Nothing fumes me more than tailgaters

imapdog · 08-30-2018, 07:56 AM

ok, riding to work this morn and on country road 55mph 2 lane curvy.
three cars in front of me are riding about 55 safely spread apart.
this f-head behind me is riding my ass for miles. once in town i pulled over shot the bird followed this car to next red light. it was going to go down for sure(either i get shot or kick their butt). come to find out it was a f-ing dumb ass b...h with another b...h.
i got back on my bike and went to work without a word. i am tired of this shit. i want to quit street riding.....

i hate people

**JerryHawk250** · 08-30-2018, 08:06 AM

I'm with you on this one. There's always that one Dumb ass that has to be stuck up your but. I was coming home from work one day and this guy was stuck up so close to me that all I could see was from the wind shield up through the rear view mirror. And of course playing and texting on his phone the whole way doing 50-55 mph. The whole time I'm thinking if I have to just tap the brake he is going to rear end me. Well I was coming up to the intersection and I had to switch over to the left hand turning lane. The guy never looked up from his phone and slammed right into there rear of another truck stopped at the light. I made sure I hung around for the cop to let him know exactly what happened. He told me he was righting him a few tickets and thanks for letting him know.

ChrisWNY · 08-30-2018, 08:23 AM

Lots of dumbass drivers out there, we just have to deal with them. I've definitely had a handful of tailgaters while driving my motorcycle to/from work.

Poetic justice happened a few weeks ago...there was a female driver in a blue mustang riding my ass for miles. Noticed a cop approaching from the oncoming traffic lane across the way, so I waved to him and pointed at the ditz behind me. Saw him flip a U-turn seconds later, throw his lights on, and pull her over. Wanted to turn around, stop, and shake the cop's hand but had to get to work.

**JerryHawk250** · 08-30-2018, 08:29 AM

Good one.

I've been rear ended 3 times because of tailgaters. All three times I received no damage due to I keep my big ass camper hitch on the truck at all times. I've taken out a Dodge truck front bumper, Cadillac grill and a shinny new Camaro bumper.

The guy in the Dodge truck was the best. I stopped at the stop sign and bam! The guy gets out the truck raising all kind of hell like it was my fault. I go to the look at the damage and see I had none but he had this nice V shaped bumper. I looked at him then turned and pointed at the stop sign and said see that? And said i'm good, hope you have insurance and got in my truck and left. He stood there with his jaw hanging.

Mudflap · 08-30-2018, 08:31 AM

You could always make a smoke generator that drips corvus oil into the exhaust header leaving a big plume behind you. That would surely discourage tailgater's. We used to use those on our ultralight aircraft for air shows.

ben2go · 08-30-2018, 09:26 AM

A cop pulled three, yes three, women over in single file yesterday in less than a half mile. I watched as I came up to where he was. The police was called a while back to the area because of a school zone where people blast through at 50 to 65mph. The limit is 45mph and 30mph during posted school hours.

A woman in an SUV blasted past me doing well over 60mph. I was running 45mph. The cop blue lighted her and she pulled over. By the time I made it the half mile to where he pulled her over, two more women blasted by me in SUVs. He stepped out into the road with a lighted baton and waved them both over behind the first lady he pulled over.

Now here's the good part. He's a state trooper. In my state, or at least in my area, if you're pulled over by an ST you get the full treatment. That means you're getting a fist full of tickets.

Now the best part. I'm sure those women were late for something. They always are around here. A half hour later when I was going back home from breakfast, the officer still had all three sitting on the curb. I couldn't help but laugh. Now they're not only in trouble with the law, they're also in trouble at work.

The sh!tty thing is, they didn't learn a thing and will be blasting through the next day.

cbrfxr67 · 08-30-2018, 09:52 AM

I haven't had problems on the Vader yet. I'm typically in heavy Houston traffic and split as soon as I can. I see more people hugging the edge of their lane so I can't split

Azhule · 08-30-2018, 01:32 PM

I usually like to slow down when I get tail gated... I'm never in a hurry when I ride my moto... riding someones ace, must be in a hurry and I have plenty of time to spare

Had one tail gater get all pissy and follow me for the longest time... with a freshly filled gas tank I let them follow as I took random roads going slow for the longest time and several 'burst of speed' to get a small gap every now and then...

