dcarver
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OK Hans, if you did the oil painting... and that one is crap, you should see MY artwork! Hey, wait a second, the rain just quit... the ground is wet.. 1 hour of daylight left... time to go ride the DIRT bike! :yahoo:
Why do you think the cagers (that dislike us) dislike us?
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James Burleigh
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Don't you find also that you're a better driver, not just in watching out for motorcycles, but because you're scanning the road ahead and looking for trouble proactively--in other words, driving like a rider?
I'd rather be riding.... I had to paint today because we canceled the ride. But man o man, it POURED up here today! The creek behind my house looked like Niagara Falls. I think we made the right call. [The pic above (2' x 3') is the only one I had a jpg of, but is not the one in actuality I'm working on today. Do you paint?]OK Hans, if you did the oil painting... and that one is crap, you should see MY artwork! Hey, wait a second, the rain just quit... the ground is wet.. 1 hour of daylight left... time to go ride the DIRT bike! :yahoo:
FlyingLow
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I voted jealousy. I don't know how they couldn't be jealous of us, in rush hour, making all kinds of headway while they sit and rot. I also don't know why this doesn't seem to motivate more of them to buy bikes, just judging from my offhand observations of the heavily biased car to bike ratios.
Amen, brutha. Flying low, but flying nonetheless.
Amen, brutha. Flying low, but flying nonetheless.
Toecutter
What would DoG do?
Nice Boat! (the big one on the left)
Even I take issue (without physically engaging them) with the occasional cager that weaves in and out of normally-flowing traffic, acting like a guy on a bike without the bike. But I don't think I'm jealous of him. I think he's putting others in danger by driving recklessly.
If he's doing the same thing on a bike and I'm in the cage, I'm jealous. If I decide to keep up with him in the cage, I'm a maniac.
We can make passes a lot easier in traffic than other vehicles, without lane sharing, and that's why I allege and picked jealousy.
Well, not exactly. Lane sharing is only allowable in USA by law in California, and I imagine there are others in other states that dislike us.
Even I take issue (without physically engaging them) with the occasional cager that weaves in and out of normally-flowing traffic, acting like a guy on a bike without the bike. But I don't think I'm jealous of him. I think he's putting others in danger by driving recklessly.
If he's doing the same thing on a bike and I'm in the cage, I'm jealous. If I decide to keep up with him in the cage, I'm a maniac.
We can make passes a lot easier in traffic than other vehicles, without lane sharing, and that's why I allege and picked jealousy.
Because then they could not hide inside their cage. They are so tough when in the cage, but not if they had to step out.
Also, they couldn't eat, talk on the phone, put on make-up and take a nap if they were on two wheels....well maybe.
I wish more and more would invest in two-wheel transportation.
Like others said, the general public just does not know how to driver properly or considerately.
Zoltan
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American drivers suck in general.
I was stationed in Germany for two years, and I found out what orderly traffic flow was all about.
Americans seem to claim the left lane as a prize to be defended. You get folks in the left lane that will do at or slightly below the posted limit, and defy any who would try to get around them. "I'm going fast enough, what's wrong with that jerk flashing his lights?" In Germany they would get a ticket for failure to clear the rear.
Most motorcyclists, with a few loud exceptions, seem to get it.
Pass on the left, enter and exit on the right, move over for faster traffic, be aware of traffic in general.
Cagers hate everybody, life on the road is chaos for them, and we just stand out in a crowd.
Zoltan
I was stationed in Germany for two years, and I found out what orderly traffic flow was all about.
Americans seem to claim the left lane as a prize to be defended. You get folks in the left lane that will do at or slightly below the posted limit, and defy any who would try to get around them. "I'm going fast enough, what's wrong with that jerk flashing his lights?" In Germany they would get a ticket for failure to clear the rear.
Most motorcyclists, with a few loud exceptions, seem to get it.
Pass on the left, enter and exit on the right, move over for faster traffic, be aware of traffic in general.
Cagers hate everybody, life on the road is chaos for them, and we just stand out in a crowd.
Zoltan
gregarious
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Why? Because of idiot crotch rocket riders like the one I saw yesterday. I caught up to him in traffic, and passed him because he was caught behind a car in his lane. He pulls into my lane and drops back for space, then he wheelies for the next 100 yards until he caught up to me. He then did the same thing twice again in the space of about 3 minutes. Now, I dont really care if someone wants to pull a wheelie, but he did it in HEAVY TRAFFIC!! His picture should be in the dictionary under ******.
Dwavey
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They've seen the Radman in his tiara and cape... :dribble:
boardsNbikes
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I'm with you on the graduated licenses. I've always wondered why Michael Schumacher in a M5 has to follow the same limitations as the 16 year old yapping into their cell phone in their rusty Yugo
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Toecutter
What would DoG do?
E1Allen
Youngster
I dont think they like my one finger salute when they pull out in front of me.
weekend rider
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It is what everyone said.
But at the same time, people are driven by the fear of the unknown and not knowing how to react in a civil manner to a motorcyclist
weekend rider
But at the same time, people are driven by the fear of the unknown and not knowing how to react in a civil manner to a motorcyclist
weekend rider
TruWrecks
Still chewing thru the Restraints
Riding motorcycles most of my life has definitely made me a more alert driver. I usually spot motorcycles before I can tell you what kind of car is coming toward me (in the opposite lane
). Most other drivers are just too "busy" to drive.
I think it's funny when I'm stopped somewhere, full leathers and all, and a little kids smiles and points saying "He's got a motor bike". I return the smile and say hi. Some of their parents are pretty good nature. About 5% actually tell their kids not to look at me. That 5% are not the ones to fear. The ones that don't know the world exists beyond their windscreen are the ones that scare the hell out of me. And we have way to many of those people in Washington!
I think it's funny when I'm stopped somewhere, full leathers and all, and a little kids smiles and points saying "He's got a motor bike". I return the smile and say hi. Some of their parents are pretty good nature. About 5% actually tell their kids not to look at me. That 5% are not the ones to fear. The ones that don't know the world exists beyond their windscreen are the ones that scare the hell out of me. And we have way to many of those people in Washington!
When they are in their car they feel like nobody can touch them because they are moving and in their own little world, and when they do somehting that pisses us off it gives them a feeling of power and for that 0.2 seconds that they feel powerfull, in their own minds, their penis isnt as small as it realy is. And that why i think they do it,
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OrangevaleFJR
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People remember getting scared. Asshats on bikes scare people. They remember them a lot more than the responsible riders that don't scare them (or that they don't see :lol: )
