I'm going to get told off soon.

But riding in traffic is such a giggle.

 

It was shit today. I don't know what's going on but the traffic on my
commute was absolutely abominable. Gridlock all the way from Wandsworth
to Wapping.

I'm sure it wasn't like this two weeks ago. What gives!?

 

Everyones fucking off due to bank holiday

--


Nige,

BMW K1200S
Range Rover Vogue
Suzuki GSX-R600 Racebike

 

I think I just got a blissful combination of turning up at lights as
they went from red to orange before the cars woke up, and all the gaps
were the right size for judicious use of 'darting'.
I had a lovely afternoon in a recording studio and the road seemed
incredibly sticky all the way back home.

 

Maybe they all left something at the office they needed last night

--


Nige,

BMW K1200S
Range Rover Vogue
Suzuki GSX-R600 Racebike

 

Come out for a ride through the city with Bear and myself sometime.

No prisoners
No mercy

 

You were filtering like an old gimmer off the boat at Dover.

I thought I had ant behind me, but after filtering with attitude all
the way through customs, and threading through the trucks plodding
through Dover, on slowing down after the tunnel, turned out to be the
monobrowed one... No sign of anyone else.

Paul.

 

But he is an old gimmer...

 

You want *real* no-prisoners, always seem out an ex-despatch rider. I
was one, Bear was, dunno about Hog.

 

<ding> (1)

(1) Delta Despatch NW10 circa 1981-1983
CB250G5/CB250T/CB750K2/XS650B/RD250E/TS100 in that order!

JB

 

Well, I was faster on average than a 125 scooter.
I'm not sure I could keep up with whatever Bear rides. Or probably with
Bear even if he was jogging

I said I had fun, not 'I'm a riding god'.

 

FFS! Bear...*Jogging*????! Nooooooooooooooooooo. *Hell* No! Does not
compute. Far too gruesome for words.

JB

 

Me too! 1985 -1987; Meter Couriers, Arrow Express, Town and Country and
another one that I'm fucked if I can remember the name of (Kingsland Road
way) all on an XS850.

 

Arrow Express! <Splitters!>

JB

 

Que?

 

Don't worry. Stella Madness occurs at this time of night....

JB

 

(The Older Gentleman) wrote in

That's 1 all today.

I read that as "reem out"

Anyway, none of you could be *that* extreme. You've all survived to be
middle aged old farts...

 

Darwin, darwin gone ...

 

Bear wrote:

So it's not just my imagination then. I had a Boxster yesterday who I
think was trying to squeeze me out. I'm surprised they're not more
worried about their paintwork than trying to slow up/knock off a biker.

Biggest problem I am finding atm is estimating the size of the gap and
where my mirrors are. I haven't clonked anyone's with the Bandit yet but
have been very close.

 

I have, plenty of times. But 999 times out of a thousand I get through
just fine.