My most fun ride ever, and I averaged about 15mph!

[jon-]

Saturday I was bored so me and a mate decided to pop down to ACE to see what was going on. We got there (he nearly dropped his bike then stalled in front of about 100 bikers, classic!) and there wasn't much happening so I had an idea...

Me: Do you know how to get us to the centre from here?
Mate: What? The city?
Me: Yeah, oxford street, pall mall, regent street, Trafalgar square etc
Mate: Yeah... but do you want to die?
Me: Yup!

So off we go. The experience of riding round central London at 4 in the afternoon with shoppers, buses and taxies everywhere was surreal and quite quite amazing. I'd recommend everyone should do it once! You see a lot more on the bike, and being on a loud yellow 675 you get some odd looks from shoppers, especially when you've appeared from a gap about 3 inches wider than your bike, between 2 busses, and ended up at the front of the traffic lights outside Oxford street tube station!

[xspencex]

Sometimes I divert from my normal route home, especially Friday nights, Kensington to Harrods (round the back), the roads are lined with the finest cars you can buy, down Sloan Steet, across to Picadilly, up into Goldern Sq, amaze at the wealth of eye candy, stop for a beer, ride up Regent Street and off home... I love that ride.

[RemaL]

all I can say is I have never driver/rode around london. never fanced it to be honest

[Hooli]

riding in london is fun, i find it a lot safer than some other cities too. at least in london the drivers seem awake when they aim for you rather than just asleep at the wheel.

[xspencex]

Hooli said:

riding in london is fun, i find it a lot safer than some other cities too. at least in london the drivers seem awake when they aim for you rather than just asleep at the wheel.

yeah, although there is always the exception in most cases I feel people are more aware of bikes in London. They just get on with their journey and let you get on with yours... ( bad vibes now..I'll get knocked off on my way home tonight!!)

[jon-]

xspencex said:

Hooli said:

riding in london is fun, i find it a lot safer than some other cities too. at least in london the drivers seem awake when they aim for you rather than just asleep at the wheel.

yeah, although there is always the exception in most cases I feel people are more aware of bikes in London. They just get on with their journey and let you get on with yours... ( bad vibes now..I'll get knocked off on my way home tonight!!)

My my few hours around london it was either people on scooters or motorcycle couriers that were the most dangerous towards me. Cage drivers were extremely well behaved with only one old Asian woman trying to side swipe my mate.

[untruth]

Riding in London is fun, I do it every day! Drivers are generally very considerate and there's a lot of nice runs you can get.

Pedestrians and 50cc scooter owners are idiots, however.

[RemaL]

seem driver are better aware of bikers in london than Bristol. seem most got their eyes closed all the time

[randlemarcus]

RemaL said:

seem driver are better aware of bikers in london than Bristol. seem most got their eyes closed all the time

Loud pipes save lives...

[RemaL]

randlemarcus said:

RemaL said:

seem driver are better aware of bikers in london than Bristol. seem most got their eyes closed all the time

Loud pipes save lives...

I got race can's fitted to the triple, very loud. I think they are deft too

[Stig]

lol - I do it every day - TWICE

[RemaL]

Stig said:

lol - I do it every day - TWICE

I don't know if to say your mad or lucky

[robstvr]

I do it once a week - off into Herne hill tonight. It's hillarious fun - usually. Pedestrians are suicidal, however. Much revs needed.

[RizzoTheRat]

You've just missed it this year but keep an eye out for the Unity Ride next year. Several hundred bikes right through he centre of London with a police escort stopping all the traffic for you. Brilliant fun.

[randlemarcus]

RemaL said:

Stig said:

lol - I do it every day - TWICE

I don't know if to say your mad or lucky

Lucky. If he wasnt, it would be an odd number of rides

[RemaL]

well sounds like I might need to visit you London PH bikers soon then

[xspencex]

RemaL said:

well sounds like I might need to visit you London PH bikers soon then

I saw a group of Ducati riders doing a tour around a few weeks ago, there was about 10 of them...looked like fun. They pulled up outside a great bar in Golden Sq just off Regent Street. Night time around there is pretty interesting as well, with Soho just round the corner.

[aeropilot]

xspencex said:

Night time around there is pretty interesting as well, with Soho just round the corner.

Bar Italia grand prix......

Happy days.....