Q's about bikes in Blighty

Indeed. Morinis, for examples.

 

Appreciate the help. However, I got a slight bit of culture shock
over the acronym "YTC". Looking it up I found the following
possibilities:

Yakama Tribal Council
Yakima Training Center (US Army; Yakima, Washington state)
Yearly Training Calendar
Yeshiva Toras Chaim
Yield to Call (securities-bonds)
Yorkshire Tile Company (Sheffield, UK)
Your Top Choices
Youth Training Core
Yuma Test Center (US Army)
Yorkshire Terrier Club
Yoga Teacher Certification
Yamaha Tweetakt Club (Nederland)
Yours To Count [On]
Years To Completion

Enlightenment would be welcome.
TIA, Sean Patrick ("Paddy") Quinlan, expatriate since 1845

 

You Thick ****

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Nige,

BMW K1200S
Range Rover Vogue

 

Now you'll have to explain '****'.

 

hehe - yeah, i can't even use the word fanny to even help

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Nige,

BMW K1200S
Range Rover Vogue

 

Indeed. I always try to remember to waggle a leg at car drivers who make
a conscious effort to move out of your way when in France (which happens
a lot on twisty D roads). In blighty I usually nod at other bikes and
give a small left hand wave to cars that are helpful when filtering. If
filtering on the motorway though I am usually loaded up or carrying a
pillion so I revert to the gallic leg waggle - well I am often on a
French bike after all.
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| Gilera GFR * 2 Moto Morini 2C/375 Morini 350 "Forgotten Error" |
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They're mostly there, yes. Some French cars still have them sticking out
of the dash, I think.

No idea.

Left-hand side of the steering column, at least on all cars I've driven.
Not sure if that's a legal necessity.

 

I'm an idiot. It's right-hand chairs that are banned!

I think ones that were in existence before the ban are OK, but post-ban
date ones aren't.

 

A couple of american guests on top gear in the "stars in a reasonably priced
car" segment wrecked the gearbox on the track. David Soul was one of them
IIRC.
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And ShiteOldLaverdas. And ShiteoldMVs, come to that.

 

In communiqué <1j9kwc3.1s54zdnkzapzzN%>,

Might be now. My 97 Mazda MX5 has it on the other side (right) to my 08
Mazda 6. Tends to lead to trying to indicate with the windscreen wipers
the first time if I haven't driven the MX5 for a while.

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| Pete Fisher at Home: |
| Voxan Roadster Yamaha WR250Z/Supermoto "Old Gimmer's Hillclimber" |
| Gilera GFR * 2 Moto Morini 2C/375 Morini 350 "Forgotten Error" |
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Thanks so much for the clarification. I'll assume that in Britain
this phrase is used in a friendly way (over here it would probably
result in some dental work).

Pls allow for the fact that the English language and culture has
diverged somewhat between Britain and Canada since our Confederation
in 1867. We're mostly like Americans by now (except for a few details
such as nationality, putting vinegar on French fries and how we
pronounce the letter 'Z'). We don't even celebrate Guy Fawkes Day.

Although I can find the UK on a map, the minutiae of daily life over
there are dark to me, except when small random areas are illuminated
for instance by reading _Pride and Prejudice_ or _The Pickwick Papers_.

SQ

 

Mostly, between friends.

Ah. I knew teeth would come into the thread soone ror later ;-)

Like I haven't noticed.

 

Well I suppose that rules out bringing my Dnepr to the UK...

....except that the registered model year is 1979, which puts it before
the ban. (Even though this model wasn't sold until the mid-80's).

SQ

 

As do the Japanese, Indians and Sourthern Africa.

This is quite interesting:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Driving_standards_historic.svg

No, the throttle and clutch are as you'd expect. Older British and
Italian bikes may have the gearlever on the left and brake on the right.

I wave at baddass biker bros with my left hand.

Only the baddass biker lifestyle ones.

I had no problem converting to the right when I've riden/driven in Europe
but some of the US army personnel struggle with it in Norfolk [1] -
however, I think most of Norfolk struggle with the devil's horseless
carriage.

MZ and Dnepr have both left and right hand chairs here in the UK.

Post '81 bikes (IIRC) must have the chair on the left. Right hand chairs
are tricky to ride in the UK as roundabouts and sliproads have to be
taken more slowly. I had a right hand chair here - it didn't end well.



[1] A county on the east side of the UK, with a lot of airbases.
Primarily because it's the nearest bit to Germany and is flat

 

Thay are but only on pre-'81 bikes.

 

Pre 850 T3 Guzzis could be swapped over to your personal preference.

 

*Boggle*

Oh, I already said that didn't I. Try thinking about what you would do
if you were a car/bike manufacture. Would you incur the extra expense
of swapping controls all over the place for different markets, or would
you try & standardise things as much as possible? I /hope/ you'd do the
latter, as would everyone else.

 

If it keeps its Canadian reg it should be ok - it's not that they are
banned it's you can't register post '81 bikes with right hand sidcars.

 

My Dad's '97 model Toyota Corrolla has the indicators on the right