What irritates you about motorbikers?

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I agree with the point that there are very differing types of biker, the same way there are for drivers/cyclists/pedestrians(!).

I like to think that i'm really considerate towards bikers as i think that if you are brave enough to ride one then i'd rather you have the accident somewhere else. As such it really annoys me that you are doing all you can to assist them in making fast progress and they do something really stupid which puts you both in danger. Weaving in and out of fast moving traffic on a motorway being a good example when i have seen them coming and are doing what i can to get out of the way. I'm indicating and moving over - how was i supposed to predict that the bike would undercut without any indication. I then get 'the fingers' as they think you are trying to block them.

Some do seem to think they are immune to speed limits though - the ones who do an estimated 70-80mph through Ampthill (a narrow little market town) on a summers afternoon particularly annoy me.
 
I love that road. Lunch at the New Inn and then off to Wales for some serious tarmac. Road-legal exhaust (of course) and I stay on my side of the road.

You are one of the good bikers then. It's a lovely route dangerous in the winter and great in the summer.
 
The whole point of riding a bike as transport, as opposed to purely for enjoyment, is that unless either the road is closed or lights are at red, you never actually have to stop.

That is a joyful aspect of biking that car drivers will never understand unless they have ridden two-wheelers. The continuity of concentration it engenders is a mile and a half away from how most car drivers conduct themselves on the road.
 
There's good and bad bikers the same as car drivers. Cyclists? Not too sure about that!

But ........ generally, I find that bikers behave as though they do not have to observe nor comply with the rules of the road.

..........bit like French drivers!

Stuart
 
If every car driver spent the day riding a motorbike their attitude would definitely change; every biker I know tells me that the biggest positive is of how observant it makes you whether you're in a bike or a car.
 
In the 1980's I purchased my first house which meant I had to sell my car and buy a 125cc motorcycle to do my 82 mile round trip to work and back for one summer and two winters.
I could not believe how dangerous and exposed I was and felt fortunate I had only one accident when a car pulled out at a junction and stalled in front of me, but only damaged my bike, I was OK.
One thing to this day I have learnt is to give motorcyclists lots of room, never block them.
I think it made me a safer driver overall for life as I am always extra wary at junctions following my experiences on 2 wheels.
 
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I will also add that a significant number of motorcyclists think that as they are vulnerable that it is legitimate to ride on full beam everywhere, dazzling people.

ditto... full beam even in daytime! admittedly does not apply to all :D
 
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not so much, maybe...:eek:

Lovely piece of British shed-at-the-bottom-of-the-garden engineering, but that must be an old video. You can beat that speed on a (not massively upgraded) BMW S1000 nowadays.
 
I've had this happen to me a few times in the years I've been driving.
Sitting with my right indicator on waiting to turn into a side road and a motorbike overtakes me on the right. :eek:
 
Motorcyclist = yes
Big sportsbike = yes
Filter at slow speed = yes
Make my way to front when red lights and safe = yes
IAM = yes
ROSPA= yes
Loud exhaust = yes
Petrolhead = yes

I was sat at a red light (in a Volvo diesel) last week when a new E63 estate pulled up next to me....when the light changed, I set off swiftly SIMPLY to hear the thunder as the E63 stormed past me (I may have dropped my window a little ;)). Petrolheads will always be petrolheads even as we go grey. Live and let live.

Finally, some of us do respect villages and drop to the posted limits and even select a higher gear BUT then drop a cog or two as we leave and enter the NSL (a s a "biker"always thought this stood for No Speed Limit :confused:).
 
Loud exhaust = yes
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Finally, some of us do respect villages and drop to the posted limits and even select a higher gear BUT then drop a cog or two as we leave and enter the NSL

You clearly have no respect for the people living in a village at all, no matter how much you might kid yourself.

A loud exhaust - especially when you clearly rev the nuts off your bike on the way out of the village - makes you an anti-social biker.
 
Plenty of bikers seem to take the direct (straight) line through roundabouts which is quite annoying. In the old Elise I could take roundabouts at a fair pace and on numerous occasions if a motorcyclist was in the left lane approaching it, I'd be in the right lane to go further around, they'd just draw a straight line through, cutting across my lane, completely oblivious.

I used to cycle to work, 12 miles in and back, through country roads and town and found most motorcylists to be absolutely terrible riders. For some reason they seemed to find it great fun to pass by inches clear at what must have been 70mph plus. A gust of wind or avoiding debris on the road and it would've resulted in instant death.
 
I used to live in Helmsley
I would ban them.
 
As someone else said, it is not the vehicle but the operator. You will either drive/ ride with respect or you wont be it a bicycle, motorbike or car. I am concerned that every vehicle you get now seems to be high performance, I had to start out on escorts/ cortinas and tossy little 125 bikes, learning my roadcraft before I could afford performance cars or bikes , now it seems that every 17 yr old is driving a hot hatch or sports 600 with more performance than their experience can possibly warrant
 
now it seems that every 17 yr old is driving a hot hatch or sports 600 with more performance than their experience can possibly warrant

With respect, your perceptions are awry. See link for motorcycle licensing and note the ages of 21 and 24 which are relevant to your statement. And if a 17 year old has a "hot hatch", making a sweeping generalisation, then likely his/her parents either bought it or are paying the thousands it would cost to insure. Again, with respect, as we get older, our ability to judge the ages of the young correctly may be waning……..maybe they are actually in their twenties but look young to you.

https://www.gov.uk/rules-motorcyclists-83-to-88/motorcycle-licence-requirements

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If every car driver spent the day riding a motorbike their attitude would definitely change; every biker I know tells me that the biggest positive is of how observant it makes you whether you're in a bike or a car.

Same with bicycles!
 
I dont have anything against motorcycles in fact one day i would quite like one! I dont mind them weaving in and out of stationary traffic as thats part of the pros of having a bike, what annoys me is when bikes speed up your backside when you cant go any faster as there are cars in front at say 50mph-motorway speed then they under take which is very dangerous especially as motorbikes tend not to use their indicators.
 
With respect, your perceptions are awry. See link for motorcycle licensing and note the ages of 21 and 24 which are relevant to your statement. And if a 17 year old has a "hot hatch", making a sweeping generalisation, then likely his/her parents either bought it or are paying the thousands it would cost to insure. Again, with respect, as we get older, our ability to judge the ages of the young correctly may be waning……..maybe they are actually in their twenties but look young to you.

https://www.gov.uk/rules-motorcyclists-83-to-88/motorcycle-licence-requirements

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Totally right. Most first cars will be no more than 1,200 cc, and you can bank on paying a couple of grand to insure that, even thought it'll be more than the cars worth, and tpft only. Bear in mind most of us are paying around 20-30% of our standard premium, based on very high no claims. 17 years olds will be much higher rated too, so if they were buying hot hatches for a first car, probably be looking at £5-10k premium, unlikely for most!
 

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