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07-19-2009, 12:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Stevo071077,Jul 19 2009, 06:38 PM
Great 
...well if you do, would you mind bequeathing enough money to pay the gargantuan bill caused by getting the law out to stop you?
...well if you do, would you mind bequeathing enough money to pay the gargantuan bill caused by getting the law out to stop you?and I'm sure there would be inheritance tax too
and the book and film rights my nearest and dearest would enjoy
which would more than cover it
even though I'm well in credit
07-19-2009, 12:42 PM
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I agree that the biking community has it's fair share of tw@ts, just like car drivers. Alot of agro towards bikers is pure jealousy IME. Is it really going to ruin your day that much if you have to wait an extra 30 seconds to get home? I doubt it. If you are concerned for your safety as a result of someone else's driving or riding, stay back...don't get involved...it just ain't worth it.
I saw alot of drivers in their expensive Ferraris, Bentleys, Porsches etc today, driving like complete and utter knob jockeys, right up everyone's arse. Just because someone has money, it sure doesn't make them a good driver, quite the opposite in alot of cases. Did I want to be near them when they caused an accident? Did I fook. I hung back and stayed well clear.
I saw alot of drivers in their expensive Ferraris, Bentleys, Porsches etc today, driving like complete and utter knob jockeys, right up everyone's arse. Just because someone has money, it sure doesn't make them a good driver, quite the opposite in alot of cases. Did I want to be near them when they caused an accident? Did I fook. I hung back and stayed well clear.
07-19-2009, 03:21 PM
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Originally Posted by gaddafi,Jul 19 2009, 01:36 PM
one of those things to do if diagnosed with a terminal illness
along with call round to all the people you've always detested/really deserve to die
and kill them
I've always thought I could get to about 20 people before the law caught up with me
along with call round to all the people you've always detested/really deserve to die
and kill them
I've always thought I could get to about 20 people before the law caught up with me
No doubt you are on the list of many others.
Some may already be sick.
07-19-2009, 03:35 PM
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Odd this bike thing...
I rode bikes for most of my life, my first large bike being a GpZ1100i at age nineteen.
Laterly I would always enjoy the rush of some 'road sport' with a sports car that was well driven.
In fact I would say that such encounters would make a good ride a most excellent fun day out and I longed for such encounters.
The most memorable being the ten miles of A39 Minehead coast road with an M3 not so long ago.
I let it past in the end as I was close to my (and my bikes) limits, very impressive.
Now I own fairly rapid cars I can see how easy it is on bumpy A/B roads to keep ahead.
And also to appreciate when the 'must win at any cost' biker brigade are taking chances and so to back off.
Anhow, I digress.
I was sat in the last B/H traffic jams heading home on the M4 and crawling in the outside lane, just.
I had been there for hours and wandered close to the white line.
I didnt see the three sport bikes picking thier way through the queue on my nearside as I was honestly daydreaming.
The last cock through had panniers and a squeeze and tried to kick in my front wing, presumably as he thought I was deliberately obstructing them.
I always move over for bikes filtering.
What an asshole.
Luckily for him he missed the kick and managed to not fall off of hit the other cars as he lost balance doing so.
I rode bikes for most of my life, my first large bike being a GpZ1100i at age nineteen.
Laterly I would always enjoy the rush of some 'road sport' with a sports car that was well driven.
In fact I would say that such encounters would make a good ride a most excellent fun day out and I longed for such encounters.
The most memorable being the ten miles of A39 Minehead coast road with an M3 not so long ago.
I let it past in the end as I was close to my (and my bikes) limits, very impressive.
Now I own fairly rapid cars I can see how easy it is on bumpy A/B roads to keep ahead.
And also to appreciate when the 'must win at any cost' biker brigade are taking chances and so to back off.
Anhow, I digress.
I was sat in the last B/H traffic jams heading home on the M4 and crawling in the outside lane, just.
I had been there for hours and wandered close to the white line.
I didnt see the three sport bikes picking thier way through the queue on my nearside as I was honestly daydreaming.
The last cock through had panniers and a squeeze and tried to kick in my front wing, presumably as he thought I was deliberately obstructing them.
I always move over for bikes filtering.
What an asshole.
