covmike wrote:
adam.L wrote:
I think MCN is a load of rubbish. It's always some poor biker this or poor biker that, blar, blar, blar or how some MP/MEP or whoever has got it in for bikers. Poor little things.
come on now, you have to admit that if you read your first post above, it looks like some farmer has dropped in to stir up sh1t. all the things you mention are concerns for all of us. yes we do get discriminatory laws passed against us and sometimes it's down to a minority of bikers feeling agrieved someone pulled out in front of them. the fact they were doing 80 in a 30 is beside the point
what those fellas were doing between those roundabnouts has been going on since bikes were invented. lighten up a bit, you wre young once. I grew up in rural somerset and know all about bad road conditions and how to handle them, doing it every day is bit different to doing once a month. back then there was nothing we could do about it. now we can. we are part of the transport system and for far too long we've been ignored. just because you've got a bee in your wig about a couple of blokes, doesn't mean we're all like that, so your remarks are unwarranted, unwanted and only bound to attract the sort of response you got.
I've never been a fan of MCN either but you seem to know more about what's in there than I do. last time i read it, every letter was about tyre combinations and which ones are recommended for what bike. that was down to them getting weird wobbles at whatever speed. the fact they were riding jap bikes which notoriously had at least one hinge in the chassis didn't enter into it. yes it was about 1980ish.
just out of curiosity i will stand in the supermarket while the mrs is shopping and read the article. maybe in full if it proves to be something i didn't already know or suspect.
Those fellas doing circuits on sunday, were I'm guessing, older than me.
When ever I have read, sorry flicked through, MCN it always has some article saying how some evil civil servant/police man/ brunstrom/ evironmentalist has got it in for motorcyles. But they have an agenda with all road transport. I dont really have a bee in my bonnet about those two divots doing roundabout circuit or the land speed record attemptees on the A12. The point is, if they want to ride like that don't be too supprised when PC Gatso appears or nobody gives a hoot about diesel spills.
Look at the "advanced" riding advice giver in Bike magazine. I have relitively limited experience on two wheels, and he had Rospa gold and some observing thingumy, oh and loads of iron mungery in his legs after inspecting the scenery shortly after getting more certificates. Now I bet that bloody hurts like buggery and I bet he feels a complete prat, but how about practising what you preach Mr Weir?
As most motorcyclists leave their mount unaided, would it not be better to concertrate on helping them, me include, read road conditions better. I have had a diesel momment in my car which could have been an off on my bike, but I tend to be a little more aware or slippyness on the bike than in the car, because my survival instincts sharpen a smidge.
Just so you know, there isn't even any diesel spilt near the pump at work, nevermind on the road. Not many people like us agricultural types anyway and we do try to address that by doing the job properly and not upsetting people.