DVLA Bollocks

Champ wrote

I feel; a gentleman should not mount his motorcycle unless he is
suitably attired with proper gloves, boots and yerrat.

As to the rest, I fall into the camp of those who agree that it is a
matter of personal judgement and the state of the weather and further
agree that fashion is not always the best protector.

 

Turbo.

Not that I'll be there.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Champ

Turbot.

But I may be in India.

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - Manufacturer of the "Champion-105" range of rearsets
and Ducati Race Engineer.

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
SBS#39 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Yamaha GTS1000

 

As I understood it the frowning was aimed at those stunting towards the
village and not those stunting away from it.

 

Ooooooooooooo get her!

'Hog

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, 'Hog

<mutter, mutter, grumble>

The **** that's "organising" this trip will (apparently) be able to tell
me on Monday whether it's on or not.

<crosses fingers>

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - Manufacturer of the "Champion-105" range of rearsets
and Ducati Race Engineer.

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
SBS#39 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Yamaha GTS1000

 

Oh do **** off.

 

This is complete and utter bollocks
If you choose to ride in jeans,(I do sometimes) then thats fine but
absoloutley no way do they protect anywhere near as well as leather
trousers

 

BigJ says...

The man's a ****. Ask him his views on disc brakes, they're laughable.

 

Guy Fawkes says...

<snip rant>

That was the best bit of written comedy I've seen all year, thanks for
that.

 

Guy Fawkes says...

Wrong, wrong, wrong.

A slightly loose fit is bad, it allows the skull to move within the
polystyrene liner rendering the helmet almost useless in an impact
situation. A helmet should be a snug fit and not at all loose. A loose
helmet will move around on your head while riding, which will cause head
wobble and a tired or strained neck, and also create more wind noise
inducing tiredness.

Listen to Guy Fawkes if you like, but his "advice"[1] is worth exactly
what you pay for it. I work as a sales rep for Europes largest supplier
of motorcycle helmets and have been involved in selling motorcycle
clothing and helmets on and off for over 20 years. I have been trained
by Arai, Shoei and others in the correct method of sizing up a customer
for a helmet. All give the same advice i.e. no loose fits.

I don't mind giving good advice for free if it saves someone getting
hurt or ripped off.

[1] I struggled to use "advice" in that context.

 

BigJ says...

I'll go along with that, unless the leathers are made by certain Italian
manufacturers.

 

Comfortable: if properly fitted. Warm in winter? No. Modern textile
bike gear certainly is.

So what's wrong with a modern bike? CD125's were "modern" once.

Maintain yes, but these "shit" modern bikes simply don't need
rebuilding regularly.

Some of us do do our own maintenance, y'know...

Have you tried?

Utter bollocks

Hydraulic disc brakes are self-adjusting...

As you say, no riding experience!

What, like work reliably?

 

Wha...?

I actually got my chin slider down on that one.

 

Beav says...

http://groups.google.co.uk/groups?as_q=disc+brakes&num=10
&scoring=r&hl=en&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&as_ugroup=uk.rec.motorcycles&as_u
subject=&as_uauthors=Guy+Fawkes&lr=&as_drrb=q&as_qdr=&as_mind=1&as_minm=
1&as_miny=1981&as_maxd=2&as_maxm=9&as_maxy=2005&safe=off

For a start. He posted a while back extoling the virtues of drum brakes
and how they are safer. He got his arse kicked and skulked away with his
pony tail between his legs.

 

Well let's look at the evidence [1]: What are the KSI rates on
high-performance sports bikes, which have disc brakes? And What are
the rates on a CG125 <MSOTHPR>, which has drum brakes?

I suspect the figures will tell their own story!

[1] wibble flip dibble do

 

I sort of agree with both points of view here.
Personally, I never take the bike out without being fully kitted out, but
then I am somewhat of a newbie still.
When my son got his moped (proper geared jobbie, not a scooter), we got him
a decent helmet, gloves and boots (courtesy of Lozzo's sage words of wisdom
to the lad). Other than that, he had a cheapy armoured coar, and armoured
textile over trousers. Fortunately (unlike so many of his mates), he never
left home without all the gear.

I find my leather jacket is cold in winter and switch to a 3/4 length, lined
textile coat.
Agree strongly. My own experience is that having lived with a knackered old
50 for a year, the last thing my lad wanted was another old snotter,
particularly as, having turned 17, he had a daily commute to Oxford and
back, and needed something fast and reliable.

If your "discs falling off" remark is directed at Lozzo you are talking out
of your arse.
Try re reading his account of the day, particularly the bit where he refers
to his check over of the bike before starting out. Unless he intended to
stop every 5 or so minutes there is no way he would have noticed the problem
as it occurred during the rideout.

You come across as a bit of a sanctimonious twat in this thread, which is
not something I personally have noticed in other threads you have
contributed to.

Advice is one thing, a ranting diatribe is something else. I regularly see
other motorcyclists doing stupid things but WTF, it's their choice, and
ultimately none of my business (or anyone else's)

I think too many bad experiences have seriously affected your mind.

Same here, and I've only been on 2 wheels for a couple of years.

I rather subscribe to the "ride your own ride" school of thought, rather
than constantly striving to become some kind of riding god. I really don't
like having my pace forced.

I also find the decription "biker" to be a bit grating in a patronizing,
stereotyping kinda way, it conjures up an image of a cross between ogri and
the crazy frog.

Utter crap, sports 125's are perfectly stable, and bloody good fun too.

Not really luck then was it.

Disc brakes, pointless on an Aprilia (RS125 I guess)?
You've never ridden one I would guess.
I can think of nothing more dangerous than a sports 125 with the brakes of a
CG125, even if I were able to strip them down blindfolded.

He's old enough to have sufficient judgement to analyse the risks then. You
don't need to have actually ridden a bike to realise that if you fall off
one it's going to hurt a bit.

Utter crap. I did my CBT and part of my DAS on an SR125. Having also
ridden an NSR125 I know exactly which one I prefer, and I am by no means an
accomplished rider.

--
Dan L (Oldbloke)
My bike 1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr
M'boy's bike 2003 Honda NSR125R (Going)
Spare Bike 1990 Suzuki TS50X (Patio Ornament)
BOTAFOT #140 (KotL 2005), X-FOT#000, DIAABTCOD #26, BOMB#18 (slow)

 

Beav wrote

I don't actually have it. The state licensed thieves currently have it
in protective custody awaiting sentencing. It currently stands accused
of damaged wiring around the headlight and possibly having the lock
tampered with. The assessor hasn't seen it yet.

 

My experience (about 10 years ago) with NU was that they assessed it
pretty swiftly and after a couple of rounds of offer-refuse coughed up
within 8 weeks of the crash. Can't complain really.

 

Beav wrote

gaf.

I had intended to take it off the road and break it anyway so not having
it is not an issue. More of an issue is the fact I may be getting it
back. In due course they will tell me the, why, where and when and then
I can be bothered. Until then I really can't.


Also keeping me gob shut allows them to continue building on the
catalogue of mistakes they continue to make and I can use to do bugger
all really except get my blood pressure up at the end of it all.