CHAV on a ZXR400

superstacker · Traffic Copper Joined: 20 Feb 2005 Karma :

Driving back from the school run and a zxr400 overtakes me, no big deal you might say.

The guy was wearing a t-shirt, trackie bottoms and trainers, but i thought if he's just moving the bike gently in town then fair enough.

Then the stupid twat decideds to pop a wheelie OVER A ZEBRA CROSSING!

Ive no problems with wheelies but surely not in town down the road from a school over a crossing!

It would be wrong to give out his reg number so it definatly wasnt L224 XHW Wink

So dick head if you are on here and read this message, feel free to defend yourself and if the exscuse is good enough then ill delete my post!

bish777 · World Chat Champion Joined: 11 Nov 2004 Karma :

some kind of tosser wo watches too many american stunt bike movies. Twat.
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instigator · Super Spammer Joined: 19 Oct 2004 Karma :

Was there anybody close to the zebra crossing?

Was there anybody CLOSE to the zebra crossing?

superstacker · Traffic Copper Joined: 20 Feb 2005 Karma :

It was a road with school children either side, although no one was waiting to cross at that precise second, would he have been able to stop if someone did?

Im not beating the road safety drum but he was driving like a twat!

conpants · Spanner Monkey Joined: 20 May 2004 Karma :

im just jealous he can wheelie .. i still cant wheelie and i wear full leathers Sad

righ tthats it the leathers are weighing me down (goes and changes into tshirt and tracksuit bottoms and rides his cb500)

Chr!S · Nitrous Nuisance Joined: 17 May 2005 Karma :

Shame he didnt come off and road rash his ass through to his pelvis.

hugo-a-gogo · Trackday Trickster Joined: 13 Feb 2004 Karma :

"i was driving my volvo, with full rollcage and five point harness at 5 mph when some absolute idiot came past me RIDING A MOTORBIKE! i couldn't believe it! how unsafe is that?"

i wear what i like, sometimes leather, sometimes armoured textiles, sometimes normal clothes
why would you wish another rider fell off and injured himself?

wheelies are a bit daft and dangerous in town, but they are fun, and i bet the schoolkids loved it Laughing

don't judge unless you want to be judged
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superstacker · Traffic Copper Joined: 20 Feb 2005 Karma :

Judge away.

Wheelies in town are dangerous, and the kids wouldnt have loved it had he lost control or fell off the back and set his bike up the pavement.

Its this kind of behaviour that attracts police attention to us as bikers. There are plenty of other places to wheelie besides a built up school area.

Maybe he just hasnt come off yet?

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kasandrich · Trackday Trickster Joined: 20 Oct 2004 Karma :

Me too, I'm prepared to be judged on my road safety, and its Twats like that, that attract unwanted attention, and its Twats like that, that will end up getting bikes banned or limited to 15BHP or something nice and sensible.

.........and like it or not it will affect all of us, YOU included hugo- a-gogo!

When the Nanny state brings in a ban on motorcycles or a 15BHP limit, it'll be no good you complaining then! We the Motorcyclists need to self-regulate if we are to avoid such moves, and that involves educating twats not to wheelie across Zebra crossings, surrounded by school kids Confused

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hugo-a-gogo · Trackday Trickster Joined: 13 Feb 2004 Karma :

you'll all be wearing sam brown belts, never getting your knee down, not fitting load cans, never speeding, never wheelying, then?
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superstacker · Traffic Copper Joined: 20 Feb 2005 Karma :

damn right, at best around a school area, you might see me pull in the clutch and rev up a bit. (my brothers are in school and i see them whenthey kick out sometimes)

But you wont see me lifting the front wheel, If you do however feel free to report me.

Dont suppose anyone can run that plate that wasnt his and find out who owns said motorcyle?
could have even been stolen!

Liverpoolrobb... · Crazy Courier Joined: 20 Mar 2005 Karma :

if there was no one about its ok
if there was kids there then its a no no and prob wouldnt of done it

Visitor Q · $25 whore Joined: 30 Apr 2004 Karma :

Must agree with hugo there, i have only ridden in a 2 piece once, when i was looking at buying Acer's old one. And i didnt like it to be frank. The fit was slightly out, but still i just didnt feel at ease like that.

