We all do it

**skelstar** · 20th December 2005, 13:49

Originally Posted by Wolf

On getting a knee down:...

Many (600cc+) tried to keep up with a local welly rider(250cc) and have struggled through the corners etc. Im VERY reliably informed that on a recent 'rider/racing instruction day' it was very hard to convince her to move around on/off her seat at all. She just leans and leans. Knees dont even come into it apparently.

**Qkchk:Me** · 20th December 2005, 14:06

Do I know them or don't I? Thats the usual question.......... Extra bonus points if they are a KBer ....

**skelstar** · 20th December 2005, 14:30

Originally Posted by Qkchk

Do I know them or don't I? Thats the usual question.......... Extra bonus points if they are a KBer ....

A quite fast female KBer in welly that rides a 250cc. All the clues are there.

**Uncle B** · 20th December 2005, 16:19

Ooo...Ooo....I know, I know.

Could it be the dreaded Blue Meanie.

**Fatjim** · 20th December 2005, 16:54

I only look at my own. Thats because I know I'm a crap rider, but I'm trying to get better and braver. It's a good way to quantify how brave I am to myself. Still got at least an inch to go on the front VTWIN.

**Macktheknife** · 20th December 2005, 17:07

Originally Posted by Big Dave

What impresses me on a ride is someone who offers to buy lunch.

Feel free to impress me anytime there BD! lol that place down Mission Bay was nice....

**Macktheknife** · 20th December 2005, 17:12

Originally Posted by Big Dave

A fresh salad and a water/diet pop for me now. After you've been doing it a while it tastes just almost as good and your guts just feel so much better for not injesting all that fat.

You gotta keep telling yourself that huh... dont tease the man fella's.

**Virago** · 20th December 2005, 17:49

I just can't get over the number of dickheads on this site that firmly believe that "fast riding is good, slow riding is bad".

"Look at the size of his chicken strips - snigger snigger". Get over yourselves guys!

If I see someone on public roads, dressed in full race gear including knee sliders, I don't think "Wow", I think "Wanker".

Being able to corner faster than someone else doesn't make anyone a better rider. If anyone actually thinks that it does, then they are simply another egotistical "boy racer".

Do it consistantly well on the race track - that will impress me. Play race track wannabe on public roads - you're a f*ckwit.

**rasty** · 20th December 2005, 17:55

Nice one Virago -- I can't help wondering if the same image thing is behind the "armour good, anything else must be bad" mind-set that seems to be a big part of some bikers thinking these days.

**madboy** · 20th December 2005, 18:03

Originally Posted by Virago

If I see someone on public roads, dressed in full race gear including knee sliders, I don't think "Wow", I think "Wanker".

Yep, imagine what those "wankers" on fast, well handling bikes think of people who ride bikes completely unsuited to corners, and yet who still insist of riding them through corners!

**wendigo** · 20th December 2005, 18:35

Originally Posted by Virago

If I see someone on public roads, dressed in full race gear including knee sliders, I don't think "Wow", I think "Wanker"

Damn!!! It's time to hang up me dayglo spyke's & full face wanker shoei lid & go of and get meself a nice black microthin leatherette jacket with tassels and matching trousers (with a nice big cod piece of course to replace the ego presently encapsulated by my leathers). And an open face lid of course.

Then, as I sail through the air when I punted of my bike by a car who didn't see me coz of my inconspicuous leathers, my final thoughts can be "At least I don't look like a wanker!!!"

You know - I think I'll pass on that one. Each to his own & all of that.

**Virago** · 20th December 2005, 20:13

Originally Posted by wendigo

........I think I'll pass on that one. Each to his own & all of that.

I agree - each to his own. As I said earlier in this thread, ride fast or slow, I don't care. But I differentiate between riding fast, and riding "on the limit".

Riding "on the limit" on the race track is great - it impresses the hell out of me. Cornering on the limit of the bike and rider's ability (with the magical knee down) is great to see.

But the great thing about getting a knee down on the track, is that while there is little margin for error, there is also very few factors that can cross that margin. There's not likely to be a patch of diesel on the corner. Little Timmy is not going to run across the track chasing a ball. Timmy's grandad is not going to reverse his car out of a driveway. There's not likely to be a stray sheep wandering across the road.

These thing happen on public roads. And when the law of averages eventually catches up with the wannabe road racers, the self-rigtheous victim can always blame the diesel spiller, little Timmy, Timmy's grandad, or the farmer. As always it will be someone else's fault, not the idiot who removed all margin for error.

The boy-racers in their jap import cages also like to drive to the limit, street racing and "drifting" the corners. IMO they are anti-social wankers - just like the boy-racer bikers.

But as long as there are those here trying to impress each other with their scuffed knee sliders and lack of chicken strips, and scoffing at those "lesser" riders, we will continue to read the ride reports "Six of us went for a ride today, and only two fell off".

(I need a new soap box - this one's worn out).

**Waylander** · 20th December 2005, 21:25

Originally Posted by Wolf

On getting a knee down: There's a guy on this site with a bit of a rep for fast riding. I've never seen him ride but the description given to me was "sitting on his bike like he's sitting in an armchair"... and leaving everyone for dead. Apparently it was "bad" enough when he had a Sports Tourer, now he has a Sprots boik he's even harder to keep up with. Apparently he has no need to get a knee down in order to corner like a demon.

I'd like to be around when someone said to him that his lack of scuffed knee-sliders was worth less riding-cred "points" - especially if those who have ridden with him are within earshot.

Hehe. I'de love to see dover, speedmedic or any of the other boyracer bikers try and keep up with Him one day.

**scumdog** · 20th December 2005, 21:37

Originally Posted by wendigo

Damn!!! It's time to hang up me dayglo spyke's & full face wanker shoei lid & go of and get meself a nice black microthin leatherette jacket with tassels and matching trousers (with a nice big cod piece of course to replace the ego presently encapsulated by my leathers). And an open face lid of course.

Now your talking! (well partly) Tassles, open face helmet - now all you need are the fingerless gloves and skull mask!!