PsychoBikerBen
Psychotic Artworker. RIP
I'm a respectable BMW rider now, I have you know.
Actually....You do know.
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wake me up when I start smelling of wee, will ya. It'll be for my own safety.
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Welcome to the new B.I.R.D. Forum. Please be sure to read the "New Member / New Registered ? Please Read" thread in the Coffee Shop. This contains some important information. To become a full member ( £5.90 a year ) simply click on your user name near the top on the right I hope you enjoy the new site ................ Jaws ( John )
Actually....You do know.
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wake me up when I start smelling of wee, will ya. It'll be for my own safety.
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deanorc51
Guest
that doesn't address the point scribbler was making. I don't doubt he shares the same opinion about the idiots among us (I've met him and there won't be anyone less idiotic than he on this forum - or any other)
he merely highlighted Humberside Police's disproportionate attention to bikers, and as each & every one of us occasionally breaks a speed limit where we deem it safe, it follows we will all be more likely to accrue points & fines
Codbasher
Registered User
My god, we have some guys at work in their late 30s and early 40s who play with X boxes etc.
I tell them, they're men not boys.
Fukkin ell!!!
Im 49 and 3/4 and i play on a X box 360, whats wrong with that..... better fun that looking at SAGA holidays... ya talkin bollocks man, bollocks I tells ya...:-0)
PsychoBikerBen
Psychotic Artworker. RIP
Don't worry fella. It's when you start hanging round internet forums that welcome you on your opening thread with greetings like 'welcome to the nut house' and then spend your time reading the drivel of paunch ridden middle aged men drone on & on & on........
That's when you really know your f*cked.
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Codbasher
Registered User
Thank fuck for that.....
Can put me tarten slippers away again and get me flip flops back out then...... phew!!
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scribbler
Guest
Top Man Deano
that doesn't address the point scribbler was making. I don't doubt he shares the same opinion about the idiots among us (I've met him and there won't be anyone less idiotic than he on this forum - or any other)
he merely highlighted Humberside Police's disproportionate attention to bikers, and as each & every one of us occasionally breaks a speed limit where we deem it safe, it follows we will all be more likely to accrue points & fines
Quite right Dean..not condoning reckless riding...just concerned that the amount of attention given to speeding in general by the Authorities is getting out of all proportion.
Jaws is correct with his point that speed doesn't necessarily equate to dangerous riding...reality is that speed is a fairly minor factor in the majority of accidents.
What this latest "campaign" in East Yorkshire and North Lincs means is that with such a large amount of resources being pumped into it the powers that be will want to see results to justify the expenditure..I'm sure this will equate not to the winkling out of the reckless riders but any of us who are spotted breaking the national speed limits even by a modest amount.
mick the knife
Registered User
Anyone breaking the speed limit by a modest amount is breaking the law, and I gather that applies to bikes as well as cars.
The old bill aren't totally stupid and are under an over critical eye of the public.
I cant really see them spending trillions of bucks to catch 2 bikers, the problem riders must be a considerable problem to warrant such measures.
I ride to ride in my own space, by what ever means.
I know if I ride like a twat I could die, I could also find the weight of the law apon me, and that is my choice.
No-one is above the law and the law must be upheld to the letter otherwise we'd live in an anacistic soceity. Break the law at your own peril, but FFS dont winge about it if you're caught.
The old bill aren't totally stupid and are under an over critical eye of the public.
I cant really see them spending trillions of bucks to catch 2 bikers, the problem riders must be a considerable problem to warrant such measures.
I ride to ride in my own space, by what ever means.
I know if I ride like a twat I could die, I could also find the weight of the law apon me, and that is my choice.
No-one is above the law and the law must be upheld to the letter otherwise we'd live in an anacistic soceity. Break the law at your own peril, but FFS dont winge about it if you're caught.
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roXXo
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morphgarth
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Don't come on here spouting your common sense at others. Bully!!!:-0)
yoshibird
Dont get mad get even
hellraiser
Registered User
How many copers or just boring old farts are on this site? If you not going to ride fast and break the speed limit just go and buy a honda 125 .cus there is no point having a blackbird.
mick the knife
Registered User
How many brummies who miss the point entirely are on this site, they should have bought a gixxer
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roXXo
Guest
that doesn't address the point scribbler was making. I don't doubt he shares the same opinion about the idiots among us (I've met him and there won't be anyone less idiotic than he on this forum - or any other)
he merely highlighted Humberside Police's disproportionate attention to bikers, and as each & every one of us occasionally breaks a speed limit where we deem it safe, it follows we will all be more likely to accrue points & fines
I think you'll find my posts do address Scribbler's point but I'll make them clearer.
The helicopter may be a valuable tool in tackling law breaking and potentially saving lives, injury and insurance claims.
Breaking of traffic law is breaking the law.
These well known stretches of biking roads have a death and injury rate that isn't acceptable caused by bad riding. It's not just the rider that may get injured but the totally innocent caused by his actions.
There is the nusance factor as well. I wouldn't like to live in some of the villages where these nutters ride.
To folk who don't know these areas, we're not talking about a few bikes now and then, it's hoards and pretty well continuous. You see the same bikes riding the same bits of road, up and down, up and down, I assume trying to ride as fast as they can.
Do it on a track day not on the road.
To some it may seem disproportionate, to the folk that live in these popular biking areas it may not.
I don't think I mentioned speeding. Bad riding is my point. Overtaking at junctions is the main crime I witness along with tailgating.
Other crimes have and are been targeted and tackled, I think there is a case for anti social biking to be targeted in these areas.
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roXXo
Guest
Missing the point Hellraiser.
There are plenty of places where we can ride fast, break the speed limit, we all do, although I am am a bit more careful now ... 9 points... but bad riding especially in popular area attracts police attention.
Anyway with a name like Hellraiser what u doin riding an old man's bike and frequenting an old man's forum?
mick the knife
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roXXo
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valhalla
Guest
Made I larf that did......as I have mentioned before, coppers DO like to ride fast and enjoy motorcycling on their days off like the rest of us....The problem I see is the distinction between tosser riders and good ones....where do you draw that line....We all have our way of enjoying the bike and some might be faster than others...Just because some bikes break the speed limit, does that make them tossers....How many car drivers amonst you can say you have never broken the speed limit.....Honestly its a load of old bollox....To me, the tosser riders are the ones out there with their Day-glo jackets and strips,white helmeted,pretentending to be a copper,Harley riding twats that are the worst....If thats not giving motorcycling a bad name then I dont know what is!!!
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crozzer3686
Guest
How is this relevant??
hellraiser
Registered User
I dont think the blackbird is a oldmans bike you just ride them like old men.Im brummie and proud of it but thats nothing to do with you. bum bandit