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Posted: 22:47 - 19 Aug 2017 Post subject: |
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I take the piss ALL the time when on my bikes, and at least now I have a bit more understanding of the fact that AL drivers are strongly encouraged to go for further training to make them better drivers.
My issue in general is with the sort of motorcyclist (which this one was) that think they are NEVER in the wrong, and that the universally hated minicab drivers will be the ones to take the flak. Not Jen, uh uh, not this chicky, this old fishwife who was a motorcyclist LONG before she was a minicab driver and will give anyone on a bike a bit of verbal if they were even remotely in the wrong, when I wasn't (and I'm not saying its impossible I would be, but I won't take the flak for something when I haven't done anything wrong, just cos I am a member of a hated profession). Indeed, possibly a motorcyclist longer than some riders were even born/out of primary school
Still ... if I was on my bike, I'd prolly still abuse minicab drivers too (but perhaps I might abuse AL drivers much less than I used to ... now that I know how much effort AL puts into giving their drivers decent training) ____________________ Not nearly as interesting in real life. |
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Posted: 22:49 - 19 Aug 2017 Post subject: |
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Well .... as long as you have learned you were wrong and you are willing to learn from it....
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Nah cos if my window had been down and he had heard me call him a fucking dickhead wanker cunt, he would have had to stop and have words, and THEN it would have all kicked off ____________________ Not nearly as interesting in real life. |
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Posted: 22:56 - 19 Aug 2017 Post subject: |
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Obvs last post was a joke
Other bikers wind me up sometimes as well, but going back to our "risk" conversation the other day...
I was sat on a country lane the other day queueing for a set of lights, double white lines - really thin roads, side entrances for farm shops / fields / high hedges either side etc. and a motorcyclist came tootling past in the oncoming lane without a care in the world. 10 minutes later I was directly behind him (her)
He (she) made imo a very risky move for no gain. Probably pissing off several cagers on the way. ____________________ 1993 RF400R - 2002 Bandit 1200 - 2012 1250 FA |
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We all do it.
We all think we're invincible.
Until we're not.
Then we try and blame someone (anyone) else ____________________ Not nearly as interesting in real life. |
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Posted: 23:19 - 19 Aug 2017 Post subject: |
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hellkat wrote: | We all do it.
We all think we're invincible.
Until we're not.
Then we try and blame someone (anyone) else |
I blame the government. 😂 ____________________ 1993 RF400R - 2002 Bandit 1200 - 2012 1250 FA |
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Rear shock popped on the scoot today, depositing its oil onto the exhaust and rear tyre. A pain but an easily fixed one.
However, I was riding it down to the local bike training place for my wife to renew her CBT entitlement on at the time.
So she's on a school scoot today. That's what's most annoying about this. We did an hour and a half on it last night
and ironed out a few bad habits, and today she's on a 'strange' bike and I know she will make a big song and dance
about that in her own head and it will affect her confidence. Her Dad is also doing CBT with her today on a geared 125 so
at least she'll have some moral support there at least. ____________________ Currently enjoying products from Ford, Mazda and Yamaha
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Posted: 14:12 - 20 Aug 2017 Post subject: |
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Hawkeye1250FA wrote: | hellkat wrote: | We all do it.
We all think we're invincible.
Until we're not.
Then we try and blame someone (anyone) else |
I blame Brexit. 😂 |
FTFY
God-given excuse for everything. The paradox is, it has made life so much easier, having such a brilliant, all-encompassing scapegoat. ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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Got back to playing guitar, ... and it's not like riding a bicycle and you do forget how to play. ____________________ '87 Honda XBR 500, '96 Kawasaki ZX7R P1, '90 Honda CB-1, '88 Kawasaki GPz550, MZ 150 ETZ
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RhynoCZ wrote: | Got back to playing guitar, ... and it's not like riding a bicycle and you do forget how to play. |
I've found I don't forget entirely, just get rusty, and it takes a little while for it to come back. Obviously, the more you've played something, the more retention you'll have after a lay-off.
What does annoy me is that if you do leave it alone for a while, the strings are always like rusty barbed wire when you come back to it. Why can't they invent everlasting guitar strings?! ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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chickenstrip wrote: | RhynoCZ wrote: | Got back to playing guitar, ... and it's not like riding a bicycle and you do forget how to play. |
I've found I don't forget entirely, just get rusty, and it takes a little while for it to come back. Obviously, the more you've played something, the more retention you'll have after a lay-off.
What does annoy me is that if you do leave it alone for a while, the strings are always like rusty barbed wire when you come back to it. Why can't they invent everlasting guitar strings?! |
My strings are always nice and shiny, I use a string cleaner/lubricant always after I'm done playing. It preserves the strings and makes them last longer and ''faster''. Faster in terms of you may slide your fingers on them easily.
I use something called GHS Fast-Fret, but anything as such would do, I suppose.
My only issue with strings, or rather my fingers, is that after not playing my guitar for several weeks/months, my fingers get soft again. The E and B strings really hurt my fingers now. ____________________ '87 Honda XBR 500, '96 Kawasaki ZX7R P1, '90 Honda CB-1, '88 Kawasaki GPz550, MZ 150 ETZ
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I wipe them down after use, and use Fast Fret. But I get very sweaty hands when playing, and they always seem to rust if left for any time, no matter how thoroughly I clean them after.
The only answer to the thing about losing the calluses is don't stop playing, but I get the same. I hate it too, when you play a lot and the calluses get hard bits which catch on the strings, and then eventually peel off altogether, so you have to start from scratch, even if you haven't stopped playing for a while. If you play blues, with all the string bending, it really gets to be a problem sometimes. I think people who play professionally often use various methods to keep the finger tips hardened, but it's always going to be a problem for the casual player.
Oh yeah...the Fast Fret has always dried out by the time I get back to playing again ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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Posted: 17:24 - 22 Aug 2017 Post subject: |
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saw a bike that floated my boat (I know I'm looking for transits pick ups etc but right bike right price)
off all day tomorrow but taking niece to airport in the morning so wanted to look in the afternoon
sorry closed at 1 o clock on Wednesdays
ok Friday I finish at 1 could I look then
sorry closed on Friday at 1
you can visit on thurs or Tuesdays after 1
what sort of business is closed after lunch ____________________ gilera runner vxr200 (chavped)
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 6 years, 250 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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