And today's commuting highlight is...

And today's commuting highlight is...

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Lee540

1,586 posts

143 months

Monday 23rd April 2018
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Biker 1 said:
Where has all the traffic gone? Eerily quiet roads....
Everyone was on the A3.. 08:30 traffic queued back a few miles before Surbiton and pretty heavy all the way to Battersea.

dibblecorse

6,872 posts

191 months

Monday 23rd April 2018
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Lee540 said:
Biker 1 said:
Where has all the traffic gone? Eerily quiet roads....
Everyone was on the A3.. 08:30 traffic queued back a few miles before Surbiton and pretty heavy all the way to Battersea.
And those not on the A3 were on the M4 between J8/9 and J1 ......

sjtscott

4,215 posts

230 months

Monday 23rd April 2018
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Biker 1 said:
Where has all the traffic gone? Eerily quiet roads....
Even heading in from the East side of London it was much lighter.. so A3 M4 explanations don't work either.

CAPP0

Original Poster:

19,530 posts

202 months

Monday 23rd April 2018
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Biker 1 said:
Where has all the traffic gone? Eerily quiet roads....
I though that. I had a cracking ride in, hardly stopped at all, even the traffic lights were largely in my favour!

Lee540

1,586 posts

143 months

Monday 23rd April 2018
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anonymous said:
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Mate, I'm still sleeping at 06:45..

mitzy

13,857 posts

196 months

Monday 23rd April 2018
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Im Back !!!!! ............. on two wheels well from last Thursday

Today was quiet and noticed also the The Highway the road was sticky - prob from all them energy drinks thrown on the floor from them joggers !

308mate

13,757 posts

221 months

Monday 23rd April 2018
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Appleby said:
Got rear ended frown guy had been tailgating me for 3/4 of a mile. The traffic stopped ahead of me, I stopped, he didn't. The bike and I both stayed upright but I got slammed forward frown

My tail tidy has taken the brunt of it, my chain looks slack but the wheel looks straight. Don't know whether it's slid in its adjusters.

Rang the insurance and they will call me in the morning. I've only just got this bike running, better not write it off! It has brand new tyres, battery, starter and only just serviced.
Seriously? A guy tailgated you for 3/4 hr and then somehow you still let him hit you when you stopped? Sorry for your bad luck but really and truly, it wasn't luck.

sjtscott

4,215 posts

230 months

Monday 23rd April 2018
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mitzy said:
Im Back !!!!! ............. on two wheels well from last Thursday

Today was quiet and noticed also the The Highway the road was sticky - prob from all them energy drinks thrown on the floor from them joggers !
Agreed and as I mentioned in my post earlier a ton of post marathon crap left on the route despite them clearly having tried to clean it up wink

kiethton

13,883 posts

179 months

Monday 23rd April 2018
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Had a ride in on the new bike around midday to get some forex.

Firstly got caught by tower bridge opening then spent 40 minutes trying to find a bike bay without success. Ended up just dumping it on DYL's for 45 secs as I ran in - didn't get a ticket either which helps!

Have to say, the new bike isn't as slow as I'd feared but the bars are a lot higher and wider which doesn't help with filtering! Doesn't corner as well either vs the CBR (to be expected), just need to plan on getting my feet out the way - scraped it on the tarmac when cornering!

Appleby

66 posts

168 months

Monday 23rd April 2018
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308mate said:
Seriously? A guy tailgated you for 3/4 hr and then somehow you still let him hit you when you stopped? Sorry for your bad luck but really and truly, it wasn't luck.
3/4 of a mile or about a minute. Can't always dissappear with traffic in front of you and no room to fiter. It was after changing lanes away from him that traffic stopped and he ended up behind me again. I appreciate your sympathy though!

