Erm

Or can handle the bike. But speed isn't everything.

For some reason the GSX R100 doesn't seem to be as much as a fashion
item as the R1 and generally people who own them can ride fairly well.

 

Is that the learner friendly version? A sort of an NSR/RS125/Mito for
Gixxer wannabes?

 

Y'know, I hadn't thought about it, but that seems to be the case.

Mind you, the people on here that I know that have owned R1s (you,
Ash, Ade, Bear) can all ride too.

Mebbe the "R1 power ranger" thing is just a self-sustaining myth, like
the "volvo drivers are crap" thing.

 

Alan.T.Gower fascinated us all by saying...

One thing I noticed from the young, streetwise black guys who sometimes
frequented my shop in Harrow, was that owning an R1 or R6 - even if you
didn't have a licence for it - was considered cooler than owning a gun of
some sort. None of them could ride for toffees, but the bikes looked
rather good with those rather nice scrape thingies down the sides, worn
like properly earned battle scars.

--
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the person who'd just overtaken them on a CG125?

 

well.

I could be that the R1 was the bike to at the time and people just
noticed them more. After all who would notice a crap rider on a GS500?

 

Fair point.

 

<ignoring typo>

But Yamaha are *still* doing R1/R6 0% finance deals atm, so
that's attracting people...

 

I'm not having a pop here - but as you are probably the leading
exponent of the "people in vehicle type x drive like y" world view,
it's hardly surprising that you "see" lots of R1s being ridden badly.

 

heh. Well, I did consider using "with respect", but that has become
such common shorthand for "I have no respect for you whatever" that I
thought I'd best not. But seriously, I *wasn't* having a pop at Bear
on this occasion - it was meant to genuine comment.

 

Andrewr At Work wrote

'Bout as much kin chance as you fixing yer sig I reckon.


steve auvache

 

Andrewr At Work fascinated us all by saying...

^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^
IRTA 'double ampallang' and thought "That AndrewR, he's brave, but I
don't think it'll help his chances in the race to become Pope"

--
Lozzo
ZZR1100D, GPZ500S, CB250RS
BOTAFOT#57/70a, BOTAFOF#57, two#49, MIB#22, TCP#7, BONY#9,
ANORAK#9, DIAABTCOD#14, UKRMT5BB, IBW#013, MIRTTH#15a/16,
BotToS#8, GP#2, SBS#10, SH#3, DFV#14.
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most of the shit driving I bother to notice is done in the likes of 15
year old Nissan Bluebirds.

 

Champ fascinated us all by saying...

I've sen plenty of cunts driving all amkes and models of cars, it's not
just BMW, SAAB and Volvo drivers who are shit.

--
Lozzo
ZZR1100D, GPZ500S, CB250RS
BOTAFOT#57/70a, BOTAFOF#57, two#49, MIB#22, TCP#7, BONY#9,
ANORAK#9, DIAABTCOD#14, UKRMT5BB, IBW#013, MIRTTH#15a/16,
BotToS#8, GP#2, SBS#10, SH#3, DFV#14.
Url for ukrm newbies : http://www.ukrm.net/faq/ukrmscbt.html
www.mjkleathers.com

 

darsy fascinated us all by saying...

Spend alot of time riding through Southall and Slough?

--
Lozzo
ZZR1100D, GPZ500S, CB250RS
BOTAFOT#57/70a, BOTAFOF#57, two#49, MIB#22, TCP#7, BONY#9,
ANORAK#9, DIAABTCOD#14, UKRMT5BB, IBW#013, MIRTTH#15a/16,
BotToS#8, GP#2, SBS#10, SH#3, DFV#14.
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www.mjkleathers.com

 

never been to either of those fine places, but I spend a fair amount
of time riding through Edmonton, Tottenham, Stamford Hill and Stoke
Newington.

 

To be honest, 99% of riding that I see I neither categorise as 'good'
or 'bad'. It's just someone on a bike. Can't remember the last time
I consciously thought "that bloke crap".

Bored with this row now - got any ideas for a new one?

 

I think you're only saying that because you don't know Edmonton Green.

 

This week in Cambridge, I have seen drivers being shit in Citroen
Xantias, Vauxhall Bedfords, Renault Picassos, and VW Golfs.

"Drivers who are shit" drive whatever they are driving shit.

 

Think of Stoke Newington. Now imagine a place /like/ SN, but without
it's olde-worlde charm, trendy pubs, 1/2-decent restaurants and
without the local's perfectly-mannered driving habits. Now imaging
this place with a disgusting shopping centre/leisure complex stuck in
the middle of it. That'd be Edmonton Green.