Overtaking into oncoming traffic, normal practice or no-no? - Page 2 - SV650.org

22-09-06, 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Jabba

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Originally Posted by Dangle_kt

where upon the car decided to do a right turn

What car was it? Kit from Nightrider?

DO NOT OVERTAKE AT JUNCTIONS!!

It wasn't a junction, they were both turning into there drive ways.

22-09-06, 12:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Dangle_kt

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jabba

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dangle_kt

where upon the car decided to do a right turn

What car was it? Kit from Nightrider?

DO NOT OVERTAKE AT JUNCTIONS!!

It wasn't a junction, they were both turning into there drive ways.

Which would explain why they were slowing down below the speed limit.........

The perils of urban riding.

22-09-06, 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Baph

I'd love to see a junction on the bridge... that'd just make me wet my seat!

Lots of junctions on bridges here

Wear a Nappy

22-09-06, 01:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Mogs

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Originally Posted by Baph

I'd love to see a junction on the bridge... that'd just make me wet my seat!

Lots of junctions on bridges here

Wear a Nappy

Ah yea, but they're not a good few hundred feet above water!

Biker Biggles · 22-09-06, 02:04 PM

I would rarely overtake into oncoming traffic as you describe.I tend to ride(and drive)using the principle that I don't rely on the actions of others to keep me out of trouble.Oncoming traffic at 50 mph with that narrow a gap would almost certainly fall outside my safety parameters.

22-09-06, 02:19 PM

50 mph each way is maybe a bit much, but in truth sometimes I will take greater risks then others, depending on situation, and my mood! At the end of the day the fact that you question the other guys manouvers suggests it probably wouldnt be right for you to follow.

I regularly follow my partner on his cbr, and he rides faster then me. I never follow unless I have wayed it off, and many a time I leave it, and catch up just yards down the road. That said I also pillion with him, and really enjoy his riding style, he doesnt make me nervous even though he makes moves that I wouldnt.

22-09-06, 07:32 PM

Thanks for your replies, pretty much the diversity I expected! Motorcycling has so many approaches, that's its attraction I guess...

Yes Dangle_kt, it was just a couple of feet, absolutely no room if they veered out even slightly. There's a road I do it on as a matter of course, but you can actually do it in a car on that one!

As Dirty Harry said, a man's got to know his limitations....

22-09-06, 02:04 PM	#15
Biker Biggles Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Barnet Herts Posts: 5,071	I would rarely overtake into oncoming traffic as you describe.I tend to ride(and drive)using the principle that I don't rely on the actions of others to keep me out of trouble.Oncoming traffic at 50 mph with that narrow a gap would almost certainly fall outside my safety parameters. __________________ On a clear day we stand there and look further than the ordinary eye can see.

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22-09-06, 02:19 PM	#16
Tomcat Guest Posts: n/a	50 mph each way is maybe a bit much, but in truth sometimes I will take greater risks then others, depending on situation, and my mood! At the end of the day the fact that you question the other guys manouvers suggests it probably wouldnt be right for you to follow. I regularly follow my partner on his cbr, and he rides faster then me. I never follow unless I have wayed it off, and many a time I leave it, and catch up just yards down the road. That said I also pillion with him, and really enjoy his riding style, he doesnt make me nervous even though he makes moves that I wouldnt.

22-09-06, 07:32 PM	#17
arenalife Guest Posts: n/a	Thanks for your replies, pretty much the diversity I expected! Motorcycling has so many approaches, that's its attraction I guess... Yes Dangle_kt, it was just a couple of feet, absolutely no room if they veered out even slightly. There's a road I do it on as a matter of course, but you can actually do it in a car on that one! As Dirty Harry said, a man's got to know his limitations....