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Kermit
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| Athos wrote: | | Flintstone wrote: | By the time I reached home tonight, I could barely pull the clutch lever in, must be getting old, my hands really ached !  |
wimp!!! best you get one of those auto things burgman i think  |
Nuthin wrong with a burgman m8 
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wivvy's dad
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| Flintstone wrote: | | By the time I reached home tonight, I could barely pull the clutch lever in, must be getting old, my hands really ached ! |
I was beginning to find the same - must have been all those speed limits we had to keep slowing down for, and accelerating out of.............. 
Strange though innit, no matter how light the clutch, by the end of a day involving well over 500+ gear changes, some muscles and tendons are bound to complain a bit.
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Phoenix
'Phenis the tree hugger'
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Location: op die doos
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20 mins ago, I'm doing 35mph, wearing all my gear, safe an all, and I'm overtaken by a scooter .... no problem there, Scooter being ridden by someone wearing all the same safety gear, again no problem ... L-plates an all.
ON THE BACK OF THE SCOOTER IS A F***KIN CHILD, NO MORE THAN 10 OR 11 YEARS OLD. SCHOOL UNIFORM, NO JACKET, NO GLOVES, NO SAFETY GEAR AT ALL AND NO F***KIN HELMET !!!
Am I being unreasonable? it made my blood run cold, I just hope that the police sees them before a car doesn't ! |
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V
MotoGP Racer
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Location: Reigate
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| Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 6:16 pm Post subject: |
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| Phoenix wrote: | 20 mins ago, I'm doing 35mph, wearing all my gear, safe an all, and I'm overtaken by a scooter .... no problem there, Scooter being ridden by someone wearing all the same safety gear, again no problem ... L-plates an all.
ON THE BACK OF THE SCOOTER IS A F***KIN CHILD, NO MORE THAN 10 OR 11 YEARS OLD. SCHOOL UNIFORM, NO JACKET, NO GLOVES, NO SAFETY GEAR AT ALL AND NO F***KIN HELMET !!!
Am I being unreasonable? it made my blood run cold, I just hope that the police sees them before a car doesn't ! |
 that is awful!! Hope they get caught and not have an off
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Roughie
Martini Model
Joined: 10 Oct 2004
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Location: 175lbs down and counting
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| Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 6:51 pm Post subject: |
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| wivvy's dad wrote: | | Flintstone wrote: | | By the time I reached home tonight, I could barely pull the clutch lever in, must be getting old, my hands really ached ! |
I was beginning to find the same - must have been all those speed limits we had to keep slowing down for, and accelerating out of..............
Strange though innit, no matter how light the clutch, by the end of a day involving well over 500+ gear changes, some muscles and tendons are bound to complain a bit.
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My bloody Knees were aching by the time we got home
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biggus
illitterātus
Joined: 21 Aug 2004
Posts: 31748
Location: Hotel California
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| Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 7:18 pm Post subject: |
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| Roughie wrote: | | wivvy's dad wrote: | | Flintstone wrote: | | By the time I reached home tonight, I could barely pull the clutch lever in, must be getting old, my hands really ached ! |
I was beginning to find the same - must have been all those speed limits we had to keep slowing down for, and accelerating out of..............
Strange though innit, no matter how light the clutch, by the end of a day involving well over 500+ gear changes, some muscles and tendons are bound to complain a bit.
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My bloody Knees were aching by the time we got home |
No aches here - the benefit of yoof  
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GSEX-SLAPPY
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| Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 7:22 pm Post subject: |
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| biggus wrote: | | Roughie wrote: | | wivvy's dad wrote: | | Flintstone wrote: | | By the time I reached home tonight, I could barely pull the clutch lever in, must be getting old, my hands really ached ! |
I was beginning to find the same - must have been all those speed limits we had to keep slowing down for, and accelerating out of..............
Strange though innit, no matter how light the clutch, by the end of a day involving well over 500+ gear changes, some muscles and tendons are bound to complain a bit.
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My bloody Knees were aching by the time we got home |
No aches here - the benefit of yoof |
or riding like a pansy cos of the fuel consumption |
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The Mouse
Forum Ferry Spotter
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| Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 7:27 pm Post subject: |
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| SLAPPY© wrote: | | biggus wrote: | | Roughie wrote: | | wivvy's dad wrote: | | Flintstone wrote: | | By the time I reached home tonight, I could barely pull the clutch lever in, must be getting old, my hands really ached ! |
I was beginning to find the same - must have been all those speed limits we had to keep slowing down for, and accelerating out of..............
Strange though innit, no matter how light the clutch, by the end of a day involving well over 500+ gear changes, some muscles and tendons are bound to complain a bit.