Well I got bored and slowly led them towards 'the hills' and I turn last second and blast up a nice big rocky hill they can't get up on 4 wheels easily, I turn the bike off and waited for them to make the next move...

Their next move was to curse, piss, and moan for a few minutes while I waved and said "Did I finally find a way to get you to back off"

This was me

This was the look on the guys face...

I just wasted close to an hour of this pricks life, who knows how much fuel in his big ace truck (just a sip of fuel for my KLR), and he didn't get any tail gating road rage justice.

This other time I was being tail gated by a texter/phone user for a several miles on I-25 down towards the Denver area, speed limit was 50 (or 55) but traffic was doing closer to 80... all of a sudden vehicle traffic in front of me just came to a STOP... I decided it was time to use my 1%er Motorcycle Rider badge and safely lane split my way home... glad I did because all I heard was SCREAAAAACH followed by a loud sound I never want to hear again while riding a motorcycle... and knowing that person was just tail gating you a split second before

Dual Sport Motorcycles for the Win

**cheesy** · 08-30-2018, 03:27 PM

I don’t usually have a problem with the Ural. Most folks just pass me to get a better look at it.

On the Honda, though, son of a b... First time riding two wheels in a year and had a soccer mom SUV on me in a 25mph zone within 2 minutes. Next right turn was used to blow out the cobwebs out of the engine and watch the grill of the SUV shrink in my mirrors.

BlackBike · 08-30-2018, 10:32 PM

I can see this thread is going to probably take off.

It's our responsibility as motorcyclists to "be responsible" for all those jackwagons out there. There is such a thing as being DEAD RIGHT.

Emerikol · 08-31-2018, 09:02 AM

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Originally Posted by BlackBike

It's our responsibility as motorcyclists to "be responsible" for all those jackwagons out there. There is such a thing as being DEAD RIGHT.

I think the same thing. I can't tell you how many people will walk right out into traffic without taking their eyes off the cell phone in their hand. On the one hand, I get it, pedestrians are supposed to have the right of way and traffic is supposed to stop for them. On the other hand, how much consolation is having the right of way going to be to that distracted pedestrian or their family when they get run over by a similarly distracted driver? People are so hung up on their 'Right' to drive, that they don't take it seriously. Ask any high school kid with a beat up, ragged out Honda about their driving skills and how stupid speed limits are for 'free spirits' like him and you'll quickly see what I mean...

Its_not_a_honda · 08-31-2018, 09:49 AM

I know I will catch heat for this. Please at least do the speed limit. If your not in a hurry, dont pull out in front of me. You never know where the other person is going. I was on the way to the hospital and every slow a$$ in the world got in front of me. Got there in time to tell my dad goodbye but it was too close. Just keep this in mind when someone is riding too close. If your not in a hurry, just pull over and let them go. I do.

bogieboy · 08-31-2018, 12:48 PM

i cant stand reading about all these distracted drivers...... 4 of my close friends in the last 5 years have lost their lives thanks to distracted drivers, and i have personally had waaaayyyyy too many close calls.... if you want to drive, drive. if you want to be on your phone, do it in a way that you arenet putting everyone around you's lives at risk...

cbrfxr67 · 08-31-2018, 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Its_not_a_honda

I know I will catch heat for this. Please at least do the speed limit. If your not in a hurry, dont pull out in front of me. You never know where the other person is going. I was on the way to the hospital and every slow a$$ in the world got in front of me. Got there in time to tell my dad goodbye but it was too close. Just keep this in mind when someone is riding too close. If your not in a hurry, just pull over and let them go. I do.

I do this more and more these days,...just let em go ahead.

Few months back was in Colorado coming back from vacation and missed an opportunity to let a busted geo tracker pass me. Guy decides to cross double yellow to go around me, 18 wheeler coming in the opposite lane who is honking and has nowhere to go. I'm thinking this dude's going to head on into the 18 wheeler!

