Does anyone else drive like this?

[intimid8er]

Could you upload that vid to a more friendly media source? Such as YouTube?

[intimid8er]

Originally Posted by camaleon

stupid thread is stupid

/thread

You play WoW. Don't you?

['08-M50 Rider]

Originally Posted by intimid8er

Could you upload that vid to a more friendly media source? Such as YouTube?

yeah.. YouTube makes vids look pretty bad sometimes, but i'll put it on there anyway if you like.

As far as when I'll have it goes, my buddy is still off work in a wheelchair so he still has my external HD full of movies. I don't have the heart to ask him for it back at the moment but maybe soon.

[NCxM50]

Originally Posted by intimid8er

You play WoW. Don't you?

half an ounce of dr pepper and a paper towel later and my keyboard is looking cleaner than it was 5 minutes ago.

[NCxM50]

Originally Posted by '08-M50 Rider

Nobody said it was legal at my speeds. In fact, I mentioned that it was completely illegal pages and pages ago.

That post wasn't completely directed at you. I know you blatantly pointed out it was illegal, but subsequent posters have implied that simply because lane splitting is legal, that all is good, ignoring the fact that you're speeding. The lane splitting isn't a big deal. The speeding isn't really a huge deal either. It's the combination of the two that boggles my mind why someone would do this, with complete disregard for the safety of everyone else on the road. It's not your safety I care about, thats your own responsibility, but when you kill someone else, then it's about more than just you, and on a crowded highway, the chances are excellent that WHEN you go, you're going to take someone else with you.

[intimid8er]

Originally Posted by '08-M50 Rider

yeah.. YouTube makes vids look pretty bad sometimes, but i'll put it on there anyway if you like.

As far as when I'll have it goes, my buddy is still off work in a wheelchair so he still has my external HD full of movies. I don't have the heart to ask him for it back at the moment but maybe soon.

When you get it on YouTube let us know.

I figure when all of us can properly see it, it'll at least churn another sixteen pages of posts!

Originally Posted by NCxM50

half an ounce of dr pepper and a paper towel later and my keyboard is looking cleaner than it was 5 minutes ago.

[Trapper]

Does Europe have traffic like L.A.?

[adiaw83]

That's a really cool video. That said, I don't ride like that and probably never will. If I'm on the freeway, I get over to the extreme left lane and stay there generally. That way I only have the worry about people trying to get over from the right and give myself the left shoulder if I need to make an evasive maneuver. I value my life, and my loved ones and friends too much. Also, it's never a good idea to post videos of yourself breaking the law.

[Porcelina Goddess]

Originally Posted by Trapper

Does Europe have traffic like L.A.?

Is Matthew McCaunahey SEXY?! ( and the answer to that question is yes )

Depends on where you are Kevin. I think I've said this before, but I drove in Barcelona and the city traffic is maddening -- and Bucharest, Dublin, Paris, and London... and any big city in Europe. The bikes/skooters/cyclists lane split all the time. IMO, in European cities where there are 500,000 more cars moving about than there are people actually living there, I'd get a two-wheeler myself and lane split. Suffice it to say, though, that it's hardly safe and I would realistically never do it. I'm not lucky, and would get killed faster than the thought to lane split finished going through my head.

[Davecm203]

Originally Posted by Porcelina Goddess

Is Matthew McCaunahey SEXY?! ( and the answer to that question is yes )

Depends on where you are Kevin. I think I've said this before, but I drove in Barcelona and the city traffic is maddening -- and Bucharest, Dublin, Paris, and London... and any big city in Europe. The bikes/skooters/cyclists lane split all the time. IMO, in European cities where there are 500,000 more cars moving about than there are people actually living there, I'd get a two-wheeler myself and lane split. Suffice it to say, though, that it's hardly safe and I would realistically never do it. I'm not lucky, and would get killed faster than the thought to lane split finished going through my head.

I was less scared in combat in Iraq than I was in a cab in a couple of European cities.

[womper]

heh. i heard it's a different breed of driving over there...

all agressive, lots of honking and fewer accidents. go figure.

i guess i'll have to see it for myself one day... maybe around 2013 or so...

[CooleyM50]

Lane spliting is for Harley's with air cooled engines not us M50 riders.
We have nothing to proove, our bikes look the coolest out there and we want
people to take a long hard look at the cool rear fender and think "Batman" and say to themselves, "what a neat looking bike, is that a cruiser or a sport bike I'm just not sure Harry but that guy on that M50 looks real handsome, as handsome as his bike".
So, I'm not interested in lane splitting and acting the fool.

I do however tend to want to run 90 to work on the open interstate but that's just me and I'm never a bother to others.

