Could hardly believe what I was seeing.

[buellbabe]

After doing the Coro Loop yesterday Blackbuell and I cruised home via Kaiaua Kawakawa Bay. Those of you familiar with those roads will know how bad sun-strike can be in the late arvo at this tim of the year.
Well that turned out to be the LEAST of our problems.
We had just gone through Kawakawa Bay and were heading up the hill into a lefty. Mike was overtaking a wagon when another car came around the corner from the opposite direction. It was no drama, he was still able to complete his passing quite safely.
WELL the driver of the station wagon seemed to take offence and took off after him. I took off after the wagon trying to etch its plate into my memory cos it looked like the driver was gonna try and run him off the road.
Mike was aware he was being chased so took off at high speed. I stayed behind the car watching in utter disbelief as it went sideways around corners on the wrong side of the road in the attempt to catch Mike.
Then the ultimate, we came up behind another car with on coming traffic. I thought that would stop him but no! The wanker pulls out into the path of the oncoming car. The car he was passing slammed its brakes on and pulled off the road to create some space and didkhead driver carried on.

Got to Clevedon and there was no sign of Mike. I had a good look at the occupants of the car as it pulled into a parking space.
NOT what I was expecting.
A middle-late-aged couple with a little dog in the back seat...wonder if it had thrown up? I would have the way he was driving.

Anyways Mike appeared and I told him what I had witnessed. We both stood there shaking our heads. What the hell was the driver THINKING?

A slightly crazy end to an otherwise awesome day LOL

[McJim]

I've often seen that kind of behaviour. It's a very New Zealand phonomenon unfortunately. I still can't explain it.

[jrandom]

Happened to me after I overtook a car on Kahikitea Flat Road on the last ATNR.

I didn't dare take off at high velocity due to the high likelihood of cops further up the road, so the guy just did his best to scare me by zooming by on my left about a foot away as I rode at the speed limit before driving in front of me for a few kilometres, waving his fist out the window.

Whatcha gonna do, eh?

Some people need a seriously large dose of Zen.

[oldrider]

Some of us old folk have got things that have come loose in our heads!

Like the small print on fireworks says, "light blue touch paper, do not hold in the hand!"

We just go off sometimes! Cheers John.

[sunhuntin]

oldrider... i highly doubt youd act the way those people did though. maybe they have more loose bits?

glad you both made it home safe. feel sorry for the dog.

[Maha]

The odd one takes offence sure, but the key is, dont put yourself or anyone for that matter, in a predicament where you may cause the person in controll of a car/bike that you are passing to react in such a manner. Passing on a left hander going up hill with sun strike? (thats how I read it) not the best manouvre really is it? There will be somewhere safer to pass soon enough. Im sure Mike was in controll of the situation and may even agree it was a little tight, bit of over reaction from the car driver sure, seems like he thought Mike put a few lives on the spot......ah well, everyone lives to tell their side of the story I guess. Betting the car driver has his own views.

[megageoff76]

At least it was only a dog on the back seat. The amount of crazy drivers like that i see with a full load of kids is disgusting.

[Jimmy B]

Meanwhile down at the bowling club…

"A freaky thing happened to Mavis and I on the way home…fright of our lives….hang on to the dog Mavis we’ve gotta get out of here before the rest of them get us… sideways around corners, all the drama, no matter how hard I tried I just couldn’t shake the hooligan chasing us. I thought we were toast. Weird thing is I think the rider chasing us was a woman”…

“Get outta here..a Woman”??

“Yep that’s what I said”

“Sheesh young people these days…get us a beer Norm”

[Swoop]

Some people need a seriously large dose of Zen.

Zen! Now available in a large range of calibres.
Free set of ginzu knives on docket redemption!

[oldrider]

Had one of these festery bastards come up to my bike yelling about you crazy young buggers etc!

I took my helmet off and they could instantly see I was probably older than their own father.

Things went quiet then and they slunk off!

We had not done anything except pass them just back down the road.

Silly bastards just seem to believe all the bullshit about motorbikes being dangerous.

Bikes are not dangerous, people are! Especially people like them! John.

[Blackbuell]

Well i'll tell my side of the story, i come up to the car i was doing 55k,s he was doing about 30 i had about 80 metres of safe passing with the oncoming car,so i just went passed with no probs,there was no sun untill ya get to the top off the hill,so i dont know what he was on but when he was chasing me he was in excess of the speed limit & closing on me so i didnt stick around to find out what his problem was.

[megageoff76]

Hey it wasn't one of those part sports car/part SUV Mazda CX7's was it? According to the add on TV you can pass bikes on twisty roads...maybe he was just seeing if the advertising was correct?

[Scouse]

I would have stoped and exchanged points of view

[carver]

After doing the Coro Loop yesterday Blackbuell and I cruised home via Kaiaua Kawakawa Bay. Those of you familiar with those roads will know how bad sun-strike can be in the late arvo at this tim of the year.
Well that turned out to be the LEAST of our problems.
We had just gone through Kawakawa Bay and were heading up the hill into a lefty. Mike was overtaking a wagon when another car came around the corner from the opposite direction. It was no drama, he was still able to complete his passing quite safely.
WELL the driver of the station wagon seemed to take offence and took off after him. I took off after the wagon trying to etch its plate into my memory cos it looked like the driver was gonna try and run him off the road.
Mike was aware he was being chased so took off at high speed. I stayed behind the car watching in utter disbelief as it went sideways around corners on the wrong side of the road in the attempt to catch Mike.
Then the ultimate, we came up behind another car with on coming traffic. I thought that would stop him but no! The wanker pulls out into the path of the oncoming car. The car he was passing slammed its brakes on and pulled off the road to create some space and didkhead driver carried on.

Got to Clevedon and there was no sign of Mike. I had a good look at the occupants of the car as it pulled into a parking space.
NOT what I was expecting.
A middle-late-aged couple with a little dog in the back seat...wonder if it had thrown up? I would have the way he was driving.

Anyways Mike appeared and I told him what I had witnessed. We both stood there shaking our heads. What the hell was the driver THINKING?

A slightly crazy end to an otherwise awesome day LOL

the mormon few passed you two down the road from coro to thames, we had no issues on that part of the road

[ajturbo]

Well i'll tell my side of the story, i come up to the car i was doing 55k,s he was doing about 30 i had about 80 metres of safe passing with the oncoming car,so i just went passed with no probs,there was no sun untill ya get to the top off the hill,so i dont know what he was on but when he was chasing me he was in excess of the speed limit & closing on me so i didnt stick around to find out what his problem was.

ya woosy .. here i was thinking you were the man....

were you on floss's bike then or yours?...