Filtering

[willis1337]

To quote a post on another forum:

"The main reason I notice bikers is because they push past me at traffic lights, as they always think they have a God-given right to be at the front of the queue. And if they can't get right in front because of pedestrians crossing etc. then they just stick their front wheel in front of your wing so you still have to wait for them to sort themselves out before you can move off."

I have also had a colleague at work say a similar thing. When will cagers understand that when a bike that filters past them to the front of the queue of cars at traffic lights / junctions, the bike will continue to filter and will not delay their journey in any way, shape, or form? Or are they just thick?

[anthony_r6]

I haven't started filtering yet, as I have little understanding of how it works, or how it's supposed to work. I'm not entirely sure as to what's acceptable and what's not. I certainly don't mind bikes pulling up along side me, or filtering past me, if they do so safely.
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[potato]

They are just angry because they are having to sit in the traffic, ignore 'em

[Howling TerrorOutOfOffice]

This is how an advanced rider filters.

https://youtu.be/z-1QKVtuvHg
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[95Theses]

I definitely do that get right to the front and if there isn't much room stick your front wheel in front of their wing thing.

I do however have the good grace to watch the lights closely and scalp it off the line as soon as they go amber if I have so I haven't held them up.

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[HD]

Yeah I filter. But when I filter the roads are much narrower than that!

If I am filtering and the lights change or there is to small a gap to fit through then I will poke my wheel in front of there car. A slight nod just as the car infront moves always does the trick and I have been known to put my thumb up if I would have been pissed off had I been in the car
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[willis1337]

[binge]

When it's pissing down with rain, or freezing cold etc, car drivers are sat in their cage, listening to their stereo with the heating on.
A biker has to have his/her luxuries too.
The main one being that traffic does not exist on a bike.

I filter, absolutely everywhere, and when somebody does try and box me in, I make sure at the next set of lights, I'm parked right by their drivers door/window, and I keep the YZF on high idle.
The noise it puts off is somewhat offensive, and if they want to be childish, so can I.

A couple of swift blips before I pull away also goes down a treat by making their ears ring before I carry on with my journey.


However, the majority of car drivers will either stay put, Or move over to give me a bit of extra room. I'll always give the to these folk.




Ben

[Shaane]

Just ignore them its easier than arguing. I've had 1 person I can think of deliberatly try to stop me filtering on the motorway by pulling over the white line and sitting there so I just bost his mirror off.

Person in question I apologise if you are on this forum.
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[dgo1212]

they always think they have a God-given right to be at the front of the queue.

It is our right, cagers have heaters and stereo's, we have a head start at the lights, sounds fair to me

they just stick their front wheel in front of your wing so you still have to wait for them to sort themselves out before you can move off


Absoloutley, I'm on a bike and I don't want your dirty great cage driving along side me, nor do I want to race you, so sit there and wait your turn

the bike will continue to filter and will not delay their journey in any way, shape, or form?

The bike has nothing to do with it, they delay their own journey the moment they jump in a cage

[Marmalade]

There are the odd few though that filter to the front then sit there, both feet on the floor, arms swinging and casually stick it in gear and pull away once lights change. I can see that pissing off the drivers.

I'm always ready to go unless i know the lights and how long I have, cars are long distant memory by the time i'm 100 yards past the lights

I'm definitely up for a bit of filtering https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaOLS_Wgz20
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[willis1337]

[Marmalade]

Pop open the dark visor, give a smile and a wave.

"oh, what a lovely young man"

then 30 seconds later they hear the scream of your pipes as you nail it up the main road
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[Glenben92]

Pisses me RIGHT off when cagers get arsey about filtering. Shut up and sit there in your traffic. If you're jealous about us getting home 30x faster, you've bought the wrong vehicle.

I do stick myself over their wing at the front if possible. I wouldn't bother but i'm only on a 125 and I don't like revving the tits off it from the lights... makes me look like a complete cock. I'm also giving the lights the hawkeye to make sure i'm on the move before the amber light even knows it's illuminated.

I've had the odd wanker try to stop me filtering. One in particular... I just went around the other side. Most are courteous and either stay put or move over to give me room. I always try to give a wave to those who pull over a good distance and to those who I end up pulling in front of at lights / if they change before I get there. Seems to make commuting that little bit easier if you appease the common cager idiot with a wave.
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[MattJ]

Annoys the hell out of me when I hear people talking about how they hate when bikes filter pass them. A lot seem to say "makes me want to open my door and knock them off". Complete c*nts. As everyone has said, if they want to get home faster, they shouldn't have bought a car, the complete wankers. It really gets me angry sometimes, but then as soon as I get on the bike and filter past all these stationary cars, it puts a smile on my face so all is well.

I've only had a bike 2 months and so far I haven't had anyone deliberately block me from filtering (not that I can remember anyway). I'd say that (when in slow moving traffic, not stationary) 80% stay where they are and 20% move over to give me more room. I always give a to these people.

I do think that the people that hate bikes filtering are just jealous because we get home faster and they are sat in traffic. I also think that these cock-wipes that say they want to knock us off are just saying that because they think it makes them sound good.

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[HD]

[pinkyfloyd]

The majority of cage drivers are reasonable. Sure you get the odd idiot who takes exception to you filtering but I ignore them for the most part. I've found there is no point doing the finger, glaring through the lid or shouting at the tossers on the road. They are in a big heavy lump of metal and I'm sitting precariously on my not so big and heavy lump of metal and cage vs bike has only 1 outcome for the majority of cases.

As for filtering itself. Know the size of your bike. I have a couple of rules that keeps me on the shiny side up and has saved my bacon a few times.

1. If I have to question the gap then I dont go down it. Only when I'm 100% sure the bike will go down without having to ride wobbly at 2mph.

2. Speed. Keep it down, 1st and 2nd gear only.

3. When filtering up to the lights make sure the timing is right. If the lights have just changed to red then safe enough. If I'm unsure I'll happily sit at the back because theres nothing worse than getting half way up to the front and the lights change. Especially when tosser cager is the one beside you.

4. If I have to pull into the lane in front of a car and they allow me without any fuss be courteous, give them a little wave in thanks. After all not all of the cagers are tossers. Some are respectful and some even ride bikes (shock horror).

They might not be the same rules everyone uses but they keep me safe.
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[deleted111]

I had never filtered before until Sunday.

The idea of it scares me but that's probably because I'm knew to it?

I was sat behind a car in ridiculous traffic and not moving.

Some bloke on a Fazer 1000 (I think?) rode up to me and cracked his visor, winked and waved at me to follow him.

We filtered down the side of the traffic and negotiated roundabouts and junctions together for about 2 miles.

I'm still not happy trying it on my own.

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[Nai]

I don't enjoy filtering, but my journey hits nearly 2 hours if in a car, 1 hour on a push bike, or 30 minutes of filtering on a motorbike. Filtering just something I have to do. Or move house.... Which I cant afford so meh.