Tips for yanks

I'm renting a bike in London this weekend. Any driving tips for people who
normally drive on the starboard side of the road? I'm already familiar with
the most important three:
- look right
- look right
- look right
I would love to survive my first clockwise rotary.

 

If you survive riding a bike in London, roundabouts will be a piece of piss.

The thing that'll catch you is when you think you've got it cracked, and you
pull over for petrol(gas). You'll go back onto the road, and go straight
onto the wrong side.

Be careful out there.

 

Then, when you realise you've just put thirty dollars' worth of gas in
the tank, you'll probably need medical assistance.
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I'm having problems just reading this. It's about 7.5 USD to fill the SV
now.
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Mike

SV650
UKRMMA#22
Skype: muddycat

 

Heh, The Zephyr takes £13.00GBP to fill up, and the car takes £55.00GBP.

Rip off Britain, as the tabloids like to say.

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I'm no riding god by any strecth of the imagination, but I do ride into and
round London pretty often. I'd upgrade that to look *everywhere*

I doubt it'll be that much of an issue, unless you're in the habit of
driving towards traffic on 'rotaries' Most of them will have plenty of
traffic on them so the flow will be obvious.

The very best of luck to you BTW.

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*ding* - Remembers getting lost in Texas in a rental car and getting
pulled over by the police for driving on the wrong side of the road.

 

To fill my ER-5 it costs £10
To fill my old car it costed £40
To fill my old old car it costed me £55

Petrol in the UK = Mew

 

The Trophy costs £21 or more for a proper fill-up, which isn't far
removed from what The Doctor spends on filling her Micra.

 

Farken hell
The Triple only costs about £12
As for the 156
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Triumph Speed Triple: Black with extra black bits
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The Guzzi takes ~£22

 

....and the Micra gets better mpg.

 

<nods, grimacing>

 

Bear fumbled, fiddled and fingered:

Yes, I had that with the 750iL (100litres), although I'd have prefered
it not to have happened IYSWIM

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Steve Parry
K100RS SE & F650
and a 520i SE Touring for comfort [de-scarred]

(not forgetting the SK90PY)

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The Older Gentleman fumbled, fiddled and fingered:

.... and does'nt fall over

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Steve Parry
K100RS SE & F650
and a 520i SE Touring for comfort [de-scarred]

(not forgetting the SK90PY)

http://www.gwynfryn.co.uk

 

It's like an R80RT, but without the street cred...

 

platypus fumbled, fiddled and fingered:

except a micra does'nt piss petrol on your left boot.

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Steve Parry
K100RS SE & F650
and a 520i SE Touring for comfort [de-scarred]

(not forgetting the SK90PY)

http://www.gwynfryn.co.uk

 

A few laps of Hyde Park Corner -> Park Lane -> Marble Arch and back
should do the trick. Rush hour would be ideal.

 

Sound advice under any circumstances.

 

#How strange the change...