Payback for Mindless Cager Mayhem

**gijoe1313** · 25th September 2006, 22:07

So, I was riding after meeting Croft for lunch at Auckland Airport ($8 for parking!!?

I shoulda rode around the barriers for $0!), all the talk about bikes just had me chomping at the bit.

Fine day, rode home to pick up some gear and decided to head north with no particular destination in mind! Went out to Waipu and as the sun was making long shadows I headed home. It was a great ride up and had no hassles...until I hit a nice long up hill right hander with a gentle curve. I was pootling up doing a nice 110 in my lane, when a fark'n idiot in a Remuera Tractor is closing up fast on the uphill overtaking lane. No worries, plenty of room for one and all.

Wrong.

For some unknown begotten reason, this F**kwit decides to play "How close can I come to this biker idiot who shouldn't be on my road anyway"
As he comes roaring up, he moves towards my lane and straddles it and moves further left for God-knows-reason. This F**ktard

was playing some game with himself (and he had his kids in the cage as well).

I button it off and let him slide up the hill.

Vengeance shall be mine.

Now, since I had only just ridden up that way, I knew I had plenty of opportunities to exact some payback. Don't get me wrong, I'm usually the most placid of persons, wouldn't say Boo to a ghost. But this Faff'n F**ktard really got to me.

No dialling *555, no getting hot under the collar. Just cold narrowing of the eyes and I bided my time.

Bingo. Truck ahead coming up to an overtaking lane, and the target was right where I wanted him.

I took my handy disc lock from my pocket. Dropped gear and fanged the revs and timed it so I overtook him and casually let my lock *scratch* down the side of his cage as I went pass and overtook him and the truck before the road narrowed back down so he couldn't get past it.

Revenge was sweet. The location where I did it was just before a lot of twisties and I just opened up the space between me and him.

Now, I don't condone what I did, nor do I encourage anyone else to do it - but this fark'n F**ktard was playing with my life! I shoulda reported him in, but then what would have happened? He said, I said? My kids in the back says he was doing this?

A new repaint job on his cage and hopefully he doesn't pull this stunt on another biker.

So...my first case of biker rage against cager

Thanks for bearing with me, but needed to get rant off my chest. Public admission of wrong-doing is so carthatic! Anyone else have stories like this? (5 weeks of riding...and I'm doing shite like this!

)

Oh yeah, I can't talk about this with my family since they'll just think its another excuse for me to stop riding! heh....as if that's gonna happen!

**sugilite:Me** · 25th September 2006, 22:29

He will think twice before playing stupid games with bikers!

**pritch** · 25th September 2006, 22:34

My feelings about your post are somewhat ambivalent. I disagree with your display of aggression, but I'll give you green bling for the write-up.

Trust that isn't too schizophrenic....

**sAsLEX** · 25th September 2006, 22:38

Originally Posted by pritch008

Trust that isn't too schizophrenic....

Mellowing with age is a better way to put it. As we get older the pink mist seems to have less effect due to the consequences that are more obvious in old ages.

**Maha** · 25th September 2006, 22:42

Originally Posted by gijoe1313

I took my handy disc lock from my pocket. Dropped gear and fanged the revs and timed it so I overtook him and casually let my lock *scratch* down the side of his cage as I went pass and overtook him and the truck before the road narrowed back down so he couldn't get past it.

!

Mmmmmmm take some skills to do that, you got close enough to another road user (at speed) to scratch the paint work?....and pass a truck at the same time?....and you have been riding 5 weeks?.....

**gamgee** · 25th September 2006, 22:45

smells a little like bs to me too maha man, so your saying this guy sped up behind you when you were doing 110 through twisties, then he couldn't even pass a truck in a passing lane?? slight bit of exageration there aye gijoe

**Maha** · 25th September 2006, 22:49

Originally Posted by gamgee

smells a little like bs to me too maha man, so your saying this guy sped up behind you when you were doing 110 through twisties, then he couldn't even pass a truck in a passing lane?? slight bit of exageration there aye gijoe

Yeah, reaching into a pocket to get something is not even doable standing beside the bike let alone while piloting the fecken' thing.....

**DMNTD:Me** · 25th September 2006, 22:50

Originally Posted by sAsLEX

...the pink mist...

LOL...dunno about the pink mist! Mine was red I'm certain of it,but I do agree with the rest of your post.
Since I've matured I have noticed I'm usually far more tollerant of other road users balls ups as mistakes do happen.
Then again if someone is going to knowingly make sure that they're dangerous on the road in my/mates presence I find it extremely hard not to react...after all why is it ok for others to intentionaly endanger you/me??

**gijoe1313** · 25th September 2006, 22:51

Well I was pissing myself - the heart rate was going out the roof...I was riding with only 1 hand...and figgering...this cager could easily take me out....I was going a lot faster when I shot past him and the truck (there was other traffic on the other side)

Had to turn down a side road and wait for a little whiles and let the nerves settle, my hornet can only do 140 without me straining it... when I think about it, its a bloody stupid thing for me to do...250cc...learners....and a mad idjit in a cage.

Could have ended up horribly wrong...for me. And fatally so

**Karma** · 25th September 2006, 22:52

Personally I think you're a retard.

1. How do you know he was deliberately swerving into your lane? Could have been distracted by the kids or something?
2. You went past the guy, and he was sat behind you before. Fair chance he's got your plate number, and visits the post office tomorrow for your address.

If you happen to come home tomorrow and spot someone sat outside your house waiting for you then don't be surprised.

**gijoe1313** · 25th September 2006, 22:53

Originally Posted by Weasel

Personally I think you're a retard.

1. How do you know he was deliberately swerving into your lane? Could have been distracted by the kids or something?
2. You went past the guy, and he was sat behind you before. Fair chance he's got your plate number, and visits the post office tomorrow for your address.

If you happen to come home tomorrow and spot someone sat outside your house waiting for you then don't be surprised.

Yeah, I know

dumbass thing I did, won't ever do anything like it again!

**gijoe1313** · 25th September 2006, 22:56

Originally Posted by sAsLEX

Mellowing with age is a better way to put it. As we get older the pink mist seems to have less effect due to the consequences that are more obvious in old ages.

Yeah, I'm meant to be a school teacher and I always get on my students cases about doing retarded things...and what do I do just 3 days into the school holidays?

I think they would be giving me the learn

**gijoe1313** · 25th September 2006, 22:57

Originally Posted by pritch008

My feelings about your post are somewhat ambivalent. I disagree with your display of aggression, but I'll give you green bling for the write-up.

Trust that isn't too schizophrenic....

I'm doing quite a bit of reflection at the moment, if I don't learn from this - I need to give up biking. It's a dangerous enough environment out there without me doing stupid things like this

Thats why I needed to get this off my chest, otherwise I'll keep thinking about it - all the different ways this scenario could have played out - and might still, to my detriment because I couldn't keep a lid on my reactions.

**TLDV8** · 25th September 2006, 23:05

Originally Posted by gijoe1313

I'm doing quite a bit of reflection at the moment, if I don't learn from this - I need to give up biking. It's a dangerous enough environment out there without me doing stupid things like this

Thats why I needed to get this off my chest, otherwise I'll keep thinking about it - all the different ways this scenario could have played out - and might still, to my detriment because I couldn't keep a lid on my reactions.

I very much doubt anyone who rides bikes has not been in a similar position and done something in the heat of the moment only to ponder later if it was the right thing to do.... That is human nature...Your learning curve has been quick for 5 weeks but the force is strong

........ The incident was but another building block.