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miketiger
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| SLAPPY© wrote: | | you are quite correct MT thank you |
sorry...... tis a 'pet hate' I have. (probably one of many  )
'Tis the reason for drivers lane hogging,in my opinion,as they all assume its for SLOW vehicles.
lane 1: slow vehicles
lane 2: oaps
Lane 3: rep cars,BMW's ,merc's......oh and TINKS 
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wivvy's dad
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| miketiger wrote: | | SLAPPY© wrote: | | you are quite correct MT thank you |
sorry...... tis a 'pet hate' I have. (probably one of many )
'Tis the reason for drivers lane hogging,in my opinion,as they all assume its for SLOW vehicles.
lane 1: slow vehicles
lane 2: oaps
Lane 3: rep cars, BMW's, merc's, people carriers with taxi stickers, Nova's/any chavmobile, ......oh and TINKS |
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crazy horse
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Discovering when I went outside to uncover my bike to go to work this morning that Va Va had unlocked her bike from the back of mine and had left her lock (to which I don't have a key) wrapped around my back wheel. 'Phoned in work will get there when she comes back to unlock my bike. 
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biggus
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| Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 9:31 am Post subject: |
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| crazy horse wrote: | | Discovering when I went outside to uncover my bike to go to work this morning that Va Va had unlocked her bike from the back of mine and had left her lock (to which I don't have a key) wrapped around my back wheel. 'Phoned in work will get there when she comes back to unlock my bike. |
Oops...
I blame the change of hair colour
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Wivvy
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| Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 9:43 am Post subject: |
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| miketiger wrote: | | SLAPPY© wrote: | | you are quite correct MT thank you |
sorry...... tis a 'pet hate' I have. (probably one of many )
'Tis the reason for drivers lane hogging,in my opinion,as they all assume its for SLOW vehicles.
lane 1: slow vehicles
lane 2: oaps
Lane 3: rep cars,BMW's ,merc's......oh and TINKS |
some of us have to make a living driving so called rep mobiles |
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biggus
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| Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 9:47 am Post subject: |
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| Wivvy wrote: | | some of us have to make a living driving so called rep mobiles |
Which reminds me... I need some more yellow dusters 
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Wivvy
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Tinks
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| Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 10:46 am Post subject: |
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| miketiger wrote: | | SLAPPY© wrote: | | you are quite correct MT thank you |
sorry...... tis a 'pet hate' I have. (probably one of many )
'Tis the reason for drivers lane hogging,in my opinion,as they all assume its for SLOW vehicles.
lane 1: slow vehicles
lane 2: oaps
Lane 3: rep cars,BMW's ,merc's......oh and TINKS |
It funny but thats so not me ......normally 
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ardee
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| Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 5:34 pm Post subject: |
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| crazy horse wrote: | | Discovering when I went outside to uncover my bike to go to work this morning that Va Va had unlocked her bike from the back of mine and had left her lock (to which I don't have a key) wrapped around my back wheel. 'Phoned in work will get there when she comes back to unlock my bike. |
Couldn't you have cut through the lock and nicked your own bike? If not, be grateful as she was preventing yours from being stolen!!  |
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The Mouse
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| Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 5:47 pm Post subject: |
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| Wivvy wrote: | | some of us have to make a living driving so called rep mobiles |
But why do they always have to be driven like a cnut? Is there some kind of bonus involved? |
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ChoccieMuffin
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Went to see the solicitor dealing with the house sale. Rode into their car park, but I needed to turn round. Thing is, it was a funny layout with slopes all over the place.
Guess who dropped her bike.
Broke the end off the brake lever and the throttle cable protector thingy by the handlebar is cracked and there was petrol all over the place as I'd just filled up and the bike was more or less upside-down (if I do something, I do it in style). Felt really sheepish going into the solicitor's office to ask for assistance to get the thing vertical!
D'oh!
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GSEX-SLAPPY
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| Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 8:28 pm Post subject: |
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| ChoccieMuffin wrote: | Went to see the solicitor dealing with the house sale. Rode into their car park, but I needed to turn round. Thing is, it was a funny layout with slopes all over the place.
Guess who dropped her bike.
Broke the end off the brake lever and the throttle cable protector thingy by the handlebar is cracked and there was petrol all over the place as I'd just filled up and the bike was more or less upside-down (if I do something, I do it in style). Felt really sheepish going into the solicitor's office to ask for assistance to get the thing vertical!
