Fast Road Work

[Mr OCD]

Is it the wrong time of month on here or what?

Seems every fker is arguing the toss lately.

[hebegb]

Mr OCD said:

Is it the wrong time of month on here or what?

Seems every fker is arguing the toss lately.

You started it !

And you live quite near me ...riddle me that ...
Ps apologies , my Monday night naughtiness has been noted , meant to banter but got carried away ....
But , more importantly , where did I write " stuf" ( sic).....? That's really confusing me ...!

[Mr OCD]

hebegb said:

You started it !

And you live quite near me ...riddle me that ...
Ps apologies , my Monday night naughtiness has been noted , meant to banter but got carried away ....
But , more importantly , where did I write " stuf" ( sic).....? That's really confusing me ...!

Don't bloody start on me sunshine!

[kurt535]

Mr OCD said:

Is it the wrong time of month on here or what?

Seems every fker is arguing the toss lately.

Oh no we're not

[308mate]

Biker's Nemesis said:

There's a North-South divide growing in here, I don't know what the answer is to stop it but I wish it would stop.

Build a wall I say! We'll have none of your pale skinned, warm-piss drinking antics down here.

Edited by 308mate on Monday 24th April 22:49

[308mate]

As fast Road is normally well shy of fast track, I think fast road generally denotes folk who are just willing to take more risks, with themselves and everyone else. Which is a separate debate.

[Mr. White]

Biker's Nemesis said:

There's a North-South divide growing in here, I don't know what the answer is to stop it but I wish it would stop.

Simple, a joint ride around neutral territory - the wonderful Lincolnshire Wolds.

[Birky_41]

hebegb said:

I rather like the type of wker , also on here , who tells another rider/poster unknown to them , how a certain type of tyre that they ( rider/poster/ unknown) use, "tells them all they need to know about what type of rider they are ..."
( in essence , st , and not fit to breathe the same air as
the self-appointed God belittling them ...)

They too do extremely fast road work and are sometimes very fast road riders , they know everything about the relative compounds of track tyres used on road 'cos they just beast the heat into them and get them oiling and blueing on a ride to the shop for the milk.......
They amuse me , considerably , and always tend to have a reason why the guy on the adventure/ cruiser/ tourer on mossy green knobbly square block tyres disappears on them to/ from their local bike meets, is either crazy / John McGuinness/ local specialist whenever they get found out ...


As we all often do !

I think that's basically summarised me

[bogie]

Mr. White said:

Biker's Nemesis said:

There's a North-South divide growing in here, I don't know what the answer is to stop it but I wish it would stop.

Simple, a joint ride around neutral territory - the wonderful Lincolnshire Wolds.

Dont invite too many of em, I like a nice quiet ride out around the Wolds early morning, sometimes I can be out for a couple of hours and not see anyone

[Hungrymc]

Biker's Nemesis said:

There's a North-South divide growing in here, I don't know what the answer is to stop it but I wish it would stop.

There is a increasing amount of threads that are basically baiting an argument or setting up some subtle (or not so subtle) criticism. This thread is one, the moronic bikers thread is another.

I'm astounded at how judgmental and quick to stereotype bikers on here have become.

I really couldn't care less how people would describe their riding pace on the road. There is lots of bullst out there, not just in bikers.

[hebegb]

Birky_41 said:

hebegb said:

I rather like the type of wker , also on here , who tells another rider/poster unknown to them , how a certain type of tyre that they ( rider/poster/ unknown) use, "tells them all they need to know about what type of rider they are ..."
( in essence , st , and not fit to breathe the same air as
the self-appointed God belittling them ...)

They too do extremely fast road work and are sometimes very fast road riders , they know everything about the relative compounds of track tyres used on road 'cos they just beast the heat into them and get them oiling and blueing on a ride to the shop for the milk.......
They amuse me , considerably , and always tend to have a reason why the guy on the adventure/ cruiser/ tourer on mossy green knobbly square block tyres disappears on them to/ from their local bike meets, is either crazy / John McGuinness/ local specialist whenever they get found out ...


As we all often do !

I think that's basically summarised me

ps off - you are Spartacus , too ?

I did actually say " get found out - as WE all do ..., but the bait had long since been devoured...

[Darkslider]

Jesus, I might just start a ' the 954 is a st bike ' thread and be done with it.

[Dog Star]

cmaguire said:

There is no reference for it, purely an individuals self-awareness of their own speed.
In summary it's bks.
Most men aren't going to claim they are slow, too many egos about.

I'm quite happy to confess that these days I drive and ride quite slowly (for slowly read legally) - I just don't want the penalty points and subsequent insurance aggro.

[black-k1]

If you want to see proper "fast road" go for a ride with a bike copper (off duty) when he/she is making progress. They will be smooth, fully in control but bloody fast!

[998420]

Fast road is simply a code for riding fast, with zero reference to the speed limits, to me anyway.

So, what most of us are doing anyway.

[fergus]

black-k1 said:

If you want to see proper "fast road" go for a ride with a bike copper (off duty) when he/she is making progress. They will be smooth, fully in control but bloody fast!

+1


...whilst 'looking' fairly slow.

I think what allows those dudes to maintain a very high pace is their observation skills, i.e. they are looking a l o n g way up the road, so can plan accordingly.

Anyway, back to the bickering. Graham, all yours......

[SAS Tom]

black-k1 said:

If you want to see proper "fast road" go for a ride with a bike copper (off duty) when he/she is making progress. They will be smooth, fully in control but bloody fast!

To be fair I know a fair few bike coppers, uniform, unmarked and surveillance and none of them claim to be particularly special. Even the guys that seem to have no rules don't reckon to be fast.

[BobSaunders]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmNXCJt7K3Q&t=...

Fast road work.

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

F**king idiot at work.

Edited by BobSaunders on Tuesday 25th April 10:25

[R1 Dave]

fergus said:

black-k1 said:

If you want to see proper "fast road" go for a ride with a bike copper (off duty) when he/she is making progress. They will be smooth, fully in control but bloody fast!

+1


...whilst 'looking' fairly slow.

I think what allows those dudes to maintain a very high pace is their observation skills, i.e. they are looking a l o n g way up the road, so can plan accordingly.

Anyway, back to the bickering. Graham, all yours......

+1. Also worth knowing that in order to get a police bike course you have to be an experienced biker and also have passed the police Advanced car course.

[black-k1]

SAS Tom said:

black-k1 said:

If you want to see proper "fast road" go for a ride with a bike copper (off duty) when he/she is making progress. They will be smooth, fully in control but bloody fast!

To be fair I know a fair few bike coppers, uniform, unmarked and surveillance and none of them claim to be particularly special. Even the guys that seem to have no rules don't reckon to be fast.

I think that's them just being modest. Try and keep up with them (without putting yourself or anyone else in danger) and you'll see just how "particularly special" they are.

A few years ago I followed an ex-copper while out for some advanced training. He was on an 1100 Pan and I was on my Firestorm. I was riding as fast as I dared (and possibly faster than was safe at times) for 17 miles of mixed A and B roads, with some traffic. He never looked flustered, never broke a speed limit other than NSL never got it wrong, was always in the right place at the right time and, in all 17 miles, his brake light came on twice!