Twonk at A1(M) Hatfield

To the dozey bugger on the old GT550/750 who doesn't like being passed
in the rush-hour. Look mate either wobble to the right or left, but
don't dither about. There was clear space either side of you where you
could have fitted a tank transporter. So kindly don't hit the horn and
wave your arms about when passed by someone else making progress. This
is normal behavour at that time of day and if you can't cope take the
train.

Rant over.

 

Tim wibbled forthrightly:

I bet it was Tony.

 

Hehe

When the car overturned on the M25, causing a 7 mile tailback a few
weeks ago 2 (and later 3) of us filtered like demons through the
carnage. I was late for a ferry (no surprise there) so I was fairly on
it.

Any of the 3 gaps were fair game and we left several bike riding
dodderers in our wake.

Haven't had so much fun in years ....

Paul.

 

I went to TOGs a year last French run, i had the best time ever getting
round pretty much half the M25, i folded the mirrors in & went fucking
nuts, got scratches on the sliders too...

I was sweating like a puffs ringpiece when i got to TOGs, but what fun
, then the next day happened...the M25 was our playground

 

I think WUN could tell you just how much fun it is riding round the M25
in rush hour. I used to be able to do the 50 miles between our old gaff
and Slough town centre every day in 60 minutes, in rush hour with all 3
lanes of the M25 rammed solid and hadly moving... on a 150,000 mile old
CB250RS that was hanging together with snot and a wish. Good days.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Lozzo

Nearly as much fun as hacking up the M1 of an evening towards J10 at the
moment. I do adore the look of absolute hatred on the faces of all those
poor bastards stuck in a > 1 hour traffic jam as one sails merrily past.

 

Which is fine until some twonk gets tired of sitting in the jam and
decides to go walkabout just as you are filtering through.
Mirrors? what mirrors?
DAMHIKT

 

After last year's episode when there was a tailback in a heatwave and
the twats started getting out of their cars, I'd take it easy if the
carriageway's blocked and the sun is shining.

 

So does TOG

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there's no excuse for not doing >150mph on the A1(M) around
Hatfield[1] - it's your own fault for now going quick enough that he
didn't even register you.

[1] except that time I was speed testing my 'blade and entered the
tunnel at 186mph...wearing a black visor; that was "interesting".

 

you're going slow enough to see their faces?

 

This _was_ passing the lights on the A414 where one fines the emporium
of tat aka Tesco where on enters the slip road. There were only two
pseudo-lanes to pick and wobbly bloke wanted all of them.

 

This sometimes backfires though - I work on the 'if they
weren't there 20 seconds ago and they are now then
they're faster than me' principle and move over , only
to find the fuckers can't filter.....

 

... although, as a wise man once said: "It is much easier to follow
than to lead".

Same as driving in the fog.

 

I pick mine up this week. It's in great nick with only 66,000 on the
clock.

 

I don't bother putting main beam on or tooting the horn and to be
honest I don't think I'd move over for someone if they were doing
that. Doing that kind of thing just pisses car drivers off and when
they're already getting frustrated by sitting in a queue it doesn't
take much to make them move over slightly and stop a bike filtering.

I've got very fond memories of a **** on a bike trying to filter
coming up to the Tyne tunnel in rush hour and when he reached forward
to move my mirrors out of the way I reached out of the window and put
him off the idea very swiftly. If the **** had actually done it I'd
have probably squashed him because it was the bastard in the car next
to me who was hugging the white line.

 

Tootle him with vigour!

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My technique when riding in fog through the Richmond River
canefields at night was "wait until you can see the lights of an oncoming
car, then there's no bend in front of you and if the distance is right,
pass!"

Worked fine, until the oncoming car was a Land Rover... :-0!

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I can see the potential with that one. I recall going for an overtake
on a similar principle on a Devon lane as there was only a pushbike
coming: it turned out to be a sidelight on a Land Rover - the nearside
one. The whole thing came out of the dark when my lights hit it and I
was really bloody lucky not to follow my lights' example.