Re: The summer riders were out in force today in the Peak District!
 

funny enuf whilst at darley today we were looking at all the bikes people had arrived on most of them were mint with not many miles on, we commented on how they were like us and wernt really propper bikers lol :) there just a hobbie something to do at the weekend.

one bike that stands out was a cbr1000 20 years old mint with 9k on the clock :)

Re: The summer riders were out in force today in the Peak District!
 

Way I see it if someone has caught you up, is continuing to keep up and is trying to get past then you should let them.

Re: The summer riders were out in force today in the Peak District!
 

Hmm, I think I'll give up and just move out of the thread - a little too opinionated and troll-ish for my liking :rolleyes:

Re: The summer riders were out in force today in the Peak District!
 

I ride all year, have done for 32 years, used to do 20K miles a year but now down to about 10K... and I still can't ride worth a crap.

Re: The summer riders were out in force today in the Peak District!
 

just enjoy the miles you get to ride and ride safely :)

Re: The summer riders were out in force today in the Peak District!
 

Theres been plenty round here today too, me and a mate held a pack of 6 power rangers back to the speed limit earlier near squires, my senses were twitching and round a blind corner there he was, the nice policeman with his radar gun and a slightly disapointed look on his face as 8 bikes trundled past :smt016

The number wheelying away from squires towards where this copper was hideing was unbeleavble though, a couple got quite a wobble on:reaper:


I supose I'm a fair weather biker, I refuse to ride when there might be ice but all my kit is waterproof so a bit of rain doesnt bother me.... Saying that if it is raining when im heading to work I take the car, don't mind riding home in it but im not leaving my kit in my locker if it's wet.

Re: The summer riders were out in force today in the Peak District!
 

I don't use my bike during the week to get to work, it's 67 miles each way of dull motorway and then the horrible Finchley Road. And as I've already paid £4500 for my travelcard for bus, train and tube it's hardly worth getting the bike out to pay for petrol.

So I'm one of those people who rides just at the weekend, and if it's raining I become an even more hated figure - a woman driver in a massive BMW car! But I do move over for bikes as I know my tank takes up the whole lane.

I don't think this makes me a bad person though. And the last two years in the middle of winter instead of putting my heated grips and thermal pants on I've just headed to Thailand and ridden the mountain roads out there to remind me of why I love having a bike.

Re: The summer riders were out in force today in the Peak District!
 

Can you post this to the BMW R1150/1200GS forum please. Those Charlie and Ewan wannabe to55ers won't move over for anyone. I get so angry I undertake them and sometimes have the urge to boot the arrogant pieces of crap off. They see you alright because you can see them checking both mirrors and watching you gesticulating for them to get their overweight, overpriced and over here teutonic sheds out of your way, then they slowly try to filter through gaps you can get a bus through, checking both sides to make sure there aren't any stray boulders or ravines around, as if the A40 is the Road of Bones. Bunch of utter w4nkers

Re: The summer riders were out in force today in the Peak District!
 

Are you not stereotyping there? ;)

Re: The summer riders were out in force today in the Peak District!
 

i dont own a motorbike so shant be contributing to this thread

thanks

keith