Check out the Evo VIII bell end
09-21-2015, 02:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Polemicist' timestamp='1442582141' post='23750730
I am an ex biker - and survived unscathed.
The purported risk of being rear ended is simply post justification for jumping the queue IMHO.
But you ride a really fast bike with lots of power and can out-drag everything. So you must know best.
The purported risk of being rear ended is simply post justification for jumping the queue IMHO.
But you ride a really fast bike with lots of power and can out-drag everything. So you must know best.
So in terms of biking knowledge I'm quite happy to pit my knowledge against yours. Like you said, you're an ex-biker, I'm a current biker and the fact that you mention about the acceleration capability of my bike when it has no relevance in this instance proves the pettiness to accept me being correct.
What you did was legal but the fact that you were prepared to sit in a queue in lane 2 until the Evo came past and you then decided to filter, makes me question whether what you did was sensible.
It was then reminded of some of your bicycling videos where again armed with a helmet cam you seem, on occasion, to almost go looking for trouble.
If I have misconstrued your actions my apologies. But if I haven't then I suggest a bit of attitude adjustment might be in order, or I see it all ending in tears.
09-21-2015, 02:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Fatbloke' timestamp='1442705783' post='23752136
Never said your riding was wrong, just that it looks like your ego put you in the way of danger when at first you seemed content to sit in the queue.
Perfectly normal behavior from a biker trying to make progress.
Originally Posted by Ultra_Nexus' timestamp='1442583457' post='23750756
[quote name='Polemicist' timestamp='1442582141' post='23750730']
I am an ex biker - and survived unscathed.
The purported risk of being rear ended is simply post justification for jumping the queue IMHO.
But you ride a really fast bike with lots of power and can out-drag everything. So you must know best.
I am an ex biker - and survived unscathed.
The purported risk of being rear ended is simply post justification for jumping the queue IMHO.
But you ride a really fast bike with lots of power and can out-drag everything. So you must know best.
So in terms of biking knowledge I'm quite happy to pit my knowledge against yours. Like you said, you're an ex-biker, I'm a current biker and the fact that you mention about the acceleration capability of my bike when it has no relevance in this instance proves the pettiness to accept me being correct.
What you did was legal but the fact that you were prepared to sit in a queue in lane 2 until the Evo came past and you then decided to filter, makes me question whether what you did was sensible.
It was then reminded of some of your bicycling videos where again armed with a helmet cam you seem, on occasion, to almost go looking for trouble.
If I have misconstrued your actions my apologies. But if I haven't then I suggest a bit of attitude adjustment might be in order, or I see it all ending in tears.
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eSeM was spot on.
You are classing the Evo as something special whereas I class it as another box.
Next time I see a car coming from behind, I'll just pull into his way instead of waiting for it to pass and then filtering.
Oh and since I ride pretty much every day in every condition at rush hour, it stands to reason I'm going to pick up more idiots than bikers who just ride the odd weekend when it's sunny
09-21-2015, 03:47 AM
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I still feel that you're far too close to filter through the gap. Obviously, you got through and waited at the front, looking like you might be just over the solid white line. I think for your own safety, you'd have needed to be. So that would be an offence.
Just seriously - if you had misjudged a small gap like that the slip through, and hit my car - you'd need your helmet to stay on if I got out my car.
So therefore, sneaking through small gaps, although legal, can be very stupid and cause RR.
It's really up to you how you drive, 99% of the time i'm sure you are sensible like we all are.
I think in the first place, if the gap was wider to filter through, I wouldn't have a problem.
Just seriously - if you had misjudged a small gap like that the slip through, and hit my car - you'd need your helmet to stay on if I got out my car.
So therefore, sneaking through small gaps, although legal, can be very stupid and cause RR.
It's really up to you how you drive, 99% of the time i'm sure you are sensible like we all are.
I think in the first place, if the gap was wider to filter through, I wouldn't have a problem.
09-21-2015, 03:54 AM
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09-21-2015, 04:06 AM
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Originally Posted by eSeM
You have no experience of riding a bike, go find another thread to troll on, one where you know what you are talking about[1]. [1] If there is such a thread.
[1] If there is such a thread.
09-21-2015, 04:45 AM
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eSeM was spot on.
You are classing the Evo as something special whereas I class it as another box.
Next time I see a car coming from behind, I'll just pull into his way instead of waiting for it to pass and then filtering.
Oh and since I ride pretty much every day in every condition at rush hour, it stands to reason I'm going to pick up more idiots than bikers who just ride the odd weekend when it's sunny
You are classing the Evo as something special whereas I class it as another box.
Next time I see a car coming from behind, I'll just pull into his way instead of waiting for it to pass and then filtering.
Oh and since I ride pretty much every day in every condition at rush hour, it stands to reason I'm going to pick up more idiots than bikers who just ride the odd weekend when it's sunny
If next time you'll consider pulling out just to get in front of a car rather than just filtering you seem to be making my point that you have a mindset that goes looking for trouble. If so, that is a very dangerous mindset to have when riding a motorbike. I still don't understand why when seemingly content to queue in Lane 2 you pull out and filter past a driver you had seen driving poorly shortly before.
Yes the more you ride the more incidents of poor driving you will see. But again don't make assumptions about the type of biking I do.
09-21-2015, 06:17 AM
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What a bunch of CSI forensic internet experts we have on here.
Ron waited for the car coming up behind (the EVO) before filtering through into a suitable space. All perfectly legal and sensible.
Then,shock,horror,he placed his front wheel a nanometre over the solid line.THIS IS AN OFFENCE!!!
From then on everything that happened was his fault. Simples!
ps. this is not an offence? Just seriously - if you had misjudged a small gap like that the slip through, and hit my car - you'd need your helmet to stay on if I got out my car.
Ron waited for the car coming up behind (the EVO) before filtering through into a suitable space. All perfectly legal and sensible.
Then,shock,horror,he placed his front wheel a nanometre over the solid line.THIS IS AN OFFENCE!!!
From then on everything that happened was his fault. Simples!
ps. this is not an offence? Just seriously - if you had misjudged a small gap like that the slip through, and hit my car - you'd need your helmet to stay on if I got out my car.