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Do you or dont you
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no
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I dont drive
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rizo-sri200
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PostPosted: 10:37 - 20 Sep 2004    Post subject: Going from Bike to Car Reply with quote

Im interested to know what happens to people when they get off the bike then jump in the car?

Do you always want to rev the car like the bike i.e to 14,00rpm, but somehow it doesn't Rolling Eyes then you end up hiting the limiter on the car Neutral

Yes or No

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sv_cath
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PostPosted: 10:43 - 20 Sep 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote

I don't rev the car but I do have to remind myself sometimes that I can't filter at traffic lights!! Shocked
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iCraig
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PostPosted: 10:57 - 20 Sep 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well the few times I've driven a car I never really think of revving it, cos I'm too busy trying to remember its 5 foot wider than what I'm used too! Laughing
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PostPosted: 11:17 - 20 Sep 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote

In the golf I was always on the limiter, because it was a 1.3. In the escort I used to bounce off it in 1st and second for fun.

Merc will stroke the redline when I use the kickdown, but normal driving it rarely gets above 3000 rpm.
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Munday
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PostPosted: 12:35 - 20 Sep 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote

Have done it a few times and its really weird! I rev the car hard and also brake quite late as well Shocked
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PostPosted: 12:42 - 20 Sep 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hitting the limiter in the car when over taking Embarassed

Doing life savers in car Embarassed

Nodding at biker while I'm in the car Embarassed
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PostPosted: 12:45 - 20 Sep 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hustler wrote:
Doing life savers in car Embarassed


nowt wrong with that boyo - that's the kind of benefit from riding that makes us better car drivers.

I simply realise how slow my car is (even if it is a V6) and always end up lamenting the overtaking and filtering ability.
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funmonkee
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PostPosted: 12:59 - 20 Sep 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote

yep, life savers
and biker nod
and try to avoid thinking you can filter
also being aware that there is a passenger side!!!
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Kickstart
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PostPosted: 13:09 - 20 Sep 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi

Only trouble with riding a big bike for a bit is that I get in the Maserati and think that there is something wrong as it feels slow Laughing .

Yes I do rev car engines quite hard. Once reason why I tend to stick with revvy engined cars and avoid diesels like the plague.

All the best

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Robin
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PostPosted: 13:18 - 20 Sep 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote

I drive a car like a car

I ride a bike like a bike

I ride/drive the trike like a complete fruitcake Twisted Evil
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stryker
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PostPosted: 14:03 - 20 Sep 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've nearly nodded while in the car on many an occasion.

Lifesavers in the car? damn right I do, in fact I remember one occasion where I probably would of side swiped a biker while joining a queueing motorway had it not been for the lifesaver.
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PostPosted: 16:31 - 20 Sep 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've got a Fiesta 1.1 and a Hyosung GT Comet 125, and I swop back and forth all the time. The bike is a lot more fun, but the car is more practical. Whenever anyone needs a lift anywhere obversely I can't use the bike. But for everything else I use the Comet.

As for thrashing the car no not really, I just stick to the speed limit.
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PostPosted: 16:58 - 20 Sep 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ive got a small car, a small 4 stroke bike and a big 2 stroke bike which i swap betwean constantly.
The only thing i do differently is that when i get in a car after going on the bike, it feels like the car is on rails and will take any corner at any speed, so i normally end up thrashing the hell out of it round bends Laughing

I also occasionally fuck up road position. such as riding too far to the right on a bike, or too far to the left in the car Razz
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mrchips
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PostPosted: 18:35 - 20 Sep 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote

Although I don't drive on the roads yet (hoping to before next summer) I have a mk3 Fiesta I use for tearing about a nearby farm, so I generally rev it out as you need to to make a 1.1 go anywhere remotely fast.
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PostPosted: 18:39 - 20 Sep 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote

I find myself looking over my left shoulder at the rear seats a lot when I am turning left. People in the back think I'm mad.

I generally don't rag it everywhere though, no.
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m99dws
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PostPosted: 20:29 - 20 Sep 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote

My Civic redlines at 8200rpm, I don't get there very often as 99% of the driving I do have my wife and 9 month old daughter in the car too.
I take risks with my own life occasionaly but try not to put theirs in danger by driving closer to the edge of the rubber if you know what I mean. Question
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PostPosted: 20:43 - 20 Sep 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote

I go from car to bike and bike to car. I know my car is a 1.0L and doesnt go so fast, so I pop in the stereo and set off in plenty of time to allow for traffic etc. And I sit in the traffic, dont get het up or frustrated cos I know I have the choice. I generally choose the car when its minging weather outside - the M3 to work and back is no fun in the nasty weather!!!
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