And today's commuting highlight is...
Discussion
dibblecorse said:
kiethton said:
Thing is you come to anticipate it but continually wonder why they chose to do it in that precise location, often on main arterial roads and despite the traffic mayhem they're causing.
Most recent example was here (but in the evening rush hour):
F*** me, surely the old CitiBank HQ needs to be torn down soon ????Most recent example was here (but in the evening rush hour):
After 56,000 miles my GS gave me a problem last night.
Outside lane of the motorway, sat at 70 or so and the bike just completely dies, no warning, clocks freeze and speed and RPM, no power for hazards or indicators.
Ironically it's so peaceful sat coasting in the outside lane at 70. Anyway got to the hard shoulder and turning the ignition on and off made no difference, the bike was dead.
I first though maybe the alternator belt had let go but that would throw a battery warning and things would die in random orders with the engine being last.
Whipped the seat off and gave the negative battery cable a wiggle around, a little crunch broke a small piece of corrosion off and the clocks re set and she fired back into life!
No drama this morning - i'll add clean and grease the battery terminals the list of jobs for this weekend.
Outside lane of the motorway, sat at 70 or so and the bike just completely dies, no warning, clocks freeze and speed and RPM, no power for hazards or indicators.
Ironically it's so peaceful sat coasting in the outside lane at 70. Anyway got to the hard shoulder and turning the ignition on and off made no difference, the bike was dead.
I first though maybe the alternator belt had let go but that would throw a battery warning and things would die in random orders with the engine being last.
Whipped the seat off and gave the negative battery cable a wiggle around, a little crunch broke a small piece of corrosion off and the clocks re set and she fired back into life!
No drama this morning - i'll add clean and grease the battery terminals the list of jobs for this weekend.
All this talk of London is bringing back memories of when I used to commute from Essex to Leytonstone & Forest Gate daily in 2010. You could literally see the standard of driving deteriorate the closer you got to East London.
Road signs, markings, traffic lights and other road users just became irrelevant. How I never had an accident I'll never know.
In other news, the roads were dry, no wind, 5° and it was reasonably bright at 7am this morning. Basically "summer" for us Yorkshire riders!
Road signs, markings, traffic lights and other road users just became irrelevant. How I never had an accident I'll never know.
In other news, the roads were dry, no wind, 5° and it was reasonably bright at 7am this morning. Basically "summer" for us Yorkshire riders!
Edited by wjb on Wednesday 21st February 18:49
Most people are just complete 
s. In a way I don’t mind now, unlike when I was younger I don’t get angry with them now and just completely ignore them.
It became easier for me to do so after seeing older riders doing so when perhaps I would normally have got annoyed. So now I do the same. You won’t change them, they’re wkers, so ignore them.
s. In a way I don’t mind now, unlike when I was younger I don’t get angry with them now and just completely ignore them. It became easier for me to do so after seeing older riders doing so when perhaps I would normally have got annoyed. So now I do the same. You won’t change them, they’re w
kers, so ignore them.CoolHands said:
Most people are just complete s. In a way I don’t mind now, unlike when I was younger I don’t get angry with them now and just completely ignore them.
It became easier for me to do so after seeing older riders doing so when perhaps I would normally have got annoyed. So now I do the same. You won’t change them, they’re wkers, so ignore them.
Exactly, I see shocking driving everyday, but I don't let it ruin my ride, I just leave them to it. s. In a way I don’t mind now, unlike when I was younger I don’t get angry with them now and just completely ignore them. It became easier for me to do so after seeing older riders doing so when perhaps I would normally have got annoyed. So now I do the same. You won’t change them, they’re w
kers, so ignore them.My dad used to say "treat everyone on the road as an idiot, that way you won't be ever be surprised"
Top marks to the utter fking bellend on the needlessly noisy sports wk machine and utter fking bellend number 2 on a fking crappy scooter who followed him for essentially cutting off my exit from a roundabout in Kew yesterday by both undertaking, forcing me to take avoiding action which resulted in the bike going down and sliding under the car in front that had stopped.
Bike's a write off.
My left fibula is a write off.
The next two months are a write off for me.
You utter utters.
If you want to ride like you're on a track, go to a fking track.
Utterly selfish, irresponsible, only-thinking-of-themselvess.
