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Read an article the other day about noisy cans. It said that people who arn't bikers associate noise with speed IE if it sounds loud they must be going fast.There are a few groups now trying to get "speeding" motorcyclists banned from their local roads. I have always firmly been in the "loud pipes save lives" camp but would hate to think that my can would get someome elsewhere banned from doing what they love. What do you think?

.......from this classic GP race from the early 90's :-k ......

But I was out yesterday with a few mates, a butto cut long stort short I couldnt wheelie that fekin thing (yzf750) :oops: :evil:. I tried the usual "power" wheelie in 2nd and 3rd but it just wouldn't lift, I had it reving to about 5k ish. Will it have to reved higher!, I now it's stupid asking but there you go.

i start a new job on monday and have been on "holiday" for 2 weeks, i'm due back tonight to work for 3 nights then thats it would you go to work for the 3 nights or just not bother..answers on a postcard please :shock:

today as i was flicking through the channels looking for a programme for my youngest daughter who is 5 i flicked onto bbc2 and bsb was on.....just about to turn it over and she sceamed at me to leave it......i wanta watch the racing.......not only that but she picked a lego motocyclist out of the lego bucket and was playing with it pretending to race.....all i can say is thats my girl..........

Is it just me or does anyone else enjoy the rain? Just had a wicked ride! you can still ride fast just ride different. Would have been nice if it was a bit warmer tho...

On the pc that is, I was emailing a a guy on ebay, he said he's logged on the ip addy and warned me he'd report me if I continued to email him. How far can the police "look into it", (well he said he was a cop, with a black background on his email so I couldnt see what I was writing :evil: )

.....has been taking SmokeShow lessons from Gary Rothwell 8) ........ Brilliant performance from the Doc @ Assen this last weekend :tu

Hi, Just had a great ride. Start with a mug of tea on the Prom in Aberystwyth.......Trawscoed..............Tregaron (remote market town)............Strata Florida (NT tended old abbey).................Teifi Lakes and off road to the back of Lake Claerwen and back....................Devil's Bridge for a coffee....................Aberystwyth Prom for a mug of tea. Mileage 95. Cars seen, once out of Aber, less than 20. Bikes on route - nil.

Just got hold of this tidy RU Exup, 260 miles in the pouring rain and I still can't wipe the smile from my face. I almost got one back in 1991 and now I've just got round to it.

Ridden a bike you thought you would hate and actually quite liked it??

john mcguinness r1 tt bike, anyone gonna bid on it? 8) :wink: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...2483060482&rd=1

Here with floppy ears!, or do some of you have them but wont say!!!, well I dont care Iv'e got them!. And when I'm out with the mates we can all look fekin stupid together

Yep!, I had a spill, and no one to blame but me :oops:, quite simply to much front brake on cold tyre's!. Fekin shit my self more than anything else, typical front end slide, the thing is I was only doing bout' 3 mph :oops: turnin' a sharp corner. But if the car that was coming round had been about 4 ft further towards me I would have slid into him :shock: , thank fek I didn't!. Iv'e snapped the end off the gear lever y'know the piece that your foot goes under to lift with the rubber on it. And bent (very slightly) the clutch lever. Nothing major at all, I suppose I was very lucky, cause the way it landed I thought oh now the tank, the frame ect ect, bu…

My best friend is almost suicidal he got up this morning and his R6 is gone. Don't these people care about the effect this has on us? And all he got from the police was " There was quite a few bike thefts last night" Oh well thats alright then as long as he wasn't the only one!

It's from an American site obviously. Why can't Brit journalists (besides Dan Walsh) write stuff like this instead of the usual "Sports 600 shootout" bollocks? :roll: Read this...it's brilliant! http://www.motorcycle.com/mo/mckaw/00w650.html

I've got a theory that at least 50% of Bikers today are riding the bike that they think they should be seen on....rather than the bike that suits them. Examples: People riding bikes that are too tall for them to touch the floor properly. People riding bikes that are too heavy for them to manoevre at low speed. A combination of both....very dangerous IMO. Loads of heavier built, very tall people hunched up on sportsbikes with their beerguts flopping on the tank and their knees nearly under their chins. Seems to me that as it's fashionable to be seen on a sportsbike, common sense and practicality seems to go out of the window. So what about you....are you riding …

This is a riding skills question posed by Tony Carter. If you don't know who he is...then read on. Tony is very active in the Internet Bike Community and is the ONLY guy I will seek advice from. Reason: He's mid 40's, ex-Police Motorcyclist, ex Police Motorcyclist Instructor, and ex Police Motorcyclist instructor and Examiner to the Instructors. He retired from the Police a few years ago and is a motorcycle accident investigator for Boyes Turner Legal, a major Law firm. Tony is one of the 4 highest qualified motorcyclists in this country and is in demand by Police Forces all over the world to teach them. He's also an advisor to the Government on Biking issues, but as…

Who prefer's going round right hand bends instead of left's and vice versa!