What Grinds my gears archive B

[Easy-X]

[Nobby the Bastard]

[Polarbear]

[to v or not to v]

[blurredman]

[Kawasaki Jimbo]

Cars waiting at junctions that start rolling forward as you get nearer. One just gave me a fright as I was travelling down a dual carriageway. I think she had actually seen me, it’s just something some drivers do without realising how it looks to an approaching rider.

[Ribenapigeon]

[Kawasaki Jimbo]

[stinkwheel]

An object moving towards you, especially one displaying a single point of light just gets slowly bigger, it doesn't catch the eye and it's difficult to judge how fast it's moving.

An object moving sideways immediately triggers movement detection senses, especially if you are not really paying attention because cars can't move like that.

Also, modern cars have massive A-pillars that can totally obscure a motorcycle for your entire approach to a junction, particularly bad if the motorcycle is on a roundabout and the approach road has a slight left curve to it.

As such, a weave within your lane on the approach to a junction is much more likely to get you noticed. Particularly at night.
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“Rule one: Always stick around for one more drink. That's when things happen. That's when you find out everything you want to know.”
I did the 2010 Round Britain Rally on my 350 Bullet. 89 landmarks, 3 months, 9,500 miles.

[Easy-X]

I just assume I'm totally invisible to cagers at all times and ride accordingly. Like a five foot nothing MMA fighter versus a shit ton of Sumo wrestlers: I can bob & weave all day but if one of those fuckers piles into me I'm toast.
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Royal Enfield Continental GT 535, Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter

[MCN]

My take on the kunts that pull out into 'your right of way' (You have rights, right.)

They fuking see you.
Mentally calculate that if you hit them you ded and not them.

If you're driving a cement mixer or car transporter, they'll fuking wait.
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Disclaimer: The comments above may be predicted text and not necessarily the opinion of MCN.

[stinkwheel]

[Freddyfruitba...]

[MCN]

[Polarbear]

[Ste]

[Easy-X]

The realisation that, when it all turns to shit, the only person you can call upon is staring back at you from the mirror.
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Royal Enfield Continental GT 535, Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter

[Islander]

[to v or not to v]

[hellkat]

Learnt that a long time ago.
It's a bitch of a lesson.
Kinda fucks you up for the rest of your life, cos you don't trust nobody but yourself to get you out o the shit.

Only the person in the mirror knows what needs to be done when the going gets tough, and when the tough get going, its the person who knows you best: yourself, that you can rely upon.


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Not nearly as interesting in real life.

[Easy-X]

It's a generational thing. Obviously there's the kids and grandkids so anything goes wrong in their lives "Grandad Fix-it to the rescue!" But on the other side there's my lunatic of a mother and "rebel without a cause" father-in-law to keep an eye on.
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Royal Enfield Continental GT 535, Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter

[to v or not to v]

removed both clutch cylinders from the bike for a rebuild only to discover that the 2 pairs of circlip pliers i have in the garage are no good for getting to the circlip in the master cylinder
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current bike Yamaha Thunderace.
Moto Guzzi V7.

[hellkat]

I forgot to take my phone to work today. Got all the way to Victoria Station before I realised, so it wasn't worth going back for.

But I enjoyed the freedom from the digital ball and chain.

Got home and there were messages from the Italian shrink asking me to do something, a letter for one of his patients - but eventually he did it himself ... but other messages saying he was worried about me, awwww.

So it wasn't really gear grinding at all, actually.


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Not nearly as interesting in real life.

[stinkwheel]

The internet is wrong.

A 3rd gen VFR750 exhaust system does NOT fit a 4th gen. As I just found out when I went to fit the NOS motad system I've had in a box for ages to replace the one that shit itself last weekend.

It sits too high and fouls almost literally anything it could foul. I would believe you could probably fit a 4th gen system to a 3rd gen but most certainly not the other way round.
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“Rule one: Always stick around for one more drink. That's when things happen. That's when you find out everything you want to know.”
I did the 2010 Round Britain Rally on my 350 Bullet. 89 landmarks, 3 months, 9,500 miles.

[hellkat]

I was having a Saturday morning snooze-in , just starting to have a somewhat fitful dream about rolling over in bed and finding there was a man in the bed with me.

In the dream I reached over, as ya do, and there was a very large appendage, very firm, within reach, and I got the distinct impression that the owner was interesting in having a session.

Just as I was starting to worry (in my dream) that I was gonna end up with stretch marks around my mouth ... I woke up with the most goddam painful cramp in my leg, and I never got to find out who the owner was.

I think it was my ex (the big bad one), except wrong size cock - but I was just getting to the point where I was about to look up and see who it was, when the motherfuckin' cramp woke me up
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Not nearly as interesting in real life.