How do you feel when you see them ?
(Not Scooter Riders)

RESPECT!!!!

I have as much/little respect for bikers as I do for any other road user.

They're just kids who need to grow up, parading around on their done up bikes with their flashy leathers.................not like us Scooby drivers. (Tongue in cheek mode -off)

Sunny day, nice twisty road, me stuck in the scoob with wife n kids whilst they are off on a nice scratch? Jealous
Rainy trek out of London whilst they are crowded under a flyover trying to get wet weather gear on over the leathers? Smug
Regards
Chuck (part-time biker)

As one, then nothing but respect, and what a refreshing change to see adverts on TV asking drivers to be more aware of Bikers. I always move over to make it easier/safer for them to filter past, I have never understood drivers who try and stop bikes from getting past or deliberatlely force them onto the other side of the road, plenty have done it to me so I know it happens.

I am asking this question in the name of science (LOL)
I have posted a similar question about Nova Drivers on the MCN Forum.

Some bikers are idiots.
Some car drivers are idiots.

I qualify for both :D, but Im more scared of a badly driven car than a badly ridden bike.

Chances are the biker will fall off long before he rams into me if he's pants on the thing, but a bad car driver can go on and on and on till they hit summat...

Respect 95% of the time, however I do object to be overtaken at 80mph on the inside while I'm in the 3rd lane overtakig a car [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]

Happened last week, when I flashed my lights at him as he virtually pushed me onto the central reservation he gave me the shuffle [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]

T055er [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]

Respect. Nice when they give you a little wave to acknowledge you making space for them to come past.

Got an R1 and a DRZ Supermoto (which I commute on) as well as my Scooby so I've got lots of respect for bikers.

I've also got a lot of respect for any driver who allows more room for me to filter past in traffic and shows good road awareness. I always try and thank them with a nod or wave. It's how things should be.

At the opposite end, I have no ferkin respect for mobile phone users who are obviously unaware of my presence and who swerve dangerously with the shock of having a biker go past them. But that's a different topic.

Treating everyone as I find them :)

Ultimate respect for the guys who are careful, respectful and say thanks when I pull over...no respect for those who sit 2 ft from the back of my car at 65mph along country lanes (you wouldn't be able to react if I did an emergency stop and the last thing I want to see is a biker flying over my roof:() - go past or pull back.

All in all I think all bikers are brave, don't think you'd catch me without four sides and a roof with some of the nutters on the rd at the moment - however...it is tempting... :D

Wot abt "mountain bikers"? My lad rides his trials pushbike off the top of busshelters!!! Crackers or wot??

Don't forget nearly all bike riders drive cars - not all car driver's ride bikes. A lot of bikers have Scoobs - look at the number of bikers on this bbs. Always give bikers respect...but not scooter riders, the b*stards, god I hate them, always in the way, ridden by morons who don't have a clue, cogging up the roads for everyone else.