FruitBooTeR
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Think they own the road tbh.... 
Hope the power ranger gets shafted in jail!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8704489.stm
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Daimo B
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Never seen a car doing 140mph have we 
These new bloody bikers means there is absolutly no way to tell if its a copper. At least with cars they are in uniform still.
Never ever try to race someone on the road. Only ride with people you know. Thats the safest way.
And yes, I regulary see 140mph. Its really not hard to get to 
Fruit your just jealouse because your car can't do 140mph or get anywhere near it 
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LeeM
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thats crazy how quickly they pick up speed! i want one 
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FruitBooTeR
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Originally posted by VXR
Fruit your just jealouse because your car can't do 140mph or get anywhere near it
I know thats because I dont have a car atm 
But when I do get it, it will be more than capable of 150 (And no its not a VXR ) and I wouldnt even bother with those speeds either, its just stupid.
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Daimo B
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Mine does 0-100mph in about 6-7 seconds, which isn't really that fast for a superbike.
geting to 140mph...
Sitting at 80mph in 3rd, open throttle, let revs rise in 3rd, 4th and throttle and over 140mph, and roll off.
Literally takes a few seconds.
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Daimo B
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Originally posted by FruitBooTeR
But when I do get it, it will be more than capable of 150 (And no its not a VXR ) and I wouldnt even bother with those speeds either, its just stupid.
So whats the point in getting it?????
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FruitBooTeR
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quote:
Originally posted by VXR
quote:
Originally posted by FruitBooTeR
But when I do get it, it will be more than capable of 150 (And no its not a VXR ) and I wouldnt even bother with those speeds either, its just stupid.
So whats the point in getting it?????
For the track and so I look cool
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Daimo B
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Fair play.
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a_j_mair
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Originally posted by VXR
Literally takes a few seconds.
only takes a second to cause an accident and kill peolpe aswell 
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adiohead
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bikers do own the roads, tbh
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grubz172
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been faster on a bike tbh .. bikers own the road and are the better riders/drivers on the road where as car drivers who dont own bikes dont look for them hence cars pulling out on me nearly everytime im on a bike .. mainly women tho.
[Edited on 26-05-2010 by grubz172]
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mattk
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they are the most self rightious bunch of cunts around
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Daimo B
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Originally posted by a_j_mair
only takes a second to cause an accident and kill peolpe aswell
And you can get runover crossing the road.
If you live your life by "what ifs" as I do with many things, it means you miss out on a lot of good things in life.
Bloody doo gooders, lets all live our lifes the way some toffs tell you.
Doing high speeds on an open motorway is totally safe. Doing 50mph through a town center is FAR more dangerous.
Step off the plate.
As for you matt, you drive a bright orange fiat diesel. Says it all
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a_j_mair
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i am no do gooder but watching a biker do100mph in a 50 zone under taking cars etc is not safe nor the right time or place
only takes one old lady to pull back across and miss the biker hurling down the inside and its good night
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mattk
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My dad and uncles are all bikers, Im not saying all are, but most are
Ive been on bikes since I was about 10, I drive very curtiously towards bikers, get pissed off when I let them past and they dont give me a wave though
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Daimo B
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quote:
Originally posted by a_j_mair
i am no do gooder but watching a biker do100mph in a 50 zone under taking cars etc is not safe nor the right time or place
only takes one old lady to pull back across and miss the biker hurling down the inside and its good night
yeah but your branding all bikers with the same brush.
Right, you drive a modified car. That MUST mean your a boyracing chav, who spends all night spinning on McDonalds trays, littering, hooning around in a 1.2 corsa with baked bean can exhaust, with gay neon lights, stickers, and a fetish for NOS and Paul Walker.......
Are you? Probably not.
Same way you shouldn't tarnish all bikers with the same brush.
Also, your saying undertaking? Do you mean filtering or undertaking? Filtering between cars is LEGAL. If a bike undertakes you and no cars are around, why are you in the outside lane????? Doing high speeds in certain areas is stupid I agree. But there is a road near me thats 50mph, 2 lane dual carrageway, not a housing estate OR building around for 4 miles, but its a 50mph? No-one ever does 50mph, so are all the car drivers the same??
One old lady to pull across, if your doing 100mph for starters, before the women could even think about moving, your already passed. As a biker, you can see whats happening before the car driver even thinks. Simple things, drifting accross lanes, viewing their eyes off their mirrors etc. Until your a biker or ridden one properly, its basing an opinion with no relevent experience.
Anyone can pull out at anytime on you.
Some people don't care, ride like tits. Some of us ride quite fast, but appropriate to the conditions. I.E if your coming upto a cross roads, you dont go past flat out do you. You roll off and be ready to apply brakes. Common sense stuff. If that car pulls out on you, doesn't matter if your on a bike or in a car does it.
NO-ONE I know rides like this, if anything, im the worst in my group of friends, but then I also have by far the most experience, which on a bike is everything.
Stop branding.
Matt, I ALWAYS say thanks, even to those people who violently swearve out the way for no reason whatsoever. But they have noticed im there, and that alone is worth the tiny effort of raising a few fingers in thanks.
I ride fast, but a conservative and respectfull fast. Unless your sat in the outside lane where you will receive my anger wrath.
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Nath
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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
As a biker, you can see whats happening before the car driver even thinks.
this is exactly what gets my goat with bikers
as a well trained motorist you can anticipate, not JUST as a biker, most bikers think the moment they slip that helmet over their heads that they have some sort of super power and priority over other road users
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pow
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Very much with Matt on this one.
Bikers are NOT a superior breed of people
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a_j_mair
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quote:
Originally posted by VXR
yeah but your branding all bikers with the same brush.
I havent tarred any bikers with any brush, i was simply referring to your comment of getting to 140mph only takes seconds
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Originally posted by VXR
Right, you drive a modified car.
No i dont drive a modified car. I drive a vectra sri 1.8
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Originally posted by VXR
Also, your saying undertaking? If a bike undertakes you and no cars are around, why are you in the outside lane?????
The driver being in the wrong lane doesnt give you the right to make an illegal manoveour
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Originally posted by VXR
Doing high speeds in certain areas is stupid I agree.
What are you moaning for then??
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Originally posted by VXR
No-one ever does 50mph, so are all the car drivers the same??
Apparantly according to your statement
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Originally posted by VXR
Until your a biker or ridden one properly, its basing an opinion with no relevent experience.
My opinion is based on my driving experience, although not on a bike I feel I am still able to differentiate between safe and stupid wether bike or car
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Originally posted by VXR
Some of us ride quite fast, but appropriate to the conditions. I.E if your coming upto a cross roads, you dont go past flat out do you. You roll off and be ready to apply brakes. Common sense stuff. If that car pulls out on you, doesn't matter if your on a bike or in a car does it.
Never did say it made a difference wether car or bike, a car doing the same manouvers at that speed would be equally silly
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Originally posted by VXR
Stop branding.
I never did
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adiohead
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The biggest difference between a biker and a non-biker is the shoulder check.
I shoulder check in my car. So many car drivers don't do this! It should be part of the test, imo.
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Nath
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Originally posted by pow
Very much with Matt on this one.
Bikers are NOT a superior breed of people
This.
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ed
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Just think though, if one of those cars checked their mirrors to change lane when that bike was undertaking at 60 meters per second and turned the biker into paste it would all be the car drivers fault in the eyes of most bikers.
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Nath
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quote:
Originally posted by adiohead
The biggest difference between a biker and a non-biker is the shoulder check.
I shoulder check in my car. So many car drivers don't do this! It should be part of the test, imo.
I made the mistake of not doing this when I first passed and nearly clipped another car. Since then I probably do it too much. Better to be safe.
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ed
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Always check your blind spot! So important...
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