Any bikers in here?
- Thread starter Dawelio
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Tripp
too many shrooms
Hello,
I have gotten a bit of an interest in bikes/motorcycles and thought it would be fun and interesting to see if there's anyone in OC3D that rides?...
What kind of motorcycles do you guys have, post a picture then of your beauty!
I ride mate, I currently have a 2011 CBR600f.
Excalabur50
Well-known member
I was a founding member of the Masonic Motorcycle Association of Australia but I don't ride as it's too dangerous with morons on the road, it's scary enough in a car let alone a bike.
Tripp
too many shrooms
Here a link to a pic of my bike
http://s1280.photobucket.com/user/c...78_2331855904453262943_o_zpspqpq4cwt.jpg.html
http://s1280.photobucket.com/user/c...78_2331855904453262943_o_zpspqpq4cwt.jpg.html
AlienALX
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After losing two very close dear friends to motorcyle accidents I was put off. I used to have a Vespa with crash bars and mirrors (and the Who coat) but after coming off of it twice (oil on road and man who drove straight over me without looking) I gave up.
Death rockets. And 90% of the time when a rider dies it was down to a careless car driver. Yeah, no thanks dood.
Death rockets. And 90% of the time when a rider dies it was down to a careless car driver. Yeah, no thanks dood.
Tripp
too many shrooms
you're right most of the time its down to silly drivers that cause accidents, i wouldn't call them death rockets though mate you can't go through life risk free
Dawelio
Active member
Ohh, that is a very nice bike indeed dude. Just like the ones I've actually caught up on hehe
Tripp
too many shrooms
Ohh, that is a very nice bike indeed dude. Just like the ones I've actually caught up on hehe
aye shes ok, i want something faster now though haha always the way
Dawelio
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AlienALX
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I take plenty of risks. However, they are calculated risks with the onus being on me to mess up and hurt myself.
However, you can not calculate a risk that is 90% loaded in some one else's hands. And that is usually how bikers meet their end, because of some one else.
You can't predict stupid.
Comes to mind here.
My now ex wife had to deal with a man who died in her arms. Was obviously bombing down a country road in Wiltshire, tractor reversed out onto the road. Didn't stand a chance...
Greenback
Active member
I agree I've had a women open a car door on me, she wasn't happy about the dent I put in it when I kicked it shut with Steel toecap boots on
AlienALX
Well-known member
My first crash was on a 3 lane road. We had been to Box Hill, it was the middle of summer so all I had on was shorts and my crash helmet. Yeah, I'm stupid. I've still got the scars and missing freckles to prove it.
Any way that day my mate crashed his RD 125. He was going too fast and came up on a corner too fast and he came off. He was a right state. We decide to take a slow ride home, stopping every few miles for him to rest. His arms were covered in rash.
Any way, we stop on a 3 lane road. It wasn't a motorway just a B road. I had a 100CC Vespa at the time. As I indicated and pulled out of the layby onto the slow lane a pikey in a open back transit went from the fast lane to the slow lane. He didn't see me, and literally drove over me. The back of his van jammed my hand between the bars on the bike and his pickup bed. I was trying desperately to yank my left hand free as it was being crushed. Of course, when I finally yanked it free I was left with one hand and the force threw me off balance so I went over the bars.
The rash was so deep that the entire of my arms from the wrist to the elbow were scalped. I had to sit for weeks with my elbows on my thighs with my arms pointing upward to stop the scabs from cracking and pulling my arm hairs out. Of course the pikey wasn't insured, and promptly left the scene. The number plate he was using was false.
I've still got the scars on my left hand. They look like puncture wounds. And my arms are missing 90% of the freckles that used to be on there.
About six months later I decided to fix up the bike. I repainted it in mint and orange and it looked sweet. Took it out for a ride, got to a roundabout, leaned to take the turn and next thing I knew I was smacked into the central reservation. Took a while for me to work out I had hit an oil patch.
I stopped riding after that. Have not been on a motorcycle since. Crashing a BMX is bad enough and I have been laid up for weeks after breaking arms/wrists/fingers etc, but crashing a motorbike sucks the biggest old hairy set of balls known to man. You slam fifty times harder than you ever do on any BMX.