[intimid8er]

Speaking of handsome on a bike...

I get a kick out of the gals that when you pull up behind them ATGATT on your bike. They check the mirror, and then start running their fingers through their hair. Checking their makeup. Checking the rider in the mirror. Get giddy...etc. All over something they can't SEE! I've noticed this while in a car and a bike pulls up behind a car with a gal in it.

I obviously can't comment on myself....we've seen my ATGATT....I can see why they do it. Good lookin' sonofab!tch that I am!

[Quantumcat]

Originally posted by intimid8r:

They check the mirror, and then start running their fingers through their hair. Checking their makeup. Checking the rider in the mirror. Get giddy...etc. All over something they can't SEE!

LOL. The women around here must have x-ray vision. I've never noticed this behaviour before. I'll try and watch for it.

[atweibel]

Did you or your friend(s) at least check organ donor on your driver's license before pulling this stuff?

[atweibel]

"The fact of the matter is, if 99% of people riding bikes would die on their first try of this. " followed by "Everyone lane-splits in Europe"

85% of all statistics are made up

Really, these little contributions to your story are not helping you. They don't add value to your statements, nor to your credibility as a "skilled" rider if we can call you that. They certainly don't justify what you're doing just because in your mind everyone is doing it somewhere.

If you want to ride fast and push the envelope then do it in the right place. Get your buddies together, go to a track and raise some hell. The only thing you're doing riding fast between lanes on public roads is putting people needlessly at risk, giving all motorcyclists a bad reputation, and raising our insurance rates.

I'm going to go ahead and call dibs on your lungs when you bite it riding like that. You've made it pretty clear they are full of hot air, so at least I know they'll work when I get them.

[Davecm203]

This reminds me of what Amy asked me the other day. We live on a straight stretch of road and pretty regularly, sport bikes will scream by at 120. She said, "they look so stupid. Does it really take any talent to go fast in a straight line? Is it even any fun?" I said, "no, it does not and it is not to me." But the sad part is that some of them will go onto a forum and brag about how they hit XXX mph on a straight section of road...blah blah blah. I could understand getting way up to speed if there was a nice corner to brake for and shove it into. But there is not. It is a heavily traveled road and very strait for a very long time.

[Burnt]

Dude, Great video, you must have a good camera mount etc. I do not drive like that, but I want to sometimes, especially in heavy traffic, I think, why should I sit here on a bike when I know I could get through faster, but that is the road rule here and worse it's the cultural rule over here.
Cagers in North America do not follow the rules of the road nor respect other people on the road which is the biggest issue for our safety. In America (USA and Canada) we really do not know what everyone else in the world does with bikes or how and why they are used. In my experience from spending time in Europe many drive like in your video. Most will not be crazy or speed crazy but they do drive a bit faster than the cars and sometimes split the lanes to get to the front at stop lights or to get through heavy or stopped traffic. Cagers actually move over to let bikes coming up through. They (people outside North America) do not understand what purpose Americans would have for bikes if you can not use the small size to get through or around traffic. Several Euro friends I have who moved here and bought bikes, eventually sold them out of frustration, they could not see a purpose or benefit for them on our roads under our rules.
The culture is just different, car drivers respect bikers more and look out for them on the road more than here. And Yes traffic around Paris and London is same as LA or Toronto, they are huge cities with the same issues as we have trying to get from one pace to another, which is why they have adopted bikes and scooters more and yes the seemingly crazy lane splitting driving habits.

I do feel this is unsafe driving and I would rant at the person who does it. But as I travel and I see more of the world, I begin to question our Nanny state and our not-so-free culture. In the words of Morpheus, "free your mind" and be open to new ideas and other ways even if they are counter intuitive to what you have been programed to believe.

[shaunmark]

I'd just like to argue a little more here, but those of you that say stuff like "yeah it's your choice, but what about the person you kill while doing it" Exactly how often does somebody in a car get killed or even hurt if a motorcycle hits it?

Yeah yeah "ruin their life, not their fault, bad memories" blah blah blah, I'm talking about how often the car driver/passengers die from a bike hit. Lane splitting wise, I think the hit would always come from the rear.

[Trapper]

Originally Posted by shaunmark

I'd just like to argue a little more here, but those of you that say stuff like "yeah it's your choice, but what about the person you kill while doing it" Exactly how often does somebody in a car get killed or even hurt if a motorcycle hits it?

Yeah yeah "ruin their life, not their fault, bad memories" blah blah blah, I'm talking about how often the car driver/passengers die from a bike hit. Lane splitting wise, I think the hit would always come from the rear.

How many would it take to convince you?