Sun's out it's biker moronic time

[BobSaunders]

The Spruce goose said:

Just been out for a drive, about 15 miles normal town and country roads on a Sunday.

so in this time today ive seen a biker wheelie from a traffic light, a biker over take on double white lines and a few lots doing doing 50+ in a 30 mph zone.

And they wonder why they get a bad rep.

Max Wrist -

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxdv9-Fx8ryu08s2b...

Your going to have a heart attack over this.

[K8-600]

BobSaunders said:

Max Wrist -

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxdv9-Fx8ryu08s2b...

Your going to have a heart attack over this.

He just allegedly went to jail for something not very nice and the internet reckons someone is posting, pretending to be him.

[poo at Paul's]

bearman68 said:

patchb said:

bearman68 said:

And while you're at it get your fking exhaust fixed.

What's wrong with them? They're made of titanium and rather lovely in my opinion!

The appearance of them sir is not the issue.

It's the dB level that causes offence. And I know it's part of the 'look at me, I'm a hooligan and a rebel, so I have a noisy exhaust' but dear god it gives bikers an even worse rep. (And for the record, I've never liked noisy exhausts on cars either, it just makes the drivers look antisocial and a bit council)

Joyless fk!

[Willy Nilly]

poo at Paul's said:

bearman68 said:

patchb said:

bearman68 said:

And while you're at it get your fking exhaust fixed.

What's wrong with them? They're made of titanium and rather lovely in my opinion!

The appearance of them sir is not the issue.

It's the dB level that causes offence. And I know it's part of the 'look at me, I'm a hooligan and a rebel, so I have a noisy exhaust' but dear god it gives bikers an even worse rep. (And for the record, I've never liked noisy exhausts on cars either, it just makes the drivers look antisocial and a bit council)

Joyless fk!

We live on a small, densely populated island. Most people don't ride motorbikes and even less people like some dildo revving the knackers off a bike, disturbing the peace. There's a reason that cars and bikes have to pass by stander noise tests. I'd make it law than anyone caught with a noisy pipe should have a 2 stroke Detroit diesel out side there house at full load on a dyno for a couple of months to see if there opinion changes. Speed limits get reduced because of traffic noise, what do you think your noisy pipes are going to add to that debate? You have to pass db limits to do a track day, don't you?

Like speed cameras ad heavy handed speed enforcement? Keep riding or driving like tt.

[poo at Paul's]

And how does a noisy exhaust affect out densely populated Island, Tractor Boy?

Far more damage caused by mud on road, unlit farm trailers. How about all the uninsured and untaxed farm vehicles driven by unlicensed drivers during harvest season?

OP is moaning about wheelies, (what's the harm?), and speeding at 50mph which is fair enough to moan about. But after market exhausts hurt pretty much no one, so I'm keeping mine.

Edited by poo at Paul's on Sunday 23 April 20:11

[Loyly]

K8-600 said:

He just allegedly went to jail for something not very nice and the internet reckons someone is posting, pretending to be him.

There doesn't seem to be any evidence of that, other than a couple of reddit threads with posters saying it's true.

[jogger1976]

It's not the superbike lot I worry about. They're generally competent riders, with obvious expections.

It's the BMW 1200 GS brigade that piss me off. A bunch of 50 something chartered accountants who've been biking for 5 minutes and think they're a hard core Enduro rider who owns the road.

By far most of the knobbish, ridiculous riding, aside from 17 year olds on 125's who think they're Valentino Rossi, is perpetrated by this lot where I live.

[Gunk]

jogger1976 said:

It's the BMW 1200 GS brigade that piss me off. A bunch of 50 something chartered accountants who've been biking for 5 minutes and think they're a hard core Enduro rider who owns the road..

Really? Most GS riders I've met tend to be very experienced, down to earth ex sports bike riders.

[jogger1976]

Gunk said:

jogger1976 said:

It's the BMW 1200 GS brigade that piss me off. A bunch of 50 something chartered accountants who've been biking for 5 minutes and think they're a hard core Enduro rider who owns the road..

Really? Most GS riders I've met tend to be very experienced, down to earth ex sports bike riders.

That's what I'd always assumed. How wrong was I.

[Rubin215]

curlie467 said:

Boooooooring.

fking mumsnet pansies

Is the "farting after bum-sex" thread still open on there?

[K8-600]

Loyly said:

K8-600 said:

He just allegedly went to jail for something not very nice and the internet reckons someone is posting, pretending to be him.

There doesn't seem to be any evidence of that, other than a couple of reddit threads with posters saying it's true.

