Bikes really are unsafe

Bikes really are unsafe

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Fred Leicester

404 posts

162 months

Sunday 29th April 2012
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If they made bikes with 4 wheels rather than 2, they'd be much safer. I, for one, will be starting a petition about this.

Tango13

8,395 posts

175 months

Sunday 29th April 2012
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Fred Leicester said:
If they made bikes with 4 wheels rather than 2, they'd be much safer. I, for one, will be starting a petition about this.
Good idea, heated seats and radio 2 as well?

Hooli

32,278 posts

199 months

Sunday 29th April 2012
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Tango13 said:
Fred Leicester said:
If they made bikes with 4 wheels rather than 2, they'd be much safer. I, for one, will be starting a petition about this.
Good idea, heated seats and radio 2 as well?
Plus air-con, sometimes I get so hot I can't think right.

LordFlathead

9,641 posts

257 months

Sunday 29th April 2012
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bamberwell said:
considering I started riding when EVERY bike had an inherent fault smile, i'd say no..
I am the inherent fault, and much more likely (statistically and otherwise) to cause the problem, and by comparison, an engineering fault is about a million times less likely to occur than my cause an accident.

I say when your times up your times up. Statistics play no part in how I ride or what I ride smile

Fred Leicester

404 posts

162 months

Sunday 29th April 2012
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Hooli said:
Plus air-con, sometimes I get so hot I can't think right.
Definitely, then I won't have to wear my stupid helmet too. Messes my hair right up.

Nigel Worc's

8,121 posts

187 months

Sunday 29th April 2012
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Tango13 said:
Good idea, heated seats and radio 2 as well?
And Radio four, radio 2 gets a bit modern and loud at times

MarJay

2,173 posts

174 months

Monday 30th April 2012
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LoonR1 said:
Having read the ongoing threads about the two top end sportsbikes (S1000RR and Panigale), one of which has a recall for a pretty major failure and the other having a high speed weave, like the Pan European a few years back. It's becoming clear that bikes are inherently unsafe.

No matter how I ride or how much care I take, there will always be an underlying manufacturung defect within them. There's been some bad press for all the major makes from fork failures, to frames snapping and so on.

Given that I'm the breadwinner, is it fair for me to jack it in and sell the bikes, as I'm worried I could end up as a statistic in someone else's law suit?
Oh lord.

Your attitude to risk is seriously skewed. I've been riding for ten years and spannering my own bikes for the same time. I've owned 25 bikes and can honestly say I've never had an accident which resulted from any kind of manufacturing fault. If you believe a manufacturing fault is likely to be the culprit in your motorcycle accident you need to get your head examined.

I have however had a few accidents. two were my fault (lost the rear end, lost the front end), one was a pedestrian's fault, and one was because I hit a boot in the road. Also bear in mind I've ridden two Buells, an MZ, a GasGas and various other old bikes that were probably put together by a man with an adjustable spanner in a shed in the UK after being rebuilt.

By that logic, you should give up biking because you're likely to hit a boot in the road.

Wake up and realise that biking IS dangerous, but it is dangerous because of the risks the rider takes, and the idiots that inhabit the roads these days, not because of mechanical fault.

BlackPrince

1,271 posts

168 months

Monday 30th April 2012
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MarJay said:
Oh lord.
stuff
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You know that he was joking right?

rsv gone!

11,288 posts

240 months

Monday 30th April 2012
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Hooli said:
Wedg1e said:
thumbup Thanks mate, I've been feeling quite fat at 85Kg but that cheers me up biggrin
I don't talk french, is that more or less than my 14stone?
You are both fat fkers!



ZesPak

24,421 posts

195 months

Monday 30th April 2012
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Yoda. said:
Is there some sort of subliminal insurance advertising going on here...
hehe

Must be, I'm looking into life insurance policies as we speak.

Hooli

32,278 posts

199 months

Monday 30th April 2012
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rsv gone! said:
Hooli said:
Wedg1e said:
thumbup Thanks mate, I've been feeling quite fat at 85Kg but that cheers me up biggrin
I don't talk french, is that more or less than my 14stone?
You are both fat fkers!
ps off, we're powerfully built like the rest of PH hehe

ZesPak

24,421 posts

195 months

Monday 30th April 2012
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Hooli said:
Wedg1e said:
thumbup Thanks mate, I've been feeling quite fat at 85Kg but that cheers me up biggrin
I don't talk french, is that more or less than my 14stone?
14st = 89kg.

So it's less.

It's more than me though, so thanks for that hehe

Hooli

32,278 posts

199 months

Monday 30th April 2012
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ZesPak said:
Hooli said:
Wedg1e said:
thumbup Thanks mate, I've been feeling quite fat at 85Kg but that cheers me up biggrin
I don't talk french, is that more or less than my 14stone?
14st = 89kg.

So it's less.

It's more than me though, so thanks for that hehe
Why do ya think a litre bike is too small for either Wedg1e & myself? hehe

off_again

12,250 posts

233 months

Monday 30th April 2012
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Live life on the edge - ride a bike....


hehe

CBR JGWRR

6,518 posts

148 months

Monday 30th April 2012
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Life's too short to drive a Prius.

Ride a GSX-R 1000.



I swear I've seen that on an ad somewhere...

Tango13

8,395 posts

175 months

Monday 30th April 2012
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Hooli said:
ZesPak said:
Hooli said:
Wedg1e said:
thumbup Thanks mate, I've been feeling quite fat at 85Kg but that cheers me up biggrin
I don't talk french, is that more or less than my 14stone?
14st = 89kg.

So it's less.

It's more than me though, so thanks for that hehe
Why do ya think a litre bike is too small for either Wedg1e & myself? hehe
Pair of lightweights, I'm 17st+ of Powerfully Built, Directorship weilding, Red Bull Quaffing Hero!
hehe

CBR JGWRR

6,518 posts

148 months

Monday 30th April 2012
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Jimbo. said:
deltashad said:
Did the TL1000s not have some really bad problem when it was originally launched?
Something to do with the yokes leading on to high speed tank slappers? I did a search but didn't see anything. Don't know why that's stuck in my head...
Nothing to do with the yokes. A short wheelbase, phenomenally grunty engine, light weight and a steep head angle all conspired to bite people on the arse. The never-seen-since rotary rear shock was often hinted at (by the likes of Maxton, etc) as being a contributory factor, but at the end of the day it was just a bike that demanded respect.

Of course, the utter s at MCN jumped up and down on it, hyping it up beyond all belief. "Killer bike" this, "Widow maker" that...editing readers letters from "My ZZR1100 had a mild tank slapper..." to "My TL1000S tried to kill me...".

Suzuki shat themselves and issued a recall to fit a steering damper. The TL1000R was rushed out, the TL1000S killed off. A shame frown
It is the whole reason why I want one though.

croyde

22,701 posts

229 months

Monday 30th April 2012
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I started riding when Jap bike's tyres were made of teflon and were completely useless in the wet and also the brakes stopped working in the wet as well.

I'm still here, just biggrin

RizzoTheRat

25,085 posts

191 months

Monday 30th April 2012
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Hooli said:
Why do ya think a litre bike is too small for Wedg1e & myself? hehe
Have you thought about each getting your own bikes, I know it's not as cosy as cuddling up on pillion but the bikes will go quicker biggrin

fomb

1,402 posts

210 months

Monday 30th April 2012
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My bike has a habit of falling over if I don't put my foot down when stopping. It also falls over if I don't put the stand down when getting off.

Surely this should be subject to a recall? It's dangerous...