Has riding made you super?

[Motu]

I enjoy driving...not as much as riding,but I don't mind driving a car,4X4,truck,whatever....I just love it all.I dunno - is it an alpha rythum thing? Y'know,you brain goes into a different state,I take in so much information,riding or driving...in the car I'm pointing things I see out to my passengers,there are a million things a minute going on - but at the same time I am totaly relaxed,in a totaly different state,sort of observing from afar....dunno,can't describe it.If I can't ride I drive,does the same job for me.

[bugjuice]

I've come from India........ have to be super observant if you don't want to get run over by something bigger than you........

Apply the same principles here whether in a cage or on a bike....... and the way the JAFFA's keep disobeying the road rules looks like we'll be heading no where pretty, pretty quickly.

After riding a bike and having to keep all your senses alert, I find it hard staying awake while driving a cage...... matter of fact I feel as though I'm sitting on my couch playing a VERY BORING video game...........

I don't fall asleep ..... but do feel rather detached from it all...... any of you'll feel likewise????

I can understand what you're saying and can vaguely relate, but I try my hardest not to fall into that 'auto-pilot' state, cos minor things go unoticed, and some of those minor things might be more than you know! I often think of what the car is doing, wind the window down, go kareoke with the radio.. anything to keep the levels up..

[sAsLEX]

I know plenty of cage drivers who can drive like that. Hell, I could do that before I learned to ride a bike. Being road aware and having mechanical affinity isn't just exclusive to motorcycle riders.

its more important in staying alive on a bike though!! I had done advanced driving and stuff through some courses well before I got my 2 wheel license

[jrandom]

in the UK when I was taking my test, my instructor told me I'd fail my license if I wasn't seen to be looking over my shoulder to check my blindspot. I thought it'd be the same here..

It is, or at least it should be. I suspect that there will be some testers who aren't too strict about marking people down for failing to perform head checks before maneuvering, though.

[Waylander]

Funny how the news is talking about how the government or some such is trying to get more peaple to go cycling and when they interveiw some drivers they say that cyclists are dangerous and kick the side of your doors and such.Have they thought that maybe it's becouse of something the cager is doing?


Not sure if this should be in this thread but ohwell.

[jrandom]

go kareoke with the radio...

Funny you should mention that. I never really have the urge to sing in the car, radio or not. Except when travelling with the kids in the back and playing the Evil Tape of Doom, of course, where singing along to the 'Bob the Builder' version of 'Mambo Number Five' is obligatory. Until the chittering green demons of insanity take my brain away and put my body on Daddy Autopilot, which usually happens about two hours into any drive anywhere.

But I often sing into my helmet on the bike. Not while filtering, I don't have enough spare attention. But while cruising along the motorway - there's just something about the sheer joy of the drone of the engine and the wind in my chest that forces me to bust out with "You'll Never Walk Alone", "Moon River", "Yesterday", et al...

[bugjuice]

Funny how the news is talking about how the government or some such is trying to get more peaple to go cycling and when they interveiw some drivers they say that cyclists are dangerous and kick the side of your doors and such.Have they thought that maybe it's becouse of something the cager is doing?


Not sure if this should be in this thread but ohwell.

well kinda.. similar rules apply. They have to be even more alert in some cases, cos they can't accelerate out of danger, and rarely have more protection than a helmet, so they're further up shit creek than we can get.. And it's still 2 wheels, and it's relating to what cagers aren't aware off.. So yeah, can see your point. Also having and biking for many many many years, I can relate to it too..

Plus, when has a thread ever stayed on the topic it started off as?

[justsomeguy]

Compared to riding, driving a cage is pretty boring but I'm still a fair bit more observant than other cagers, also a bit more relaxed and less inclined to get upset when someone does something stupid infront of me when I'm in the cage. Anybody else that way aswell?

Come spend sometime in Auckland rush hour traffic.... You'll begin to lose that peaceful easy feeling the Eagles sing about.

As for me not getting upset...... it depends on what mood I am in.... though I try my best to think of the bigger picture and not let idiotic on-road behaviour get to me.

[bugjuice]

Funny you should mention that. I never really have the urge to sing in the car, radio or not. Except when travelling with the kids in the back and playing the Evil Tape of Doom, of course, where singing along to the 'Bob the Builder' version of 'Mambo Number Five' is obligatory. Until the chittering green demons of insanity take my brain away and put my body on Daddy Autopilot, which usually happens about two hours into any drive anywhere.

But I often sing into my helmet on the bike. Not while filtering, I don't have enough spare attention. But while cruising along the motorway - there's just something about the sheer joy of the drone of the engine and the wind in my chest that forces me to bust out with "You'll Never Walk Alone", "Moon River", "Yesterday", et al...

lmao.. I wasn't going to mention about singing in the helmet, but yeah, guilty.. Sometimes a radio would be good, but putting earphones in is seldom practical. I even think of funny stuff (cos I'm a funny bugger) and find myself laughing.. do you know how much louder you sound when you sign/laugh out loud? helmets really echo sometimes!
chitty chitty bang bang... b-i-ngo b-i-ngo... ahh all the classics of the SH1

oh well, since we've started that bit of 'stupid stuff we do while driving/riding', what about dancin too? In the car, I often do, and sometimes on the bike.. not huge stuff, but the bob of the head, wig of the shoulders.. etc.

my god, I've gone too far, haven't I?

[Waylander]

Plus, when has a thread ever stayed on the topic it started off as?

When it's one of the ones that me or Slipstream start that really dont have a topic to begin with, kinda hard to go offtopic when there isn't one aye


Back ontopic Isn'tthe whole "super senses" thing the reason why most of us believe that everyone should ride before they get thier cage license?

[jrandom]

As for me not getting upset...... it depends on what mood I am in.... though I try my best to think of the bigger picture and not let idiotic on-road behaviour get to me.

Hmm.

On the very, very rare occasions when I have to do my 25km rush-hour commute in a cage, I find it necessary to exert continuous effort, particularly in the evening, to maintain an appropriately Zen-like attitude to the situation.

Otherwise, I find myself with an almost overwhelming desire to scream obscenities and pound my fists on things.

[bugjuice]

yup.. hopefully make peeps more aware..
least, I reckon..

[Waylander]

Come spend sometime in Auckland rush hour traffic.... You'll begin to lose that peaceful easy feeling the Eagles sing about.

As for me not getting upset...... it depends on what mood I am in.... though I try my best to think of the bigger picture and not let idiotic on-road behaviour get to me.

Go for a drive in Dallas, LA, Boston, Detroit, New York City, Miami, ect, ect, and you'll see Auckland traffic as nice open road. Did notice that there are also certain cars I feel more relaxed in like put me in a little shyte-box honda and I'm as stressed as I get but put me in my dad's old Jag and I dont even turn the radio up loud. Go figure:spudwhat: .

[bugjuice]

Hmm.

On the very, very rare occasions when I have to do my 25km rush-hour commute in a cage, I find it necessary to exert continuous effort, particularly in the evening, to maintain an appropriately Zen-like attitude to the situation.

Otherwise, I find myself with an almost overwhelming desire to scream obscenities and pound my fists on things.

you sound like a barrel of laughs on a bad day!

[SPman]

Mmm, it's like that.

You know that thing that happens when you drive a cage somewhere and you know the way, where you arrive and can't remember actually doing the driving, or what happened along the way, because you were on autopilot?

Never happens on a bike. Not even on a commute you do every day on the same route for years.

Speak for yourself mate. Last time up the Paraparas I sort of "lost" most of them as I thought of other things and looked at the scenery!........just...suddenly...I was in Raetahi!