bad day yesterday
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Or the selfrighteous brothers!auldblue said:
Baz , you did not expect it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ks7AwE3Xpfk
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I wish I'd thought of that......NO.....you can't go off thread unless you are one of the chosen ones, you should know that , I said. Proper certification required or they'll have you back with the wool in Crawfordjohn riding a Puch Maxi with bald tyres dragging an anvil. Another pint Al? I'll have the usual ,castor oil ,mono grade of course!
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Nothing worse than Scottish smartarses!auldblue said:
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Stonehenge ....Stonehenge! Where the demons dwell
Where the banshees live and they do live well.
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Hard crowd.
I got stick yesterday on a Ducati forum for complaining that my ST4 mufflers had been 'cored" and my Commando sounds better anyway. :mrgreen:
Where the banshees live and they do live well.
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Hard crowd.
I got stick yesterday on a Ducati forum for complaining that my ST4 mufflers had been 'cored" and my Commando sounds better anyway. :mrgreen:
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lcrken said:
That's right, Ken - well done. And there's absolutely no way anyone could possibly work out who you may be referring to by looking at the previous posts. But maybe there's a clue when you say, 'a small (but vocal) minority'. What do you reckon?
Spinal Tap - very funny film.
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Id always leave enough room - 15 ft , to tap the front brake and swerve around auto not so mobiles . A heavy tap , on Commando Disc .
Motorway once , three cars on 3/4 mile on two lanes and a yellow J4 van on the side gravel . On the Triton 500 L. W. ,
Riding along looking at cars at time , clockwise - observing the second aft , after ten seconds or so & accelerated to 60 mph, :mrgreen:
and loking individually and leasurely at the two aft ,
Rotateing head to front in the left lane , the J4s back doors were ten foot in front of me . :? at 20 mph . :x
Whacking on full right I went a lane right in the same distance forward , back down to straight & up level
the back kicking up on the cross .Knee hammers left monoblock , and thrown up ( hang on ) to land stunned
& straight crusing past his cab . Didnt think till now , wonder what he thought . :shock:
Just about parked in it . then theres the Honda red XR looking aft as the traffic got under way ,
and STOPPED . About 6 or 7 back from the light , he hadnt looked forward till about halway up the V. W.
ALWAYS look where youre going . Beware of the hun in the sun . The Old ' 5 second Cycle ' , in traffic -
eyes front , left , right , and aft . You get a sore kneck without mirrors . A SILK SCARF stops the kneck chaffing .
NOW you KNOW . :wink:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... tible.html
And watch those donuts ! Theres a old pommy movie , with a string of cops on saints under training , under a flyover
into a intersection , in the hand signal days , they all ' pile up ' as a old lady drives through .
Bad Luck about the bike - at least its not arms & legs . Or Heads .
Id always leave enough room - 15 ft , to tap the front brake and swerve around auto not so mobiles . A heavy tap , on Commando Disc .
Motorway once , three cars on 3/4 mile on two lanes and a yellow J4 van on the side gravel . On the Triton 500 L. W. ,
Riding along looking at cars at time , clockwise - observing the second aft , after ten seconds or so & accelerated to 60 mph, :mrgreen:
and loking individually and leasurely at the two aft ,
Rotateing head to front in the left lane , the J4s back doors were ten foot in front of me .
:? at 20 mph . :x Whacking on full right I went a lane right in the same distance forward , back down to straight & up level
the back kicking up on the cross .Knee hammers left monoblock , and thrown up ( hang on ) to land stunned
& straight crusing past his cab . Didnt think till now , wonder what he thought . :shock:
Just about parked in it .
then theres the Honda red XR looking aft as the traffic got under way ,and STOPPED . About 6 or 7 back from the light , he hadnt looked forward till about halway up the V. W.
ALWAYS look where youre going . Beware of the hun in the sun . The Old ' 5 second Cycle ' , in traffic -
eyes front , left , right , and aft . You get a sore kneck without mirrors . A SILK SCARF stops the kneck chaffing .
NOW you KNOW .
:wink: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... tible.html
And watch those donuts !
Theres a old pommy movie , with a string of cops on saints under training , under a flyoverinto a intersection , in the hand signal days , they all ' pile up ' as a old lady drives through .
Bad Luck about the bike - at least its not arms & legs . Or Heads .
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How do you reckon the conversation went?
Taxi driver: "There's a lot of accidents on this stretch of road. I've been driving 38 years and this has never happened before!"
Biker: "It's alright mate, you just made a bad judgement, could happen to anyone - sorry I braked so suddenly, but some idiot walked across the pedestrian crossing".
How do you reckon the conversation went?
Taxi driver: "There's a lot of accidents on this stretch of road. I've been driving 38 years and this has never happened before!"
Biker: "It's alright mate, you just made a bad judgement, could happen to anyone - sorry I braked so suddenly, but some idiot walked across the pedestrian crossing".
You got that right. But, it is what it is and we all know it. Anyone who posts contraversially should expect scrutiny. It's a forum!hobot said:
Let's get real here, and I mean know offence, for I neither want nor expect any changes in your makeup, but really, do you expect any of us but a small percentage to "get" what you are doing?
It's not only a mechanically "out there" issue you describe, but the purpose in itself, is for the most part, incomprehensible, unless you are Evel Knievel or David Blaine.
All I am saying is that you shouldn't be so taken a back when we say "What the f#*@ is he talking about."
