Don'cha just hate it when...

**madbikeboy** · 27th February 2009, 08:31

I hate it when...

When I'm all leathered up, after wriggling into one piece, with back protector, and gloves, lid, boots... And then I realise my T shirt has wriggled up, and the back protector is going to wear a hole in my back.

When that dopey cager doesn't look - at all!

When you're all leather up, swinging your leg across the bike, and the phone rings, and you look at it with a sinking feeling, knowing you really have to answer it...

When I start cramping - this happened on the weekend, 2 hours of straights and wet corners, finally dry corners, and then, boom, cramp city. Sitting on the side of the road watching bikes roar past, knowing that the 2 hours home will be interspersed with several cramp breaks like this.

When I warm the bike up for a few minutes, and then realise I have 20 minutes of riding carefully anyhow because the tires are still cold...

When I'm sitting in the cage, wearing a suit, and bikes filter past.

**Big Dave** · 27th February 2009, 08:34

Putting gloves on and then remembering the keys are still in my pocket.

**Rockbuddy** · 27th February 2009, 08:38

idiots doing 20kms or more less than the posted limit ie; doing 80 in a 100 zone holding up queues of traffic, happens a bit on the route i take pisses me off hugely

**vifferman** · 27th February 2009, 08:49

When the weather forecast says it's going to be fine, so I've left my wet weather stuff at home.

When the car driver in front of me turns towards the sun, realises he can't see coz his windscreen's covered in crap, and turns on the washers.

When I don't check the underside of my tank bag and the grit stuck to it wrecks the paint on my tank.

When I come up to an intersection and someone slows down/stops, looks, then goes anyway.

When I'm sitting at the lights at the end of my street, see the other lights go orange and then red, and the cars aren't stopping.

When the traffic lights are synchronised to go red every time I get to them. I had a lovely ride out to Parakai and home one day, until I got to the suburban streets. Of the eight (8!) sets of traffic lights I came to, eight (8!) turned red just before I got to it. My bike was running at over 100C for nearly 10 minutes. If the Council was serious about being Green, they'd install some more intelligent traffic management systems. Or maybe that was it - they were stopping me going more than 100m or so without stopping.

**Big Dave** · 27th February 2009, 08:53

...when people describe cars as a cage or drivers as cagers.
Would you like fries with that lame simile?

Calling Hondas gay.
That's 'KB only' crap.

**mister.koz** · 27th February 2009, 09:03

When people in tight traffic intentionally speed up to block off your only clear passing spot and then slow down to 20km/h for the corners i was seeking in the 1st place.

When you are sheduled for your first track day and you squash your AC join 4 days before doing something you've done a 1000 times before.

When you are changing riding positions in twisties and as you roll from one to the other you realize there's grit on the road

then you know you gotta do it again for the next 40 corners.

Um, when cagers drive cages in their cageyness?

**3Banger** · 27th February 2009, 09:12

When my brother and I feather through to the front of the traffic at the Whitford Brown lights ready for a drag race to show who's got the better bike.. and he stalls it and makes me look like the wanker on my own!

**The Pastor** · 27th February 2009, 09:14

when your mate takes your clutch cover off and drops a bolt down into your sump.

**Mom** · 27th February 2009, 09:15

Originally Posted by renegade master

when your mate takes your clutch cover off and drops a bolt down into your sump.

again!

**3Banger** · 27th February 2009, 09:18

Originally Posted by renegade master

when your mate takes your clutch cover off and drops a bolt down into your sump.

I think you are your Dad and your mates pet hate?????

**Max Preload** · 27th February 2009, 09:25

Originally Posted by madbikeboy

When you're all leather up, swinging your leg across the bike, and the phone rings, and you look at it with a sinking feeling, knowing you really have to answer it...

You don't ever have to answer a phone.

**madbikeboy** · 27th February 2009, 11:33

Originally Posted by Max Preload

You don't ever have to answer a phone.

Depends on how badly you want (or don't want) to get paid, or get laid...

**A_Mans_Ruin** · 27th February 2009, 16:22

When you are sitting at the lights, the guy in the car next to you realises your a chick on a bike and tries the lamest ever line invented "cool bike"..... and the eye thing YUK....
WTF no, no its not idiot!