D'oh!
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biggus
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| Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 11:01 pm Post subject: |
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| ChoccieMuffin wrote: | Went to see the solicitor dealing with the house sale. Rode into their car park, but I needed to turn round. Thing is, it was a funny layout with slopes all over the place.
Guess who dropped her bike.
Broke the end off the brake lever and the throttle cable protector thingy by the handlebar is cracked and there was petrol all over the place as I'd just filled up and the bike was more or less upside-down (if I do something, I do it in style). Felt really sheepish going into the solicitor's office to ask for assistance to get the thing vertical!
D'oh!
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Hope you're ok? Bike scratches polish out person scratches sadly don't 
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There are II types of people in the world: those who understand Roman numerals and those who don't.
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Va Va Oops
Va Va Yes yes yes yes!!!!
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| Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 12:19 am Post subject: |
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| ChoccieMuffin wrote: | Went to see the solicitor dealing with the house sale. Rode into their car park, but I needed to turn round. Thing is, it was a funny layout with slopes all over the place.
Guess who dropped her bike.
Broke the end off the brake lever and the throttle cable protector thingy by the handlebar is cracked and there was petrol all over the place as I'd just filled up and the bike was more or less upside-down (if I do something, I do it in style). Felt really sheepish going into the solicitor's office to ask for assistance to get the thing vertical!
D'oh!
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totally empathising... ....car parks can be horrid places |
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Firecracker
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| Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 2:59 pm Post subject: |
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| Va Va Oops wrote: | | totally empathising... ....car parks can be horrid places |
Agree. Will cheerfully fly around a track at silly speeds but am terrified of parking lots - ya gotta laugh. |
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biggus
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| Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 3:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Va Va Oops wrote: | | totally empathising... ....car parks can be horrid places |
Yep as the plate in my left humerus also concurs...
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Flipper
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| Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 3:13 pm Post subject: |
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| biggus wrote: | | Va Va Oops wrote: | | totally empathising... ....car parks can be horrid places |
Yep as the plate in my left humerus also concurs... |
It helps if your entrance speed into said car park is below 60mph |
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biggus
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There are 10 types of people in the world: those who understand Binary and those who don't
There are II types of people in the world: those who understand Roman numerals and those who don't.
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firestorm
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Yes that red mist can cause a whole load of problems....  |
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ScattyMare
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Oh Choccy..we all do it..at least you didnt fall into a pothole, in your neighbourhood and then have to sit at the said scene of the crime because fuel filled carbs!!!!
I hope you havent hurt yourself
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jaxi
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| Finding out my bike's going to be in the garage another 2 weeks after already being in there 2 weeks NOT HAPPY |
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Tinks
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Not good, whats up??
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jaxi
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Thankfully nothing major. The fairing had a crack which the garage kindly agreed to mend.
Phoned to ask if it was ok to take it in but told no, the repairer was on hols for a week.
left it a week phoned again. took it up they told me it'll take 2 weeks.
2 weeks later i've been told the repairer is off on hols STILL! 
they apologised and I can't moan as it's gonna be a free repair but it's infuriating. |
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ChoccieMuffin
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Oh no, no bruises to anything other than my pride. EVERY time (so far) that I've dropped it, it's been going at no more than a tired baby's crawling pace and both my feet have been on the ground. The only problem has ever been that the ground wasn't flat! And for all that you lot aren't impressed with cruisers, having blimmin' great engine bars is a godsend - I honestly don't think a couple of diddy little mushrooms would be able to cope.
I think I need to change my signature to something more in keeping with my propensity to get horizontal a lot of the time, but then you lot might get the wrong idea!  |
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V
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| Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 10:01 pm Post subject: |
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| jaxi wrote: | Thankfully nothing major. The fairing had a crack which the garage kindly agreed to mend.
Phoned to ask if it was ok to take it in but told no, the repairer was on hols for a week.
left it a week phoned again. took it up they told me it'll take 2 weeks.
2 weeks later i've been told the repairer is off on hols STILL!
they apologised and I can't moan as it's gonna be a free repair but it's infuriating. |
I would be crawling up the walls!!! Is it ridable? Can you use it and then return it when the guy gets back??
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