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damn fg, you got some balls
were you on the triumph.
nice weelies.
i thought I saw a few motorcycle cops in that video
very crazy. nice

What's the whine? Seems like he got pretty squirley there a few times.

jesus, You are crazy Some of those spaces looked real close.

The whine is the brakes. The chatter is engine braking locking up the back tire. I really hope nobody thinks that's me. I'm pretty nutty, but not that nutty.

Sure are alot of British cars in Seattle these days.

If I were to see someone like that coming up behind me, i would be forced to open the door on him.

-Brian

Whoah dude, please don't kid about that sort of thing.

Im not kidding. I would open my door, watch him fly over his bike, then when he got up i would hold him accountable for the damage caused to my car.

-Brian

Uhhh, no. It is completely legal to lanesplit in California. You will get an assault charge, and you will be sued for his medical bills.

Now knock it off. It sounded like you were threatening me.

Yep, you can lane split in any traffic under 35mph when there are two or more lanes in the same direction, between the cars and not between a car and the shoulder (if I remember right).

Well I like bikes. But I don't like bikes that come terring through the lanes faster than a bat out of hell. So I sympathize with both sides. Most cops don't chase bikes here, and it some counties they are forbbiden to. The bike guys just think they can get away with it because they are fast but they endanger everyone else when they think they can. The other day I got stuck in traffic because some county got into a pursuit after a biker and had blocked off the road. He crashed, but they got him. I say more power to them. I'm all for bikes and lane splitting when it is agreeable to do so. But running from the law and laughing about it "because you can" is another matter all together.

Not that this guy in the video was too overly crazy, but I have seen some that are.

Had to vent on that one sorry.

Ciper and Ryan knew what I meant. I didnt mean to threaten you, but if your dumb enough to romp through traffic at those speeds, when cars arent more than 2' from eachother, then im sorry... but your in for a suprise when you try to pass me. Its bad enough I have to listen to every honda boy and his 4" exhaust scream past my house every saturday night... if i could, i'd open the doors on them too.

Seeing this video, and others like it, just enrages me. I mean no offence by this post.

-Brian

I agree. There's a small, but unfortunately highly visible percentage of a-hole motorcyclists out there that I hate. I've swerved into the other lane at many a 'tough guy' in their Harley coming up and blasting their pipes on purpose alongside me with my windows down. Loud pipes may save lives, but excessive noise may kill them if I'm in a bad mood. Those guys have been relatively smart though and get the hell away from me after a little maneuver to let them know. The showboats I'm not fond of either, but I leave it to chance and Darwin to eventually take them out. I just wish public health care didn't have to pay for them when they injure themselves through stupidity.

I have no problem with the many decent bikers out there, of which I count several as friends.

Steve

Well to try save this thread from becoming a venting atmosphere, I do want to say that I love bikes. My grandpa has been riding since he was 13 and I can only remember a few times when he's been in a car. I pretty much grew up on the back of his goldwing.

The issue with harleys: I try and be sympathetic. Yes I do find them a bit loud, but if figure if I was in a muscle car, I'd probably be pretty loud as well.

The guys that really annoy me is the guys on those crotch rockets that feel like they own the world. I give them props for having the balls to cruise down the road on one wheel, but when they start cruising through taffic and acting reclessly and lane splitting at crazy speeds I get a little perterbed.

I once saw a bike running from school cop. The bike was cruising, and the cop was just kinda moving. hehe it was kinda funny, but it made me pretty mad at the bike.

I've had friends that run from the cops and are a bit crazy on their bikes. They'd cruise to San Francisco at 120 mph. Now that's cool and all, but if someone cuts you off a half mile ahead of you, you're going to hit them. One of my best friend's brothers died in a motorcycle accident being stupid. It wasn't the other person's fault, and he wasn't doing anything that most people don't do. He just took a corner at twice the speed limit and veared into the other lane in the turn and nailed a car. He just failed to see the lights in time. It sucks but it happens. No one gets on a bike thinking that bad things can happen. I've been around a lot of bad stuff related to bikes, but it hasn't stopped me from riding or enjoying it. I'm not a pokey driver and I have a lead foot as well, but the guys that treat the roads as a raceway are just making it dangerous for everyone. I would say thay do it more so than drivers because they are harder to see and they can do things that cars can't. They also can out accelerate anything on the road.

-Ryan

I have dreams and aspirations to build one of the fastest Subarus in the country, I would kill to romp on a Ferrari 575M right in the middle of traffic, I wanna take a 69 Camaro SS and just do burnouts until the tires blew out...

