Using all 4 lanes of the M6Sorry..
Maybe I'll give the keys away before I get caught or die....
Bikes make people do bad stuff...
Diff. on a guilt trip.
Dear all Carpedians...
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Difflock
, Jul 21 2006 12:13 pm
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Posted 21 July 2006 - 12:13 pm
I rode like a complete and utter twat to get to work this morning.. Using all 4 lanes of the M6
Sorry..
Maybe I'll give the keys away before I get caught or die....
Bikes make people do bad stuff...
Diff. on a guilt trip.
Using all 4 lanes of the M6Sorry..
Maybe I'll give the keys away before I get caught or die....
Bikes make people do bad stuff...
Diff. on a guilt trip.
It isn't how fast you ride, It's how you ride fast..
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Posted 21 July 2006 - 12:40 pm
wow, you must have some really wide panniers.
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Posted 21 July 2006 - 01:43 pm
QUOTE(Difflock @ Fri 21st Jul 2006, 12:58 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I rode like a complete and utter twat to get to work this morning.. Using all 4 lanes of the M6
Sorry..
Maybe I'll give the keys away before I get caught or die....
Bikes make people do bad stuff...
Diff. on a guilt trip.
Using all 4 lanes of the M6Sorry..
Maybe I'll give the keys away before I get caught or die....
Bikes make people do bad stuff...
Diff. on a guilt trip.
Me, Tonski & me bro did the same thing on the way up to RTT. Naughty but nice.
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Posted 21 July 2006 - 02:42 pm
on the way home from RTT, bondy (see a pattern starting) & me did the same on the way to bondys place ...
nice to know UK plod arent allowed to setup hidden speedcams in unmarked vehicles ...
nice to know UK plod arent allowed to setup hidden speedcams in unmarked vehicles ...
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Posted 21 July 2006 - 02:53 pm
Err.. they're not?
Phew....
Phew....
It isn't how fast you ride, It's how you ride fast..
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Posted 21 July 2006 - 04:08 pm
well, i sure hope not ...
I'm an insomniac agnostic dyslexic. I lay awake at night and wonder if there really is a dog.
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Posted 21 July 2006 - 05:08 pm
Sounds like my usual jaunt to work every morning. Traffic light racer against any car/bike. B road - motorway (also using all lanes) - city centre. Work isn't too far away (about 7 miles) but at worst it takes about 15/17 minutes (depending on how well spaced the cars are for filtering). Result, if I was in the car it would take easy 30 mins.
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Posted 21 July 2006 - 07:09 pm
Run home
Central London to J3 M3, taking in most of Embankment, Warwick Rd, A4, A316
47 minutes
(I am NOT always in that kinda rush!
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What you describe is an average days commute in and outta the smoke
However at the moment its made worse by f*cking SUMMER RIDERS
TWATS 
I think it must be a summmer sport where they get points for;
1/ riding big chrome tractorbike things that go potato potato potato on tickover in the middle of the road in traffic, thereby blocking any other bike from filtering
( I think they get points for the bigger the queue of bikes they can form behind them)
2/ riding sports bikes or fast scooters in flipflops, shorts, tshirt or shirt sleeves (extra points for style here)
very fast through traffic, cutting up cars and other bikes, forcing both to swerve outta the way.
Points are awarded i think for speed thru traffic, minimal attire, and number of regular bike commuters you can cut up/ overtake/ undertake/ sit behind revving your engine to the redline whilst in traffic or at lights.
Mate compared to them you have nowt to worry about
Central London to J3 M3, taking in most of Embankment, Warwick Rd, A4, A316
47 minutes
(I am NOT always in that kinda rush!
)What you describe is an average days commute in and outta the smoke
However at the moment its made worse by f*cking SUMMER RIDERS
TWATS
I think it must be a summmer sport where they get points for;
1/ riding big chrome tractorbike things that go potato potato potato on tickover in the middle of the road in traffic, thereby blocking any other bike from filtering
( I think they get points for the bigger the queue of bikes they can form behind them)
2/ riding sports bikes or fast scooters in flipflops, shorts, tshirt or shirt sleeves (extra points for style here)
very fast through traffic, cutting up cars and other bikes, forcing both to swerve outta the way.
Points are awarded i think for speed thru traffic, minimal attire, and number of regular bike commuters you can cut up/ overtake/ undertake/ sit behind revving your engine to the redline whilst in traffic or at lights.
Mate compared to them you have nowt to worry about
Edited by jht, 21 July 2006 - 07:10 pm.
Done: Homo sap navigation/ twisty thing on bars to make it go vroom/ grabby thing to make it stop (in front of twisty thing)/ 'leccy things front and rear to make it glow at night/ Sucky + drippy oiler thing to keep chains moist (!!) / Laser Pro Stock Race pipes / bleeding ear drums (see previous mod)
To do: Educate homo sap nav system to operate twisty + grabby things/ get ear plugs
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To do: Educate homo sap nav system to operate twisty + grabby things/ get ear plugs
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Posted 23 July 2006 - 07:20 pm
QUOTE(bondy @ Fri 21st Jul 2006, 02:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Me, Tonski & me bro did the same thing on the way up to RTT. Naughty but nice.
was good fun, but a little naughty
you get used to filtering when you commute on the M25.
you also get a kind of 6th sense for people who are about to change lane/get out of the car to get something from the boot etc.
i will agree about summer riders too, they seem to be car drivers who ride bikes, rather than bikers and their (lack of) observation skills is scary.
now that isnt the same for everyone, some people are good riders without riding all the time.
i had some fun ones on Monday, atleast 12 people actively tried to kill me.
