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Very heavy winds here , Blown a load of branches off big tree outside the front and some pr**k doing a 3 point turn on my drive in a recovery truck drove over and burst the bags of rubbish i put out . Went out to him and shouted WTF you think youre doing and he shot off up the road. C***
crofty1984 said:
Sympathies. That looks like the answer to one of those threads that starts, "I want to keep my Goldwing at the back of the house but have a narrow gate on a path that immediately turns left past the house, down two steps, along a 2ft wide gravel strip with a big hedge on one side...'So the high winds hammered all the trees in my local park coming home late last night there were branches some quite substancial littering the residential road next door.. not sure if anyone parking there has any nice new free dents.
Also its hammered my small balcony garden I have for my flat - good job everything was dead from last year anyway - I now have a perfect excuse to go clear it all up at the weekend (added to the job list from the Mrs basically)
But the bike although I didn't ride it yesterday was still upright and fully covered down in the carpark because I lock the cover front and rear.
Also its hammered my small balcony garden I have for my flat - good job everything was dead from last year anyway - I now have a perfect excuse to go clear it all up at the weekend (added to the job list from the Mrs basically)
But the bike although I didn't ride it yesterday was still upright and fully covered down in the carpark because I lock the cover front and rear.
Rode the bike 20 miles each way to/fro work yesterday. Can't say it's the most fun I've ever had on two wheels, but it wasn't that bad. Worst ever experience was getting soaked to the skin riding back from Dover. Wet through 20 mins into a 3 hour ride. Took me a full hour after getting off the bike before I'd thawed out fully!
Hope everyone's safe anyway. Round here a bloke got his baby out of his car literally seconds before a tree fell over and landed on it!
Hope everyone's safe anyway. Round here a bloke got his baby out of his car literally seconds before a tree fell over and landed on it!
Gavia said:
Not wishing to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted, but bike covers act like sails in high winds and will lift a bike off its wheels with ease. When the winds blowing, take the cover off and try to point your bike into the wind if possible.
This public service announcement was brought to You by Slim Shady.#Biker's Nemesis said:
Gavia said:
Not wishing to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted, but bike covers act like sails in high winds and will lift a bike off its wheels with ease. When the winds blowing, take the cover off and try to point your bike into the wind if possible.
This public service announcement was brought to You by Slim Shady.#Fortunately there isn't a massive amount of damage!
Biker's Nemesis said:
Gavia said:
Not wishing to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted, but bike covers act like sails in high winds and will lift a bike off its wheels with ease. When the winds blowing, take the cover off and try to point your bike into the wind if possible.
This public service announcement was brought to You by Slim Shady.#Gunk said:
K8-600 said:
The wind gets under the covers, you're better taking the cover off when the wind is that strong, sorry a bit late now for advice! Hope it wasn't damaged too muchThere isn't much damage really, very fortunate.
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