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Couldn't agree more!! :D That's why I'm a courier (amongst other more sensible reasons!)

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All my son keeps going on about after we came down to London the other week is bringing the bikes down so he can ride like a tw@ :D.
He is sorting it out so that he is off work on his birthday & we are going to head down there. I think I'll park mine up & get the bus;)
I have BIG respect for you guys in the smoke, take the brain out & go for it :cool:

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I love riding in London. It's great. In all of the UK that one can ride a motorcycle, London is the one place that would be no fun without the traffic. Half the fun of the Soho meet is the getting there. :grin:

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Lol, I find there's too many bikes, I'd be nodding my head the whole time! I used to - probably still will!! - nod at SVs.

Personally I like riding in London because there's a certain satisfaction from cruising past all these stationary/slow-moving cars stuck in traffic :D

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I've been riding in London, day in, day out, for about 13 years now. It is a huge adrenaline rush. I find that if I slow down, I lose concentration and don't ride as well. You do have to be completely focused to do it.

I went on the Duxford run yesterday and discovered that the roads in Essex have what country folk call 'bends'. We don't get them in London. They're great - you can lean your bike over to go round them. My right hand chicken-strip is now about a third of the width that it was yesterday morning.

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London riding is a doddle. Except all the traffic lights! And stupid, bl**dy pedestrians.

Oh, and that London Marathon meaning that my route home today is longer & busy.

Easy-peasy lemon squeezy. ;o)

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I've only once driven a car in London, and I don't want to do it again.

I've only once ridden the bike in London, and I'm itching to do it again :D Yes, it was quite stressful, and you have to quadruple normal observations. But I was following svstreetfighter from the MCN Bike show to the Soho meet (and then back out of London afterwards). I didn't have to worry about where I was going, so it was ace!

The only problems, suicidal pedestrians & cyclists, but every Londoner is aware of those!

I suppose my mindset is like Pigbunks, even around here, I love traffic. It puts a big smile on my face when I leave work on a Friday just before bank holiday weekend. "There'll be a massive queue going over to the island :D"

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I've said it before and I'll say it again - I miss having a handful of near-death experiences on the way to work. Really used to set me up nicely for the day!

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I used to be one of those little white van men that you see whizzing* all around London. Boy did I hate that. Just wishing that I was on the bike and not in the poxy van.

* I use the term very loosely when talking about driving fast in London as during the normal working hours it's quite impossible. :lol:

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Oh I remember takign you up to The Ace in rush-hour.

Took 2 cips of tea for you to recover from the Filtering :)

See payback is a b!tch :)

David