Hardcore Biker
Yesterday and today I was driving in a four wheeled vehicle, city bound on the Southern Motorway (AK) at 6.30am. Two days in a row, two different bikes were weaving in and out of the lanes, as though we were cones on a basic handling skills course. I'm sure they considered themselves lanesplitters, or maybe they were just having fun. The reason they were able to weave in and out, instead of making their way up the middle between us was because traffic was flowing at 8o kms per hour!!
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Back on a 250 and riding more than ever.
Stoke me a clipper!
I know what you mean. I was on the Southern heading towards town going about 70km/h and I was VERY overtaken by some white bike 'lanesplitting'. Must be a lot braver than me.
That was yesterday btw
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"All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind" - Aristotle
Forum whore
i used to have traffic doing 110 and come through weaving at 160+
sometimes 180+ up the middle.
but those days are over i had a ...you guessed it...lane splitting accident
trust me people it aint worth it.
The original Disco
It is very easy to start splitting when cars stop on the mway, and both the cars speed and your speed (too keep overtaking) increase... before I realise sometimes I have been doing 60mph! It's only when the cars slow down again and I begin to brake accordingly that I realise. Not good I know, but im sure we are all guilty of doing it at some stage to a degree. I have found that I start using the cars speed to judge my own speed as I wont glance down at the speedo often as there is so many mirrors and cars and heads etc etc to keep watching... It's on my list of "things to work on"....although with all the AWNMR that list is growing!!!
No excuse obviously, just my thoughts....
"Speed has never killed anyone. Suddenly becoming stationary - that's what gets you."
Jeremy Clarkson.
Kawasaki 200mph Club
gee wizzz
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Forum whore
ask theatre of the time **this guy i know cough cough**was splitting at 180 saw a cop ahead, and stonked on the anchors, went right past the cop on thier right hard on the brakes, and i mean hard...got past the drivers door was looking at the cop, he was looking ahead as if he hadn't even noticed **this guy i know cough**, at that exact moment **the guy i know** dropped from 130 to 80ish...and swooped back behind,
silly rozzers....
Last edited by FROSTY; 24th April 2007 at 23:01.
Hardcore Biker
We regulary filter on the motorway at about 110+mph with traffic doing around 80mph over here. As long as the diferential between the speed of the traffic and the bike aren't too great I don't see it as being a problem.
As Dan says, it's so easy for your speed to increase as the traffic around you does. We usually start to filter on the motorway if traffic drops to around 60mph, then as they build speed back up to 80/90mph-ish we just keep filtering at the same rate, before you know it 110mph+ filtering until you spot a police car and then pull back in to line.
I really enjoy filtering and the amount of concentration if requires.
(I'd convert those figures in to kph... but I just can't be arsed... is it weekend yet?)
What a difference indifference can make
braaap
you would be shot instantly for doing that kind of thing in nz.
He who makes a beast out of himself
Gets rid of the pain of being a man
Forum whore
tony, ur a mad bastard lol
Mallicious Little Gnome
Fat Tony I thank you for posting this.
I worked as a bike courier in the UK for a number of years and know exactly what you are talking about. I was based out of Cardiff and went mostly intercity. About twice a week I had to deliver to the city in London.
I've told people here about lane splitting on the M4 and the M25 at over 100mph (160 kph) and I get that far away disbelieving look. In the city it was akot less but the risks were a lot greater as the density of the traffic is far greater. The speed limit here is only about 62mph and in general most people stick to thereabouts. I've seen and followed bikes that get up to the ton mark (160 kph) but not a lot of them hold it for very long on the public roads.
I'm glad someone has at last backed up what I have been saying.
Travelled the M4, M5, M6, M1 pretty much every week and clocked about 3000 miles per week. Best timed run was on the M4. From the sign post on the road that states Cardiff was 115 miles to the centre of Cardiff in 50 min. Averaging somewhere about 120mph. Got busted on that road for exceeding the set speed limit by 100 mph, never noticed the cop car in its park ramp. This was on the Membury straight going through the services.
When I first got here I found the traffic to be awfully slow and pedestian. For the first two years of riding bikes over here I rode as I did when couriering. Slowed down a lot since as I dont trust the cage drivers as much as those in UK.
ANyway thanks for backing me up.
Mr
"When you think of it,
Lifes a bowl of ....MERDE"
Hardcore Biker
Would here too if caught by the boys in blue... to be honest I avoid motorways where possible... they're so dull to ride in the UK so the filtering keeps you on your toes.you would be shot instantly for doing that kind of thing in nz.
The only 'motorways' that we drove while in NZ earlier this month that resembled anything like UK motorways were around Auckland... everywhere else the 'motorways' were very entertaining
What a difference indifference can make
Scotsman on a German
hope it wasn't me.
In space, no one can smell your fart.
Stoke me a clipper!
No way, it was some big white bike. You ride very responsibly from what i've seen of your commuting
"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing" - Socrates
"All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind" - Aristotle
Mallicious Little Gnome
Who repped me?
"When you think of it,
Lifes a bowl of ....MERDE"
gee wizzz
This from the guy who said he laid a 60m darkie ---then said it was 20m --then photographic evidence showed it as a tiny chirp.
God boy you talk such a load of shit
To see a life newly created.To watch it grow and prosper. Isn't that the greatest gift a human being can be given?
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