motor bikes - Page 3

entwisi · 02-08-2006, 10:35

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Originally Posted by Neil

See I said bikes were dangerous,

I would venture being a pedant that the bike itself is not dangerous, how,where or when we ride them is the dangerous aspect of the experience.

e.g. my own major accident. I've ridden thousands of miles on bikes, sometimes faster than I should, sometimes more recklessly than I should, sometimes mor stupidly than I should, my only major accident was because I stopped(0 mph) at a red light on a major road out of a city with a certain person in a car behind me.

SPUGGIE J · 02-08-2006, 15:00

Only had 2 crashes one on a step thru moped and being hit by a fork truck. The step thru I forgot it had no cutch reved it hard put it in gear and hit a wall.

CASPER · 02-08-2006, 15:35

Bikes are great in the right place in the right hands. Either taxed, insured and MOT'd and on the road with a competant adult riding them. Or on an off road track specially designed for this purpose and either ridden by an adult or a child that is supervised by an adult, in which case they will need to travel there on a trailer NOT on the road.
In the wrong place and the wrong hands they are a lethal weapon

entwisi · 02-08-2006, 18:21

As are cars, wagons, and heck of a lot other things.

Madhatter · 02-08-2006, 19:23

Yes people with common sense know it's a joke entwisi, but someone thought it would be a joke to do it, maybe someone who kept calling the police and got fed up with what they saw as no action being taken. They obviously thought it would just knock him off and he'd get up, like in the war films, but no. I'm just making the point before someone ends up in prison for playing a practical joke.
No they didn't catch whoever it was.

I always like to let bikes pass, I can't stand them being behind me and I'm sure they feel the same way.

jimmi5bellies · 02-08-2006, 19:27

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Originally Posted by SPUGGIE J

Only had 2 crashes one on a step thru moped and being hit by a fork truck. The step thru I forgot it had no cutch reved it hard put it in gear and hit a wall.

pmsl @ the no clutch and hitting the wall .... wished i had seen that one !

CASPER · 02-08-2006, 19:34

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Originally Posted by entwisi

As are cars, wagons, and heck of a lot other things.

I agree, however how many are driven by children on pavements and towpaths?

SPUGGIE J · 02-08-2006, 19:42

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Originally Posted by jimmi5bellies

pmsl @ the no clutch and hitting the wall .... wished i had seen that one !

A few pals did and couldnt do owt for laughing dispite me and the machine having what looked like an intimate moment next to the wall.

Neil · 03-08-2006, 04:20

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Originally Posted by entwisi

I would venture being a pedant that the bike itself is not dangerous, how,where or when we ride them is the dangerous aspect of the experience.

I would agree with you on that. All too often we all see idiots on motor bikes doing stupid things so I tend to tar all bikers with the same brush, which is of course wrong of me.

jimmi5bellies · 03-08-2006, 11:59

Has anybody done the A537 Cat and Fiddle run ?

entwisi · 03-08-2006, 13:04

yep but TBH its rubbish, too many cars/plod/idiots.

There is a road that runs almost parrallel that is just as good but I can't remember its name at teh min.

There are cracking roads all over teh north west for bikes, we do live in gods own motorcycling county.