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Arrogant Cock
Was lovely, made for nice fast trip cross country. Not so hot at downhill, but then, niether am i

julian2002 said:feckin' cyclists. keep off the bloody pavements - pay road tax too if you use the roads and you should have mandatory insurance as well.
julian2002 said:dom,
bring on the electric car - max torque for zero rpm mmmmm niiice... as long as i can have the soundtrack to a spitfire as my 'exhaust' note i'll be happy.
the tax thing is a bit of a joke but i do think some sort of personal liability insurance should be mandatory for riders over 16. good on you for having some without it being the law.
try hydroplaning on a motorbike. not fun i can assure you.
cheers
julian
domfjbrown said:Bloody car drivers - making us toke your exhaust fumes. Glad to see nature got some down at Boscastle with all those washed-to-sea cars yesterday (and glad no-one was killed - as yet). Just kidding - nothing against car drivers - everything against the ICM - electric WILL take over soon enough, once those tossers in OPEC start thinking that the planet might well self destruct under global warming, even before the oil runs out...
BTW - if they road tax/insure bikes, that's my last transport option killed. Great. Why not put me in a sanitorium now? Grrr... I'm only 3 metres' down on the minimal sight quality for driving, so that would SUCK! BTW - I do have personal liablility insurance, and I *think* it covers bikes, so I'm not one of the bad ones. I also never ride on the pavement and always use lights and a helmet - so sighted people who ride on the pavement have no excuse (that's not a dig btw, AT - you're cool so long as you don't make a habit of it!).
I hit a puddle at speed yesterday evening though - and, err, almost went under a bus. So much for £10 EACH brake blocks actually, err, stopping a bike in the wet (like they're SUPPOSED to). Luckily the bus, my bike, and least importantly, me, were OKNote to self - don't do 25mph in the wet in rush hour traffic while a bus is doing an emergency stop to avoid a car that's rolled backwards on a hillstart. Nice aquaplane, wheel lock, then rear wheel going out on me!
julian2002 said:feckin' cyclists. keep off the bloody pavements - pay road tax too if you use the roads and you should have mandatory insurance as well.
cheers
julian
lhatkins said:Bang on there Dom, well we could always got those Old People scooter things, as they don't seem to have to comply with any regulations
WEIGHT and POWERIsaac Sibson said:Why bother with clips and straps? Just get a set of platforms that have some grip to them