Awesome car drivers

[Renegade]

I travel rimas And see dicks passing round corners!!!!!

And hanging off in jeans with there knee just of the deck I mean come on you get whats coming to ya cept I dont want a knee cap in my window

it would make a good ash tray though or a new chew toy for the dog!!

[raster]

I am very impressed with many cagers, I ride to work on the motorway each morning and have no problem with 95% of cagers, as long I respect them as much as I expect them to respect me.

[Usarka]

I I have no problem with 95% of cagers

It only takes 1 to kill you.

[idb]

Of course there are plonkers on bikes - without a doubt! Look at the idiots that bin their bikes and then think its a worthy thread to gain rep from as if its some kind of game. The number of cars and other non-bike vehicles on the road well outnumber the bikes and pose a greater risk to bikes if a collision occurs, we all know that and need to ride safely to survive.

I agree totally

Of course bikers need to be very attentive because of the risks. However, bikers are perfectly entitled to grumble about poor car drivers if they wish. Its a biker thread for goodness sake and ranting is part of this website as much as jokes, bike information and mechanical tips. If you don't like it, bugger off.

Now you're confused...you're the one complaining about this being a non-bike related thread, not me.
I'd suggest that the non-biking threads would almost out-number the biking threads on this forum.
Maybe you should be doing the buggering.

I get bored with the "they're all out to kill us" mantra so often spouted.
If that was the case why would anyone want to get on a bike at all, we've got no chance.

[Toaster]

I agree totally

Now you're confused...you're the one complaining about this being a non-bike related thread, not me.
I'd suggest that the non-biking threads would almost out-number the biking threads on this forum.
Maybe you should be doing the buggering.

I get bored with the "they're all out to kill us" mantra so often spouted.
If that was the case why would anyone want to get on a bike at all, we've got no chance.

I think we are both on the same page mate, just slightly different view points... oh and I prefer pictures....

Agreed, the mantra as you stated it is definitely OTT, but then some do get a bit carried away in their views! Time for a cold one soon after cleaning the wee scooter.

[unrealone]

im sick to fuckin' death of the aucklanders moaning about almost getting knocked off by some incompetent driver.

so here's my thread on awesome car drivers.

I was cruising along moorehouse ave the other week, and I stopped at the lights by at durham, I'm sitting there foot down when the asian cabbie next to me says loudly "MATE! MATE!" I look over, he points and says "your stand is down!"

I look down and sure enough it's down...but it's so weird because i had defiantly put the stand up, I may have bumped it when i had just put my foot down, who knows? either way I knock it back up smile and yell my thanks

as i ride off over that slight up hill bit i think that it might've touched the road here and spun me over and under the wheels of the car behind me...thanks to that cabbie I'm definetly still here.

on my way home from work last night I pulled up to a T intersection I was turning left and there was a cue of cars turning right in the opposite direction, I had to give way, I slow down and start crawling trying to keep my balance, the 3rd car is a middle aged women who smiles and points for me to go, even though it's not my turn.

that's all i can remember for now.

I love cagers, I think we should celebrate our 4 wheeled kin.

May I ask why your bike still went into gear in the first place with the stand down? :/

[Dave-]

May I ask why your bike still went into gear in the first place with the stand down? :/

you can but I cannot answer...like i said, I may have knocked it when i stopped at the lights...but you'd think I'd notice...it's never happened before or since..

I let a cager in today, was a doctor in his big fuck off holden, T intersection with lights and he was pulling out of a driveway right beside the lights, so i pulled up behind the first car, they turned green and i waved him out.

I knew it was a doctor because he was coming out of a clinic room and looked like a doctor.

doctors are awesome, if you cannot be courteous to a doctor then you're a dick.

[Lucy]

I had a lady jump out of her 4WD in Auckland and come running up to me at the lights to tell me that one of my bungee cords was hanging off the back.

And my bike starts all the time with the side stand down.

Another time a guy at a gas station warned me about another bungee cord come loose, and even picked it up for me when I asked him too as I was too lazy to get off and do it myself.

[Bass]

I am very impressed with many cagers, I ride to work on the motorway each morning and have no problem with 95% of cagers, as long I respect them as much as I expect them to respect me.

Me too.
I have never understood the need to lump everyone together on the basis of what they drive.
I would have thought that it is obvious to all, that there are sensible motorists and there are jerks out there. There are even those who (like me) are capable of being both, depending on how they feel at the time.

The biggest problem of course, is defining jerk type behaviour - it varies hugely from person to person.

I don't know if the proportions have anything to do with the chosen mode of transport. However if I was pressed to make an observation, I would say that bike riders show a higher degree of jerk type behaviour than any other motoring group (and yes, from time to time, that includes me). So to some extent at least, IMHO if we are abused on the road, we have been the authors of our own misfortune.

When I had my "off" a couple of years back and was sitting in the ditch with busted ribs and a bent thumb, the first 2 cars to go past stopped and helped. The first guy, went well out of his way and took me to the nearest medical centre. The second guy organised a Towie to come and collect my bike. He also stayed there until the bike had been collected.
I couldn't have asked for better treatment.

[Griff]

.... And my bike starts all the time with the side stand down. ....

I think we have a potential "Mythbusters" issue here...


Leave the stand down, put your bike into gear and slowly let out the clutch..

Then tell us all what happens.

[NordieBoy]

Leave the stand down, put your bike into gear and slowly let out the clutch..

Then tell us all what happens.

You move forward?

None of my VT250, XR250, Nordwests, SR185 had the side stand linked to anything.
Only my DR650 has the cutout switch standard.

[Griff]

You move forward?

None of my VT250, XR250, Nordwests, SR185 had the side stand linked to anything.
Only my DR650 has the cutout switch standard.

Wow! No CutOut Switch? That is soo crap.

Did you actually move forward or did you do tiny little circles?

[saltydog]

There are some great car drivers out there. They show consideration for all road users.
There are some great motorcyclists out there too.
Unfortunately , we will always have tossers out there as well. I guess the trick is to know the difference.

And how many incidents are caused by biker on biker? Fark-all I'd guess.
To the mad aucklanders pulling mavovourers infront of cagers........ it pisses them off and doesn't do much for relations. Expect them to nut-off. To be an on to it biker these days we need eyes in the back of our heads as well as scanning every side road, entrance etc........ never try to anticipate our 4 wheeled friends....espicially at round abouts.

[Clockwork]

I Commute in my car I see why people get fucked off,

These dicks on there bikes, Screaming through rush hourtraffic in morning and at night at excessive speeds lane splitting blocking cars off,

Racing one another,


I cant be bothered with that rubbishso if they ride like a dick through traffic I wontlet them past,....

Sorry but IMO this is just petty and unbecomming of a motorcyclist. I had someone behave like this to me recently.... so I passed him on the other side, judging from the sound of his horn this pissed him off no end!!

On the whole though, I find that commuting in Wellington, there are way more drivers that will make room for me to pass than those that actively try to get in my way.

[Str8 Jacket]

I think we have a potential "Mythbusters" issue here...


Leave the stand down, put your bike into gear and slowly let out the clutch..

Then tell us all what happens.

With every bike I have owned (GN250, KR150 and FZR400) it doesnt make any difference if the side stand is down or not. The bike still moves forward....