First mid-night ride on the 125

[GearboxGeezer]

Got on the bike at 11 o'clock after watching to come racing on tv, And I just needed to get a bit of adrenalin going. Was fucking wicked, was hitting 90/100mph in places I wouldnt even dream of doing in any other time, No cars where to be seen apart from the odd threw driving threw the town centers, but they made good for filtering.

I overtook a "done up" mini which was ragging it round this real long sweeping courner which is a real buzz to take flat out ( flat out on a 125 ) as its a bit bumpy and you git about 70mph round there ( and its pretty tight for a 70mph bend with 2 lanes )

Nearly lost it big time exiting a roundabout, I gess the left hand side of the tyres arnt wourn in that well, had a 2 wheel slide and I was heading for the barrier, I just let of the throttle and in the end i got threw it, Now that was a buzz.

Mind you, Im feeling it today, thank fuck I ant got work!

[veeeffarr]

It's mint innit riding at night...

I do a 40 mile round trip quite frequently (twice a week) but you need to watch out for drunk drivers more as it's a peak time.

[doggone]

Take care doing this - lots of strange traffic about late at night - often dis-regarding normal road rules!

[veeeffarr]

I agree, I avoid other traffic like the plague.

[palmer]

Night riding is fun, but i have to use full beam all the time
If i switch to normal all i see is about 6 feet infront of me. So i end end up blinding people otherwise i cant see where im going.

[GearboxGeezer]

Yea, I did a 10pm ride on friday once and nearly got killed by this guy who was more than drunk, he must of been on crack or somthing. Hopfully not as many people drive drunk on mondays

[GearboxGeezer]

Ive heard people riding at 3am, Id like to try that but I think I would just fall asleep so not sure if I would bebable to, I bet the roads are dead lough

[MRX Steve]

[JonB]

Riding at night on main roads are boring though.

Last year I was riding the A303 from London to my house 140 miles from about 1AM til 4AM. Boring AS FECK. The fog made the ride unenjoyable aswell.
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[nick.h]

I did a 2am ride the other night.

Got followed by the police for ~2 miles (taking really obscure routes)

Got pulled out on twice! One on a roundabout, another at a junction (literally inches close)

Saw i guy get chased and man-handled by the police

Had a drunk walk out infront of me at about (i was going about 70 in a 50) luckily he started to run.

Nick
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[ISLAND GIRL]

A couple of months ago Nick and I on the spur of the moment decided to go out at night on his bike, went around the Island was fun and nice just to sit on the back and chill
I really must do it myself one night when it warms up, where is the warmer weather
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