I parsed that as Commando. :/ -- Muck Bandit 600n(With added ducktape); CG125(MSOHPR) "CG125 the most fun you can have at Mach 0.08539" DS#1 ; DOMO#1 ; SH#2 ; ICQ: 166144431 Remove _TEETH_ to e-mail
Muck wibbled like a little girl.... Nah, grandad was in the RAF. -- Lozzo ZZR1100D, GPZ500S, CB250RS x3. BOTAFOT#57/70a, BOTAFOF#57, two#49, MIB#22, TCP#7, BONY#9, ANORAK#9, DIAABTCOD#14, UKRMT5BB, IBW#013, MIRTTH#15a/16, BotToS#8, GP#2, SBS#10, SH#3, DFV#14, KoBV#3. Url for ukrm newbies : http://www.ukrm.net/faq/ukrmscbt.html www.mjkleathers.com
Platypus wibbled like a little girl.... My eldest sister went out with a bloke who worked for a company called Midland Structures, they made steel framework for industrial buildings. After a couple of visits to our house, my dad told him he wasn't allowed to come round our house in the works van anymore. It bore this legend down each side: MIDLAND STRUCTURES ERECTION DEPARTMENT -- Lozzo ZZR1100D, GPZ500S, CB250RS x3. BOTAFOT#57/70a, BOTAFOF#57, two#49, MIB#22, TCP#7, BONY#9, ANORAK#9, DIAABTCOD#14, UKRMT5BB, IBW#013, MIRTTH#15a/16, BotToS#8, GP#2, SBS#10, SH#3, DFV#14, KoBV#3. Url for ukrm newbies : http://www.ukrm.net/faq/ukrmscbt.html www.mjkleathers.com
I must admit that my one foray into the TVAM did not inspire me to go for the IAM. It felt to me that the rule book was never to be questioned, i honestly felt like a pork chop in a synagogue turning up with a sprot bike, tinted visor and a non OEM can. The conversation which clinched the - i have to leave was - "Using two fingers when braking is bad, because you could trap your other two fingers". I'd rather do the odd weekend like yourself bimbling around Wales.
Oh FFS. What would they think of killswitch backfires as a way of informing another motorist of your presence I wonder.
Heh... your Grandad had a centrestand? -- Muck Bandit 600n(With added ducktape); CG125(MSOHPR) "CG125 the most fun you can have at Mach 0.08539" DS#1 ; DOMO#1 ; SH#2 ; ICQ: 166144431 Remove _TEETH_ to e-mail
Charders : I'll have a go at that. Unsafe Advanced | | etc, |-----------|----------|----------|---------|---------| | | | Beginner Competent Quite good. Beginner -------- Probably riding for less than 18 months, very slow & wobbly. (everyone at first) Unsafe ------ Probably riding for 1-5 years, no or little extra training. Due an accident about... now. (pick anyone who's had more than two or more accidents in the last 12 months, or should have) Competent --------- Probably riding for 4-60 years, maybe some extra training. Makes mistakes every so often and stands a chance of having one become expensive / painful eventually. (probably about 1/2 the people on the group) Advanced -------- Riding for more than 5 years, either many more with no accidents in the last 15, or only a couple more with lots of good training and a large lump of innate skill. (TOG is a good example - not amazingly fast, but very safe) Quite good ---------- Like advanced only faster. (JP, Champ, that nice Mr Ferrier, etc.) Obviously there are people who can move from one end to the other in a very short time, and others who will never get to competent no matter how many years/miles they spend on two wheels or how much training they get. Equally, there are people at the advanced end who get blind pillocks reversing in to them when they're stationary. And those who appear safe and fast, but have a tenancy to throw their bikes into the scenery at every other nice pair of legs they see.
Not sure about the relevant positions of "Quite Good" and "Advanced" but... my, you do like your ASCII art.
Lozzo : I always liked the funeral place in Bromley with the gold-on-black sign in the window - "MONUMENTAL ERECTIONS"
On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 01:12:51 +0000, Simian yammered: [perceived rider skill levels] So, only people who /own/ their own abodes are safe and fast? I'm fucked, then. Heh. Where is he, anyway? He does fall into the category you describe, mind. -- | Wik -UKRMHRC#10- 2000 ZX12R-A1 -DC#1 -'FOT#0 'FOF #39 - BOD#12 BOB#12 |# You don't believe me | "Experience is the worst teacher. |That the scenery | It always gives the test first |Could be a cold-blooded killer. | and the instruction afterward." ***** human response from wik at blueyonder dot co dot uk *****
<G> or the scaffolding wagon with the slogan: "OUR ERECTIONS CAN BE SEEN FOR MILES" -- | Wik -UKRMHRC#10- 2000 ZX12R-A1 -DC#1 -'FOT#0 'FOF #39 - BOD#12 BOB#12 |# You don't believe me | "Experience is the worst teacher. |That the scenery | It always gives the test first |Could be a cold-blooded killer. | and the instruction afterward." ***** human response from wik at blueyonder dot co dot uk *****
Your gran's commode had a centrestand? Cool. -- | Wik -UKRMHRC#10- 2000 ZX12R-A1 -DC#1 -'FOT#0 'FOF #39 - BOD#12 BOB#12 |# You don't believe me | "Experience is the worst teacher. |That the scenery | It always gives the test first |Could be a cold-blooded killer. | and the instruction afterward." ***** human response from wik at blueyonder dot co dot uk *****
On Mon, 27 Oct 2003 23:35:40 +0000, ozmick yammered: [of exposure to Thames Vale Advanced Motorcyclists] <claps hand to forehead> Gah! That's put me right off... -- | Wik -UKRMHRC#10- 2000 ZX12R-A1 -DC#1 -'FOT#0 'FOF #39 - BOD#12 BOB#12 |# You don't believe me | "Experience is the worst teacher. |That the scenery | It always gives the test first |Could be a cold-blooded killer. | and the instruction afterward." ***** human response from wik at blueyonder dot co dot uk *****
On the whole they've been okay - the gear changing thing was the only real 'niggle'. Neither instructors mentioned how to brake - they just want to see it being done. Attitude towards speed is also reasonable.
In fairness I've never had it that bad. And to be honest, I would also consider myself slightly below where I would like to be - but that's mainly the overtakes as you well know ) Still, by Simians scale, I have another 2 years to go before I could consider myself 'competent.
