Fear rides a Vespa

[martybabe]

Nearly...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaWoo82zNUA

Wow, that's an impressive motor, if I had $90,000 it would be on my wish list, I still found myself willing the bike to kick it's ass though.

Be good if they had more of that stuff on eh, a race between things of equal value would be good, erm a GSXr 1000 rrrrr and a Hyundai Getz maybe.

[Flip]

Clarkson erks me.

[jrandom]

Chortle, chortle.

Clarkson is, of course, completely correct.

[MSTRS:Me]

Clarkson is, of course, completely correct.

About what? That a bike will not beat a car with a similar hp/weight? Which is a yes...it won't beat the car.

[jrandom]

About what?

All of it.

"all motorcycle instructors are called Dave"

Too right. Even Qkchk is called Dave.

"A word of warning, though. If you use only the front brake, you will fly over the steering wheel and be killed. If you try to use the back one, you will use the wrong foot and change into third gear instead of stopping."

Self-evident.

"Imagining that you can ride a bike because you can drive a car is like imagining you can swallow-dive off a 90ft cliff because you can play table tennis."

I couldn't have put it better myself.

"However, many people are making the switch because they imagine that having a small motorcycle will be cheap. It isn’t."

Thinking that bikes are cheap transport is a common misconception. They're not. They're machines that people with spare cash use to turn petrol into awesomeness.

"So, once you have decided that you would like a bike, the next problem is choosing which one. And the simple answer is that, whatever you select, you will be a laughing stock."

So much wisdom in so few words.

"Mostly, this has something to do with “getting your knee down”, which is a practice undertaken by bikers moments before the crash that ends their life."

I dare you to disagree.

"I therefore hated my experience of motorcycling and would not recommend it to anyone."

Amen, Brother Clarkson. We don't want your audience riding motorcycles, either.

[Bonez]

All of it.
[I]
"all motorcycle instructors are called Dave"

Lets not forgot those who want the be one are called Steve

[oldrider]

Most enjoyable but as in "beauty is in the eye of the beholder", I personally behold my motorcycle! Fuck the Atom, John.

[The Pastor]

All of it.


"Mostly, this has something to do with “getting your knee down”, which is a practice undertaken by bikers moments before the crash that ends their life."

I dare you to disagree.

as far as i know skidmark is still alive!

[AllanB]

Hes a funny man but a tosser when it comes to motorcycles. From watching topgear has has not got the ability to ride a motorcycle - hes all ham fisted and indeed would probably kill himself!

The problem with that article is than Sue Bradford or some Greenie will read it and start looking into what they can do to slow down these evil machines.