But in no way, shape, or form would I ever ride a motorcycle. My half-brother died on one before I was born, and I think, in the back of my mind, that he wanted to have one last sone before he got too old, and well here I am .

I simply will not go 140mph down the road holding on to just two wheels and a frame by mere handlebars.

I've got a bike and a few of my friends have too. Apparently we're the second-most 'at risk' group after 17-year olds for dying on bikes - the born-again biker. Yup, I had bikes when I was a kid and now that I'm older I enjoy the freedom, thinking time, solitude, fresh air, cameraderie (how the h*ll do you spell that???) etc etc.

I'm not insane. I can't ride on one wheel (well, I can on a unicycle but that's another story...). I don't run through traffic lines at stupid velocity.

My bike is one fifth the engine size of my Suby and gets to 60mph in 3/5ths the time (4.5 seconds!)

There are loads of gonzo people out there and some of them ride bikes. Some of them drive Subaru's (mostly Imprezas, granted ) but let's not get mad on the majority for the sake of some idiots. The guys on this vid are not representative of the rest.

If you kill me on my bike because I happen to be riding past when you choose to open your door who's going to be the one who lives with the consequences? Not me. You'll be the one who perhaps has to face my family in open court. You'll be the one who thinks about my two-year old son and my fourteen-year old daughter left fatherless.

Sorry to get a bit morbid, but posts like "I'll open my door on you" just make my blood run cold. It's un-thinking anger that leads to situations that get out of control and end up in sorrow. [/morbid rant].

If you kill me on my bike because I happen to be riding past when you choose to open your door who's going to be the one who lives with the consequences? Not me. You'll be the one who perhaps has to face my family in open court. You'll be the one who thinks about my two-year old son and my fourteen-year old daughter left fatherless.

If you dont want to leave your children fatherless, then dont go screamin through traffic like that idiot did. I know you wouldnt, among most of the ppl here. But my statement was meant toward people who would come thrashin between me and another car.

-Brian

Where is the "report this thread to a moderator" button?

Thats a good question. maybe because its the ashtray they dont care?

-Brian

I've always wanted a motorcycle, and I'll get one some day.

I don't care to go fast or weave through traffic, I just want to get one so I can ride around and have fun.

It's people that weave through traffic that kill my chances with my parents. I can't get one until I move out.

With a motorcycle, you have to realize that a vast majority of hte time, people will do things as if you aren't there, because...well...they didn't see you. Most of the time there is truth to that. Motorcycles are just plain hard to see. It's like looking for an ant among warthogs. It just gets worse in heavy traffic situtions. So yeah, there is a danger there, but that just means that you have to ride with that in mind. You are a LOT more aware of what's going on when your on a bike (at least you should be.) Weather conditions, what's on the road (leaves, gravel, oil, potholes), traffic... all those things can make or brake your ride. Simple things that you wouldn't think about in a car can lay you down on a bike. Bikes also tend to ride between packs of cars. Were-as cars tend to speed up till they hit the next pack.

Still, I love riding a bike and leaning around turns. It is a feeling I won't ever get in my car. I love the wind in my face and the feeling of sitting on a bike. It's the whole experience. I don't think I'd ever open a door on a biker, but when I saw that one guy running from the school police officer, I was very tempted to weave back and forth across the lanes to slow him down.

-Ryan

The majority of motorcycle drivers become the best of 4 wheeled vehicle drivers around.

You learn so much riding a bike, including the sixth sense (reading other drivers minds). I think owning a bike, even for a short time is the best thing anyone can do.

Look at John Surtees - world champion on bikes and in a car.

I don't ride a motorcycle, but I do ride a bike and I find it helps open my mind up a little and focus more. I could drive much better after a ride. If I were a racer I'd ride the track first on bike if possible.

I feel for most motorcyclists as even on a bicycle inattentive people are always about and unlike a car where you have some protection or can even defend yourself, you're screwed on two wheels. Some people even actively hate you. I get people yelling stupid shit to me all the time or even throwing crap and I won't even be on their side of the street. I blame all the irresponsible idiot cyclists who give a bad rep to the rest. I assume its the same with motorcyclists - you don't notice the regular guys because they don't stand out - its the a-holes you remember and they're responsible for the negative perception a lot of people have.

Steve

Yea, I'm a downhiller, and I always drive better after a ride. You can pick lines a lot better.