Why do cars just wanna always take on the bike?

**MVnut** · 12th November 2007, 16:21

Well we all know most bikes will dust cars in accelleration, but if you ever come up against a Fiat Bambina that looks stock except for fat tyres and a dump-pipe, be careful, it may be my old drag car......11.0 SS400m rather frightening actually with that wheelbase.

**Mikkel** · 12th November 2007, 17:13

MVnut... you're not a well man! Good thing you got your sanity back and went into biking!

Anyway, on my way home today I came up behind a newish (2007) BMW M3. Now, if I had the money I'd probably buy one of those too, since it's a rather nice 4 wheeler.
The guy was caught behind other traffic but I got a clear sensation that he was really really trying to loose me anyhow... *sigh*
I saw he was a youngish kid and was really really sad I didn't get the chance to pull up next to him and tell him that his "father has a great taste in cars!"

**westie** · 12th November 2007, 17:20

Originally Posted by skidMark

yeah had a guy recently ish....

give me a go in his hotted up wrx version 8 (i think)....

after bugeye model so ur talking pretty new
full body kit spoiler......... nice wheels...nicely lowered (for better cornering not no springs on bump stops)

all the gauges on the pillar etc...

riding along thru botany i'm going along at 60 ish ...come up beside him...sees me we are side by side for a few seconds i open my visor and say nice car...get back...cheers bro..then he drops it down...and plants it...wasnt expecting it at all aye...
i was like arg...i was in 3rd on my iddy biddy 250...could be arsed downshifting......

but he was staggered ahead because i wasnt prepared to race.....

and hes going full tit...i'm just sitting there thru the gears going...shouldnt this thing be creaming my bike...he keeps looking in his mirror...and gradually i'm catching up...but i had to back off as he was about to plow into a van so gave him room to get back in lol

of course this is all just hearsay and i'm quite likely talking a load of smack and this event never actually happened

Dude you sound like the people in cars that want to race bikes. Sounds like it might be the last comment you made.

Aside from skids..... this car/race thing seems very widespread.
I almost got mounted by a large 4x4 yesterday that did not like me passing her.

**Coyote** · 12th November 2007, 17:30

I prefur the cold approach. If I hear a 'revrev' next to me, I just keep staring at the lights. When they turn green, I'll quickly go to 100 (no wheelies) but no further. Hord Falcodores always have to proove they're bigger than me and scream past me doing 140+, and boy racers tend to do the same though their shit cars haven't picked up that much speed by the time they get to me.

Perfect example happened the other day. Got the revs begging me to race, 'don't notice him', tear off from the lights, see a Mazda Familia in my mirrors taking up both lanes so I veer to the left, screams past but only 10m ahead of me he hits the anchors. He prooved he was the bigger man, he didn't have to go any further and risk getting a ticket

**Boob Johnson** · 12th November 2007, 20:03

Originally Posted by phoenixgtr

See, this is the weird thing. I haven't had anyone take me on since I got the 6R. I used to get it all the time on the little FXR but not now. I mean I've been at lights next to boy racers and thought "here we go" and they just dawdled off the line. Is the green beast too scary for them??

Na its the price of petrol, they have to be choosie about who they take on these days

**saltydog** · 12th November 2007, 20:14

Originally Posted by Tank

More bragging from the fuckwits in the WRX.

me: "OK then lets do it - how about betting $1000 on a single lap?"

them: Sheepish looks, "Nagh dude - my cars umm setup for drag like, not track ay"

Wankers - the lot of them.

I just love this thread, keep all the stories coming. There's only way of looking at it though. Even though we know our bike will basically eat anything, its THE BLOODY CAGES who always start this "rev rev" thing. The stories of leading them staright into an unsuspecting cop, or the cop taking off after the car are just priceless. So I have another to add to the mix:

Would have been 2 yrs ago. Coming back through Texas near Macdonlads rd I pull out to pass 2 cars, sweet as ticking over and see this BATMOBILE do the big pull out, overtake and muscle in on my back wheel as I'm coimng up pn another group of 3 cars about 200m ahead.
Now I was just trying to be nice and mellow and lined up this next group and went for the pass at about 120-130, nice and eay like. Well fark me, the drug dealer in the RX8 leaves it late and starts coming at me fast as I'm just about to pass the last car and pull in. Now this is where it gets mad, picture this. As i'm passing the commodore, the RX8 overtakes us on the outside shoulder passing both of us at once, I look accross to see the priceless look in the eyes of this mufti who was tucking into a double decker chocolate chip ice cream deciding to toss it out the window and give chase.
I saw that and thought fark it, i'm not letting the cage away with that, and shit that was a cop, all at the same time! I was on an 89 Fj1200 and took this first sweeping corner at 180 with the RX still pulling. The cop by this time, tosses the lollie and is after us. I catch up a bit to Batman coming past awakeri hot pulls and into the wee bendies before the turn off and the bacon has been burning. As I pull up at the STOP sign the RX8 is sideways up towards the shell awakeri and is copper on my tail, hard out flashing his lights at me (I'm copped I thought!) BUT NO. He roared off in a cloud of fat towards WHK after the dodgy black batmobile while giving me the "shaky pointy finger".(The, you're lucky mate, you know the one) Needless to say I turned off and backroad shuffled it all the way home laughing theough my helmet at 100k's. Priceless. He would have been busted when he got to town anyway, not many maoris with latemodel RX8's in Whaka's. hey, who laughs last laughs loudest.

