51st state

thats how people get hurt!!!!!!
getting off 60bhp bikes ten years ago and then getting on 150bhp bikes
i think modern sports bikes are now no good for british roads
they are not nice to ride unless your doing 80mph, add to this the traffic, speed camera's , police and the fact they are that fast,
if you don't lose your license it could be your life

pete higham

i need to speak to you anyway

51st state

corner

corner

pete higham

i would die on one

The Chief

Your forgeting howard my past credentials as an ex motorcycle racer in the 90's

nah to be honest gave it a bit of a squirt but took it easy didn't want to break my leg or worse before my hols or worse smack my mates bike up - seeing as i was only third party

Thing is the throttle goes both ways

The Chief

Nah you wouldn't you just need to be sensible.

my mate has only past his test 18 months ago his first bike was a CBR600 now he has bought a blade

pete higham

it goes into reverse??

pete higham

hhhmmmmmm its not very often you hear my name and that word said together

The Chief

I will say this - now whether or not this is my old age i dont know but after i got off it i thought things like that are too fast for the public roads.

My mate does not agree though

The Chief

In fact i loved it - might look at the daddy of all bikes - the Busa

51st state

yeh, thats the big problem

i can tell you, its fookin hard to wind the throttle off when you had a few minute of adrenilin pumping through your veins

pete higham

that is a huuuggeee bike, dont think you could ride that like a blade tho

pete higham

then getting target fixation i know it to well

The Chief

Hmm maybe for you and i might just be saying this but i think i've lost my bottle gunning a big bike - i past my test in 1991 andi was a feckin' nutter, how i am still here is a miracle but i suppose as you get an old fart you start to reflect on things - like living longer

The Chief

I swear the power from 2000 rpm was something else, it was just awesome. it rearanged your sensation of how fast really fast is.

51st state

if you ride one often enough, you end up doing 80mph in 30 zones and it feels like 30
as soon as you hit the motorway 150 feels normal
and the bike doesn't feel like its trying, infact you can wind it on and accelerate

just tell him to spend a lot of money on tyres and brakes , the tyre will keep him upright !!!!!! most essential when your on 2 wheels

The Chief

Anyway what about this for a giggle?

Aygo Crazy

pete higham

especially the tyres

51st state

go on chief, tell andy-s that its faster than a car

The Chief

Well i'm not proud of this but i got nicked at 90 on my bike in a 30 once. it was 6 in the morning but no excuse - how i got away was a miracle

pete higham

thats fcukin awesome

51st state

pete needs to convince his mam to get one

The Chief

Feckin' easy - honestly maybe it was a sensation of speed and i have driven a few quck cars but this was in a different leaque.

i've yet to drive a car that has scared me, yet this bike was scary fast

pete higham

yeah mate

51st state

why did you get nicked on a honda 90 at 6am
what were you doing
trying to wheelie it from traffic lights

pete higham

nah, he had just robbed it from the nearest shed

51st state

good night guys

pete higham

in a bit dog ****

The Chief

Pulled out of a petrol station going to work about 6 in the morning, anyway i gave it some and made progress shall we say, overtook about 6 cars in one hit - anyway saw flshing blue lights in the mirrors i thought should i just go for it. anyway pulled over and this copper pulled over in a crappy escort - he was mad as ****!!! literally dragged me off the bike, saying he was doing 75+ and i was pulling away - turns out i'd pulled out right in front of him and hot warp 10.

anyway he was shaking me asking how fast i was going, i would not admit it. in the early nineties they had no cameras so he had to let me go as he was on his own.

i thought it was game over tbh

The Chief

laters me old monkey spunk