You expect presents from someone who passes in your lane? Do you stop to receive them?
I think I said this before in this thread (a year and a half ago), but if you're not man enough to take the oncoming lane to pass, you're not man enough to ride a motorcycle, period.

 

I've waved people to pass, but I notice a trend here that I don't like. People pulling up beside cars in their lane at stopsigns. They may not be bikes, but it's still their lane, stay behind them! I have also seen a few oncoming crotchrockets in my lane taking corners, yikes!

 

I'm generally cool with anybody whose on a bike; even a rice burner. I get my kicks just out cruisin' the highways and byways - maybe they get theirs scrapin' their knees
If it's open highway, I usually just ease over to the right side of the lane and wave them through. Small winding roads and I'll try and signal them through if I see it's clear ahead. I'd rather have them somewhere out in front of me than hangin' on my fender
What really gets my juices boiling is some freakin' a$$hole in a cage tryin' to push his way through in the same lane as me. Happened yesterday morning, foggy conditions and, when I eyeballed the bitch she was readin' a road map while driving

 

It's not a matter of opinion, it's a matter of law - two vehicles can't occupy the same lane space. It's illegal to pass within the same lane.

 

Living in California where lane sharing is allowed, we have a kind of unwritten code. I lane split most of the time when in traffic. The truth of the matter is that most of the rockets have better handling, acceleration, and braking, and are narrower than most cruisers. The vast majority of the Harley's I see will move over when a sportbike comes up behind them because they know the other bike is better in traffic. Also, it's typically a hint to move if someone catches up to you from behind, right? It's just a common courtesy, nothing to lose your life over. I often will waive faster bikes ahead of me and move over to let them pass regardless if I'm in traffic or not. Also, the rule on the roads here is if there are five vehicles behind you, you must pull over to let them pass when it is safe to do so. I don't have all the information in this instance, but if you are slowing traffic you are obligated to move and let the others by.

 

Happened to me last night. Guy on a rocket pulled up next to me in my lane and gave me the piece sign. I replied with a half a piece sign.

 

there is'nt much you can do to stopped them .with getting in a wreck and they are the one's in the wrong. there is alot of crotch rocket's that like doing the same thing.they are not proving anything outside of sturpid and trying to get some body hurt. if you move wrong everybody goes down.and it's pretty much the law everywhere you cant do that but some dont care about the law. until they get nailed for it.

 

That's a state law you are quoting for your state. It's not that way all over, including Minnesota, where two motorcycles can ride side by side, and one can overtake the other with that rider's indication that it's okay (such as waving them by). California allows lane splitting, where you can ride between two lines of cars. Down in Texas people pull over to the shoulder and let you go by (don't know if that's a law, but that's what they do ! )

Here's our law from our Mn traffic site regarding this:

Splitting traffic is illegal. No one except on-duty police officers may ride between lanes of traffic or in the same lane with other vehicles. It is legal for two motorcyclists to ride side-by-side in the same lane if both riders agree to it beforehand.

 

I try to use common courtesy and common sense: I ease right and wave'em around. It's not often done to me, though.

 

Never move to CA then... Lane sharing is the rule, not the exception...

Commonplace here and I'd expect it if I was holding up more than a few vehicles, bikes/cars/RV's/etc...

Get over it Francis...