silly rice bike guy....

I apologize up front for this...street racing is very bad and when it involves motorcycles, it is especially heinous. In my hypocrisy, I dont condone my actions. But....

I took the vert to work today and on the drive home, along the usual route, I noticed a rice bike popping in and out of traffic behind me working his way onward. I continue traveling along and clear the light traffic ahead of me and on a fairly open double lane arterial road for about 1/2 mile, he made his way directly behind me and is excited to meet me at the upcoming red light where he pulls alongside me. I pay him and his revving bike no obvious attention (out of the corner of my eye):Brow: and gently leave the intersection when the light turned with no intention of drag racing on the city streets.:3gears: :spank:
My laws abiding driving techniques were immediately compromised as he continued to antagonize me as I gently rowed for second gear. Primal instinct took over as a quick scan of the upcoming road changes to a boulevard with no cross streets and no traffic ahead. I had not heard the bike take second gear yet as he was hanging with me in first around a gentle bend and that was that, second gear was going to wait and this bike was gonna smell it. I proceded to rap out 1st, slammed and wound out second, decided to popey for third and go just abit more before we ran out of safe room as I heard the little rice rocket singing in the rear view mirror and wouldnt you know I missed third.ouch- rev limiter.

It worked out conveniently enough as we were suddenly approaching cars at the next light and he made his way up to me with the spun third shift. A quick glance of the gagues confirmed oil pressure, and no nasty noises to indicate damage from the missed shiftbut, ricer rocket man did not appreciate the smack down and actually flipped me off without looking at me as he went on by as I took my on ramp onto the freeway.

Big block BUICK 4.11s always surprise the bikes stop light to stop light..

 

Nice kill! I hope the top was down when this happened!:TU:

 

Nice kill. And don't worry, in true ricer tradition I"m sure he'll tell anyone who may have sen it all the normal excuses those people seem to have when they lose:

1. My NOS wasn't up to pressure

2. I missed a shift.

3. I wasn't REALLY racing

4. I have't put all my stickers on the car yet

5. My fart can exhaust isn't fully tuned yet

 

Hey atleast you didnt do this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILjS3HGEVD4

 

Seems like that biker had it coming . . . referring to the video. "And this is why we don't tailgate."

 

It was 75* and blue skies and the top is always down :TU:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKs7k0vMMTI

 

Official----"Atta Boy"

For some reason the video won't play. It opens but won't play.

Anyway, I love smoking bikes with the Turbo. The 1000's give me a run, I can hang with them and pull some, from a dig I won't catch them but 750 on down always lose. Just really pisses them off and then thay have to do that ricer flybye.

I had the same thing happen a couple of months ago (pretty sure I posted it here somewhere). Some middle size Suzuki was weaving through traffic and we ended up next to each other at a red light with a clear four lane out front. He's revving the snot out of his bike as the light changes so he never heard me come up on boost. I hole shoot him so bad I hold it in first waiting for him to catch up. He thinks he's gaining when he comes up along side and I shift to second and stand on it going to full boost again and he falls away pretty quickly. At 65 in the 45 I back off and let him do his flybye only to have some car make a right turn in front of him and take his lane (side road on the right coming up are why I let off so I could slow back down before we got there). He weaves around and keeps going must have pushed her to 100. I'm glad I let off and left him the lane. At the next light he will not look over and we take off like grandma.

I know, I know no more street racing.

Mikey

 

Rice Bike...that's funny!! I guess there is a rice bike catagory isn't there. I used to have a 636 Kawasaki and I always felt I needed to prove how fast it was...I raced anything that lined up next to me.

I now ride a 1400 Kawasaki...no need to bother. I can't imagine any street leagal vehicle keeping up with it...a Busa maybe. When I was younger I never understood why the guys driving Porsches and Vettes or Vipers drove their cars so slow...now I get it. What's the point of driving it fast on the street....you know what it is and what it can do! I'm not waste my time racing you.

Next time you can tell him if he wants to feel what it's like to go fast on that little ricer bike you'll gladly chain his bike up to your back bumber and pull him down the street!! Nice Kill!

