KBers as role models

**Gixxer 4 ever** · 18th May 2006, 17:57

Thanks for the heads up MSTRS. What Yungatart said is correct. People just need to go out and ride and enjoy the ride. As so many have said here look around you and stay at a speed that works to give you room. No point blaming anyone else if you are on da road in pain. Enjoy riding. Riding should be fun and you should come home pumped and happy.

**Ixion** · 18th May 2006, 18:09

Originally Posted by Motu

I guess it's pretty exciting when they run out of gas because the fuel guage was reading wrong - but that's the bike shops fault,they should of picked that up on the last service and fixed it for free.....now they are going to pay for the towage and loss of income.

Fuel gauge. Woz zat ? Is that like what you have in , like CARS ?

**Swoop** · 18th May 2006, 19:54

Originally Posted by Ixion

Fuel gauge. Woz zat ? Is that like what you have in , like CARS ?

It's wot them poofs on them "new" type bikes 'ave!
Probably tells 'em when their Latte is at the right temperature as well an' all...

**Motu** · 18th May 2006, 20:20

Even my old VW's didn't have a fuel guage,you put a stick in to see how full it was,they even had a reserve tap.

**SlowHand** · 18th May 2006, 23:53

Originally Posted by NhuanH

I like role playing. Most days I prefer submissive, but when feeling whimsical I can be the dominator.

Message from Mr Dainese

forbidden cookies for anyone that can find the original album cover

**scumdog** · 19th May 2006, 00:28

Originally Posted by The_Dover

I actively encourage young riders to take off as many wing mirrors as possible.

That way whenever some cunt hears a bike coming they are alert, if only cos they don't want to lose another wing mirror.

Fact is most car drivers are about as alert as Cheech and Chong after a hard night in Tijuana.

And a shitload of bikers on this site are alomost as bad!!

**scumdog** · 19th May 2006, 00:31

Originally Posted by Motu

Even my old VW's didn't have a fuel guage,you put a stick in to see how full it was,they even had a reserve tap.

Aw c'mon, my Bambina at least had a 'low-fuel' warning light!!!!

**Ixion** · 19th May 2006, 00:35

The Model T Ford not only had no fuel guage, the tank was under the seta. To check the fuel you had to get everyone out, remove the seat, find a bit of stick to poke in it. What a hassle that was.

**scumdog** · 19th May 2006, 00:37

Originally Posted by mstriumph

Beemer, mebbe what is being said in this forum is less important than why it is being said?

f'rinstance ...

[LIST][*][COLOR="black"]people need to rant[*]people have a near-miss, for whatever reason, and need to let off steam about it[*]people need to talk themselves down from the adrenaline-high they came in off the road with[*]people need the companionship of the like-minded[*]....

Most of my job would satisfy the above - but I guess most KBers know better than to believe that!!

**Gremlin** · 19th May 2006, 00:38

You don't hear many of the good stories because.... well.... I'm not going to be posting 12+ stories a week on how I had a good ride, maybe a couple of minor things that I hardly bothered about etc.

I certainly don't consider myself a role model, but I can see how it could happen, especially when you are new, and wanting to latch onto anyone handing out good advice. However, you do try to hand out good advice when people ask...

At the same time tho, I have had some close calls, one extremely close, where I was totally in the wrong, and others where the cager was in the wrong, but if I had been acting "normally" (in a cage sense), the problem would most likely not have existed.

meh, we try to educate cagers on being ultra aware of us, and sometimes we succeed, sometimes we don't. Ultimately, the dangers are part and parcel of biking, and its up to you whether you want to play or not.

**hXc** · 19th May 2006, 17:15

Originally Posted by Strat

Message from Mr Dainese

forbidden cookies for anyone that can find the original album cover

Would it happen to be Spinal Tap's, "This Is Spinal Tap" album cover?

**Hitcher** · 21st May 2006, 17:42

Originally Posted by hXc

Would it happen to be Spinal Tap's, "This Is Spinal Tap" album cover?

Indeed it would, but not the original version of the cover.

Also known as the Black Album after Polymer bowed to demands from retailers such as Sears and K Mart to block out the "sexist" cover. The original cover depicted, in the words of Polymer rep Bobbi Flekman, a "greased, naked woman on all fours with a dog collar around her neck, and a leash and a man’s arm extended out up to here holding on to the leash and pushing a black glove in her face to sniff it." The band had considered the cover a gag, with Ian noting that their original concept included something much more provocative than a glove. David: "You know, if we were serious and we said, ‘Yes, she should be forced to smell the glove,’ then you’d have a point, but it’s all a joke." Nigel: "It is and it isn’t. She should be made to smell it, but..." David: "But not, you know, over and over." After seeing the Black Album for the first time in Milwaukee during a sound check, the responses ranged from Ian’s "simple, beautiful, classic," to Nigel’s "It’s like a black mirror" to David’s "It looks like death" to Nigel’s "How much more black could this be? and the answer is ‘None. None...more black’ " to David’s "This is something you put around your arm. You don’t put this on your fucking turntable." Ian, nevertheless, declares the album as a "turning point." The black cover has often drawn comparisons to the Beatles’ "White Album," as well as their infamous "Yesterday and Today" butcher cover.

**NhuanH** · 21st May 2006, 22:10

Originally Posted by Hitcher

Indeed it would, but not the original version of the cover.

Also known as the Black Album after Polymer bowed to demands from retailers such as Sears and K Mart to block out the "sexist" cover. The original cover depicted, in the words of Polymer rep Bobbi Flekman, a "greased, naked woman on all fours with a dog collar around her neck, and a leash and a man’s arm extended out up to here holding on to the leash and pushing a black glove in her face to sniff it." The band had considered the cover a gag, with Ian noting that their original concept included something much more provocative than a glove. David: "You know, if we were serious and we said, ‘Yes, she should be forced to smell the glove,’ then you’d have a point, but it’s all a joke." Nigel: "It is and it isn’t. She should be made to smell it, but..." David: "But not, you know, over and over." After seeing the Black Album for the first time in Milwaukee during a sound check, the responses ranged from Ian’s "simple, beautiful, classic," to Nigel’s "It’s like a black mirror" to David’s "It looks like death" to Nigel’s "How much more black could this be? and the answer is ‘None. None...more black’ " to David’s "This is something you put around your arm. You don’t put this on your fucking turntable." Ian, nevertheless, declares the album as a "turning point." The black cover has often drawn comparisons to the Beatles’ "White Album," as well as their infamous "Yesterday and Today" butcher cover.

Do you think it would sound good played at 11?