Why do bikers rev the nuts off bikes to show displeasure ?

[moanthebairns]

Ho Lee Kau said:

I do get a bit upset when busterds try to cut me off on purpose.
Last time I was going behind an Octavia for 10 minutes in the right lane in the city traffic, then I switched to the left lane and was about to pass the dude as he decided to switch into left lane right in front of me, I braked and he saw me because he twitched back into his lane, so I try to pass him again and the tosser starts to switch right into me! I had to accelerate to pass, then we stopped at red light next to each other, I look at the guy, he looks at me and freaking smirks!
I hit his mirror with my right fist, not enough to brake the mirror, but enough to erase the dumbass smirk off his dumbass face.

Edited by Ho Lee Kau on Wednesday 17th May 11:50

So there i was out in the taxi, Radio 2 on, a wee bit Ken Bruce and some on a bike is zig zagging between lanes. He's the kinda guy who's a grown adult but still calls people dude or man, without being horrified that your no longer 16 and stoned. He tried to pass me, but this was a problem as he was st and my taxi is the fast one. We meet at the traffic lights and glare at each other like long lost lovers.
He then proceeds to hit my drivers mirror. He must have knew that VW heated mirrors are st and that side is temperamental without a tap. Thank you kind Sir.

[chris4652009]

moanthebairns said:

Ho Lee Kau said:

I do get a bit upset when busterds try to cut me off on purpose.
Last time I was going behind an Octavia for 10 minutes in the right lane in the city traffic, then I switched to the left lane and was about to pass the dude as he decided to switch into left lane right in front of me, I braked and he saw me because he twitched back into his lane, so I try to pass him again and the tosser starts to switch right into me! I had to accelerate to pass, then we stopped at red light next to each other, I look at the guy, he looks at me and freaking smirks!
I hit his mirror with my right fist, not enough to brake the mirror, but enough to erase the dumbass smirk off his dumbass face.

Edited by Ho Lee Kau on Wednesday 17th May 11:50

So there i was out in the taxi, Radio 2 on, a wee bit Ken Bruce and some on a bike is zig zagging between lanes. He's the kinda guy who's a grown adult but still calls people dude or man, without being horrified that your no longer 16 and stoned. He tried to pass me, but this was a problem as he was st and my taxi is the fast one. We meet at the traffic lights and glare at each other like long lost lovers.
He then proceeds to hit my drivers mirror. He must have knew that VW heated mirrors are st and that side is temperamental without a tap. Thank you kind Sir.

Taxi driver moaning about bad driving. Is that what you call irony

[julian64]

Bouncing an engine off the rev limiter is for the mechanically inept only.

Bouncing an engine off the rev limiter is only telling everyone around you that you have only understood engines subsequent to electronic management systems, which in my book makes you too young to have a sensible conversation with, and inept.

In short I wouldn't trust you with any engine bigger than my electric shaver.

[moanthebairns]

chris4652009 said:

moanthebairns said:

Ho Lee Kau said:

I do get a bit upset when busterds try to cut me off on purpose.
Last time I was going behind an Octavia for 10 minutes in the right lane in the city traffic, then I switched to the left lane and was about to pass the dude as he decided to switch into left lane right in front of me, I braked and he saw me because he twitched back into his lane, so I try to pass him again and the tosser starts to switch right into me! I had to accelerate to pass, then we stopped at red light next to each other, I look at the guy, he looks at me and freaking smirks!
I hit his mirror with my right fist, not enough to brake the mirror, but enough to erase the dumbass smirk off his dumbass face.

Edited by Ho Lee Kau on Wednesday 17th May 11:50

So there i was out in the taxi, Radio 2 on, a wee bit Ken Bruce and some on a bike is zig zagging between lanes. He's the kinda guy who's a grown adult but still calls people dude or man, without being horrified that your no longer 16 and stoned. He tried to pass me, but this was a problem as he was st and my taxi is the fast one. We meet at the traffic lights and glare at each other like long lost lovers.
He then proceeds to hit my drivers mirror. He must have knew that VW heated mirrors are st and that side is temperamental without a tap. Thank you kind Sir.

