What grinds your gears?

jameshayes

In the motorcycle world, commuting, travelling, touring etc etc.. What do other 2 wheelers do to boil your blood?

I've 2 main ones:

1. Motorcyclists that skip to the top of the queue of cars and then stop over the pedestrian crossing - stop before the crossing or after it FFS!

2. Motorcyclists that don't observe stopping ethic; if someone else is at the lights before you, let them go first - don't pull up to a set of lights and stop in front of me!!

blade1

Probably indicators and when someone pulls out in front of you, you have to brake, then they crawl along in front of you.

suasdaguna2

new traffic cops on bikes acting the total ass like the one today who looked like he was on a high pulling, riding like he was at the TT, flooring it from light to light, using his twos and blues to go thru the lights at john o gods at stillorgan, having read the riot act to a taxi for what i haven't a clue at the stillorgan park ...then the the best, stopping to blare in the window of a van turning right on the lepordstown road while the tail of his bike was out in the fast lane....FFS. As an experienced biker I was watching his riding like a hawk . If I rode like that I would have had the book thrown at me and deservedly so. Apart from his embarrassing behaviour that is not the norm for the bike lads......his riding was appalling. Did he do one lifesaver zig zaggin in the traffic today? Nope. So if your out there mr newbie, take a leaf out of your colleagues, take a chill pill , grow up and ride like your instructors taught you..

Skill Magill

Any bike being in front of me

DLMA23

99% of other road users in general

Wonda-Boy

What grinds my gears is a bad clutch.....























sorry just had too....:o:o

Cienciano

Only one really pisses me off, not sure if I can explain it clear.
Going up between a line of stopped traffic (or to the left or right) up to a red light and you're going behind another biker. But when you get to the top the other biker stops in line with the front cars instead of pulling right out in front of them, leaving me stuck in between cars behind him for when the lights go green.

gerrowadat

Tailgaters. I've experimented with and without wearing the L tabard, and it appears to be just as bad either way - the standard of being up your hole if you're not doing 20kph above the limit seems to apply.

Mr Sheen!

jameshayes wrote: »

In the motorcycle world, commuting, travelling, touring etc etc.. What do other 2 wheelers do to boil your blood?

I've 2 main ones:

1. Motorcyclists that skip to the top of the queue of cars and then stop over the pedestrian crossing - stop before the crossing or after it FFS!

2. Motorcyclists that don't observe stopping ethic; if someone else is at the lights before you, let them go first - don't pull up to a set of lights and stop in front of me!!

I have a few spots on on my commute that is will stop on a pedestrian crossing as there is no room unless I wait behind the cars and also the pedestrians have a red man so should no be crossing the road anyways.

And to be a total ass to you ... I would also go past a bike that is in front of me when we get to the lights of I have been catching up with them before hand. As I am therefore filtering faster and am not going to hold them up. They will hold me up. Likewise if a bike is filtering faster than me k will move over and allow it to pass.

Hotblack Desiato

Used to be a very annoying scooter rider I'd often meet on my commute, had 2 very annoying habits:

- At a red traffic light, go waaay into the junction (literally as far forward as he could go without being hit) then take off really slowly when the light goes green, but he still had just enough head start to get in the way. Pass him, next red light he'd filter up and do the same.

- Also had a very annoying and dangerous habit of passing queues on the right and swinging across the top of the queue into the left gutter like a scene from TRON, he took no account of whether he was swinging across another bike, or whether the light had just gone green and that bike had already started to move!!!


Used to be another guy at the car park in work who'd regularly park his Honda 50 sideways across a space two large bikes could have fitted in :rolleyes: was always in very early, too.


Two more: morons using main beam on bikes, not even dipping when following right behind another bike, making their mirrors useless. Bikes that come up behind, won't pass or stay a safe distance behind but just cruise along in your blind spot.

