To the woman in the blue Falcadore...

To the woman in the blue Falcadore heading down Bourke St towards the
harbour tunnel an hour or so ago.

I realise that I must have scared the living daylights out of you when I
knocked on your window, since you screamed like a frightened child and
checked your door was locked to keep me out.

I'd probably feel sorry for you, if I hadn't done it to let you know
that the piece of road you'd just changed lanes into without indictating
or looking was where I happened to be riding at the time.

Normally I don't use language quite as coarse as that, but in this case
I feel that I can be excused due to the delayed panic reaction and the
adreneline rush I was feeling at the time, having almost been mown down
by a tonne and a half of moving metal with only my jeans and leather
jacket to protect me.

Please take my advice about indicating and looking before you change
lanes into consideration in future - perhaps one day you _will_ cut off
a homocidal maniac - today you just frightened a regular motorcycle
rider, and I thought I needed to let you know that your oblivious
driving techniques _do_ upset other people. Had I been the "evil baby
eating biker gang member" you clearly thought I was, perhaps locking the
door may have been neccessary. I've I'd been a fully loaded
semi-trailer, you may not have had a door left to lock...

yours in the interests of educating the driving public,

big

 

Absolutely brilliant letter that big... can I copy it and use it on my
website please?

BVR

 

That would be one to send into every newspaper in the country!

 

Except he was wearing jeans.. idiot

 

And I suppose you wear full leathers when even posting to motorcycle
forums...

 

you forgot to mention the stilletos

 

Only if you almost get run over by a blue falcadore, knocked on
their window, etc, etc. Otherwise it'd be cheating.

-----sharks

 

Blue falcodore, red bmw, black lexus, what's the difference. It
would surely be quicker and easier to count the motorcyclists who
*haven't* almost been run over by some or all of the above!

GB, who copped it from a middle aged "My Kid goes to Private
School" bitch in a shiny black BMW coupe this morning. Cow
pulled off the road into a servo before we got to the knock-
on-windows stage.

 

300,000km ridden on various bikes in the last 5 years, 3 crashes,
several sub walking pace falldowns.

All wearing jeans. No leg injuries at all.

I wear leather bike pants and proper bike boots at trackdays, I'll wear
them or my kevlar reinforced jeans on long rides, but I'll stick with my
regular jeans and DocMartins/Blundstones/GPboots for commuting.

I'm pretty happy with my risk/comfort tradeoff, but thanks for your
concern.

big

 

You only suppose?
I thought all you forum types are into wearing all the latest and greatest
leathers. Maybe you'd like to pen a boo hoo letter that most riders
experience far too often. Getting agro just makes you look like a dick.
Magoo

 

I'd write on about wankers in four wheel drives myself. What tossers.
Maggo

 

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anyone else?

 

Ok, you is a tosser.
Magoo

 

Just about sums it up.

 

I reckon, why have a 4wd,esp in a big city.
Magoo

 

who is in the big city? Why have a bike larger than 250cc in the big city?

 

I had a Toyota Tercel. Now I'm looking for a 4WD hilux.
Hammo's got a Volvo, might be AWD.

-----sharks (wanker!)

 

the Volvo is FWD, he's still a wanker tho

 

The city is too busy and has roads. No need for a 4wd there. 250 cc bikez
are good. Magoo

 

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