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07-11-2009, 02:39 PM
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| Pit Crew Joined: Jul 2009 From: 5 (oh!) 3 I Ride: RRRRRRRRRRR6S woot woot! | How often does this happen to you? I'm just goin for a short 20 mile ride today and I had the following: A guy in a van completely cut me off and flip me off for absolutely no reason. A guy in a camaro pull up next to me at a light and rev the crap out of his engine and "challenge me"..(I laughed and rode off very slow..lol) Another guy in a Acura Integra turbo come up next to me on the freeway and do the same thing as the guy with the camaro. Is this something to expect for a while? LOL |
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07-11-2009, 02:41 PM
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| MotoGP Champion Joined: Sep 2005 From: Bremerton I Ride: 03 Are See fiddy one, 05 DRZ400SM, 95 FZR1040, 69 Combat Commando Roadster, 73 Commando Interstate, 67 BSA B44, 71 BSA B50 | Welcome to the world of motorcycling.... |
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07-11-2009, 03:13 PM
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| Streetfighter Joined: Jul 2008 From: north carolina I Ride: 05 600RR | hahaha...yeah get used to it! especially the "hot rodders" that think there car is the greatest thing ever....like a civic that sounds like an angy bumble bee...those are the best! |
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07-11-2009, 03:27 PM
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| Mofo Dr. Phil of PNW Joined: Sep 2007 From: Everett, WA I Ride: K8 gsx-r 1000, 03 SV650S, 03 CBR 600RR (if I'm lucky), and 00 shadow 1100 VTX (if I'm super super lucky) | get used to it. last year a guy driving a new nissan xterra or something rolled up next to me and tried to do the same thing at a stop light. i let the light turn green and he floored it. I gave him the intersection and ripped on the throttle. He wasn't too pleased seeing me fly by him laughing as he got passed by a street bike. (I don't condone it, but it was a safe area and I didn't do any wheelies or anything off the line. Just steady acceleartion). |
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07-11-2009, 03:29 PM
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| Endorsed Joined: Jun 2009 From: Port Townsend, WA & Oregon City, OR I Ride: KTM 950 SM, '07 GSXR1k on the track | The worst is the SQUID on the 1100 whachamacallit in shorts taunting you on the freeway and then taking off in frustration cus you don't take his bait. Usually this involves stand up wheelies or dodging cars at 100+mph... |
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07-11-2009, 04:10 PM
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| Chat Whore Joined: May 2008 From: Issaquah, WA Blog Entries: 3 I Ride: whenever i want cause i got bikey fixed! | 
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07-11-2009, 04:53 PM
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| Pit Crew Joined: Jul 2009 From: 5 (oh!) 3 I Ride: RRRRRRRRRRR6S woot woot! | Yeah I've noticed that a lot of people that are at a stop sign and if I have the right away or if I was there first they will just go first anyway. Or if I don't have a stop sign and someone else does they "creep out" as I'm coming..it's quite irritating. LOL |
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07-11-2009, 04:56 PM
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| Endorsed Joined: May 2009 From: Yelm, WA I Ride: Harley | Today I am putting thru a thick traffic parking lot, in front of best buy, this gal in a Chevy Tahoe is on the phone pulling out from my left. I see her looking at me, I get right in front of her and she takes off then slams the breaks, squeeling her tires, so she dont hit me, then FLIPS ME OFF. I go on she is behind me, I WATCH her close, about 6-8 miles later she turns off, I am running 50 in a 35 lots of cross roads, some dude in a nissan PU slides up 10 feet behind me, I should pull over and let him go but, Fuck it, I use the throttle instead. and yep, my piece of shit Harley can outrun a datsun pu. I love riding in the country, I hate going to work in Tacoma. Carl |
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07-11-2009, 05:19 PM
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| Chat Whore Joined: May 2008 From: Issaquah, WA Blog Entries: 3 I Ride: whenever i want cause i got bikey fixed! |
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07-11-2009, 06:31 PM
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| Superbiker | I usually ignore idiots like that.. Had a Ferrari F430 do that about a week ago though on the highway. I had NO intention of ignoring that, but he got off at the next ramp.. Gave me quite a few nice throttle blips as he left Sounded beautiful.. Good thing too; two cops just chilling just over the rise. At a stoplight tho? There are VERY few cars that are going to take you out of a light I don't see the point.. I'm generally MR OMFG STOP RIDING LIKE A FUCKING DOUCHEBAG ON THE STREET but when an exotic pulls up I give chase just to hear the exhaust  Last edited by Nefarious; 07-11-2009 at 06:33 PM.. |
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07-11-2009, 07:00 PM
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| Endorsed Joined: Apr 2009 From: Portland, OR I Ride: 2007 KTM Super Duke |
Trust me on this one... I never got cut off more then on my black GSXR750 w/ all black gear. You need something which will cause you as the rider to visually pop out as a person, rather then a silhouette which is part of a black motorcycle. | |
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07-12-2009, 12:42 AM
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| Endorsed Joined: May 2008 From: Portland, Oregon I Ride: 2003 Kawi Ninja ZX6-R 636, 2007 Suzuki GSX-R 600 | There's all kinds of idiots out there. A guy I used to work with was one of them. The crazy squid-guy? Yeah. He rode a newer 750 gsx-r and apparently my 600 was a "girls bike." So he did smart things like trying to bait me as he passed me on the way to work...by doing lane-splitting wheelies between two cars. Brilliant. Oh, and did I mention he was wearing just jeans and a sweatshirt? Yeah, I don't play like that... I let him go his merry way... |
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07-12-2009, 12:59 AM
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| (Washington) City  Joined: Mar 2008 From: Wenatchee, Washington | "You need something which will cause you as the rider to visually pop out as a person, rather then a silhouette which is part of a black motorcycle." Much truth there! Couple of days ago my eyes were drawn to the highway where someone in all yellow riding gear was on a bright yellow Suzuki V-Strom. No way could anyone miss this guy and his bike, it was like sunrise riding by at 70 mph...  |
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07-12-2009, 08:50 AM
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| WMRRA Qualifier | Couple weeks ago I'm crossing the Northend bridge from Wenatchee to East Wenatchee just after dark and Some fool in a Wal-Mart Honda (ya know the ones, every shiny thing Wal-Mart sells is glued to this thing) rev-rev beside me @ about 55mph...I pulled in the clutch and gave him a BIG rev right back...it scared the shit out of him...I rode all the way home smiling about that |
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07-12-2009, 09:26 AM
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| suzukigixxer  Joined: Feb 2007 From: everett washington I Ride: gsxr750/Aprilia rsv 1000/gsf1200s bandit | when somebody pulls up to a light revin the motor i play along like i will race them getting tucked down revin the engine when the light changes i rev it up fast then stop let them take off like an idiot and pray for a cop |
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07-12-2009, 10:33 AM
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| Pit Crew Joined: Jul 2009 From: Corvallis, OR I Ride: 08 Hypervibrator | Happened to me last weekend - was stuck behind a baby blue "hot rod" (think ZZ-top). I patiently waited until the next legal passing zone when I heard his big v8 crank up. No way was he gonna leave me in a cloud of fumes so I gave the throttle a good crank. My bike is not built for drag racing so I had to work at it a bit - finally got around the guy at 110. Fucking idiot got passed by a girl.  |
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07-13-2009, 08:29 AM
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| Mr. 500,000 Joined: Dec 2006 From: Portland I Ride: VTX |
If your taking these steps, than your not doing all you can to elieviate the problem and your just gonna have to deal with it | |
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07-13-2009, 08:35 AM
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07-13-2009, 09:28 AM
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| Streetfighter Joined: May 2006 From: City of Snohomish, washington I Ride: '06 ZX-14, '02 TL1000R (sold), etc.. |
 One of the bennies of riding a ZX14 and being my size? Cars rarely ever don't see me, and ricers or exotics almost never try to race me. That "ZX 14" badge tells them this aint no possibly slow 90's era 600 that they have a shot against. makes it nice actually, because it seemed like every sport bike rider and ricer I came across on the freeway seemed to want to race me when I owned my TL1000R. Last edited by Sticks n Stones; 07-13-2009 at 09:31 AM.. | |
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07-14-2009, 01:37 PM
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| Pit Crew Joined: Jul 2009 From: 5 (oh!) 3 I Ride: RRRRRRRRRRR6S woot woot! | lol so now i'm in my car on my way to work...i'm a road where the speed limit is 55 mph. there is a 2 way stop coming up (I don't need to stop). I'm crusin at about 60 and I can see a car starting to creep out at the stop sign...i'm thinking no way is this lady gonna pull out cuz i'm like right on top of her...sure enough i look at the lady and she looks to her left but does NOT ONE TIME look to her right...and pulls right out in front of me...i slammed my brakes and had to pass her..if i had been on the bike....i think it would have been very bad. but i would have also slowed waaaaaaay down if i was on a bike. so it's happening a lot lately! People just can't drive sometimes. lol |
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09-19-2009, 05:09 PM
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| Training Wheels Joined: Aug 2009 From: seattle, wa I Ride: 2000 929rr | a couple of weeks ago me and me brother went out for a shakedown ride on his '88 ninja 1000r(had just been rebuilt by Felony Flyers after sitting next to a friends house for like 5 years)we hit alki and rolled I5 north and as we were coming up to the mercer st exit (was about 11pm) a car full of girls changes lanes right into me. i slammed the brakes and laid on the horn and just barely avoided gettin hit. I ride a cbr 929rr with a pretty quiet system on it, but my lights are really bright. i ride up next to them and look at the like what the hell is wrong with you and they are all laughing thier asses off. so my bro rolls up on the other side and goes to slam thier mirror closed. but it didnt have a folding mirror and all i see is this little mirror bouncing down the freeway. it was an accident, he didnt mean to break it but a quick check in my mirror confirmed that they all stopped laughing and looked straight faced as fuck |
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09-19-2009, 05:22 PM
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| MotoGP Champion |
He couldn't hide either could he?????  | |
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09-19-2009, 05:26 PM
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09-19-2009, 05:43 PM
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| MotoGP Champion |
No one but the sweetheart bride of mine wants to naked wrestle with me! HAAAAhahahahahahahahahah!!!!!! Now I keep meaning to say hi buddy, life and busy is my excuse. Hows the scoot running? Come on to Mantra (yes VanHooter) tonight for bike night, leaving soon....... | |
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09-19-2009, 11:52 PM
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| Zone Head Joined: Aug 2007 From: Portland, OR I Ride: 1997 CBR600 F3 |
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09-20-2009, 12:04 AM
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| Training Wheels Joined: Sep 2009 From: Beaverton, Or I Ride: a fun one. | I had a guy in a mini van with an extention ladder on top secured with bungy cords, so when he went to change lanes(my lane) I reved my motor then he quickly changed back to his lane, at that point the ladder slid off the top of the van almost falling off into me, but sprung back hitting the side of the van all the while he had no clue what happened. It takes all types. |
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09-20-2009, 01:42 AM
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| MotoGP Contender Joined: Aug 2008 From: Puget Sound I Ride: H-D | I like pulling up to a stop light and still see them lock their doors..  The flipping off and revving of engines are signs of low esteem and feeling the need to "prove" that they're as good as you- which they're not.  |
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09-20-2009, 08:42 AM
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| Training Wheels Joined: Apr 2009 From: Olympia /Tenino I Ride: Harley Dyna Lowrider |
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09-20-2009, 09:22 AM
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| Moderator  Joined: Jul 2005 From: Lynnwood I Ride: 2002 Honda Rebel; 2005 Kawasaki Ninja 500 |
And I have not noticed that drivers notice me any less than they do in my car. Honestly, the vehicle I had the worst luck with being seen in was an old Porsche 911 that had a crappy black paint job that was pretty flat. I htink cause the car was low people tended to look over the car and not notice when they were changing lanes (I did notice when I got a Pathfinder it seemed more people noticed me). It amazes me motorcyclists act like it's a surprising thing people don't see them on the motorcycle. You're driving a small vehicle that's narrow and can easily be blocked by objects or blend in. Particularly if you have a black bike and insist on wearing black, you're asking to be stealthy and not be seen! Add in the fact that a lot of people are driving not cause they care about their driving or like driving, but because they have to. Which means they are only going to do the minimum they have to to get there. I wish they'd get better mass transit to encourage these types of people that they don't have to drive. Shoot, liking to driver or ride does not mean they will ride/drive any safer anyways (lots of idiot motorcyclists out there and in general, at least in the U.S., people ride cause they enjoy it, not cause they have to which is probably why you might see less ratio of flakey riders to total amount of riders vs. flakey drivers to total amount of drivers).
Don't even do the modulating headlight (I just find them obnoxious and refuse to get to that level of obnoxiousness). Just wearing bright colors seems to help a lot. | ||
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09-20-2009, 10:33 AM
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| MotoGP Contender Joined: Feb 2006 From: the bat cave, on the PC! I Ride: stuff | bullshit! If you ride a sportbike...this shit happens every month, it's usually some ricer or some v8 gearbag, and they're usually between 16-25 and they always get their fuckin doors blown off when I play |
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09-20-2009, 11:16 AM
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| Moderator Joined: Jul 2005 From: Lynnwood I Ride: 2002 Honda Rebel; 2005 Kawasaki Ninja 500 |
And as I said, I only had it happen on my Rebel (Which you really really have to know nothing about bikes to think it's sporty of any sort). I have noticed people tend to be more passive aggressive about letting me pass in the Ninja though (I have far more issues with people speeding up if I'm about to pass them and then slowing down if I give up then I do in my car). And not in the I want to race you way but more in the either subconciously doing it or the "I think anyone going faster than me must be a reckless idiot especially if they are on a bike so I'll prevent them by speeding up" kinda way. | |
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09-20-2009, 11:24 AM
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| MotoGP Champion |
A guy wearing leathers, ranger (I think) patch, Openface halmet, with a skull mask???? Holy crap! Riding a BMW R1150 GS Adventure????? That is a melding of cultures, now isn't it????? | |
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