Taxi driver moaning about bad driving. Is that what you call irony

why does no one ever get the taxi joke......

[xjay1337]

It's ok, I got it.

[chris4652009]

moanthebairns said:

Ho Lee Kau said:

I do get a bit upset when busterds try to cut me off on purpose.
Last time I was going behind an Octavia for 10 minutes in the right lane in the city traffic, then I switched to the left lane and was about to pass the dude as he decided to switch into left lane right in front of me, I braked and he saw me because he twitched back into his lane, so I try to pass him again and the tosser starts to switch right into me! I had to accelerate to pass, then we stopped at red light next to each other, I look at the guy, he looks at me and freaking smirks!
I hit his mirror with my right fist, not enough to brake the mirror, but enough to erase the dumbass smirk off his dumbass face.

Edited by Ho Lee Kau on Wednesday 17th May 11:50

So there i was out in the taxi, Radio 2 on, a wee bit Ken Bruce and some on a bike is zig zagging between lanes. He's the kinda guy who's a grown adult but still calls people dude or man, without being horrified that your no longer 16 and stoned. He tried to pass me, but this was a problem as he was st and my taxi is the fast one. We meet at the traffic lights and glare at each other like long lost lovers.
He then proceeds to hit my drivers mirror. He must have knew that VW heated mirrors are st and that side is temperamental without a tap. Thank you kind Sir.

Taxi driver moaning about bad driving. Is that what you call irony

[BobSaunders]

Bouncing the engine off the rev limiter from cold winter storage helps bring the engine up to temperature and helps clean the engine and exhaust out of any cobwebs and dust that might have accrued since September. Worth doing. True Story. Send pictures. Text back. YOLO.

[Tommo13]

Well over 20 years ago at the tender age of 21 I got knocked off a GSXR750 by a woman who turned out of a side road across my path. I didn't go over the roof or bonnet as I managed to dink round the front of the car but I did lose the bike in a low side and slid down the road for a considerable distance while the bike slid then stood up and went on to destroy itself in a field. The copper who attended surmised that it was completely her fault and the insurance paid out etc.

I always remember one bit of advice he gave me though. He said that, as bikes we are one of the most vulnerable road users, and there's no point in being in being in the right or wrong if either ends up in injury or death ? Leave any anger or attitude at home if something catches you out the only person you should be angry at is yourself for not using everything at your disposal to avoid or anticipate the event.

Now while there are some genuine accidents that can't be avoided, a lot of what is posted on you tube is easily avoidable with a bit more anticipation and observation. Worse in fact some of the cretins that post seem to go out of their way to find conflict and show their aggression ? You may think it's hard and or righteous to show other drivers how you feel but if they take umbrage, a car is a fairly serious weapon and on a bike you will lose out every time if some nutter decides to hit back.

I'm definitely not perfect, sometimes I get pissed off at some of the antics other road users get up to, but as soon as I get a chance I try to cool down and replay the incident to see if there's any way I could have dealt with it differently. Was there anything that indicated someone was going to do something, was there anything I could have done to avoid the situation in the first place etc etc. If I'm honest with myself there usually is something I could have done differently and so I try to improve my riding to make sure I don't get caught with the same thing again.

If it sounds preachy I apologise I'm honestly not trying to be. I just think that losing you rag with someone is a bit daft, it's unlikely they are going to change because you tried to bend some valves, or shouted obscenities through a helmet ? Much better to try and avoid them completely in the next instance and smile when they did something stupid and you saw it coming ?

[sjtscott]

fergus said:

s3fella said:

Most bikers don't do this, the ones that do are slightly nobberish

+1, and often are found wanting in the riding department...... They will be the quickest person on the local bypass though...

