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Old 10-08-2005 | 03:17 PM
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Just having a search for somewhere to do my motorcycle training. I think these guys have won, purely down to their descriptions!

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dont do it!!! please dont become a biker....... they are one of the most annoying things on the road.... i mean up there with push bike and horses!!!!!!


PLEASE DONT DO IT!!!!!

OR I'LL
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Owah ha ha ha ha (scary laugh) I'm SO doing it! Got no plans to buy a bike yet though so no panic yet James Just wanna do it before my theory expires in Oct.

So.. coming on the tenth?
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To be honest i couldnt say yay or nay at the mo, dont know whats gonna be happening with the house!! plus funds are frozen cos of the move... need as much as we can get?!?!?!?!?!?!

but keep reminding me and ill do my best!!!!
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Heh heh, you girls are bad enough in a car! Hee hee
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Originally Posted by jamesers20004x4
dont do it!!! please dont become a biker....... they are one of the most annoying things on the road.... i mean up there with push bike and horses!!!!!!
Cars are far more annoying, always in the fookin way
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dont get me started on them fooking bikers..... in the last couple of years a reckon ive seen about 2 riding properly. they all seem to think that laws on the roads dont apply to them and i do my best to piss them all off!!!!




Motorbike = small penis
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Originally Posted by jamesers20004x4
dont get me started on them fooking bikers..... in the last couple of years a reckon ive seen about 2 riding properly. they all seem to think that laws on the roads dont apply to them and i do my best to piss them all off!!!!
Sadly you're not wrong. Was on the M25 in traffic Sunday eve. 2 Harley "Style" Yams come down my outside using the bit of tarmac off the motorway and next to the armco. Can see them up ahead weaving in and out of traffic. Do nothing to help bikers cause!

Having said that, I bet you were driving particularly slowly and were stunned when someone ovetook you at 40mph
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theory expires in oct? so you've been dreaming for almost 2 years now?
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Originally Posted by jamesers20004x4
Motorbike = small penis
Whereas you're just a big cock
Old 10-08-2005 | 11:11 PM
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Originally Posted by jamesers20004x4
dont get me started on them fooking bikers
Old 10-08-2005 | 11:13 PM
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bikes are cool far more enjoyable than cars
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Cola will needs the bars for more than holding on to, be a balancing act, do it Co
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motor bikes are cool as fuck

you should never try and block one, an accsident on a bike is far worse than in a car! why get bothered by them, just cos your stuck in a traffic jam dosen't mean they have to be.
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motor bikes are cool as fuck

you should never try and block one, an accsident on a bike is far worse than in a car! why get bothered by them, just cos your stuck in a traffic jam dosen't mean they have to be.
OMG are you a biker too? if not thats a rather sensible thought from a non biker
Spread the word if ya can


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motor bikes are cool as fuck

you should never try and block one, an accsident on a bike is far worse than in a car! why get bothered by them, just cos your stuck in a traffic jam dosen't mean they have to be.
OMG are you a biker too? if not thats a rather sensible thought from a non biker
Spread the word if ya can


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Fair enough, but I think in all my years of driving, I don't think I have ever had one stay behind me - be it at 40 in a 30 or 140 in a, well, private road.

Overtaking a queue of traffic, or the odd overtake of a slower car like I would in the car as well is fine, but they just seem to overtake everything, all of the time.


OOhh, hold on, just thought of one - he was doing 40 on the A38 (dual), I went past and he called me a wanker.

Ahh, I don't suppose that helps your case either

GurnE - I still recon that was you I said about the other day too

Anyway, joking aside, ride safe guys
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Originally Posted by jamesers20004x4
dont get me started on them fooking bikers..... in the last couple of years a reckon ive seen about 2 riding properly. they all seem to think that laws on the roads dont apply to them and i do my best to piss them all off!!!!

Do that to me and you'll have to be replacing your wing mirror when you get home.

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Ohhhhhh


looks like ive pissed off all the bikers.....................

and you know what..... i couldnt care a fook
the thing that really pisses me off though is when they cut you up, DELIBERATLY without even putting a hand up to say sorry or anything, then i return the favour and they go balistic........ if you cant fooking take it then dont fooking give it. its not my fault if you fall off you become an organ donor so DONT fooking cut me up if you dont wanna risk YOUR life.


(exept you James2wd.......cos i love you
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bikers = homosexual



































thats what clarkson said


cola please say you gonna the other way

p.s. daveyboy, put the gloves away
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thats what clarkson said


cola please say you gonna the other way

p.s. daveyboy, put the gloves away [/quote]
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If you think cutting up a bike is equal to a bike cutting up a car you're in need of help...to me cutting me up whilst I'm on a bike equals a murderattempt and I tend to respond accordingly...

