Bike related truisms

[Mom]

You will tootle melodiously instead of cancelling your indicators at a re-gas point on a ride, while the servo is filled with other bikers.

[noobi]

when on dirt bikes, you'll remove your goggles because there full of dust or covered in mud then ride into a tree'ed part of the loop and get hit in the eye by a branch

after stopping to help a fallen rider, you turn the fuel tap off and lay the bike over, help the fallen rider, get back on your bike to carry on, get to an uphill and run out of gas because the carb emptied itself from being on its side and you never turned the fuel tap back on. moral of the storey is to get a side stand or find a tree

[pete376403]

You should always beware of car drivers wearing hats.

(for older, non electric leg bikes) On a cold morning, your bike will not start, no matter how often you lunge down on the kickstarter, until you have removed your gloves, your helmet, your scarf, your jacket and the thick jersey you wear under your jacket. It will then start first kick. If you leave it idling while you put on all your gear, it will stall as you are doing up your helmet. It will then not start until your remove your helmet, your jacket,...

[ffirman]

* Not until the bike is running, all gear is on, including gloves, will you realise your jacket is unzipped, or the helmet needs doing up.

* When everyone is watching will be the one time that you will stall the bike - repeatably

Fran

[saltydog]

I know i,m having a shocker when I'm finally all kitted up just letting out the clutch and wham, she stops. Fuck. Stand still down.
Arh.... the old days.

[AD345]

Big Dave is exceptionally cool.

This applies to any Dave that is Big

[AD345]

When you leave (late) for a club meeting AND have to hold everyone up for more time while you fill up with petrol....

...you will find you left your wallet at home.

[klingon]

You will tootle melodiously instead of cancelling your indicators at a re-gas point on a ride, while the servo is filled with other bikers.

You will cancel your indicators instead of tootling melodiously when some idiot is pulling out on you without looking.

[McWild]

No matter how many times you check, no matter how hard you look, anything wrong with the bike will only reveal itself under the scrutiny of a WOF testing officer.

When the time comes for an emergency stop, you will have been distracted.

When you come across somebody who you would just love to show off your bike to, you will be in your small, fuel efficient car, or on a scooter.

[Jerry74]

needing to pee as soon as all your gear is on

[Jerry74]

running out of gas about 10 km from a town rates up there too

[glice]

If your feeling sick and your lunch wants some air. There will be no where to pull over, and you will have had alot to eat that day.

[Hailwood]

Only when you have spent three hours cleaning and polishing your bike, will you hit that swarm of big juicy green bugs on your next ride.

[Karl@Alpha]

Your glove always falls off the other side of the bike.
Leathers and back packs go on easer than they come off.
Zips jam when you need to pee.
Keys only go in pockts that cant be opend with gloved hands.
The later you are, the more you need gas.

[popa griffin]

The one time you sneek up to the front of the lights, you stall when it turns green.