And today's commuting highlight is...

[Dakkon]

black-k1 said:

supercommuter said:

black-k1 said:

1. Trying to get past the plod car on the M11. I was sitting at 72mph and he was doing 70mph but every time I caught him up he speeded up to about 74mph. It took me miles to get past him but I managed to read the traffic ahead better than him and so chose the right lane sooner.

Touch wood in the mornings I have never had the police pull me over doing 80mph or undertaking tts in the outside lane with two clear lanes inside.

I like to think that in the early mornings or if another motorist is driving like a tit they give a bit of a blind eye to some of it.

I was not expecting to get pulled over for anything up to 80mph but didn't quite have the courage to test out the theory. Perhaps next time!

Wuss

[black-k1]

Dakkon said:

black-k1 said:

supercommuter said:

black-k1 said:

1. Trying to get past the plod car on the M11. I was sitting at 72mph and he was doing 70mph but every time I caught him up he speeded up to about 74mph. It took me miles to get past him but I managed to read the traffic ahead better than him and so chose the right lane sooner.

Touch wood in the mornings I have never had the police pull me over doing 80mph or undertaking tts in the outside lane with two clear lanes inside.

I like to think that in the early mornings or if another motorist is driving like a tit they give a bit of a blind eye to some of it.

I was not expecting to get pulled over for anything up to 80mph but didn't quite have the courage to test out the theory. Perhaps next time!

Wuss

[sjtscott]

kiethton said:

Not a bad run in for me beyond the rain earlier, not to heavy thankfully.

Biggest issue was the L-Plate wobbler, overtake them only to have them pull around you to sit directly in front, at the front of each cycle box meaning you were constantly having to re-pass the bloke as he wobbled back up toward 30mph.

When will they (ad deliveroo moped riders) realise that if you're passed to wait behind, and behind the actual stop line at that!

Its this complete and utter lack of respect which is why once they treat me like this I'll no longer given them any respect or politeness, pull to the front of the next box (assuming no coppers about - highly likley not) so they have no where to pull round you too, if they cut you up you get them back 1000 times better . A number of wobblers only keep pace due to the stream of offenses they commit as they ride down the road with no regard for observation/speed/awareness or allowing for other on the road to do something stupid let alone things like traffic islands/keep left signs or in some cases red lights.

[supercommuter]

sjtscott said:

kiethton said:

Not a bad run in for me beyond the rain earlier, not to heavy thankfully.

Biggest issue was the L-Plate wobbler, overtake them only to have them pull around you to sit directly in front, at the front of each cycle box meaning you were constantly having to re-pass the bloke as he wobbled back up toward 30mph.

When will they (ad deliveroo moped riders) realise that if you're passed to wait behind, and behind the actual stop line at that!

Its this complete and utter lack of respect which is why once they treat me like this I'll no longer given them any respect or politeness, pull to the front of the next box (assuming no coppers about - highly likley not) so they have no where to pull round you too, if they cut you up you get them back 1000 times better . A number of wobblers only keep pace due to the stream of offenses they commit as they ride down the road with no regard for observation/speed/awareness or allowing for other on the road to do something stupid let alone things like traffic islands/keep left signs or in some cases red lights.

Yep, slice and dice them. Once somebody has cut me up filtering or blocked me again at the lights, i then do not act polite in the slightest.

[tjlazer]

Not really a commuting highlight as such but I have discovered Vulcanet wipes http://www.vulcanet.pro/shop/uk/home/10-vulcanetuk... and these things are bloody amazing for cleaning the bike quickly. With this morning's downpour I'm confident the coating these give should keep the bike in good nick until the weekend or whenever I next get around to giving it another spruce up. Ordinarily I can't be bothered to get the grease off the wheels but these wipes just lap it up! Seriously worth £30...I used 4 wipes for the whole bike on Saturday and that was with a month's worth of crap everywhere. Even the bellypan...

[fergus]

supercommuter said:

sjtscott said:

kiethton said:

Not a bad run in for me beyond the rain earlier, not to heavy thankfully.

Biggest issue was the L-Plate wobbler, overtake them only to have them pull around you to sit directly in front, at the front of each cycle box meaning you were constantly having to re-pass the bloke as he wobbled back up toward 30mph.

When will they (ad deliveroo moped riders) realise that if you're passed to wait behind, and behind the actual stop line at that!

