i ride a bike and i have to say people scare the crap out of me but i also get pissed off by those harley riders that will cut you off in a heart beat. dont know how many times i have had to swearve cause a guy on a harly thought it important he had to get infront of me as i was passing another car.
Damnit John!
Yes, Yes... it is surely Harley riders... Specifically Harley riders... Of course aside from the sport bike guys, most metrics don't have the torque to pass you while you are passing someone else.
All aside, I try to get away from as many cars as possible. I do stick to the fast lane, away from the merge lane, and usually a bit faster then traffic. What really irks me is someone who moves into the fast lane but is going slower then everyone else. Just creates a great opportunity for a wreck, either including me, or the cars behind me trying to get around us both...
I always blow those guys a kiss. Tongue action would be strictly up to you. :p
The more I think about it the more I slide towards the ball-bearing/BB/marble school of thought. Before I finish thinking about it I'll be taking off my helmet and throwing it at the moron tailgating me. In my mind. Which is exactly why I don't belong on a motorcycle.
Helmets are expensive, but you could always pick up a junker and carry it just in case.
You seriously can't expect some guy in a car to give two $hits about your safety on a motorcycle can you? If so, then you are nuts. You have to ride defensively and expect that no one cares two rips about you or your safety as they are in their bubble of oblivion, probably texting, emailing or chatting away on their cell.
Then you want to push the issue by cursing at him? Certainly doesn't endear you to him and last time I did the math 3,000 lb car beats 500 lb cycle every time. You sure showed him and so maybe next time he sees you he decides to clip your back tire, slam on the brakes after he passes you or just pulls out in front of you when he sees you. I'm sure he'd feel really bad about it after the fact. Yeah right.
I remember once, in traffic, a biker was being all aggressive, tailgating me actually tried to drive between the cars because where he was going was so much more important than the rest of us. I'm thinking "Okay, you're on a bike and I'm in a Suburban. How you going to win this one". Have shake my head at both of you and ask you the same question, how do you win when his weapon (the car) is so superior to yours?
Then you want to push the issue by cursing at him? Certainly doesn't endear you to him and last time I did the math 3,000 lb car beats 500 lb cycle every time. You sure showed him and so maybe next time he sees you he decides to clip your back tire, slam on the brakes after he passes you or just pulls out in front of you when he sees you. I'm sure he'd feel really bad about it after the fact. Yeah right.
I remember once, in traffic, a biker was being all aggressive, tailgating me actually tried to drive between the cars because where he was going was so much more important than the rest of us. I'm thinking "Okay, you're on a bike and I'm in a Suburban. How you going to win this one". Have shake my head at both of you and ask you the same question, how do you win when his weapon (the car) is so superior to yours?
I agree that categorizing Harley guys into a group of people that pull in from of you is wrong. But you can't seriously be saying that most metric V-twins don't have the power of Harley's can you? Because you obviously have never ridden any metric V-twin bigger than 650cc before. I'm sorry but HD makes about the least powerful bikes on the road.
My current ride is a Victory and while it is considerably more powerful than anything HD sells it still doesn't hold a candle to any of the metric Big Twins. IMHO the best V-twin on the market today is the Yamaha 113". It makes the kind of low end torque that only Harley's and an extra $5000 can dream of. Most HD's put down around 65 HP and 75 Ft-lbs in stock configuration and maybe 85 Ft-Lbs in screaming eagle config. The metric big twins are putting out over 100 ft-lbs out of the box.
I'm not trying to turn this into a HD bashing thread because I really do like the bikes and think they have their place (I've owned a few of them). But are you saying they perform better than the metric bikes? That's just crazy talk...
I for one have never seen a Harley pass anyone except a bicycle.
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