You Can't Ride That Bike For S*$@, Mate.

[aff-man]

Hey Johnno whatcha gonna do 25 years from now when you have your own mid-life crisis?? The good thing is, by then you won't feel any embarrassment when people laugh at you. If they think you look ridiculous, that's their problem!

During my midlife crisis i probably will revert to the invincible stage i am at now and crash more

[aff-man]

learner perhaps.... but the example is surely one being set of 'this is what a bike can do if handled properly'... not 'this is what you're capable of doing, so get on with it'

I routinely filter (at various speeds!) past guys on small cc bikes on my morning commute who are obviously getting into motorcycling and aren't keen on lane splitting yet. I have absolutely no problem with that and if I never come up behind them while they're trtying to filter, thats quite alright by me too. I'd much rather they just did their own thing at their own pace that they were comfortable with.
To blame NC30_chick for learners too stupid to know that they're a learner with limited skills is a bit daft really.

Having said that, the only bikes I wait for in traffic are
a) those I know riding with me
b) those that i can tell are switched on lane splitters capable of providing some pre-work entertainment!

J- where are all the nutter lane splitters on the southern in the mornings? The best bloke I've had the pleasure of playing 'catch me if you can' with was on a trumpy triple but that was only once

After seeing you at work Mr CK i don't even bother trying to keep up anymore aye

[aff-man]

He'd have to be bloody well off by then to 1) afford a rare classic bike like that AND 2) have the money to pay for the petrol prices of 2029!

Same bike probably running on an alternate fuel sorce, possible hydrogen fuel cell. And yes CK can assume away.......................... now where is that lotto ticket

[aff-man]

Mebbe it was a running sorta wobbly vtr? :spudwhat:

Any more wobble and he would have dropped the bloody thing. You remember CK we were up north at wellsford i think talking to that couple on the old bikes with the side car. Reall cool stuff.

[Pwalo]

Geez guys you seem to be taking this all a bit too seriously. Just ride at your own pace or race if you want to. I'd like to think that all other riders, drivers etc are impressed with my God-like riding abilities, but they probably think I'm a prat when I lane split, take off from the lights, pick the fast line.

Besides even the best riders have shit days or blonde moments. Mind you there are some truly awful riders/drivers out there, so stay awake.

Now what was I bleating on about......

[Blakamin]

you out for whore-dom today too, AM?

[TwoSeven]

Are men that stupid that they have to race everyone they see on a bike, even though they don't know how to ride?

The basic rule for blokes is 'If we cant shag it - then we kill it'.

So put a bloke on a bike behind a chick and you have basically someone trying to kill themselves in an attempt to catch something they'd like to shag

Its basic darwinian theory

[Joni]

you out for whore-dom today too, AM?

11 to go BK......

[Blakamin]

11 to go BK......

WOO-HOO...

[aff-man]

you out for whore-dom today too, AM?

When i learn to multipost i won't But seeing as all you fella's decide to shoot ahead a bit of whoring now and again won't go amiss aye

[SPman]

i have seen a guy on a vtr1000 would couldn't even pull off without doing that running sorta wobbly start. Shit i did that the first time i sat on a bike but i then got my balance and never did it again. But on a VTR!!!!! not only this but he did it coming out of a gas staation right in front of a car that had to put on the piks pretty quickly. Idiots. midlife crisis guys

He coulda just been pissed!

[Magua]

Yeah I've seen a number of such riders over the years - you can just tell by their 'lines' into corners and bends and their use of excessive braking.

You just described my manner of biking , I just seem to have lost it after my crash a few months ago. I'm going to stick on some new tyres so I'll have more than a slick at the rear. Maybe they will inspire some confidence?

[NC]

The basic rule for blokes is 'If we cant shag it - then we kill it'.

So put a bloke on a bike behind a chick and you have basically someone trying to kill themselves in an attempt to catch something they'd like to shag

Its basic darwinian theory

Alrighty then, thanks for putting it in laimens(sp) terms

[Coldkiwi]

Any more wobble and he would have dropped the bloody thing. You remember CK we were up north at wellsford i think talking to that couple on the old bikes with the side car. Reall cool stuff.

oh yes! I wonder if he made it home?
I've seen a few ulysses-looking riders doing similar things on a few of the m/cycle runs around Auckland.

[Zed]

You just described my manner of biking , I just seem to have lost it after my crash a few months ago. I'm going to stick on some new tyres so I'll have more than a slick at the rear. Maybe they will inspire some confidence?

Going riding with others, especially with good riders, will help your skills immensely Magua! Just follow them as best you can and learn from their riding style.