obriens65

Been hit in the throat by a bee at '70 miles an hour officer' without any neck protection. I thought it had ripped my adam's apple out. Never ride anywhere without some kind of neck protector since then.

What he said. You need

In the words of the Spitfire commentator: F**k Me. That is one lucky man

Basingstoke council have started resurfacing some of the roads in and around the town. One of them is a road I have to take to work every morning. Going along this stretch of road this morning doing bugger all mph cos the road's covered with 'loose shit', along with all the other rush hour traffic, a bastard in a white van comes along overtaking everyone at 60mph shot blasting all the other traffic with said loose shit. Got to work and just about to put the lock on the Beast when I noticed a chip in the tank paintwork that I only sprayed two weeks ago. If I could have got my hands on him I'd be doing time now. Plain white van so no company to complain to and I didn't get his number plate. Utter Utter Utter Utter Bastard.

Someone had to lower the tone

My first insurance was with eBike. They messed me about so much after some a-hole ran me off the road and didn't stop (basically said that as the car didn't acually hit me just ran me off the road, that I'd caused the damage myself by leaving the road voluntarily) that I went with Carole Nash. Been with them ever since and don't see any reason to change.

This is the NEW MEMBERS WELCOME AREA. After you've introduced yourself, head over to the WORKSHOP, where some very helpful people will be only too glad to give you all the help they can.

Go into a bar you've never been in before. Stand in the middle of the bar room and ask the same question without first introducing yourself to anyone. You'll get the same number of useful replies.

Coming down the M3 from London last Sunday I saw a GPZ900 two up. I was doing 80 and they passed me like I was going backwards. The pillion was a girl wearing a skirt so short that instead of holding on to the rider, she was holding on to the front of the skirt to prevent everyone seeing her knickers (I assume she was wearing some). To go with the micro skirt she wore a crop top that was no wider than my belt and a light cotton overshirt flapping in the wind. The rider, however, was in full leathers with the 'hump' neck/back protector. This pic is why you'll never see me in anything other than full gear and a full face helmet. This was my old helmet after some W****R ran me off the road. If I hadn't been wearing full face I wouldn't have a face left.