The right to choose your own line - what do you think?

[BoristheBiter]

Bullshit. Often...a clean, on the inside pass is the safest and best way to go by somebody...yes...even on the street. If you can see through the corner, and the rider in front has comitted to their line...there's nothing wrong with it at all. It's no different to passing them on a straight. What if they're on said straight...and as you go to pass them suddenly veer to the right to avoid something on the road? A collision. More often than not...a rider has scanned the road surface ahead through the corner and would've made their line choice accordingly.

IF they see something on their line in the corner...they'll pick it up 9 times out of ten and go round it...not pull it tighter and crash into you.

All fine and dandy but how do you know what line they will take?

[pc220]

Bloody sports bikes.

[Crasherfromwayback]

All fine and dandy but how do you know what line they will take?

Easy. Unless they're all over the bloody place...most people will (well they fucking well should) take a line and pretty much stay on it. It's also (as I said) very rare for people to tighten their line on corners. Most (if they do change it) will go wide.

[BoristheBiter]

Bloody sports bikes.

Only if they hit something.
otherwise they are mostly clean.

[cowboyz]

the point is.... if they are going round the corner at say 90k/hr. You want to go round at 120k/hr. they are thinking about something what a nice day they are having and feeling like superman cruising on a fine sunday afternoon and how they have ridden 500km on their new bike and you come flashing past them mid corner ..unexpected. and scare the shit out of them and they run wide off the road. Not your problem? you didnt crash... they should have been paying attention to whats behind them? Obviously if they are riding that slowly they have plenty of time in their day so it wouldnt really inconvience them to walk home? What other reasons can you come up with for riding like a cock?

[Crasherfromwayback]

What other reasons can you come up with for riding like a cock?

The guy that fucked up Tunahunters corner/ride experience sounds indeed like he/she was riding like a cock. My only argument is that it is perfectly safe to pass someone in a corner. You can startle someone going by them in a straight line too remember. Sheesh...some passing lanes even have corners in them!!! Best we not dare pass anyone there!

[PrincessBandit]

Bullshit. Often...a clean, on the inside pass is the safest and best way to go by somebody...yes...even on the street.

Good for you but I'd be pretty pissed if I got passed on the inside regardless of whether the other person thought it was ok/fine/safe/I was too slow for them. I'd only let ya off if you were in your own lane.....:kiss:

[Katman]

Bullshit. Often...a clean, on the inside pass is the safest and best way to go by somebody

I assume you're only talking about right-hand bends (and even then - only if you use the other lane).

Passing on the inside on a left-hander is just fucked up. If the rider being passed is spooked they will head straight over into the on-coming lane.

[beyond]

The golden rule when around other bikes or when other bikes are around, wether you know them or not is: the rider in front owns the road and once commited to your line, stick to it unless you absolutely have to avoid something.

Overtaking on corners? Why not. Sometimes it's the only way to pass the cocks who do 300kmh on the straights and go like slugs in the corners. Furthermore I think the law says something about 100 metres of visibility and there's plenty of corners where you can see 100 metres throughout the overtaking manouevre.

Shit, I overtake cars in corners when I'm in my car without breaking the law and it's a darn sight easier to do on a motorbike when done "correctly"

I think Crasher was not talking about overtaking on the inside of the rider but more like on the inside of a corner, right hander if I'm not mistaken which is entirely appropriate under most circumstances.

[Crasherfromwayback]

Good for you but I'd be pretty pissed if I got passed on the inside regardless of whether the other person thought it was ok/fine/safe/I was too slow for them. I'd only let ya off if you were in your own lane.....:kiss:

No...I'd be in the other lane!

I assume you're only talking about right-hand bends (and even then - only if you use the other lane).

Passing on the inside on a left-hander is just fucked up. If the rider being passed is spooked they will head straight over into the on-coming lane.

Correct! But if you read the very first post...you'd have seen it was a right hand corner he was talking about.

[gazmascelle]

I saw him coming so fast I had to abandon that line and take a risky left hand line which really fucked me off.

You should stab 'em

[Katman]

You should stab 'em

Crazy Steve would.

[onearmedbandit]

I think it should be clarified whether those that say it's ok are talking about passing in the other lane, as opposed to passing within the same lane. Which is what I gathered happened in the first post.

[Banditbandit]

I assume you're only talking about right-hand bends (and even then - only if you use the other lane).

Passing on the inside on a left-hander is just fucked up. If the rider being passed is spooked they will head straight over into the on-coming lane.

In left-handers ya go round the outside - pretty dumb to go inside ... I thought even you would see that.

Plenty of left hand corners with enough visiblity to go round the outside safely ..

[Katman]

In left-handers ya go round the outside - pretty dumb to go inside ... I thought even you would see that.

I thought I did see it.