Psycho commute riders

[sbaker3]

It seems that the zen of my morning commute is increasingly being ruined by mental riders who want to race everything on the road.

I'm not against lane splitting, I consider it one of the perks of riding. But it seriously pisses me off when I lane split up to a red light and then a rider comes up behind me and starts beeping as if I'm preventing him from running the red.

Today this happened at basin reserve just out of the tunnel. And then he almost hit me when he tried to overtake with about 1 metre of space between me and the basin curb. He then took off weaving like a crazy man while racing some other fuckwit who was pulling his own shitty moves in another lane.

All I can say is guys, you ride a bike to work - that means you've already won the race. Slow the fuck down and show your fellow riders some consideration.

OK, rant over.

[PirateJafa]

If you split up to the front of the lights, you should really pull over to one side at the front. It allows anyone slpitting up behind you to also pull to the front, rather than being wedged behind a bike and in between two cages.

That said though, the overtake sounds silly.

Summer must be on it's way.

[neilwgtn]

gee.. thats a first for me.. i always wait behind if there is someone at the lights or just tuck in behind a car.. No need to rush to work.. it will still be there when i get in..!!

[mtroskill]

Im a newbie but have often wondered why the 1st bike stopped at the lights doesn't move to the left or right a little to allow the other bikes filtering behind through....

Not a dig mate..genuine question ( I haven't started riding on the road properly yet)

[dipshit]

You're lucky they didn't kick your mirror off for getting in their way.

There are lots of pretentious fuckwits out there on motorcycles.

[bungbung]

Im a newbie but have often wondered why the 1st bike stopped at the lights doesn't move to the left or right a little to allow the other bikes filtering behind through....

Not a dig mate..genuine question ( I haven't started riding on the road properly yet)

Not necessary, it's nice tio make room if you can, but if you get to the front a while before the next guy, it's not that practical.

Make sure you get off the line smartly if there is a another bike waiting.
Remember to check for red light runners!

[PirateJafa]

There are lots of pretentious fuckwits out there on motorcycles.

And there are some on KB too. Not looking at anyone in particular, or course.

Im a newbie but have often wondered why the 1st bike stopped at the lights doesn't move to the left or right a little to allow the other bikes filtering behind through....

Actually most bikes do move - it's only the occasional ones that don't. You've probably only encountered the day-dreamers so far, but you'll see.

[dipshit]

And there are some on KB too.

Absolutely no doubt about it.

[vifferman]

If you split up to the front of the lights, you should really pull over to one side at the front. It allows anyone slpitting up behind you to also pull to the front, rather than being wedged behind a bike and in between two cages.

Yes, that's true, but it's not always possible.

[The Pastor]

but he didnt even do a wheelie?

[NOMIS]

It seems that the zen of my morning commute is increasingly being ruined by mental riders who want to race everything on the road.

I'm not against lane splitting, I consider it one of the perks of riding. But it seriously pisses me off when I lane split up to a red light and then a rider comes up behind me and starts beeping as if I'm preventing him from running the red.

Today this happened at basin reserve just out of the tunnel. And then he almost hit me when he tried to overtake with about 1 metre of space between me and the basin curb. He then took off weaving like a crazy man while racing some other fuckwit who was pulling his own shitty moves in another lane.

All I can say is guys, you ride a bike to work - that means you've already won the race. Slow the fuck down and show your fellow riders some consideration.

OK, rant over.

i could reply with my rant about, gn riders who lane split so slowly is painfull . as well as burgman riders and majority of scooters. but i wont. considering my bars have about 10sm more on them than a gn and my mirrors even wider..

and the ones who stop in between cars at redlights ( instead of going a little ahead to let other bike through as well ) when another bike is going to get stuck sandwiched between the 2 at the green gets me aswell.

[Katman]

i could reply with my rant about, gn riders who lane split so slowly is painfull . as well as burgman riders and majority of scooters. but i wont. considering my bars have about 10sm more on them than a gn and my mirrors even wider..

Perhaps you should pull your head in a bit. If anyone chooses to lane split then it should be done with all due care and at a speed that the motorcyclist is comfortable with. If you have to slow down or find an alternative route past them, so be it.

[sbaker3]

Wouldn't pulling to the left or right at the lights put you in the middle of the pedestrian crossing? At least it would for most of the lights I split at.

As for being a slow splitting gn rider, surely it doesn't matter how fast your going if you're cruising to a red? Even on a gn I can pull away faster than the cars when it goes green so riders can pass then - as long as they use their own lane to do it.

[NOMIS]

Perhaps you should pull your head in a bit. If anyone chooses to lane split then it should be done with all due care and at a speed that the motorcyclist is comfortable with. If you have to slow down or find an alternative route past them, so be it.

yes and it should be done with being curtious to other people using the road..
Perhaps people who arnt confident to split at a safe speed should learn to use their mirrors and move over for people who are. and yes finding an alternative route means cuting to another lane going past and then cutting back again.. thats when you get a thread like this starting.. because mr GN or whatever their on probally didnt check there mirrors or didnt realise he was going that slow that there where 2 or more "fello motorcyclists" who had been stuck behind and had to go the long way around

[NOMIS]

Wouldn't pulling to the left or right at the lights put you in the middle of the pedestrian crossing? At least it would for most of the lights I split at.

As for being a slow splitting gn rider, surely it doesn't matter how fast your going if you're cruising to a red? Even on a gn I can pull away faster than the cars when it goes green so riders can pass then - as long as they use their own lane to do it.

reason im saying "mr gn " is becuase there a certain gn and yellow burgman i get stuck behind on the n/w nearly every day and i mean the sit in the middle of 2 lanes at 20kmph no faster and when trafic speed's up they stay with the flow no problems .. however still in between the 2 lanes. you need to see it for your self.

And ive been stuck between 2 cars at a red in the past as they started to go. not nice bing at 20km or so with a car a few cm away from your bars on each side. there usually enough room to be able to move over a tad to let another bike past at red lights.