Oh God !! A sunny weekend. The bikers are out !!

21 Feb 2009

Quote by Reacher359
I've justed fitted a new seat to mine today, so off out to cause havoc and mayhem everywhere tomorrow, so if there's an accident near you wherever that may be and regardless of whether a bike is involved, just blame me!!
Mal

Can I have your insurance details just in case then please lol

Insurance? :shock:
what's that, then? :lol:
smackbottom

Its that bit of paper that cost you a fortune lol
I thought that was a marriage certificate!! :rotflmao:

21 Feb 2009

Quote by Mal
I've justed fitted a new seat to mine today, so off out to cause havoc and mayhem everywhere tomorrow, so if there's an accident near you wherever that may be and regardless of whether a bike is involved, just blame me!!
Mal

Can I have your insurance details just in case then please lol

Insurance? :shock:
what's that, then? :lol:
smackbottom

Its that bit of paper that cost you a fortune lol
I thought that was a marriage certificate!! :rotflmao:
pmsl, nope thats the divorce papers

21 Feb 2009

Hands up who drives a Volvo or a BMW rolleyes

21 Feb 2009

Quote by flower411
It`s a beautiful sunny day in Kent :bounce:
Unfortunately, I have to use the A20 and the A25 going about my business today, which means I am plagued with bikers riding like lunatics !!! :fuckinghell:
On my way along the A25 ten minutes ago I was overtaken by five bikes in a row, obviously racing each other at speeds far in excess of the speed limit !!
I daren`t go any where near Wrotham Hill today because I know it`ll be total chaos....
Why is it, that when these people fall off and kill themselves, it`s always the car drivers fault ??? And how long will it be before the police actually do something about this menace on our roads ??? Where is British justice when these lunatics are allowed to terrorise the public roads ??

interesting thread , (mr fun here) i have been riding motorcycles since 1982 and in that time have had 3 quite serious accidents and each time it WAS the fault of a 4 wheeled vehicle driver and each time i was riding safely and each time i've sued their goddamned asses lol

21 Feb 2009

As a biker, it gets my back up when just because of a few lunatics we get marked with the same brush, yes there are a fews bikers who dont think of what they are doing, just as there are car drivers who drive to fast in the wrong places.
When the weather is nice, of course you will see an increase of bikers out, as that is when the roads are safer. Car drivers often think just cos a biker has overtaken them, that we are in the wrong.....
having done an advance test, i can honestly say a lot of car driving drive round thinking that they own the road, and are easyly distracted by the stereo, sat nav, kids, cigarettes, food, you name it... they do not see all the hazards or the passing opportunities. yes riding bikes is a danderous hobby but one that bike riders undertake knowing that getting it wrong spells bad news..
I personally feel that everyone should have to do a bike test before a car test, only then will you get drivers who see both sides of the coin and yes before you say, i have passed both...
many people say that biking is dangerous, some want it banned, but look at the stats, most accidents are caused by car drivers not being aware of how fast (and i mean legal speed) a bike can appear, it has been scientifically proven that its hard to judge the speed. if you dont believe me, go to a train station and watch a fast train approach and go past the platform....
not all bikers are lunatics....
right rant over.

21 Feb 2009

Quote by Lost_diver
it has been scientifically proven that its hard to judge the speed

For some perhaps it maybe but not for all...

if you dont believe me, go to a train station and watch a fast train approach and go past the platform....

I dont see how that would help dunno

21 Feb 2009

Id just like to add I've never seen a biker riding whilst....
chatting on a mobile
using a lap top
applying make up
brushing their hair
reading a map
reading a book
reading a paper
leaning over to change cd
leaning over to find a radio station
retrieving a dropped cigarette from their lap
eating and drinking
pulling out to slow a car driver down in a traffic jam
loosing concentration while arguing with their passenger
checking their appearance in the rear view mirror
I'm sure there are more
Car drivers should learn to ride a bike before they critcise the vast majority of bikers.
Kez

21 Feb 2009

Quote by flower411
It`s a beautiful sunny day in Kent :bounce:
Unfortunately, I have to use the A20 and the A25 going about my business today, which means I am plagued with bikers riding like lunatics !!! :fuckinghell:
On my way along the A25 ten minutes ago I was overtaken by five bikes in a row, obviously racing each other at speeds far in excess of the speed limit !!
I daren`t go any where near Wrotham Hill today because I know it`ll be total chaos....
Why is it, that when these people fall off and kill themselves, it`s always the car drivers fault ??? And how long will it be before the police actually do something about this menace on our roads ??? Where is British justice when these lunatics are allowed to terrorise the public roads ??

