joe royal
3:47 Wed May 20
Re: Motorbiking
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Personally I don’t think you can see far enough ahead at speeds in excess of 130 mph.
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Hammer and Pickle
3:06 Wed May 20
Re: Motorbiking
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Mental
Anything that does over 100mph in first gear has no business being on the ground at all.
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chim chim cha boo
2:52 Wed May 20
Re: Motorbiking
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A while ago I had a boss who owned a Ferrari and used to track day it. Always going on about how much he loved speed.
The office we worked from was in Chessington near the A3 and I said 'if you like speed you should come on the back of my Suzuki GSXR 1000 K5 as it does 117mph in first gear '.
'Fuck off, no it doesn't ' he said.
Took an extra helmet in the next day and took him for a little ride up the A3. When we got back he went to get off and his legs went from under him and he landed on his arse.
'I'm not really cut out for bikes' he said. 'I was looking over your shoulder to see how fast we were going but when it got to 172mph and you were still accelerating my arse dropped out and I just put my head down and clung on for dear life'.
Haha!
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zebthecat
2:45 Wed May 20
Re: Motorbiking
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Cheezey Bell-End 2:35 Wed May 20
Yes.
A friend of mine who has MS swapped from two wheels to three (and his is a monster) for that very reason.
He likes it so much he doesn't swap back to two when he is in remission.
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Cheezey Bell-End
2:38 Wed May 20
Re: Motorbiking
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They don't lean like a bike, and you can't filter through stationary traffic.
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Cheezey Bell-End
2:35 Wed May 20
Re: Motorbiking
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Those things are meant to be good fun. Some of the experience of riding a bike, but with the stability of a car.
A biker who can't ride because of injuries might want one. Or someone who wants a big tourer bike, but doesn't have the experience or strength to ride a Goldwing.
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Bungo
1:46 Wed May 20
Re: Motorbiking
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zebthecat 1:36 Wed May 20
Makes sense. Presumably it's something that a 2 wheel bike rider would not want though?
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zebthecat
1:36 Wed May 20
Re: Motorbiking
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Bungo 1:29 Wed May 20
Probably because you don't need a motorcycle license to ride one if you already have a car driving license.
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Hammer and Pickle
1:36 Wed May 20
Re: Motorbiking
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Maybe not chim but I’d rather just carry on living if you get my drift ;)
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Bungo
1:29 Wed May 20
Re: Motorbiking
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yngwies Cat 10:52 Wed May 20
You can get these now.
https://uk.brp.com/on-road/models-2020/spyder-f3.html
Not sure what the point is?
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chim chim cha boo
1:20 Wed May 20
Re: Motorbiking
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Aprilia Touno V4R with an Austin Racing GP2 pipe in pearlesent yellow.
Sublime.
Having said that I bought it because it doesn't have a big fairing and I thought it might slow me down but of course it fucking doesn't.
If you've never accelerated something like a Suzuki GSXR 1000 from 90 to 190 you really haven't lived.
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Cheezey Bell-End
1:11 Wed May 20
Re: Motorbiking
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Saw a guy at UP once with no lower jaw. Didn't ask what happened, and he couldn't talk anyway, but I think I worked it out.
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Lee Trundle
1:02 Wed May 20
Re: Motorbiking
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Has anyone done the sneaky thing of getting your full bike licence by paying £650 for BMW's "ROOKIE TO RIDER" course, then bailed out of buying a bike from them after you've done it?
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Gentile
12:58 Wed May 20
Re: Motorbiking
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I use an open face lid for the Vespa to plod about in bit I'd never wear one for a proper sized Bike....it might look cool on a cafe racer but I'd rather not live with half a face if I went down face first thanks.
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matchless
12:40 Wed May 20
Re: Motorbiking
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'Fraid so. And a wellworn Bellstaff jacket. The boss has a fullface helmet and I should change really. Bad enough having to wear flourescent armour (which I do) though.
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SecondOpinion
12:14 Wed May 20
Re: Motorbiking
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ZEN AND THE ART OF MOTORCYCLE MAINTENANCE
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yngwies Cat
10:52 Wed May 20
Re: Motorbiking
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Those bikes with 2 wheels at the front and one at the back and that bike that had a roof on BMW, popular fora bit in the early 2000s.
Very odd looking and often wondered what they were like to ride.
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Chigwell
10:32 Wed May 20
Re: Motorbiking
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You've reminded me of one of my more embarrassing moments. St Peter's Street in St.Albans has an extreme camber at the sides. I stopped my Honda CX500 (a heavy lump if there ever was) with one wheel on either side of it, and put my foot down to reach .... nothing! Over she went with me on board, and there was absolutely nothing I could do to stop it. That was the only time I ever fell off a big bike; all my proper accidents were when I was younger on 120 and 250 cc machines.
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Northern Sold
10:04 Wed May 20
Re: Motorbiking
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Gentil...All my mates at the time had Lambrettas and Vespas...
As James Michael Cooper once said...
'See.... it ain't all about the bike'
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Gentile
8:44 Wed May 20
Re: Motorbiking
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Nurse is like a Lambretta.
Fun to ride until your mates see you on it (sorry Northern I've got a 77 Primavera)...
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joe royal
3:50 Wed May 20
Re: Motorbiking
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Nurse Ratched 11:30 Tue May 19
Oddly enough you don’t really hear the exhaust as it exits behind you.
Ear plugs help with the wind noise (a lot) and modern helmets are pretty well insulated also.
Try it , you may like it.
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