Sometimes when I filter through a trafficjam you have the occasional bastard that tries to block you and the price for doing so is a bust wingmirror or a dented roof

To be fair though: most cars are cool and actually make space for ya and they always get a wave from me!
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Originally Posted by Hooligan
If you think cutting up a bike is equal to a bike cutting up a car you're in need of help...to me cutting me up whilst I'm on a bike equals a murderattempt and I tend to respond accordingly...
Absolutely, I'm a very placid bloke but put my life in danger and you'll fookin deal with the consequences.

Only I can do that
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Originally Posted by Hooligan
To be fair though: most cars are cool and actually make space for ya and they always get a wave from me! :top:
pi55es me off when bikers don't acknowledge you for doing it though.


I always pull to the side in traffic, slow moving etc... really noticeably over so they can see to get through... 70% of the time I get a subtle wave - the other 30% makes me swear and think why do I bother!!

if it was a 2 lane carriage way that filters into one... id be straddling the lanes to block other car drivers from cutting in and delaying the queue further.

bikes are bit annoying on the A roads though as I want to drive faster than they do but I don't ever like overtaking bikes even if they are only 125s lol


do you have to do a theory test if you already hold a car licence? passed in 97.
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do you have to do a theory test if you already hold a car licence? passed in 97.
Yes, And the Hazard Awareness test. As above lasts for 2 years. As does the CBT you'll have to take. Which if you dont upgrade to the full licence you'll have to re-take.
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Thing is that sometimes you can't aknowledge everyone that moves over for you as you're too busy looking ahead for possible hazards and/or gaps but I always wave if I can!

Must say I myself am also the type to let pedestrians walk even if I have right of way and stuff like that, kinda gives me the idea it absolves me from the times I ride like a twat!
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yeah thats EXACTLY why I do it cos of my driving!!
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Originally Posted by M Brian
I always pull to the side in traffic, slow moving etc... really noticeably over so they can see to get through... 70% of the time I get a subtle wave - the other 30% makes me swear and think why do I bother!!
but how many of those bikers that didnt wave have cocked their head to one side kinda like a nod that you havent noticed, watch bikers acknowledge other bikers by nodding/cocking their heads were not all ignorant
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nah id spot that aswell... as im sitting there in the traffic with nowt else to look at
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jamesers20004x4 you sound really immature

even before i had a bike i loved them and had respect for them, it never used to piss me off if one filtered past. they are the daddys of the road and thats why they ride like they own it. you'll never understand until you've riden one. its nice having a fast car but sometimes when your in the mood for going fast you can't cos both lanes in front are full of cars, this is where bikes come into their own and just go straight up the middle.
its a great feeling, ten times better than cars

you need to sort yourself out
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i'd have to say i rarely see a poorly ridden bike these days.. that's assuming it's a 'bike' and not a scooter or next best thing - they are a different breed again
I always try and be aware of bikes, and they are more than welcome to get past and will get all the help I can offer in the circumstances. Very rarely do I get no acknowledgement. Lets face it, the bike is always going to get there before you, so what is the point of stressing about it?? The way I look at it, a biker is either competent or dead - there's not much margin for in between these days.
Show them respect and courtesy and you will get the same in return
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Originally Posted by richm
Show them respect and courtesy and you will get the same in return
Well said Rich

A bike is for life, not just criticism
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Originally Posted by 900ss
A bike is for life, not just criticism
Thats so fooking awful, you dont get the right to use the smilie
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Rich, I do

Bikes are cool

You on the other hand are sad
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Is that a "WYN IT" plate on your car?

You're just one bad pun after another arent you. And you have the audacity to call me sad! I bet you like Star Wars too

And I know Bikes are cool, thats why I did the sodding test (several times) so I could be part of the hip kids gang
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Rich

It is indeed WYNIT on the frt and Ennit on the rear.

You on the other hand .......... are sad lol
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Well if thats your atitude it stinks!

Im taking my Chess set and Im going to go to bed.
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Sod you then
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Originally Posted by jamesers20004x4
Motorbike = small penis
Ok I have a small cock But....you’ve obviously never rode a bike have you lol or you would know a bikers cock is as long as his chain lol

Now..

Go drive your 150 mph cosworth, but go ride a 600cc + modern bike afterwards, then tell me which one gives more of a high
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Chill Wyn...
the clue is in the wording of his Sig..


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