Pratt on Motorbike...Rant!

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Just as we set off for a hack this morning the heavens opened and it poured down. One rapid donning of my Drizabone and we were good to go.

Like many, I have to ride through the village and up a road to get to the woods and at one point the road narrows to a single lane. As the OH and I were plodding though in the pouring rain, behind us there is the distinctive sound of a large Harley Davidson motorbike, H is not too bad with bikes, but this one was loud and the ar$e riding it insisted on revving it. At his third VROOM, I got cross and spun H round to face him, finding him behind a car that was following me. He was a fat bloke crammed into a biker leather jacket, black open face helmet and black aviator visor, I politely asked him to refrain from revving his bike....actually, that's a lie I told him to stop revving. I then turned to ride H out of the narrow bit and onto a wide pavement, to allow the traffic past. What does Pig on a Hog do, VROOM, VROOM VROOM. So I looked straight at him and spoke freely about how I thought he was being slightly inconsiderate, unfortunately due to the noise of his Hog, I had to speak loudly. I am now pretty sure the whole village is aware of my thoughts on the matter.

What REALLY pi$$es me off is that I am a motorcyclist, I have been since I was a teenager, I also ride a Harley engined bike which is even louder than Pig on a Hog's bike, yet I am able to pass horses without disturbing them, mainly because I see no need to draw attention to myself by constantly revving it up.

Pointless rant I'm afraid and on the plus side we had a really nice ride and I was able to splash H though loads of puddles which is good for him, as it helps to convince him that crocodiles really are very rare in our woods, and then the sun came out
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Here we are in 2010, a 5 litre BMW or Merc can pass me at a whisper, so why in this day and age do we need ALL THE F*****N NOISE, I dont care what vehicle it is, I dont want to hear a load of racket whether on my horse, in my house walking or whatever, when I hear a noisy car or bike, my first thought is T***t.
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Oh dear, I must say most motorcycle users, especially young men, I find to be really considerate. The chap you came across needs a good slap or half a tonne of horse sitting on his handlebars, refusing to move
Strangely, the worst drivers by far, I find, are old men in Volvos.

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Could be worse...in a while it'll be electric/hydrogen cars etc and they'll be over the top of us before we know they're there!
 
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Next time get the registration number and pass it on to the police and ask for an incident number.

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We had a meeting with the Parish Council recently, about inconsiderate road users, and that was the advice we were given. Unfortunately, in the pouring rain and on a slightly spooked horse, it's a great idea, but not quite practical, mores the pity.

I don't mind loud bikes, I ride one myself, so I know he could have chugged past and caused no fuss, but no, he had to 'Ride the Dream' and make sure everyone knew about it. He had his missus on the back, and you could just feel her embarrassment, so with luck she'll give him an earful on my behalf.
 
I was hacking out one day and had a similar thing. I was just coming upto a blind bend and a car behind me was trying to get past so i told them to wait when all of a sudden a subaru impreza came speeding round the bend and had to go up on the grass bank to avoid hitting anyone, so i called him a few choise words thinking it was some little boy racer showing off to his mates when the car came back and the man in his 50's started to have ago at me saying i would never get anyones respect talking to them the way i spoke to him at which point i was so angry i was beyond caring! I ranted off at him then he said he knew exactly what was round the bend so then it was wind me up and let me go i ranted at him about he knew i was there and just chose not to slow down!! then said that he rides horses himself!! then at end of it all he said i better be carefull because he would be looking out for me which i said good but i bet i see you first!! then a few weeks past and he moved his horses to the yard that i work at and when i said to him about it he said no no thats not something i would do!!
 
We were nearly run off the road by and idiot in an imprezza whilst on holiday in Devon - again in his late 40's/early fifties - and amazingly we were in our old green lane prepped Disco 200. If we'd known afterwards why he was in such a hurry we would have driven over him (easily) in the hope we'd remove him from the gene pool. PM me if you want an explanation.

This is the old second childhood crap that fellas have. Some just get so carried away. Admittedly I got a an ex-racehorse, not a bike
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No revving engines there
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though I'm not so sure...
 
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