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So when do you all start burning books and stuff then :?:

depends wat u mean by newer, used to ride as a teenager but never had the funds for new stuff so only bought second hand. At 33 decided to get a bike again so not much market experience as such.

Dude, at those two incidents I spoke of earlier the rozzers came. one was in a traffic standstill on the M4 and one cop said I can see you were doing between 10-15 mph by the bumper damage (years of experience and seeing it on a daily basis he said). Yet still the court chose to ignore all of this as my insurance company never contested. I was even forwarded a copy of one of the personal injury claims by the other partys solicitor by mistake, doctors report and all and there was f**k all wrong with her yet she still cleaned up on the comp' front!!! I have appealed against my insurers decision and put all the details in the letter, anyway I detract, always get it reported and call the cops even if only to confirm that the other person isn't a drunk driver and that their details are proper and get any witnesses details (I've personnaly been stung in the past as I had no witness to ascertain the other person was at fault even tho they were).

also, if biking went out of fashion then prices would rise and less new decent people would get to enjoy what we all love!

We all know what these "born again's" are like too, these are the one's who are causing most of the problem (I think). Bollox to that, how can you all generalise so much? I was into bikes in my younger years, had a long break, decided my life was lacking due to not having a bike, got legal and the missus bought me an R6. Also, I don't try and thrash it at every opportunity or only go out on a Sunday, I don't do dayglo luminous gear, I get a buzz just from nipping to the shop on it (shops round the corner and it takes me at least an hour lol) and I try to get out as often as possible (every day), go down to Brighton most weekends rain or shine. Still I would guess that according to some of you I would be a "born again" that causes shit!!! How can you generalise about people you don't even know??? No matter what, there are arseholes in every pastime, lifestyle call it what you will etc and if they were all the one "type" or shared the same commonalities then we could throw them for a ride on the carousel of death and solve it in one easy sweep. Likewise there are bigots in every group in society so no matter if there were no arseholes in the biking world there would still remain fools who dislike bikes/bikers for no reason other than they are there and they will continue to try and make life difficult for others.

Yeah, sue her for whiplash before she sues you. Honestly, I just got told by my car insurance company"Royal Sun Alliance Mobility" that they would not renew my policy the day before collecting a brand new car on the mobility scheme (my kid has special needs) as I was considered a "high risk". In 3 years I've made 5 claims which come to £19,800 approx. However only 2 were my fault and get this, both the other people involved claimed for personal injury retrospectively. One got £9,000 and the other got £7,000. Now the strange thing is that both incidents happened below 15 mph and at the time both claimed to be uninjured. I later found out that when these personal injury claims go to court the insurance companies don't bother contesting them if their client was at fault. It nearly made hope to get a prang from behind in my car just to make some easy cash!!! However, I'm far too honest for that kind of thing. $hando

Maybe a V-Max that corners better.

It won't work Darth Xtreme, for each time you strike me down I shall become more confused than you could possibly imagine :!:

I'm begginning to think that there is no one right answer to this and that he's just playing jedi mind tricks on us :shock: $hando

skyline, so your saying if you can't have a yam you would rather not have a bike at all? $hando

Ha ha, I'd just popped out for a year in '71. Thought I'd gotten away with it by narrowly missing the flared trousers thing, but it was not to be as parents of that generation delighted in dressing they're kids up like comedy circus clowns under the pretence that it was cute when the real motive is to take a shedload of happy snaps to emabarrass one with in later years. $hando

Yes, what examiners expect you to ride like and what real riding is are two different things. Maggie May, your older than me then! lol.

Left of centre positioning is what the examiners look for, down here anyway. However, the way you would ride for an exam is completly different to how you would ride normally. I was told by my instructor to stop riding in the centre of the lane. And was also given a couple of minors for it on my first attempt at the test, I know this to be the case as the examiner told me afterwards. $hando

Many happy returns m8 $hando

I can see your point there lads. I suppose it's better not to take the bate in such cases as any sign of effect just spurs them on even more. Still, if that's the type of thing he fills his spare time with then he must be one sad and lonely or deranged individual, probably all. $hando

I would imagine anything up to the limit in respect of that stretch of road dependant on the other road users. you could go as slow as 30 in a 70 as long as it wasn't causing a hazard to any other road user. Thats what happens to me all the time when I'm in a hurry, stuck behind some one who's not :!: I don't think I can wait for the answer, mail it to me and I promise I'll keep it to meself. $hando

Hi. Having not long passed myself I would say ride as safe as you can ie. road positioning (just left of centre), always check over the shoulder before you do anything which will affect your speed, direction and/or position ie. signalling, braking, accellerating, moving over to the right for r-turns and stuff. Also, if you get on a dual carriageway get into the correct lane soonest. And don't forget your life saver checks everytime. Hope it all goes good $hando

Hi dudes, I just read the thread with that suzuki bloke. I thought it was bloody hilarious and I'll tell you for why - as a suzuki owner wtf is he doing on this site anyway, did he mistakenly type y-a-m-a-h-a when he meant to type suzuki? Surely when you think about it he is probably some 14 year old kid gobbing off cos he got nothing to do when dodging school and if he is an adult then his manner and tone demonstrate that he is a complete terry f**kwit anyway. Also, if Canadians and Canada are so great why is he in Birmingham? I know we're all Yam owners but any bike is better than none. I think you should not have banned him so soon so we could have all laffed some more at him and his big canuck ego. Quality. $hando

I'm a squaddie, tho I don't do any of the exciting stuff anymore (admin stuff now, pen pushing etc). Still I have to laff when I look out of my office window and see the same fools who take the piss out of my cushy office job shovelling horseshit. lol $hando

Nice 1, thanks gents. I feel my confidence increasing each day. Should be back to the way I once was by the time it's been run in (except with more sense, hopefully). Still, I now realise I should have gotten back into bikes a long time ago. Even nipping out to the shops for a pint of milk is a buzz, can't think why I left it so long!!! $hando

Just a quick post to say hi to everyone and introduce myself as I don't think I bothered when I registered! I am $hando a 33 year old jock shanghaid from the motherland (Jockistan) to live amongst the southern shandy drinking, dungaree wearing sasenachs (not really true as just about everyone in London is from elsewhere :? ). Just recently got back into bikes after a long absence (last bike was when I was a spotty youth of 18). Anyway, came to the conclusion that my life would not be complete without a bike so decided to go for me test and get legal and my missus got me a 04 R6, as a result I must "put out" on demand :shock: So I guess it's true that there's no such thing as a free lunch!!! Anyway, that's me, great to be here. Slanje $hando

Under armed guard (seriously) within barracks and I still get ripped of for my insurance 'cos of my "postcode" :? Slanje $hando