Covering the brake

it's also the "motorcycle lane for me, but not for the motorcycles
coming in the opposite direction, get into your own lane, you
chickenshit motherfucker, come on, come on, come on, get over, ****,
woah etc."

 

I would never manage a feet-up commute from my house to Central
London, because there's an overgrown hedge at the end of my road, and
you have to stop to check there's nothing coming.

 

ROTFL!

 

Certainly not for me

Yes.

 

And the first three of those four would be the difference between a
modern bike and an old bike, wouldn't they?

 

"Holodeck Off!"

 

Yes, that pretty much covers my usage.

 

You what? The rider is the one who's shut the throttle like a numpty. Okay,
maybe I'm calm enough to just sit there and see what happens, or to lean the
back back again, rather than making it worse by doing something stupid, but
the rider IMO has f. all to do with the bike not putting him in a hedge at
that point.

Geometry - modern bike.
Suspension - modern bike.
Tyres - well okay you could put them on a shite old bike, but still.

Good argument Rope... ;-)

 

darsy wrote

I don't go near them, far too many marbles.

 

this bit is fairly newly painted i.e. it just used to be a very wide
two lane road, and it's still fairly clean down the middle.

 

I used one of those the other day...

"Oh hang on, I'm in the car" went my commentary.

 

darsy wrote

That reminds me, I am going out this evening, I had better change me
keks.

 

Good man. I think I've convinced Simon to give it a go as well. He's so
weak.

 

Bad Form an all....

Yes, I was right, I cover the lever with the middle and outer two
fingers, thumb anf forefinger circling the throttle.

 

Well, I've just gone out and checked, and I don't cover the lever whilst
riding with anything ther than the middle/outer fingers.

In fact in a natural grip on the bar, the tip of my index finger sits
very uncomfortably on the part of the lever that fattens up towards the
span adjuster.

In response to mucks post below, my brake lever won't go anywhere near
the bars, until it's time to put new pads in.

 

Isn't Simes a bit fat and old for racing?

 

Traditionally, isn't this where people who've met you both say:

*fucking hell*

 

Or you've got the span adjuster set to minimum. You've got braided hoses
haven't you? Those are better than the out of date OEM ones I have, any day.

 

You are indeed, very odd. However, motorcycling is a broad church, so
whatever pulls your lever, I guess.

Let's hope not: else your finger will get squashed. Having said that,
if your finger is so close to the pivot point, it is unlikely that the
lever will move that close to the bar.

 

10/10 for persistence.