Things we hate about biking.

[Ariel Badger]

Following from the other thread, some of mine are personal and some general. Getting off the bike and cooking in leathers in the summer. As I ride vintage machines ever dick head thinks they have a right to be entertained and told the history of my bikes and then tell me that they owned a Square Four just like mine (mine are all singles).
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Bikers make great organ donors, get 115 on your licence today.

[Easy-X]

My car just sits there and I just jump in it. The bike I have to take the cover off and remove the security chain. Soooo annoying
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Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter

[Ariel Badger]

Another two of mine..."I bet you wish you had a Harley". " Nice scooter".
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Bikers make great organ donors, get 115 on your licence today.

[xX-Alex-Xx]

Needing 15 layers of security because of TWOC'ing cvnts (and the added time it takes to remove/readd at the start/end of a ride).
SMIDSY
Poorly maintained vehicles pissing diesel onto the road
Rain when you're geared up for warm weather
Twats who will actively block you from filtering in heavy traffic
No visor wipers
"Did you know one of your headlights is out" when you're riding a bike with two side-by-side headlights, and one is high beam only.
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DILLIGAF

[Bhud]

[mentalboy]

Volvo drivers.
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Make mine a Corona.

[pepperami]

Specific boots to ride in .
Specific trousers to ride in .
Specific jacket to ride in.
Gloves.
Bash-hat .
All take soooo long to put on.

Security devices, because of scumbags.

And all of the road going idiots mentioned above.
And so often, the shitty British weather!
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I am the sum total of my own existence, what went before makes me who I am now!

[Snorty]

Having to worry if it's going to be still there when you leave it out of your sight for 5 minutes.

Surface dressing.

Carrying my helmet around.
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Current: Yamaha FZ1 '07 | GSXR 750 SRAD

Past: CB125TDC | TZR125 | GPZ500 | CBR600F3 | ZX9-R | GSXR1000 K4

[blurredman]

Just like Badger and others in this thread the thing I post hate is people talking to me.

Accost is the right word. I've had people literally run to get to me before I take off and talk about falsehoods and myths and things that aren't even related to the marque I ride.

Why ask me what it is? It says on it!

Surely they can see I have places to be and I am trying to get away. Leave me alone.
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CBT: 12/06/10, Theory: 22/09/10, Module 1: 09/11/10, Module 2: 19/01/11
Past: 1991 Honda CG125BR-J, 1992 (1980) Honda XL125S, 1996 Kawasaki GPZ500S.
Current: 1981 Honda CX500B - 91k, 1987 MZ ETZ250 (bored to 295cc) - 38k, 1990 MZ ETZ251 - 49k, 1979 Suzuki TS185ER - 9k, 1973 MZ ES250/2 - 17k.

[Fat Angry Scotsman]

[doggone]

[virus]

people telling me 'i had one of those' No you fucking didnt mate, I made it and theres only one.

Forgeting earplugs and having the tinitus whistle

Throwing up in a helmet. Only happened once but I never want it to happen again. The worst part about throwing up in a full face helmet isnt the splash back from the chin bar, its having to peel the helmet off and rubbing vomit in your eyes and hair... That lid went in the bin.
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own: 81 xs1100g...
owned: 85 rat CG (sold), 91 GS500e (stolen), 84 gsx400f (scrapped), 81 z250 (siezed, siezed, scrapped), 83 cb250rs (sold), 84 gpz750r ratfighter (killed) 84gpz400 (sold), '80 cb650 ratfighter (wrote off) 95gsx6/12f ratfighter (killed) 91 xj900 (sold)
stinkwheel Well I just had my hands up a pigs fanny. Which makes your concerns pale into insignificance.

[Keithy]

Sweaty helmet.

[trevor saxe-coburg-gotha]

biking
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"Life is a sexually transmitted disease and the mortality rate is one hundred percent."

Mobylette Type 50 ---> Raleigh Grifter ---> Neval Minsk 125

[Ariel Badger]

7 inch half width single leading shoe brakes were just about adequate in 1927 they are not today so you hide to your brakes anticipating like crazy and leaving a decent gap between you and the car in front. Why does Mr Twatty is his blackened out windows Corsa feel he must get in front and fill that gap at traffic lights??
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Bikers make great organ donors, get 115 on your licence today.

[to v or not to v]

speed cameras.
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current bike Yamaha Thunderace.
its old and fat, but its a damned good ride. the bikes not bad either.

[xX-Alex-Xx]

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[Burnt_out]

When people turn-up to collect the bike you just sold them on ebay and then they tell you they forgot to bring their helmet

[Fat Angry Scotsman]

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[Fat Angry Scotsman]

[to v or not to v]

[grr666]

For me it's the faff of getting the bike out to the street from my back garden, was the same at my last place.

Oftentimes I sack going for a ride completely because

a. Never have any useful destination in mind so would just be wandering about on two wheels by myself. I have no
pals to ride with so it's easy to just decide to stay indoors without any risk of letting anyone down.

b. The sky isn't completely blue, it's windy or rain is forecast.

c. A general lack of motivation. This spills over to my whole life. I'm almost a complete recluse nowadays if you
take going to work out of the equation. I've never found it harder to trust others than I do now so I keep my distance
from everybody and only inter-personalise on an entirely functional level (supermarket, petrol station, workplace.)
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