+1 Correct they come out only in the summer esp in london can't ride/filter for toffee yet make the biggest song and dance about the smallest thing for every other road user obviously being at fault - with some more skill they'd actually still be making progress instead of bouncing it off the limiter at a standstill. I've seen a number recently on my regular bike commute home - in a straight line they are the fastest thing and have to race every thing else on two wheels irrespective- give them something more challenging to do like traffic/junctions/corners and they fall to pieces. Generally their bikes have obnoxiously loud race exhausts too and are tarted up to the max with crap.. see we can all stereotype lol

OP you've encountered the kn*b bikers they are 'special' each and every one.

[WinstonWolf]

sjtscott said:

fergus said:

s3fella said:

Most bikers don't do this, the ones that do are slightly nobberish

+1, and often are found wanting in the riding department...... They will be the quickest person on the local bypass though...

+1 Correct they come out only in the summer esp in london can't ride/filter for toffee yet make the biggest song and dance about the smallest thing for every other road user obviously being at fault - with some more skill they'd actually still be making progress instead of bouncing it off the limiter at a standstill. I've seen a number recently on my regular bike commute home - in a straight line they are the fastest thing and have to race every thing else on two wheels irrespective- give them something more challenging to do like traffic/junctions/corners and they fall to pieces. Generally their bikes have obnoxiously loud race exhausts too and are tarted up to the max with crap.. see we can all stereotype lol

OP you've encountered the kn*b bikers they are 'special' each and every one.

If you can't push the horn while using the clutch get a car...

[sjtscott]

Bikesalot said:

Ho Lee Kau said:

simply because filtering is not allowed.

Edited by Ho Lee Kau on Wednesday 17th May 11:50

Filtering is legal in the UK (making a guess you're in the UK?!), as long as it's done with due care and attention

No he's from Switzerland, filtering like germany is illegal - they hate motorcyclists even more in Switzerland for my personal experience riding there then the UK - that takes some doing.

However I was applying UK logic to my riding not knowing otherwise lol I've never got soo much grief off drivers in the towns/cities as I've done there while bike touring. Even had a driver directly swerve at me on the motorway on purpose (doing zero wrong) and not in the pathetic UK method of trying to intimidate you.
I hate the bloody place - on their bad books too with my last bike getting a nice 300 Swiss Franc fine on the spot from the police for applying some london style rule bending that wouldn't even get noticed in the UK. I might have overtaken in a tunnel perfectly safely I'll add.
Switzerland is a beautiful country with fantastic roads but I'll only use it to pass through to another country now if riding due to the whole anti bike stuff I encountered.
I'll still refuse to be fleeced out of a motorway vignette though to this day! LOL

[Hungrymc]

2wheelsjimmy said:

The noise my horn makes it just an embarrassment to my already minimal manlyhood.


This gentleman makes good use of both; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4KqJYDwxsk&t=...

Edited by 2wheelsjimmy on Wednesday 17th May 09:59

Its the shouting that I find most appealing, I'm going to try this.

[Unbusy]

Could we have a selection of parrots please, so Chris can chose a nice one?

Tommo, all very sensible but don't forget this is PH!

[Yipper]

Bikers tend to be on the upper end of the ego / macho scale. Revving the engine is more manly than a weedy "beep beep" that most horns deliver.

[Ho Lee Kau]

2wheelsjimmy said:

Calls someone a tosser for revving his bike.
Proceeds to tell us how he got road rage and punched a guys wing mirror.

Right...

Should I have revved my engine at the guy who deliberately tried to run me off the road and make him laugh in my face then? Right...

[Ho Lee Kau]

moanthebairns said:

Ho Lee Kau said:

I do get a bit upset when busterds try to cut me off on purpose.
Last time I was going behind an Octavia for 10 minutes in the right lane in the city traffic, then I switched to the left lane and was about to pass the dude as he decided to switch into left lane right in front of me, I braked and he saw me because he twitched back into his lane, so I try to pass him again and the tosser starts to switch right into me! I had to accelerate to pass, then we stopped at red light next to each other, I look at the guy, he looks at me and freaking smirks!
I hit his mirror with my right fist, not enough to brake the mirror, but enough to erase the dumbass smirk off his dumbass face.