100 miles commute from Southend to Reading that took 3 hours.
A127 was closed so had to scoot over to A12 and M25 (jct25ish) road works have made lanes that are too narrow for filtering safely.
....also R6 riders who wont go thru spaces that I could get a bus thru.
confession : i had a scratch done the side of a pannier when i got to work that wasnt there before.
must have been closer to something than i thought.
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Posted 23 July 2006 - 09:54 pm
QUOTE(jht @ Fri 21st Jul 2006, 08:54 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
riding sports bikes or fast scooters in flipflops, shorts, tshirt or shirt sleeves (extra points for style here)
They look even better in their white socks...
... especially with some road rash all over their limbs.
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Posted 21 September 2006 - 07:36 pm
QUOTE(Guinness @ Fri 21st Jul 2006, 05:27 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
on the way home from RTT, bondy (see a pattern starting) & me did the same on the way to bondys place ...
nice to know UK plod arent allowed to setup hidden speedcams in unmarked vehicles ...
nice to know UK plod arent allowed to setup hidden speedcams in unmarked vehicles ...
they do dont they?White vans with cameras pointing out the back.Have read if a bike is going really fast(they read 4ward facing No. plates )the copper can note ur number & you can still get nicked.
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Posted 21 September 2006 - 09:45 pm
Ahh, I remember the days of commuting on my old ex-police K-series. Racing other bikes out of the toll gates on the M4, dodging and weaving across 3 lanes through the slow paced tin-tops, trying to stay ahead of GSXR-1100’s and VFR750’s (this was quite some time ago) only to hit the apex of a corner to find the traffic ahead totally stopped. It’s a carpark as far as you can see, and it’s only 100m away! Whoa girl. Zappy new 1100’s and 750’s were able to brake and stop in time. My old K100? Not a chance. Didn’t even try. There’s nothing like barreling down the narrow gap between 2 lanes of stopped traffic at 140km/h with a bike a wide as a barn door. Ahh, those were the days.
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Posted 28 September 2006 - 11:37 am
QUOTE(Difflock @ Fri 21st Jul 2006, 10:58 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I rode like a complete and utter twat to get to work this morning.. Using all 4 lanes of the M6
Sorry..
Maybe I'll give the keys away before I get caught or die....
Bikes make people do bad stuff...
Diff. on a guilt trip.
Using all 4 lanes of the M6Sorry..
Maybe I'll give the keys away before I get caught or die....
Bikes make people do bad stuff...
Diff. on a guilt trip.
My commute is pretty bad - twelve miles to work on the A87. Horrible bendy roads and those twisties at Eilean Donan Castle are designed purposely by God to be ridden fast (officer). Gets a bit boring with bugger all traffic to sport with though at 7.30 am. And, of course, it was persisting down with howling winds this morning.
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Posted 28 September 2006 - 09:58 pm
QUOTE(Nanook @ Thu 28th Sep 2006, 12:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
My commute is pretty bad - twelve miles to work on the A87. Horrible bendy roads and those twisties at Eilean Donan Castle are designed purposely by God to be ridden fast (officer). Gets a bit boring with bugger all traffic to sport with though at 7.30 am. And, of course, it was persisting down with howling winds this morning.
gotta agree with ya dare Nanook, wicked roads wet or dry
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Posted 29 September 2006 - 08:31 am
Aye brill road - one of my all time faves
Even in the wet on the GTT when we were hoofin' it across to Nanook's hoose for a cuppa (pity about the dearth of cake ) my worn Z6 let go on a white line in 3rd - certainly livened up the proceedings 
Even in the wet on the GTT when we were hoofin' it across to Nanook's hoose for a cuppa (pity about the dearth of cake
) my worn Z6 let go on a white line in 3rd - certainly livened up the proceedings
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Posted 29 September 2006 - 09:21 am
QUOTE(dandywarhol @ Fri 29th Sep 2006, 09:16 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Aye brill road - one of my all time faves
Even in the wet on the GTT when we were hoofin' it across to Nanook's hoose for a cuppa (pity about the dearth of cake ) my worn Z6 let go on a white line in 3rd - certainly livened up the proceedings
Even in the wet on the GTT when we were hoofin' it across to Nanook's hoose for a cuppa (pity about the dearth of cake
) my worn Z6 let go on a white line in 3rd - certainly livened up the proceedings I thought making a balls of that wheelie would have been exciting enough for an ould fella.
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Posted 02 October 2006 - 08:04 am
QUOTE(Emmett @ Fri 29th Sep 2006, 10:06 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I thought making a balls of that wheelie would have been exciting enough for an ould fella.
twas exciting enuf fer me to see anyway
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