Do you ride too fast or are they driving too slowly.

[dodsi]

I am constantly overtaking on the single carrigeways.

I feel its them driving too slow (40mph in a 60 limit)

I ride it at about 70 and thats not pushing it.

discuss

[Dom_]

I feel comfortable going at higher speeds than the traffic does, when i do the speed limit i always think i'm holding someone up. I get distracted more easily too.

[kawakid]

Is your avatar your picture?

Just curious.

Ohh I don't realy speed, not in towns anyway, police state here W.Yorks with mobile cameras etc, not worth it. My 60 year old mum has been done.
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[Mr.Everready]

I break the speed limit every time i'm on the bike and pass everything that moves, not much to discuss from my end.
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[dodsi]

The avator is some random alf teeshirt wearing fat kit with johnnyXX's head photoshopped onto it.

and

I dont speed in town, only on the masses of country roads around here.

I go to middlesbrough daily and ride at 70mph untill I hit the A19 then I ride at about 80 till I hit middlesbrough when I am at 30 or less (usuially less they are on a mission to knock me off)

[dodsi]

Sorry guys, just to direct the thread back on topic.

Is it you riding too fast or them driving too slow?

[colin1]

I think riding 10mph below the speed limit is acceptable. If they need to drive slower than that to feel safe then they shouldnt be on the roads.

I might make exceptions to this for bad weather conditions.
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[kawakid]

We have a depot in Middlesbrough, near ASDA, a bit on from the footy stadium.
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[iCraig]

I found that when I had my 600, everyone was going far too slowly.

So I was constantly overtaking on the country roads round here, I then realised I was doing 100mph+ on my way to work on roads I know too well and I think I know them like the back of my hand.

I knew I had to slow down or fear my license or life, I now ride a slower bike and do about 60mph max on the same road.

[dodsi]

You could have PM'd me that... ....mondeokid.

[vfr800]

It's having the ability to overtake quickly that does it, thats one of the reasons we ride bikes init!
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[JO5H]

I over take all the time cant help it and im worse for filtering if there is a gap i will go throught it just to get to the end of a long cue.
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[Marcg868]

Even tho on a very underpowered 4T 125 (CBR) i can stand bumbling along at 28 mph. Speed up ffs, its a big long, wide open road with fields either side ( Bury/Bolton Road in Bury) and also MR BMW please get from up my arse, before i slam my brakes on, plonk my bike in your path, drag your little 5ft 3 stump of a body and kick the living shit outa you, you pompus little pin dick.
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[ISLAND GIRL]

I am being very conscientous of my speed at the moment, being a good girl since on L plates and preparing for my test and my bike wont go fast anyway. On the Island there is little opportunity to speed, legally that is.

[base]

do people drive to slow? well its really about circumstances, IMO you have to remember not all vehicles go as well as bikes, i potter around in my pick up its not fast by any means in handles like shite usually have chainsaws in the back so dont fancy slinging a couple of grands worth of kit from side to side, so i take it steady you get some gezzer in a bmw who thinks he is damon hill has a car that handles goes stops better than me so he can rattle on a bit faster, then you have someone that may have the flu feeling a bit off not really with it so potters in he BMW. some people dont like driving (like my mum) but have to drive due to where you live, so they drive slow. people have bikes and as we know generally the handle well go well no distractions so are on the ball so may choose to make progress then it seems everyone is out to either become a mobile obstical or out to get you, realitly people are just getting on with their lives.......................... everyone lives at a different pace, and all we can do it except it and stop moaning get on with it

[kath600]

quite often i do feel its them going too slow!!!!

if for example, its a national speed limit single A road and the road is clear, wide and you can see well ahead...........

WHY THE FCUK do some car drivers refuse to do much more that 35 40 mph, its ok when you can get past em but if you can't , its so bloody frustrating to say the least!!!!

ok i know many old bids when they past their tests , cars then didn't do much more than 40 but that excuse doesn't cut it with me i'm afraid and it isn't just the old bids tbh

i have no problem with people regulating their speed to suit the road conditions etc

nor do i have a prob with people doing bang on 40, 50 , 60 , 70 when maybe if i wasn't behind them i would go faster. As far as i'm concerned they are driving at the limit and thats fine by me, i would never try and pressure someone ahead to speed by trying to intimidate them, that is a tosser that does that imho
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[dainesefreak]

I don't speed, I make progress.

Thing that really does my head in is 35-45mph drivers on NSL country roads, then when they hit a 30mph limit they still do the same speed.

It's also a vision and perception thing. I know in general we are sitting higher up on a bike so get a better view, but there's no excuse for the drivers who stop and brake for everything. Empty roundabout, don't look till the last minute, stop. Junction, get to the junction then look and stop. For godsake look in advance, watch the flow of traffic and match your speed to the god damned gaps!

Ok I'll stop there.

In general it's them.

[dodsi]

See one of my friends drives his car to make progress.

He doesnt speed excessivly but doesnt go that much slower on the same roads as I go down on my bike.

Say I do 70 down a certain A road he will.

This is not fast for the conditions due to the road etc.

However most on this peice of road are going 40/50 and it gets plain annoying.

I dont mind getting stuck behind lorrys/tractors etc as thats a vehicle limitation, but someone driving a perfectly good car going well under the speed limit just annoys the shite out of me.

[Groove]

cant really say.

People round here seem to do 40 in a 30 then 40 in a 60
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[kb-zxr]

I find that generally its old people that don't like to do more than 2/3 of the speed limit on a nice day, slower when its spitting rain.

I find women in cars tend to follow speed limits precisely, which I suppose is a good thing. Can be bad though, because if you are in a rush, you feel guilty overtaking because you know thats how fast you should be going.

I get really fustrated by slow drivers when I'm in the car, as its hard to overtake. On the bike it never bothers me really as 99% of the time is no effort getting past.


THEM because I'm a teenager so I'm always right.

[dainesefreak]

Do you feel there's a difference in the "making progress" statement to speeding?

Just interested.

I do feel that most of the time I'm out to make progress, which to me means quick riding, no hanging around but not taking silly risks or giving it a blast for the sake of it. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that I don't do any of the above when the mood takes me.

[stinkwheel]

People drive too slowly. Not only that but they are often overly cautious with it. Worse when it is dark.

I find this in my little Suzuki 4x4 which has a 1.3 engine never mind the bike. If I can manage to drive that at the NSL, they have absolutely no excuse to be doing 45mph in their big shiny mercedes and braking for every corner/oncoming car.

Hell, last time I took my 9hp Honda H100 into town, I overtook eleven cars on it in the 24 miles of NSL road on the way home (I was counting them).
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[Robby]

They drive too slow. Far too slow.

Braking into the corner, then braking even more on the way out. That one annoys me.
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[dodsi]

Often when people brake they dont loose any speed, idiots.