Last post from me on this topic, I promise. Just went back to the very first post from Baz to see if I could make sense out of -otment's insistence he go back to school. Could not find any. In my opinion I find Baz's assessment of the driver who stopped on a busy motorway as being an idiot is spot on whether an accident ensued or not. Baz also, right up front, said running into the car in front of him was his own fault. How is motorcycle re-schooling going to improve on that lesson right there? Are you saying, -otment, that because of this lapse you are sure Baz must be cruising through all his rides on luck alone and must for sure need retraining in all aspects of riding, or do you think he needs to hear from a licensed instructor that " ya, you need to watch for stopped traffic better." ?
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I have traveled that road a lot...its not a motorway. and people stopping on a A road is against the law! But drivers "slamming on" their brakes to take a moment to view stone henge can be normal...after all its a histroric monument?
Not to sure what "slamming on" means...
Next , "luck alone" yes i was t boned by a 85 year old guy who never took a test, the police put him in for one...he didnt pass the number plate reading!
The plod can around two weeks later to tell me the guy will never drive again..and he had been lucky for over 60 years!
Not to sure what "slamming on" means...
Next , "luck alone" yes i was t boned by a 85 year old guy who never took a test, the police put him in for one...he didnt pass the number plate reading!
The plod can around two weeks later to tell me the guy will never drive again..and he had been lucky for over 60 years!
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no definitely not a motorway ,i was filtering slowly up the outside of stationary traffic when i noticed up ahead that the traffic was once more moving i stayed overtaking for a while still at low speed but as the traffic speeded up i decided to rejoin it indicated left and looked for a gap to get back in i saw a large gap opening up as a van was accelerating away from the car behind it i pulled into the gap glanced in my mirror just for a second as i did so just to make sure the car driver had seen me as i looked back the van had slammed his anchors on i panic braked and locked up skidding into the van all this happened at quite a low speed but obviously too fast i wasnt paying enough attention and as simon says the reason the van braked is not relevant here i was surprised by the amount of damage to the bike no damage to the van i was lucky the guy in the car behind was paying attention or i could have been run over as well ! both of the drivers helped me move my bike to the side of the road i asked the van driver what happened and he told me about the car in front taking photos ,as i said it was my fault it could have been a lot worse luckily only i got hurt ,the cause of the accident was someone stopping to take a photo but the reason for the accident was down to me no question cheers bazjohn robert bould said:
OK, one more time, I swear. John, I have no idea where you are from because "location" is not filled out in your profile, but I'm going to guess England 'cause you say you've ridden that road many times. I realize to call that particular stretch a motorway was wrong. A motorway would be the equivalent of the US's Interstate or Germany's Autobahn correct? Still even in 1972 the one and only time I was there it was no country road was it? I live on a country road that runs around a popular lake that has lots of tourists in the summer months. The speed limit around the lake is 30 MPH. There are Drivers who jam on their brakes to take photos here too and they are universally idiots as well. You are just stretching the limits of examples with your 85 yr old lucky man story. HOLY SHIT! How did I let myself get dragged into this stupid argument? Cheers?
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Right ! i have made my point and no more said on this post..thats100%...Baz you dont need a re-fresh and this will give you the wake-up to see you good for another 20 years. Happy biking and best of luck.
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Biscuit said:
Hope your powers of observation are better on the road than when re-reading a posting. Baz didn't say it was busy or a motorway, and Baz has only the van drivers word that the driver slowed to take a photo. He'd have a fuckin' job arguing it wasn't his fault, yet at the same time he gives three reasons in an attempt to lessen his culpability, otherwise why mention the 'idiot' who slowed his vehicle, his 38 years experience without crashing into the back of a van and (allegedly) lots of accidents on that road, iscuit? It's Baz's attitude, and others, that I've been criticising.
You obviously haven't got a clue about, for example, Bikesafe. It includes two hours theory, two hours slow manoeuvres and an observed ride of two hours, one to one, to enable the officer to advise on bad habits you may have picked up over the years or weeks of riding. Like driving too close to the vehicle in front, or crashing into the vehicle in front, for example. It cost me £10.00 for the day last year, reduced from £35.00 because they received some extra funding. It's run by bikers who also happen to be highly trained police motorcyclists.
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l'm sure you both could, iscuit. Pretty sure how to crash into the back of a stationary vehicle is not covered in the police motorcycle training manual - surprisingly.
Baz, just read your post. The cause of the accident was because you did not leave sufficient room between yourself and the vehicle in front - nothing to do with why a vehicle ahead of you slowed down - fucking unbelievable.
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Don't know if even a robot could react to that but then again maybe robot would just sit and steam or sent out to sacrifice in unique road traps.
Pete THE @%^&*$#$@#val taught me how over rated mc brakes are and two more nothing to loose options remain, steer around hoping not into worse fire or hit both brakes and toss sideways like speedway bike for both tire edges and some frame/stand or muffler and hip elbow friction too. Still that once or twice a life time event and nothing else braked as predicable securely as tri-linked Ms Peel which has saved me where my modern literally let me down. Tri-linkes at least hobot way is a safety feature when time/space is at a premium even going sanely slowly. Don't know if Peel or me could of avoided Baz's event but for being too scared to split lanes or back end another car wiping out into opposite open lane.
First loss of years long best buddy was @ 14 when he came off on hwy and got head run over. Scull and bones icons are spot on for some but all of us that ride have something wrong or missing in our life priorities similar to hard drugs that constantly take their toll.
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