Overtake and pass

[upup]

I recently purchased a used ST1100. Until then, I was a Harley guy. I now have a problem never encountered with my Harley. What is the best way to overtake and pass another motorcycle?

[Mellow]

I typically follow for just a bit... and check their mirror to see if they see me. Sometime, they will wave me past but either way, I don't pass any differently than when I pass a car.

Now, what's funny is when they wanna speed up while I'm passing... LOL...I've had a chopper do that once..... once...

[Mark]

I recently purchased a used ST1100. Until then, I was a Harley guy. I now have a problem never encountered with my Harley. What is the best way to overtake and pass another motorcycle?

Congratulations!

I hadn't ever considered that HD riders would never get experience passing another MC! :D

I agree with Mellow: use all the caution you would use with a car; but, I usually blow by at speed so that *pacing* me and trapping me in the other lane does not cross their mind.

Mark

[U-Turn]

I feel a little awkward when passing another motorcycle...

[nm6r]

I feel a little awkward when passing another motorcycle...


I don't.

Ray
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[Trekker]

I feel a little awkward when passing another motorcycle...

Why? You have the same right to the road as the other bike. I don't feel bad passing a car when driving my car, same for when I ride.

Driving laws allow for passing..... no problem here.

[UNTMatt]

I feel a little awkward when passing another motorcycle...


I only feel that way when I get passed by a HD. :p:

You have the right to pass just as anyone else does. :06biker:

[U-Turn]

I'm not saying that I feel 'bad'...I just used the word awkward because it seemed to fit, or like a good idea at the time. I still pass the motorcycle, or motorcycles, because I usually ride at a pretty good clip...though I am more conscious of passing another motorcycle, unlike passing a vehicle where I think very little of it.

And just think, this all happens in a Walmart parking lot...you can imagine the stress I feel out on the open road. :eek:

[Mark]

And just think, this all happens in a Walmart parking lot...you can imagine the stress I feel out on the open road. :eek:

You *really* need to ride more...
:cool:

[NCrider]

I'm not saying that I feel 'bad'...I just used the word awkward because it seemed to fit, or like a good idea at the time. I still pass the motorcycle, or motorcycles, because I usually ride at a pretty good clip...though I am more conscious of passing another motorcycle, unlike passing a vehicle where I think very little of it.

And just think, this all happens in a Walmart parking lot...you can imagine the stress I feel out on the open road. :eek:


You sure don't have any problems passing cars. :p: Except for "that" truck last Saturday. I almost passed you.

[Trekker]

And just think, this all happens in a Walmart parking lot...you can imagine the stress I feel out on the open road. :eek:

Well.....I'm not a therapist, nor do I play one on TV. But my perscription for you is....... a heavy dose of road time on two wheels! ;)

[BigTom]

Ahhhhmmmm

Ze doktor has chust the thing for you my lad.

The last three years my buddy and I have ridden to Laughlin as a Saturday day ride. Takes us less than 3 hours to get there, and the last one we will pass at least 300 HD's. Maybe more. Same thing going home, the first hour we'll get to taste them:eek: Strangely enough, a few seem to want to try us:) Any 3 digit pace leaves them. You are welcome to ride along, if you wish.

Pay za nurse, or better yet, send directly to....

[Ken]

I only feel that way when I get passed by a HD. :p:

:crackup Shame on you! :spank1:

[JimKrause]

I got passed once by a HD. It was in 1969 and I was on my 250 Benelli.

Blew off a HD on my old H1. He said he started out in 2nd gear. Uh huh.

My thought to HD owners: Sure makes a lot of noise for such a slow bike.

jim

[Putt]

Just this Friday on the way up to Richland Center, I let a fellow on a
Sportster pass me.. He waved and smiled.. I must have made his day..
Of course, I was only doing about 60... But what-the-heck, I did my
good deed for the day....

