What's your style?

[XS1954]

Just interested in hearing your personal attitude to riding. Do you ride within the "rules" or get to your destination as fast as possible?

I find it difficult to find people to ride with because I am very cautious when on the bike and don't take risks. I have been on rideouts were people have taken silly chances and have only just got away with it and from a professional point of view have had to deal with two fatal bike accidents in the last 2 weeks. It makes me sad to think that these accidents could have been avoided had the rider not been taking chances.

My approach is take it steady and enjoy the ride, what about you

Sorry if this has been posted before but the only other thread I found was worded a bit openly and as result the answers were not a true reflection.
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[-Savage-]

depends. If im out for a spin il take it slow, and enerally ride like i was a car ie, not badly, but not overtaking, filtering etc

if im out to get somewhere, its a no-holes barred battle with the road, high speeds, narrow gaps, and filtering to within an inch of my life lol
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[T1z3R]

95% of the time i'm the sensible type but theres always that 5% streak that wants to get a riggle on
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[KLR600]

If I'm by myself I ride to the book as much as I can but I'm easily led in rideouts to do manouvers/speeds I wouldn't normally do by myself. I think I need to learn a bit more self control when out with other people.

This post was in no way aimed at Dischord or Bonny_Ricardo

[Valentino Mossy]

I try to go for smooth ,but with a quick pace, not hell for leather.
But flat out on long straights which i know are safe.
Dont want to die just yet !
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[pampers]

I ride defensively, and treat everyone else on the road, as a raving nut case.

[vfr800]

Look after number one first, the cars don't give a shit about you, well half the time they don't even look for ya never mind see ya.
I once rode carefully after listening to the missus, the result was b&b in a strange hospital bed miles from home, the bike a write off like the car I hit, he had no insurance, no tax, no mot and i wasn't even his car. Since then i ride how i see fit to the conditions, as for the style of riding, like I stole it!

[Bendy]

My style is 'please myself'.

[Gazdaman]

Depends on the purpose of the ride. If I'm going to work/uni then I'll stick to the rules.

If I've put my leathers on, then road traffic you better watch out!

Gaz

[dodsi]

I have been known to overtake 2 wagons that are side by side at 100mph between the white line and the central reservation going around the outside one on a 2 lane duel carrigeway.

But I consider myself fairly sensible most of the time.

Edit:

Also been known to pull out on a single carrigeway road on the opposite side of the road onto the oncoming traffic lane out accelerate the cars and pull back in infront of the first car thats holding the rest up.

In heinsight these 2 maneuvers that spring to mind were stupid and I was really sticking my neck out.

Also Im not going to sit here and type out that I am the most sensible rider ever because I am not.

We all do stupid things, I am not proud of these I was lucky to get away with them.

[0ddball]

Before i became a biker i used to be plodding along in the car and curse stupid bikers who all seemed to be on a mission to get somewhere asap. Overtaking at every opportunity, undertaking while filtering ect

After a couple of weeks of riding i turned into one of the people i used to hate
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[riichy]

i normaly lissen to very hevey music befor i go out on my bikie. gets me pumped you for war.......i go out on the road as if every car thinks am bulls eye.....that way i stay off my arse
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[steveh]

i get bored easy and throw it around when i ride with a lad on a rs, we kind of push eachother.

when im on my own or with the mrs i ride slow and calm, unless sumone cuts me or her up.


Steve.
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[tatters]

I did,nt get into motorbike to ride like a pussy, if l want to drive at the speed limt and not to filter l would buy a car.


Genrally take more care this time of year though due to the weather.
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[mattsmith95]

Plodder, I take my time, I might not make as much money as the other motorcycle couriers but I do take safety very seriously. I do have my moments of madness but they are quite rare. Besides t keeps pc plod off my back.

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[sanchezz_182]

The main factor for riding a bike for me is the adrenalin rush I get when I do something incredibly stupid or from riding fast, like passing between cars a 100+ mph its not big or clever but it sure is fun.

Like I always say, you only feel your alive when your near death. Lets just hope you don’t step to close/
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[cliff]

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[Groove]

i never looked at my speedo
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[killa]

When I get off my bike I usually feel drained because of concentration.
I’d say my riding style is quick but as safe as I can be, I don’t take high risks like blind corners at top end or coming up to junctions at high speed. I just make sure it is as flowing as possible with not to many stop/starts.
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[akaDAVE]

I would describe my riding as well disciplined. I only go quick when i see an opportunity and have properly thought it through. I think it is a good idea to get a move on rather than dawdling behind slow traffic as I tend to lose concentration. I feel I'm safest when I'm fully focused on the job.
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[Ragdoll]

All depends what I'm doing and where I'm going. On our ride outs, we have people with different riding styles/skills. The guys who want to play usually just bugger off and we meet up with them later but we always have a couple of riders who are more than happy to stay with us little people and look after us. When I'm on my own though it's usually just a case of get where I want to go, do what I need to do and come home again...unless it's a nice day
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