Riding in London...

Originally Posted by Pigbunk

Riding in london is like an adrenaline sport, and god damn it I'm hooked!

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

[mister c]

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@ .
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

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.

Originally Posted by PsychoCannon

almost none of the bikers nod back at ya I love it

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

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.

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)

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 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 "

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!

Originally Posted by Baph

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

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.

[SoulKiss]

Originally Posted by Kinvig

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

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