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I was on a ride-out with a mate years back, him on his new S1000R me on my old 'blade. We was coming to a roundabout and a car suddenly changed direction. I just went round him but my mate "rev bombed" him.
I asked him later wtf he was doing and he said "He just pulled out, I nearly crashed". SRSLY!?
He was anew rider, maybe two years, so is that a thing now?
I told him not to do it again.
I asked him later wtf he was doing and he said "He just pulled out, I nearly crashed". SRSLY!?
He was anew rider, maybe two years, so is that a thing now?
I told him not to do it again.
It's a thing, although I've not heard it given a name. Just watch any biker dashcam video and listen out (or don't)
Arguably more common now, but I've heard bikers doing it since at least 2012 when I started riding.
It's usually more obnoxious than whatever move the car driver just pulled if you ask me.
Arguably more common now, but I've heard bikers doing it since at least 2012 when I started riding.
It's usually more obnoxious than whatever move the car driver just pulled if you ask me.
I’ve found there is a new breed of rider that bounces their bike off the limiter rather than what I would class as a quick ‘rev bomb’ - a short, sharp rev.
Usually found on a 125 and on ewwww toob, speeding up to the scene of a poor car drivers misdemeanour for clicks n likes.
But I have noticed it on the rise near me too…
Usually found on a 125 and on ewwww toob, speeding up to the scene of a poor car drivers misdemeanour for clicks n likes.
But I have noticed it on the rise near me too…
MrGman said:
trickywoo said:
Used appropriately in place of the horn it’s fine. Quicker and louder than your typical bike horn.
I’d be interested to know if the anti rev bombers are also anti horn.
I think the ‘rev bomb’ is much more aggressive than a quick beep of the horn. I’d be interested to know if the anti rev bombers are also anti horn.
The hron is used to state "I am here". That's what a quick rev bomb does and is quicker, easier and safer to do than finding the horn button. (I am referring to a quick throttle blip, not a bounce it off the limiter for a couple of seconds.)
On my Tuono doing that was louder than the horn and I've got better muscle memory to do that than find the horn in a panic. When I see people on the helmetcam vids revving their 125 at people on a dual carriageway, they're never going to hear that.
Slightly related, neighbour over the road every week or so brings out his Triumph Sprint or Kawa ZZR, starts it up, revs it a lot for a minute, then turns it off and puts it back in the shed, rides them once a year maybe.
Slightly related, neighbour over the road every week or so brings out his Triumph Sprint or Kawa ZZR, starts it up, revs it a lot for a minute, then turns it off and puts it back in the shed, rides them once a year maybe.
black-k1 said:
Hmmm ... Is that because it can be heard, unlike most motorcycle horns?
The hron is used to state "I am here". That's what a quick rev bomb does and is quicker, easier and safer to do than finding the horn button. (I am referring to a quick throttle blip, not a bounce it off the limiter for a couple of seconds.)
agreedThe hron is used to state "I am here". That's what a quick rev bomb does and is quicker, easier and safer to do than finding the horn button. (I am referring to a quick throttle blip, not a bounce it off the limiter for a couple of seconds.)
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