A motorcycle rider who "had a strong dislike verging on hatred for cyclists" has been sentenced to at least 5½ years in jail for killing a rider four years ago. 

Ben Smith, 27, was found guilty in May of the manslaughter of Steven Jarvie, 62, who suffered fatal head injuries when he came off his bike as Smith sped past him on the Old Pacific Highway at Cowan, just north of Sydney, on February 17, 2013. 

"The c--- f---ing deserved it," Smith, who didn't stop to help Mr Jarvie, later told another cyclist at a nearby cafe. 

Mr Jarvie's partner says Smith left the father-of-three "dying on the side of the road like a piece of garbage".