Heard this headline on the news last night... - SV650.org

24-06-06, 10:19 AM

and thought it was your meet until they started the story.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/5112072.stm

24-06-06, 11:21 AM

OOO alot of people are going ot be unhappy if police try and shut that meet down

24-06-06, 11:22 AM

Well often we go there after Soho, so yes it's partly to do with us

. It's mad and crazy, but that's perhaps what makes it apprealing. Though, truth be told, it can get a little boring after a while, so occasional visits are better IMO.

There is a point of interest in the article, which does say that it's been a bike meet for a couple of decades, so the property developers will doubtless have known this and withheld that information from their clients, who perhaps now have some justification to sue. I'm sure they won't though, and the bikers will cop all the blame.

It's biggest problem is that it gets out of hand, with complete idiots taking bizarre risks. Accidents are common place sadly.

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24-06-06, 11:24 AM

Sounds interesting, something i should go see sooner rather than later incase the police decide to step in

Spiderman · 24-06-06, 11:54 AM

Agreed JB, the developers do have an obligation to inform the potential residents but us biiers dont have the same sort of very expensive lawyers at our disposal, so we're bound to get the nasty end of the stick offered to us.

I can understand why the cops would want to shut it down tho.

What i cant understand is the moronic attitude that led to one guy who pushed his bike from round the corner onto frith to get a better parking space, getting 6 points given to him. Poor guy. And a minute later another 2 bikes ride in the road the same way.
Giving one person 6 points for an offence commited continualy thru the night is just doing the cops no PR favours.

24-06-06, 12:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spiderman

What i cant understand is the moronic attitude that led to one guy who pushed his bike from round the corner onto frith to get a better parking space, getting 6 points given to him. Poor guy. And a minute later another 2 bikes ride in the road the same way.

Giving one person 6 points for an offence commited continualy thru the night is just doing the cops no PR favours.

This is the first I've heard of this, was it last night? And if you're pushing a bike with it's engine off then surely you can't actually commit a Road Traffic offence?

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Spiderman · 24-06-06, 01:19 PM

Yeh last night mate. I think he was unlucky enough to have the engine running, sat on bike and paddling it only a few feet into the road, naturaly with no lid on.

The cops could have looked at it this way tho, he was moving his bike from a road that was congested with those ped-shaw things onto a road that was already full of bikes and taking a space that had become empty.

if anything he was doing the right thing, not the wrong thing. But i guess thats just some cops for you eh?

24-06-06, 02:13 PM

Sad, but he should have had the common sense to have turned the bike off and pushed it rather than paddled it, if of course he knew the current situation with the Police in Frith St.

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Sid Squid · 24-06-06, 04:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jonboy

This is the first I've heard of this, was it last night? And if you're pushing a bike with it's engine off then surely you can't actually commit a Road Traffic offence?

We have an uneasy relationship with authority (reasonable and not) in the area, take the **** and you're asking for it. Previously the OBSCL - for which I have the deepest disdain, and which they fully deserve - have been distinctly soft on the 'wrong way up Frith mob' all they've done thus far is ask for the miscreants to go 'round the block. There will only be so many times they ask.

And yes, you are driving it if you're causing it to move - engine or no, thus any moving traffic offence is still valid. It pays to know your enemy - they aren't good people and will use any and every technicality against you - be similarly armed.

Edited as after a chat with *nameless* it is possible I am referring to a different event. I'm not certain, but I haven't any wish to wrongly critcise anyone.

24-06-06, 04:39 PM

Tbh, I think its been on the cards that the police will clamp down on the Bridge.

Too many idiots, too many accidents just hand the police and residents ALL the ammunition they need.

The sad thing is that if it gets closed down then the idiots will be back to Soho and get that moved again when they behave stupidly in Frith St.

Is it so hard for people to keep stunting, racing and stupidity to the Ace?

24-06-06, 10:19 AM	#1
Law Guest Posts: n/a	Heard this headline on the news last night... and thought it was your meet until they started the story. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/5112072.stm

24-06-06, 11:54 AM	#5
Spiderman Where the hell am I? Mega Poster Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Swingin' thru the urban jungle Posts: 7,451	Agreed JB, the developers do have an obligation to inform the potential residents but us biiers dont have the same sort of very expensive lawyers at our disposal, so we're bound to get the nasty end of the stick offered to us. I can understand why the cops would want to shut it down tho. What i cant understand is the moronic attitude that led to one guy who pushed his bike from round the corner onto frith to get a better parking space, getting 6 points given to him. Poor guy. And a minute later another 2 bikes ride in the road the same way. Giving one person 6 points for an offence commited continualy thru the night is just doing the cops no PR favours. __________________ . "Computers are great! Not for communicating tho. They have one fundamental flaw ... they don't have eyebrows." AlpineCarStereo: you win ....... eeerrr ..... ummm ..... my undying support of you, the greatest Mod this forum has ever known. My Leige. davepreston: i bow to your modding godliness. vixis: He's this really cute Persian tea-boy, Im so not giving you his number :P

24-06-06, 01:19 PM	#7
Spiderman Where the hell am I? Mega Poster Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Swingin' thru the urban jungle Posts: 7,451	Yeh last night mate. I think he was unlucky enough to have the engine running, sat on bike and paddling it only a few feet into the road, naturaly with no lid on. The cops could have looked at it this way tho, he was moving his bike from a road that was congested with those ped-shaw things onto a road that was already full of bikes and taking a space that had become empty. if anything he was doing the right thing, not the wrong thing. But i guess thats just some cops for you eh? __________________ . "Computers are great! Not for communicating tho. They have one fundamental flaw ... they don't have eyebrows." AlpineCarStereo: you win ....... eeerrr ..... ummm ..... my undying support of you, the greatest Mod this forum has ever known. My Leige. davepreston: i bow to your modding godliness. vixis: He's this really cute Persian tea-boy, Im so not giving you his number :P

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24-06-06, 11:21 AM	#2
Abyss Guest Posts: n/a	OOO alot of people are going ot be unhappy if police try and shut that meet down

24-06-06, 11:22 AM	#3
jonboy Guest Posts: n/a	Well often we go there after Soho, so yes it's partly to do with us . It's mad and crazy, but that's perhaps what makes it apprealing. Though, truth be told, it can get a little boring after a while, so occasional visits are better IMO. There is a point of interest in the article, which does say that it's been a bike meet for a couple of decades, so the property developers will doubtless have known this and withheld that information from their clients, who perhaps now have some justification to sue. I'm sure they won't though, and the bikers will cop all the blame. It's biggest problem is that it gets out of hand, with complete idiots taking bizarre risks. Accidents are common place sadly. .

24-06-06, 11:24 AM	#4
Abyss Guest Posts: n/a	Sounds interesting, something i should go see sooner rather than later incase the police decide to step in

24-06-06, 02:13 PM	#8
jonboy Guest Posts: n/a	Sad, but he should have had the common sense to have turned the bike off and pushed it rather than paddled it, if of course he knew the current situation with the Police in Frith St. .

24-06-06, 04:39 PM	#10
lynw Guest Posts: n/a	Tbh, I think its been on the cards that the police will clamp down on the Bridge. Too many idiots, too many accidents just hand the police and residents ALL the ammunition they need. The sad thing is that if it gets closed down then the idiots will be back to Soho and get that moved again when they behave stupidly in Frith St. Is it so hard for people to keep stunting, racing and stupidity to the Ace?