View Full Version : Practice your quick stops!
Angamico
12-15-2009, 05:38 PM
On this morning's commute, dark and raining, turning left on to one-way Congress from one-way Louisiana, limited site distance due to construction fence. Met up with a pickup going the wrong way on Congress whos route plan was to turn the wrong way on Louisiana. We met at the corner, admittedly not a "what if" scenario I had played for that location. Bonehead's response was to skid to a stop, putting him right at the apex, like a big POS redneck blockade. I straightened and braked, stopping a couple millimeters from his passenger door. Genius then flips me off and continues the wrong way down Louisiana.:banghead::angry7:
Stay sharp, they really are trying to kill us.:happy3:
Navajib
12-15-2009, 05:59 PM
Stay sharp, they really are trying to kill us.:happy3:
:werd:
Kudos keeping it on 2.
Syko_racer
12-15-2009, 06:02 PM
Did you get his plates?
TX-Zen
12-15-2009, 06:20 PM
Nice
I come down Louisiana everyday
Glad you didn't get hurt
Squoddybody
12-15-2009, 06:53 PM
:eek3: glad to hear you kept your head!
Did you get his plates?
:keke:
Mark06gsxr
12-15-2009, 07:22 PM
its inevitable.. it happens when you least expect it. u did good and kept the bike up.. glad to hear everything was ok
Glad to hear you didn't eat it
But yea fk that guy
miguel!!
12-15-2009, 10:33 PM
break the mirror next time it happens :thumb:
Street Ninja
12-15-2009, 10:41 PM
Yea people love it when you take a mirror as a souvenir!! lol
GSXR_911
12-16-2009, 09:47 AM
I particularly liked the part where HE flipped you off. What is it these days that its the morons who can't drive are taking away the one thing that we have as a responce to their idiocity?!?!?!? Like serioulsy are they think " Hey F*uck you, I'M an idiot!!" Glad you kept it on 2 :thumb:
TomballD
12-16-2009, 09:52 AM
good defense! Too bad it never matters whos at fault when bike and car collide cause WE always are the loser. Damn rednecks!
S@int
12-16-2009, 10:24 AM
:angry7:damn. glad you made it could have been alot worst
02gixxer750
12-16-2009, 05:27 PM
i definately need some more practice on my quick stops! glad you made it out safe on 2!:thumb:
Street Ninja
12-16-2009, 05:32 PM
yea dude good heads up!! Cagers are crazy this time of year!! Hauling ass from here to there to get the best deal on a toy. Stress is also making road rage a HUGE problem. Be careful out there yall!
CaligoneTx
12-16-2009, 05:58 PM
Good story and example.
Any new bike(to me) I get on, the first thing I do after feeling the clutch release point is a hard stop to see how light the levers are.
Always a good thing to practice sporatically especially w colder weather changes. The other thing I do is avoidance practice w man holes on the street :thumb:
SeaBasss
12-16-2009, 06:09 PM
Stoopid people shouldnt breeed!!! Glad to hear you kept your head in a situation like that.
zerobounds
12-16-2009, 06:17 PM
geez thats almost unbelievable.
transistor281
12-28-2009, 10:18 PM
Oh sorry man that was me :gesture:
klassik
01-05-2010, 07:38 PM
good defense! Too bad it never matters whos at fault when bike and car collide cause WE always are the loser. Damn rednecks!
:eekspin:
level5
01-05-2010, 08:05 PM
went the wrong way and flip you off? Some people are just aren't people.
Glad you avoided the accident.
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