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Old Oct 17, 2010 | 06:40 PM
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with a free left lane they should have moved over.. as a rule, you should never give up your space... should always leave yourself a way out... even in heavy traffic it shouldn't be done.. just some show boating on their part....
 
Old Oct 17, 2010 | 06:51 PM
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After riding for 46yrs,,, there isn't much or anything I haven't seen or had done to me..

And for sure nothing surprises me anymore..

We just have to be aware of what's around us at all time.....
 
Old Oct 17, 2010 | 06:54 PM
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if you're getting passed by a lady with her daughter on the back you're going too f*cking slow. the throttle is on the right buddy...
 
Old Oct 17, 2010 | 06:54 PM
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Originally Posted by toastman
proper protocol is for their dumb asses to use the passing lane to go around you.
 
Old Oct 17, 2010 | 07:11 PM
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Originally Posted by babalu
if you're getting passed by a lady with her daughter on the back you're going too f*cking slow. the throttle is on the right buddy...
1) Exactly how fast over the speed limit would you suggest? She was with them and, I imagine, trying to keep up as safely as possible...
2) I am not your buddy.
 
Old Oct 17, 2010 | 07:34 PM
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Keep your lane and your speed. It's your bike to ride however fast or slow you want.
 
Old Oct 17, 2010 | 07:34 PM
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you should of stayed put its there prob, to pass, but doing it on the right is stupid, and dangerous, if you haden`t seen them you could of easily of crashed, and as far as the wave i would of returned a one finger wave
 
Old Oct 17, 2010 | 07:58 PM
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The Azzhats that drove through your lane should get the one finger salute not the biker wave. Nobody is welcome to just take a part of my lane be it a semi, minivan, car or motorbike. I have had other bikes rush by in my lane and it does pizz me off. They are the ones that will complain so much about some cage drifting 2 inches over the centerline but because they are on a bike and so are you they think that gives them a right. Not in my book.
 
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Old Oct 17, 2010 | 08:02 PM
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Originally Posted by asm481
The Azzhats that drove through your lane should get the one finger salute not the biker wave. Nobody is welcome to just take a part of my lane be it a semi, minivan, car or motorbike. I have had other bikes rush by in my lane and it does pizz me off. They are the ones that will complain so much about some cage drifting 2 inches over the centerline but because they are on a bike and so are you they think that gives them a right. Not in my book.
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Old Oct 17, 2010 | 08:05 PM
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..what those two riders did was wrong, stupid, and potentially dangerous..
 



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