I'm hugging the edge of the pavement trying to give this guy some room who seems bar none to stop. He lags back a bit as the 18 wheeler roars past and then tries again! Another car is coming and he's right over the yellow. I brake and let him go. It turns out to be a white haired old lady! wtf

ben2go · 09-01-2018, 01:43 PM

I was in two wrecks yesterday in less than three hours. Both were caused by distracted drivers. Neither my fault. The first one was a young girl (20) on a cell phone in a 99 Mustang GT. She tried to jump the light, but it was the turning lane light, not ours, and hit us hard in the rear end. She pushed us about 30 feet. We just got the Soul back from being repaired from a wreck back in February when another elderly lady (71) jumped the light and plowed us in the rear. Same thing, turning light for the other lane and she jumped the light hitting us and almost pushing us into the car in front of us.

The second wreck I was in yesterday was an elderly lady (65+) turning left as I was turning left. She went wide while watching up the street instead of where she was in her lane. She ran under the passenger side cab of my truck. She back out and ran. We were sitting right in front of the town police station. Unfortunately, my truck is having some running issue so I elected not to chase her down. It's a beat-up work truck anyway.

That's three wrecks I have been in since February, none my fault, and two happened yesterday within three hours. Yesterday was not a good day at all. So both our Soul and my Ranger were wrecked in three hours. I just can't get over how bad my luck has been throughout my life.

