Re: New Riders and Big Bikes?
 

Here we go again :p

Re: New Riders and Big Bikes?
 

My reason is that when the fool wraps himself around a tree because he dont know what he is doing its more bad press for bikes, our insurance goes up and the Government thinks up new and annoying ways to get the rest of us off of the road.

Its not just new riders either. Born again bikers are arguably worse. Because back in the day they has a 1000 they think they can come back to biking and jump on a zx10r/GSX-R/R1/CBR, they soon find out that oh dear maybe i shouldnt have. This is ofcourse a little stereo-typical I know so dont flame me.

People need to have exp with smaller bikes before going for bigger ones. Simple as that imo.

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Yes they want to, and can afford to. But what they're wallet and they're mouth says are different to what they're brains are saying. Some guys who go out and buy said super duper cartwheeling motorcycle are clearly capable of riding with skill to warrant emptying their wallet on a whim.

But what this really does boil down to is ball size isn't it...come on you can't be showing your mates you've tiny nuts when you've just passed your test can you!!!!!

Incidently, collectively we have nine bikes so clearly can afford whatever bike we choose, but, even when i'd passed my DAS I chose to buy the SV off my bloke because i wanted to I could have walked into the dealers and bought the latest super duper bike, but I have a brain and common sense

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Why does my lads Father in law drive a clapped out transit, and when the sun shines his Aston Martin DB7, Why does one of the lads who used to work for me drive a Ferrarri and another a Dodge charger. All totally impractical cars. But they do it because they

1) Want to
2) Can.

It is the same with bikes. You get the bike you want. so what if sat in his little Ferrarri Malc is no Stig. He always wanted one. He got it. OK I doubt any of us are a JT never mind a Pedrossa, Rossi etc. So what, The guy accross the road with the tuned/tricked blade told me two of his colleagues past their tests in October, one bought a blade, the other a Gixxer 600. Both are paramedics and seen the consequence of over enthusiasm first hand. Blade has already been down the road. He got up walked away and thought won't do that again.

I asked the question was he hammering it. No on his way to work had to hit the brakes for a pushbike running a red and down he went. It wouldn't have mattered if he was on a busa or cg125, the inexperience front end lock up would have occurred on both. (Assuming cg had had a recent brake service)

As Lisa (R1 riding landlady) says. "Nobody ever overtakes me, they all want to ride behind me to look at my bum in leather".


In short. Whatever we ride, we do it by choice. Some have more money than others and can therefore afford the toys. I have no problem. If they wreck them then

1) + they are adding to the available spares pool.
2) + overly done they are helping some poor sod on a transplant list
3) - They might want spares from my pool
4) - They might take me with them

So bearing in mind 4 above, if there is someone with a wobble on in front. Don't just blast them as they might just be about to ride into your racing line.

Re: New Riders and Big Bikes?
 

funny, happens to me too. And to be fair if you want to over take me then go ahead. At the end of the day I'm the one in front riding at said speed, if you want to go faster, byeeee...and I wave too.

I had a mate nearly crash into the back of me, up Dent once, funny kind of an upward hill thing going on, and his words were

really sorry lou, I was too busy staring at your ar$se,

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Find I have that problem all the time myself too. People always too close behind me ;)

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Ha, ha, you made me laugh with that one. Are we opinionated or grumpy today Tim?

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For once reasonable. Can't be doing with moaners at the moment

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Blimey...

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see what you have done lol ;)