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Been there enough, including right where you're at now and all the places you're riding. Been run off my line quite a bit, and off the road a few times as well. So what's your point? That I don't know, but you do? That's just silly. Best save it for the Lonely Planet forums.

My point is that at the rate you're going you might not make it home. Riding two up, you're also responsible for another life. You get to alter the probabilities….or not, as you choose. Getting pissed off at what people keep doing to you won't keep either of you safe, if that's a goal. Neither will tossing rocks at people who, from their perspective, are just doing what they normally do. They're not thinking "Oh my, I guess I'd better give that rider more room." They're thinking "I'm going to get even with this one for what the last one did to me."

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My point is my point, your can say as you wish no problem there.

But what you are missing is being there or in this case here, 35 - 40 degrees, tired, and dealing with one after another after hitting another moto head on, if I was pissed that moto rider would had been thrown for a sixer.

I don't care what they think or say and you have no idea either what they think which could be either way.

I care about me, Maya and Ellen and if that means other methods so be it, the guy in the car simply would not do it if we were a truck end of story so driving like an arsehole gets the same respect from me and leaving us nowhere to go but gravel they better be prepared too.

" They're thinking "I'm going to get even with this one for what the last one did to me."

..... maybe this is my logic so I guess we are on an even playing field with the locals, thump or be thumped, I have found now riding in the left hand wheel track of the right hand lane (at least when we pan amed it) and owning our space helps a lot but there are still a few per example who are still superhuman ....nuh.

I will continue riding defensively which is why we are still alive and well as I always do and if a stone accidentally gets flicked up off our bike at the appropriate moment ....
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