New style bike test - scrapped

Haha, got to the end, yes u turns should be part of the test, 120mph is not fast in the right circumstances, and i have never done a wheely on purpouse, any one wanna teach me, great thread should be listed in the all time greats, night night andy.

Originally Posted by bluefishman

MBK, i think you ought to but out of a thread where you have nothing to add except **** take, he has valid points, it is his opinion, let him express it, carry on mate have you been over 120 in you car, bet you have.

yea course i have and almost reached it on the bike, im not against speed. love it!
it was just after someone who openly admitted to popping wheelies at upto 135mph stated i knew nothing about road safety annoyed me slightly. contradicts itself abit.
120mph is not that fast, but its never completely safe on a public road as anything can happen at any time. My take on it anyhow

[MisterTommyH]

Blooming hell.....Here we go again....That must have taken some time to read all the way through...

[andrewsmith]

Originally Posted by Swin

I bought a new Android phone last week, couldn't believe it when it completely packed up after 4 days, then promptly started working again when I took it to back to the shop.

I still got rid of it though, I didn't feel like I could trust it any more, I mean, it could have stopped working when I had just got a puncture in the wilds of Epping Forest or something, couldn't it?

I have a new HTC phone now, I like it very much. The music player is much better than the one on the phone that packed up.

HTC is an android phone.

Originally Posted by bluefishman

So when you take a wrong turn and need to make a ue, you get off the bike put the side stand down turn it around and get back on, realy, must take an awfull long time.

Pedantic. Not always no. But if I were to require to do a u turn in the road, I wouldn't bother purposely make sure my feet were on the pegs because that is what I was taught on my test. I think this part of the discussion has been rather exhausted now.

Originally Posted by bluefishman

no you didn't, you said there was no reason for anyone to ever do a u turn, nothing about feet on the pegs, hence my earlier post. ps brandy's kicking in now.

Again, pedantic. For the record. I actually mean I feel there is no reason for anyone to have to do a feet up u turn on the test. The test being the original topic for this thread.

Multiple posts when you could have just multiple quoted. Well at least your post count went up by a few.

Originally Posted by Tommy H

Blooming hell.....Here we go again....That must have taken some time to read all the way through...

[fizzwheel]

Originally Posted by bluefishman

And fizz, i bet you have slowed down as well, that being the no 1 reason for being safer.

Not really no. I still will do the same sort of speeds on the GSXR as I did on the SV.

Originally Posted by bluefishman

MBK, i think you ought to but out of a thread where you have nothing to add except **** take, he has valid points, it is his opinion, let him express it, carry on mate have you been over 120 in you car, bet you have.

LOL! I love that! We had ALL started it by the time I did that as we had been going around in circles for a fair amount of time! What about the orange jelly comments...and other stuff as well, not made by me!!

Jeez BFM, you must have been desperate for something to read
Perhaps i should have had a drink last night i wouldnt have been so cranky.

BTW, wish i was confident enough to pop a wheelie at 120 mph

Irons, wait until you buy a more powerful bike, 120+mph comes up before you know it.
I joined a dual carriageway late last year on my sprint, gave it a bit to get in front of a car that hadnt moved over, looked down expecting 80-90, in was doing just over 120mph, i was really shocked as im normally quite good at estimating speed.

Originally Posted by specialone

Jeez BFM, you must have been desperate for something to read
Perhaps i should have had a drink last night i wouldnt have been so cranky.

BTW, wish i was confident enough to pop a wheelie at 120 mph

Irons, wait until you buy a more powerful bike, 120+mph comes up before you know it.
I joined a dual carriageway late last year on my sprint, gave it a bit to get in front of a car that hadnt moved over, looked down expecting 80-90, in was doing just over 120mph, i was really shocked as im normally quite good at estimating speed.

i dare say it does come up quickly, thats not the point tho. i was just saying in my view i dont deem 120mph as "safe" at any time on a public road. its fun, can be done easily, in the right situation it feels safe etc etc
loads of people deem me incorrect on that, its fair enough we all have different minds

[yorkie_chris]

What speed is safe on public road?