Bulldog Bash - "Motorcyclist shot on M40"

"I was just cleaning it and it went off."

I wonder how busy the Mway was? Not very likely an intended target on a
bike was being chased and caught by a car; also unlikely the car was
waiting in the traffic stream for that particular biker.

I suspect it was a random shooting or somebody with a grudge against the
HA or bikers in general. Perhaps a purchaser of bottled water.
--
Dave
GS850x2 XS650 SE6a

Teach a man to fish and he and his pikey mates will have the
river cleaned out in a day.

 

It isn't easy to hit road signs at speed FFS never mind something that is
also moving.

It would be easier with a shotgun but I'm not sure it would penetrate a good
helmet. Then again if he was HA it would be open face and Bandana and he
probably turned to look at the other vehicle ;o)

 

IIRC that bit of the M40 was relatively smooth the last time I travelled on
it.

 

I'd assume if you were trying to shoot somebody you'd do so as a
passenger from a vehicle alongside, whist the driver matches speed and
direction.[1] At worst it'd be the case of trying to hit a target that's
moving no more than a few mph faster or slower, ideally at a range of a
few feet.

Road signs would be more difficult than that, cause the speed
differential would be higher.

 

Des wrote

I did at one time think of asking where these UKRM stickers can be
obtained but I am no longer in a hurry to find out.

 

Tim wrote

How many assassination attempts have been upset because of flatulence
throwing off the gunmans aim? An errant fart as the trigger is pulled.

 

nah, "Desi"

 

Well, he was a biker so one can assume it was a slow old crate he was
riding. The car was a Rover 620 which was probably faster than the
bike.

I can't believe this. Maybe it's me but I don't understand random
killings.

 

#In the morning you go gunning for the man who stole your water

 

Latest on BBC News 24 is it's a suspected deliberate hit. He was on a
Harley, so the car wouldn't have had much difficulty.

 

They could always follow until he stopped to pick up a bit of bike.

 

I only just found out, whilst reading the various HA articles related
to this inciden,t that riding a Harley is a prerequisite for HA
membership.

 

I saw that.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/coventry_warwickshire/6946346.stm

Very odd.
--
Dave
GS850x2 XS650 SE6a

Teach a man to fish and he and his pikey mates will have the
river cleaned out in a day.

 

I had to go into my bank on Friday to get cash (whilst waiting for
replacement cards to arrive) and the girl behind the counter was
stunning. I went to get some more cash today (cards arrived, but no
replacement pin yet) and it was her again. It took far longer to get
the cash than was strictly necessary because I was having a grand time
chatting with her.

 

He should have been making progress. Fast is safe. If you're travelling
slowly enough to be tailed by an old Rover, you might as well be dead.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Grimly Curmudgeon

I see from that article that he was a Canadian. Wasn't it a Canadian who
was shot in the leg on the M40 a year or two back, on the way home from
the Bulldog Bash? Coincidence?

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest"

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
SBS#39 OMF#6 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (Fallen apart) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Honda ST1100 wiv trailer Norton 850 Commando
Kawasaki GTR1400

 

And didn't a certain gentleman of Canuck extraction leave these shores
rather quickly? Itwsbt.
--
Dave
GS850x2 XS650 SE6a

Teach a man to fish and he and his pikey mates will have the
river cleaned out in a day.

 

yebbut, he rode a beemer. you can't do the bike gang war thing on an
r1100gs, 's got no style.

 

LoL I went to a Blues bash on a new (Blue) K100RT one fine day in Bellshill.
If I hadn't been there with the Sergeant at Arms and another founding member
I'd have been gang raped. The naked desire to strip it for spares was
palpable.

 

The Guzzi gets through Bridgestones - the front nearly wear at the same
rate as the rear.

Metzlers seem to be holding up well; now up to the 4000 miles I normally
get from BT45 rears.