Gripe of the day - What is yours? - Page 219 - SV650.org

kaivalagi · 06-07-15, 05:36 AM

Broken down on the roadside waiting forever to be picked up....new bike, just had the first service, go figure.....atleast I am only a few miles from home and not halfway to Birmingham!

maviczap · 06-07-15, 05:37 AM

Dang, that aint good

Red ones · 06-07-15, 07:32 AM

A Facebook page asking drivers to save a biker by opening eyes.

The comments are almost all about bikers being idiots.
I reckon about a third of drivers on the A1(M) in the mornings are on phones emailing, texting and updating Facebook.

NTECUK · 06-07-15, 08:51 AM

Unless you ride a motorcycle. You can not appreciate theadvantage of better opportunities for observations.
That's why we can spot overtakes etc when a car driver thinks it's unsafe.
We can out accelerate and generally out manoeuvre cars.
Jealousy is a big issue in life and it very evident on the roads.

Heorot · 06-07-15, 01:13 PM

Considerate drivers that move over to let you pass in heavy traffic, only for some A-hole in a cage to see you coming and move over to the centre line to block you off.

Littlepeahead · 07-07-15, 06:32 AM

My gripe today is hearing all the news stories about it being ten years since the London bombings. I don't mean I'm griping about the news, I mean it saddens me that those people lost their lives just going to work on the tube and bus, something I do every day, I missed Aldgate bomb by seconds, I was running early that day, I'm lucky. Some were not and I think of them and their families today.

Red ones · 07-07-15, 07:37 AM

It will be, I'm sure, a strange day.
I'm still staggered to believe that a colleague walked off one of the trains not realising the severity of what had happened. He was on one of the trains when it happened, he got out physically uninjured, walked to Paddington and continued his way to the office in Reading. He completed a 'normal' days training.

He left a few months later, completely shaken, to work a rural contract.

He was very lucky.

He phoned me from the train to Reading completely unaware of what happened on the tube. Bizarre phone call.

Heorot · 07-07-15, 10:18 AM

Sometimes I think that fate intervenes. My brother was booked on the Herald of Free Enterprise departure the day it sank, but had decided to leave work early and took an earlier ferry. The first time he had left early.

Matt-EUC · 08-07-15, 06:52 AM

Surveys that ask yes/no questions and require a 1-10 answer.... Silly **** buckets.

Red ones · 08-07-15, 07:38 AM

Having to take the front callipers apart before going to work because something doesn't feel right. Juddering at a particular speed and pressure applied - doesn't do it any other time, speed or brakiness. It's not warped discs, so it's a process of elimination.

06-07-15, 05:36 AM	#2181
kaivalagi Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Norwich Posts: 1,955	Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours? Broken down on the roadside waiting forever to be picked up....new bike, just had the first service, go figure.....atleast I am only a few miles from home and not halfway to Birmingham! __________________ Mark Triumph and Suzuki owner

06-07-15, 05:37 AM	#2182
maviczap Member Mega Poster Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 9,096	Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours? Dang, that aint good __________________ We're riding out tonight to case the promised land Make everyday count RIP Reeder - Jolly Green Giant and comedy genius

06-07-15, 07:32 AM	#2183
Red ones Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Hertfordshire Posts: 1,422	Gripe of the day - What is yours? A Facebook page asking drivers to save a biker by opening eyes. The comments are almost all about bikers being idiots. I reckon about a third of drivers on the A1(M) in the mornings are on phones emailing, texting and updating Facebook.

06-07-15, 08:51 AM	#2184
NTECUK Member Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: essex Posts: 5,314	Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours? Unless you ride a motorcycle. You can not appreciate theadvantage of better opportunities for observations. That's why we can spot overtakes etc when a car driver thinks it's unsafe. We can out accelerate and generally out manoeuvre cars. Jealousy is a big issue in life and it very evident on the roads. __________________ Raisin cookies that look like chocolate chip cookies are the reason I have trust issues.

06-07-15, 01:13 PM	#2185
Heorot Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: South Norfolk Posts: 341	Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours? Considerate drivers that move over to let you pass in heavy traffic, only for some A-hole in a cage to see you coming and move over to the centre line to block you off. __________________ Some say the cup is half empty, while others say it is half full. However, both are wrong; the real problem is the cup is too big. Honda 125 CG blown engine Gone to the great mechanic in the sky Naked SV650 K3 in Silver

07-07-15, 06:32 AM	#2186
Littlepeahead Member Mega Poster Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: The Saaarrrfff Posts: 2,908	Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours? My gripe today is hearing all the news stories about it being ten years since the London bombings. I don't mean I'm griping about the news, I mean it saddens me that those people lost their lives just going to work on the tube and bus, something I do every day, I missed Aldgate bomb by seconds, I was running early that day, I'm lucky. Some were not and I think of them and their families today. __________________ Tender is the day, The demons go away, Lord I need to find, Someone who can heal my mind...

07-07-15, 07:37 AM	#2187
Red ones Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Hertfordshire Posts: 1,422	Gripe of the day - What is yours? It will be, I'm sure, a strange day. I'm still staggered to believe that a colleague walked off one of the trains not realising the severity of what had happened. He was on one of the trains when it happened, he got out physically uninjured, walked to Paddington and continued his way to the office in Reading. He completed a 'normal' days training. He left a few months later, completely shaken, to work a rural contract. He was very lucky. He phoned me from the train to Reading completely unaware of what happened on the tube. Bizarre phone call. Last edited by Red ones; 07-07-15 at 07:38 AM.

07-07-15, 10:18 AM	#2188
Heorot Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: South Norfolk Posts: 341	Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours? Sometimes I think that fate intervenes. My brother was booked on the Herald of Free Enterprise departure the day it sank, but had decided to leave work early and took an earlier ferry. The first time he had left early. __________________ Some say the cup is half empty, while others say it is half full. However, both are wrong; the real problem is the cup is too big. Honda 125 CG blown engine Gone to the great mechanic in the sky Naked SV650 K3 in Silver

08-07-15, 06:52 AM	#2189
Matt-EUC Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Alton, Hampshire Posts: 1,606	Gripe of the day - What is yours? Surveys that ask yes/no questions and require a 1-10 answer.... Silly **** buckets. __________________ Ad eundum quo nemo ante iit - Ad infinitum et ultra White 650 V-Strom -No mods Blue curvy 650 (OMFG I FIXED IT!!!) -200mm Delkevic Stubby.

08-07-15, 07:38 AM	#2190
Red ones Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Hertfordshire Posts: 1,422	Gripe of the day - What is yours? Having to take the front callipers apart before going to work because something doesn't feel right. Juddering at a particular speed and pressure applied - doesn't do it any other time, speed or brakiness. It's not warped discs, so it's a process of elimination.

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