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PsychoCannon
22-06-10, 09:43 AM
I've added another fairly common sense one to my list today but common sense isn't my forte.

*) Do NOT adjust your windshield to try and catch up with Mr Ninja.
(the change in profile and sudden faceful of wind is not condusive to good handling).
Milky Bar Kid
22-06-10, 09:47 AM
Don't sneeze either...that's not fun..!
metalangel
22-06-10, 09:52 AM
DON'T allow your nose to become itchy. You can't do anything about it and your eyes will start watering.
PsychoCannon
22-06-10, 10:26 AM
Flip front helmets to the rescue!! a must for anyone with hayfever :).
Quedos
22-06-10, 10:33 AM
make sure you don't have hair in your eyes!

or try to adjust your mirror when you realise that you must have hit something in the traffic!
Lozzo
22-06-10, 10:51 AM
Don't sneeze either...that's not fun..!

Cos if the wind changes you'll end up looking like MBK's avatar ;)
timwilky
22-06-10, 10:57 AM
Crash
ophic
22-06-10, 11:01 AM
Cos if the wind changes you'll end up looking like MBK's avatar ;)
Do you speak from experience? :p
PsychoCannon
22-06-10, 11:10 AM
XD

and surely none of us ever hit anything filtering :)
Must have just been an unusually desnse pocket of air or a big fly :)
Scoobs
22-06-10, 12:06 PM
make sure you don't have hair in your eyes!

Check. :lol:
davepreston
22-06-10, 12:11 PM
take out your mates ignition key
ophic
22-06-10, 12:13 PM
brush cobwebs off your front forks
thulfi
22-06-10, 12:24 PM
try and readjust your package
Red Herring
22-06-10, 12:55 PM
Get nicked.....
PsychoCannon
22-06-10, 12:57 PM
Bah if you get collared you obviously weren't going fast enough =p
Shonky
22-06-10, 08:28 PM
Bah if you get collared you obviously weren't going fast enough =p

Err......

http://www.ukemergency.co.uk/police/DSC11151.JPG

Itch your ear.
Stig
22-06-10, 08:39 PM
Twitch. I have a very good friend who has a twitch. It's quite severe. It starts in his arm and ends with his whole torso doing a massive jerk. Was following him down the autobahn in Germany once we were both in top gear with the throttle just about fully open. We both had gixxer 750's. In the outside lane when I saw the tell tale signs of a twitch. I throttled back and waited. He did his twitch and swerved from lane three across all lanes into the hard shoulder. Normally if he knows the twitch is coming, he'll let go of the handlebars for a split second which is enough for the twitch to pass. It was rather frightening and funny all at the same time.
Shonky
22-06-10, 08:43 PM
That's funny and scary at the same time :)
Jamesy D
22-06-10, 10:34 PM
Try and put in iPod headphones...




The scary thing is I've seen someone do it at about 40mph, not a word of a lie. I couldn't believe what I was seeing.
PsychoCannon
23-06-10, 09:12 AM
Err......

http://www.ukemergency.co.uk/police/DSC11151.JPG

Itch your ear.


Pffft
http://gizmodo.com/assets/resources/2008/04/Jet-Powered-Motorcycle.jpg
xXBADGERXx
26-06-10, 01:25 AM
Light a Ciggy
tigersaw
26-06-10, 02:46 AM
We all used to d ick around on our 'peds in the old days. It was possible to smoke whilst riding (but they didn't last long), and one of our clan used to eat sherbert fountains as he rode his Honda ss50. One time he tipped his head back to endulge in that final pleasure of tipping the last of the sherbert into his mouth and rode straight into a phone box.
xXBADGERXx
26-06-10, 06:51 AM
I do believe the topic of this thread mentions "High Speed" so `peds and smoking doesn`t qualify , the image of the guy going for the last of the Sherbert is hilarious , that must have been like watching a "Carry On" film .
maxinc
26-06-10, 07:55 AM
Swallow an insect.
Geodude
26-06-10, 08:01 AM
Open visor a little to cool down and let an angry wasp in :smt119
Dicky Ticker
26-06-10, 08:10 AM
Open your visor to see better if it is misty----------especially if you wear glasses cos then your stuffed.
Razor
26-06-10, 10:56 AM
window shopping
Fizzy Fish
26-06-10, 11:15 AM
Open visor a little to cool down and let an angry wasp in :smt119

Haha I also learned that one the hard way! :lol:
ty_uk
26-06-10, 11:18 AM
re-posistion your sv650org sticker
Jayneflakes
27-06-10, 10:25 AM
Probably naughty, but I do love to grope the wife when I am pillion, nothing like a 100MPH boob grab! :smt077

Carol says that her GTR fairing was so good she could smoke a fag at about a tonne with little difficulty. :smt025
xXBADGERXx
27-06-10, 11:42 AM
Anyone can smoke a ciggy on a bike , the true art is fishing a zippo out of a closed pocket or jeans , flipping the lid open and actually lighting it . I saw an old boy do this on some blatty old single cylinder thing and it beggared belief , and this was on a 70 mph dual carriageway as well .