Had a crash yesterday

**FJRider** · 14th November 2008, 18:44

Originally Posted by carver

this year i loose hard, not one!
fingers crossed!

confirms our suspicions then... by admission... a loser

**carver** · 14th November 2008, 18:46

Originally Posted by FJRider

confirms our suspicions then... by admission... a loser

you were only suspicious....
how amny bins you had this year?
most bins wins, how do you stack up?

**The Stranger:Me** · 14th November 2008, 18:50

Originally Posted by wysper

It is posts like this that make me glad the previous owner of my bike installed an air horn. That does not get ignored. I am sure there will be some cases that people still won't hear it but most times it gets attention.

All that does is daze and confuse them.
They are dangerous enough without being dazed and confused too.

**Fatt Max** · 14th November 2008, 18:57

Main thing is you are ok mate, sounds like a shocker.

Good on the cop as well, you are right, we tend to bag them most of the time (and sometimes quite rightly) but there are good guys about.

Take it easy

**FJRider** · 14th November 2008, 18:59

Originally Posted by carver

you were only suspicious....
how amny bins you had this year?
most bins wins, how do you stack up?

You can only WIN or LOSE... if you're in the race....

You seem to have a problem with your spell check... or is ENGLISH your second language...???

**carver** · 14th November 2008, 19:03

Originally Posted by FJRider

You can only WIN or LOSE... if your in the race....

You seem to have a problem with your spell check... or is ENGLISH your second language...???

thats a good quote from a good song, and from a even greater movie
MFSC missionary practice

i am bi lingual eh...
and lisdexic

**CookMySock** · 14th November 2008, 19:09

Get a brighter headlight, and leave it on fullbeam 24/7.

Steve

**mattian** · 14th November 2008, 19:32

[QUOTEDangerousBastard "Get a brighter headlight, and leave it on fullbeam 24/7."

And wake up in the morning with a flat battery

**Goblin** · 14th November 2008, 19:35

Originally Posted by DangerousBastard

Get a brighter headlight, and leave it on fullbeam 24/7.

Steve

Worst piece of advice ever! Dazzling all other motorists does not make you safer.

**centaurus** · 14th November 2008, 19:54

Originally Posted by DangerousBastard

Get a brighter headlight, and leave it on fullbeam 24/7.

Steve

That's a very interesting quote DangerousBastard. I've actually been thinking about this for quite a while now and I still haven't arrived at a conclusion.
On one hand it's good because it increases visibility and makes you stick out on the road among the cars, but on the other hand it has the potential of annoying and/or dazzling the drivers. I've personally been (driving a cage) in front of a motorbike with the headlight on hight beam in broad daylight and I cursed him plenty in my head.

I am very curious to hear the EXPERIENCED riders' opinions. pros or cons, and why.

**wysper** · 14th November 2008, 20:07

Originally Posted by The Stranger

All that does is daze and confuse them.
They are dangerous enough without being dazed and confused too.

Thats a good point.

I think I would still rather have a horn that can be heard rather than the tiny little peeps that come out of most bikes though.

**1 Free Man** · 14th November 2008, 20:13

First up I must say glad to hear your OK.
Try as you might reading assholes like that can be damb near impossible.
I guess we have all seem this sort of thing at one time or another either in our cages or on the scoot.
before I started riding (March this year) I never found it necessary to do any of the bloody stupid things that I have had done to me since I've been riding.
I have gained the impression that the fact that you are on two wheels attracts all of the silly barstards on the road and that they are out to target you BECAUSE you are on two wheels.
I am going for my restricted licence next wednesday and then I am going to do a defensive driving course to shorten the time until I can do my full licence. (I will have a brand new S83 boulevard in the shed next weekend and I can't legally ride it.)

It will be interesting to see how BIKER oriented the driving course will be.
Being a somewhat surly old prick I can see myself asking a lot of questions as to how do you deal with the sort of situation that has generated this thread.

**Goblin** · 14th November 2008, 20:25

Originally Posted by centaurus

That's a very interesting quote DangerousBastard. I've actually been thinking about this for quite a while now and I still haven't arrived at a conclusion.
On one hand it's good because it increases visibility and makes you stick out on the road among the cars, but on the other hand it has the potential of annoying and/or dazzling the drivers. I've personally been (driving a cage) in front of a motorbike with the headlight on hight beam in broad daylight and I cursed him plenty in my head.

I am very curious to hear the EXPERIENCED riders' opinions. pros or cons, and why.

In my experience, I would never intentionally ride with my light on high beam. You said yourself you cursed someone else doing it to you so why do it to others? It just pisses people off. Unless you are a dangerous bastard who likes to piss people off. Plus, as others have said, the morons who have no idea of speed perceptoin are going to be even more confused when they're dazzled. A loud horn is a better option imo.

**Lias** · 14th November 2008, 21:05

Originally Posted by SPman

A badly sprained ankle is probably worse than a broken one (so the Doc said) - mines still a bit gammy, 3 yrs on....

I'll second that.. Took me alot longer to be able to bear weight on mine when I blew all the ligaments after a crash than when I actually broke my other ankle years ago.