Triumphrat

johnmcc

With all the gear on we are very limited to communicate with cagers. When one is too close my back I wave my hand as if pushing it back, a few times it works most times doesn't.

I know the best way is to let them go, but sometimes you would do nothing but.

I have at times gone on the shoulder and waved them to pass me as I show them my fist. In any case a biker can't win an argument with a cager, I think, unless at a stop he dismounts and gives the cager the boot, literally, but then we are in road rage territory, which is much like a minefield.

An LCD screen on my back that could display "Keep Away" with an optional added word, "a-hole," or whatever fits, would be nice.

Maybe just a sign "Don't Tailgate" that could come off or on for the commute hours would be fine. But that would up the drag of the bike quite a bit, though in traffic it doesn't matter much.

Comments welcomed.

Thanks

Pokeyjoe

they make mudflaps for trucks. How about a big patch for your jacket?

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John

Some people are like Slinkies. They're really good for nothing. But they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down a flight of stairs.

sweatmachine

D cell batteries tossed over the shoulder? (wipe the fingerprints off first!)

I usually accelerate and change lanes if possible. That, or slow down more to piss them off!

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Bonnie cafefighter!

jdd5300

When pulling over isn't an option I'll usually ride the brake lightly, just enough to engage brake light, with throttle on.

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“I'd rather be riding my motorcycle thinking about God than sitting in church thinking about my motorcycle” - Anonymous

'07 Thruxton - B&W - "ThunderSkunk"
K&N Air Filter, BC Predators.

whoa

If someone is following too closely, they are already making bad driving decisions. I don't tax their senses any further by showing brake lights or slowing quickly. I change lanes, filter or lane split.

Be careful taking a shoulder in traffic since there may be disabled cars, debris, or other woes waiting for you.

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alfacliff

I once had the idea of putting a large bax on the back of my bike with dynamite label on it, should have worked.
cliff

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2006 Bonnie Black
1980 Yamaha xs650

lindsayt

I usually slow down when somebody tails me. Just a little at first, but more if they don't get the point. Sometimes I'll slow down quite a bit and then accelerate to open up a gap (not slamming on the brakes or trying to get them to lock up the brakes - just gently forcing a gap). That usually works; if it doesn't, I try to find a way to get them around me, as I don't want somebody tailing me.

At least where I ride, people are usually tailing because they're not paying attention, and that seems to be the automatic brainless norm around here - so the slowing down and then pulling away usually wakes them from their slumber and causes them to say, "oh, I was tailing". The intentional, obnoxious tailers are a different problem, and it's best to just let them get around you.

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666Bonneville

is it weird that when someone effs with me that i get behind them, follow them, and when they stop at a light or something i get off the bike and start kicking the crap out of their car?

this one time a guy cut me off bad and almost laid me out on the freeway. i pull up next to him and give him a "what the EFF?!" look. he then flips ME off. like i did something wrong.

so i chased that effer down and tried to beat the crap out of him.

to me, it's karma for them almost killing me. and maybe i make them look out for bikers more. needless to say he didn't get out of his car. he just sat there shaking like a french soldier. he's not so bad ass when he has to get out of the cage...

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2006 Scrambler
2005 CRF 450
1977 Bonneville
1973 Bonneville Bobber

DrewDesign007

I guess it's different if you have an open face, I usually mouth "***?!" and with my head turned back towards them for a split second. Most people don't want to F-with somebody on a bike.

Granted I had one guy chase me down Cheshire Bridge Road here in downtown ATL and we really got into it - just make sure they don't get behind you. You're much better off if the dumba$$ in question is in your 12 verses your 6.

I wish I had a helmet cam - this guy was livid, and for what? I never found out.

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propforward

I do most of what others have said - the slow down speed up thing - sometimes turning around glaring is necessary - I have found that to be effective. Someone even waved apologetically at me once and then backed off.

If I'm lucky we'll come up behind a semi, where they can be ditched via a good overtake.

I never get into any verbals (any more) - that way leads to anger and out of control conditions. Not good.

Like you say - you can't really win on a bike - so do what's safest for you.

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I can't stand cheap people. It makes me real mad when someone says something like, "Hey, when are you going to pay me that $100 you owe me?" or "Do you have that $50 you borrowed?" Man, quit being so cheap!