question for bikers

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maumau

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When you overtake a car and draw level with the driver, if you do that loud revving thing do you take your eyes off the road to see if the driver gets a fright?

Or do you just know/hope?
 
Those okes are cnts.

Although I will admit if I pull up next to your open window at the robot while you are on your cell I do tend to check out my limited rev range.
 
Ha ha I always swerve violently from the frights I get.
I dont check if the bikers get a fright from that though.
 
I have another question.

When you bikers start your bike, why do you rev the *** out of it?
Is it that the bike is a POS and you have to rev it so it doesn't stall or what?

ok that was 2.
 
they do this to validate to everyone else that they are around... Probably that's all they know
 
Drake2007 said:
I have another question.

When you bikers start your bike, why do you rev the *** out of it?
Is it that the bike is a POS and you have to rev it so it doesn't stall or what?

ok that was 2.
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they are idiots. that is all
 
Revving until you hit the Rev limiter is retarded, but if I'm at a traffic light, I usually give a few gentle twists for my own pleasure. Not enough to annoy cars, but enough for me to hear my bike.

If you don't ride, you won't understand.
 
RandomGRK said:
Revving until you hit the Rev limiter is retarded, but if I'm at a traffic light, I usually give a few gentle twists for my own pleasure. Not enough to annoy cars, but enough for me to hear my bike.

If you don't ride, you won't understand.
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Cute.
 
I've never owned a bike since actually getting a license for it places you on the national idiot's database and they keep track of you like medicinal marijuana users. On my Japanese drivers you automatically qualify for a dinky 50cc if you have a car license, but never got around to buying one. Plus the electric range is limited and pricey (R50000+) with a range of only 25km. So I just stick to the sidewalks with my mountain bike and get some exercise rather.
 
Never revved to piss people off, but my old Vuka needs a bit of a twist to keep from stalling at robots etc..

When starting, it'd need a bit of a rev to get going too.

POS.

/I now cycle to work..
 
RandomGRK said:
Revving until you hit the Rev limiter is retarded, but if I'm at a traffic light, I usually give a few gentle twists for my own pleasure. Not enough to annoy cars, but enough for me to hear my bike.

If you don't ride, you won't understand.
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Yep, do the same. Not often, but every now and again. If a biker revs while coming past, it's normally to let people know they are there. I dont like that approach...people see that more as confrontational and take it the wrong way. Have seen one or two bikers hoot and rev constantly while passing people...that pisses me off.

D3x! said:
Those okes are cnts.

Although I will admit if I pull up next to your open window at the robot while you are on your cell I do tend to check out my limited rev range.
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Agree 100%. Whether in my car of commuting on my bike...I dont make use of my phone, and I expect the same from other road users. Dont rev it to the limiter as all, would hate to do that to my bike...but I do twist the throttle a bit.
 
I have noticed on numerous occasions when I flat out the bike on the highway and approach slower driving cars in the lane left to me, they do tend to swerve a bit when I past them I actually check them in the rear view. They have one hell of a "skruk" if you come flying past when they didn't expect a thing :D Funny as Fark. Scary at the same time as they obviously never noticed you approaching from the back
 
My bike has a louder pipe on it than stock, which helps with letting other motorists know that I'm in the area.

If I'm lane-splitting, on the road or coming up to an intersection, I will give the throttle a few light twists, to let both other motorists and street vendors know that I'm coming through. Most vendors aren't looking down the lane and motorists with open windows can get a fright if they aren't alerted to your presence...
 
RandomGRK said:
Revving until you hit the Rev limiter is retarded, but if I'm at a traffic light, I usually give a few gentle twists for my own pleasure. Not enough to annoy cars, but enough for me to hear my bike.

If you don't ride, you won't understand.
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True story?
 
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