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Bendy
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PostPosted: 20:30 - 13 Oct 2005    Post subject: So all your petitions have had a great effect on Clarkson... Reply with quote
Jeremy Clarkson wrote:

'I'm not scared of bikers. If they crash into my car, they crumple and I go home'



https://www.topgear.com/content/features/stories/2005/10/stories/6/1.html

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PostPosted: 20:40 - 13 Oct 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote
Fook it, the guy doesn't like bikes. Probably because he's got too much money and can afford to buy cars that can (nearly) outrun bikes!!!

I went off him for a tad BUT, he's funny in an annoying sort of way. The BBC won't sack him. Maybe some bikers can lighten up and accept that not everyone is a fan of 2 wheels Confused


You never know, maybe some biker might side swipe him, go flying into a nice soft pile of hay and the Fireblade he's on crushes the cnut!!! Laughing Laughing
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PostPosted: 20:41 - 13 Oct 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote
Do we have to go through this again? Tut Tut
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PostPosted: 20:42 - 13 Oct 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote
The guy has a 'sea of pubes' for a hairdo.

How he can be on telly with that I do not know...
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PostPosted: 20:56 - 13 Oct 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote
He may not be scared, but he will be quite pissed off when someone kicks his wing mirror off. Twisted Evil
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PostPosted: 20:58 - 13 Oct 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote
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He may not be scared, but he will be quite pissed off when someone kicks his wing mirror off


If his Ford GT ever works!?

Fook it, why worry. He's not killed a biker (yet) When he does we'll track him down and hang him by the balls???
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PostPosted: 21:01 - 13 Oct 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote
lol i read in the times motor section that he had bigger wheels and archwork done on his Mercades convertable thingy and complained when they made the suspension harder for better handling, he sounds like The Old Gezza if you ask me!! Laughing JOKE lol he loves getting a reaction...if he didnt make stupid thoughtless comments he be really boring IMO
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PostPosted: 21:02 - 13 Oct 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote
I heard he sent it back, it's not like he can use it in his condition!

It was so funny when they went through all the probelms it had had. You spend £150k on a car and what do you get? A heap! Laughing
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PostPosted: 21:12 - 13 Oct 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote
yea you spend less than £15k on a bike and get a piece of amazingly engineered, built machine than handles like a dream, i love biking sometimes...
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PostPosted: 21:12 - 13 Oct 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote
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You spend £150k on a car and what do you get? A heap!


Thats what you get when you buy a:

F ix
O r
R epair
D aily


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PostPosted: 21:14 - 13 Oct 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote
Oh dear, I almost agree with him...
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Biking falls into the same category as bell ringing. You can still wear your leather romper suit. You can still accelerate from 60 to 150 in minus 1.3 seconds. You can still crash and die so that someone in need of a spleen may live. But you absolutely do not need to deafen everyone in the process.


Though he goes and spoils it...
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Because all bikes are noisy, there are thousands of them and they're bought specifically to be thrill machines.
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PostPosted: 21:17 - 13 Oct 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote
instigator wrote:
The guy has a 'sea of pubes' for a hairdo.


My hairs the same Laughing . I also agree with him - loud bikes are annoying. I'm going to do my bit by keeping the stock can on. If we don't then the future of bikes could be threatened.

And don't try and give me any bullsh*t about "loud can's saving lives" In a car you won't hear a nuclear explosion let alone a bike until it's passed you and to late to react. The odd pedestrian? The pedestrian who might be hit is the stupid one who steps out from behind a bus... who is too stupid to make the link between noise and incoming guided missile.

Face it, those who stick loud cans on do it for the same reasons a chav puts a Burberry cap on - they THINK it looks cool. Well the cold hard truth is that to the majority it's not....And the majority always win in the end.

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PostPosted: 21:18 - 13 Oct 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote
Yes but on a sunny sunday summers day(ssssssss Embarassed ) most places you stop are FULL of sport reps??? Yes, so what?

He jealous that he can't ride (or drive worth a fcuk!!)


Ignore him, he's good at cars. Bikers have far more important things to deal with. Make the effort elsewhere, Kill Spills etc? Confused Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 21:21 - 13 Oct 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote
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I'm going to do my bit by keeping the stock can on.


Why, so Chav's in Saxo's cars can skoot about with 4 pipes MUCH louder than a bike and get away with it, fcuk that. My race can will be staying on, scuffs and all Confused

1 rule for bikers and another 1 for car drivers? Don't think so....
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PostPosted: 21:22 - 13 Oct 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote
extreme3d wrote:
instigator wrote:
The guy has a 'sea of pubes' for a hairdo.


My hairs the same Laughing . I also agree with him - loud bikes are annoying. I'm going to do my bit by keeping the stock can on. If we don't then the future of bikes could be threatened.

And don't try and give me any bullsh*t about "loud can's saving lives" In a car you won't hear a nuclear explosion let alone a bike until it's passed you and to late to react. The odd pedestrian? Again the pedestrian who might be hit is the stupid one who steps out from behind a bus... who is to stupid to make the link between noise and incoming guided missile.

