Angry cyclist

[gammaguy]

I had a motorist do exactly that to me yesterday. Except they came on the inside.

good pornstars never come on the inside

just saying....

[Daffyd]

I mean who parks a motorised bicycle nose first into the kerb??

Strangely enough, just about everyone here. I backed into the kerb the other day and did I ever get some strange looks!

[oldrider]

Strangely enough, just about everyone here. I backed into the kerb the other day and did I ever get some strange looks!

Life good for you over there Daffyd?

[Daffyd]

Life good for you over there Daffyd?

Yes John... The only things that I do miss are family and my biker friends! They don't seem to have rallies here; they do have rideouts like the Motorally, (1000 miles in 24 hours) with 102 riders this year, the BOSS Ironman challenge, 1200kms in 24 hrs with over 300 riders. BOSS stands for BMW Owners' Society of Saferiders. Another rather odd one is the GS700 which is open to anything with a grip shift gearchange, like some Vespas and a few other scooters like the scooters and mopeds of our distant youth! This covers 700kms of fairly hilly country and apparently they have a ball.

There are countless clubs spread all over the archipelago, but the biggest ones are here on Luzon, the main island and most rideouts are centered around Manila. My little tiddler is too small for these, plus the ride from here to Manila and back would make them all just too big a ride. Hopefully when I get a few bob together I might upgrade to a 390 Duke, or maybe even a Husky TR650 Strada. These are very affordable here.
They have a silly rule that anything under 400cc cannot use the expressways; a bit stupid really as the Duke certainly would not hold other traffic up.
The other options are maxi scoots like the Kymco 500, the SYM 400, and the BMW C650GT which are all ok on the expressways.

I haven't ventured more than about 60kms from home yet, but will eventually get out more. Since buying my bike new I've averaged 108 mpg.