Interesting Cat & Fiddle Fail
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Davie_GLA said:
I (like many bikers) have a wee ritual before going on the bike. No matter if it's going for a hoon or going to work. Part of mine is to give my daughter a kiss and cuddle just in case i don't come back. I do this anyway when i leave the house but make sure i do it before i go out on the bike.
I spoke to a biker this morning who is on my project. While discussing general riding, he commented that he takes every ride with a 50% chance of not going home. He rides 2000 miles a month and claims to have at least an accident a year.If I started to adopt the 50% approach, I would pack it in altogether. That isn't a healthy attitude to be jumping on a bike with.
As for his accident rate, I guess he needs to take a look at doing something about that
Davie_GLA said:
You say that but there is an element of it. I (like many bikers) have a wee ritual before going on the bike. No matter if it's going for a hoon or going to work. Part of mine is to give my daughter a kiss and cuddle just in case i don't come back. I do this anyway when i leave the house but make sure i do it before i go out on the bike.
Do you put your big watch on, too?Edited by Deranged Granny on Wednesday 20th August 13:36
Fleegle said:
I spoke to a biker this morning who is on my project. While discussing general riding, he commented that he takes every ride with a 50% chance of not going home. He rides 2000 miles a month and claims to have at least an accident a year.
If I started to adopt the 50% approach, I would pack it in altogether. That isn't a healthy attitude to be jumping on a bike with.
As for his accident rate, I guess he needs to take a look at doing something about that
He also needs to look at his mathsIf I started to adopt the 50% approach, I would pack it in altogether. That isn't a healthy attitude to be jumping on a bike with.
As for his accident rate, I guess he needs to take a look at doing something about that
Deranged Granny said:
Fleegle said:
I spoke to a biker this morning who is on my project. While discussing general riding, he commented that he takes every ride with a 50% chance of not going home. He rides 2000 miles a month and claims to have at least an accident a year.
If I started to adopt the 50% approach, I would pack it in altogether. That isn't a healthy attitude to be jumping on a bike with.
As for his accident rate, I guess he needs to take a look at doing something about that
He also needs to look at his mathsIf I started to adopt the 50% approach, I would pack it in altogether. That isn't a healthy attitude to be jumping on a bike with.
As for his accident rate, I guess he needs to take a look at doing something about that
On 50% of my normal rides I don't go home, I finish the ride at work. However 100% of the remaining regular rides do end at home.
LoonR1 said:
Someone has come off a road near where I live and barrel rolled their Fiesta down the embankment. It's impressive considering the corner barely registers in a car or on a bike.
Perhaps they were trying to look like Ken Block in his "Fiesta", and their attempted scandinavian flick just got out of hand? It's easily done in such a skittish, high powered car.fergus said:
LoonR1 said:
Someone has come off a road near where I live and barrel rolled their Fiesta down the embankment. It's impressive considering the corner barely registers in a car or on a bike.
Perhaps they were trying to look like Ken Block in his "Fiesta", and their attempted scandinavian flick just got out of hand? It's easily done in such a skittish, high powered car.
right f
k OFF WITH THE FIESTA ST BASHING.
I was great a Scandinavian flicks in that car, until I put it into a wall and had to go ask my Dad if he knew a good panel beater and for a loan of the money to fix it.
Seriously who the fk ever thinks about maybe not returning home if they go out on a bike. I think they need their head testing or their riding improved one of the two.
Seriously, you'd think jumping on the latest 600 is like being a Christian walking into the coliseum the way some on here talk
k OFF WITH THE FIESTA ST BASHING.I was great a Scandinavian flicks in that car, until I put it into a wall and had to go ask my Dad if he knew a good panel beater and for a loan of the money to fix it.
Seriously who the f
k ever thinks about maybe not returning home if they go out on a bike. I think they need their head testing or their riding improved one of the two.Seriously, you'd think jumping on the latest 600 is like being a Christian walking into the coliseum the way some on here talk
John D. said:
The placement of double whites is clearly driven by accident or 'near miss' reports rather than a simple assessment of whether it is possible to overtake safely or not in a particular spot.