On the plus side, I work for the London Ambulance service so the job got flagged as "Casualty is LAS staff". A duty manager also attended and authorised the crew to take me outside London to the hospital where, also quite luckily, Mrs CFK works in A&E.
king bellend on the needlessly noisy sports wk machine and utter fking bellend number 2 on a fking crappy scooter who followed him for essentially cutting off my exit from a roundabout in Kew yesterday by both undertaking, forcing me to take avoiding action which resulted in the bike going down and sliding under the car in front that had stopped.Bike's a write off.
My left fibula is a write off.
The next two months are a write off for me.
You utter utter
s.If you want to ride like you're on a track, go to a f
king track.Utterly selfish, irresponsible, only-thinking-of-themselves
s.On the plus side, I work for the London Ambulance service so the job got flagged as "Casualty is LAS staff". A duty manager also attended and authorised the crew to take me outside London to the hospital where, also quite luckily, Mrs CFK works in A&E.
Yep, probably got to the next set of lights ten seconds sooner, the knob.
All I remember is sensing a knob in a hoodie on a bike with a miniscule rear plate (
) coming down my left, closely followed by a tt on a scooter. That pushed me instinctively wide and next thing I've got a face full of VW Polo. aholes.
No idea what to do now. Bike is smashed. Frame might be good but essentially everything forward of and above the headstock has gone.
Replacement clocks for a Tiger are £900, the tank's dented and they start at £150 for a good used one, the headlights have simply ceased to exist...£250, plus the wiring loom in what was the nose fairing has had all the plugs ripped off.
And that's without having a really good look at it.
All I remember is sensing a knob in a hoodie on a bike with a miniscule rear plate (
) coming down my left, closely followed by a tt on a scooter. That pushed me instinctively wide and next thing I've got a face full of VW Polo. aholes.No idea what to do now. Bike is smashed. Frame might be good but essentially everything forward of and above the headstock has gone.
Replacement clocks for a Tiger are £900, the tank's dented and they start at £150 for a good used one, the headlights have simply ceased to exist...£250, plus the wiring loom in what was the nose fairing has had all the plugs ripped off.
And that's without having a really good look at it.
Crossflow Kid said:
Top marks to the utter fking bellend on the needlessly noisy sports wk machine and utter fking bellend number 2 on a fking crappy scooter who followed him for essentially cutting off my exit from a roundabout in Kew yesterday by both undertaking, forcing me to take avoiding action which resulted in the bike going down and sliding under the car in front that had stopped.
Bike's a write off.
My left fibula is a write off.
The next two months are a write off for me.
You utter utters.
If you want to ride like you're on a track, go to a fking track.
Utterly selfish, irresponsible, only-thinking-of-themselvess.
On the plus side, I work for the London Ambulance service so the job got flagged as "Casualty is LAS staff". A duty manager also attended and authorised the crew to take me outside London to the hospital where, also quite luckily, Mrs CFK works in A&E.
Sorry to hear this, I hope you heal quickly and with minimum fuss.king bellend on the needlessly noisy sports wk machine and utter fking bellend number 2 on a fking crappy scooter who followed him for essentially cutting off my exit from a roundabout in Kew yesterday by both undertaking, forcing me to take avoiding action which resulted in the bike going down and sliding under the car in front that had stopped.Bike's a write off.
My left fibula is a write off.
The next two months are a write off for me.
You utter utter
s.If you want to ride like you're on a track, go to a f
king track.Utterly selfish, irresponsible, only-thinking-of-themselves
s.On the plus side, I work for the London Ambulance service so the job got flagged as "Casualty is LAS staff". A duty manager also attended and authorised the crew to take me outside London to the hospital where, also quite luckily, Mrs CFK works in A&E.
Biker's Nemesis said:
Crossflow Kid said:
Top marks to the utter fking bellend on the needlessly noisy sports wk machine and utter fking bellend number 2 on a fking crappy scooter who followed him for essentially cutting off my exit from a roundabout in Kew yesterday by both undertaking, forcing me to take avoiding action which resulted in the bike going down and sliding under the car in front that had stopped.
Bike's a write off.
My left fibula is a write off.
The next two months are a write off for me.
You utter utters.
If you want to ride like you're on a track, go to a fking track.
Utterly selfish, irresponsible, only-thinking-of-themselvess.
On the plus side, I work for the London Ambulance service so the job got flagged as "Casualty is LAS staff". A duty manager also attended and authorised the crew to take me outside London to the hospital where, also quite luckily, Mrs CFK works in A&E.