Its this complete and utter lack of respect which is why once they treat me like this I'll no longer given them any respect or politeness, pull to the front of the next box (assuming no coppers about - highly likley not) so they have no where to pull round you too, if they cut you up you get them back 1000 times better . A number of wobblers only keep pace due to the stream of offenses they commit as they ride down the road with no regard for observation/speed/awareness or allowing for other on the road to do something stupid let alone things like traffic islands/keep left signs or in some cases red lights.

Yep, slice and dice them. Once somebody has cut me up filtering or blocked me again at the lights, i then do not act polite in the slightest.

Blindspot, what's a bindspot? Anyhow, let's not bother checking to see if anyone is remotely close to me, or even approaching from behind, then just swerve across the lane anyway. What could possibly go wrong (other than to lose wing mirror on my one metre wide vespa)....

[2wheelsjimmy]

black-k1 said:

Two (minor) highlights this morning:

1. Trying to get past the plod car on the M11. I was sitting at 72mph and he was doing 70mph but every time I caught him up he speeded up to about 74mph. It took me miles to get past him but I managed to read the traffic ahead better than him and so chose the right lane sooner.

Had this coming home yesterday, went on for about 15 miles.

However a funnier ending here. A flash white merc I'd seen earlier on, with some young guy at the wheel, came flying up the fast lane. He spotted the police car just in time and slowed down. Only then sped back up to about 78ish, police car pulls out and follows behind the merc for a few miles, merc still does not slow down, then the police car flashes him up and pulls him over.

What a plonker.

[supercommuter]

tjlazer said:

Not really a commuting highlight as such but I have discovered Vulcanet wipes http://www.vulcanet.pro/shop/uk/home/10-vulcanetuk... and these things are bloody amazing for cleaning the bike quickly. With this morning's downpour I'm confident the coating these give should keep the bike in good nick until the weekend or whenever I next get around to giving it another spruce up. Ordinarily I can't be bothered to get the grease off the wheels but these wipes just lap it up! Seriously worth £30...I used 4 wipes for the whole bike on Saturday and that was with a month's worth of crap everywhere. Even the bellypan...

I like to keep mine looking like a pile of st so it doesn't get stolen

[kiethton]

supercommuter said:

I like to keep mine looking like a pile of st so it doesn't get stolen

^^^^ this, every day of the week

[tjlazer]

kiethton said:

supercommuter said:

I like to keep mine looking like a pile of st so it doesn't get stolen

^^^^ this, every day of the week

Fair enough I probably would but I enjoy the luxury of a secured and monitored car park

[supercommuter]

tjlazer said:

kiethton said:

supercommuter said:

I like to keep mine looking like a pile of st so it doesn't get stolen

^^^^ this, every day of the week

Fair enough I probably would but I enjoy the luxury of a secured and monitored car park

Oooooooooooooooh someones doing alright for themselves :P

I do as well but the ramp is temperamental so I do not run the risk of getting my bike stuck in there. Out on the main road she goes!

[CAPP0]

Lost my customary cool with a complete cocksocket in a 4-Series this morning. Approaching the Kidbrooke lights from Kidbrooke, where for some infantile road planner's reasoning the lanes split from two to three (and immediately back to two again after the lights), the BMW shot into the middle lane in front of me without indicating (standard issue). I'm then in the left hand lane. When the lights changed, he cut right across the front of me, then realised I was there before swerving away. I thought that was the end of it and accelerated up to 50-ish (average speed cameras there). As I caught up with a car in my lane, cocksocket accelerated up beside me then backed off and blocked me from overtaking the car in front, whilst leaning over and waving what appeared to be a tax disc at me. WTF? Is this some new insult from the endz?

Filtered past him shortly after in the traffic but suggested that he might need to purchase some form of genitalia-enhancing equipment. More annoyed with myself for biting really, difficult not to sometimes when faced with such a King Canute.

[paralla]

Gave my visor a good clean.

Shamazing!

[LemonParty]

My highlight yesterday was joining the M3 and realising - once I was in the average speed zones - that my speedo had stopped working. Seems that the tyre place on Saturday have damaged the speedo drive. At least a visit back there today and they have admitted their fault, and are going to sort it out.

Now I just have the rest of the week with the M3 average speed zone plus all the way to Chiswick on the A316 average speed cameras too. Guess I'll be driving Miss Daisy!