Skill Magill

I had a clown last week on an english reg scooter tell me my lights weren't on, thanks lad. I choose not to have them on in daylight

goodlad

Skill Magill wrote: »

I had a clown last week on an english reg scooter tell me my lights weren't on, thanks lad. I choose not to have them on in daylight

To be fair. He might of throught they were broken and he was being sound telling you.
On my SV and Vstrom you cant turn off the dipped beams. They just come on when you turn the key.

jameshayes

leppla wrote: »

And to be a total ass to you ... I would also go past a bike that is in front of me when we get to the lights of I have been catching up with them before hand. As I am therefore filtering faster and am not going to hold them up. They will hold me up. Likewise if a bike is filtering faster than me k will move over and allow it to pass.

But that's when the ethic wins out, in that instance, pass by all means - I mean like the scooter story above, randomly overtaking a bike sitting at a junction and then going 30kmh on green!

jameshayes

Cienciano wrote: »

Only one really pisses me off, not sure if I can explain it clear.
Going up between a line of stopped traffic (or to the left or right) up to a red light and you're going behind another biker. But when you get to the top the other biker stops in line with the front cars instead of pulling right out in front of them, leaving me stuck in between cars behind him for when the lights go green.

I might be way off field here, but aren't you thought to do that in rospa?

blade1

Skill Magill wrote: »

I had a clown last week on an english reg scooter tell me my lights weren't on, thanks lad. I choose not to have them on in daylight

That reminds me,2 weeks ago,a ban Garda at a check point starts giving out to me saying one of my lights isn't working.
After me asking her was it her first day and pointing out that that's the way they're supposed to be, she starts giggling like a school girl and said "oh! I never knew that!"

Hotblack Desiato

goodlad wrote: »

To be fair. He might of throught they were broken and he was being sound telling you.

It's dangerous only having a single tail light with no way of knowing if it's blown since you started your journey. All bikes should have LED or twin tail lights.

Zascar

I see a lot of bikers take off from the lights and leave their foot out for ages, sort of dragging their heel. Dont know why but it really grinds my gears. Put it on the feckin peg as you take off ffs

Mr Sheen!

Zascar wrote: »

I see a lot of bikers take off from the lights and leave their foot out for ages, sort of dragging their heel. Dont know why but it really grinds my gears. Put it on the feckin peg as you take off ffs

Or worse again two feet . . . Sometimes till they are nearly in 6th gear !!!

inchiuvatu

leppla wrote: »

Or worse again two feet . . . Sometimes till they are nearly in 6th gear !!!

lol i do that!... on the motorway if ive been on for an hour or two ill stretch me legs and let them slide/bounce of the road... anything to disrupt the boredom of a straight road.. maybe i should learn how to wheelie instead!

Mr Sheen!

inchiuvatu wrote: »

lol i do that!... on the motorway if ive been on for an hour or two ill stretch me legs and let them slide/bounce of the road... anything to disrupt the boredom of a straight road.. maybe i should learn how to wheelie instead!

Ah I will also stretch my legs while on a long trip on the motorway etc. the difference here is that ppl do this when taking off from light etc. for what I can only imagine gives them some sense of false security if they loose balance they can put there feet down and keep the bike up! Bit in realty they would just break both there legs and still drop the bike.

Wonda-Boy

You will have much better balance if you have both feet on the pegs so yes, its a false sense of security. I am reading all these and the next boards ride out I am gonna do them all!!!!!!

MWahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Mr Sheen!

Wonda-Boy wrote: »

You will have much better balance if you have both feet on the pegs so yes, its a false sense of security. I am reading all these and the next boards ride out I am gonna do them all!!!!!!

MWahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Just ride as you normally do so Wonda haha

Frigga_92

Gardai that haven't a clue about bikes. When I had my CBR250 I had a garda tell me it was a fireblade :rolleyes: When I bought my 690 Duke I had a garda tell me "those scramblers aren't road legal" :rolleyes:

Being stuck behind a biker who won't/doesn't filter but also won't let you pass them. Anyone familiar with the dual carriageway in Ferrybank (or similar roads) can attest to how bloody annoying this can be.

