Booze & Road

[st3v3]

After the Booze thread, I wondered what people drink(if anything) while either driving or riding. I mean, say you go for a Sunday blast and stop by a quiet pub, would you down a half or pint?
Would you feel 'ok' in yourself doing so? Just wondering what the masses general thoughts are really.

*Waits for stories from Ariel & Stinkwheel*

[bazza]

[J.K.R]

Had a couple at a mates house once and he got the pit bike out, Just didnt feel 'right' on it at all, Which has made my decision in i'm never going to ride on the road even if i've had one or two.

Know lots of people that are more than happy to ride/drive with a few in them though, Each to thier own i suppose.
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[hellkat]

Red Bull, because STILL too few pubs actually offer coffee as an option.
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[Shaun]

Went for a summer blast once and kept stopping at pubs for a pint, by the end of the day I was pretty shit faced. Wouldn't do it again but it's funny looking back.

[Hetzer]

I've ridden pissed, on E, coke, acid, weed, combinations of the above, and generally had a blast. I don't do it anymore because I don't want to lose my licence and it increases the chance of being a bit silly and getting hurt or killed. And these days I get a bigger buzz being fully in control and being able to go faster around corners.

Or if I've had a wee smoke I go quite slowly and enjoy the scenery.
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[kitty kat]

I don't drink at all, as I never know when I will be out on the bike. If I do drink at all then I wont get on the bike that day, or even the next. I value my life too much and my daughter needs to have her mum around for a few more years yet.
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[virus]

had a half at the cat and fiddle, but thats kind of tradition

apart from that the only time ill ride with alcohol in my system is a hangover.
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[LeeR]

Cuppa tea, ginger beer, or tonic water in that order.
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[YUN]

No to drink and drugs! I can't handle anything but WATER.
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[mr jamez]

I've had a pint and driven before, suprising how much it affects you. So seeing as a pint is too much the only other option is to never drink when riding 'cos being male a half pint is forbidden.

I've ridden plenty of times with a stinking hangover though, I'd imagine I was still way over the limit. Too busy trying not to vomit and making groaning noises to worry about falling off mind
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[apple tango]

I've gone out after work at 5pm, had around 3-4 pints and a shot, and ridden home a couple of times.

I was quite tipsy and could certainly feel the difference. Its hard not to rag it after a few drinks.

I aint gonna do it again though as it's pretty stupid.
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[Scouse]

[bazza]

[colin1]

I'd drink a little, but make sure I was extra cautious on the way back. Its easy to get a bit carried away and ride faster than you normally would, if you are slightly pissed. Fine if nothing eventful happens on the way home, but if it does, you arent gonna react quick enough.

Best avoided really.
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[TheDonUK]

My grandmother was killed by a drunk driver, so i never got to know her, kinda puts me off the idea of drinking and riding/driving...

I have ridden home the next morning after some pretty heavy parties, im pretty sure i would have been over the limit, wasent for me, felt really wobbley, yet surprisingly confidant in my wobbliness.

On the Flipside sometimes i will have a smoke and go out for an exceedingly slow ride...

Something about both Alcohol and Weed reducing your ability but drink makes you overconfidant green makes you overcompensate....

[EuropeanNC30R...]

Only ever really done it abroad, as an only means of slowly getting back somewhere after a night out, rather than going out for a blat.

The penalty for getting caught here even if you're driving fairly safely is way too big to risk it.

[Zanith]

More often than not i have a pint or two at pub in the country and feel fine with riding, doesn't seem to make any difference.

I have once however drank well above my limit and although i felt fine at the time still rode home at a silly hour in the morning. I didnt speed at all and for an odd reason rode at exactly 30 in a 30, 60 in a 60 etc couldn't concentrate enough to go any slower or faster

Doubt i'll ever do that again, i felt stupid after when i got home.
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[butterob]

riding a bike drunk is worse than driving a car drunk through experience
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[McGee]

Most recent experience was with cops here doing a license check.

They basically block the road off and check to see if your legal. In reality they are looking for drunk drivers.

I was just coming back from the bar, not drunk had 4 beers over a few hours.

Still couldn't be arsed having to get all my stuff out to show them, so I just done a U turn in front of them and went the back way home

Would of been ace if they tried to follow me just so I could of wasted their time.
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[Shaun]

[Moonie]

I'll have a pint and still ride but that's about it. Having said that, I pretty much always have weed in my system, although if I'm riding it'll be when the effects have passed...

[kiers]

i've only ever ridden stoned once, and the whole time i was thinkin 'right im gonna get arresteeeed..... now. '
so probably wont be doing it again i get too worried about everythin. once took me about 30 seconds to get the confidence to cross a completely empty road after a few smokes.

on the other hand being a passenger is great
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