Daimo B
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Eh?
Its silly not to go out with all my protective gear on?
What you smoking fella? Anyone who goes out in jeans/t-shirts deserve to come off IMO, make them realise WHY we wear the kit. Skin burns an inch per second 
Monday - Stupid hot, went outside, sweating, had to get fuel, drenched in sweat. Did i remove kit, like f**k.
I can't wear my textiles on my sportbike, it gives me a mental block, I don't feel safe.
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a_j_mair
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read what you said
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Jay
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quote:
Originally posted by VXR
Eh?
Its silly not to go out with all my protective gear on?
You made a typo, you said you never go out fully geared up 
[Edited on 26-05-2010 by Jay]
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Neo
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quote:
Originally posted by VXR
I've had some bloke do that right next to me, totally the bikers fault.
As for Van driver, whilst the biker shouldn't have gone up the inside, the van driver should not be stopping on a road.
Filtering, honestly, no-one can comment on this until they have done it. But jeans n t-shirt, well, no sympathy. Sounds like a cock. I never go out fully geared up, ever!!!!
Cycling incident, if your indicating then your fully legal to pull out and imo its the bikers fault.
tbh, i don't know anyone who shakes their head because you haven't moved. Thats stupid, your have as much right to the road as we do. Its OUR responsibility to get around the obstruction/cage, not yours to move out the way. We should only pass when safe, and the amount of bikers that don't indicate as they do this really really winds me up. Like car drivers, it takes a mear second to flick the switch.
Never said otherwise, in fact I said a lot of bikers ride like tits, in which case no sympathy.
Riding experience - 8 years commuting to central london every day, riding motorcyles since I was 6, and 10 years road riding now.
I still learn something new every day, any biker who thinks they are gods gift will soon go down, and hard.
Thanks for a genuine reply.
We've had the discussion of filtering before where someone took my wing mirror with them, but as i've never done it, I can only speculate that doing it well over the speed limit when other cars are doing 10/15 under is dangerous.
You say "Cycling incident, if your indicating then your fully legal to pull out and imo its the bikers fault", If I had done just that however, I can imagine he would have come through my rear screen at the pace he was going, so even though fully entitled and legally able to move, when dealing with a biker you have to be cautious as one knock and it could be came over.
The head shaking I'll record one day, set a camera up, I usually get it once or twice a week, and most the time have no clue why, moved over slightly to help or just by abiding high way code, somehow its wrong. Must be a north essex thing 
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Daimo B
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I really should post up one of my videos home (I wear a camera in my crash helmet).
You lot would be on a right moan/bitch fest, but also, you'd see also how much sh1t we have to deal with from twat head drivers too
Its horses for corses. Theres a lot of awful drivers out there as well as awful riders. You don't need skill to pass a bike test and go out and get a bike that'll do 180+mph.
Thats why im all for the test change to make it much harder. Improves basic skills that all bikers should have (reaction braking, swearve manuouver etc).
I ride my bikes hard, but theres a time and place. Going past on one wheel @ 12000rpm in 2nd in rush hour will do you no favours. Plus also, I think about the aspect of, "if I ride like a tit on my work bike, the same people see me every day and doens't take much to report me"
At the weekend, IF the road is ok, i'll ride fast, but not fast enough for knee down action. You jsut don't know whats around that next bend.
Track days ftw!!!!!
aj - ha ha ha I like riding naked with my balls the size of peanuts.
[Edited on 26-05-2010 by VXR]
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mwg
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I aim for bikers and have a point scoring system based on the severity of the contact between us ranging from a slight clip to full on shunting off the road.
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Daimo B
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Man your cool.
Is this internet cool points your after in front of your peers?
Or are you just billy bullsh1tting, trying to look cool, and funny, but failed with a seriously piss poor joke?
the latter Least make it funny and not jsut lame
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mwg
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Yeah I'm running a table for e-points too. I'm winning but your looking at relegation.
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Daimo B
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Thats about right tbh, im a loner with no friends and no internet coolness.
But hold up, becuase im not trying for IE coolness, that instantly makes me cool, for not trying to be cool, or think what others think, which makes me cool.
Im so confused. Can I buy coolness?
