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Calumh96 |
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Calumh96 Two Stroke Sniffer
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Posted: 10:05 - 05 Mar 2020 Post subject: Southend Shakedown vs The Coronavirus |
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Yes its another post about the Virus.
No you can't avoid the talk, yes its the Flu.
With the long awaited Southend Shakedown just around the corner there couldn't be a worse time for a Epidemic, How rude right? Now there have been talks from Boris himself about a ban on mass gatherings should the spread of the virus continue so "dangerously".
What are your thoughts? What will be considered mass gatherings as I know the London marathon and football games have been amongst the talks.
WILL WE BE AFFECTED OR LIVE TO RIDE ANOTHER DAY!?
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linuxyeti World Chat Champion
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Calumh96 |
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Calumh96 Two Stroke Sniffer
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Posted: 11:24 - 05 Mar 2020 Post subject: |
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linuxyeti wrote: | it's an individual pastime, no need to mingle with the rest of the the great unwashed & diseased. |
Interesting angle there. Majority of the biker community is amazing and that's a huge part of why I do it
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dynax Trackday Trickster
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pepperami Super Spammer
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Posted: 12:02 - 05 Mar 2020 Post subject: |
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I’m rude, bad mannered, blunt, and tight fisted, I ride on my own
I don’t want someone else’s germs, even if they are giving them away for free . ____________________ I am the sum total of my own existence, what went before makes me who I am now! |
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Posted: 20:27 - 05 Mar 2020 Post subject: |
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The fun in bikes is 90% the road, 10% the bike, but the bike is inseparable from the equation whichever way you look at it, and some bikes are more suitable for certain roads than others. For example, I have a local forested road which would absolutely rock on a 125, or a DRZ400 or similar, and would suck on a sports bike. Likewise, a DRZ400 wouldn't be much cop on a track. The only time a DRZ400 and, say, a Panigale give you the exactly the same enjoyment is when you don't own them and won't ride them, but intend to just look at them for 5 minutes each...
Misattributing the fun to the bike can easily muddy the waters of perception, and make people think it's all about the bike when it isn't. It's pretty difficult. However, the distinction between people and communities and enjoying bikes should be an easy one for most of us. Bike events are about people more than they're about bikes, which is absolutely great if you're getting the full-on 70s/80s experience, but I suspect most attendees at such events aren't. I mean, the free love hippy chicks, the beer, tearing up a field or doing burnouts, etc. You can't get buzz that from staring at someone else's Ducati for 5 minutes. Calne bike show was a good one, but hey, this is 2020, you can't expect too much. These types of bike events have one major thing going for them: they're not organised by cynical corporations who want to charge you £25 to look at a bike on a stand and £3.50 for a cup of tea, just to walk you through a series of adverts. They're still grassroots-organised, but more and more you see the encroachment of insurance companies and the like who see you as a captive audience as you stare at a succession of strangers' bikes like museum pieces. It's all a bit hapless, isn't it. Commerce! Not a meeting of people you know. |
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Calumh96 Two Stroke Sniffer
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R.I.P shakedown
praying for the pass of corona don't let it ruin bike season ____________________ Current - K1 GSXR 600
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linuxyeti World Chat Champion
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Posted: 16:40 - 17 Mar 2020 Post subject: |
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Calumh96 wrote: | R.I.P shakedown
praying for the pass of corona don't let it ruin bike season |
Well, so far, it's only spoilt the Bike4Life ride out, other than that in the last month I've ridden hundreds of miles, be it across the moors between Wakefield and Oldham, or around the local staffs/shropshire areas. The floods have caused me more inconvenience, when it comes to riding, than anything covid-19 has thrown at us.
Oh, what's this biking season?? ____________________ Beware what photos you upload, or link to on here, especially if you have family members on them |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 4 years, 11 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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