bike skills which have been invaluable.

Even after a major accident - Yes I have slowed down but still not enough. I'm working on it.

**bobsmith** · 5th March 2007, 08:37

I know someone who regularly pass above 140km/hr on a 250 and if particularly long line of cars 150+.... if they had a 1ltr bike they'd frequently be doing more that that I'm sure...

[edit] - hey where's that option for "I don't have a ltr bike you lucky buggers" ???

**nudemetalz** · 5th March 2007, 09:10

I have, but don't really make a habit of it.

**justsomeguy** · 5th March 2007, 09:21

bro, i caned that on my MC22!

-- na really I did or did I? (

) The luverly thing would pull till 160 easy with no hesitation then hesitate a bit until slowly reachin... uhmm 110kmph.

The time spent passing a vehicle is when you face a greater amount of risk than sitting behind or infront of it, the less time you spend there the better.

A MC22 is more than fast enough above 12k don't need a thou to do it.

**The_Dover** · 5th March 2007, 09:31

I have never 'found' myself doing it.

I may have done it intentionally though.

**Toaster** · 5th March 2007, 09:42

Yep used to do that on the 750 and thou. Haven't done it on the 109 yet. "But I'm all grown up and sensible now"..... ah huh....

**mstriumph** · 5th March 2007, 09:47

Originally Posted by NighthawkNZ

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Its the prats that don't keep a constant speed that is annoy, as soon as the realise they are about to be over taken they speed up...

had one of these on the way home Friday

- stupid, egotistical, arrogant MURDEROUS sod piddling around down the road then got all combative when i went to overtake him

- made the manoevre take longer [and therefore more potentially hazardous] than it needed ................... THEN the brainless twat was aggressively right up my rear when I came back to normal road speed afterwards, making little threatening rushes towards me

even at that slowish speed [hey - its a public holiday weekend and double demerits over here] i lost him through a series of curves [just by keeping a constant speed - nothing fancy] only to have him come tearing up the road at me, gesticulating and fuming once we hit the next straightish bit

- by this time he had turned a really unhealthy purple colour .... probably because i was obviously underwhelmed by both his driving ability and his pathetic attempt at bullying

anyway - i turned into my home road - a couple of miles of deserted, tree-lined, narrow country road ..... and slowed down progressively to about half normal speed as i got deeper into 'roo crossing' territory [it being dusk - their favourite time of day for crossing tree-lined, narrow country roads] ....... it was then i noticed that, the more i slowed, the further he hung back ... until he was entirely stopped ............

and i realised that, suddenly, HE felt threatened - strange territory, spooky road at dusk, his 'prey' acting totally unbothered ..... [in fact, mebbe 'luring' him into trouble?] .. and the awful realisation that he'd left his balls at home ....

well - either that or he'd actually HAD that heart-attack that had been threatening for the past several miles ...

- must confess, i didn't turn back to check.......

nahhhhhhhhh, NighthawkNZ, i don't like those prats much either ...........

**N4CR** · 5th March 2007, 10:14

try a modded zxr250c.... exceed that easy passing often.

on the litre bike it's less than a second of accel in 1st and you are past them and back into your lane.

**mark247** · 5th March 2007, 10:40

I find i dont look at my speedo when im passing, i just floor it until i feel im going fast enough then pull back in and get about 50m infront of the car i have pasted then slow off to 100km/h or whatever i usually do..

**Dooly** · 5th March 2007, 10:53

Do it all the time, and more, but slow back to a normal speed once past.
Dont want to hang about in the wrong lane for a long length of time.

**onearmedbandit** · 5th March 2007, 11:16

Never. Cars pass me.

**Squiggles** · 5th March 2007, 11:31

i stick to under 140 passing, dont want to lose my drinking id

**Drunken Monkey** · 5th March 2007, 11:34

Mmmm, I think the most I did "in one go" (i.e. without tucking back on 'my' side of the road was 11. Or 14. Something like that, I forget exactly. A whole string of them somewhere down SH2 anyway. I don't think I got any change out of $1.80 on that run.