Where were the RTB's then ?

First ice free day for a while, so I repatriated the Firestorm to the
garage from Stansted..

Resembled this starting up after sitting for 8 weeks in its frozen
lair...


But no bikes on the roads, not a one, 'twas only a gentle blizzard

Paul.

 

Some of us haven't stopped riding - I my case, mostly 'cos I don't have
a choice...

--
Veggie Dave
http://www.iq18films.co.uk

"To assert that the earth revolves around the sun is as erroneous as to claim
that Jesus was not born of a virgin." Cardinal Bellarmine

 

Same here. I was the only bugger of my crew to make it in for three
successive days during the last freeze. Consoled myself, as I slithered
around, that if I did hit anything, it wouldn't be moving and I was
unlikely to be doing more than 10mph. Fourteen miles to work and I got
into top only two or three times.

When the bike ran onto reserve early, I thought it was because the carb
had iced up.

 

Heh

 

what? why? I thought you claimed to own three bikes?

Are you some sort of lamer?

No wait, that can't be right - you even appear to have a girlfriend
these days[1].

[1] though it would have to be admitted that even in the context of an
actual pub, she was a tea-drinker.

 

Which is why I ride and don't drive...

--
Veggie Dave
http://www.iq18films.co.uk

"To assert that the earth revolves around the sun is as erroneous as to claim
that Jesus was not born of a virgin." Cardinal Bellarmine

 

I just can't be arsed. The road surfaces here still have patches of
packed ice, loose snow and, sometimes, black ice on bits that look
clear. I can't be arsed dressing like a dough man just to stay warm.
And I can't be arsed with trying to look through a visor that's caked
in salty muck with insufficient spray for it to ever wash off. I did 2
years of riding all year round and I just can't be bothered any longer.

 

I am an idiot.

 

I thought the age of "The Puffer Train" was long gone too.

 

Certainly was when I rode home last night. My left hand got quite
chilly from wiping snow off my visor. Hooray for warm Guzzi rocker
boxes.

I took the car today: I draw the line at ice-covered roads nowadays.

 

I hear what you're saying. It must have looked a bit daft, me piling
up the motorway in the gentle snowfall, but the road was grippy
enough, with no major worries. I can imagine the drivers comments
though,as it was a bit hairy visibility wise in the unlit bits on the
M11 and M25 ... (salt, grit, spray, misty visor all contributing)

Paul.

 

this sounds like it ought to be some manner of euphemism.

 

On your knees, balls out and screaming?