No license No Lid No Brains

Originally Posted by Peter Henry

Jonboy...Shame on you! You being the father of a daughter yourself 'n' all!

But how is the fact that I have a daughter (two to be precise) in any way related to the post and also my reply?

I replied with objectivity and no emotional attachment, and certainly stand by what I said - particularly the shared culpability of her so-called friend.


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Originally Posted by getyerkneedown

Hope she pulls through, and realises her mistakes.

Me too.


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Fizz and Jonboy...I don't think we are a million miles apart in our thinking actually. There has been a little cross over in posts being displayed.

BTW...She had been riding for 20 minutes and hit 100mph? So do we assume that she might have actually had at least some elementary instruction?

p.s...Jonboy I was only pulling your leg anyway mate!

[fizzwheel]

Originally Posted by Peter Henry

BTW...She had been riding for 20 minutes and hit 100mph? So do we assume that she might have actually had at least some elementary instruction?

Possibly, but it doesnt take a rocket scientist to work out how to open the throttle does it ?

Fizz...No it doesn't,but she has at least pulled away from a standing start at least once? In addition there must be the possibility that she has also made several gear shifts also?

But hey don't get me wrong,I am not defending this at all.

[fizzwheel]

Originally Posted by Peter Henry

Fizz...No it doesn't,but she has at least pulled away from a standing start at least once? In addition there must be the possibility that she has also made several gear shifts also?

But hey don't get me wrong,I am not defending this at all.

its OK I understand what you're getting at.

I agree she must have had some element of basic machine control / understanding in order to pull away and run up through the gears. I'm harking back to when my dad taught me to ride. after a couple of stalled starts I was happily riding around a field after a couple of minutes. I'm wandering if thats all she was given and then out on the road she went.

Fizz..Sadly you might be very close to the mark there.

Originally Posted by fizzwheel

its OK I understand what you're getting at.

I agree she must have had some element of basic machine control / understanding in order to pull away and run up through the gears. I'm harking back to when my dad taught me to ride. after a couple of stalled starts I was happily riding around a field after a couple of minutes. I'm wandering if thats all she was given and then out on the road she went.

Not too sure about this Fizz & Peter.

I hadnt even seen a motorbike up close before i did my CBT... hadnt read about how to ride one either.. but i still knew what each lever did and how to ride one... i just seemed to have the knowledge from somewhere.

Whatever, the really tragic thing is that is was completely preventable and that she didn't have the mature support of close friends (and possibly family).

And you know what? There'll be quite a lot of folk who'll look at this and say "see, that's what happens when you ride a motorcycle". All that press coverage has done no-one any good.


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Originally Posted by jonboy

Whatever, the really tragic thing is that is was completely preventable and that she didn't have the mature support of close friends (and possibly family).

And you know what? There'll be quite a lot of folk who'll look at this and say "see, that's what happens when you ride a motorcycle". All that press coverage has done no-one any good.


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Totally agree with everything written here.