Idiots.....
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ST270

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zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

32,880 posts

246 months

Monday 9th June 2014
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I see similar out and about quite often (I live not far from Greengates where this is regular). The kids are very skilled on the bikes, but not street smart with traffic. In winter they often appear out of nowhere across grass, unlit, in the dark, cutting across streams of traffic. It's very unfair on the poor sods who end up colliding with them and watch them being scraped up by the paramedics.

A few weeks ago heading from Yeadon to Apperley Bridge I was confronted with a race quad on its back wheels doing 40mph or so in a long wheely. He wasn't in proper directional control and I was bracing for him coking through the windscreen.

Greg_D

6,542 posts

275 months

Monday 9th June 2014
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they were good at wheelies, though!!!!

chibbard

1,554 posts

289 months

Monday 9th June 2014
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Toatal idiots. Although, I didn't see any attempt of catching them though !!!!

Pete Eroleum

278 posts

216 months

Monday 9th June 2014
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Nice wheelies. 8/10.

Marked down slightly for imperfect synchronization. They need to work on that a bit for full marks.

ST270

Original Poster:

673 posts

211 months

Monday 9th June 2014
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zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz said:
I see similar out and about quite often (I live not far from Greengates where this is regular). The kids are very skilled on the bikes, but not street smart with traffic. In winter they often appear out of nowhere across grass, unlit, in the dark, cutting across streams of traffic. It's very unfair on the poor sods who end up colliding with them and watch them being scraped up by the paramedics.

A few weeks ago heading from Yeadon to Apperley Bridge I was confronted with a race quad on its back wheels doing 40mph or so in a long wheely. He wasn't in proper directional control and I was bracing for him coking through the windscreen.
I'm from Apperley bridge way and I'm pretty sure that this is around Greengates - the petrol station looks like the one near Calverley. See them regular too and the quads like you mentioned - admittedly they can control the bikes well but on built up streets it doesn't take much to end nasty.

snoopy25

2,107 posts

149 months

Monday 9th June 2014
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idiots.......

Riley Blue

23,205 posts

255 months

Monday 9th June 2014
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I always think that giving people like this publicity by putting the video on-line is a mistake.

Sexual Chocolate

1,583 posts

173 months

Monday 9th June 2014
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Top wheelies! Agreed that they need to work on the synchronization.

markmullen

15,877 posts

263 months

Monday 9th June 2014
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The good thing is riding like that with only a stupid bobble hat for protection will mean natural selection takes its course sooner rather than later.

MajorProblem

4,700 posts

193 months

Monday 9th June 2014
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Good wheelies. The petrol station assistant must be a right mong to switch the pumps on.

Would have been improved if the police used an apache gunship.