Author Topic: Nutcase driving a motorbike (Read 2328 times)

senna · « **Reply #30 on:** May 27, 2003, 05:40:16 PM »

He was goin 146mph his top speed for a few seconds. Shrug, I regularly hit 150+ for miles on end. Shsh apache, I know your a cop.

Fast and Furious? I pullup along side them and bring it up .)

No I dont race cars cas thats stupid, as soon as they try to race me I chicken away cas I've had a few shunts with cars and I still suffer pain in my back from it (actually pain is from nother accident with wall and an old lady). I've even had cars try to chop me on purpose etc... Thell pullup at a light, give me a dirty look than chop me 50 yards down from green. Jerks. Some things to watch out for but I'll never stop riding.

Handle bar wheelies,.. those guys are mental.

Wlfgng · « **Reply #31 on:** May 27, 2003, 05:42:03 PM »

I'm glad I stopped riding like an idiot...
120mph everywhere, back tire most of the time, etc etc..

phew.. glad I survived and gave up crotch rockets.

senna · « **Reply #32 on:** May 27, 2003, 05:59:47 PM »

Number 1 rule for survival wlf, trust nobody but yourself. Hopefully you have learned to trust yourself. I feel that more today than I ever have.

GrimCO · « **Reply #33 on:** May 28, 2003, 09:19:06 AM »

I've been riding for about 20 years now, and trust myself implicitly...

It's the other yahoos I'm worried about... As cautious as I am, occasionally, there's just nothing you can do to avoid an accident when some blue hair pulls out in front of you.

Giving up crotch rockets isn't the cure either. A motorcycle only goes as fast as you make it go. I'll still grab the occasional wheelie, and very occasionally open her up to top speed. There's a nice road here that has no traffic and about an 8 mile stretch with no side streets intersecting it. If I feel the need to open her up, that's where I do it. It's still a risk at 180mph, but at least I know no one will pull out in front of me.

These goofs hauling tail down the interstate weaving through traffic and splitting lanes at 100mph+ are on a collision course with disaster. It's risky enough just putting around in the city, but for those guys, it's just a matter of time before some cop has to peel their carcass off the pavement.

Swoop · « **Reply #34 on:** May 28, 2003, 10:23:57 AM »

What Grim said.

And this daft idea that a chopper or tourer is safer than a crotch rocket..........is daft. The better the bike performs the better it's brakes, stability and cornering will be. And stable braking and cornering are what's gonna save your life when the blue haired granny pulls out.

Wlfgng · « **Reply #35 on:** May 28, 2003, 12:02:07 PM »

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It's the other yahoos I'm worried about

here here!

when I rode I always wished there were roads/highways whatever that only let motorcycles on it.
those damned steel boxes (cars) scared the hell out of me on the roads.

Erlkonig · « **Reply #36 on:** May 28, 2003, 12:19:02 PM »

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Originally posted by Swoop

And this daft idea that a chopper or tourer is safer than a crotch rocket..........is daft. The better the bike performs the better it's brakes, stability and cornering will be. And stable braking and cornering are what's gonna save your life when the blue haired granny pulls out.

In my experience, the crotch rockets riders are suicidal *******s, weaving in and out of highway traffic over 100mph. On the other hand, I find myself passing the tourer riders more than vice versa. Any safety benefits the crotch rockets offer seem to be wasted by the Darwin Award candidates who ride them.

senna · « **Reply #37 on:** May 28, 2003, 12:28:26 PM »

I always preach safety when I ride as well. Safety first safety first I repeat this again and again in my head.

Skuzzy · « **Reply #38 on:** May 28, 2003, 12:32:50 PM »

Swoop,..I have about the same feeling for sports cars. I like them for what they do better than most cars can do.

But, there are generally 3 categories that bike riders get sluffed into.

Dirt, Street, and Cruisers. All 3 types of riders have different attitudes,..again,..generally speaking. For the most part, the guys I know that own the pocket rockets are pretty much an insane lot.
They get thier kicks by going into the country side and racing each other around the back roads. Unfortunately, then they race home.
I tell them they are nuts, but they defend thier style of riding like most defend thier religions.

I am a cruiser myself. I like to ride for the sake of the ride and enjoy the open road for the countryside.

Geez, I miss riding.

senna · « **Reply #39 on:** May 28, 2003, 12:38:15 PM »

Someday I'll give up the rice rockets and settle into one of these. Course mine will have a larger front windscreen.

Swoop · « **Reply #40 on:** May 28, 2003, 12:50:35 PM »

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Originally posted by Erlkonig
In my experience, the crotch rockets riders are suicidal *******s, weaving in and out of highway traffic over 100mph. On the other hand, I find myself passing the tourer riders more than vice versa. Any safety benefits the crotch rockets offer seem to be wasted by the Darwin Award candidates who ride them.

Well I do know crotch rocket riders who really are nutters. Knew a guy once who flipped his Fireblade braking too hard, got up, said "Arse", picked his bike up and wheelied off down the road......but I know even more who aren't insane. Depends on attitude.

In the US you see waaaaay more cruisers than you do sportsbikes, at least I've always done on visits. In Europe it's different.

I also used to be a motorcycle instructor (but there's way more money in IT) and still believe that a ZX-6R is easier to ride and safer than a Harley fat boy.......especially one with ape hangers.

P.S. And Skuzzy, dude get a bike.....even if you only take it out on sunny Sunday mornings, it's still a bike and you're still a biker.

Skuzzy · « **Reply #41 on:** May 28, 2003, 01:03:31 PM »

I agree about the ape-bars. I do not know how anyone can be comfortable on one for long periods of time.
Cruisers are more then just hogs though. My basic defination of a cruiser is a bike that almost always takes two people to lift from a full horizontal position.

My last bike was a Honda V65 Sabre with saddle bags and the sport faring. I loved that machine. Built for tall lanky people. Handlebars just right for long arms, allowing a straight up ride while not stretching your arms out too far.

I know Swoop,..I should get another one, and my wife pushes me to get one as well. I even went looking a couple of years ago, but did not find one that fit.
The designs today are so far apart in what they are for. You have pocket rockets, or full dressers. Something inbetween is no longer around.

If I could find an old V45 or V65 Sabre,..I would probably grab it up.

Swoop · « **Reply #42 on:** May 28, 2003, 01:25:03 PM »

Yeah there are!

How tall are you?

Skuzzy · « **Reply #43 on:** May 28, 2003, 01:33:25 PM »

Only 6' 3".

I looked at Honda, BMW, Suzuki, Harley....could not find a street ride that was comfortable in that lot. Now,..in all fariness, it has been a couple of years since I looked.

Hmmm,..is occurs to me you may not understand what I mean by cruiser. How about sport touring...but more towards touring than sport.

Swoop · « **Reply #44 on:** May 28, 2003, 01:45:12 PM »

6'3" aint that bad. You could try a Triumph.....a 955i is a little too much of a stretch for me (5'11") to find comfortable for long.

Avoid BMW bikes like the plague.....can't really explain why, I just loathe the over-engineered, heavy arsed lumps.

Yamaha are doing some good stuff lately, saw a new bike in our car park only yesterday:

The new BT1100 bulldog.

Kawasaki also just brought out a new version of it's ZX-6R.....but I think they're bug eyed and in green it looks like a bogey: