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Oh God !! A sunny weekend. The bikers are out !!
Thank the goddess you aint in Wales.
The local councils specialise in adverse cambers and blind bends.
You can hardly go for a walk without finding a damaged biker and bike in the hedges.
Having met a few, they are mostly bitter old men seeking solace in their twilight years. I sometimes think they crash solely for the attention.
The local councils specialise in adverse cambers and blind bends.
You can hardly go for a walk without finding a damaged biker and bike in the hedges.
Having met a few, they are mostly bitter old men seeking solace in their twilight years. I sometimes think they crash solely for the attention.
Here i go again no doubt about to get shot down in flames!
I live in the Yorkshire Dales when i am home, and we know around here that as soon as the sunshines come on Saturday and Sunday afternoon all we are going to hear is the sound of roaring motorbikes closely followed by the sirens of police,fire and ambulance as they have to be scraped up off the roads with the rabbits and badgers.
The problem in my opinion is (here we go) its not the real bikers who cause the problems and accidents its the weekend bikers,whom go out and buy a buke far too powerful for them to handle,keep it in a garage 9 months of the year all clean and sparkly then when the sun comes out decide to go out for a burn,totally unpractised and mostly unsafe.
Its easy up here to spot the old hands who even though still going too fast are safe and courteous to drivers, they are the ones who hang out in your mirrors so you can see them and when you move over a little to the edge to let them pass they give you a wave.
I wont be home this summer so will miss it but i can guarantee to you that a particular stretch of the A65 will have at least 5 motorcycle deaths between May and August.
I just wish them all well and safe journeys and to just think about the poor men and women who have to scrape them up and tell their famillies.
I live in the Yorkshire Dales when i am home, and we know around here that as soon as the sunshines come on Saturday and Sunday afternoon all we are going to hear is the sound of roaring motorbikes closely followed by the sirens of police,fire and ambulance as they have to be scraped up off the roads with the rabbits and badgers.
The problem in my opinion is (here we go) its not the real bikers who cause the problems and accidents its the weekend bikers,whom go out and buy a buke far too powerful for them to handle,keep it in a garage 9 months of the year all clean and sparkly then when the sun comes out decide to go out for a burn,totally unpractised and mostly unsafe.
Its easy up here to spot the old hands who even though still going too fast are safe and courteous to drivers, they are the ones who hang out in your mirrors so you can see them and when you move over a little to the edge to let them pass they give you a wave.
I wont be home this summer so will miss it but i can guarantee to you that a particular stretch of the A65 will have at least 5 motorcycle deaths between May and August.
I just wish them all well and safe journeys and to just think about the poor men and women who have to scrape them up and tell their famillies.
Sex God
I actually have a friend who left Cheshire Fire Service because he was traumatised by all the road traffic accidents he had to deal with. He was fine fighting fires and obviously in training it was explained that the fire service is called on in accidents to use cutting equipment etc. I just don't think he realised quite how many mangled cars and bikes he'd be dealing with.
On the upside RTA's are reducing nationally. This leaves many people on Dialysis and all other side effects of organs failing, with no transplants available.
another report
looks at RTA's in some detail...
I think it is safe to say that bikers, if they are the cause of all this destruction, are only likely to be killing themselves and perhaps a pillion. As terrible as that is it isn't quite as bad as totalling a bus or several lanes of traffic when jack knifing.
I have ridden a bike on and off for 20 years. One of those was continuous all year round use for 7 years.. the others have been 3/4 years (all year round)
I ride safely and I ride well, the only people that have ever put me in any danger are the car drivers who own the road and resent my maneovureability.
another report
looks at RTA's in some detail...
I think it is safe to say that bikers, if they are the cause of all this destruction, are only likely to be killing themselves and perhaps a pillion. As terrible as that is it isn't quite as bad as totalling a bus or several lanes of traffic when jack knifing.
I have ridden a bike on and off for 20 years. One of those was continuous all year round use for 7 years.. the others have been 3/4 years (all year round)
I ride safely and I ride well, the only people that have ever put me in any danger are the car drivers who own the road and resent my maneovureability.
Sex God
Interesting reading splendid. Had never thought about the imapct on transplants before.
And I wasn't for a minute just blaming bikers for accidents... Hmmmm - all of sudden has a mental image of splendid in biker leathers
hwoar: and erm... 
And I wasn't for a minute just blaming bikers for accidents... Hmmmm - all of sudden has a mental image of splendid in biker leathers
hwoar: and erm... Quote by flower411
....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
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
he's talking about bikers??...i thought he was on about 4 x 4 drivers!
Quote by jumptoit
I live in the Yorkshire Dales when i am home, and we know around here that as soon as the sunshines come on Saturday and Sunday afternoon all we are going to hear is the sound of roaring motorbikes closely followed by the sirens of police,fire and ambulance as they have to be scraped up off the roads with the rabbits and badgers.
What?? The rabbits and badgers ride motorbikes in Yorkshire??
:? :? :? :wink: On a serious note I'm a hardened wizened old biker myself. I just wanted to pick on a minority for a change.
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.
There is no excuse for flouting the law regarding the safe use of motor vehicles. The sooner speeding becomes as socially acceptable as drink driving the better.
In 2003 there were about 1000 people a day injured in road traffic accidents and 10 deaths according to the DOT. I think that's way too many. Mind you its not as sad as the 20 people a day who choose suicide and succeed.
I have believed for a long time that part of the test to drive a car should involve being trained on a motorcycle with a view to improving the general road awareness of car drivers.
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.
There is no excuse for flouting the law regarding the safe use of motor vehicles. The sooner speeding becomes as socially acceptable as drink driving the better.
In 2003 there were about 1000 people a day injured in road traffic accidents and 10 deaths according to the DOT. I think that's way too many. Mind you its not as sad as the 20 people a day who choose suicide and succeed.
I have believed for a long time that part of the test to drive a car should involve being trained on a motorcycle with a view to improving the general road awareness of car drivers.
Quote by jumptoit
Here i go again no doubt about to get shot down in flames!
I live in the Yorkshire Dales when i am home, and we know around here that as soon as the sunshines come on Saturday and Sunday afternoon all we are going to hear is the sound of roaring motorbikes closely followed by the sirens of police,fire and ambulance as they have to be scraped up off the roads with the rabbits and badgers.
The problem in my opinion is (here we go) its not the real bikers who cause the problems and accidents its the weekend bikers,whom go out and buy a buke far too powerful for them to handle,keep it in a garage 9 months of the year all clean and sparkly then when the sun comes out decide to go out for a burn,totally unpractised and mostly unsafe.
Its easy up here to spot the old hands who even though still going too fast are safe and courteous to drivers, they are the ones who hang out in your mirrors so you can see them and when you move over a little to the edge to let them pass they give you a wave.
I wont be home this summer so will miss it but i can guarantee to you that a particular stretch of the A65 will have at least 5 motorcycle deaths between May and August.
I just wish them all well and safe journeys and to just think about the poor men and women who have to scrape them up and tell their famillies.
Know where you mean about that stretch of the road, one of our friends met his end there 5 years ago!!
Love to see all the bikers at Kirby Lonsdale though, chatting and drinking tea!!
Quote by benrums0n
I have believed for a long time that part of the test to drive a car should involve being trained on a motorcycle with a view to improving the general road awareness of car drivers.
Agreed :thumbup:
I passed my bike test in 2005 and know that my general observation and awareness of things like potential hazards, road surfaces etc now when driving is 100% better as a result :P
Sex God
Someone will have to arrage a SH bike riders day out.
I'll come by car!!
Someone has gone to get his gel seat back today!
I'll come by car!!
Someone has gone to get his gel seat back today!
Sex God
Quote by BIoke
I have believed for a long time that part of the test to drive a car should involve being trained on a motorcycle with a view to improving the general road awareness of car drivers.
Agreed :thumbup:
I passed my bike test in 2005 and know that my general observation and awareness of things like potential hazards, road surfaces etc now when driving is 100% better as a result :P
I'd also like to see car drivers being made to ride a bicycle on the roads as part of their driving test. :thumbup:
Quote by Dirtygirly
I have believed for a long time that part of the test to drive a car should involve being trained on a motorcycle with a view to improving the general road awareness of car drivers.