Ben

 

The Yamaha V-Max I used to own would easily take just about any street legal car at the time. They weighed 563 lbs, and produced 145 HP from its 1200 cc V4 engine. It was the fastest vehicle on the road in the mid to late 80's. Capable of mid to high 10 second runs from the factory, with a pro rider of course.:grin: My best would have likely been mid to high 11's. :laugh:

It almost killed me a few times, thus I sold it in 1988. I wonder how it would run against some members cars today.......

 

Yeah...those are some impressive numbers for an 80's model. My ZX14 has 197hp 566.7 pounds from the factory capable of low 9s. World fastest mass produced motorcycle ever. I have since put a full exhaust, less restritive air filter, some sprocket work, stretched, lowered and a power commander on it. I guess it's probably somewhere around 210-215. I bet it could run mid 8's...although I haven't gotten there yet. I usually don't play with cars...although there was this supercharged LS1 Camero (could hear the whisle) that was really annoying me the other day...it was teachin' time:Brow:

P.S. Don't mean to hijack the thread...

 

*He* flipped you off? uzzled:

What a joke.

 

...and he didn't even have the common courtesy of even looking at me first...:bla:

 

There are a few street cars capable of running next to you all day till they leave the ground and can't steer. That said 99.99% of street cars won't have a prayer against your bike. My friends 66 Chevelle puts 776 to the ground, runs low 9's (high 9's on sticky dots) and is very docile on the street. Very loud but docile.

I used to run a pro stock bike when I worked for Yamaha back in the early-mid 70's. Someone traded in a 72 Kawa H-2 750 triple. The boss let me set it up for the strip. Just a lenthened swing arm with wheely bar, 4" slick, sprocket changes, carb changes and pipes. Third time out ran a best of 9.2 at 144mph. They were stupid fast too. But did not handle at all; unlike your bike.

I just changed out an A/C unit for a guy that has a ZX-14 with a turbo charger set up on it. I asked him how many times he really built boost and he said only twice.

Mikey

 

....Easy bikers, nothing but love... It sounded like a smaller series Suzuki which can be very lethal...with a good rider. You guys with the Stuff know what's up there....Let's keep it in perspective with the abundance of duf'asses in cars and bikes. I still have utmost respect for real bike riders and their iron. Power:weight ratio...gearing... and with that said, I have smoked plenty domestic big bikes than rice in the day from stop light to stop light with BBB & 4.11's especially with the beloved SP TH400 of old. They never saw it coming ou:

This is isn't a general post about cars being quicker than bikes...I think we all know the story there....but a KILL story is a KILL story..and that is a kill story and a "rider" knows he got killed.

Maybe he flipped me off because we did not run out another gear....I don't know, and don't care, I would not have been throwing for third if I didnt not think that it was going to be a race and show bike that car can run...

STAY SAFE>MO

 

Well said Faster

 

One "Atta Boy" for the rice bike boys.

Took the T to work yesterday, still had some 112 gas in it and the race chip in it.
Oh baby does she like snorting that stuff!
It is a multi personality car between pump gas/chip and race gas/chip.

Anyway I'm first at a light with a good 1/3 mile to the next light on this 6 lane divided highway and absolutely no cross streets, parking lots or driveways. I briskly leave the light till I hit second gear and then just gas on it for maybe two-three seconds. The car squeals, the suspension plants em and just rockets out to 65-70 mph. I let off and coast up to the next light. I look in the mirror and there is a rice rocket weaving out of the traffic way behind me and comes up really fast.

He pulls next to me at the light, lifts his visor and yells "man that thing is fast".

We never race.

Mikey

 

That motorist who brake checked a guy on the bike in the rain should be shot. I have no respect for people like that. In the beginning of the video who has the more calm and mature attitude? the biker, he is NOT shoving the motorist around, like the motorist is doing unto him. Then when he gets on the bike and starts to leave the motorist ILLEGALLY passes the biker and gets in front of him, then intentionally goes slow so the biker gets close and then slams his brakes. Absolutely wrong in every sense. I used to ride but had to many close calls with stupid people.

 

Yep, I would have shot that mother f*cker. Bikes are dangerous because of assholes like that