Wossack

those lunatics that go faster then me

and those slow old feckers that hold me up

worst tho are those ***** that just go the same speed as ya

Wonda-Boy

Wossack wrote: »

those lunatics that go faster then me

and those slow old feckers that hold me up

worst tho are those ***** that just go the same speed as ya

Or the flash fcukers that have better gear or a hot chick on the back :mad:

Wossack

Wonda-Boy wrote: »

Or the flash fcukers that have better gear or a hot chick on the back :mad:

dem gits :mad:

prunudo

Shoddy road work repairs, resurfacing by slapping down some tar and firing some chippings down hoping they'll stick and gravel slap bang in the middle of a corner on the driving line.
So generally just all gravel. Maybe I should get some motocross lessons

Max Headroom

Guys that dont wave/nod........you know who u are...:cool:
Guys that drive too fast in bus lanes or through slow/stationary traffic...
Guys with bald tyres and/or slack chains..
Guys that bore the shyte out of ya with their stories....
Guys that drive tourers/trailies with un-used knee sliders...take them off ffs...:mad:

DubVelo

gerrowadat wrote: »

Tailgaters. I've experimented with and without wearing the L tabard, and it appears to be just as bad either way - the standard of being up your hole if you're not doing 20kph above the limit seems to apply.

This is annoying the ****e out of me. I don't have total confidence in my cornering yet but I'm not going that slow. It certainly doesn't help when I have half my attention distracted by the bloody cage looming in the feckin' mirrors two feet behind.

:mad:

goodlad

On the way home from the spin on Sunday myself and Zubair moved up the outside of some stationary traffic and some dope shouts at us "****ing bikes...." Traffic moved on and we were right in front of him. The spa took the left land on a roundabout to try take the roundabout faster than us, pass the 2 exits his lane was for and then try cut in front of us on our exit..... Complete dope! That kinda **** does my head in.

Cienciano

goodlad wrote: »

On the way home from the spin on Sunday myself and Zubair moved up the outside of some stationary traffic and some dope shouts at us "****1ng bikes...." Traffic moved on and we were right in front of him. The spa took the left land on a roundabout to try take the roundabout faster than us, pass the 2 exits his lane was for and then cut in front of us on our exit..... Complete dope! That kinda **** does my head in.

That sort of shít makes me want to follow him home to damage his car/person :mad:

Greenmachine

Feckers that steal other people bikes. The bastards.

gerrowadat

First commute on the bike today, and I have to add "Lads who drive up your arse and beep at you because you won't overtake a tractor on a blind corner" to the list. More evidence that the L tabard if anything actually makes people have less time for you.

EDIT: Just emptied the helmet cam, here's the relevant bits. Beeped first so I'd pass a tractor on a white line, with a blind bend coming, and an approaching car (no thanks, I'd like to go home alive today). Then blasted past after a roundabout. Genius hey.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cR988dih2s

Richard tea

goodlad wrote: »

On the way home from the spin on Sunday myself and Zubair moved up the outside of some stationary traffic and some dope shouts at us "****ing bikes...." Traffic moved on and we were right in front of him. The spa took the left land on a roundabout to try take the roundabout faster than us, pass the 2 exits his lane was for and then try cut in front of us on our exit..... Complete dope! That kinda **** does my head in.

Yep I find roundabouts the worst for this. I have two roundabouts on my commute and 80% of the time there is a diesel spill on one or both so I take it nice and handy on them. But this means the car behind becomes very large in the mirrors. Infact the roundabout at enfield today had an amazing amount of sand/grit spilt on it. I was in the car so it wasnt a problem.

Paulw

gerrowadat wrote: »

EDIT: Just emptied the helmet cam, here's the relevant bits.

The Gardai love video clips like this, especially if they can read the license plate. Then they will pay him a little visit.

