Thread: Motorcycles

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Those guys who race in the IOM TT gotta be nuts! Dangerous beyond belief. 5 people have died there, so far, this year.
I would love to ride on that course...at 60 mph!

Yeah incredibly dangerous, going 185mph round the streets is crazy. Valentino Rossi, arguably the greatest motogp rider said he wouldn't even attempt it. Those boys must have bad backs carrying their massive balls of steel around all day

Originally Posted by markbignosekelly

Yeah incredibly dangerous, going 185mph round the streets is crazy. Valentino Rossi, arguably the greatest motogp rider said he wouldn't even attempt it. Those boys must have bad backs carrying their massive balls of steel around all day

Have you seen motorcycle accidents on YouTube Mark? Here's just one I saw recently.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTOy...1sEakv&index=1

I try and not watch them as I'd never go out on my bike again. Most days I get cut up, too many idiots driving around on auto pilot not thinking about the road.

Originally Posted by markbignosekelly

I try and not watch them as I'd never go out on my bike again. Most days I get cut up, too many idiots driving around on auto pilot not thinking about the road.

It used to take my an hour to get to work in Bedford in the car. I could do it in 25 minutes on my bike but when I was filtering through the traffic I was always waiting for someone to open their door.

Originally Posted by STF

It used to take my an hour to get to work in Bedford in the car. I could do it in 25 minutes on my bike but when I was filtering through the traffic I was always waiting for someone to open their door.

Filtering through traffic on a bicycle or motor bike is not only dangerous but illegal here.

Bob

Originally Posted by BobH

Filtering through traffic on a bicycle or motor bike is not only dangerous but illegal here.

Bob

In the UK it's part of the riding test and if you don't do it you fail, simple as that, British motocyclist go much faster than North Americans and filter but very few come off unless some myopic car driver pulls out of a side street without looking properly.

One of mine when I was in England, I used to love the twisties and getting sparks from the footrests.



I could get from junction 14 on the M1 to Wembley when I was a train driver at Stonebridge Park in 40 minutes on that rocket, but then on my bike I was nutty as squirel s**t.

Loads of people ride bikes in Britain, notice even I had a shirt and tie under my leather jacket.

Originally Posted by markbignosekelly

I try and not watch them as I'd never go out on my bike again. Most days I get cut up, too many idiots driving around on auto pilot not thinking about the road.

I've been hit by lit cigarette butts people throw out their window!

Owned bikes when I was younger, been having a yearning lately for another, told my wife she said she would leave me If I ever got on another bike, we love sports bikes I the UK, Harley Davidsons are affectionately referred to as old man's motors, I really like the look of the new Ducati Monster 1200.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKa2ZE7Xf7s

Originally Posted by celticcrusader

Owned bikes when I was younger, been having a yearning lately for another, told my wife she said she would leave me If I ever got on another bike, we love sports bikes I the UK, Harley Davidsons are affectionately referred to as old man's motors, I really like the look of the new Ducati Monster 1200.

We don't really have the weather in Britain for a Harley, you would have to spend more time cleaning it than riding it.

I don't know what the new ones are like because I'm out of touch with the bike scene but I remember 30 odd years ago people used to say that even though Duccati's were the business, you needed to carry your mechanic on the back.