08-30-2018, 07:56 AM	#1
imapdog Join Date: Feb 2018 Location: nashville Posts: 574	Nothing fumes me more than tailgaters ok, riding to work this morn and on country road 55mph 2 lane curvy. three cars in front of me are riding about 55 safely spread apart. this f-head behind me is riding my ass for miles. once in town i pulled over shot the bird followed this car to next red light. it was going to go down for sure(either i get shot or kick their butt). come to find out it was a f-ing dumb ass b...h with another b...h. i got back on my bike and went to work without a word. i am tired of this shit. i want to quit street riding..... i hate people Last edited by imapdog; 08-30-2018 at 11:42 AM.
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08-30-2018, 08:06 AM	#2
JerryHawk250 Moderator Join Date: Oct 2016 Location: Houma, La. Posts: 11,533	I'm with you on this one. There's always that one Dumb ass that has to be stuck up your but. I was coming home from work one day and this guy was stuck up so close to me that all I could see was from the wind shield up through the rear view mirror. And of course playing and texting on his phone the whole way doing 50-55 mph. The whole time I'm thinking if I have to just tap the brake he is going to rear end me. Well I was coming up to the intersection and I had to switch over to the left hand turning lane. The guy never looked up from his phone and slammed right into there rear of another truck stopped at the light. I made sure I hung around for the cop to let him know exactly what happened. He told me he was righting him a few tickets and thanks for letting him know. __________________ 2023 Lifan Lycan 250 Chopper 2023 Venom Evader 2022 Lifan KPX250 2020 Kawasaki Vulcan S 2004 Honda ST 1300 2016 Black Hawk 250 (sold) Keihin PE30 carb,125 main,38 slow.Pod filter,ported & decked head 10:1 CR,Direct Ignition Coil,15/40Sprockets,NGK DPR8EIX-9,De-Cat,Dual Oil Cooler,Digital Cluster 2016 Cazador180 XL 2014 Coolster150 JerryHawk250.com My YouTube Channel
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08-30-2018, 08:23 AM	#3
ChrisWNY Join Date: Jul 2018 Posts: 212	Lots of dumbass drivers out there, we just have to deal with them. I've definitely had a handful of tailgaters while driving my motorcycle to/from work. Poetic justice happened a few weeks ago...there was a female driver in a blue mustang riding my ass for miles. Noticed a cop approaching from the oncoming traffic lane across the way, so I waved to him and pointed at the ditz behind me. Saw him flip a U-turn seconds later, throw his lights on, and pull her over. Wanted to turn around, stop, and shake the cop's hand but had to get to work. __________________ 2018 RPS Hawk 250cc Mods so far: 1. Mikuni VM26 Carburetor w/#115 main jet 2. 17T/45T JT sprockets 3. JT 428 X-ring chain 4. Air box mod 5. Hawk Digital Cluster 6. Aftermarket IMS shift lever 7. Performance Aftermarket Exhaust 8. 295mm Nitrogen Gas Monoshock, 20W oil front forks
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08-30-2018, 08:29 AM	#4
JerryHawk250 Moderator Join Date: Oct 2016 Location: Houma, La. Posts: 11,533	Good one. I've been rear ended 3 times because of tailgaters. All three times I received no damage due to I keep my big ass camper hitch on the truck at all times. I've taken out a Dodge truck front bumper, Cadillac grill and a shinny new Camaro bumper. The guy in the Dodge truck was the best. I stopped at the stop sign and bam! The guy gets out the truck raising all kind of hell like it was my fault. I go to the look at the damage and see I had none but he had this nice V shaped bumper. I looked at him then turned and pointed at the stop sign and said see that? And said i'm good, hope you have insurance and got in my truck and left. He stood there with his jaw hanging. __________________ 2023 Lifan Lycan 250 Chopper 2023 Venom Evader 2022 Lifan KPX250 2020 Kawasaki Vulcan S 2004 Honda ST 1300 2016 Black Hawk 250 (sold) Keihin PE30 carb,125 main,38 slow.Pod filter,ported & decked head 10:1 CR,Direct Ignition Coil,15/40Sprockets,NGK DPR8EIX-9,De-Cat,Dual Oil Cooler,Digital Cluster 2016 Cazador180 XL 2014 Coolster150 JerryHawk250.com My YouTube Channel
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08-30-2018, 09:52 AM	#7
cbrfxr67 Join Date: Jun 2018 Location: HOuston Posts: 357	I haven't had problems on the Vader yet. I'm typically in heavy Houston traffic and split as soon as I can. I see more people hugging the edge of their lane so I can't split __________________ BD125-15
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08-30-2018, 08:31 AM	#5
Mudflap Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 1,870	You could always make a smoke generator that drips corvus oil into the exhaust header leaving a big plume behind you. That would surely discourage tailgater's. We used to use those on our ultralight aircraft for air shows.
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08-30-2018, 09:26 AM	#6
ben2go Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 1,335	A cop pulled three, yes three, women over in single file yesterday in less than a half mile. I watched as I came up to where he was. The police was called a while back to the area because of a school zone where people blast through at 50 to 65mph. The limit is 45mph and 30mph during posted school hours. A woman in an SUV blasted past me doing well over 60mph. I was running 45mph. The cop blue lighted her and she pulled over. By the time I made it the half mile to where he pulled her over, two more women blasted by me in SUVs. He stepped out into the road with a lighted baton and waved them both over behind the first lady he pulled over. Now here's the good part. He's a state trooper. In my state, or at least in my area, if you're pulled over by an ST you get the full treatment. That means you're getting a fist full of tickets. Now the best part. I'm sure those women were late for something. They always are around here. A half hour later when I was going back home from breakfast, the officer still had all three sitting on the curb. I couldn't help but laugh. Now they're not only in trouble with the law, they're also in trouble at work. The sh!tty thing is, they didn't learn a thing and will be blasting through the next day.
