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Got a tad carved up by a hooge merc saloon last night, ended in a low - zero speed drop which didn't even put a scratch on the bike.....
Offending pillock carried on as if nothing had happened!!!
After getting back upright and on the bike, I went after him as the traffic was heavy, got in front just before he reached the next roundabout, stopped and went back for a word.......................
Sorry mate didnt see you was the reply......
After a few questions concerning his parentage etc, I asked if he needed his offside mirror as he didnt seem to use it? NO reply
Strangly enough the said mirror was hanging from a few wires as I walked back to my bike.......... dunno what happened there like..... maybe thats how come he didn't see me?????
Checked my bike today, and not a mark.... just glad I wasn't on the SV
Amanda M
26-01-06, 10:08 AM
GSX 250s are amazingly crash proof. I had one as my first bike and it spent a lot of time on the floor :oops: Glad you're OK and hope the driver has learnt the error of his ways :evil:
Cloggsy
26-01-06, 10:11 AM
Strangly enough the said mirror was hanging from a few wires as I walked back to my bike...
If you're saying what I think you're saying, you want to be really careful :shock:
Glad you're OK though ;)
Waiting for that to happen to me on my ER5, has idiot bars (ex-training bike) attached to it, so it should bounce quite nicely!
Easy to ride one handed, with the wing mirror in the other...
Carry on like that and you will be up in court sometime....use your head mate cos criminal damage is not the answer....
Carry on like that and you will be up in court sometime....use your head mate cos criminal damage is not the answer....
Agreed. What with you and Jelster, i think im gonna start a Car mirror suppliers :?
Halonic
26-01-06, 01:56 PM
Carry on like that and you will be up in court sometime....use your head mate cos criminal damage is not the answer....
Agreed
If they are going to knock you off, try to get your angle of descent just right to get your lid into somewhere "splintery".
:roll:
Without witness statements, or "other" evidence (CCTV, nearby police car), a car getting close enough to you that you are able to reach over and yank a wing mirror off, is not going to have many grounds to complain.
Though remember people, hands are delicate items. Grabbing for wing mirrors could lead to broken fingers (not going to help with your clutch work).
Consider as alternatives;
the driver door window / carbon knuckle interface (Makes pretty crystal patterns)
OR
the Daniel Day Lewis School of thought (My Left Foot)
independentphoto
26-01-06, 05:35 PM
Scratched up metal toe sliders ever so gently along the side without much noise. Pricey.
Wonder where those scratches came from?
:evil:
I have NO idea how the mirror came to be hanging off......
I would advise never to grab a mirror while riding alongside a car, you may fall off and damage the paint (and yourself)
As for using my head (TC3) I get enough **sholes trying to kill me on the M6 in my 44 tonner, well its either me they are trying to kill or themselves.
I drive for a living and know more about road positioning and motoring law etc than your average cage driver.
When one of them puts me down, THEY need to learn something from the experience and if I am able, I explain the error of they're ways.......
Rant over
Terry
Carsick
26-01-06, 06:24 PM
I do agree with the sentiments of why you did it, but I honestly don't think you taught them a lesson.
I reckon there's a good chance that there's now one more driver who sees bikers as a nuisance and may even cause a more serious accident because of this.
That said, there's nothing to say he wouldn't have done the same anyway.
stewboy
26-01-06, 07:57 PM
should have done the other one too :lol:
Tommy_Tank
27-01-06, 12:17 AM
Great story !
Tell me tj2, are you a big chap ? I can just see you talking to that merc driver now !! :twisted:
Peter Henry
27-01-06, 07:13 AM
Something that often goes ignored in these kind of situations......there are going to be a lot of car drivers who having seen you rip his mirror,kick his door etc. Will either leap out of the car and very possibly attack you either with what God gave them or even worse grab a suitable weapon from their boot.(Ignore the fact that you have your bike gear and helmet on....as if they dont do you they will have a few swipes at your bike)
There is also the chance that if a roadside confrontation does not take place that they could follow you and hound you in a threatening way as you ride along. This could cause you to have a fall or they could even nudge the bike to cause a fall.
I know it was car related but just remember the Ken Moyes case?
Please be very,very careful boys and girls as there are a lot of crazy people out there. 8)
rictus01
27-01-06, 07:46 AM
given I've owned a GT 185 & an X7 in my day, and although the gsx was the four stroke, I'd love to see a pic of the bike?
(didn't know many were still around)
Cheers Mark.
Halonic
27-01-06, 08:44 AM
Please be very,very careful boys and girls as there are a lot of crazy people out there. 8)
I know
I ride in Essex
rictus01
27-01-06, 12:03 PM
tj2 was kind enough to send me a pic of the steed in question.
http://www.bureaunet.com/FTP/Rictus/GSX250.jpg
Cheers Mark.
You must have washed it Mark................. :lol:
I'm sure it isn't really that clean :shock:
rictus01
27-01-06, 11:26 PM
You must have washed it Mark................. :lol:
I'm sure it isn't really that clean :shock:
Don't wash mine, you really think yours would get that kind of attention from me :roll: , you must be confusing me with Jonboy, he has that cleaning fetish thing going on :shock: .
mine you It does look in fairly good nick though, what reg/mileage ?
(Just reduced it to half it's size that's all)
Cheers Mark.
This is an old A plate 83/84, got it off ebay for a song, needed a tyre and an indicator bulb for the MOT. It had less than 6000 miles on it from new, and is now about to crack 10000. It still runs like a new one, even after I thrash it daily around the M42 :shock:
Must get round to giving it a service one of these days, loads of things to buy for it like points and condensors :(
Terry
Scratched up metal toe sliders ever so gently along the side without much noise. Pricey.
Wonder where those scratches came from?
:evil:
I have on one occasion when a merc sports car decided to try a squeeze me out at a set of traffic lights, stuck my knee out some what further than one would whilst stationary. I stayed still when the lights changed and he drove off. Would have been fine but I was wearing titanium sliders at the time. He didn't even bother to stop. I bet he was p*ssed off when he got out the car.
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