Edited by Ho Lee Kau on Wednesday 17th May 11:50

So there i was out in the taxi, Radio 2 on, a wee bit Ken Bruce and some on a bike is zig zagging between lanes. He's the kinda guy who's a grown adult but still calls people dude or man, without being horrified that your no longer 16 and stoned. He tried to pass me, but this was a problem as he was st and my taxi is the fast one. We meet at the traffic lights and glare at each other like long lost lovers.
He then proceeds to hit my drivers mirror. He must have knew that VW heated mirrors are st and that side is temperamental without a tap. Thank you kind Sir.

I hope you learned your lesson. Next time you try to run someone off the road it will not be a kind and restrained man like I.

[Ho Lee Kau]

Bikesalot said:

Ho Lee Kau said:

simply because filtering is not allowed.

Edited by Ho Lee Kau on Wednesday 17th May 11:50

Filtering is legal in the UK (making a guess you're in the UK?!), as long as it's done with due care and attention

I am not in UK. As far as I know where I am filtering is not legal and police does check that from time to time, seen this happen.

[Ho Lee Kau]

sjtscott said:

fergus said:

s3fella said:

Most bikers don't do this, the ones that do are slightly nobberish

+1, and often are found wanting in the riding department...... They will be the quickest person on the local bypass though...

+1 Correct they come out only in the summer esp in london can't ride/filter for toffee yet make the biggest song and dance about the smallest thing for every other road user obviously being at fault - with some more skill they'd actually still be making progress instead of bouncing it off the limiter at a standstill. I've seen a number recently on my regular bike commute home - in a straight line they are the fastest thing and have to race every thing else on two wheels irrespective- give them something more challenging to do like traffic/junctions/corners and they fall to pieces. Generally their bikes have obnoxiously loud race exhausts too and are tarted up to the max with crap.. see we can all stereotype lol

OP you've encountered the kn*b bikers they are 'special' each and every one.

https://youtu.be/tHioEC9itTg

[Ho Lee Kau]

sjtscott said:

Bikesalot said:

Ho Lee Kau said:

simply because filtering is not allowed.

Edited by Ho Lee Kau on Wednesday 17th May 11:50

Filtering is legal in the UK (making a guess you're in the UK?!), as long as it's done with due care and attention

No he's from Switzerland, filtering like germany is illegal - they hate motorcyclists even more in Switzerland for my personal experience riding there then the UK - that takes some doing.

However I was applying UK logic to my riding not knowing otherwise lol I've never got soo much grief off drivers in the towns/cities as I've done there while bike touring. Even had a driver directly swerve at me on the motorway on purpose (doing zero wrong) and not in the pathetic UK method of trying to intimidate you.
I hate the bloody place - on their bad books too with my last bike getting a nice 300 Swiss Franc fine on the spot from the police for applying some london style rule bending that wouldn't even get noticed in the UK. I might have overtaken in a tunnel perfectly safely I'll add.
Switzerland is a beautiful country with fantastic roads but I'll only use it to pass through to another country now if riding due to the whole anti bike stuff I encountered.
I'll still refuse to be fleeced out of a motorway vignette though to this day! LOL

It's not THAT bad here! I have mostly positive experience, few car drivers are wonkas. Ok, sometimes you get these...dudes, who drive their wide lambos, BMWs and GolfRs real fast around blind narrow mountain corners (we have lots of cyclists here, so these car fellows also go into oncoming lane at speed right around corners), but that seldom happens.

Then you have all these German and Italian tourists in cars who insist on driving real slow, as below allowed, say 45kmh on 60kmh up/down an alpine road and collect long queues behind them, I guess they are afraid of fines and road police. Fines are sizeable. No vignette and they check - kiss 200CHF goodbye! :-)

Personally I do not mind vignette, what I mind are 5-kilometer long queues in front of Gotthard Tunnel already 8am, such that all these Sunday slow tourists go over the pass and you get stuck in huge and very slow queues! Last year I couldn't get up that pass all summer because of these tourists, only in September I got my deliverance. So they can pay 40 bux for passing through this picturesque country. Besides, you go through France you pay more in road tolls.

