Chockstone Forum

      Sponsored By
      ROCK
   HARDWARE

Chockstone Photography

Australian Landscape Prints

Chockstone Forum - General Discussion

General Climbing Discussion

Topic Date User

Off-topic Climbers who ride version 2; MOTORcycles 8-Feb-2006 At 9:30:28 AM take!

Message

I ride a Fireblade motorbike. I ride it both on the road and at the racetrack, it hasn't had much use lately but will get daily use once Uni starts (Sydney traffic hmmm).
I also own a mountain bike fitted with slicks that I use for solo trips into and around the CBD.
I really have a problem with fellow cyclists who rant about cars/motorcyclists not giving way to them, particularly when they start quoting roadrules and regulations. I see other cyclists expressing their rights by hogging lanes and holding up cars, then when they arrive at a traffic light they just go straight through even if its red. The 'motorist' would have made it through the traffic light on the green had it not been held up by the cyclist, no wonder they are "out to get us". The 'motorists' have accountability by way of rego, if us cyclists want authority on the road we will have to wear the accountability, I'd rather be anonymous.
The cyclists who want to have it both ways get motorists angry and they are likely to take it out on me or others who try to STAY OUT OF THEIR F**KING WAY. Stop bleeting about rights and enjoy your freedom, ride around it.
I ride knowing that everyone is out to kill me if I let them -they won't see me and they won't give way. I ride around the traffic laws too BUT I don't expect any quarter from motorists, this has kept me alive on the mountainbike (and the Fireblade).
Ever seen a gazelle discuss the finer points of sharing the waterhole with a lion? Its a jungle out there - stay alive.

Anyhoo back to MOTORbikes, I reckon a supermoto (converted trailbike) fitted with a luggage rack would make a great crag and city bike, the Fireblade is not suited to access roads.