Motorbike incident
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Glow worm
Legendary Member
- Location
- Near Newmarket
I admit I ride fast.
yes, my bike has a loud exhaust.
but
wtf does they always like to see what effect they have, mean?
On a motorcycle there's no time to worry about what's gone past, you are always focussed on the next bend, the next side road, the next hazard, the next overtake.........
Define cut up.
I would happily overtake a cyclist at 5-6 times their speed.
What of it?
What happened to the OP.
I'd have thought that was pretty obvious what I was talking about.
Really?
In 30 years of riding sportsbikes I've never ever heard the term.
Would you divulge your source? Or have you just made that upi?
Melonfish
Evil Genius in training.
- Location
- Warrington, UK
One sunny sunday morning out cycling i could hear two motorbikes in the distance, loud things as they were winding their way round the hills you could hear the engine noise bouncing around. Imagine my suprise when at the next turn where i thought two motorbikes would be instead were two cyclists...
naturally the motorbikes passed me at the next turn and doing something close to mach 3.0 to boot!
naturally the motorbikes passed me at the next turn and doing something close to mach 3.0 to boot!
Oldbloke
Guru
- Location
- Mayenne, France
This was regularly referred to and discussed in bike magazines in the '90s & 00s "Bike" was one source.
I've no idea if it still is as I'm no longer riding sports bikes,and no, I don't make up nonsense just for the fun of it.
Don't bother with any more pathetic remarks like that, thanks.
Really? I subscribed to that mag for around 12 years (it is one of the more grown up and sensible bike mags) through the 90s and beyond. I never ever read that term.
I also read some of the less 'responsible' bike mags of the period 'Performance Bike' , 'fast Bike' etc that perhaps appealed to the more lairy biker but never once read of the practice of 'stealth bombing'.
I'll make whatever remarks I see fit.
I still believe you are making it up.
In my days on motorised two wheels before changing to human powered two wheels, I never heard/read the term either or ever had another biker mention any such practice.
Glow worm
Legendary Member
- Location
- Near Newmarket
So I'm doing 20mph- you'd happily pass me at 100mph? If so, then sir, you are an arse.
no but if they were doing 10mph I'd happily pass them at 60mph on a NSL road
cd365
Guru
- Location
- Coventry, uk
I'm a motorcyclist and I have also never heard the term stealth bombing.
My boss does motorcycle instructing and he was only explaining yesterday how they train motorcylists that when you overtake a cyclist you should always move to the other side of the road, i.e. cross the whiteline, if it is not safe to do so then you shouldn't overtake.
So the motorcyclist that the OP was referring to was just a numpty and not indicitave of all motorcyclists.
My boss does motorcycle instructing and he was only explaining yesterday how they train motorcylists that when you overtake a cyclist you should always move to the other side of the road, i.e. cross the whiteline, if it is not safe to do so then you shouldn't overtake.
So the motorcyclist that the OP was referring to was just a numpty and not indicitave of all motorcyclists.