Daimo B
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Registered: 20th Mar 00
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As if its bad enuff getting you new car/bike wet for the first time, i realised what its like to feel a real, twitching today. new scoota, nothing amazing, open the throttle, back end went all over the place. Very scarey on 2 wheels. HAd it b4 on my old bike, but this was totally different. Scared the hell out of me. Dont wanna crash my new toy.
New motor or bike, first time int he wet on/in it, b carefull. tendency to snap back at you when u dont expect it
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Tiger
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Registered: 12th Jun 01
Location: Leicestershire Drives:Astra VXR
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Thought you were going
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Tiger
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Registered: 12th Jun 01
Location: Leicestershire Drives:Astra VXR
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I raised the forks on my old DT250 and got a bit of a slap on once.....
Brown Undies alert!!
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Daimo B
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Registered: 20th Mar 00
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Im home already rolling a errr fag. And chatting a man about a dog.
Fear not, once rolled i shall be off
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Adam-D
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Registered: 11th May 02
Location: Cheshire
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look at other post i lost i today!
scared the crap outta me
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Tiger
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Registered: 12th Jun 01
Location: Leicestershire Drives:Astra VXR
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Manholes and oil in the wet - deadly. As is that black slick stuff they join cracks with...
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charcoalgrill
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Registered: 23rd Oct 02
Location: Bristol
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do u not feel scared that sum 1 would knock u off ur bike when ur out on it?
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Tiger
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Registered: 12th Jun 01
Location: Leicestershire Drives:Astra VXR
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It was worse when i used to race trials - near vertical slopes and tree logs to contend with
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Daimo B
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Registered: 20th Mar 00
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Nahhh, u just have to keep your eys wide open. Your attention span on the bike far outways anything in a car. U need to have your eyes everywhere.
i.e, every day occurance. My journey home from London 2nite.
I had 4 different people walk out thru the traffic on me. 1 even started an argument, even though his pedestrian light was red. He lost and wakled off
3cars pull out, sorry, majority are old black men or young black men with gold chains or old business men in their mercs n beemers.
got thru that, on the a2, had 2 people cut me up
got off the a2, women on right hand side of lane, no indication (about 2 cars widths wide this junction), i came up the inside cautiously, what did she do, cut straight accross me and turned left.
Thats just on the way home!!
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Tiger
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Registered: 12th Jun 01
Location: Leicestershire Drives:Astra VXR
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I hate London traffic - luckily im not down that way too often...
That said - im usually in an astravan so people move coz they no the reputation of white van drivers - im not the stereotype mind you....
[Edited on 25-04-2003 by Tiger]
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RichR
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Registered: 17th Oct 01
Location: Waterhouses, Staffordshire
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Im in the proces of buying a 125/250 cr motorx,not sure which tho yet,,,,,,,,nehow.Ive ahd a suzuki 125 and apprillia rs 125 and a cagiva mito 250 all road bikes, along witha montessa 350 trials biek, a fantic 12 trials and a couple of crossers and fook me, two wheels and different bikes makes so much difference
[Edited on 26-04-2003 by LiVe LeE]
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Tiger
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Registered: 12th Jun 01
Location: Leicestershire Drives:Astra VXR
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Id personally go for the YZ125/250 crosser - its a great build and more tuneable than the others in its class.
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