Always handy when's are around but can be a bugger if it gets stuck "on" in town...
No prizes for guessing how I know it's on.Some days y're lucky to cross town in one piece...today being one such
Grumpy Old Bastard
Always handy when
No prizes for guessing how I know it's on.
. “No pleasure is worth giving up for two more years in a rest home.” Kingsley Amis
Hardcore Punk
We do not have the traffic down here like a lot of people experience in other centers, but I still like to move my bike around my lane when travelling around town, my theory is that it makes me more visible.
For a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.Keep an open mind, just dont let your brains fall out.
The instructions are simple...
I have a theory too. Unfortunately (for some) it prolly isn't what they want to hear.
Do you realise how many holes there could be if people would just take the time to take the dirt out of them?
Hardcore Punk
Which is??Originally Posted by MSTRS
For a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.
Anarchic Wild Child
Not what you want to hear ...Which is??
I've seen the traffic in Gore .. shallow gene pool children in cars (listening to kuntry krap) thinking they can be boy racers .. I'll take traffic over the hill in the tron any day ..
"So if you meet me, have some sympathy, have some courtesy, have some taste ..."
Oppan Biker Style
Or another way is to have an extra pie everyday, pretty soon you'll be VERY visible!
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Hardcore Punk
I could eat ten pies a day, and still be a lean keen rockin machine.Or another way is to have an extra pie everyday, pretty soon you'll be VERY visible!
For a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.
Hardcore Punk
At least there is no rush hour.
For a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.
One hell of a ride.
I don't have one of those.
I do have a genius switch, coincidentally it too is stuck in the ON position.
One hell of a ride.
There is no hour, period.At least there is no rush hour.
It has been scientifically proven that time stopped in Gore in 1976.
The instructions are simple...
Oh all right then...Which is??
Talking about 'experienced' riders here. Not ones who are in the early phases of learning the black art.
There are some who have lots of near misses etc and there are some who have very few problems with other motorists.
Given that both sorts have 'years of riding under their belts' - why is it that rider A has problems with being seen and rider B doesn't?
That is the question. BUT it is not the right question. Because it is much more likely that rider A has not learned roadcraft for motorcycles and rider B has.
For instance - we've all seen rider A's pootling along in the left wheeltrack. The rider is doing nothing wrong legally, but from his safety point of view...
the reality is that he was just begging to be lanesplit by some arsehole cager and then he'll come on here, moaning about near misses....
Do you realise how many holes there could be if people would just take the time to take the dirt out of them?
Hardcore Punk
Tis true, have nearly not seen a couple of bikes myself when in the car, even though they had headlights on. Both times they were well left in the lane too. What prompted my theory was not seeing one biker at all, and then he must of hit a slight bump in the road or something and the movement of the headlight grabbed my attention.
For a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.
Hardcore Punk
Only had 2 near misses with cars in 30+ years of riding.
For a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.
The instructions are simple...
Just to clarify...
Being in the left wheeltrack is sometimes the CORRECT place to be. The trick is to know when, and when not to...amongst other things. Often problems have nothing to do with not being seen. Which was my point before.
Do you realise how many holes there could be if people would just take the time to take the dirt out of them?
Anarchic Wild Child
Yeah .. I think you are right .. Road craft is a biggie ... goes with Road awareness ...Oh all right then...
Talking about 'experienced' riders here. Not ones who are in the early phases of learning the black art.
There are some who have lots of near misses etc and there are some who have very few problems with other motorists.
Given that both sorts have 'years of riding under their belts' - why is it that rider A has problems with being seen and rider B doesn't?
That is the question. BUT it is not the right question. Because it is much more likely that rider A has not learned roadcraft for motorcycles and rider B has.
For instance - we've all seen rider A's pootling along in the left wheeltrack. The rider is doing nothing wrong legally, but from his safety point of view...
the reality is that he was just begging to be lanesplit by some arsehole cager and then he'll come on here, moaning about near misses....
Like the fuckwit who passed me this morning ... I came blasting round the harbour to work with a bike behind me .. (at first I thought it was a Street Triple that wanted to have fun ... but it was a big Suzie Chook Chaser) I was having fun ... sitting qround 130-140 ... but leaving him a little behind ... got to the road works ... I slowed down to something like the required speed ... and he went passed me ... at more than 40klicks above the posted limit ... in a heavily patrolled area ... (if caught he would have been walking) ... then pulled out to pass a car on double yellow lines on a blind left-hand corner ... (at that point I let him get as far away from me as possible ...)
He appeared to be a good competent rider ... but a disaster on wheels about to happen ..
"So if you meet me, have some sympathy, have some courtesy, have some taste ..."
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