Face it, those who stick loud cans on do it for the same reasons a chav puts a Burberry cap on - they THINK it looks cool. Well the cold hard truth is that to the majority it's not....


Oh come on don't start it again jimmy lad.

Ride about in the city centre of glasgow on a stock can and you'll have to go 2mph as everyone will step out in front of you.

I don't primarily do it for this but then again, I do because I have clipped a stupid pedestrian before (yes, he was stupid, not me on this occasion), another cm and I would have been under a double decker bus doing 30mph and he would have a 160kg bike over him. Shocked

If all pedestrians suddenly became aware of their surroundings and were more careful then I would feel more inclined to put the quiet can back on.

Infact:

Hornet - standard can on it as I didn't ride through towns on it, well, nothing like glasgow. It's noq quiet and considerate and I really like the 'wheeze' it makes. Smile

SV - Commuter, I don't feel safe on it without it.
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Well said instigator, bikers ain't seen. Peds and cagers alike....



They need a wake up call. Loud pipes do that. My street, full of kids. When I drive round in the car I'm 10mph because they dive out into the road, on the bike they hear, wait and stop till I pass then go about there business playing etc...fact!
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PostPosted: 21:26 - 13 Oct 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote
extreme3d wrote:
instigator wrote:
The guy has a 'sea of pubes' for a hairdo.


Face it, those who stick loud cans on do it for the same reasons a chav puts a Burberry cap on - they THINK it looks cool. Well the cold hard truth is that to the majority it's not....And the majority always win in the end.


i agree with this also, i think that some people put race cans on for the wrong reasons, why not just keep it stock as when you sell the bike you'll get more money.

however i don't agree with clarkson as think of all the barry's with their huge dulux paint tin exhausts, and cars that are just loud, as clarkson himself said about the aston martin db9 "you can hear the grumble of the exhaust a mile away" and he has the cheek to say bikes are loud!



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Again the pedestrian who might be hit is the stupid one who steps out from behind a bus... who is too stupid to make the link between noise and incoming guided missile.


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....I rest my case Laughing
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PostPosted: 21:30 - 13 Oct 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote
NSR-Rulez wrote:


i agree with this also, i think that some people put race cans on for the wrong reasons, why not just keep it stock as when you sell the bike you'll get more money.


Where's the logic in that? A huge number of bikes have sports exhausts, and buyers like to have a free one if it's available. Unlike a car, a sports exhaust on a bike doesn't mean it's been thrashed. As long as you keep the standard can for MOTs or in case they want to put it on instead, I can't see a downside.
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PostPosted: 21:34 - 13 Oct 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote
extreme3d wrote:
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Again the pedestrian who might be hit is the stupid one who steps out from behind a bus... who is too stupid to make the link between noise and incoming guided missile.


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instigator wrote:
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....I rest my case Laughing


I'm excused? Supoib Wink

Just anyone though, it really bemuses me. One particular part of glasgow (riding up st vincent street in glasgow, the lights at buchanan street, people just continue to cross on a quiet bike. They don't bat an eye lid, you have to push your way through. They are worse than students. However, on that straight, make the bike sound a little fast and they will actually stop and look.

If I could have an 'on'/'off' switch, I really would use it! Smile
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Rookie_biker wrote:
NSR-Rulez wrote:


i agree with this also, i think that some people put race cans on for the wrong reasons, why not just keep it stock as when you sell the bike you'll get more money.


Where's the logic in that? A huge number of bikes have sports exhausts, and buyers like to have a free one if it's available. Unlike a car, a sports exhaust on a bike doesn't mean it's been thrashed. As long as you keep the standard can for MOTs or in case they want to put it on instead, I can't see a downside.


Doesn't have to be logical, it's just how it is. Same as how there is no point arguing over race cans being annoying to the public, they won't see alerting them to the bike's presence as being the problem - to them the answer is simple, just get rid of the bike and the problem wouldn't happen in the first place.
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PostPosted: 21:42 - 13 Oct 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote
So you think having a £300 can on your bike detracts from the value? I've just only ever seen evidence to the contrary.
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So you think having a £300 can on your bike detracts from the value? I've just only ever seen evidence to the contrary.


Yes!!!!

Standard Thumbs Up I'll sell my bike standard and sell the exhaust seperately. Exhausts will add nowt to the value of your bike (perhaps minimally if it is a full akrapovic/yoshi system)

But evidently, you'll make a substantial bit more selling off tarty bits seperately.

Would lvoe to see jorndan try and make his bike standard. Laughing
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the reason that a bike sells better without aftermarket parts on it is because people will not think the bike has been run in to the ground.

if you have aftermarket parts always sell them separately as you will get extra money

so basically stock parts = carefull owner
aftermarket parts (race cans etc) may = careless owner.


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PostPosted: 21:55 - 13 Oct 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote
The impression I always get is that unlike boi racers motorbike owners who care will modify their bike. They won't spend £1000 on tarty stuff and then leave it to rust, will they? And the fact is most bikes are so powerful it would take some serious work to run them into the ground quickly, compared to doing it standard.

Obviously you're going to lose money when you sell it if you put a price on the aftermarket stuff, but I think overall the price of your bike when selling it goes up. Guess I'll have to look into it!
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