Altercation with motorcyclist

[Riding in Circles]

Throwing them in the river gets you into criminal damage, I'm trying to get a handle on my anger issues at the moment, another time not so many years past would have seen him and his motorcycle spread across the pavement in pieces, but it would have served no useful purpose, hopefully he will realise he got off lightly and think more next time.

 

[LLB]

I was riding through London today on the trike, I was in the cycle lane on Lower Thames Street(? I think, never sure where the name changes), I stopped at a light and heard a beep behind, looked in the mirror to see a motorcycle in the cycle lane behind me. I just shook my head, I wasn't going anywhere, so he bumped my back wheel.

Now at this point the past would have seen me go into extreme carnage mode so I was quite impressed with myself when I applied my parking brake and got off, I stepped back to the motorcycle, ZZR600 (was it LLB?), removed the keys from his ignition and tossed them over onto the pavement, I looked at him and wagged my finger while shaking my head, I must have had a look of murder on my face however as he said not one word or made one move in all the many seconds this took, I did not see him again but I assume he retrieved his keys and went about his day, do motorcycles always use the cycle lanes in London?

The amount of traffic was diabolical by the way, why would anyone want to drive in London on a Saturday?

I was convinced you were going to stick one on me then






















Seriously though, I think you did really well to contain yourself (I doubt I would have). Bumping your back wheel deliberately is outrageously bad manners, the guy acted like a total twat.

(I've got a ZX6R, not a ZZR600, different bikes altogether)

 

[RSV_Ecosse]

Bumping your back wheel deliberately is outrageously bad manners, the guy acted like a total twat.

Totally agree.

As a motorcyclist for many, many years as well as a cyclist, I find that annoying.

Some silly ignorant twat that gives all us bikers a bad name.

I wouldn't be surprised if he hasn't already posted something about this on his "ZZR Owners Forums" or similar, complaining about the crazy cyclist who chucked his keys away.

 

[dodgy]

I wouldn't be surprised if he hasn't already posted something about this on his "ZZR Owners Forums" or similar, complaining about the crazy cyclist who chucked his keys away.

Nah, he'll be exaggerating it way more than that.