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08-30-2018, 01:32 PM	#8
Azhule Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: CO Posts: 1,525	I usually like to slow down when I get tail gated... I'm never in a hurry when I ride my moto... riding someones ace, must be in a hurry and I have plenty of time to spare Had one tail gater get all pissy and follow me for the longest time... with a freshly filled gas tank I let them follow as I took random roads going slow for the longest time and several 'burst of speed' to get a small gap every now and then... Well I got bored and slowly led them towards 'the hills' and I turn last second and blast up a nice big rocky hill they can't get up on 4 wheels easily, I turn the bike off and waited for them to make the next move... Their next move was to curse, piss, and moan for a few minutes while I waved and said "Did I finally find a way to get you to back off" This was me This was the look on the guys face... I just wasted close to an hour of this pricks life, who knows how much fuel in his big ace truck (just a sip of fuel for my KLR), and he didn't get any tail gating road rage justice. This other time I was being tail gated by a texter/phone user for a several miles on I-25 down towards the Denver area, speed limit was 50 (or 55) but traffic was doing closer to 80... all of a sudden vehicle traffic in front of me just came to a STOP... I decided it was time to use my 1%er Motorcycle Rider badge and safely lane split my way home... glad I did because all I heard was SCREAAAAACH followed by a loud sound I never want to hear again while riding a motorcycle... and knowing that person was just tail gating you a split second before Dual Sport Motorcycles for the Win __________________ "Think as you like... but this self proclaimed Professor is always right" - Buckshot "You never know what someone is hiding beneath their smile..." - NinjaTom - R.I.P.
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08-30-2018, 03:27 PM	#9
cheesy Moderator Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Elburn, IL Posts: 5,760	I don’t usually have a problem with the Ural. Most folks just pass me to get a better look at it. On the Honda, though, son of a b... First time riding two wheels in a year and had a soccer mom SUV on me in a 25mph zone within 2 minutes. Next right turn was used to blow out the cobwebs out of the engine and watch the grill of the SUV shrink in my mirrors. __________________ Cheesy ______________________________________ 07 Hi Bird Enduro-Flown the Coop 07 Ural Gear Up 79 Honda CX500 77 VeloSolex 4600 V3 73 VeloSolex 3800 I'm making this up as I go.-Indiana Jones Telling me something 'is for my own good', is a fast way to a fat lip.-Me I don't even care about my own problems, why should I care about yours?-Quote on one of my favorite t-shirts
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08-30-2018, 10:32 PM	#10
BlackBike Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: George West, Texas Posts: 4,097	I can see this thread is going to probably take off. It's our responsibility as motorcyclists to "be responsible" for all those jackwagons out there. There is such a thing as being DEAD RIGHT. __________________ ***************************************** 2015 Bashan"Blaze" BS250GY-31 (DB-07K-250) GONE 2017 Suzuki V Strom 650 XT "We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid." ~Benjamin Franklin~
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08-31-2018, 09:49 AM	#12
Its_not_a_honda Join Date: Jan 2018 Posts: 410	I know I will catch heat for this. Please at least do the speed limit. If your not in a hurry, dont pull out in front of me. You never know where the other person is going. I was on the way to the hospital and every slow a$$ in the world got in front of me. Got there in time to tell my dad goodbye but it was too close. Just keep this in mind when someone is riding too close. If your not in a hurry, just pull over and let them go. I do. __________________ 2020 Kawasaki KLX300R, 2018 Yamaha TW200 If you want more of something, tax it less. If you want less of something, tax it more.
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08-31-2018, 12:48 PM	#13
bogieboy Join Date: May 2013 Location: finger lakes NY Posts: 2,042	i cant stand reading about all these distracted drivers...... 4 of my close friends in the last 5 years have lost their lives thanks to distracted drivers, and i have personally had waaaayyyyy too many close calls.... if you want to drive, drive. if you want to be on your phone, do it in a way that you arenet putting everyone around you's lives at risk...
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09-01-2018, 01:43 PM	#15
ben2go Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 1,335	I was in two wrecks yesterday in less than three hours. Both were caused by distracted drivers. Neither my fault. The first one was a young girl (20) on a cell phone in a 99 Mustang GT. She tried to jump the light, but it was the turning lane light, not ours, and hit us hard in the rear end. She pushed us about 30 feet. We just got the Soul back from being repaired from a wreck back in February when another elderly lady (71) jumped the light and plowed us in the rear. Same thing, turning light for the other lane and she jumped the light hitting us and almost pushing us into the car in front of us. The second wreck I was in yesterday was an elderly lady (65+) turning left as I was turning left. She went wide while watching up the street instead of where she was in her lane. She ran under the passenger side cab of my truck. She back out and ran. We were sitting right in front of the town police station. Unfortunately, my truck is having some running issue so I elected not to chase her down. It's a beat-up work truck anyway. That's three wrecks I have been in since February, none my fault, and two happened yesterday within three hours. Yesterday was not a good day at all. So both our Soul and my Ranger were wrecked in three hours. I just can't get over how bad my luck has been throughout my life.
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