View Full Version : taking filtering to a new level
grecian9
19-01-07, 10:58 PM
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5323386342158778450
Idiot.
Commentary goes along the lines of him explaining that he is taking care and doing what he is doing safely. He explains each situation.
The moments when he overtakes as a car is trying to move into his lane, is by all accounts the fault of the car driver entirely as they did not indicate before moving into the lane. There is also one moment when filtering past a truck and it was quite tight. It was the truck drivers fault for being in the wrong lane in the first place.
He states at the beginning that so long as he ensures there is a meter between vehicles he is safe. Hmmmm.
Idiot
Couldn't agree with you more, old chap.
Samnooshka
20-01-07, 11:21 AM
I'll 2nd that!! ****!
Beenz is that you :?: :lol:
Alpinestarhero
20-01-07, 12:28 PM
Hmm. I dont think i'll do that, no matter how confident i get at filtering...
Matt
Peter Henry
20-01-07, 02:36 PM
You chaps really must excuse me here, I would need to see a lot worse than that to pass similar comments. :?
You chaps really must excuse me here, I would need to see a lot worse than that to pass similar comments. :?
Whatever :roll:
You chaps really must excuse me here, I would need to see a lot worse than that to pass similar comments. :?
I'm with PH. Whilst he was going faster than I would personally, and there were a few risky moments, I certainly didn't see much wrong with it.
Beenz is that you :?: :lol:
:-dd
with my reputation... :shock:
You chaps really must excuse me here, I would need to see a lot worse than that to pass similar comments. :?
I'm with PH. Whilst he was going faster than I would personally, and there were a few risky moments, I certainly didn't see much wrong with it.
I hope you guys carry donor cards :wink:
Sid Squid
20-01-07, 06:10 PM
Not this again!
Paris Peripherique, Kawasaki 7R - about a million years ago and going far too slowly - he'll be late for work again if he keeps dawdling like that.
Peter Henry
20-01-07, 06:13 PM
Stating that I was not overly concerned at the antics shown in the clip does not mean that I completely condone it or actually ride like that myself.
I can clearly state though that I have seen video clips of fast fliltering that made that run look like a I.A.M rideout. :lol: :wink:
northwind
20-01-07, 08:28 PM
His position awareness and gap judgement's very good, in places. His choice of which gap to actually use is, frankly, ****ed- though I think he was showing off for the camera. The number of times he uses a gap between two cars when there's an open lane is just ridiculous, for instance, or goes through a one lane gap when there's 2 available.
21QUEST
20-01-07, 09:01 PM
Not this again!
Paris Peripherique, Kawasaki 7R - about a million years ago and going far too slowly - he'll be late for work again if he keeps dawdling like that.
:winner: :lol:
I wouldn't do that but didn't really think it was that bad. One biker might think another biker is filtering dangerously while on the other hand another biker would be thinking the one who thinks the first biker is filtering dangerous also filters dangerously (WTF :roll: ) .
Yes I do somethimes think blimey that's a bit dangerous and can only just wince and hope for the biker.... but that's me basing my judgement on my personal level of observation which I dare say I believe to be quite good. Almost every day I save one or two bikers from becoming stastistics due to IMV not having good observational skills. In most case I would put the cars at fault but as we know it does really matter as it hurts the same "fault or non- fault"
The again where do you draw the line, whose personal safe filtering criteria do we go with. Back to the subjective. Some people can read the roads a lot better than others so what might seem as reckless is infact a calculated move(from way back).
Spot on with the last sentence Northwind.
Ben
Looks like my ride in on the a40 everyday.
And yes, I am aware that I'm probably heading for an off, but I'm an adrenaline junky and can't seem to stop. This is why it's good news that a new lad has started working where I do who's just got a bike. I ride behind him to give him pointers (Sensible ones), and it slows me down a lot.
When I'm on my own, tho... :twisted: :oops:
I was thinking about this clip during the commute this morning.
Filtering was damn good (or at least if felt damn good). Wasn't thinking, just doing. Very aggressive. The thought did strike me part way through that I'm at increased risk of an off, which just served to pump concentration levels to around 200%.
Keeping revs high helps ;) as does the 6th (and 7th) sense about what the lemmings are going to do.
No-one even flashed a light or beeped at me this morning, which I have had in the past when less aggressive.
Maybe I should sleep in more often :oops:
Ok, so I'm gonna be a bit of a ponce here, but bear with me.
I think fast filtering is a little like meditation, in that you are concentrating fully on what you and your body are doing. You aren't thinking about work, home life, problems with this, that or the other, or any of the crap that makes up daily life for the majority of us. When i get home (or to work for that matter) I find that I'm alert, awake, and generally (as long as it hasn't REALLY ****ed down) pretty happy. Also all of those problems seem to have slipped away and been filed for later, more rational thought.
