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    Boy racers

    Recently I was going up Kent Terrace Wtn one night when a BR overtook. I drew up alongside at the next reds. I used enough acceleration to leave him at the lights but back right off keeping reasonably within the law and dropped left in to the Basin Reserve in the middle lane. Much to my surprise this BR overtook on the outside, real close - he must have been pushing it. Now it's been raining and just drying up, plus all sorts of things like it's a blind corner, cold tyres, pedestrians, police, diesel potential, too old, close to my safety wedge, etc so I let him through and then we peeled off, him through the tunnel and me up Ad road keeping very legal.

    Next incident. I'm going round the bays and through the airport following another BR. We kept it real legal but through but those mini roundabouts I notice he pushes it a bit. I overtake by coming into the airport system but again he waits until those right angled corners and small roundabouts, trying to close up. I might add all this is a bit gentlified. keeping within the road code and 10% of of the speed limit. It's more of a psychological game.

    Thus is interesting. These BR's keep within a tolerable speed overage, ie no more than 60ish in a 50 kph limit but know the weak/strong points on a bike compared to a car. They won't challenge straight line acceleration but will the right angled corners. It's as if they have developed a strategy for dealing with us.

    Now I'm way past the age having used up all my nine lives for this sort of stuff, so I now back off and become boringly mature etc, BUT - Bikes should still Rule over any tarted up cage.

    Experiences anyone?

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    The main performance advantage of bikes compared cars is power-to-weight. To get a four wheeler with a power-to-weight ratio comparable to that of a bike costs a lot of money.

    Braking and cornering - cars are generally superior given the same level of skill in the rider and driver. And of course, if you do go past the limit the consequences are much worse on a bike - less chance of recovering as well. On the public street the one with the bigger balls will win - unless they take it too far.
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    Only really 'raced' three times.
    Once with a mate in a '93 integra, we both knew the roads reasonably well, very quiet area etc. I only won out of the corners and what not.
    Last one was a traffic light race. Some poncy guy in a poor mans godzilla giving the engine the full keybaord. Light goes green, smoked that fucker off till about 120, when I buttoned off and he was only half a second behind as I did so.

    Not really keen on the whole racing the streets thing, I know myself too well. I'll cut things real close, real close.
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    A few times off the lights, once on a passing lane..

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    I've had a couple of boy racers try to start a race, I can't be arsed. I also often find if I take off fairly fast at the lights a car will apparently race me, vrooom off they go up the road at a rate of knots, more not arsed. I usually wear a tinted visor so no one knows there's an old fart inside.

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    Yup - don't take 'em on on their terms. BR's have one additional (and substantial) advantage... they can't fall off...
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    Just watching a bit on TV about these young guys,chick doing an interview with one asks "what about the dangers to other road users" pimple faced one replys "naaa the diesal we pour all over the roads not going to affect anyone" or similar.Retard.
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    Why don't some of you southern shooters bunk down on a corner around one of those meets and start sniping radiators?

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    Quote Originally Posted by wbks View Post
    Why don't some of you southern shooters bumk down on a corner around one of those meets and start sniping radiators?
    Not a bad idea methinks,trouble is i figure my 30-06 round wouldnt stop at the radiator,could probably demolish the car with a 5 shot mag.
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    Quote Originally Posted by 98tls View Post
    Just watching a bit on TV about these young guys,chick doing an interview with one asks "what about the dangers to other road users" pimple faced one replys "naaa the diesal we pour all over the roads not going to affect anyone" or similar.Retard.
    What a total dickhead alright .. reckon we should flood emails through with why diesel is so damn dangerous to motorcylists .. not that the pimple faced one will give a damn .... wanted to wipe his smug smile off his face
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    Quote Originally Posted by chanceyy View Post
    What a total dickhead alright .. reckon we should flood emails through with why diesel is so damn dangerous to motorcylists .. not that the pimple faced one will give a damn .... wanted to wipe his smug smile off his face
    Not a bad idea,can anyone come up with an email addy to do such a thing.
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    Quote Originally Posted by chanceyy View Post
    What a total dickhead alright .. reckon we should flood emails through with why diesel is so damn dangerous to motorcylists .. not that the pimple faced one will give a damn .... wanted to wipe his smug smile off his face
    Wasn't that a head shaker?
    Diesel/Oil on the Port Hills rd.
    But like he said, they dont give other road users a second thought.
    They pay taxes, so the council can clean it up.

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