Another biker down

[colinbal4]

Young lad on Harthill main street this morning.

He's fairly local so we know who he is.

Tipped into a wet corner right hand turn and came off his 125, just greasy roads and inexperience.

He looked OK, ambulance crew had his lid off after the first 30 seconds of checking him over. Perhaps broken an arm and his ankle was sore also.

Will speak to some of his Harthill pals tonight to see how he is.

[Beaniebike]

Awww, poor soul. I hope he recovers physically and that this doesn't harm his confidence too much.

[SVTONYB]

Awww, poor soul. I hope he recovers physically and that this doesn't arm his confidence too much.

Nice PUN :lol:

[SVTONYB]

Was out for a blast on Friday and the roads were very slippy from recent rain :shock:

Is it just me or is there more diesel on the road these days :twisted:

[scooby2102]

Tony, spot on mate ref the diesel. Its starting to **** me off big time as well :evil:

In my opinion, its getting worse every time I go out, either that or its just because I look (and smell) harder.

I went down to London last weekend to take part in the kill spills rally from the Ace Cafe to Downing Street, were approx 5 thousand bikes there according to police official estimates.

These guys really do take the issue deadly serious as some of their friends have been killed in offs that could be proven to be caused by the sheer negligence of spilt diesel.

I went down actually with the intention of meeting the organisers and asking their advice re setting up much of the same in Scotland, i.e. organise a massive (hopefully) biker rally straight to the Scottish Parliament to lobby the MP's & poss even the 1st Minister.Anyway, to cut a long story short, I never got near the guys as the place was so busy and they were all under pressure to get in and out of London in the time allotted to them (the MET actually closed off the 4 mile route there and back), as well as that the guys were too busy marshalling since they were promised 30 MET officers and only ended up with 10 so they ended up helping the Police out in blocking off junctions etc.

Might seem like pie in the sky but I would definately be up for trying to organise something like that to raise awareness as I talk to a lot of bikers and they have never heard of KillSpills.org or their cause.

Have came off in diesel as well so it makes it kinda personal to me, was lucky as it was relatively low speed and following cars managed to stop in time behind me.

Anybody else up for trying to organise something like that to raise awareness ???

[stuartyboy]

I'd be up for that.

[colinbal4]

Definately up for it. Why don't we organise a rally starting in Glasgow George Sq, thru city centre and finishing by riding down the royal mile from the castle, past parliment horns blazing, and finishing in Holyrood park.

I've slipped off on a corner due to diesel as well, nothing serious just off on 5mph right hand turn that ended in scratched leathers, a sore finger and damaged mirrors & brake lever.

The only explanation I can come to for my near 70mph highside on the 9th July was diesel though, and that would have been something serious!!

Want to start a sticky for it? We can start by getting all the other biker forums in Scotland on board, ie: carnoustie bikers, scottish bikers, etc, etc, then asking all the bike shops to put up posters!!

[colinbal4]

Go through the main shopping areas of Glasgow and Edinburgh on a Saturday and we'd get a story on local TV news!

[jim@55]

yep,defo sticky this and see how many people r up for it ,and post it on visordown etc im sure theyrl b a big turnout for this :thumbsup:

[Horney]

Hope the lad recovers alright. I'd definetly be up for it as I've had an incident with diesel. Also a very good excuse for a ride out!

[on yer bike]

defo be up 4 tht.

I hope the kids alright

[Tiger 55]

Count me in.

[Prawn]

Yip! I'm up for it!

[scooby2102]

Jeeeze, think I've started something here :shock:

Yep, if we could get together kinda soon, we could try and form a kinda "catalyst" and as you guys say, we could post on other forums etc and hopefully gain momentum.

If its a definate goer, I will defo talk to the organisers down south and get their views and hopefully their help and support as well.

So lads and lass's, when should we meet up to discuss then decide the way forward ?

I can manage most nights & weekends, probably a few hours initially would be sufficient to get heads together and formulate a way forward.

Incidentally, was looking at the Draft Proposal for the Scottish Motorcycle Strategy and they do seem to recognise the dangers that diesel spillage causes us peeps on two wheels, they are also aware of the dangers of gravel etc so at least its been noticed (document was proposed in 2004).

Look forward to taking this whole thing forward

cheers guys

[Duck-man]

I would be up for that!

Anything to make the roads safer!

when and where? :D

[SoulKiss]

I went down actually with the intention of meeting the organisers and asking their advice re setting up much of the same in Scotland,

Seems like a lot of effort to do the equivilent of going to http://darrenbourne.co.uk/killspills/html/contact_us.html

I would have thought an email to someone in advance of the event would have gotten either a good guide to organising it, or even better an invite to meet up with the organisers instead of hoping to get a chance to meet one of 5 people out of 5000.

Still if I was still in Scotland I would ride down from Aberdeen to Glasgow to take part in your event (missed the London one due to work - grrrr)

David

[jim@55]

rab-if ure going to the rideout on the 1st thatl b a time when a few bodies will b together and then we can take it from there ,as your a computer whizzkid :roll: you could put something on line and we could register interest online :wink:

[scooby2102]

Seems like a lot of effort to do the equivilent of going to http://darrenbourne.co.uk/killspills/html/contact_us.html

I am well aware of the website, have been following the progress of it for a couple of years now, was going down for the rally anyway so it was no "effort" at all

With regard to dropping them an email prior to the event, I honestly thought they would have had enough on their hands

Lastly, I am a "do-er", I dont wander aimlessly through life "hoping" to do things or meet people.

Kind regards
Rab

[scooby2102]

Jim, at present, I will be in Newcastle that weekend so wont be able to manage the 1st - should be ok anytime after the weekend of the 8/9th Oct (poss going to the BMF AGM that weekend - that should be good fun !!!)

am sure we can organise something soon matey

should manage the IAM on wed, we can meet up with mark (KG) as well