Idiot = Me

[Zed]

Almost taken out on the way home tonight & as a result I also learnt a valuable lesson.

Glad you're still with us Deb! If I see a driver making maneuvers like that I steer well away from them...but like you say, we still can't control others actions.

Makes you count your blessings, and in your case a new pair of fab shoes!

[FROSTY:Me]

whatever happened to yam man??

[Zed]

whatever happened to yam man??

Left quietly. Name isn't in the members list any more so I presume he asked to be removed??

[Lou Girardin]

You would probably not survive a bin in heavy m/way traffic at 100 k's, unless the cagers are very alert and avoid your tumbling bod. Having said that, I did, but I don't recommend it.
Always give wankers like that a very wide berth.

[Ms Piggy]

Almost taken out on the way home tonight & as a result I also learnt a valuable lesson.

Glad you're ok and have learnt a lesson the painless way...some of us aren't that "lucky".

So tomorrow I'm off to buy those ridiculously expensive but fabulous shoes I had been umming & arring over

Oooooooooooo - shoes! Excellent therapy!

[Sniper]

Lucky mate, but well done you learnt that lesson

[James Deuce]

No need to pester Sawyers with a home delivery then you have to find space to store it until you get the full licence. Then you have to run it in. Just so happens I helped run in their 636 demo a few weeks ago, so at no fee I would be more than willing to take care of your one. I'm not far up the line either if you want to come round and clean it. Great choice Debk I was really impressed with my time on the demo 636 and weight wise it's as light as you can get a 600 these days.

Go away old man - MINE. I have recent experience ( and still going) of running in a 600.

[James Deuce]

You would probably not survive a bin in heavy m/way traffic at 100 k's, unless the cagers are very alert and avoid your tumbling bod. Having said that, I did, but I don't recommend it.
Always give wankers like that a very wide berth.

I've survived too into oncoming traffic. The truck that hit me from the side flicked me over the median barrier. Broke my wrist.

[F5 Dave]

Glad you missed them. One of the exercises is trying to imagine what the heck the clown near you is going to do next & how to avoid it/escape route.

People are increasingly impatient so lane change at random. They don’t see a bike as a threat so they often ‘forget’ they just passed one.

The others may offer to run in your new bike (like that’s ever going to happen) I’d rather ride the Dragster, remember seeing one at a bike show, they’re cool.

Make sure you remember to strap those shoes up, you might break a heel or something techi-mi-cal.

[750Y]

ahh the joys of m/way riding. glad you're ok debk..
I've brushed my backpack across the front corner of a car bonnet taking evasive action to avoid getting squashed between them & a truck. think about it....

[flyin]

glad to hear you're ok. always nice to know that we dont die till it's our time even if we are kinda stupid......

I've noticed when I have "moments" the "woah factor" doesn't play in my head so long as it used to, I just keep riding, lookin for the next one......

[Wolf]

Great riding debk. Had a similar close shave many years ago but without the prior warning of the idiot's driving habits (just rocketed up from somewhere behind me then shot across my bow without warning) - it's not fun. Glad you handled it well - I think you're ready for your 636.

How did you feel afterwards? I stopped the bike on the footpath, and I was shaking so much I had extreme difficulty getting the lighter flame and the end of the cigarette in the same place at the same time for long enough to light a smoke.

[Waylander]

How did you feel afterwards? I stopped the bike on the footpath, and I was shaking so much I had extreme difficulty getting the lighter flame and the end of the cigarette in the same place at the same time for long enough to light a smoke.

And it's times like that that you really need one too...

[flyin]

And it's times like that that you really need one too...

BAH! you never need a ciggy..... thats just the little monster playing with your mind...... non-smokers can just have a sit down and get even more calm..... all it takes to be a non smoker is to... not have another.........

[Waylander]

BAH! you never need a ciggy..... thats just the little monster playing with your mind...... non-smokers can just have a sit down and get even more calm..... all it takes to be a non smoker is to... not have another.........

Not sure I can even be classed as a smoker one pack of Marlburogh last me 2 weeks and I only really smoke when I can't ride my bike. Least nowadays thats the case.