night time rideing

[ruck bodgers]

just got off the bike .my eyes are like saucers and im buzzing .
empty roads ,perfect conditions
my god it was amazing . i want to take her back out but i feel im getting to much of a good thing OOOOO it was amazing even the wind was aiding me witchever way i turned .the pot holes even moved for me the roads resurfaced themselves and .i cant explain how perfect it was .that ride was golden .smoother than a train on tracks . where do u people like to ride in the am hours ? . i must of died and gone to heaven . think ill take a ride to stone henge
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[P.]

Black visor... so minimal night riding

[Eddie Hitler]

Sound's like you need to whack one out, son.

[TUG]

Night riding is the best after a long sunny day, tarmac is still warm as is the air, everyones in bed or miles away from you so gives you the ability to propperly hoon your bike. Try not to over cook it though, don't want to be waking people up to help you collect bits of bike or worse.
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[Darylw27]

So true, just after a little jaunt myself though half of it was with a police car up my arse after it pulled in to let me pass then followed me for 10 minutes. Also I found the pot holes seem to be even more invisible as I flew over one at 30mph with my arse leaving the seat getting some air. Other than that night riding is fantastic nice empty roads.

[Nope.]

My favourite time to ride is late in the night when its really dark on small back roads in heavy rain. Flip the visor up (Or the face if its my flip face) and let the rain hit me in the face, not being able to see the turn until seconds before, speeding and having a right good laugh.

My honest to god best ride was at 11:00pm one winter night in November 2010 when it was raining heavily and I was on a road I had never been on before full of blind bends and inclines. So much fun...
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[ruck bodgers]

ive been scouting about on google earth and i found an intresting place possible track . im going to go check it out this weekend or next . its on unused closed roads in a rural area . behind it is an army firing range thats shut off by a elongated hillside the place was abandoned long ago the roads remain . looks easy enough to get into straight round the side of the bollard job . heres a picture of it
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[ruck bodgers]

scratch that its a daft idea . ill still go and check it out .might be fun
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[TheSmiler]

Got to say I've got mine planned just going get a reflective jacket (£4) encase their are any nutters on the road.

The local A road is empty from 2am till 4am; I really want a go on it as it has got a tunnel which is quite fun to go through in a car. Anything that is fun in a car is 10x as fun on a bike at least .

Also prefer sleeping in the day in summer so night time riding is best for me less cages.
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[Wilson12345]

I've always been more of a night rider

Night riding on an R6 is a whole new game, can be in one town one minute, pick another quite a distance away and you are there before you know it

Always been a bit paranoid of breaking down in the middle of nowhere at night, especially on my mopeds, but that fear kind of vanished when I got the YBR
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[banditjohn]

I hear what your saying but for me it's got to be the earley hours, no traffic, no idiots and a nice cool temp

[Snorty]

Used to do quite a bit of night riding on my way back from Whitby to Leeds, glad to say my days of doing that are over.

Had a 2T seizure, cue a back wheel lockup @ 70mph, fishtailing all over, hard to grab the clutch when your hand is frozen solid. Then having to wait on the moors for about 2 hours for a recovery.

Had a deer run out in front of me on the A169, saw its eyes light up at the side of the road, and I KNEW it was going to just pick the right time (as I was about to go past it) to run in front of me. Hit some part of it at around 70 and stayed on, must've clipped its foot.

And various times running out of petrol due to the dodgy reserve on the TZR.

[mjn51]

[ruck bodgers]

no night riding tonight have a problem with a header bolt that i repaired a while back . needs a little work .its so warm tonight to . dammit i just want to ride .2mm of bolt has stopped play . a kid on a monkey bike just went up the road .......
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[Paulington]

Nice to see you've discovered the wonders of late riding!

Personally, I like to get the bike out at 2am or so on what has been a very warm day as it's not cold and very nice outside with absolutely zero cars, lovely.
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[Jayy]

I just came back from an hour's blast on the bike. I love riding at night on my own, there's nobody around and the roads are clear. It's harder to spot police but if you try and stick to roads you know and have an idea of where they usually park up, it helps.

Only downfall is, Friday/Saturday night and there's allot of piss head drivers about. I counted at least 2 people driving pissed up, you could tell from the extremely slow speed and erratic movements of this one guy I just followed for a mile and he kept trying to pull over but not managing it.

[Gerrard]

Dont do night riding anymore as my eye sight is not so good as it was in my younger days, and a dark visor dont help..
So dont get old..
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[wiltsgixer]

Malmesbury to Cirencester A roads for me at night, EPIC and then the Fosse. Especially by a far full moon that just gets me going that does.

[ruck bodgers]

just got back from tonights adventure . think ill give weekends a miss from now on just do mondays to thursday night rides . had 2 cars pull out on me tonight one a space cruiser minicab thing . i couldnt slow down because some bloke with full beams was rite up my arse i knew i was in the taxis blind spot it was a red one with wide windscreen frame lucky for me there was nothing in the oncoming lane . no problem tho . the second one was a bloke who did not bother to indicate or posistion his car for the left turn at a junction. i made eye contact with him and moved out curiously . and he decided he was going to drive straight at me mid turn . just about powered out of it . i dont even like to race much i just take it easy .cruise about enjoy the ride find some nice corners n wot not seems like on sundays everyone thinks its okay to drink drive its not like i drop below the speed limit or anything why is everyone out to get me man lol .more maintinence tommorow again had a power loss in 5th .
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[ruck bodgers]

[clancy]

[Ditto]

[clancy]

[Jayy]

I hate riding with my iridium visor on at night, can't see anything but sometimes you can't help it and get caught out. Have to ride with it open even though my eyes water badly, it's better than not seeing where the road is.

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