Tripp
too many shrooms
"You can't predict stupid" sorry mate I have to disagree,I have avoided many accidents by doing just that and your intuition with it gets better the more you work on it.
Seriously though man why ride with no jacket and in shorts or gloves, that man is asking for trouble setting out with that carefree of an attitude is dangerous in itself.
Seriously though man why ride with no jacket and in shorts or gloves, that man is asking for trouble setting out with that carefree of an attitude is dangerous in itself.
Davva2004
Active member
My 1996 Honda CBR600F...
If you're ever bored rigid one day here's a link to the album of pictures I took when I stripped it down completely, and rebuilt it with all new bearings and seals and had most of the metalwork powder coated. That was a labour of love.
http://smg.photobucket.com/user/davva2004/CBR600 Rebuild/story
If you're ever bored rigid one day here's a link to the album of pictures I took when I stripped it down completely, and rebuilt it with all new bearings and seals and had most of the metalwork powder coated. That was a labour of love.
http://smg.photobucket.com/user/davva2004/CBR600 Rebuild/story
Cyberboy109
New member
Im in the middle of ratting a hyosung comet
fitted with USD forks and twin disk conversion...remove all lights and flashers, led brake light (day mot)
custom loom, gravity fed conversion, bike raised by 5mm, new stainless steel exhaust, loads of hammerite paint lol some decals
a speedo that only goes upto 50mph for a push bike ...oh and braided brake lines
fitted with USD forks and twin disk conversion...remove all lights and flashers, led brake light (day mot)
custom loom, gravity fed conversion, bike raised by 5mm, new stainless steel exhaust, loads of hammerite paint lol some decals
a speedo that only goes upto 50mph for a push bike ...oh and braided brake lines
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I have an XSR900 now, picked it up late last year.
Mileage up to 605.
It's had a Nitron shock (standard is a pogo stick).
Twin outlet full system exhaust.
Rapid bike fueling ecu.
Rad guard.
Heated grips, made by Yamaha so connect straight into the bikes loom.
SAM_1376 by fred roe, on Flickr
SAM_1539 by fred roe, on Flickr
SAM_1602 by fred roe, on Flickr
Mileage up to 605.
It's had a Nitron shock (standard is a pogo stick).
Twin outlet full system exhaust.
Rapid bike fueling ecu.
Rad guard.
Heated grips, made by Yamaha so connect straight into the bikes loom.
SAM_1376 by fred roe, on FlickrSAM_1539 by fred roe, on FlickrSAM_1602 by fred roe, on Flickrscubasteve
Member
Its been a good while since i been on anything that fast back when kawasaki ninjas and GSXR's were part and parcel of everyday life didnt even think was anything special cos it was so normal the odd XR's 600 down main high streets even tho feet wouldnt touch the ground lol
had a bit of a tumble of one and since had 4 wheels but now back in the game with a trike small one you can see it in ''post a pic of last purchase '' thread
since few bikers here...... questions if i may ....
what is best helmet or bike cam if you guys have one, and what alarms /Immobiliser is recommended ?
obligatory old ass photos of moua been a donkey!!
as you can see from the paisley shirts and the patrick ewing trainers these are photos from waaaaaay wayyyy back and not recommended to bolster you sex life as was lead to believe back then
had a bit of a tumble of one and since had 4 wheels but now back in the game with a trike small one you can see it in ''post a pic of last purchase '' thread
since few bikers here...... questions if i may ....
what is best helmet or bike cam if you guys have one, and what alarms /Immobiliser is recommended ?
obligatory old ass photos of moua been a donkey!!
as you can see from the paisley shirts and the patrick ewing trainers these are photos from waaaaaay wayyyy back and not recommended to bolster you sex life as was lead to believe back then
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Tolemac
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I always used Arai Crash helmets when I used to ride. https://www.araihelmet.eu/en As for a dashcam check out the nextbase 512GW https://www.nextbase.co.uk/dash-cams/412gw-dash-cam/ and as for immobilisers look at the datatool range of products https://www.datatool.co.uk/
https://www.datatool.co.uk/
