Splitting lanes, how often and to what extent?

[sunhuntin]

i only split when the bike is in danger of overheating. so, ive only done it twice; once in wellington and once when stuck in the lake taupo run traffic. wouldnt want to live in a place where it was a daily thing.

[XRVrider]

Splitting is fine, just dont get caught half way up the queue when the light turns green,can be tricky to get between cars on the move if boy racer gets a case of "screw you you're not passing me".

[h211]

Splitting is fine, just dont get caught half way up the queue when the light turns green,can be tricky to get between cars on the move if boy racer gets a case of "screw you you're not passing me".

Mmm that was kind of the reason why I asked, had nowhere to go the other day

[XRVrider]

Mmm that was kind of the reason why I asked, had nowhere to go the other day

In the UK generally they let you in, nice of em cos we are gone a few seconds later. Here there are some bolshie buggars. I think we have the right (of sorts) to split, cagers will disagree and call us reckless say no wonder they get charged more for rego, ha ha.

[Swoop]

forget cycle lanes. They are usually full of puncture inducing debris or cyclists...

There is nothing worse than having to pick pieces of bone and lycra out of the tyres, eh?

[Maki]

There is nothing worse than having to pick pieces of bone and lycra out of the tyres, eh?

The tyres can take care of themselves. What I hate is when they scratch my fairings

[StoneY]

I go dead straight down the leftmost edge of the right hand lane as much as possible

As soon as flow hits 70kms I get back in the lane with a wave at the guy letting me in

I'm getting friendly waves now in the mornings from drivers I see often, and the BIKEOI vest the Scary Sewing Circle sent me, I'm easy to see and if not dusk conditions the Ducati's beam is full (trust me low aint that great)

I reason that at 60kmh and as straight as possible, I can stop in 1 car length emergency style

Over 70 I'm gonna risk colliding with the next unannounced lane change cager

Thats my personal formula, I also avoid lane splitting in the regions of crossroads and big interchanges (all one of them I see daily LOL)

23 kms for me every day and a split maybe 12kms of it

[p.dath]

There is some info about this in the Wiki:

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/wiki/Cate...otorcycle_Laws

[TuonoTom]

I just about never lane split myself because I walk to uni. However if I had to commute on the bike it would probably be a different story.

[st00ji]

can't you guys read????

we can read, we just dont care

its more fun posting!

[JohnC]

can't you guys read????

Nah mate,your on my ignore list,so I didn't get the message

[chef]

split when i can or cannot red light or green split the motorway split through the city, cut alot of cagers off nothing like it before going into work

[proseuche]

I was doing it like a maniac on the motorway Sunday on the way home from an awesome ride, just couldn't help myself, so much fun

[Ender EnZed]

im relatively new to bikes

I don't know how new you are, but keep in mind that wobbling into the side of a car (even for reason of shit on the road) is probably about the most embarrassing thing that can happen in this world (I'm guessing, haven't tried). Blocking two lanes of traffic as the light goes green and you've damaged someones property, the cage equivalent would probably be falling out the door round a left-hand bend.

[Sidewinder]

at full noise and all the time!