**skidMark** · 12th November 2007, 20:14

Originally Posted by Coyote

I prefur the cold approach. If I hear a 'revrev' next to me, I just keep staring at the lights. When they turn green, I'll quickly go to 100 (no wheelies) but no further. Hord Falcodores always have to proove they're bigger than me and scream past me doing 140+, and boy racers tend to do the same though their shit cars haven't picked up that much speed by the time they get to me.

Perfect example happened the other day. Got the revs begging me to race, 'don't notice him', tear off from the lights, see a Mazda Familia in my mirrors taking up both lanes so I veer to the left, screams past but only 10m ahead of me he hits the anchors. He prooved he was the bigger man, he didn't have to go any further and risk getting a ticket

yer ive been often know to go rev rev rev.....light goes green...they bury thier boot.....

and i just go off normally shifting at like 6k lol

makes them look like a tosser.....

and 6k aint much on my wee zxr...redlines at 19k rpm lol

**skidMark** · 12th November 2007, 20:16

Originally Posted by MVnut

Well we all know most bikes will dust cars in accelleration, but if you ever come up against a Fiat Bambina that looks stock except for fat tyres and a dump-pipe, be careful, it may be my old drag car......11.0 SS400m rather frightening actually with that wheelbase.

u sound about as nuts as me lol.

**saltydog** · 12th November 2007, 20:21

Took me a good half an hour to get the dryed remants of uncle magpie out of the bike today. The cat was paying particulary close attention to my bike overnight and the misses said her sneaky fag in the garage smelt like bird.

**Boob Johnson** · 12th November 2007, 20:32

Originally Posted by skidMark

u sound about as nuts as me lol.

Your not nuts SM, your stupid, there is a difference

ps: Nice one Saltydog, your a lucky boy alright

**Swoop** · 12th November 2007, 20:39

Originally Posted by saltydog

would have been ironical if he did plough the van and you cruised around both of them......into the distance.

Yeah. Great for the poor sod driving the van...

Not.

Originally Posted by KATWYN

rust bucket with bald tyres...

Small-dicked boy ricers seem to regard them as "racing slicks"...

**saltydog** · 12th November 2007, 20:44

Originally Posted by Boob Johnson

ps: Nice one Saltydog, your a lucky boy alright

Then theres this other time at band camp........
Coming over this wee rise, road ahead not visible....bang there he is, look down, 145, shit....look in mirrors see cop car in a cloud of blue smoke trying to excute a u-e, and you think, for a sec....shall I? But na, I'm off the bike by the time he pulls up. "Sorry mate", blah blah, he goes, "na thats ok", "but did you see my bloody ABS not engaging?" as he peers in at the cars wheels (still smoking) just buzzing at the size of the lock up he just managed. So I put on the "yeah mate I did, whats the story there?" and after 10mins of BS he let me go. Priceless.

**Boob Johnson** · 12th November 2007, 20:54

Originally Posted by saltydog

Then theres this other time at band camp........
Coming over this wee rise, road ahead not visible....bang there he is, look down, 145, shit....look in mirrors see cop car in a cloud of blue smoke trying to excute a u-e, and you think, for a sec....shall I? But na, I'm off the bike by the time he pulls up. "Sorry mate", blah blah, he goes, "na thats ok", "but did you see my bloody ABS not engaging?" as he peers in at the cars wheels (still smoking) just buzzing at the size of the lock up he just managed. So I put on the "yeah mate I did, whats the story there?" and after 10mins of BS he let me go. Priceless.

Struth your a lucky boy alright, how long ago was that? I suspect pre quota days.

**Sully60** · 12th November 2007, 20:59

Originally Posted by saltydog

So I put on the "yeah mate I did, whats the story there?" and after 10mins of BS he let me go. Priceless.

Yep,
Nothing like inflating someones ego by blowing smoke up their arse for making them overlook minor discretions.

**saltydog** · 12th November 2007, 21:01

Originally Posted by Boob Johnson

Struth your a lucky boy alright, how long ago was that? I suspect pre quota days.

It actually wasnt. he was geninuely pissed off his ride didnt stop fast enough and then started out on the Auckland coppers giving him a shit car. I played the violin a bit louder and he liked the tune! It does seem like theres not much room to move these days. Like you gota know the cop or have a really believable excuse, "honestly officer, she is in labour", " cant you see the way shes holding on!"