todays near miss!

Originally Posted by jonboy

Er, maybe not, hmm?


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agreed. Best thing I do is to take a deep breath, let it go and ride past imagining I were spraying brake fluid down the side of the car...

puts a grin on my face because I could do it if I wanted but Im better than that to actually do it, gets rid of the red mist and I just move on to the next one .

riding angry and worked up will in London will do your head in eventually. It happens too often.

Also bear in mind to what happened to someone on this forum at the end of last year in South London. He went to have a word with someone about drivers careless driving, driver got out and had a go at biker... basically the driver attacked the biker and threatened him saying he had knife in the car etc etc

If you really want to know how bad it is out there now, read my van off post. Van drivers been charged with 2 counts of assault on top of the driving offence.

trust me, its just not worth the aggro.

Originally Posted by lynw

Agreed. Best thing I do is to take a deep breath, let it go and ride past imagining I were spraying brake fluid down the side of the car...

puts a grin on my face because I could do it if I wanted but Im better than that to actually do it, gets rid of the red mist and I just move on to the next one .

Great way of looking at it. While I fully understand Burner's feelings, it's all too easy to get involved in something that turns ugly and you're the loser.

A while ago I wanted to exterminate any car that didn't behave just as I wanted them to. Then I realised that they had a right to use the road too and that maybe it wasn't as one-sided as I'd previously thought.

If you don't ride a bike you really have no idea how fast one accelerates and car drivers often pull out thinking they've got plenty of time and all's dandy. The next second they've a car in their face and are probably as shocked and as angry as us bikers.

Who's fault? Well ultimately it has to be the system's. Does the car test educate you about bikes, their speed and how their needs are different? No. Once you've passed your test are you made to move on to a more advanced level through proper training? No. If the system was better at dealing with the proot problem (i.e. education and understanding) then there wouldn't be the accidents and speed cameras simply wouldn't be required.

Blame the government, write to your MP.


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Originally Posted by UncleBob

It's a dog eat dog world and im turning the darker side..

You getting an IL4? Which one?

Originally Posted by Jabba-the-Hutt

You getting an IL4? Which one?

You bugger! .. An R1..eventually..

Sorry for being over agressive, I say lots but in the real world i'ld probably just whimper and sulk.. honestly, my missus hates it!

Originally Posted by jonboy

Er, maybe not, hmm?


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Well it was what I was thinking.. but to do it takes more skill than I have.. yeah, the carbon thing was a bit much.. sorry - I keep getting carried away.. (now im sulking see )

Originally Posted by UncleBob

Well it was what I was thinking.. but to do it takes more skill than I have.. yeah, the carbon thing was a bit much.. sorry - I keep getting carried away.. (now im sulking see )

I think we all think that way from time to time but to act that way is of course a different matter .


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to be honest the carbon glove thing sounds like quite a good idea, I was so angry that I nearly stacked it again because as I was shouting and swearing Id drifted over to the right and narrowly avoided hitting the curb! Now that would of been embarrassing.

I wouldnt of minded catching up with her at the next set of lights, pulling out a chainsaw and cutting her car into small pieces to be honest. If she didnt tell me to f off it wouldnt have been as bad.

Ah well I survived it touch wood, I look at it as another feather in my cap.

By the way Jabba I bought a biker magazine with the top 50 bikes of the year over the weekend, they said to AVOID the honda hornet . The SV shamed it.