Loathed though I am to take the side of the "safety" people, accident reports and near-hits would appear to counter any argument that a location is safe for overtaking.Granted it's more to do with driver/rider error and poor judgement but evidently white paint is cheaper than education.
LiamB said:
moanthebairns said:
Seriously who the fk ever thinks about maybe not returning home if they go out on a bike. I think they need their head testing or their riding improved one of the two.
x100k ever thinks about maybe not returning home if they go out on a bike. I think they need their head testing or their riding improved one of the two.Stupid thing to think about and will just ruin your riding.
When I go to pick up my keys I ask myself, 'can I be sensible today? Can I concentrate, and not endanger the lives of my fellow motorists and I for cheap thrill?'
If the answer is "no", I put the keys down, and do something else.
It's a f
king bike ride, we're not matching off to war. 1. I thought it had already been shown that the rider had posted some boastful challenges about riding on the Internet? So it could be mooted that he's the author of his own falling down.
2. Why hasn't the motorcyclist's insurer paid out for the fence? Surely it should have been mended by now.
3. If he wanted to ride like that shouldn't he have taken it to the track? He could have dodged the sightseeing coaches ont Ring.
2. Why hasn't the motorcyclist's insurer paid out for the fence? Surely it should have been mended by now.
3. If he wanted to ride like that shouldn't he have taken it to the track? He could have dodged the sightseeing coaches ont Ring.
I got taken off, again, last night.
Stood there looking at the wreck of my FJR and definitely had a WTF am I doing this for moment.
Not my fault, woman came round the corner wrong side of the road on a country lane and just knocked my front wheel from under me, rest became a bit messy, forks really badly bent and fluids leaking all over. She had no tax, no MOT but luckily she was insured, and now she's changed the address she gave me, so I suspect her driving licence was recorded at her old address.
Seriously peed off. I try to be pragmatic, 118 miles a day, 590 miles a month. 2400 miles a month, 28,500 miles pa, you put yourself in a lot more danger than a 2,000 mile a year pleasure rider.
Now have a fight with the assessor as I simply can't replace it for what I paid for it 2.5 years ago. :-((
Tim :-(
Stood there looking at the wreck of my FJR and definitely had a WTF am I doing this for moment.
Not my fault, woman came round the corner wrong side of the road on a country lane and just knocked my front wheel from under me, rest became a bit messy, forks really badly bent and fluids leaking all over. She had no tax, no MOT but luckily she was insured, and now she's changed the address she gave me, so I suspect her driving licence was recorded at her old address.
Seriously peed off. I try to be pragmatic, 118 miles a day, 590 miles a month. 2400 miles a month, 28,500 miles pa, you put yourself in a lot more danger than a 2,000 mile a year pleasure rider.
Now have a fight with the assessor as I simply can't replace it for what I paid for it 2.5 years ago. :-((
Tim :-(
themanwithnoname said:
topsprayer said:
The news video said wall which is different to a fence. I expect the cost to properly repair a dry stone wall (which is a dying skill) is more than a grand.
About £120 a meter according to my two waller friends. 
Its hardly Hadrian's wall is it? It isn't exactly going to protect the road from a barrage of rabid Romans or even a herd of vehement sheep.
I mean it was f
ked before he ploughed his Ninja through it.moanthebairns said:
Its hardly Hadrian's wall is it? It isn't exact going to protect the road from a barrage of rabid Romans or even a herd of vehement sheep.
I mean it was f
ked before he ploughed his Ninja through it.ked state it was in rather than the doubly fked state it's now in. That may make it cheaper to just repair it fully. fergus said:
Hooli said:
Fiesta ST? they are a sports car after all
Imagine the cost to repair the fence that a ST had barrel rolled down. It would run to literally yards of fencing....Gassing Station | Biker Banter | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff