Why do kids in crappy economy cars always want to race? They pull up beside me ( while i'm doing 5-10 over the speed limit) stare at me and the bike and make faces and gun their engines. Do people really not understand how serious R1's and other superbikes are? I don't understand why people in new Corvettes are smart enough to leave me alone, but people in slow ton and a half cars with only 150 hp want to try me? (I just let them go by the way, I have nothing to prove by racing them).
Why does EVERYONE want to race?
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i usually pull a stand up wheelie past them and they tend to leave me alone at that point. they will try to catch up to give me the thumbs up and then i just smile and shift to third
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i tell people my balls are too big to do wheelies, they get in the way :butt
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On the subject of car owners wanting to race....
IMO what it comes down to is that most car owners, even those who have spent $60k plus on a new Monaro [ask an Aussie] really have ABSOLUTELTY NO F..KING IDEA what sort of performance we actually have.
A very quick street car can do 0-60 in, like, 7 secs??
That is quick for a cage but when can do it in a third of that and not have to shift from first.
They just cant get their heads around that
I once had a young co worker start raving on to me about his mates turboed 3.0 lt Nissan powered Holden sedan,
This when I showed up at work on my new 1994 RF900 [fast even now, relatively speaking]
Fastest car in Perth Yada Yada Yada....
He had never been on the back of a bike and knew nothing of them .
So the next day I took him for a spin:finger
We only went about 10km but we hit 220kph about 4 times.
He could see the speedo over my shoulder.
When he got off he was shaking.
I never heard another world from him on how fast his mates car was.
And, yes, I do know it probably wasnt the smartest thing in the world to do, but it sure was fun
IMO what it comes down to is that most car owners, even those who have spent $60k plus on a new Monaro [ask an Aussie] really have ABSOLUTELTY NO F..KING IDEA what sort of performance we actually have.
A very quick street car can do 0-60 in, like, 7 secs??
That is quick for a cage but when can do it in a third of that and not have to shift from first.
They just cant get their heads around that
I once had a young co worker start raving on to me about his mates turboed 3.0 lt Nissan powered Holden sedan,
This when I showed up at work on my new 1994 RF900 [fast even now, relatively speaking]
Fastest car in Perth Yada Yada Yada....
He had never been on the back of a bike and knew nothing of them .
So the next day I took him for a spin:finger
We only went about 10km but we hit 220kph about 4 times.
He could see the speedo over my shoulder.
When he got off he was shaking.
I never heard another world from him on how fast his mates car was.
And, yes, I do know it probably wasnt the smartest thing in the world to do, but it sure was fun
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This is another reason why i find it better to ride more agressive. Going to a few extremes to keep traffic distant from me whenever i can has cut down or nullified alot of potential enounters like this (a lil lane splitting never hurts anyone when done right..saves gas too).
However when dealing with dopes like that, it's best to just smoke 'em and just scoot out of there. In this day and age of road rage theres no telling if the chump you just embarresed might have a gun or just may fail to use their brakes when they meet you at the next light. Besides if a cop sees this "Race" going on they'll most likely go after the car (easier catch in all ways). A riders best defense is their offense so disappearing compltely is the best goal to acheive.
As for the weenie azz twats who motion or yell for you to do a wheelie with a SUV in front of you and a cop not too far behind while approaching a potenially oil spotted intersection, god just grab a pair, pull in your clutch and yell to them a nice healthy "**** YOU" or "GO TO HELL!!". Unless they were raised by welfare mooching imbreds with half a cockroaches brain, they should catch on eventaully that we sportbikers are not "Rolling entertainment". If not then no biggie as Darwin has shown Stupidty Takes care of it's own eventually.
However when dealing with dopes like that, it's best to just smoke 'em and just scoot out of there. In this day and age of road rage theres no telling if the chump you just embarresed might have a gun or just may fail to use their brakes when they meet you at the next light. Besides if a cop sees this "Race" going on they'll most likely go after the car (easier catch in all ways). A riders best defense is their offense so disappearing compltely is the best goal to acheive.
As for the weenie azz twats who motion or yell for you to do a wheelie with a SUV in front of you and a cop not too far behind while approaching a potenially oil spotted intersection, god just grab a pair, pull in your clutch and yell to them a nice healthy "**** YOU" or "GO TO HELL!!". Unless they were raised by welfare mooching imbreds with half a cockroaches brain, they should catch on eventaully that we sportbikers are not "Rolling entertainment". If not then no biggie as Darwin has shown Stupidty Takes care of it's own eventually.
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i hope your coworker was a femalejeffgre_6163 said:
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Not on that occasion, unfortunately.motopsyko32 said:
I was got asked by our accounts Manager to take her 17year old daughter for a ride for her 17th birthday
She was cute, that was fun
Of course I was much more responsible with my riding of course
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:iamwithst Nicely said! A good offense is always best. I stay far away from as many cages as possible. I feel sorry for everyone out there that can't split lanes either!COLDSTONE1300 said:This is another reason why i find it better to ride more agressive. Going to a few extremes to keep traffic distant from me whenever i can has cut down or nullified alot of potential enounters like this (a lil lane splitting never hurts anyone when done right..saves gas too).
However when dealing with dopes like that, it's best to just smoke 'em and just scoot out of there. In this day and age of road rage theres no telling if the chump you just embarresed might have a gun or just may fail to use their brakes when they meet you at the next light. Besides if a cop sees this "Race" going on they'll most likely go after the car (easier catch in all ways). A riders best defense is their offense so disappearing compltely is the best goal to acheive.
As for the weenie azz twats who motion or yell for you to do a wheelie with a SUV in front of you and a cop not too far behind while approaching a potenially oil spotted intersection, god just grab a pair, pull in your clutch and yell to them a nice healthy "**** YOU" or "GO TO HELL!!". Unless they were raised by welfare mooching imbreds with half a cockroaches brain, they should catch on eventaully that we sportbikers are not "Rolling entertainment". If not then no biggie as Darwin has shown Stupidty Takes care of it's own eventually.
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I wouldn't class all imports together, its much safer to say "ricers". My buddy has an import that will crush vipers, it has stock wheels and the whole thing is painted in primer. Usually people see the flames shoot out of the muffler when he shifts and decide not to try and race him. There are plenty of supras that will own your R1, so, might want to watch what you say.
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Boy Dwayne, you sure are a little bitch...
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Note to Dwayne: Come see about it... :finger :finger :finger
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I wouldn't go that far. A BPU supra is only good for 13's minimum. But if they've got upgraded turbos and some other work you might have a problem.
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I dont have a personal problem with you, you clowned motopsycho trying to hate for no reason, so I clowned you, internet tough guy. Im not the one saying im gonna "come visit" someone. All I was saying is, if you plan on visiting me intending to do harm over something on a forum, you can come see about it.
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