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JordanR
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Whenever I am on the motorway and I see a bike.....its always weaving between cars and lanes 
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Nath
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Jesus, mwg can I borrow your fishing rod?
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Daimo B
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quote:
Originally posted by JordanR
Whenever I am on the motorway and I see a bike.....its always weaving between cars and lanes
And?
Filtering is LEGAL. They are allowed to.
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JordanR
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And?
Filtering is LEGAL. They are allowed to.
So undertaking is legal? Thought not....
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mwg
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Originally posted by Nath
Jesus, mwg can I borrow your fishing rod?
Feel free if you think you can handle it 
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adiohead
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article on filtering:
http://www.survivalskills.clara.net/riding_skills_20.htm
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Daimo B
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quote:
Originally posted by JordanR
So undertaking is legal? Thought not....
So you've never gone over the speed limit.
OK for 1 thing for you, but not for someone else yeah?
Its a grey area, but legal. Still, i'll take CSport advice from non riders over a bikesafe training police officer
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Daimo B
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quote:
Originally posted by adiohead
article on filtering:
http://www.survivalskills.clara.net/riding_skills_20.htm
Good little guide that. Sticks to my methods of around 10-20mph faster than traffic flow. Also points out about 1 lane stopping and just waiting for someone to pull out on you as tehy try to "jump" lanes
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N3CRO
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I'd be too scared to go that fast on a bike!
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Daimo B
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Like anything, it takes getting used to.
I used to think my 70bhp bike was pretty bloody fast when I got it. Here I am on a 120bhp machine now and already fully to grips with the power. The 70bhp bike seems extremly slow now
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SportBoy
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nobody should be on the road but me your all wank!
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CORSA NUT
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Originally posted by Nath
I'm disappointed. All that writing and not a single condescending ' '
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mattk
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quote:
Originally posted by VXR
You driven on the roads recently.
I never said just bikers
As a biker, wearing jsut leathers, im fully aware im one of the most vunerable people on the road. Your dad and his "mates" must be right biker chavs to give you this impression as no bikers I know have this attitude. We're the ones at risk.
Also, sitting in your car, your not at a higher level of sight, so no you don't have the vision that a biker does. A van driver has a closer vision range than a car driver, your sitting too low to see so how can you see what a biker does
Yes the last time I drove on the road incidently was 10 mins ago, funny you should ask
you may feel vunerable and I dont blame you, but the truth is I dont want to hit you as much as you dont want to get hit, so I am at a high level of concentration too, not because I know that if I get hit it will hurt but because I dont want to hit anything, both different things, but they demand the same level of concentration
my dad is far from a biker chav, he rides a fully faired 1200 bandit with a top box on it
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Daimo B
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Well im afraid you and me are in a minority of drivers who actually are aware of everything they are doing Lane discipline etc.
Msot drivers arn't, they jsut think they are... "so why was you sat in the middle lane, or why did you use that roundabout as a chicane when I was in the lane next to you forcing me to hit the brakes" But no no, they are right
I ride a Bandit 650 with topbox, although mostly without the topbox Great work hack.
1200 is a torquey beast, great budget cruiser in the revised 1250 spec.
Im still tempted to do a running commentary of a trip home one day
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lostboy
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A workmates son came off his bike the other day (only a scooter as he's 16/17) and was only wearing a t-shirt and trousers (obviously had a helmet on) and even at 30 MPH it took alot of skin off him (lesson learned he says).
Some other workmates (women) were saying they would never let their sons/husbands buy a bike as they're dangerous, that pissed me off a little bit as there isn't anything dangerous about bikes.
The dangers are the stupid car drivers who never look out for bikes or expect to see a bike, or as that ad that was run for a while, think bike and just pull out of a junction without looking properly. Bikes are safe if you respect the road and if stupid bastards would actually think about looking for bikes, granted some bikers do push the limits too far.
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Daimo B
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A bike will only go as fast as you twist the throttle.
I don't always blame car drivers. As said there are MANY bad bikers, mainly weekend warriors who only come out on dry summer days. I also call these people pussies or fake men Real men ride in ANY weather
But generally, I find myself giving the "bird" or "oil tanker" sign to car drivers
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