Don't get me wrong boys, I've known a couple of really sensible bikers, and by god I've seen some terible car drivers; I've actually contemplated making a sign to put in my window every time some stupid bastard forgets where their indicators are. It seriously, [I]seriously[/I] annoys me. I've taken it upon myself to make sure that these imbeciles know exactly how I feel by sarcastically clapping when when I pass them and the likes.

The problem with cars is that they are not expecting to come across bikers and so they don't typically look or listen for them when making a manoeuvre. Frankly, the ball is in our (bikers) court gentlemen, we're the ones taking the risk and we know it so the burden is on us to look out for them rather than them looking out for us.

I don't know the statistics either but a lot of incidents are surely down to lack of experience (or rather your good weather riders) which typically ends in them misjudging the road and going down. Cars might be a big danger, but we know it, it's the unknown danger like misjudgement that typically leaves us clenching our arseholes tight enough to get diamond from coal.

In the end, man the fuck up and accept that other road users think you're scum and treat you like shit. Consider it character building.

EDIT- I just want to add, I used to get pissed off when I would see a biker without any gear on but now I just think to myself "If he doesn't want to have hands or feet or skin on his arse hole then that's his choice". Consider it a macro-scale version of natural selection if you will.

i feel your pain.

especially on roundabouts where these folks just sail round with no indication at all. i actually pull out in front of them to give them a shock. arseholes.

even more, these cocks who drive round with their foglights on when it's not foggy. they get it as well.





i think i need some anger management.

[QUOTE=guitarbaz;18224383]i think i need some anger management.[/QUOTE]

Can I be your anger manager?

shanks, i'm on edge every time i go out on me scoot, to the point that i'm probably overly aggressive towards car drivers who pose even the merest of risk to my well being.

that said i still managed to come off it about 6 months ago, nice patch of oil at a roundabout. it hurt. i blamed the excessive amount of weigh on the back, i.e. the girlfriend.

[QUOTE=Papa Shank;18224385]Can I be your anger manager?[/QUOTE]


or anger coach perhaps, as in "come on you pussy you're not being angry enough"?

[QUOTE=guitarbaz;18224391]shanks, i'm on edge every time i go out on me scoot, to the point that i'm probably overly aggressive towards car drivers who pose even the merest of risk to my well being.

that said i still managed to come off it about 6 months ago, nice patch of oil at a roundabout. it hurt. i blamed the excessive amount of weigh on the back, i.e. the girlfriend.[/QUOTE]
If you had a girl that made you feel the same you'd probably have dumped the girl by now ay? Personally, I wouldn't go on the road with a small engined bike/scooter, it just makes something that is dangerous in the first place feel uncontrollable so I got sympathy for you Baz.

[QUOTE=guitarbaz;18224393]or anger coach perhaps, as in "come on you pussy you're not being angry enough"?[/QUOTE]
Exactly my thinking my good lad :smoke:

ha ha, i was on my tuned 210 vespa at the time i'll have you know. although a 90mph vespa is one of the scariest things you'll ever ride. (other than a fat dominatrix with a taste for rectal fist action).

I want one of those LED scrollers in my back window saying "indicators, asshole. Use them." Then I'll do Baz's trick and deliberately pull out in front of them.

[QUOTE=guitarbaz;18224396]ha ha, i was on my tuned 210 vespa at the time i'll have you know. although a 90mph vespa is one of the scariest things you'll ever ride. (other than a fat dominatrix with a taste for rectal fist action).[/QUOTE]

Ahh, you're one of [I]those[/I] hooligans haha. Even so, there is nothing quite like having the physical presence of a bike with a 1164cc engine poking out of each side of the bike :smoke:

Fuck motorbikes.

[QUOTE=Papa Shank;18224399]Ahh, you're one of [I]those[/I] hooligans haha. Even so, there is nothing quite like having the physical presence of a bike with a 1164cc engine poking out of each side of the bike :smoke:[/QUOTE]


what did you think i was riding, one of those little poxy twist and go things as ridden by chavs who can't afford a corsa? :p :lol:

yeah i'm just a 60's throwback. got a lambretta as well which i prefer tbh.

