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Remember, though, that her predecessor was ABSOLUTELY USELESS, so having her be any flavor of competent at all was a big step up. Also, in regards to the 'I was about to save the day anyway' aspect of Batman's rescue, remember, these were the days where the hero was ALWAYS RIGHT. Always. No one, but no one, stole the hero's thunder.
And the impression I got from this was that Babs is really into customizing her stuff, and has had Batgirl on the brain lately, so she's been messing around with her stuff in the last few days, JUST IN CASE. She believes in being prepared, and remember, even back then she was a whiz with mechanical stuff - remember her 'crime-sensing light', or whatever that thing was called? She probably had the motorbike in the car already, in case she ever had a breakdown or something, and she was putting bat-symbols on everything else, so she figured 'why not?'