Zascar

People who don't nod back grind my gears. If someone nods at me I'll always nod back. I don't nod at everyone I see - but quite a few - even on the commute. Generally I give them a nod if they look like a proper biker and not 'just some lad who occaisionally rides a motorbike'. I've come to the conclusion that you can judge it on their lid. If they have a really old crappy helmet - they are probably not a real biker** and they are less likely to nod back. They have a nice bike and decent gear they almost always do.

**sorry I hate to use that phrase but its kinda true

galwaytt

...when the handlebar gear cables on my Vespa stretch, that's pretty much a guarantee of my gears grinding............

Wonda-Boy

goodlad wrote: »

On the way home from the spin on Sunday myself and Zubair moved up the outside of some stationary traffic and some dope shouts at us "****ing bikes...." Traffic moved on and we were right in front of him. The spa took the left land on a roundabout to try take the roundabout faster than us, pass the 2 exits his lane was for and then try cut in front of us on our exit..... Complete dope! That kinda **** does my head in.

This kinda **** never happens when I am with you!!!! :mad:

Blondie919

Drivers who can't use their dims properly really gets on my nerves.

zubair

goodlad wrote: »

On the way home from the spin on Sunday myself and Zubair moved up the outside of some stationary traffic and some dope shouts at us "****ing bikes...." Traffic moved on and we were right in front of him. The spa took the left land on a roundabout to try take the roundabout faster than us, pass the 2 exits his lane was for and then try cut in front of us on our exit..... Complete dope! That kinda **** does my head in.

Despite his best efforts he didn't get around us on the roundabout, we made sure of that

Wonda-Boy

zubair wrote: »

Despite his best efforts he didn't get around us on the roundabout, we made sure of that

Fair play.....alot of us bikers have a reputation. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE ENFORCE IT !!!!!

:pac::pac:

blade1

Zascar wrote: »

People who don't nod back grind my gears. If someone nods at me I'll always nod back. I don't nod at everyone I see - but quite a few - even on the commute.

Speaking of nodding.....any of ye use the 'stick out the foot' method instead of nodding?
I seem to pass a lot of people doing this lately.

Cienciano

blade1 wrote: »

Speaking of nodding.....any of ye use the 'stick out the foot' method instead of nodding?
I seem to pass a lot of people doing this lately.

I do it sometimes. In some situations you can't take your hand off the bars, so the foot has to do.

Greenmachine

gerrowadat wrote: »

First commute on the bike today, and I have to add "Lads who drive up your arse and beep at you because you won't overtake a tractor on a blind corner" to the list. More evidence that the L tabard if anything actually makes people have less time for you.

EDIT: Just emptied the helmet cam, here's the relevant bits. Beeped first so I'd pass a tractor on a white line, with a blind bend coming, and an approaching car (no thanks, I'd like to go home alive today). Then blasted past after a roundabout. Genius hey.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cR988dih2s

Are you out by barberstown castle there on the way to clane?

gerrowadat

Greenmachine wrote: »

Are you out by barberstown castle there on the way to clane?

That's right. Stuck behind that fecking tractor since wolstan's.

Zascar

Oh another one...

Cyclists.

zubair

Just remember everyone....

prunudo

Wonda-Boy wrote: »

What grinds my gears is a bad clutch.....























sorry just had too....:o:o

Was your clutch cable on the way out or did you tempt fate with this post Wonda!

Max Headroom

Zascar wrote: »

Oh another one...

Cyclists.

:eek:............oh no he didnt...............

Cienciano

Zascar wrote: »

Oh another one...

Cyclists.

Max Headroom wrote: »

:eek:............oh no he didnt...............

Even when I cycle I think other cyclists are the most annoying road users.

Wonda-Boy

jvan wrote: »

Was your clutch cable on the way out or did you tempt fate with this post Wonda!

Yeah, I was just thinking the same thing mate.......costly in the end!!! Wont make the same mistake again. Wonder if it works booth ways.......coz I would love to win the lotto and get myself a Explorer 1200 and go exploring!