There was a very large thread on it which now appears to be deleted where someone claiming to be his ex-fiance and who posted court documents although it could be fabricated of course, it's the internet afterall!

The only thing remaining appears to be an article from the local paper where he lives/lived; https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&s...

Who knows eh?

[nonsequitur]

The Spruce goose said:

Just been out for a drive, about 15 miles normal town and country roads on a Sunday.

so in this time today ive seen a biker wheelie from a traffic light, a biker over take on double white lines and a few lots doing doing 50+ in a 30 mph zone.

And they wonder why they get a bad rep.

Yes. While partaking of a well earned, post lawn cutting beverage, my earholes were assaulted by bikers tearing up the highways. Lots of straights and bends, they think it's the IOM TT.

Let's all have fun, but please, slow down a bit.

[nonsequitur]

poo at Paul's said:

And how does a noisy exhaust affect out densely populated Island, Tractor Boy?

Far more damage caused by mud on road, unlit farm trailers. How about all the uninsured and untaxed farm vehicles driven by unlicensed drivers during harvest season?

OP is moaning about wheelies, (what's the harm?), and speeding at 50mph which is fair enough to moan about. But after market exhausts hurt pretty much no one, so I'm keeping mine.

Edited by poo at Paul's on Sunday 23 April 20:11

Unless, that is, you have no choice but to listen.

[Rubin215]

nonsequitur said:

...tearing up the highways. Lots of straights and bends...

What other kinds of roads are there?
Don't think I've seen many without straights or bends...

[patchb]

nonsequitur said:

Yes. While partaking of a well earned, post lawn cutting beverage, my earholes were assaulted by bikers tearing up the highways. Lots of straights and bends, they think it's the IOM TT.

Let's all have fun, but please, slow down a bit.

Sitting in the garden on a summers evening, what better than to hear someone giving their machine some stick through the gears (whether it be bike or car). It's the sound of someone having fun, not sitting at home moaning about some noise which in the grand scheme of things makes no difference to your every day life.

I live on the coast and quite often on a summers evening you will hear a P1 powerboat or similar go past full chat, a monotone drone which is much worse than a bike or car but it still sounds great as someone out there is enjoying themselves.

Edited by patchb on Sunday 23 April 21:04

[CaptainMorgan]

Every mode of transport has it's dicks, bikes are no different. I wouldnt say they have more dicks than car drivers etc, but I do have a noisy exhaust so I'm likely included in this group.

[Trabi601]

Gunk said:

jogger1976 said:

It's the BMW 1200 GS brigade that piss me off. A bunch of 50 something chartered accountants who've been biking for 5 minutes and think they're a hard core Enduro rider who owns the road..

Really? Most GS riders I've met tend to be very experienced, down to earth ex sports bike riders.

The 50 year old accountants are Harley riders.

[bogie]

Here you go - a dedicated forum for complaining about bad drivers/riders ....full of examples from all modes of transport

http://www.ratethatdriver.co.uk/

http://www.drivershallofshame.co.uk/forums/

[Gunk]

Trabi601 said:

Gunk said:

jogger1976 said:

It's the BMW 1200 GS brigade that piss me off. A bunch of 50 something chartered accountants who've been biking for 5 minutes and think they're a hard core Enduro rider who owns the road..

Really? Most GS riders I've met tend to be very experienced, down to earth ex sports bike riders.

The 50 year old accountants are Harley riders.

I've two friends that are 50 something Chartered Accountants, they're both far too sensible to ride motorcycles.

[steve51800]

I have always been tolerent of bikers, double checking at junctions, pulling in to the edge to give them space, and will continue to do so, each to their own to enjoy their chosen poison. However went on a car run a couple of weekends ago, about a dozen MG F/TF drivers and some of the riding standards was simply terrible. Riders coming towards you on the wrong side of the road on a blind bend, riders that turned left from the right hand lane at a roundabout, cutting across traffic that was correctly going straight on from the left hand lane, and bikers that thought they were more important and overtook a line of traffic that was pulling around a temporary red light at road works, clearly they had no where to go but kept coming anyway. We had to detour as a biker had been killed, ironically as it turned out it was another biker on the wrong side of the road that hit him headlong. On the same day one of our members had to offer assistance to a biker that had binned it as he had run out of talent, gone through a hedge and broke his leg. Two of the guys in our convoy admitted they were embarrassed to be bikers that day. Yes I get that there are the minority in all walks of life that bring that demographic into disrepute, but that day was like nothing else i have ever seen.

Lets all stay safe, enjoy our chosen mode of transport, and all show respect to each other.

Rant over...