Sorry to hear this, I hope you heal quickly and with minimum fuss.king bellend on the needlessly noisy sports wk machine and utter fking bellend number 2 on a fking crappy scooter who followed him for essentially cutting off my exit from a roundabout in Kew yesterday by both undertaking, forcing me to take avoiding action which resulted in the bike going down and sliding under the car in front that had stopped.Bike's a write off.
My left fibula is a write off.
The next two months are a write off for me.
You utter utter
s.If you want to ride like you're on a track, go to a f
king track.Utterly selfish, irresponsible, only-thinking-of-themselves
s.On the plus side, I work for the London Ambulance service so the job got flagged as "Casualty is LAS staff". A duty manager also attended and authorised the crew to take me outside London to the hospital where, also quite luckily, Mrs CFK works in A&E.
Dakkon said:
Biker's Nemesis said:
Crossflow Kid said:
Top marks to the utter fking bellend on the needlessly noisy sports wk machine and utter fking bellend number 2 on a fking crappy scooter who followed him for essentially cutting off my exit from a roundabout in Kew yesterday by both undertaking, forcing me to take avoiding action which resulted in the bike going down and sliding under the car in front that had stopped.
Bike's a write off.
My left fibula is a write off.
The next two months are a write off for me.
You utter utters.
If you want to ride like you're on a track, go to a fking track.
Utterly selfish, irresponsible, only-thinking-of-themselvess.
On the plus side, I work for the London Ambulance service so the job got flagged as "Casualty is LAS staff". A duty manager also attended and authorised the crew to take me outside London to the hospital where, also quite luckily, Mrs CFK works in A&E.
Sorry to hear this, I hope you heal quickly and with minimum fuss.king bellend on the needlessly noisy sports wk machine and utter fking bellend number 2 on a fking crappy scooter who followed him for essentially cutting off my exit from a roundabout in Kew yesterday by both undertaking, forcing me to take avoiding action which resulted in the bike going down and sliding under the car in front that had stopped.Bike's a write off.
My left fibula is a write off.
The next two months are a write off for me.
You utter utter
s.If you want to ride like you're on a track, go to a f
king track.Utterly selfish, irresponsible, only-thinking-of-themselves
s.On the plus side, I work for the London Ambulance service so the job got flagged as "Casualty is LAS staff". A duty manager also attended and authorised the crew to take me outside London to the hospital where, also quite luckily, Mrs CFK works in A&E.
Oh well.....
Sorry to hear that CFK, I have had a similar week,
I was taken out by an Audi on the A2 Tuesday morning, he decided to move back over on me after indicating an moving to the left lane, giving me a wker sign and clipping my back wheel and sending me down the road at 50mph. Thankfully I only hit the road and have relatively minor injuries compared to you. He then stopped briefly, asked if I was ok and if my camera worked before leaving the scene.
Thankfully I have another more kind and considerate witness who was shocked at what he had just witnessed.
I am sure the bike will be a write off and I am not sure if I want to ride again given the nature of the incident.
I was taken out by an Audi on the A2 Tuesday morning, he decided to move back over on me after indicating an moving to the left lane, giving me a w
ker sign and clipping my back wheel and sending me down the road at 50mph. Thankfully I only hit the road and have relatively minor injuries compared to you. He then stopped briefly, asked if I was ok and if my camera worked before leaving the scene. Thankfully I have another more kind and considerate witness who was shocked at what he had just witnessed.
I am sure the bike will be a write off and I am not sure if I want to ride again given the nature of the incident.
Krikkit said:
Sorry to hear this CFK, I hope you heal up well! Was it a clean break?
No idea but Mrs CFK had a cheeky look (being as it's her area of expertise) and said it was.I also had a CT scan to rule out a very small chance of haemothorax. My left torso took such a thump when I went down that I could hardly breathe at first, but it came back negative. Just bruising.
I retrieved the box splint that my colleagues fitted on scene.
Gonna send it back with a bottle where my foot was ;-)
Sorry to hear that, get well soon!
Man down on a three wheeled scooter on the Euston Road eastbound outside Gt Portland Street this morning; he was on the floor but talking. And prior to that, the A41/Hendon way was impossibly busy south of Brent Cross due to resurfacing work dropping it down to one lane. Was a painfully slow commute..
Man down on a three wheeled scooter on the Euston Road eastbound outside Gt Portland Street this morning; he was on the floor but talking. And prior to that, the A41/Hendon way was impossibly busy south of Brent Cross due to resurfacing work dropping it down to one lane. Was a painfully slow commute..
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