I have a terrible habit... If I see a bike in front of me, I will sneak up on
them, and if it is iron out of Milwaukee, I will always motor on around them,
giving a wave as I do... Most of the time, the looks I get are not friendly
:)

Putt...

[motomac]

I usually run 5 MPH over the speed limit on cruise with the Wing and when pulling the Bunkhouse it is cool to wave at the HD's with my right hand as I blow by them.

[EASt]

I have a terrible habit... If I see a bike in front of me, I will sneak up on
them, and if it is iron out of Milwaukee, I will always motor on around them,
giving a wave as I do... Most of the time, the looks I get are not friendly
:)

Putt...

I'll do the same thing. But whether it's an HD or one of them slow, red ST1300s (zing!) ;), I'll always flip my right hand out into a sort of "peace sign fingers/waving" thing as if to say, "No hard feelings, slo-poke."

I don't look for a reaction when I pass, I just watch the dot getting smaller in my rearview mirror and smile to myself under the chin bar of my Shoei. :D

[Clair]

My thoughts on passing ...

NEVER pass in the same lane as the other motorcyclist without their permission! EVER. IF you're going to pass, wait for a passing zone, switch to the other lane, pass safely (waving is a nice gesture), re-enter the lane and continue on. If you need to pass the rider in the same lane, wait for them to move over and signal you by. Only then can you pass them. IF they don't move over, or don't gesture you by ... wait it out, sit tight, relax.

[U-Turn]

What about shifting down a gear or two and passin' 'em like a rocket? :D

[HankSTer]

+1

what Clair said... passing another motorcyclist in the same lane, that hasn't waved you by, can result in some really nasty things. Essentially, what you've done is, take away any emergency room for that rider. If they suddenly encounter a pot hole, debri in the road, etc, that you didn't see before you started passing in the same lane, you may have just forced that rider to ride thru / over that crap. Dont do that, ever.

sorry just wanted to be sure everyone was perfectly clear on what they might be doing on that one, it's important.

My thoughts on passing ...

NEVER pass in the same lane as the other motorcyclist without their permission! EVER. IF you're going to pass, wait for a passing zone, switch to the other lane, pass safely (waving is a nice gesture), re-enter the lane and continue on. If you need to pass the rider in the same lane, wait for them to move over and signal you by. Only then can you pass them. IF they don't move over, or don't gesture you by ... wait it out, sit tight, relax.

[Putt]

I have never passed a motorcycle in the same lane... Always treat them
like a car and use the oncoming lane on a 2 lane highway and the
hammer lane on the Interstate.... Same lane?? never..


Putt...

[clmixon]

Went for an inaugeral ride on my 06 on the 15th. Lost of folks from work, several on HD. After a few segements, one of the HD guys states that he is a stop and smell the flowers kind of guy and that I am accelerating too hard and going way too fast....

What I didn't have the heart to tell him is that I only had 50 miles on the bike and I was in break in milage and was never going over 4000 rpm :)

The ting about passing a M/C is not that you pass one bike, it is breaking a formation if you have to pass a lot of bikes. While I will pass singles or doubles, when you come up on the HD set there are often "LOTS" of bikes and you end up pulling in and out of their staggerd formation and that is sorta embarrising and rude....

Chris :06biker:

[EASt]

Went for an inaugeral ride on my 06 on the 15th. Lost of folks from work, several on HD. After a few segements, one of the HD guys states that he is a stop and smell the flowers kind of guy and that I am accelerating too hard and going way too fast....

What I didn't have the heart to tell him is that I only had 50 miles on the bike and I was in break in milage and was never going over 4000 rpm :)

The ting about passing a M/C is not that you pass one bike, it is breaking a formation if you have to pass a lot of bikes. While I will pass singles or doubles, when you come up on the HD set there are often "LOTS" of bikes and you end up pulling in and out of their staggerd formation and that is sorta embarrising and rude....

Chris :06biker:

I'll agree with that. In that case, I'll generally find an excuse to take a butt break at the next exit, drink a pop, and check my atlas for alternate routes to my destination.