Old bastards assuming bikers are hooligans - incident!!!!

niff5855 · Sausage Boy Joined: 09 Aug 2004 Karma :

I;d been out for an 80 mile blast throught the gorgeous Welsh mountains around Brecon today, got back home tired but satisfied. I was poodling through our little village doing 35 mph - I save my speedfreak moments for the open road and have no tolerance for idiots who zoom through built up areas. (god I sound like an old duffer myself there hehe).

I've got a 2002 J2 ZX6 with a seriously sex and loud Art can. Anyway Im bumbling along at 35 when this old git, farmer type (complete with cloth cap) who is cycling in the opposite direction starts waving his hand at me in a 'slow down' gesture.

I was fucking fuming, I zoomed around the block and came back to find him. I was going to tell him not to wave his fucking arms at me as I was only doing 35 and to get his fucking facts right before coming the fucking concerned citizen.

What made me so mad was the look on his face which said - bloody hooligan bikers, speeding around the village.

Its these twats who reinforce the stereotype.

Unfortunately, or perhaps fortunately I couldnt find the old twat, and I spen 10 mins going around and around the village.

Sorry, I'm not at all a 'road rage' merchant usually.

Just had to get that off my chest - cheers Very Happy

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McGee · O RLY? Joined: 24 Jun 2005 Karma :

Now you see why I want a katana to carry around with me Mr. Green

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Its pronounced Jixxer!

colin1 · Captain Safety Joined: 17 Feb 2005 Karma :

1)maybe his keep it down hand gesture was more about your noisy can than the speed you were going at

2)or maybe he thought you were going fast cos of the loud noise

but i think it was the first.
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niff5855 · Sausage Boy Joined: 09 Aug 2004 Karma :

naa I dont think it was the can. It was deffo a slow down gesture.

And I always keep the revs down as much as poss in town so as not to attract the plod. Smile

The old fucker just thought he was lord of the fucking manor. I wish id found him. I wouldnt have done anything other than give him a piece of my mind though.
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..... · Quote Me Happy Joined: 15 Jan 2005 Karma :

I had a similar thing last weekend - some old bloke looking angry and waving for me to slow down. I was going the speed limit as well.

So I waved back.

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GearboxGeezer · World Chat Champion Joined: 06 Sep 2005 Karma :

You sure he wasnt warning you of a danger upahead? did you notice any cars parked on the road round a blind bend or somthing, maybe there was fuel on the road?

Hi might of just been saying keep it slow as there is a danger up ahead, but since you never caught up with him we will never know Rolling Eyes

colin1 · Captain Safety Joined: 17 Feb 2005 Karma :

he may be so used to other bikers zooming thru, that you were the first biker he got to notice his slow down signal
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BlackSheep · Trackday Trickster Joined: 22 Sep 2004 Karma :

GearboxGeezer · World Chat Champion Joined: 06 Sep 2005 Karma :

Or hes just jealous because his bike dosnt have an engine Neutral

Simple · World Chat Champion Joined: 08 Feb 2005 Karma :

This really gets to me when people do it.

I get it often, I'm on a bog standard 33bhp GPZ500s, I do keep to the limits as I need my license.

when some old gimmer gives me the slow down signal and angry look on his face he can expect to get the finger...or even both for his efforts.

Some goon was hooning up and down the road today on the slowest minimoto I've ever seen, looked new but was hardly moving, he was weaving in and out of traffic, I heard sirens, he was holding an ambulance up... Rolling Eyes

god I hate coventry with such a passion
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Ragdoll · Spanner Monkey Joined: 10 Oct 2005 Karma :

Method · World Chat Champion Joined: 02 Nov 2004 Karma :

Maybe he knew something you didnt?

Bet it didnt occur to you to take a long hard look ahead of yourself at this point did it?

When he waved his arm at you - i suppose you automatically thought "Ugh god what an idiot, just another twat thinking bikers are idiots, im just gona ignore him, the twat". Which in turn - actually builds this perception that bikers are twats, because you come here abusing some poor old guy. So for all you know, he could just have a very slow wave... but now youve gone and posted here about what a twat he was blah blah blah.

Maybe he has a hearing aid? And your cans hurt his ears? Maybe you should look at getting a legal can -eh?

And what about my first point...

Say this guy had just walked past a dead animal in the road? Or a car reversing out of the driveway that you couldnt see? Maybe an oil spill or a realy slick patch ahead of you? You know - Something that could cause you trouble, but you cant see yet, or may not have noticed? Bet you didnt think to look did you?

Maybe next time you see someone waving, you wont automatically think "What a twat, dont look or point at me or my bike, your worthless", but maybe think "Ok shit why is he waving?" and check your surroundings.

Hell your ass end could be on fire and you hadnt noticed yet...

Poor guy, i feel for him not you Thumbs Up

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McGee · O RLY? Joined: 24 Jun 2005 Karma :

Rag doll that comment would be followed by a whoosh and a schlink as his head rolls off Shocked

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Yes method also called the Katana although the old skool ones are so much better. Wink

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Its pronounced Jixxer!

Method · World Chat Champion Joined: 02 Nov 2004 Karma :

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McGee · O RLY? Joined: 24 Jun 2005 Karma :

Old:

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New:

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Old skool one is so much nicer Mr. Green

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Its pronounced Jixxer!

Ragdoll · Spanner Monkey Joined: 10 Oct 2005 Karma :

Thanks for that McGee! Thumbs Up

I agree...like the old version better Very Happy

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niff5855 · Sausage Boy Joined: 09 Aug 2004 Karma :

McGee · O RLY? Joined: 24 Jun 2005 Karma :

You think when those old bastards were young they liked bikes like that Wink

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Its pronounced Jixxer!

phantomtek · Lil Joe Tek Joined: 20 May 2005 Karma :

Well yesterday when Dodsi and I were on on a brisk ride, a guy in a lorry did the slow down gesture while flashing his lights. We were going about 80 in an unrestricted, and sure enough up ahead lay mounds of cow shit all over the road.

Don't know about dodsi, but that lorry driver saved my life and my bike.

Karma

Valver · World Chat Champion Joined: 31 Jan 2005 Karma :

I get that all the time up here in the North of Scotland. The worse one yet was when an old woman swung a golf club at me Shocked

think alot of you might remember this tale.

carlnicholson... · World Chat Champion Joined: 13 Mar 2005 Karma :

There's a daft bitch on the way in to where I used to live who gave me plenty of laughs on the way home. Go past her house at 25mph in first gear, and she'd run out screaming at me to slow down, go past at 40 in 4th, and she wouldn't bat an eyelid! Rolling Eyes

Thick old woman! I used to laugh all the way down the street, and make a point of passing her house revving the tits off it so she'd think I was speeding, and come running! Well, I suppose the exercise was keeping her fit! Wink

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niff5855 · Sausage Boy Joined: 09 Aug 2004 Karma :

oh aye, ive had car drivers giving me the slow down hands and I've thought -cheeky fucker- then thought mmmm maybe theyre being helpful, have saved me about 6 points so far as twice there have been plod lurking in sneaky hidden little speed trap areas.

but this old twat was just being a tit.
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