My usual Attire when im going for a serious ride is gloves, boots, leather rev'it jacket and helmet. Thats it.

When i was pootling the hartford 125 i was riding in jeans, toecaps, gloves and a normal puffer type jacket. When i came off it at about 30 ish i holed my jeans. That was it. Yes i got a badly jarred knee that didnt want to work for a month, but i would have had that in leathers.

As for a wheelie on a zxr400, i think he deserves applause considering what people have said about the gits. It also tells me he wasnt exactly 12'ing it at 80 odd. Perhaps a foot high float for about 10 feet sounds more likely. Hardly the destroyer of worlds now is it. Also if you are used to wheeleying, you might be of my feelings. I personally feel more at ease on the back wheel at say 40, then with two wheels at 150. Plenty of thinking time, and as long as the road is reasonably wide and clear, it doesnt have to be an empty airstrip but perhaps just a quiet little non residential 30-40. Since you havent told me the circumstances i cant tell what it was, but im sure we've all done naughty things at inappropriate times, just for the sheer hell of it. Only thing i wouldnt do is clutch one up on a damp painted surface... Not likely to end well.

Lighten up man Karma

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JonB · Afraid of Mileage Joined: 03 Jun 2004 Karma :

Fuck sake, let them do what they wanna do it's their life not yours, nobody ever gave you powers to dictate on what is right and what is wrong. If they want road rash it is their problem, remember leathers aren't necessary until you fall.

/rant over
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hugo-a-gogo · Trackday Trickster Joined: 13 Feb 2004 Karma :

thank fook for that, i thought that everyone had been brainwashed by the lentil eaters Thumbs Up

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superstacker · Traffic Copper Joined: 20 Feb 2005 Karma :

im not saying he should have been wearing full leathers everytime he goes out,

however if you dont have any gear on, then maybe something should click and make you think, maybe i shouldnt try popping any wheelies, at least until i get a pair of gloves and some long sleeves.

40mph on one wheel outside a school is a different kettle of fish to 150 down a motorway.

Even a dual carriageway or somewhere away from a residential area would have been fine.

kasandrich · Trackday Trickster Joined: 20 Oct 2004 Karma :

hugo-a-gogo,

Don't get the wrong end of the stick......I can't stand feckin lentils, and I haven't been brainwashed by anyone, but believe it, the lentil eaters are out there, and when they've finished with Hunting, and stopped people fishing and shooting they will move on to Bikes at some point, and if they have their way Bikes will be banned or limited to something which will just about touch the legal limit, eg. about 15BHP.

And people who wheelie in town around school kids, just give them ammo to use against us.
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Yeti · Trackday Trickster Joined: 02 Nov 2004 Karma :

ok what if he had of come off the bike went careering onto the pavement and killed three school kids. Which could easily happen doing stupid stuff like that.

How would any of you feel if your child was killed by some tosser wheelying to try and get cheap kicks.

The point everyone is trying to make so what if he comes of and hurts himself its his fault but the danger to the innocent bystanders is emmence!
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stinkwheel · Bovine Proctologist Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Karma :

I am usually among the first to argue for the right to choose and that a lot of the traffic laws are stupid, but wheelying through a pedestrian crossing is inconsiderate, antisocial and downright dangerous. If a copper saw him doing that he would be looking at a court appearance and a ban for dangerous driving, in my oppinion it would be well deserved.

No matter who you are, you are not in full control of the vehicle when you are up on the back wheel, your concentration is reduced, your visability is compromised and your stopping distance is longer. By all means do a wheelie on an open piece of road where visibility is good and you have already seen the way is clear, no way is it acceptable to do it on a pedestrian crossing.

I used to ride through town like a tw@ too, I have since thought about my riding and got my head in order. I hope that guy does too before he takes someone else down with him.

Behaviour like that does the public perception of biking absolutley no good whatsoever.
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