Couple of pics from my ride out today

Yeah, I don't do those speeds if anyone is thinking it btw, since I came off (which was due to a mechanical fault anyway :P ) I have tried to smooth out my riding, and it's helped a lot, I have found that I enjoy things more, before I always wanted to win to wherever we went, like up to a meet, I'd have to be winning, but it doesn't bother me now, it's a much more enjoyable experience when you go at your own pace

why do we have to get idiots who do 130mph on public roads?

Originally Posted by Gnan

why do we have to get idiots who do 130mph on public roads?

You don't ?, never ?

Matt, I found that competing against myself is a far more worthwhile pastime. Making sure you take each corner better than the last time you took it, getting those apexes right and exits better... And you know what, it makes me feel much better about my riding

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Yeah, that only counts for roads you know well though doesn't it, otherwise you would be guessing how the corner goes

Originally Posted by Gnan

why do we have to get idiots who do 130mph on public roads?

Exactly. Talk about putting yourself and other road users at huge risk.

It's not lucky that he's walking. It's lucky that he's alive. A complete ******** IMHO.

Originally Posted by Ed

Exactly. Talk about putting yourself and other road users at huge risk.

It's not lucky that he's walking. It's lucky that he's alive. A complete @rseh*le IMHO.

I have to say chaps, there is a time and a place. This may not have been it, but open road with no traffic is a green light for winding it up IMO.

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Originally Posted by Ed

Exactly. Talk about putting yourself and other road users at huge risk.

It's not lucky that he's walking. It's lucky that he's alive. A complete @rseh*le IMHO.

That is very easy to say for someone who doesn't know him. There wasn't anyone around him when he crashed, he only put himself at risk. Open road, no traffic, I dont blame him for giving it the berries. Just because he rides like a ****, doesn't mean he is one.

I went for a little rideout today in the kettering area with a couple of Mates. They have been riding a lot longer than I have so I let them ride at their pace and I keep up but only within my own limits. So sometimes I loose them then catch up in the next village . It does'nt bother them and it does'nt me. As one of them said you can always look at a corner and say "I can do that faster" but its only if your lucky that you can go back and say "I should have took that slower"

Originally Posted by Saint Matt

That is very easy to say for someone who doesn't know him. There wasn't anyone around him when he crashed, he only put himself at risk. Open road, no traffic, I dont blame him for giving it the berries. Just because he rides like a ****, doesn't mean he is one.

Is he being prosecuted?

I absolutely refuse to accept that anyone riding at 130mph isn't guilty of dangerous driving. What's the stopping distance from that speed, btw?

[tigersaw]

Originally Posted by Saint Matt

Just because he rides like a ****, doesn't mean he is one.

Riding like a **** is the stereotype of bikers that we are all trying desparately to avoid.
hasn't the bloke heard of a trackday?