Some people can?t help turn their snobby little noses up at motorcyclists. It?s usually people that don?t have a life of their own and can?t bear to see anyone else having one. I?m not too worried about those people, and neither should you be, because nobody really cares what miserable old turds like that think. But sometimes sensible, right minded people are given course to shake their heads at us motorbike boys, because sometimes we forget how to behave ourselves. So if you?ve got a tendency to be a naughty boy (or girl), hopefully this will help you avoid giving motorcyclists a bad name.

Filtering flat-out

I don?t know if this is scarier for the filter-er, or filter-ee, but it certainly frightens me. I?m a big fan of filtering, whether it?s on a busy motorway or a set of traffic lights in town; it?s one of the benefits of motorcycling, and long may it continue. But it can be a little bit dangerous, if you don?t have your wits about you. You never know whether the car/van/lorry drivers have seen you in their mirrors, or what they?re going to do next.
That?s why it makes me cringe when I see people filtering at top speed. If the traffic?s rolling along at 30mph and you?re flying through the gaps doing 70mph, you?re going to scare the living shit out of everyone you pass, not to mention piss them off. So if that?s you, slow down, be safe, and try not to give motorcyclists a bad name.

Being a noisy neighbour

I love motorbikes as much as the next pe...