I think I am getting to an age when I do not bounce so well...

[addjunkie]

Theres a fair few spaish descendants up in the hebrides etc too from the crashed armada ships too.

 

[zeppelin builder]

years ago after my mate seen easyrider he decided to fit ape hangers to his xs 250 yam the first time he had to brake hard the bars folded forward pulled the throttle wide open and he went down a railway bank

 

[mike os]

Never a smart move...

 

[Shox Dr]

In that case I surrender my 'fat bike' crown to you Sir; the Pan European is a paltry 330Kg wet - and you can pick it up single-handed as it can't fall right over, it lands on the engine bars at about 30 degrees.

Rode over to the Baron Bike Night one year when I had a Harley Fatboy, place was rammed with bikes, nowhere to park so had to u-turn in the road, didnt manage it and dropped the bike, to a huge roar of laughter and donkey calls. They soon shut up when I calmly picked it up

 

[dobbslc]

Years ago I high sided a TZR 250 at Lydden Hill coming out of Cheshunts Drift, while I was up there I remember my vision went black and white and I got tunnel vision too! Very weird. I hit the ground like a sack of s#@+e. Got picked up by a big Marshall and dumped on the tyre wall until the race finished. They say the body's response to life threatening situations can make it dismiss anything that's not totally necessary to survival. So I suppose detailed colour vision is one of them

 

[jordan1]

I would never take my bikes out when road salt has been applied, or ice for that matter unless it was urgent. I'm sure you know what damage salt does to bikes, gets in places even hosing won't shift.

 

[Shox Dr]

I would never take my bikes out when road salt has been applied, or ice for that matter unless it was urgent. I'm sure you know what damage salt does to bikes, gets in places even hosing won't shift.

Same here, Having said that the Harley got rode all year round, many people think they are hard to keep clean, on the contrary far easier than a sports bike.

 

[Rannsachair]

I would never take my bikes out when road salt has been applied, or ice for that matter unless it was urgent. I'm sure you know what damage salt does to bikes, gets in places even hosing won't shift.

I always have one bike I will use in all weathers, that 91 trident is used all the year round and was in pretty good nick for its age, just spray it with ACF50 and use a Scottoiler. I was 28 before I used a car as my main form of transport, thought that was wimping out in the winter

 

[Exuptoy]

Glad to hear that you're ok and that the Triumph survived relatively unscathed. My last off saw the bike looking decidedly second hand! I went over the back at a speed that shall we say may have been around or even a little bit higher than the local roads allowed.

These are my current rides.

 

[Migmac]

Mr Chair not many of you sassenachs have the gaelic. i have been riding for 37 years now, though am now lucky to live in a remote area with relatively quiet roads, deer are probably a bigger danger to me now

I tell the boys round about you to shoot more deer

 

[Migmac]

Glad your alright. The only bike I fall off now is a quad. Haven't done it recently though, must be over due a spill!

 

[mr migwire]

glad to hear your ok mate, and glad to see the bike is repairable, i didn't sit my driving test until a bit later and only ever ran bikes all year round, like you i dont bounce as well as i used to, i now stick to the car in the winter unless a pleasant day pops up...

 

[8ob]

Running out of talent on a bike is painful for sure, I ran out of it once in France when I parked the bike in the back of a 2CV that just merged onto the carriageway in front of me, apparently a legal manoeuvre for them. Twas the end of my headdownarseup riding style and moved onto armchairs on wheels

Bob

 

[norlander]

Anyway, a good percentage of Scots must be French...?

yeah-hence the saying Frogs in the groats, reason I stopped winter riding really was car drivers.
When I started, nearly every car driver had progressed from two wheel pedal power to powered two wheeler, to old banger, they had an awareness of m/cyclists problems in adverse conditions.
Now, they are not even aware you are there let alone dealing with adverse conditions.
Also, round here, there are deer and wild boar who like to play chicken with your front wheel from time to time.
Final nail in the coffin was no roadside teastops, at the outside tea stop, you just keep your gear on, but if you have to go into the cafe dressed like Michelin Man its right pain and you start overheating.
But back to the Fred, yeah, older ya get longer the hangovers last and ditto getting over tarmac surfing.

 

[addjunkie]

Glad your alright. The only bike I fall off now is a quad. Haven't done it recently though, must be over due a spill!

I had a near my miss yestrday on the quad, sliding down hill, in the mud it just couped over. lights just dont make the mud look as dodgey as in the day light.

 

[Rannsachair]

I tell the boys round about you to shoot more deer

Aye, I like my venison, just like my eggs.....poached

 

[roofman]

Very happy your ok matey and the bike seems to have got off light too...My rides are staying put untill the roads sort them selves out, one ready to go and another getting "light mods"

 

[Migmac]

Aye, I like my venison, just like my eggs.....poached

You are naughty, but I like you

 

[roofman]

You are naughty, but I like you

 

[johnakay]

I'm 65 and I don't bounce so well either tripping over onto the effing floor.
a little bit of ooohs and aaaaars just to get up.