[supercommuter]

CAPP0 said:

Lost my customary cool with a complete cocksocket in a 4-Series this morning. Approaching the Kidbrooke lights from Kidbrooke, where for some infantile road planner's reasoning the lanes split from two to three (and immediately back to two again after the lights), the BMW shot into the middle lane in front of me without indicating (standard issue). I'm then in the left hand lane. When the lights changed, he cut right across the front of me, then realised I was there before swerving away. I thought that was the end of it and accelerated up to 50-ish (average speed cameras there). As I caught up with a car in my lane, cocksocket accelerated up beside me then backed off and blocked me from overtaking the car in front, whilst leaning over and waving what appeared to be a tax disc at me. WTF? Is this some new insult from the endz?

Filtered past him shortly after in the traffic but suggested that he might need to purchase some form of genitalia-enhancing equipment. More annoyed with myself for biting really, difficult not to sometimes when faced with such a King Canute.

My new favourite is to gesture the little finger in a display of their manhood whilst smiling at as much as visible in a helmet.

The only thing that actually annoys me now is people lane drifting on their phone. I can't keep my cool, no matter how much i try!

[sjtscott]

LemonParty said:

My highlight yesterday was joining the M3 and realising - once I was in the average speed zones - that my speedo had stopped working. Seems that the tyre place on Saturday have damaged the speedo drive. At least a visit back there today and they have admitted their fault, and are going to sort it out.

Now I just have the rest of the week with the M3 average speed zone plus all the way to Chiswick on the A316 average speed cameras too. Guess I'll be driving Miss Daisy!

Assuming its not taken out the rev counter and you know your bike well you don't need a speedo
Certainly for everybike I've owned 6th on the motorway limit is x number of revs easy.

However with the rear facing averaging stuff I'd like a working speedo to help!

Or if you have sat nav or can mount a phone to show you your GPS speed that would work too.

[sjtscott]

CAPP0 said:

Lost my customary cool with a complete cocksocket in a 4-Series this morning. Approaching the Kidbrooke lights from Kidbrooke, where for some infantile road planner's reasoning the lanes split from two to three (and immediately back to two again after the lights), the BMW shot into the middle lane in front of me without indicating (standard issue). I'm then in the left hand lane. When the lights changed, he cut right across the front of me, then realised I was there before swerving away. I thought that was the end of it and accelerated up to 50-ish (average speed cameras there). As I caught up with a car in my lane, cocksocket accelerated up beside me then backed off and blocked me from overtaking the car in front, whilst leaning over and waving what appeared to be a tax disc at me. WTF? Is this some new insult from the endz?

Filtered past him shortly after in the traffic but suggested that he might need to purchase some form of genitalia-enhancing equipment. More annoyed with myself for biting really, difficult not to sometimes when faced with such a King Canute.

That whole design of the layout there is turd.. besides the appearing and disappearing lanes just for the lights quite why you stop the main traffic flow and don't have an over/underpass like every other part of that road is beyond me. In any case getting off the line (assuming you can get to the front) quickly in advance of any of the cars is key to avoid anything like this even if they have cut you up to stop - nothing wrong with a complete blitz away up to the 50 You know this already though of course. This is the sole reason I'm not riding a pansy small cc bike or scooter even in central london! power! full clarkson style

I'd have been laughing my head off at his pathetic attempt to block you esp as you filtered past him I love it when drivers try this s**t on. Special drivers like this get the 'Gareth Hunt off the nescafe advert' aka 'coke bottle opening' response - being on a bike everyone can clearly see which really hits it home.

[CAPP0]

sjtscott said:

quite why you stop the main traffic flow and don't have an over/underpass like every other part of that road is beyond me.

Well clearly there's nowhere to put the necessary slips/filters etc - I mean, trees have rights too, right??

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Kidbrooke,+Lon...

[kiethton]

CAPP0 said:

Well clearly there's nowhere to put the necessary slips/filters etc - I mean, trees have rights too, right??

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Kidbrooke,+Lon...

In a way but can you imagine the traffic trying to merge from that slip onto the A2 if it wasn't traffic controlled.

Because of the junction by the station traffic will be released in waves, trying to take 4 lanes down to 2 in 300 yards would give a little bit of a merging conflict situation if one of the traffic streams weren't stopped?

[308mate]

A sprited exit from the city with a well ridden R1200RS for company. I thought I knew that engine but they are much faster than I gave them credit for.