I wasn't on the 14 but I imagine the same still applies when riding the beemer. Along with the 14 I have a 2009 K1300GT which with the heated grips and Baverian Bun Warmer is nice to ride in 38 degree weather but now back to the head line.

Going to work I had a luxury car pass me at well above the posted speed limit so it became cat and mouse for shits and grins. The cage is making its way thru traffic with excessive lane switching with me right behind him when he finally was blocked by two cages next to each other so in rare form in low triple digit I went to the right shoulder and passed a van. Naturally I won till I looked in the mirror and seen he decided to follow me so it was back on. I am running between 115 and 120 and he is catching up with me kinda quick. That is when I wished I was on the 14 but it is what it is. Long winding left and I stay at speed just to see in the mirror that he switched lanes behingd me and was gonna pass so the PR2's got put to the test - I pulled and won but scared like a sissy bitch because I have corner phobia.

Now the piss off part was at the stop light down the road when the van we passed on the shoulder of the road pulled a lane away from me and started shouting with his window up so I pointed at my helmet and shook my head like I can't hear you then he stepped out of his van and it was on -- lucky for him my light turned green and I had to take off.

Well maybe I got lucky with the green light but as the old saying goes - act like a fool and people will treat you like a fool.

Later -- Bobby

My Great Aunt Elsie used to drive a huge Mercury with a big V-8 and she would get insulted and re-pass anyone who happened to pass her first. While your shoulder pass may have surprised the van driver, stopping and getting out of the vehicle at a stop was rather stupid on his part. You could have been carrying for all he knew, and even if he was too, starting a gunfight over a little semi-innocent fun, no harm, no foul, was not a very intelligent thing to chance. Of course, passing on the shoulder while rat-racing someone in a cage isn't exactly Eintein behavior either.

* Last updated by: Danno on 4/11/2012 @ 5:55 AM *

Or the van driver could have been carrying, or had a knife, and been angry enough to use it. And who would have won then?

lytin got it right, Danno. Lets hope he learned not to repeat that behavior before fate takes it out of his hands.

I never claimed to be the brightest rider out there as you can all tell but it had been a long long time since I got to play cat & mouse with a cage.

I am an old fat round guy that when in the black leathers looks like a 6 ft tall black tick.

As Evel Knieval once said, "God created all men and Winchester made 'em equal."

Road rage. It is amazing how almost all of us feel some sort of strange control or isolation (or something) in our little environment when inside of an automobile. People behave totally different than they would walking down the street. Old women often become total hardasses over a minor transgression. I really think it has to do with the fact that we perceive the the people outside as something that we will never come in contact with so they become non-people. We interpret every situation pretty much from our own perspective. I guess we all become little sociopaths while behind the wheel and sealed inside of our cages. I remember seeing this behavior in cars since I was very young. People swearing and and yelling and displaying all kinds of aggressive behavior just because their perception is that it will never matter....so that's ok? Inevitably this sort of thing leads to real encounters but by that time, people are so enraged that they might not come to their senses. I think just about all of us are guilty of doing this at some point or another. The behavior is rather unique to driving a car.

pulled a lane away from me and started shouting with his window up

.reminds me of something I witnessed last summer. I made a nice clean pass on a straightaway. Passed a large black SUV on the right so I could do one of my favorite corners at a good clip. Yeah, come to think of it, I did sneak in ahead a little bit where the lanes closed down to one and the 14 is very loud when I'm on it. ZOOM ZOOM through the S curve and the road opens up to two lanes again and the light is red. oooboy, here comes the SUV right next to me. There was this woman of maybe 60 years, screaming at her window. It seemed as though her hair was sticking out in long wispy spikes that were waving in the air as she shook around screaming behind the window. The image is emblazoned upon my mind. I didn't know what to do so I just stared. she rolled the window down and I heard her yell over the sound of my exhaust and through me helmet, "you're going to die.......blah blah blah ..."

I sort of took that as a sign. Just because you can doesn't mean you should. Most other people have no idea what you are capable of on your bike.

DogoZX; Guy with axe would just become my new hood ornament.

Driving the backroads in my cage, I got stuck waiting to turn left at a stop sign while 50-60 "bikers" rolled through their stop sign and end up in front of me. Naturally they were cruising at 53 mph, which really pissed me off. Luckily I knew the road so I dropped back a little, waited till it was clear, and blew by them at *** mph. They were very pissed, but since they were harleys....

Danno wrote:

As Evel Knieval once said, "God created all men and Winchester made 'em equal."

Paraphrase. Evel also would have been paraphrasing if he actually said it, which I do not think he did. Wiki and Google can't match it up.

Some politician in California has used the Winchester paraphrase as well.

The original quote this is paraphrased from, was first used when the Wild in Wild West was still descriptive.

"God Made All Men... Sam Colt Made Them Equal"

What that means is simple. You get off your bike in a rage and walk over and kick the door panel in on the scared little guy in the car. Fearing for his life, he climbs out, pulls a carry-licensed (he is a store owner taking thousands of dollars to the PNC bank around the corner) Glock 23 Gen 4 in 40 caliber out, and busts a cap in your face. You are dead. A jury may or may not convict the little scared guy, probably not because he could introduce fear of robbery and bodily harm justified by the kicked in door.

Or put another way, talk is cheap. Compared to doing something you can't take back, and may suffer bad consequences from, talk is really cheap in a good way.

Yeah well I still say when the light turns green leave them yelling....................

Evel may have ripped that from someone else, but I heard the words come out of his mouth, which is why I quoted him. It was in response to threats he received from the Hell's Angels and he said it when asked by an interviewer if he was concerned. As you say, talk is cheap. Wiki and Google are even cheaper, they're free.

P.S. The meaning is pretty self-explanatory.

* Last updated by: Danno on 4/12/2012 @ 5:49 AM *

Ok, then I guess Evel did say it, since you heard him say it. Unusual for Google not to find it.

Still, it was originally spoken by someone who couldn't remember the original quote, so they made something up.

* Last updated by: privateer on 4/12/2012 @ 12:38 PM *

I found the actual quote. Evel said, "God created man, baseball bats and Winchester made them equal".

Where is your little girl giggle now, Grn14? ROFLMAO

* Last updated by: privateer on 4/12/2012 @ 1:00 PM *

"Where is your little girl giggle now, Grn14? ROFLMAO".....

WTF are you stumbling over?I didn't have anything to fuckin DO with the quote,or who said what or whatever.I didn't bring it up,nor did I have an opinion on it.Get back on yer meds before ya kill yerself...FUC%....Methinks you really have something seriously wrong going on.Hope ya get it sorted Priv...hate ta see ya go over the edge ya know?

This dribble your saying is about who found a friggin quote and 'got it right'?FUC$$$$$$??????And you try to drag ME into yer confusion?.Geez Private....Go for a ride or somethin.Your stuff doesn't bother me...I KNOW yer not well.I can 'overlook' yer sorry azz attempts to 'get back' at me....keep trying....it's YOUR time yer wasting.I'm happy with mine.

This... was in response to my buddy Dannos remarks and insights.Not YOURS.

And BTW...here's a prop for ya....Good thing ya got that there Concours...tryin to think ahead and pilot a friggin rocketship like the 14R would be just too much for ya...good choice Priv.....

"Ok, then I guess".....that's the same thing as bowing down...so now ya gonna go after Danno also?He's ALREADY put you in yer place my friend.Try being a part of...instead of...'better than'....you might be amazed at how ya see things and people.You might actually see this place as a good way to get together...instead of a place to strut yer peacock feathers there.

* Last updated by: Grn14 on 4/12/2012 @ 5:28 PM *

OH boy, a pissing contest!

Let me find my best sissy similie...

Oh look! Pissay dough

oo-oo

Geez...minding my own business...and then...and then....and then......"and then along came John,along came John.Cool talkin John,slow walkin John.along came John and saved the day!"

You know Rook...your bike in yer avatar there really looks badazz with those blue covers on there.Seriously.You shaped em just right.

* Last updated by: Grn14 on 4/13/2012 @ 11:52 AM *

Yeah, I am so anal about stuff it almost looks like covers. LOL

I have seen plastic stick on covers years ago. What you see there in the avi is just painters tape. the color looks nice with the scheme and that's why I have gone with a lot of anodized blue parts this year.

I would love to put covers on those and ditch the headlights but wayyyyy to much hassle to convert back to street use and I just can't see making the 14 a dedicated track bike. Too much invested in it and it is still to big for tracking. I mean, I actually think I handle the weight pretty well and will continue to improve but there is a limit to how far the bike will lean and I have found it as have you. It will go another 15 degrees past this point with me on it but be listening closely for the sccccccccccccccccccchhhhhhhhhhhhh! A little farther and you know what happens .....

To Rook and Grn14... i think its nifty as hell that i can say i know two fellas that aint "skeered" to git down and dirty
with the same bike i happen to own.

I NEVER will have the stones to throw the Ninjee into a corner like you boys do. (Lol... boys. You two are older than i am)

And i know there are others here that can best me as well... Audioboyz grew up five miles away from me and im sure he can "stand tall in the gap"
better than i can.

Im perfectly happy living vicariously through you three... and Cooter... and Black1 ... and Privateer... and Hubster... and Bean07. You get the idea.

My apologies if your name wasnt mentioned... rest assured you will out-corner me but i enjoy your posts none the less!

* Last updated by: hagrid on 4/13/2012 @ 7:37 PM *

I know it's easy to want "revenge" on a cager when you have the HP under you to back you up, but you also need "deflector shields" my friend.
You sounded pretty bent on beating this guy. Someone you'll probably never meet again. In this case, or any, the reward is far less than the consequences. You could get killed or end up in a wheelchair the rest of your life. Also, for the other guy in your story, quite a few people keep guns nowadays to back them up.
I know you got pissed off but try to control things better next time or fate will catch up to you.
I crashed awhile back and I wasn't racing (50 mph) or involved with anyone else. Just misjudged a corner and hit sand. Laying in a hospital bed with tubes and stuff stuck in you for 16 days will piss you off worse than any cager.
Let the f'in peckerhead go by. Good chance fate will catch him and he'll be the fool in the hospital bed or in his grave.

* Last updated by: KAK on 4/14/2012 @ 10:25 AM *