Rant number two - alarms/immobilisers

Well *my* mail client extracts my mail address from the headers here
with no problems at all, I just tried it.

It's not munged, it's valid! As I see it nothing more is needed. My
*name* is at the bottom of my postings, a valid E-Mail address is in
my headers, what more do you want?

 

wrote

Your wimmin and your money.

 

This would almost guarantee that I'd lose one and not the other, also
pockets are not all that convenient to get things in and out of when
in bike gear.

 

Some email clients only look for the author name within the From field and
if it can't find it, does nothing about it. Others if they find nothing
fallback to the email address.

The fact that your name is at the bottom of the postings is merely helpful
to humans and not machines.

That's all.

 

Unlock petrol cap

Re-lock petrol cap and remove key

Fiddle with bloody awful Suzuki ignition switch
Turn ignition on
Turn headlight off

Insert key in petrol cap
Unlock petrol cap

Lock petrol cap

I'd agree - it was very bloody awkward, turning into a real PITA with
a tank bag in the way too.

 

Man should test his kill switch reg'lar. Never know when it might be
needed.

I did too when suffering the Datatool two-step. I habitually ride
with headlight on and fear the dreaded 'click' when pressing the
starter button, having drained the POS battery - so I turn the lights
off when entering the forecourt, generally.

Having said that, I got into the habit of turning lights off when not
required to see by when driving POS cars which invariably had dodgy
batteries and worse charging circuits. I am daily dumbfounded by the
number of car drivers who blithely turn the engine off and leave
headlights on when filling with petrol.

Makes the hairs stand up, it does, harking back to the dynamo days
when doing that for even a few seconds would guarantee connecting the
industrial jump leads from the battery in the boot to the one under
the bonnet, praying under the breath and turning the key with crossed
fingers that the reserve pile wasn't as flat as the fucker in use.

 

#Is Vic there?

 

You're right. I find biking inconvenient generally; sticking a hat and
gloves on, fucking about sticking stuff in panniers, and 8 point
turning before pushing the bike down the side of the house to the road.
It's a damn sight easier to hop in the cage.

Then I jab the starter, and just the early morning rasp of the exhaust
is enough to outweigh all those little 'inconveniences' by itself.

Then I ride. And by **** I love it. Often I wheelie past schoolgirls,
and I love it, and they love it too. Sometimes I drag my knees around
for a laugh, and I love it. Frequently I pootle along in heavy traffic
in the pissing down rain, and guess what? Yup, I still love it.

It's about riding, not convenience.

You do ride don't you?

 

Wot he said, except I'm more sure about it than he is.

Perzackerly

 

I do more miles than many/most I think. Currently I do 5000+ miles a
year but at one time (through the 80s and 90s) I was doing 15000 miles
a year. I did 90000 miles on a 1000GTR from new in six years.

I agree with you mostly but I would still like to make the 'overheads'
less annoying!

 

Big fucking deal, ****.

 

Ben Blaney says...

I've hardly used my Gixer and I've put 5K miles on that since May. I
really ought to use it more.

--
Lozzo
Track pixie
GSX-R1000 K1
I haven't lost my mind, it's
backed up to a floppy disc
that's around here somewhere.

 

As others have said, big fucking deal. I only own a bike as a toy[1]
and still put about 6000 miles a year on it. You'll find there are
many, many peeps on here who do shedloads morte than that.


[1] Although I come into work on it whenever the opportunity[2]
arises, like today.
[2] i.e. when for some reason Jude and I aren't travelling in
together. And the weather's not too bad, of course.

--
_______
..'_/_|_\_'. Ace (brucedotrogers a.t rochedotcom)
\`\ | /`/ GSX-R1000K3
`\\ | //' BOTAFOT#3, SbS#2, UKRMMA#13, DFV#8, SKA#2
`\|/`
`

 

TOG commutes by bike.

 

Well there are a hell of a lot of clocked bikes in the dealers then!
OK, many people may do more miles than I do, I'm not denying it, but
I believe the average 'bike does far less than 5000 a year. So all
the denizens of UKRM aren't average!

 

I found some actual statistics, they're for the period 1992 to 2001
but I guess things haven't changed that much.

The average yearly mileage for all motorcycles was about 3500 miles
and, even for bikes over 500cc was only just over 4000 miles. Thus my
5000 miles/year now is (a little) above average and my previous 15000
miles/year was a lot more than the average.

The actual statistics are at:-
http://www.dft.gov.uk/stellent/groups/dft_transstats/documents/page/dft_transstats_508298.pdf

 

So fucking what? You were playing the "I know best 'cos I do loads of
miles" argument, when clearly you're just a part-timer in the
high-mileage stakes.

In any event, this stretegy has been tried, unsuccessfully, by much
better men than you.

--
_______
..'_/_|_\_'. Ace (brucedotrogers a.t rochedotcom)
\`\ | /`/ GSX-R1000K3
`\\ | //' BOTAFOT#3, SbS#2, UKRMMA#13, DFV#8, SKA#2
`\|/`
`

 

IDGAFF. There will always be someone younger/older, cleverer/more stupid,
prettier/uglier, taller/shorter, fatter/skinnier, duller/more interesting,
crazier/more stable, richer/poorer, more/less travelled, cleaner/smellier,
happier/more miserable, more sociable/solitary, ruder/prudier, who is
hairier/balder than you, with bigger/smaller feet/ears/balls/knees/tits than
you/me/him/her, who drinks/smokes/eats/fucks/swears more/less, who speaks
better/worse English/French/Tajik/Arabic/Navajo, who rides faster/slower,
better/worse, more/less, and whose bike is cheaper/pricier, shinier/rustier,
more/less powerful/reliable/versatile/rare/fun, more/less economical,
lairier/more discreet, bigger/smaller, older/newer than yours/mine/his/hers.
From a claim to doing more miles than many/most, you now award yourself a
campaign medal for doing more than the average. That's like the
knuckle-headed MP who declared that it was a scandalous indictment of the
welfare state that in the closing years of the 20th century there were
"still people living in my constituency who are earning less than the
national average wage."

Settle in, kick off your boots, grab a beer, join in the conversation and
enjoy ukrm for what it is. You clearly know what you're talking about,
unlike me. Just remember that comparisons are odious ... which is why there
might well now be a lively discussion as to who fits which of the above
criteria!

 

Er, no I wasnt't! I was just responding to:-

 

I didn't *really* start the stuff about "my high mileage is bigger
than your high mileage", I was just saying that I did a reasonable
amount and thus that I *do* ride my bike a bit. Everyone else then
got a bit cross!