Be careful in tunnels, police likes to put speed cameras inside them (in dark spots) and right after them when you come out blinded by the sun. :-)

Be careful around nondescript, usually gray or white, 5-series BMW station wagons, police likes to use them to catch you speeding (I had the pleasure of the experience). Gray 5-series with 2 dudes inside - be on your toes.
Once I asked a butch policeman if his gun has real or rubber bullets in it, I thought he would shoot me right there. :-)
Once I went up a mountain, turned around on the top and went back down, I turned around 150m away from a police control, they saw me and went after me with lights blazing. I stopped at the bottom and they asked me why I turned around on the top. :-)

I've been flashed by a camera hidden in a nondescript small van.
I've been flashed by a camera standing in the second floor window of a house.
I've been flashed by a hand held camera by a policeman hanging from a tree(!) when I was coming down a steep hill and speed limit changed to 50kmh (100 meters down the road was a police cordon with several cars, Grüezi wohl, do you know why we stopped you?).
I've been photographed by a Hero5 and sent a bill and long legal letter by a property firm because I ride in a wrong place, you do not pay you get more bills.
I've been fined for parking my car on side road after coming from Paris at 3am once, the parking ticket was issued at 3.30am! :-)

Swiss love to take your money. :-)

But the roads are great, the "vistas" as Henry Cole likes to say, are magnificent. Can't wait for passes to open after winter!

Edited by Ho Lee Kau on Thursday 18th May 06:43

[moto_traxport]

Ho Lee Kau said:

It's not THAT bad here! I have mostly positive experience, few car drivers are wonkas. Ok, sometimes you get these...dudes, who drive their wide lambos, BMWs and GolfRs real fast around blind narrow mountain corners (we have lots of cyclists here, so these car fellows also go into oncoming lane at speed right around corners), but that seldom happens.

Then you have all these German and Italian tourists in cars who insist on driving real slow, as below allowed, say 45kmh on 60kmh up/down an alpine road and collect long queues behind them, I guess they are afraid of fines and road police. Fines are sizeable. No vignette and they check - kiss 200CHF goodbye! :-)

Personally I do not mind vignette, what I mind are 5-kilometer long queues in front of Gotthard Tunnel already 8am, such that all these Sunday slow tourists go over the pass and you get stuck in huge and very slow queues! Last year I couldn't get up that pass all summer because of these tourists, only in September I got my deliverance. So they can pay 40 bux for passing through this picturesque country. Besides, you go through France you pay more in road tolls.

Be careful in tunnels, police likes to put speed cameras inside them (in dark spots) and right after them when you come out blinded by the sun. :-)

Be careful around nondescript, usually gray or white, 5-series BMW station wagons, police likes to use them to catch you speeding (I had the pleasure of the experience). Gray 5-series with 2 dudes inside - be on your toes.
Once I asked a butch policeman if his gun has real or rubber bullets in it, I thought he would shoot me right there. :-)
Once I went up a mountain, turned around on the top and went back down, I turned around 150m away from a police control, they saw me and went after me with lights blazing. I stopped at the bottom and they asked me why I turned around on the top. :-)

I've been flashed by a camera hidden in a nondescript small van.
I've been flashed by a camera standing in the second floor window of a house.
I've been flashed by a hand held camera by a policeman hanging from a tree(!) when I was coming down a steep hill and speed limit changed to 50kmh (100 meters down the road was a police cordon with several cars, Grüezi wohl, do you know why we stopped you?).
I've been photographed by a Hero5 and sent a bill and long legal letter by a property firm because I ride in a wrong place, you do not pay you get more bills.
I've been fined for parking my car on side road after coming from Paris at 3am once, the parking ticket was issued at 3.30am! :-)

Swiss love to take your money. :-)

But the roads are great, the "vistas" as Henry Cole likes to say, are magnificent. Can't wait for passes to open after winter!

Edited by Ho Lee Kau on Thursday 18th May 06:43

Short version is Switzerland has lovely scenery but full of miserable folk who would rather be in their cellars counting their money or polishing their guns - go absolutely anywhere else but there.