The ten best ways to ANGER a biker...

tsmith · Traffic Copper Joined: 15 Apr 2005 Karma :

Car drivers who panic when they suddenly look in their rear mirror and see a bike behind them, despite the fact that I have been there for several miles. They then swerve to one side and proceed to drive in the verge, throwing up crud behind them. Thanks so much, I love getting stone chips all over my bike.

If the car is going at a good speed, I don't see the need to overtake.

And even if I did want to get by, moving into the verge isn't going to force me into an overtake. When I have good visibility, the oncoming lane is clear and it's safe, only then I overtake and not before.

Oh and idiots in cars (and bikes) who do 100mph on the straights and 30mph round corners.

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wizzzard · World Chat Champion Joined: 29 Mar 2008 Karma :

Nothing constructive to add but nothing at all angers me when I'm on my bike. I seem to enter a very calm state of mind when I'm riding and the angriest I'll get about anything is a shake of the head.

Now if only I could transfer that state of mind to the van then I would be happy.
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Nixon · Brolly Dolly Joined: 23 Jun 2007 Karma :

Do you know what pisses me off more than any of the filtering crap .....

Parents that let there kids run around the back of the car with no proper booster seat or properly fitted seatbelt Evil or Very Mad

When i see this the red mist decends!!! Fvck police fines and tellings off at the side of the road! Get social services involved!!
If you ran a brothel in your house, social will have kids out quicker than tony the tiger can find x ray pics off google. But when in a car, when in a situation where there is real danger to the child health they do fvck all about it apart from a silly little law that is under enforced!!

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stinkwheel · Bovine Proctologist Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Karma :

Villers · World Chat Champion Joined: 13 Sep 2004 Karma :

I am an ocean of calm on my bike.

What I dont like when Im off the bike is some biker attitudes.

The snobs: I have the latest blah blah, Ive been riding 95 years blah blah, I do a gazillion miles a year blah blah so Im better than you.

The bullshitters: I collected {insert imaginary number of wingmirrors here} today etc etc.

The inverse snobs: I have a little bike, I can use its full potential, therefore I can run rings around anyone/ anyone on a bike bigger than mine can't ride especially if the bike is reasonably new and they have nice gear.

The almightys: I was simply overtaking at a busy junction and some guy pulled out on me, where do these idiots get off? - these people are never in the wrong as long as theres 2 wheels beneath them.

The elitists: Those who ruin a decent ride because they have to shave a millisecond off getting to tesco's and back.

The don't do its: Those who never want others to be happy

I probably fit into a bit of every category there sometimes, but mostly I just want to ride my bike and not care how someone else has already done it/done it better/would never have done it etc.

I could go onto what winds me up outside of biking but I could be here all day Laughing

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Ghostbikes · Two Stroke Sniffer Joined: 30 Sep 2009 Karma :

good post

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delvey91 · Crazy Courier Joined: 05 Aug 2008 Karma :

elgard · Scooby Slapper Joined: 20 Sep 2007 Karma :

Stinkwheel man you just reminded me as a kid jumping into a car thats been baking in the sun all day with shorts on and skin sticking to the vinyl.
It was like sitting on a hotplate.
An old cortina estate ....Kids today don't know there born

Nixon · Brolly Dolly Joined: 23 Jun 2007 Karma :

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The Shaggy D.A. · Super Spammer Joined: 12 Sep 2008 Karma :

Insurance companies that put up your premium when you've had an extra year of claim-free riding on a bike that has depreciated further, purely because they think you're stupid.
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Ariel Badger · Super Spammer Joined: 02 Dec 2006 Karma :

Old blokes that ask stupid questions, normaly when you have just started up your engine so you have to cut it and take your hat off to hear what the silly old coffin dodger is saying. When you can hear them it is of the " I used to have one of them but it was a BSA", " Who makes them Hondas?" type of rubbish. Sad

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The View Askew · World Chat Champion Joined: 30 Nov 2005 Karma :

Cretins who drift to the right when I am filtering and don't look to see if a bike is coming in traffic, not a difficult task, I always manage it when driving a car/other 4 wheeled vehicle.

Harley riders is a riduculous entry, they ride bikes, and are just as respectable as any other biker, they choose the machine that THEY would like to ride, fair play, end of.
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Dr. DaveJPS · World Chat Champion Joined: 24 May 2008 Karma :

aye FJ are shite for prices they wanted £250 off me when i was ringing round for quotes inc the NOC discount, CIA/Yamaha wanted only £130 so renewed with them instead.

cheers for the heads up on their NCB scam though. Thumbs Up

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krytenboog · Nova Slayer Joined: 30 Mar 2009 Karma :

My biggest peeve is other riders who can afford better bikes than others and better gear AND look down their nose at the likes of me on my 1997 kawasaki gt550 and clearly second hand and mismatched gear. We are all bikers and just because some of us are more able to spend money on our bikes/gear does not make those of us who are not any less a part of the riding fraternity.

I do not begrudge anyone the best things in life but wish that some of them could lose the better than you attitude that the odd few exhibit.

I only returned to biking recently but the days of everyone having the same bike; RD 250 or LC in my day, and being in the same boat so to speak, are long gone it seems.

I do not wish to suggest that this is the majority as it isn't, but there are enough around to be noticable.

Rant over

CRF_Rider · Spanner Monkey Joined: 07 Nov 2008 Karma :

1) Paki's (as its 90% of the culprits in Bradford) makin manouvers with no idication
2) filtering an b*stards closing the gap, facists!
3) prat can owners, someone bomb the Cnuts!
4) fog lights on during the frickin day!
5) caravan driver's who won't let you pass
6) tossers who ride MX bikes/quads (road legal or not) on the streets (although i kind of get it round here closing down the flappit and other area's)
7) any reject from humanity who steals a bike (should chop their hands off and brand a T into their foreheads)
8) land rover/range rover drivers where the closest they have been to off roading or living on a farm is watching Ray Mears/Countryfile)
9) sunday afternoon drivers who insist that NSL is 45mph
10) Harley riders who have no sense of knowing what being a biker is, but bought a Massey (i mean harley), because it instantly makes them one.
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nasty · Traffic Copper Joined: 14 Aug 2008 Karma :

On the road I can't stand being blocked when filtering, it's just out of shear spite that people do it.
Not too keen on Rossi wannabies on the roads either, if you wanna "pretend" to be Rossi and Co, do it at the track.
As other have said - bikers with the latest toys thinking they're better than you in every way - I can't help but laugh at them for being so desperate for people to think they're some kind of legend Rolling Eyes

I don't like filtering, yeah it gets me ahead of the queues but I don't get the thrill of the ride as much when I have to keep zipping through jams waiting for some tit to pretend to open his/her door etc. Shocked

Off the road I hate pretty much anythoing my wife does as she always does things the opposite way to the way I do them - just to piss me off Laughing

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chris-red · Have you considered a TDM? Joined: 21 Sep 2005 Karma :

Blocking people filtering is a surefire way to loose a wingmirror/get a dented door.
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