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Graham88
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PostPosted: 14:12 - 30 Oct 2008    Post subject: Thunder and Lightning Reply with quote

Help. I'm currently sitting under a motorway bridge as it's absolutely hammering down and I don't have any waterproofs Sad

Everytime it gets lighter it chucks down even harder a minute later, it's freezing too. I only came out for a quick blast as it was lovely weather an hour ago!

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PostPosted: 14:14 - 30 Oct 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote

brave it before you get nicked Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 14:15 - 30 Oct 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote

Why would I get nicked?
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PostPosted: 14:16 - 30 Oct 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote

And your first thought was to post on BCF? Laughing
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PostPosted: 14:17 - 30 Oct 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote

Graham88 wrote:
Why would I get nicked?


If you are on the motorway hard shoulder (as opposed to beside the road under a bridge which the motorway goes over the top of) then it is an offence to stop for a non emergency.

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PostPosted: 14:18 - 30 Oct 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote

'I can't see' = Emergency me thinks.

Although plod would still probably whinge (especially if you were cuddled up with a fag and laptop).
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PostPosted: 14:20 - 30 Oct 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote

Lol yeah my phone isn't letting me on facebook so i thought of bcf.

Fuck the police, it's dangerous out there, never seen rain so bad!
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PostPosted: 14:21 - 30 Oct 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm afraid the ability to post on these forums from underneath aforementioned bridge means my intrigue and jealously outweighs my sympathy for you.

TBH it would have to be some real arse of a copper that nicked you for stopping - you could just say that the extreme weather conditions posed a safety risk.
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PostPosted: 14:21 - 30 Oct 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote

Getting wet = Emergency

@ Bonnie, mobile phone? Laughing
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PostPosted: 14:24 - 30 Oct 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote

Graham88 wrote:


Fuck the police, it's dangerous out there, never seen rain so bad!


Arse. Where are you now? You live nearabouts North London don't you. Crap, given an hour or two that shit will blatantly be on me.

Crying or Very sad
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PostPosted: 14:25 - 30 Oct 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote

bonny_ricardo wrote:


Arse. Where are you now? You live nearabouts North London don't you. Crap, given an hour or two that shit will blatantly be on me.

Crying or Very sad


Did you get hit in the rain earlier. I threw it down near me at about 2.
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PostPosted: 14:27 - 30 Oct 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote

Riding at the end of October, in Britain, without waterproofs handy. Rolling Eyes

At least you're no more than an hour away from home. Just suck it up.
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PostPosted: 14:28 - 30 Oct 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote

Na i'm in kent mate, it's just got lighter so i'm getting ready to go. Wish me luck! Laughing
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PostPosted: 14:40 - 30 Oct 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote

Big_Ham wrote:


Did you get hit in the rain earlier. I threw it down near me at about 2.


Nah, it spat abit for 10 minutes. I'm in South Hertfordshire (with all the snow) and the ride back the other night in the rain sucked hard (but I beat the snow so thats nice).

Not a fan of the whole sea of corona's across my visor I keep getting for one reason or another. Contacts are an utter sod for exacerbating it Thumbs Down

Had to do my whole hellish commute visor up (despite quite clear grippy roads) due to salt smudging. Every light on the road gave 6 different 4 inch long trails across my view. So you can imagine what filtering would have been like Neutral

Don't like riding at night Thumbs Down Canni see.
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PostPosted: 14:48 - 30 Oct 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote

I had fun on the way there on Tuesday night; main visor had little visibility, could use the dark visor, but wasn't great when there was no street lights and the headlight only managed to burn a hole through the snow after I'd stopped at a petrol station and was riding slowly. Ended up riding with my visor open, just peaking above the screen, giving me a very narrow vertical field of view, but just about keeping the snow out of my eyes.
Much better on the way home, where I had a neck/chin warmer and a clear visor. Screen didn't stay snow-free for long, however Sad.

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PostPosted: 14:54 - 30 Oct 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote

Home and dry-ish Smile

We've had a powercut so now i'm sitting in a dark house Confused
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PostPosted: 14:54 - 30 Oct 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote

Wireless internet on your phone I take it?

I think he means the same as round here, lots of very large bridges the motorway runs over with a 30mph road or something running underneath, excellent for shelter =D
personally i'd already be belting it home, the sooner you get in, the sooner you get to be warm =D

also a favourite spot for mobile speed traps to set up during the winter.
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PostPosted: 14:56 - 30 Oct 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote

You absolute fanny. Laughing

It's only a bit of water, you could've carried on riding then had a shower when you got in.

Bikers these days. Rolling Eyes
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PostPosted: 14:56 - 30 Oct 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yeah that's the one.

Got the internet bolt on with my phone, very handy Smile
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PostPosted: 14:59 - 30 Oct 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote

I didn't want to get my leathers wet! Laughing
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PostPosted: 14:59 - 30 Oct 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote

Shaun wrote:

It's only a bit of water, you could've carried on riding then had a shower when you got in.

Wouldn't have even needed that Smile.
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PostPosted: 15:29 - 30 Oct 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote

Enjoy the storm, sit back and worry about the police, if they come to you... Smile
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PostPosted: 15:36 - 30 Oct 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote

Normality returns, power is back Smile

Thankyou all for helping me through the horrible horrendous episode of my life! Laughing
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PostPosted: 17:17 - 30 Oct 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote

from what i have always been told .. it is legal for riders of motorbikes to park up and stay under a brdige on the motorway/large A roads if the weather is bad and as a rider you feel it is safer to stop.
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PostPosted: 17:48 - 30 Oct 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote

bonny_ricardo wrote:
Big_Ham wrote:


Did you get hit in the rain earlier. I threw it down near me at about 2.


Nah, it spat abit for 10 minutes. I'm in South Hertfordshire (with all the snow) and the ride back the other night in the rain sucked hard (but I beat the snow so thats nice).



Aye,

I'm about 5 miles north of Stevenage. Wink Like 15 miles from Welwyn, so I wondered if you'd been caught too.
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