commuting to work

I went to Bridgend this morning - the M4 east & west between Newport and Bridgend from 8 to 8.30 - lots of bikes, saw 2 SVs, but oh so busy. It'd scare the sh!t out of me. You'd need nerves of steel.

Originally Posted by Sythree

I went to Bridgend this morning - the M4 east & west between Newport and Bridgend from 8 to 8.30 - lots of bikes, saw 2 SVs, but oh so busy. It'd scare the sh!t out of me. You'd need nerves of steel.

Like me! True biker i am......

M1 traffic is always fun. Busy junctions around the East Midlands, regular accidents!

I went to Bridgend this morning - the M4 east & west between Newport and Bridgend from 8 to 8.30 - lots of bikes, saw 2 SVs, but oh so busy

Thats my commute - live in bridgend, work in newport. Don't take the bike often, but when i do the A48 skips some of the motorway The motorway bits are 'interesting' though

Wasn't you then at j35 at about 8.15 - 8.20 this morning then? Headed east. I was a cager going the other way.

Incidentally - just a thought - you don't work in the construction industry do you? For WCCL in particular? I know we have a biker in our Newport office but I don't know who.

I used to have an ER5 and thought about keeping it as a winter bike and saving a newer, sportier bike for weekends and sunny days... but none of the commuter bikes get the pulse racing, they're good fun, but nothing like the SV. I do about 20,000 a year just on the commute into and out of London and the SV makes the journey a lot more fun than it was on the ER5
The choice was made up for me in the end when white van man ran down my ER5 with me on it
Would rather run a good, fun bike intot he ground with mega-mileage and have a great time than be sitting on a commuter bike wishing I had something with better looks, power and grin factor

I'm riding my SV to work... 130 miles a day, I did buy a GT750, but thats just given up on me. Wish I'd spent the cash on making the SV more adapt at doing the trip.
I'm thinking of fixing the GT's gear box and selling it, its a great lumbering beast of a bike and I'm just to 'dwarfy' for it.

The SV is at 28600 miles... just remember to change the oil and filters you should be fine.

Originally Posted by mysteryjimbo

You wuss!

I totally agree on the ice/snow comment! Pah to all you fair weather bikers, pah i say!

I know u jest, but i hang my head in shame,
I used to be a double hard biker, snow, pah i eat it for brekfast, ice, what the hell is kevela for!!

sadly i have done a lowly 1000 miles this year and have ended up not riding the sv, the reason for this is i too had my worst off commuting,
i now darnt face the risk (he sayas as his car has almost been wiped out 27 times)

A now shorter commute and being put off by the accident has left the sv not ridden, waiting for the summer to realise the joys of biking again,
soon i hope

2 and a half mile from work I use the treader.

[fizzwheel]

Commute on your bike, you didnt by it to leave it in your garage now did you

I like my commute home, especailly in the summer I sometimes go the long way home about

[northwind]

Originally Posted by carelesschucca

bikes already got 25,000mls on it and thats 95% enjoyment mileage, can you imagine what it would be with another 150 miles a week on it, cause its a 30 mile round trip!!!

Don't worry about it... The extra running and depreciation costs are going to be less than running, taxing, buying and insuring anything other than a complete junkheap or tiny thing... And the SV's cheapish to run and reliable anyway. Puts you into the same sort of mileages as I do when I can actually ride the thing, and the SV eats them without complaint.

It'll age faster, and if it's outside during the day it'll need more looking after... And you'll probably need to look at hard tyres if you've not already (are you an 010 guy? Can't remember...), either that or you'll be doing loads more runs to your tyre place.

But it makes your commutes fantastic... Nothing like getting ut of a rubbish day at work, and taking the long way home- that's the 250 mile long way home