Biker 1

7,690 posts

118 months

Monday 23rd April 2018
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Appleby said:
308mate said:
Seriously? A guy tailgated you for 3/4 hr and then somehow you still let him hit you when you stopped? Sorry for your bad luck but really and truly, it wasn't luck.
3/4 of a mile or about a minute. Can't always dissappear with traffic in front of you and no room to fiter. It was after changing lanes away from him that traffic stopped and he ended up behind me again. I appreciate your sympathy though!
Blimey - if anybody tailgates me for more than half a second, I either pull over & let the fker through or overtake the next vehicle if safe/legal to do so & put some buffer space between me & said tailgater. The worst is slowing down from an NSL to a 30 limit, having just overtaken one of these tts....

xeny

4,260 posts

77 months

Monday 23rd April 2018
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Biker 1 said:
Blimey - if anybody tailgates me for more than half a second, .
If this was the anthill then tailgating while filtering is near ubiquitous, and sometimes there's nowhere to escape to for a mile or more.

Dakkon

7,826 posts

252 months

Tuesday 24th April 2018
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So, after getting a new chain and sprockets, plus pads all sorted last week, took the bike for a quick spin over the weekend and thought, wow, this feels like a new bike.

To then commute in yesterday morning and the bike cuts out on the Chiswick roundabout, battery is dead, won't even try to fire.

Ho hum, rectifier is my first thought. RAC turn up, we manage to clean up the plug and connectors on the rectifier as Chiswick Honda do not have a rectifier in stock. When cleaned up, I had 12.2v at idle rising to 12.7v when revved, so I rode it home and have ordered a new rectifier.

In the car today, watching bikers pass me by sat in traffic....sigh

Dog Star

16,078 posts

167 months

Tuesday 24th April 2018
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This thread is a bit of an eye-opener as it is so London-centric.

I don't think it would be a very interesting read if it was anywhere else - "Yeah, got on my bike and rode to work. I saw another bike a couple of days ago. Waved at him. Just parked the bike on the pavement when I got there."

xeny

4,260 posts

77 months

Tuesday 24th April 2018
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Dog Star said:
This thread is a bit of an eye-opener as it is so London-centric.

I don't think it would be a very interesting read if it was anywhere else - "Yeah, got on my bike and rode to work. I saw another bike a couple of days ago. Waved at him. Just parked the bike on the pavement when I got there."
Motorcycling in London can be no fun at all, it can sometimes be a great experience.

Typically even when it's not much fun at all, it's better in some combination of travel time and comfort compared to public transport.

Pothole

34,367 posts

281 months

Tuesday 24th April 2018
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Dog Star said:
This thread is a bit of an eye-opener as it is so London-centric.

I don't think it would be a very interesting read if it was anywhere else - "Yeah, got on my bike and rode to work. I saw another bike a couple of days ago. Waved at him. Just parked the bike on the pavement when I got there."
I ride 20 miles of the M6 (11 to 6) on a daily basis. I work shifts. I'm lucky enough to have secure parking behind my office in central Birmingham. I experience all the st the rest of these Greater London commuting types experience but, being of sturdy Northern stock and heavily influenced by the Black Country "just bloody get on with it" attitude, I do just that. Apart from the odd fking cockwomble trying to kill me on the aforementioned motorway of misery it's largely uneventful, really.

supercommuter

2,169 posts

101 months

Tuesday 24th April 2018
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Highlight for me was the native Indian guy, on an Indian with a shirt on and those fake tattoo sleeves on Brompton street at about 9:30am..literally made my day

Lee540

1,586 posts

143 months

Tuesday 24th April 2018
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supercommuter said:
fake tattoo sleeves
?

supercommuter

2,169 posts

101 months

Tuesday 24th April 2018
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Lee540 said:
supercommuter said:
fake tattoo sleeves
?
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hosaire-stockings-Temporary-Costume-Fancy-Stocking/dp/B01LEOD51Q/ref=pd_lpo_vtph_21_lp_img_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=TF46MK6SVZMMV08Z6QY6

dibblecorse

6,872 posts

191 months

Tuesday 24th April 2018
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supercommuter said:
Highlight for me was the native Indian guy, on an Indian with a shirt on and those fake tattoo sleeves on Brompton street at about 9:30am..literally made my day
Brilliant .....

But be honest, how long were you 'fooled' for ???