Luckily for him he missed the kick and managed to not fall off of hit the other cars as he lost balance doing so.
07-19-2009, 11:35 PM
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Originally Posted by gaddafi,Jul 19 2009, 09:21 PM
I already pay gargantuan taxes
and I'm sure there would be inheritance tax too
and the book and film rights my nearest and dearest would enjoy
which would more than cover it
even though I'm well in credit
and I'm sure there would be inheritance tax too
and the book and film rights my nearest and dearest would enjoy
which would more than cover it
even though I'm well in credit
Gargantuan? I paid
07-20-2009, 12:06 AM
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I've had completely the opposite experience with bikers this summer in the Dales.
Had a few good runs with some likeminded riders playing cat and mouse with the Exige - all good fun and safe.
Maybe it's because I go out in the weekday evenings, so there's only me and the bikers about, maybe it's the car, perhaps it's the area (met my fair share of toss pot bikers living down south), I don't know. But I've only met the good ones recently
Had a few good runs with some likeminded riders playing cat and mouse with the Exige - all good fun and safe.
Maybe it's because I go out in the weekday evenings, so there's only me and the bikers about, maybe it's the car, perhaps it's the area (met my fair share of toss pot bikers living down south), I don't know. But I've only met the good ones recently
07-20-2009, 12:30 AM
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Originally Posted by MarkB,Jul 20 2009, 08:06 AM
I've had completely the opposite experience with bikers this summer in the Dales.
Had a few good runs with some likeminded riders playing cat and mouse with the Exige - all good fun and safe.
Maybe it's because I go out in the weekday evenings, so there's only me and the bikers about, maybe it's the car, perhaps it's the area (met my fair share of toss pot bikers living down south), I don't know. But I've only met the good ones recently
Had a few good runs with some likeminded riders playing cat and mouse with the Exige - all good fun and safe.
Maybe it's because I go out in the weekday evenings, so there's only me and the bikers about, maybe it's the car, perhaps it's the area (met my fair share of toss pot bikers living down south), I don't know. But I've only met the good ones recently
the bulk of obstructiveness I encounter is on main roads
enthusiasts tend to get off the beaten track
and whilst stressing, car drivers are far worse for obstructiveness, even taking into account the greater numbers of cars on the road
I find it incomprehensible why bikers do it, given their obvious advantages that enable them to clear almost any type of traffic
07-20-2009, 12:32 AM
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Originally Posted by loftust,Jul 19 2009, 08:42 PM
I agree that the biking community has it's fair share of tw@ts, just like car drivers. Alot of agro towards bikers is pure jealousy IME. Is it really going to ruin your day that much if you have to wait an extra 30 seconds to get home? I doubt it.
And I do laugh when i come round a corner to see a load of sheeping bikers flapping like seagulls for ME to slow down because one of their own has hit a lamp post.
07-20-2009, 12:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Bada Bing!,Jul 20 2009, 08:32 AM
It's got nothing to do with getting home 30 seconds earlier, and more to do with them impeding my progress when I'm out for a nice drive in the countryside. There are usually the odd skidmark, bit of wreckage or ambulance on my route though, so you think they'd pay attention.
And I do laugh when i come round a corner to see a load of sheeping bikers flapping like seagulls for ME to slow down because one of their own has hit a lamp post.
And I do laugh when i come round a corner to see a load of sheeping bikers flapping like seagulls for ME to slow down because one of their own has hit a lamp post.
Perhaps the calibre of bikers in my area is better than where you drive???
I have been 100 yds behind an accident and saw everything happen in front of me not long ago. A biker went into another due to a set of temporary traffic lights placed on a blind bend. The offending rider was going too quick IMHO. I do see alot more car accidents however, and alot more risk taking from car drivers too, well in excess of the car/bike ratio.
Personally, I ride like everyone is out to get me (not that I actually believe this), so take it easy in comparison to others. Don't think for one second I don't like to twist the throttle though...I merely assess the risk of each bend, much as I do behind the wheel.
If non-bikers would stop having such a hatred for the biking community and treat them as fairly as other motorists, there would be alot less prejudice. As with all forms of motorists, there are going to be good ones and bad ones, I don't tar everyone with the same brush.