Quote by BIoke
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Massive generalisation alert! :P SOME bikers ride like wankers, not all of us do

Obviously Flowers is a car driver, so either he's one of the people that drives at 40 in the middle lane of the motorway or he's got a modified motor and likes to do handbrake turns and burnouts on Tesco's carpark on a Saturday night while playing "banging tunes" on his 200dB car stereo.
Surely there's no other type of driver? confused

:? :?
Speaking as a bike rider/car driver and the only near misses I've had on the bike have been while filtering in standing traffic and people moving over to try to block my progress or switching lanes without seeing me, despite reflective jacket and main beam on. :? :? :?

22 Feb 2009

Quote by flower411
There is I feel a world of difference between motorcycling responsibly and being a tit. The guys on Wrotham hill are invariably tits, from what I have observed. How you can drive your bike into a hedge and not be charged with careless or dangerous driving I don't know.
.

Nice to see somebody with some local knowledge admitting to the problem !! :thumbup:
I have no problem with "responsible" bikers ..
I love bikes .... some people insist on defending the indefensible.. lol

Is that why nobody ever defends you? dunno

22 Feb 2009

Quote by BIoke
I just got back from a few hours out on my bike in the countryside i'm
A. Still alive.
B. Have no points on my License from speeding.
C. pleased as punch so ride on such a nice day.
I also ride my back on the crappy wet days when I communute into London.
There are many bikers out there I dont feel all should be tarred with the same brush.
Happy Riding
Reacher

Dammit Reacher, what's a gal to do?! Stop ticking the boxes... wink

Reacher in bike leathers :rascal: Mmmmmm!
Did I mention that I like cooking and do my own ironing lol

:lol: :lol:
Spring or summer wedding then? :lol:
:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:
we have not even held hands yet :lol:

22 Feb 2009

Quote by Reacher359
:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:
we have not even held hands yet

It's OK, you're a biker, you're hot and not up your own arse so you get to take short-cuts wink

22 Feb 2009

Quote by BIoke
:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:
we have not even held hands yet

It's OK, you're a biker, you're hot and not up your own arse so you get to take short-cuts wink

Is that what they call in biking terms - "making progress"? rotflmao

22 Feb 2009

Quote by Mal
:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:
we have not even held hands yet

It's OK, you're a biker, you're hot and not up your own arse so you get to take short-cuts wink

Is that what they call in biking terms - "making progress"? rotflmao

LOL, I never thought of it like that... oh and he's ex forces by the look of it too :twisted:

22 Feb 2009

Quote by Reacher359
I just got back from a few hours out on my bike in the countryside i'm
A. Still alive.
B. Have no points on my License from speeding.
C. pleased as punch so ride on such a nice day.
I also ride my back on the crappy wet days when I communute into London.
There are many bikers out there I dont feel all should be tarred with the same brush.
Happy Riding
Reacher

Dammit Reacher, what's a gal to do?! Stop ticking the boxes... wink

Reacher in bike leathers :rascal: Mmmmmm!
Did I mention that I like cooking and do my own ironing lol

:lol: :lol:
Spring or summer wedding then? :lol:
:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:
we have not even held hands yet :lol:
I'm an ex-convent girl.... people hold hands?! :shock: :shock:
:wink:

22 Feb 2009

Quote by BIoke
:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:
we have not even held hands yet

It's OK, you're a biker, you're hot and not up your own arse so you get to take short-cuts wink

:rascal: Bloke, my thoughts exactly! :wink:

22 Feb 2009

Quote by noladreams30
:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:
we have not even held hands yet

It's OK, you're a biker, you're hot and not up your own arse so you get to take short-cuts wink

:rascal: Bloke, my thoughts exactly! :wink:
Cool - can we ALL hold hands then? A 'reacher' sandwich? :twisted:

22 Feb 2009

Quote by BIoke
:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:
we have not even held hands yet

It's OK, you're a biker, you're hot and not up your own arse so you get to take short-cuts wink

:rascal: Bloke, my thoughts exactly! :wink:
Cool - can we ALL hold hands then? A 'reacher' sandwich? :twisted:
Erm... yah-huh!!
Ooooh - am off to "ponder" that one! :twisted:

22 Feb 2009

Quote by noladreams30
:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:
we have not even held hands yet

It's OK, you're a biker, you're hot and not up your own arse so you get to take short-cuts wink

:rascal: Bloke, my thoughts exactly! :wink:
Cool - can we ALL hold hands then? A 'reacher' sandwich? :twisted:
Erm... yah-huh!!
Ooooh - am off to "ponder" that one! :twisted:
I am not a piece of meat, I am man...
rotflmao