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My bloody Knees were aching by the time we got home |
No aches here - the benefit of yoof |
or riding like a pansy cos of his tyre |
Oh, hang on, no, that was YOU |
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wivvy's dad
Cabbage club member #3
Joined: 13 Apr 2005
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| Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 8:28 pm Post subject: |
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| The Mouse wrote: | | SLAPPY© wrote: | | biggus wrote: | | Roughie wrote: | | wivvy's dad wrote: | | Flintstone wrote: | | By the time I reached home tonight, I could barely pull the clutch lever in, must be getting old, my hands really ached ! |
I was beginning to find the same - must have been all those speed limits we had to keep slowing down for, and accelerating out of..............
Strange though innit, no matter how light the clutch, by the end of a day involving well over 500+ gear changes, some muscles and tendons are bound to complain a bit.
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My bloody Knees were aching by the time we got home |
No aches here - the benefit of not having a wallet to weigh me down |
or riding like a pansy cos of his tyre |
Oh, hang on, no, that was YOU |
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GSEX-SLAPPY
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| Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 9:35 pm Post subject: |
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| The Mouse wrote: | | SLAPPY© wrote: | | biggus wrote: | | Roughie wrote: | | wivvy's dad wrote: | | Flintstone wrote: | | By the time I reached home tonight, I could barely pull the clutch lever in, must be getting old, my hands really ached ! |
I was beginning to find the same - must have been all those speed limits we had to keep slowing down for, and accelerating out of..............
Strange though innit, no matter how light the clutch, by the end of a day involving well over 500+ gear changes, some muscles and tendons are bound to complain a bit.
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My bloody Knees were aching by the time we got home |
No aches here - the benefit of yoof |
or riding like a pansy cos of his tyre |
Oh, hang on, no, that was YOU |
it didnt cost you a tenner to rectify my riding though did it  |
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Suzibabe
Vin Diesel
Joined: 09 Aug 2006
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Location: Wokingham
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| Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 10:26 pm Post subject: |
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| Miss V wrote: | | Phoenix wrote: | 20 mins ago, I'm doing 35mph, wearing all my gear, safe an all, and I'm overtaken by a scooter .... no problem there, Scooter being ridden by someone wearing all the same safety gear, again no problem ... L-plates an all.
ON THE BACK OF THE SCOOTER IS A F***KIN CHILD, NO MORE THAN 10 OR 11 YEARS OLD. SCHOOL UNIFORM, NO JACKET, NO GLOVES, NO SAFETY GEAR AT ALL AND NO F***KIN HELMET !!!
Am I being unreasonable? it made my blood run cold, I just hope that the police sees them before a car doesn't ! |
that is awful!! Hope they get caught and not have an off |
With you on that one.
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Suzibabe
Vin Diesel
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Location: Wokingham
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| Jay1 wrote: | | Suzibabe wrote: | Letter from my solicitor saying that the third party insurers have offered a 70/30 split on liability.
He recommends I accept it, despite having 3 witnesses saying it's entirely the driver's fault and the police putting the driver on a "driver improvement" course instead of prosecuting, because judges don't like motorcyclists.
He's cited two cases where a motorcyclist was filtering and a driver came out of a side road. One case had a 60/40 result, the other a 80/20 result. |
If the circs on this one were that you are filtering and a car has come out of a junction to your left, then in all honesty, unless the witness evidence is that he just shot out without looking, and that you were only going at walking pace, your solicitor may well be right. I hate these cases, but unfortunately filtering at junctions is very much a risky manouvre in the eyes of the Courts, and the bike generally comes out with the shit end of the decision.
Have you seen the witness statements? What do they actually say? |
Finally got my witness statements, 3 weeks after asking for them. Have PM'd Jay1 with the details but:
One says "m/cycle was approaching junction travelling towards Wokingham at very slow speed, almost walking pace ..... car didn't see m/cycle and pulled straight into path of bike - immediately after admitted hadn't looked properly."
Another says "... but the car driver did not see the bike as she was looking the other way". [It also said that I had stopped to let the car out, which I hadn't but the car just pulled out into me anyway].
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doh1990
World Superbike Racer
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| Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 12:05 am Post subject: |
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Sitting in the pub and sudenly see a scooter flying down the road on top of a poor kid. Aparently he had gone over a speed bump whilst speeding and waving. Ran over and lifted the ped off him looked down and saw he was still moving which was good. Loadsa people helped and ambulance was called and came. Bloke is going to be ok. Mainly grazes etc. I never wish that upon anyone and its a horrible thing to see. However the thing that got to me was he was wearing jeans, tshirt and trainers. Helmet was half done up as well. And according to his mate he never wears gear. It realy annoys me that people can't get their head around the fact that 30mph is fast enough to hurt. He would still have crashed wearing gear etc but he would be a hell of a lot better now if he had been.
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wildman
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While I can see where you are coming from I have to say 2 things.
His skin/life.
His choice.
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biggus
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| Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 7:24 am Post subject: |
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| wildman wrote: | While I can see where you are coming from I have to say 2 things.
His skin/life.
His choice. |
Absolutely. Although I suspect he'll be more selective about his choice of attire now - painful lesson learn't me thinks. 1mm of skin per mph isn't it?
