Just been following a [presumably] pissed rider tonight...

[BakesBeans]

I was driving back from a friends tonight (in my car) and was following a learning biker who was doing 15-20mph in a 30mph. I decided not to over take because I'll be turning off shortly, but he was swerving like a mofo.

The worst bit, I noticed both his mirrors were fully folded in!

Discuss..
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[BigDan1190]

[ScaredyCat]

The rider was sober, the road was pissed.


Andy
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[covent.gardens]

[Benno]

[DottyDuck]

The rider is clearly an idiot and luckily he never choose to go out in a car least ths way if he does crash then hopefully he will only hurt himself rather than others.. hopefully he will crash and his bike will be a 'write off' and maybe a broken bone for good measure just to make sure he will learn from his mistakes...

[pits]

[andym]

[Teflon-Mike]

He might have folded in the wind mirrors because:-
- he was peed off with being dazzled by idiot car drivers with badly aligned headlamps and unnecessary fog-lamps.
- he needed to push the bike down a narrow passage into his back garden.
- they never showed anything useful anyway
- they were cheap chitty Chinese pattern replacements & dont stay straight for five seconds.
- You scared him and he preffered not to watch!

He may have been swerving:-
- To avoid myriad pot-holes
- In response to contrary gusts of wind
- to avoid road debris, like broken bottles, nails, spilled diesel, crisp-packets......
- With very dim headlamp and no white line in the middle of the road, he was navigating by 'Dead-Reckoning' tacking into the dark abys until a kerb appeared in the gloom, then turning back the other way to find the other one!
- he spotted you over his shoulder, and you scared him, and he was looking for a kerb low enough to escape onto the pavement!

The possibilities are boundless..... it is a mystery..... and we may never know the real reasons!

Maybe he did it for exactly that! To make us Wonder why he wandered!
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[thepuma]

Was VERY windy last night...and on a 125 that can throw you across the road.
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[P.]

[Rogerborg]

I habitually wander all over my lane because:

1) It makes people wonder what you're doing, and if they're wondering, they're less likely to pull out / tailgate / rage overtake.

2) It's a laugh, innit.
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[stinkwheel]

Other than the wind aspect, quite common to tack back and forth across the road at night on older bikes with a 6V direct lighting system because you can see a sum total of fuck-all with the headlight. You land up tacking between the kerb and the white line in the middle of the road.

I wouldn't have fancied being on a scooter last night in that wind.
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[Easter Bunny]

He was avoiding the pot holes that you couldn't see because you were in a pansy car ?
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[pepperami]

If he/she was pissed and riding, then he/she deserve a size 10 kick up the arse.

Could? of been diabetic? going hyper/hypo?
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[andyscooter]

i wander about in my lane noramlly avoidind wet manholes/big potholes that i know about

rode home the other day at 15mph as the rain and wind was so bad i couldnt close the visor as the rain was too bad and couuldnt open it as the wind made the rain hurt my eyes

and the only bit of gear that didnt let me down was my richa jacket
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[Killer Rat]

I have a habit on long straight roads, when there is no traffic close by of swerving in my lane to keep my tyres round
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[Polarbear]

[raesewell]

Wow there are a lot of assumptions being made here .....
assume make an ass/u/me ass of you and me

[BigDan1190]

I think Killer Rat might be referring to tyres getting squared off if you do a lot of straight road or motorway riding.


But it doesn't make a difference

[Easter Bunny]

[Alpha-9]

Maybe he was breaking in his tyres...

As mike says really. I've had my mirrors folded in as over 40mph they loosened due them being shitty chineses aftermarkets, also ridden without mirrors for a long time and oddly I prefer it, until I use duel carriage ways or am riding with a friend

Sometimes I do the whole like bouncing from side to side leaning kind of swerving because i'm bored as fuck and there's no traffic around
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[DottyDuck]

[Killer Rat]

[uberkron]

Call the police maybe? Lighten up.
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