Todays - What grinds my gears *ARCHIVE*

[Rogerborg]

Psst, BodyGuard, you logged in to the wrong account.
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Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
GONE: HN125-8, LF-250B, GPz 305, GPZ 500S, Burgman 400 // RIDING: F650GS (800 twin), Royal Enfield Bullet Electra 500 AVL, Ninja 250R because racebike

[orac]

Zerene crashed just as I tried to save the output file after 4+ hours of image stacking. 4 hours of processor time wasted.

Luckily helicon is still going on the raw files so fingers crossed it will generate a decent output, I may well re-run zerene for a side by side comparison. I could use PS for stacking but not sure how it will handle a 400 photo stack.
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Current rides - 2016 Triumph Street Triple Rx, 1994 Suzuki Bandit 400 VM, TGB 204 Classic 125cc
"with nothing left to lose, there is everything to gain. It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog"

[M.C]

People who move my helmet, pulling the breath deflector out in the process

[Fin]

Fucking Horse riders, Again. They are my most hated road users by far.

I slow down to about 5mph to give way to the horse and so that the horse doesn't flip out and kill the person, they then wave at me to slow down as I'm doing 5mph next to them. I then carry on only to meet 3 riders abreast a mile down (which I think is illegal, again I slow to a walking pace only for all 3 of them to be waving to slow down, I laugh at them which they can see then I speed up away from them.

The thing is I have to be careful because if one of their horses flips out and kills the cunt the other 2 riders will say in court I was speeding, not giving way or yielding, revving the engine, beeping the horn, horse is always fine etc. In my opinion I am nice to them, I once turned off my engine and waited a few minutes for a horse to pass, I don't slow for walkers or cyclists and they never complain (in countryside). They then have the cheek to tell me to slow down after hearing me slow down from as soon as I see them.

[winz]

[Rogerborg]

No, I've seen it too. A reflex palm down gesture, regardless of what speed you're doing. I like to coast past, clutch in and practically in the opposite ditch while giving a cheery wave, just to prick their ingrained sense of grievance.


Right, today: a Homeless infesting the one piece of semi-covered ground nearby that bikes park on. Just lying there curled up in its free[*] bag, like it's got some sort of right to abuse the private land that we normally make use of.

Is there a council warden that I can call to have it impounded? Don't they all have to be microchipped by now?

[UPDATE] The Homeless has moved in. It's formed some sort of primitive cardboard nest, and marked its territory liberally with what's either cider, Homeless urine, or a combination of both. Maaaarvellous.


[*] Glasgow is not short of Homeless Huggers. There's some outfit giving away so many sleeping bags that Homeless often don't even bother hanging on to them, they just leave them lying around once they're soiled and shuffle off to claim another. There are also several shelters: sleeping rough is a choice.
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Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
GONE: HN125-8, LF-250B, GPz 305, GPZ 500S, Burgman 400 // RIDING: F650GS (800 twin), Royal Enfield Bullet Electra 500 AVL, Ninja 250R because racebike

[ScaredyCat]

Spacker pedpoi is back again, challenging articulated lorries to a duel. I had the misfortunate of being behind him for a while this morning. I fully expect to find his carcass on the road tomorrow morning.
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Honda CBF125 ➝ NC700X
Honda CBF125 ↳ Speed Triple

[Rogerborg]

Protip: ignore the Argos 9 carat bling, go straight for the trainers.
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Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
GONE: HN125-8, LF-250B, GPz 305, GPZ 500S, Burgman 400 // RIDING: F650GS (800 twin), Royal Enfield Bullet Electra 500 AVL, Ninja 250R because racebike

[MarJay]

Got sent out to Abu Dhabi with about 7 hours notice today... Gears well and truly ground.
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British beauty: Triumph Street Triple R; Loony stroker: KR1S; Track fun: GSXR750 L1; Commuter Missile: GSX-S1000F; Cheap project: CBR900RR FireBlade
Remember kids, bikes aren't like lego. You can't easily take a part from one bike and then fit it to another.

[recman]

People who think they know best, have to do things/find out the hard way and find people with experience and knowledge boring.
Catch you later, in A&E.

[Fisty]

Someone hit my car then drove off.

Whoever did it I hope you get a UTI.
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Quietly and consistently taking the piss.
TL1000R | Hayabusa | ZXR400 | TL1000S | Bandit 400 V
Fatter and faster than Fret

[Chuffin Nora]

[andyscooter]

got to make sandwiches

loads of them for a kids party

thought that's why I got married





ps the above is a joke
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gilera runner vxr200 (chavped)
if its spelt wrong its my fat fingers and daft auto correct on my tablet

[pepperami]

What fecking grinds my gears!, I`ll tell you what grinds my fecking gears!

I start putting a few pennies away to have a bit of work done on my Kawasaki, and this happens!
The windscreen wiper motor on the car decides to eat it`self not a five minute fix
Then I walk in the house for the missus to tell that the cooker is trying to kill it`self and take us with it.
The safety switch that stops the cooker being used with the lid down has broken and two knobs have fallen off! WTF!

So a new cooker is going to be purchased and I have the ball-ache of trying to sort out the windscreen wiper motor.
You can bet I will have to end up pulling out half the dash
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I am the sum total of my own existence, what went before makes me who I am now!

[Skudd]

Her car breaks down and this means I have no car. How does that work?
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Famous last words of Humpty Dumpty. " Stop pushing me "
Petty Anarchists look at "1984".............. The Visionary looks at "Animal Farm".

[grr666]

[Skudd]

[J0Al1]

The two unavoidable pot-holes that rip my tyres to shreds on the way to work.

Being at work when I have so much I need to be doing at home.

[duhawkz]

[Dave70]

Finished work late tonight, still got no bike, train was late which resulted in me missing my bus, so had to wait 20 minutes until the next one. Pissing down with rain and there's no shelter at the bus stop. Discovered that there's a hole in my shoes, so now have a cold and soggy foot.

Got home starving, went to cook something to eat and my cooker made an electrical fizzing noise and died half way through cooking my food. Ended up having a bowl of sugar puffs.
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There ain't no devil, there's just god when he's drunk.

2012: R125 killed by white van. 2016 R125 killed by 30,000 miles of redline. Current: 2016 Kawasaki ER6f.

[pepperami]

[pepperami]

[recman]

This police wannabe twat we followed home from work, riding 5mph under the limit and constantly glancing round at pedestrians to see if they'd noticed him. Fuck. Right. Off.
I liken these dicks to TA folk who wear full uniform during the week.

https://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh10/torty_2008/9bf8e10c-c83d-4a44-b636-c7b0dab187ad_zpswppxtkvj.jpg

[Dave70]

^^^ I saw one of those type of goons a while back, only he was also wearing one of those POLITE hi viz jackets.

Initially I thought whoops po po ahead. Then within a second or two I realised it was just some wannabe twat. The urge to punch him was strong.
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There ain't no devil, there's just god when he's drunk.

2012: R125 killed by white van. 2016 R125 killed by 30,000 miles of redline. Current: 2016 Kawasaki ER6f.

[recman]