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Phoenix
'Phenis the tree hugger'
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| Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 8:54 am Post subject: |
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| Phoenix wrote: | | ON THE BACK OF THE SCOOTER IS A F***KIN CHILD, NO MORE THAN 10 OR 11 YEARS OLD. SCHOOL UNIFORM, NO JACKET, NO GLOVES, NO SAFETY GEAR AT ALL AND NO F***KIN HELMET !!! |
| wildman wrote: | While I can see where you are coming from I have to say 2 things.
His skin/life.
His choice. |
Hmmmmm, his Kid's Skin, His Kid's Life .... NOT His Kid's Choice !
reckless endangerment? paramount to child abuse methinks! |
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Danger Mouse
Learner
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| Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 9:16 am Post subject: |
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| I don't think wildman was replying to your post but that of doh. Anway this world is full of bloody "do gooders", it boils my piss at times....... |
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pgtips72
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| Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 9:31 am Post subject: |
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| biggus wrote: | | wildman wrote: | While I can see where you are coming from I have to say 2 things.
His skin/life.
His choice. |
Absolutely. Although I suspect he'll be more selective about his choice of attire now - painful lesson learn't me thinks. 1mm of skin per mph isn't it? |
30mph will take skin back to bone in 3 ft, 60mph will wear down human bone at a rate of 1 inch per second.
All depends on the type of tarmac & the interface you make with it really tho.
Even as an instructor, I must admit to the odd short trip wearing jeans,(always boots, gloves, lid & armoured jacket tho) & have recently started giving my eldest daughter a lift to high school occasionally - she doesnt have bike gear but jeans, boots, denim jacket over a normal one, sturdy gloves & good fitting lid - I'm not about to fork out for kids bike gear that'll be redundant in a year if she doesnt like it - reckon she does tho (even tho she moans that she doesnt look good in all of that..(she'd look worse in hospital without it)) I'm not nervous taking my kid on the back but it does make me feel like spiderman - not a superhero but my senses go into overdrive, the 8 min journey feels like 1/2 an hour because I'm picking up on absolutely everything!
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biggus
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| Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 10:03 am Post subject: |
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| pgtips72 wrote: | | have recently started giving my eldest daughter a lift to high school occasionally - she doesnt have bike gear but jeans, boots, denim jacket over a normal one, sturdy gloves & good fitting lid - I'm not about to fork out for kids bike gear that'll be redundant in a year if she doesnt like it - reckon she does tho (even tho she moans that she doesnt look good in all of that..(she'd look worse in hospital without it)) I'm not nervous taking my kid on the back but it does make me feel like spiderman - not a superhero but my senses go into overdrive, the 8 min journey feels like 1/2 an hour because I'm picking up on absolutely everything! |
http://www.babybiker.co.uk/ are pretty good for kids gear, bit of a trek being in Leamington Spa, however they certainly used to have a stock of 2nd hand gear - could be worth a look and in a years time if it's outgrown then they can trade it in...
Although obviously I'm sure you would still take great care whatever she was wearing.
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Flintstone
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Even my cycle has to have new tyres now, had to walk home from work tonight as the tyre is full of cuts from the rough road surface !
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HCMS
Slack Alice/Gay Martian
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Paraffin.
Why does it have to work so damn well? I started cleaning my bike - just a quick wash and maybe a polish - ended up with a tooth brush, a jar and some paraffin, 3 hours later, I've gone black, the drive looks like an oil slick, the dog is filthy, and only half the bike is done. 
Oh well, hope I get chance to finish it off a bit tomorrow lunchtime before dirtying it again tomorrow night.
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Baloo
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| wildman wrote: | While I can see where you are coming from I have to say 2 things.
His skin/life.
His choice. |
I just hope that the ambulance that attended him was not needed for an old lady having a heart attack at the same time, or for the guy that was mugged or for the kid that got hit buy a car etc etc.
This comes up time and time again and each time I have the same opinion. |
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JimBo
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So, no treatment for alcoholics, drug addicts or the obese then Marc?
(Just throwing this in for discussion, not necessarily the view I would take!)
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Baloo
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| JimBo wrote: | So, no treatment for alcoholics, drug addicts or the obese then Marc?
(Just throwing this in for discussion, not necessarily the view I would take!) |
If the NHS could cope, my view might change, but if it is self inflicted, then yes why not. |
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JimBo
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As you know I choose not to wear a helmet when cycling. If I were to crash would I be entitled to treatment for any head injury i may sustain through it?
If someone trips on the pavement and breaks their arm should everyone be made to wear armco when they go to the shops?
I'm not being frivolous with a serious subject here, merely raising the dreaded "where do we draw the line" issue. I think we all have our own ideas about where publicly funded institutions like the NHS should target their limited resources, and I certainly wouldn't like to make possibly life or death decisions like that!
Oh, and what about smokers. 
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