[QUOTE=Papa Shank;18224399]Ahh, you're one of [I]those[/I] hooligans haha. Even so, there is nothing quite like having the physical presence of a bike with a 1164cc engine poking out of each side of the bike :smoke:[/QUOTE]

That actually has more cc than my car :(

Well, my current car anyway. I miss my old Winston, he was the shit.

[QUOTE=jaklyons;18224401]Fuck motorbikes.[/QUOTE]


ok, whatever your preference. we make no judgements as to sexuality here. :thumb:

[QUOTE=Sad But True;18224405]That actually has more cc than my car :(

Well, my current car anyway. I miss my old Winston, he was the shit.[/QUOTE]

It's like a mouse having a bigger cock than the elephant. Quite awkward, no?

[QUOTE=Papa Shank;18224407]It's like a mouse having a bigger cock than the elephant. Quite awkward, no?[/QUOTE]

Yep, but my old car looked like this:

[IMG]http://www.classiccarportraits.co.uk/images/TriumphVitesse6_6267.jpg[/IMG]

Near enough the exact same colours except I painted my roof and the grill surround between the headlamps white

So it's ok.

[QUOTE=Sad But True;18224410]Yep, but my old car looked like this:

Near enough the exact same colours except I painted my roof and the grill surround between the headlamps white

So it's ok.[/QUOTE]

Duuuuuude, I can dig it :smoke:

nice classic motor that.

Yeah, I miss that unreliable bastard. It was built when radio was the devil's work so the only things to do while driving were sing to myself or shout at other drivers. I did option 2 a lot. I think it played a big part in me being a pretty good driver now, because going from that to a modern motor is like putting everything on easy mode. I once drive my old Triumph with my left hand only because my right hand was holding the driver's door shut which would swing open everytime I turned left, in a car that veered left when you took your hands off the wheel, didn't go into 1st while moving due to no synchromesh and didn't like second that much, and would also cut out if your revs dropped below 1500 so you had to dump the clutch and coast to any stop then bring your clutch up a bit just to drop the revs down to a non-ridiculous level. By the time I sold it I was doing most of these things on auto pilot, so a little VW Polo was like a pedal car in comparison.

see on a new car they'd all be faults.

on an old car they become "character"

Just because I don't say this often to people I know now...


I really would love to own and do up a classic VW Beetle.

^ My mate has done. It's really nice, in an old English white. My other mate is also a serial restorer of minis; I think he's on his 6th.



Also: Me and my old man did up one of these

[IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/Triumph_Spitfire_1500_2.jpg[/IMG]

But in a bright red (vermillion)

and now my dad's got one of these

[IMG]http://photos.webridestv.com/datastore/images/user/68ac106295cef1abc54f93c860edc2eb/Triumph_Stag_106895_20080716_l.jpg[/IMG]

But in a brighter green

aye done the mini thing, they're great fun but it just got a bit expensive. must have spent 5k on the last one i did. hence i'm now onto scooters as they're a lot cheaper, just got a 1964 lambretta from being a "running" italian import to road leagal and registered for about 500 notes.

That's fucking ace that is. How much in total, including the scooter do you reckon the whole thing's cost?

a shade over 2k for the scoot legal and on the road i reckons. to buy an italian one of that vintage on the road you're looking at about 2500 minimum so it was worth all the aggro. altho the c/shaft seals on the gearbox are a bit leaky so that needs doing over the winter. but that's fuckall for something 46 years old!

I've started a cover of Spitfire by Prodigy, and I'm improvising all the synth parts. So far it's not going too bad, but there's still time...

Boom kitch da booom boom kitch Spiiiitfiaaaaare.

[QUOTE=AG;18224590]Boom kitch da booom boom kitch Spiiiitfiaaaaare.[/QUOTE]

Pretty much. So here it is so far, I'm not satisfied with the drums and I need to tidy the rhythm tracks up.

[url]http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=572119&songID=9757423[/url]

the girlfriend's coming round tomorrow night, so i wanna make her a cake, having a bit of a brainstorm. what goes well with apricots?

Apricot jam and cream in the middle of a vanilla and lemon sponge with icing on top.