So I went to visit a buddy of mine a while ago and we planned a weekend of riding...We were 7 and I was the only sport\touring bide there...the line up was 2005 cbr 600, 2006 zx6r, 2005 repsol 1000, 2001 cbr 600, 2003 r6, 2008 gsxr 750, and my fz-6..Everybody was great we wore having a blast everybody was exited to show me some scenery and some curves...except for the guy with the gixxer..he was extremely arrogant and had a problem with me being there..(cause I didn't have a ''crotch rocket'') He would ignore me completely or talk down to me. So when we took off I made it my mission to show him up on the road, and I did I got on him the whole time and the only times he was able to pull away was on long stretches. Now after the day was done he left and seemed extremely insulted..I don't know what is up with these guys that think we can't ride with them because of the kinds of bike we have...anyways just thought id blow some steam.
Thanks for listennig...
G'day mate. I'm gonna join with the crew with the "don't let anyone change the way you ride by giving attitude" line. Not giving you a serve or trying to appear holier than thou. Just my honest opinion. Won't say I haven't done it myself. Not anymore though.
I overtook a couple of slower riders a while back. Nothing nutty. Waited ages for a nice long straight and overtook. One dude was babysitting a new rider and I thought,"Good on ya bloke." World needs more good sorts like that.
Anyhow, I've just got back into my lane and check the mirrors again, and the babysitter has now ditched his mate in favour of coming flying up behind me and overtaking me at 200+km/h. Now, I've been good. I could've gotten past these folk in the twisties, but did the right thing, and this dufus has now gotten in front of me just before one of the sweetest sections of road around......and as soon as the road bends, he starts to slow down. He went round the first bend nearly half a km ahead of me and by the second bend I was right on his tail. Normally I'd sit back, cursing, but I thought, "This guy has asked for it
." So I sat right on his backside and "pushed".(didn't even have to hang off, the guy's skills were a complete joke).
After a watching him locking up and getting squirrely into a few turns I was starting to have some second thoughts....too late. He locked up the rear and missed the turn and ended up on the wrong side of the road just missing a car coming the other way, and ended up being stopped in the oncoming traffic lane waving me by in my lane
.
I felt pretty guilty and was definitely to some extent responsible for nearly killing this guy, and decided I wouldn't do that again, right then and there.
Of course this idiot wasn't finished yet
. Tried to sit on my backside....lol....after 2 turns he was 100 mtres back. Then flew up behind me into the next town and sat on my backside there. He'd learned nothing.
Now it's not directly my fault. I was on a stock FZ6 with Pilot Power 1ct's and this guy had the Ohlins suspension, braided lines and sticky rubber on his ZX10R. There is no reason he couldn't just ride around the bend (just didn't know how to ride
). But I pushed this guy and nearly got him killed.
Moral of the story....OK, the guy might be a complete tool, but that doesn't mean I should push him outside his limits and get him killed. Also the people in the car that nearly hit him would have been a bit messed up if they'd hit him.
Again, i'm not havin' a go at you mate. Just relating my experiences to you and passing on things I've learned the hard way.:thumbup: I'm definitely no angel
:spank::spank:...LMAO
Cheers
Mike
