Retards on the Southern this morning...

**Ixion** · 28th March 2009, 17:08

Originally Posted by Katman

So what would be the expected reaction to a backward baseball cap wearing bogun driving a WRX Evo 6 Skyline weaving from side to side in their lane?

So long as he's in his own lane , it wouldn't worry me. Why should it? (Assuming that it looked intentional, and not an indication of a drunken driver - not a factor in the case cited by the OP) . Can't weave a car very much in a lane of course, and probbaly not so much fun either, but .

**Ixion** · 28th March 2009, 17:09

Originally Posted by mattian

I'm still trying to work out what "metality" is

It's the generic case of irony.

**Katman** · 28th March 2009, 17:26

Originally Posted by Ixion

it wouldn't worry me. Why should it?

Yes, but you're hardly indicative of the general public.

**PrincessBandit** · 29th March 2009, 03:40

Originally Posted by Ixion

"In a lane each" not much risk of clipping.

Ok, my bad, I read it as weaving across each others lanes. Even so, it only takes one weaving pattern to meet with the other (like the overlaid sine waves which intersect at given points) for there to suddenly be dual splattage.

**dipshit** · 29th March 2009, 08:16

Originally Posted by PrincessBandit

Ok, my bad, I read it as weaving across each others lanes. Even so, it only takes one weaving pattern to meet....

It isn't so much about a safety issue... more about looking like a couple of immature kids playing on the motorway.

It makes all motorcyclists look like retards. A bit like when motorcyclists wear their helmets into shops.

**discotex** · 29th March 2009, 10:43

Originally Posted by dipshit

It makes all motorcyclists look like retards.

No it doesn't

Originally Posted by dipshit

A bit like when motorcyclists wear their helmets into shops.

WTF are you on about?

Been smoking crack again dipshit?

**fire eyes** · 29th March 2009, 10:48

ohh for freedom ......

**vtec** · 29th March 2009, 10:55

Originally Posted by dipshit

So you think everybody in this thread → ( http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...d.php?p=953967 ) is pissed off with bicyclists because they are subconscious jealous and there possibly couldn't be any other reasons..???

Umm having trouble seeing what their deal is. A pack of cyclists bunch up at an intersection. What do you want them to do? Hold it to the left so that a car can pass them at an intersection?? What if they want to turn right?... Retarded.

So what if a car loses a few seconds because they have to pass some cyclists with a bit of caution and due care. They have as many rights as you do sorry to say. And it's your duty to pass them carefully which isn't exactly difficult considering how skinny they are even two wide, and the fact that they usually go at about 30kph.

Get over yourself. Seems motorcyclists have the same superiority complex to bicycles that cars have to motorbikes.

I mostly ride solo. In fact I'm about to start an 800km cycle from SF to LA, starting on monday US time, so tuesday your time. Here's a link to the route going to attempt it in 5 days carrying a fair bit of weight though: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&sour...1,9.887695&z=7

**Blackshear** · 29th March 2009, 10:58

Originally Posted by dipshit

It isn't so much about a safety issue... more about looking like a couple of immature kids playing on the motorway.

It makes all motorcyclists look like retards. A bit like when motorcyclists wear their helmets into shops.

At that point, Professor Quirrel burst through the great dining hall doors, in a panicked and flusterred manner..
"TROOOOOLLS! TROOOOLLS IN THE DUNGEONS!!!!"

**dipshit** · 29th March 2009, 11:22

Originally Posted by vtec

Get over yourself. Seems motorcyclists have the same superiority complex to bicycles that cars have to motorbikes.

I agree and is why i posted that as a classic example.

And do you still think those motorcyclists were saying those things because they are jealous..??

**dipshit** · 29th March 2009, 11:25

Originally Posted by discotex

No it doesn't

Yes it can. Reread the impression of what the guy who was there and saw them again...

"A. You look like you are retarded riding like that together.
B. You are just helping all other motorists justify the "fucken idiot bikes" metality alot of them have, which is not a good thing.

Maybe if your on a racetrack and need to warm your tyres or something? But on the southern motorway, with other traffic around, you look like a fuckwit, to put it politely."

WTF are you on about?

You really haven't got a clue, have you?

**avgas** · 29th March 2009, 11:34

Originally Posted by dipshit

Swerving does not warmup you tyres any quicker. It will also make you look more erratic and less predictable to other traffic. Grow a brain.

depends entirely on how its done. however the main advantage is actually the scrubbing action - vital if you ride with Shinko's or even to get the most out of Pirelli's. Since you such a desktop hero, try this test out - get an eraser, and roll it on the table top between the tabletop and your hand. You will notice that not only does the tyre lose its squareness and expose "the good rubber" is also slightly warms.

**avgas** · 29th March 2009, 11:37

Originally Posted by fire eyes

ohh for freedom ......

Yep seconded......i miss it so

**discotex** · 29th March 2009, 11:37

Originally Posted by dipshit

Yes it can. Reread the impression of what the guy who was there and saw them again...

I read it plenty clear the first time.

One single motorist having a self-righteous whinge about two people having fun does not make any other motorists think "all motorcyclists look like retards" as you posited.

Originally Posted by dipshit

You really haven't got a clue, have you?

I have many clues

I'm not aware of any bikers that go shopping at Farmers with their helmets on.