I love my bike! :D
For the counterpoint to this statement, or at least a warning, see BigApes 'Always wear your firkin leathers' thread!!!
Ok, so I'm gonna be a bit of a ponce here, but bear with me.
I think fast filtering is a little like meditation, in that you are concentrating fully on what you and your body are doing. You aren't thinking about work, home life, problems with this, that or the other, or any of the crap that makes up daily life for the majority of us. When i get home (or to work for that matter) I find that I'm alert, awake, and generally (as long as it hasn't REALLY p*ssed down) pretty happy. Also all of those problems seem to have slipped away and been filed for later, more rational thought. All of this lasted maybe 30 seconds, and has taken far longer to explain that it took me whilst I was on the bike.
I love my bike! :D
For the counterpoint to this statement, or at least a warning, see BigApes 'Always wear your firkin leathers' thread!!!
I agree completely. My "thought" that I'm at higher risk of an off, was whilst I was sat behind a truck in roadworks at 40mph, with no way around. I was plodding along waiting for the next junction (which was a good mile or so away), which is when I was analyzing my commute thus far (I analyze my ride a LOT all the time). It was at this point that I remembered this thread.
I shrugged the thought off, dropped the bike down a gear & went around the truck as soon as I could. Like I said in my post, whilst I was actually filtering, I wasn't thinking, I was just doing.
I got to the office late, with a huge grin on my face, and no-one battered an eyelid that I was late. :)
no-one battered an eyelid that I was late. :)
Are battered eyelids a bit like deep fried mars bars? Some Northern delicacy that we in the south don't get? :lol:
no-one battered an eyelid that I was late. :)
Are battered eyelids a bit like deep fried mars bars? Some Northern delicacy that we in the south don't get? :lol:
Yea, but limited exclusively to North Wales ;)
(note to self, be careful when working AND browsing the org, safer to save face & not do the first one)
Ok, so I'm gonna be a bit of a ponce here, but bear with me.
I think fast filtering is a little like meditation, in that you are concentrating fully on what you and your body are doing. You aren't thinking about work, home life, problems with this, that or the other, or any of the crap that makes up daily life for the majority of us. When i get home (or to work for that matter) I find that I'm alert, awake, and generally (as long as it hasn't REALLY p*ssed down) pretty happy. Also all of those problems seem to have slipped away and been filed for later, more rational thought.
I love my bike! :D
For the counterpoint to this statement, or at least a warning, see BigApes 'Always wear your firkin leathers' thread!!!
In 100% agreement with the above :)
northwind
22-01-07, 12:25 PM
I think fast filtering is a little like meditation, in that you are concentrating fully on what you and your body are doing. You aren't thinking about work, home life, problems with this, that or the other, or any of the crap that makes up daily life for the majority of us. When i get home (or to work for that matter) I find that I'm alert, awake, and generally (as long as it hasn't REALLY p*ssed down) pretty happy. Also all of those problems seem to have slipped away and been filed for later, more rational thought.
Hah, yes, exactly. I was thinking something along the same lines in the last filtering thread, though I was thinking more of a martial art or other contact sport. There's a focus to it that you very rarely use in everyday life.
I think fast filtering is a little like meditation, in that you are concentrating fully on what you and your body are doing. You aren't thinking about work, home life, problems with this, that or the other, or any of the crap that makes up daily life for the majority of us. When i get home (or to work for that matter) I find that I'm alert, awake, and generally (as long as it hasn't REALLY p*ssed down) pretty happy. Also all of those problems seem to have slipped away and been filed for later, more rational thought.
Hah, yes, exactly. I was thinking something along the same lines in the last filtering thread, though I was thinking more of a martial art or other contact sport. There's a focus to it that you very rarely use in everyday life.
If you're filtering and the adrenaline is flowing, you might experience a bit of tunnel vision.
I try to be icy cool when filtering, so emotionless I could run a kitten over without a second thought.
Gawd, I'm so badass...
northwind
22-01-07, 12:39 PM
Well, exactly... There's no adrenaline rush in the martial arts I've done either, it's very much about control and concentration.
so emotionless I could run a kitten over without a second thought.
Gawd, I'm so badass...
I hate Cats.
I could run one over without a second thought, but probably wouldn't be able to suppress a giggle...
so emotionless I could run a kitten over without a second thought.
Gawd, I'm so badass...
I hate Cats.
I could run one over without a second thought, but probably wouldn't be able to suppress a giggle...
You monster!
I stand by my previous statement. They kill more wildlife in this country than anything else, and they have an air of smug superiority that i don't expect from something that licks it's own **** clean. :lol:
I stand by my previous statement. They kill more wildlife in this country than anything else, and they have an air of smug superiority that i don't expect from something that licks it's own @rse clean. :lol:
:lol: :lol: :lol:
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