Was I wrong to freak out at my friend for this? - HondaClub.com

**TJ213** · 12-20-2007, 08:32 PM

I was riding behind my friend (him in a pickup truck, me on my ex500), and the road we were on was recently under construction and although most of it was good, we just hit one of those strips of tar. Right after he passed it he suddenly slammed the brakes for no reason at all. I grabbed the front brake which didn't scrub off any speed half because my glove got stuck and prevented me from grabbing full brake, and half from the brake not working right (bike is in the garage and parts will be ordered soon), rear brake hit the tar and completely locked up. btw, I was about 2.5-3 seconds behind him at 30mph when this started. Anyways, I obviously wasn't slowing down at all, with no front brake and a locked rear wheel.

I steered left, and just got around his side (thank god there was no opposing traffic), and slid to a stop smashing the horn. He just laughed and drove away, I then stopped him and talked to him (well, by talking I mean ripping his door open and yelling WTF), he said that he just wanted to see how I would react.

I mean, I felt kind of bad for yelling, but slamming the brakes on a person riding a 17 year old bike who has only been riding for about 3 weeks, WTF, if it wasn't for a lucky slide I would have smashed into the back of his truck.

btw, I would also like to thank those who write about proper riding techniques on the internet, if I didn't know about looking away from the truck and at the escape route who knows what would have happened.

**dre5491** · 12-20-2007, 09:21 PM

no it wasnt wrong of u but wrong of him cuz i mean that could have killed you if u honestly didnt kno what to do that could have ended very very bad thank god it didnt thou cuz we still have a tj here =D .. but i mean you had all right to yell at him for doing that specially wit u only having about 3 weeks of expirenece.. maybe if u had years of expirence and knew how to stunt ride and all of that it would have been okayish to do that but still wrong if u kno what i mean.. he put your life at risk doing that and putting someones life at risk is never right.. i think he deserved everything you gave him plus more..

**EyesofFreedom** · 12-20-2007, 09:37 PM

Was I wrong to freak out at my friend for this?

Answer...

HELL NO!

What would of happened if you would have had traffic coming the other way?

HONDAS R US · 12-20-2007, 11:25 PM

No your not wrong to freak out at your friend for that...

btw what type of truck is it, b/c Pa has a lot of raised up trucks and so...
on a lighter note...

if it was like some monster truck, you could have just went under it.

or if it was a lowrider truck, you could have like yanked the throttle, do a wheelie, and stop in the bed of the truck, or gone over it.
(idk how, if it was an intercepter you could probably Vtec it in)

Vangard · 12-21-2007, 07:54 AM

NO WAY.....he had more than that coming

**SiGirl** · 12-22-2007, 12:38 AM

**** no you weren't. I'd be just as pissed even if I was an experienced biker.

**HondaME** · 12-22-2007, 08:57 PM

glad you weren't hurt, TJ !! you were correct to have expressed your anger towards him! no joke!

12-20-2007, 08:32 PM	#1 (permalink)
TJ213 heluva engineer Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Carlisle, Pennsylvania United States Posts: 1,644	Was I wrong to freak out at my friend for this? I was riding behind my friend (him in a pickup truck, me on my ex500), and the road we were on was recently under construction and although most of it was good, we just hit one of those strips of tar. Right after he passed it he suddenly slammed the brakes for no reason at all. I grabbed the front brake which didn't scrub off any speed half because my glove got stuck and prevented me from grabbing full brake, and half from the brake not working right (bike is in the garage and parts will be ordered soon), rear brake hit the tar and completely locked up. btw, I was about 2.5-3 seconds behind him at 30mph when this started. Anyways, I obviously wasn't slowing down at all, with no front brake and a locked rear wheel. I steered left, and just got around his side (thank god there was no opposing traffic), and slid to a stop smashing the horn. He just laughed and drove away, I then stopped him and talked to him (well, by talking I mean ripping his door open and yelling WTF), he said that he just wanted to see how I would react. I mean, I felt kind of bad for yelling, but slamming the brakes on a person riding a 17 year old bike who has only been riding for about 3 weeks, WTF, if it wasn't for a lucky slide I would have smashed into the back of his truck. btw, I would also like to thank those who write about proper riding techniques on the internet, if I didn't know about looking away from the truck and at the escape route who knows what would have happened. __________________ Comma Club Member #1

12-20-2007, 09:21 PM	#2 (permalink)
dre5491 Thats what she said... Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Mason, Ohio United States Posts: 2,256	no it wasnt wrong of u but wrong of him cuz i mean that could have killed you if u honestly didnt kno what to do that could have ended very very bad thank god it didnt thou cuz we still have a tj here =D .. but i mean you had all right to yell at him for doing that specially wit u only having about 3 weeks of expirenece.. maybe if u had years of expirence and knew how to stunt ride and all of that it would have been okayish to do that but still wrong if u kno what i mean.. he put your life at risk doing that and putting someones life at risk is never right.. i think he deserved everything you gave him plus more.. __________________ The Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/dre5491 Xboxlive Gamertag: dre5491 <-ADD IT!!!!!!! 94' Honda Accord- Sold 98' Dodge Dakota- Sold 98' Eagle Talon Tsi- F/T for 99-00 Civic Si or Integra Project- 89' 240sx

12-20-2007, 09:37 PM	#3 (permalink)
EyesofFreedom Official Instigator! Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Rincon, Georgia United States Posts: 2,096	Was I wrong to freak out at my friend for this? Answer... HELL NO! What would of happened if you would have had traffic coming the other way? __________________ Myspace me... http://www.myspace.com/hondaclub_eyesoffreedom Ferio Project car build page... http://www.my2002ex.mysite.com My other passion... http://www.nscale.org/defaulteng.htm

12-20-2007, 11:25 PM	#4 (permalink)
HONDAS R US Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Erie, Pennsylvania United States Posts: 39	No your not wrong to freak out at your friend for that... btw what type of truck is it, b/c Pa has a lot of raised up trucks and so... on a lighter note... if it was like some monster truck, you could have just went under it. or if it was a lowrider truck, you could have like yanked the throttle, do a wheelie, and stop in the bed of the truck, or gone over it. (idk how, if it was an intercepter you could probably Vtec it in) __________________

12-21-2007, 07:54 AM	#5 (permalink)
Vangard Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: East Peoria, Illinois United States Posts: 72	NO WAY.....he had more than that coming __________________

12-22-2007, 12:38 AM	#6 (permalink)
SiGirl Mother of One Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Bellflower, California United States Posts: 951	** no you weren't. I'd be just as pissed even if I was an experienced biker. __________________ http://www.myspace.com/mz_su3rt3 http://www.cardomain.com/id/cdfortune *FOR SALE***

12-22-2007, 08:57 PM	#7 (permalink)
HondaME HondaClub President Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Austin, Texas United States Posts: 1,378	glad you weren't hurt, TJ !! you were correct to have expressed your anger towards him! no joke!

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