Todays - What grinds my gears *ARCHIVE*

[ThatDippyTwat]

Drivers that have no idea why you're pissed off to find them filling the entirety of your lane, and not slowing down at all while oncoming, who then flip you off when you bib (not lean on, just bib) your horn. He didn't expect me to turn around and call him out on it. I didn't expect the copper coming the other way when I was pulling up next to him. Copper looks at footage, and says he's surprised more people haven't gone to chin him. He appeared contrite enough that no-one was charged/booked.

It was an Audi though, so no real surprises there.
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'98 VFR800 (touring) - '12 VFR800 Crosrunner (Commuting) - '01 KDX220 (Big Green Antisocial Machine)

[BTTD]

[NJD]

I'll +1 the dealers being arse talk.

I walked away, multiple times, from the local-ish dealer that was selling the SV 650 and Bandit 600 because regardless of opinions on here I couldn't justify, wanting a bike or not, handing over a large sum of cash to an arse wipe of a company. I only went back to sit on bikes to figure out what I did and didn't like.

Dealer I purchased the Kwak from, in the end, said "Yes, what it comes with" to the question "Do you have the service history?" and surprise surprise amongst the paperwork it came with nowt. Only real issue that leaves me with is not knowing when the valves where last inspected and or done, I could contact the last owner but that's just not their problem and I'd be throwing eggs at someones door if the new owner of my old Arrow phoned me up every time that had an issue.

Paperwork with "warrenty" was useless and I never valued it. I'd only hand over monies for used bike in the future knowing full well what I'm getting myself into. Bike, thus far, has turned out to be what I figured I was buying but is an eye opener as to what to look out for now that I'm slowly learning, properly, about the bike and doing odd jobs when they arise.

Saying that it's the same way they wouldn't replace the tyres that I'm now paying for to have done. Maximising profit is their only interest.

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My input for today would be wheeling over my own foot.

Put the bike on the centre stand with a full tank and luggage (with chains in) and when I went to take it of needed a bit more of a push than normal. Moved foot and soon realised I had my bike on top of it. Couldn't react because then I'd drop the bike and be even more buggered.

Although thankfully had my bike boots on and felt not that much. Won't be repeating that in a hurry.
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[Hawkeye1250FA]

Other bikers not stopping.

Travelling home from work yesterday down the A5 towards the M6 toll roundabout and saw a biker jogging up the opposite carriageway (couldn't see his bike anywhere! - turns out it was further back the way I had come, he was looking for his number plate that had been ripped off).

Its not the safest of roads to stop on as it has no hard shoulder to speak of and the drain at the side is horrific to park your bike on.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.6224846,-1.7368383,3a,75y,288.77h,88.33t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sFOag29YNyxHPJ42ZMuDZaQ!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo1.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DFOag29YNyxHPJ42ZMuDZaQ%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D7.353058%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656

On the 1.5 miles to the roundabout so I could turn around - I saw 2 bikes going the other way.

Spun it around and when I go there there was only him struggling to remove some packing tape that had got stuck around his chain. We got it cleared and off we went.

2 minutes is all it took to check. Gits.
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1993 RF400R - 2002 Bandit 1200 - 2012 1250 FA

[thx1138]

home insurance quotes,


every single quote site throws a different but equally obscure curve ball question that I don't know the exact answer to, and the sites won't proceed because they want exact answer

[Rogerborg]

[Hong Kong Phooey]

^ I'll take it headphones are banned in your workplace too, because safety?
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'81 CG125, '97 FZS600 : '99 CBR600F4, '09 KTM RC8

[M.C]

Someone decided to stick an old fucking radiator on the bonnet of my car

[ride_to_die]

[Rogerborg]

[M.C]

[andyscooter]

mate who owns another local motocross track had his tractor nicked so couldn't open his track

he has had all sorts of abuse on facebook for not opening as he was trying to get his tractor back

fucking retards

he has it now the local pikeys took it nearly to the site they are permanently on and dumped it under a tarp but drove through a load of hedges to get there
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gilera runner vxr200 (chavped)
if its spelt wrong its my fat fingers and daft auto correct on my tablet

[ThatDippyTwat]

[Kawasaki Jimbo]

Not being there to witness the moment when the driver who raged at me for pulling across his path on a mini-roundabout realises it was his fault for leaving his left indicator on, the git!

[techathy]

Indicators... they simply indicate the bulb is working!
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Bikes: '17 Zero FX ZF6.5, '16 BMW R1200 RS, '12 Triumph Daytona 675

[thx1138]

Phoned my GP surgery for an appointment, 19 days time was the next available, but could have done without mrs.gatekeeper on the other end of the phone trying to discourage me altogether from booking one at all.

[Kawasaki Jimbo]

[waffles]

Windows automatic updates.

Im busy, I am working, I have different spreadsheets open to input and then analyse my data that I have generated and I need this done for tomorrow. So of course the best time for Windows to shut down and restart is in the middle of me doing this. Also thanks Windows for blanking out the option to reschedule that restart for half an hours time when I would have been finished.

Fuck you. Thanks for extending my work day and now I am sitting here using my phone to be passive aggressive on the internet. Its still preparing to configure. SORT YOUR SHIT OUT QUICKLY.
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Theory test - 19/8/09, CBT - 11/10/09, MOD 1 - 16/8/10, MOD 2 - 27/10/10
Past rides Yamaha XT125X, Triumph TT600, Honda XR250
Current rides Suzuki GSXR 600, Honda MSX125

[thx1138]

[Polarbear]

Just checking all the vehicle details because I couldn't remember when MOT/tax is due and I find the Twing hasn't had an MOT for over a year. Expired sometime in January 2016 .

So how come DVLA have been happily taking my standing order for the road tax and it now comes up as taxed even though the MOT has expired?

FFS, I preferred the tax disc. Tax and MOT at the same time and sorted. I've been driving this nominally uninsured for a year.
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Triumph Trophy Launch Edition

[M.C]

[Falco]

The weather! The rain is fine though irritating. Tonight it was freezing fog all the way home. getting all over the visor, up the inside, on my glasses.
Had to go at 30-40mph and stop about 5 times to clean everything; the final time (about 2 miles from home) I see a dropped curve and think it'll be good to pull over off the road to clean up.
NOPE, its not a dropped curve, so I skitter along it and drop the bike. Bike valiantly tries to keep running on its side and then *klunk*
Back up and nothing is obviously broken or leaking but fuck this weather!
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I tell you what, mathematically, I'm having it

[NJD]

[grr666]

[Polarbear]