Agreed :thumbup:
I passed my bike test in 2005 and know that my general observation and awareness of things like potential hazards, road surfaces etc now when driving is 100% better as a result :P
I'd also like to see car drivers being made to ride a bicycle on the roads as part of their driving test. :thumbup:
I'm with you on that DG. I only ride my bike round little country lanes now and pull over and stop if I hear a car/van/tractor coming. Too many near misses but I enjoy it so won't give in until someone fails to miss me! I always give cyclists and horses a wide berth, and pull over slightly for motorcyclists myself.
Sex God
Quote by Dirtygirly
I have believed for a long time that part of the test to drive a car should involve being trained on a motorcycle with a view to improving the general road awareness of car drivers.
Agreed :thumbup:
I passed my bike test in 2005 and know that my general observation and awareness of things like potential hazards, road surfaces etc now when driving is 100% better as a result :P
I'd also like to see car drivers being made to ride a bicycle on the roads as part of their driving test. :thumbup:
100% agree, as two car drivers here, who both started out with bikes, we do feel that drivers who have seen it from a bikers perspective are much safer drivers, more observant and more curteous.
Obviously that is a generalisation and is only my view, but when you are out on a bike, it is quite easy to spot the car drivers who have rode a bike in the past
Yes, some bikers are complete idiots and give the others a bad name, but so are some car/van/lorry/bus drivers (delete as appropriate)
Sex God
Quote by Sarah
Someone will have to arrage a SH bike riders day out.
I'll come by car!!
Someone has gone to get his gel seat back today!
Oooooh, could I just come and perve all the people in leathers?
:twisted:
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
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
Sex God
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...
Reacher in bike leathers :rascal: Mmmmmm!
Quote by noladreams30
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...
Reacher in bike leathers :rascal: Mmmmmm!
Did I mention that I like cooking and do my own ironing
:lol: :lol: Sex God
Quote by noladreams30
Someone will have to arrage a SH bike riders day out.
I'll come by car!!
Someone has gone to get his gel seat back today!
Oooooh, could I just come and perve all the people in leathers?
:twisted:
I would think some thing could be arranged!! :twisted:
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 ??
As always Flower you dislike the bike ellement.
You seem to forget that car drivers are idiots too, and so I think your unfair attitude towards bikes is a bit unjust.
But then I am not suprised, as have heard it all before.
Bikers can be idiots, and so can car drivers, and coach drivers and lorry drivers...get my drift?
Or have you always had a problem with just bikers? 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...
Reacher in bike leathers :rascal: Mmmmmm!
Did I mention that I like cooking and do my own ironing
:lol: :lol:Spring or summer wedding then? :lol:
What I find really funny about this thread is this....
I have been riding bikes for ermmmm 33 years on and off. I have only come off once when I had a puncture.
I have never been done for speeding until last August when I got done by a mobile camera in my...............CAR !!!!
Yes that I find is funny. I have a very powerful motorbike, yes it is capable of silly speeds but, I am aware of that as are many other, responsible bikers.
To label everyone with the same brush is inaccurate rambling nonsense. I bet the services have had to deal with bike accidents today from an element of " idiots " but....also no doubt many a car driver " idiot " too.
This topic sounds so familiar from somebody who obviousl has a huge dislike of bikers, because I think one of the great menaces on our roads are 4x4 drivers taking up both lanes on a single road, as they cannot judge their silly big things that never ever go off road.
Buy a bike and save the enviroment.
I have been riding bikes for ermmmm 33 years on and off. I have only come off once when I had a puncture.
I have never been done for speeding until last August when I got done by a mobile camera in my...............CAR !!!!
Yes that I find is funny. I have a very powerful motorbike, yes it is capable of silly speeds but, I am aware of that as are many other, responsible bikers.
To label everyone with the same brush is inaccurate rambling nonsense. I bet the services have had to deal with bike accidents today from an element of " idiots " but....also no doubt many a car driver " idiot " too.
This topic sounds so familiar from somebody who obviousl has a huge dislike of bikers, because I think one of the great menaces on our roads are 4x4 drivers taking up both lanes on a single road, as they cannot judge their silly big things that never ever go off road.
Buy a bike and save the enviroment.
Mod
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
Mal
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
Mod
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
Insurance? :shock:
what's that, then? :lol:
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
Insurance? :shock:
what's that, then? :lol:
Its that bit of paper that cost you a fortune lol