22 Feb 2009

ahhh but Reacher, you're also now in my repetoire of ladywank material... what a MMF - Reacher, Bloke and Nola. :twisted:

22 Feb 2009

Quote by flower411
It`s a beautiful sunny day in Kent :bounce:
Unfortunately, I have to use the A20 and the A25 going about my business today, which means I am plagued with bikers riding like lunatics !!! :fuckinghell:
On my way along the A25 ten minutes ago I was overtaken by five bikes in a row, obviously racing each other at speeds far in excess of the speed limit !!
I daren`t go any where near Wrotham Hill today because I know it`ll be total chaos....
Why is it, that when these people fall off and kill themselves, it`s always the car drivers fault ??? And how long will it be before the police actually do something about this menace on our roads ??? Where is British justice when these lunatics are allowed to terrorise the public roads ??

Quote by BIoke
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Massive generalisation alert! :P SOME bikers ride like wankers, not all of us do

Obviously Flowers is a car driver, so either he's one of the people that drives at 40 in the middle lane of the motorway or he's got a modified motor and likes to do handbrake turns and burnouts on Tesco's carpark on a Saturday night while playing "banging tunes" on his 200dB car stereo.
Surely there's no other type of driver? confused

:? :?
Speaking as a bike rider/car driver and the only near misses I've had on the bike have been while filtering in standing traffic and people moving over to try to block my progress or switching lanes without seeing me, despite reflective jacket and main beam on. :? :? :?
Could somebody point me to the bit in my post where it says "ALL" bikers ??
I`ve read it over and over and I still can`t see it :shock:
But you dont say...why do a small minority or something akin and myself like most bike riders on here took it to be a sweeping generalisation.
Reacher

22 Feb 2009

Quote by Reacher359
I am not a piece of meat, I am man...

Exactly :twisted:

22 Feb 2009

Quote by flower411
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Could somebody point me to the bit in my post where it says "ALL" bikers ??
I`ve read it over and over and I still can`t see it :shock:

Quote by flower411
Oh God !! A sunny weekend. The bikers are out !!

Doesn't specify any particular kind of biker, so you can't blame folks who are bikers for taking offence.

22 Feb 2009

Quote by BIoke
I am not a piece of meat, I am man...

Exactly :twisted:
biggrin

true, but today I shall be noting in my diary, later to become my memoirs, that I have become worthy of and I quote Ladywank material :wanker:
:D :D :D

22 Feb 2009

Quote by Reacher359
I am not a piece of meat, I am man...

Exactly :twisted:
biggrin

true, but today I shall be noting in my diary, later to become my memoirs, that I have become worthy of and I quote Ladywank material :wanker:
:D :D :D
Thank feck for that... in the midst of all this biker fisticuffs I was thinking that had been missed! wink

22 Feb 2009

Sun, bikes, men in leathers - Hell YEAH!!!! Bring it on!!!!
:bounce: :happy: :bounce: :happy: :bounce:

22 Feb 2009

Quote by flower411
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Could somebody point me to the bit in my post where it says "ALL" bikers ??
I`ve read it over and over and I still can`t see it :shock:

Quote by flower411
Oh God !! A sunny weekend. The bikers are out !!

Doesn't specify any particular kind of biker, so you can't blame folks who are bikers for taking offence.
I did qualify the statement later in my post by talking very specifically about the ones riding like lunatics ..... if you don`t ...why on earth would you take offence ??
You asked and I offered my opinion .... and
Could somebody point me to the bit in my post where it says I'm offended ??
I`ve read it over and over and I still can`t see it :shock:
innocent

22 Feb 2009

Quote by flower411
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Thanks for picking me up on my bad English !!

No probs. Glad to be of help. :thumbup:
:giggle:

22 Feb 2009

I wonder if the op set out just to annoy me. dunno

Maybe a paranoid pill will help but...can't help thinking it.
Still I take anything on here with a very small pinch of salt. wink

23 Feb 2009

Quote by BIoke
....And how long will it be before the police actually do something about this menace on our roads ??? Where is British justice when these lunatics are allowed to terrorise the public roads ??

Massive generalisation alert! :P SOME bikers ride like wankers, not all of us do
I agree Iv got lots of friends that are bikers. There are lots of unsafe car drivers that cause accidents with other drivers, riders and predestrians.
When people learn to ride bikes they are taught to ride a bike looking for all the dangers on the road from other vehicles to keep themselves safe.
I used to have a bike myself and so did my ex hubby.

23 Feb 2009

Some people are like slinkies ...... completely pointless ....but they always raise a smile when you push them down the stairs ...

I was just wanted to make you feel less pointless I guess, I'm helpful like that.