People intimidating motorcyclists

[caseye]

My wife rides a little old lifan cruiser 250cc Well she did until recently.
Her only problem was allowing those behind her to intimidate her.I put her to the right of centre and told her to move directly in front of anyone who even looked like attempting to pass her on the left.Naturally, I also told her to make sure she had a good handful of throttle ready, just in case they were not convinced that , that bit of road was already hers.
I have followed a bit back from her on occassions.Once I overtook three cars and another bike to catch up to, pass and quite aggressively cut off the Barstard who was less than 6 FEET behind her on an open road, cager was in a Sub aroo with his wife and three kids in the car. Him and his kids thought it was a great joke that close behind an L plate , his wife didn't, specially after I appeared right there in front of them with the Big Old rear Light lit Bright Red right in his bloody face.
Pity was he pulled back plenty but would not be persuaded that I'd like him to stop somewhere convenient so we could have a little chat.Last seen him fending off blows from his missus, one for us I reckon.

[BMWST?]

Good to know where it is true - I think it's pretty much a waste of time unless incorporated into an evasive maneuver.

its amazing what a LOUD horn will do....people who lazily change lanes go stra1ght back where they have come from and THEN look what blasted them

[McJim]

I've taken to cycling now that I've sold the Ducati. I still own my lane but the cars still come too close. I don't know what's up with the idiots - they want me to obey the traffic lights so they must accept that I'm a vehicle...then they get all ghey about me using a whole vehicle space on the road. They need to get real - I'm not even riding 2 abreast - just using the 2 metres of road width I'm entitled to. Bunch o' fannies that they are.

Seriously. Riding assertively will save your life. I used to ride round Glasgow on a bicycle and a positive mental approach made people notice me and stay out of my way.

[McJim]

Do you ever say anything that doesn't make you sound like a cock?

It is you cornering and abusing members that makes you look like a cock. Looking back, you have quite the history of it don't you? If you don't like a comment, then go read something you do like, but not you - corner, harass, abuse - all standard fare for yourself. It's pretty clear it affects you much more greatly it does me, LOL.

Steve

I think you got the answer to your question Jim

[Big Dave]

It's all about respect.
Speaking of which, does anyone remember McJim?

[Ixion]

Mc Who ? You mean the guy who went cyclotic ? Who cares.

[Spearfish]

Filtering to the front of a Q to find a Hick in an old HSV and probably his son in a Silvia in the lane beside can usually be followed by the words "ahh fark here we go".

[meowmix]

+1 for virtually everything said above. I like moving about in my own lane slightly, and twitching a bit. I've noticed that drivers stay away if they think you're just a little crazy.
As for bicycles, jebuz. The most annoying thing on the road isn't the tool in his loud little car, its cyclists filtering to the front of a long queue. Then the rest of the queue has to painstakingly repass the same cyclist. That IMO is the reason cyclists get no respect on the road. [/hijack]

[SMOKEU]

just comes down to a fact that I'm in a hurry and your bike can't accelerate quick enough to get out of my way.

My bike is still quick enough to out accelerate most cars. It's quicker than turbo Legacys and it's not far off from my worked GTIR.

[-df-]

My bike is still quick enough to out accelerate most cars. It's quicker than turbo Legacys and it's not far off from my worked GTIR.

Sorry, performance cars...not family cars.

A 0-100 time of around 6 seconds is not very quick, has to be at least under 5 sec before its worth talking about.

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As for people intimidating others on the bike, when I was riding with my wife, there were idiots that tried stuff (yes she had her L plate on)...I just always rode behind her and made sure if something was going to happen...it would happen with me. For some reason its always from behind that people are dicks on the road.

[-df-]

My bike is still quick enough to out accelerate most cars. It's quicker than turbo Legacys and it's not far off from my worked GTIR.

Sorry, performance cars...not family cars.

A 0-100 time of around 6 seconds is not very quick, has to be at least under 5 sec before its worth talking about.

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As for people intimidating others on the bike, when I was riding with my wife, there were idiots that tried stuff (yes she had her L plate on)...I just always rode behind her and made sure if something was going to happen...it would happen with me. For some reason its always from behind that people are dicks on the road.

[Mudfart]

yesterday I rode to hamiltron. Firstly I am forced to ride pretty much centre track in any lane because of so much tar bleed on right and left wheel tracks from the heavy trucks. Also I have a theory that because I'm only on a 250, and my revs are really high (between 8-10 000), I'm prone to rear wheel spin on slippery tar?.
Well, coming into ngaruwhahia I got tailgated by sum dik in a granny car, maybe a 1 ltr charade or something? It was pink and driven by a wank. The dumb thing is she would drop back to being 1-200 mtrs behind, then when I'd look again she would be inches from my rear.
Helmets are great for protecting your head from punches, and the gloves are armoured for smashing! Im already kitted up to kick ass.

[pritch]

.Most of all NEVER use the horn - it just makes you look like a pathetic dick.

The jury's out on that. I guess it depends on your horn. Most OE horns are pathetic it's true, but you can do something about that

[avgas]

The jury's out on that. I guess it depends on your horn. Most OE horns are pathetic it's true, but you can do something about that

You mean like how the boy racers fix their OEM exhausts and OEM stereos?

[SMOKEU]

Sorry, performance cars...not family cars.

A 0-100 time of around 6 seconds is not very quick, has to be at least under 5 sec before its worth talking about.

Most people don't do hard launches from every set of lights, do they?