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When I'm filtering and people pull out almost over the lines so I can't overtake. It's not like they lose anything from me getting through. This morning, one such chap was talking on his phone and smoking a cigarette while stuck in traffic also while sitting on the centre line.
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Was coming home from work in the dark last night, hissing down with rain. Visibility was appalling, mostly due to- - Drivers coming the other way taking a good 5-6 seconds to register another vehicle and turn their highbeams down, often needing prompting with a flick of my own, and - A mudless, pristine chelsea tractor sitting no more than 4 metres behind me for a good 13 miles, despite me giving ample opportunity for them to overtake and tapping my brakes regularly in an attempt to make them pull back Riding in the rain is the pits, especially on unlit, winding roads populated by road warriors and soccer mums.
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Sep 12, 2013 10:54
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Mother of motorcycle mercy, spare me from Saturday drivers. Today must have been the all-England drive-your-loving-Canyonero-at-2mph-through-my-quaint-little-town Championship or something because I almost had a road rage incident at several Chelsea tractor pilots gently nudging their ten-tonne brat wagons around the space lanes on my way home. You should need a HGV license for one of those things because they're a danger to sanity. Strong opinions from outset.
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Oct 12, 2013 12:35
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Been working shifts that have a 6am leave and 9pm return, and I think I took for granted what the traffic is like at those times: nonexistent. Went out last Saturday when it was sunny.  I hate people.
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Apr 9, 2014 14:23
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Coredump posted:The "I hate people" types grind on my nerves. Go live out in the forest if you hate humanity so much you negative nancy. I'm a nurse, I actually love people. Singular. Just not when they're in metal boxes.
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Apr 9, 2014 15:26
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Sagebrush posted:Huh. Of all the professions, I've found that nurses are the ones who are the most vehemently opposed to the very concept of motorcycling. I have one nurse friend who acted like I'd said I drive drunk for fun when she found out I ride a bike. Lectures on how dangerous bikes are, young man, are daily occurrences, mostly from other staff, so I'd have to agree. But there's a pretty large biker population in my town and I always show up at work in full leather so I avoid the worst of it. People who come into AE because they didn't wear gear and need IV morphine for all those burnt-down nerve endings, they do get an earful.
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Apr 9, 2014 17:21
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Chichevache posted:This doesn't sound like any nurse I've ever met. I don't wear fishnets or the little hat, either.
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Apr 9, 2014 17:54
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As annoying as it is to be constantly reminded that you own a vehicle with the potential for greater induced harm than most are comfortable with, I do like the fact that people are generally warning you out of sincere concern for your health rather than a zealous desire to push their own minivan-driving (GBS-posting) agenda.
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Apr 10, 2014 08:42
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There's lots of cattlegrids around here too, which is absolutely hell when it's wet and hardly a trivial matter when it's dry. I don't think I would make a regular thing of taking that bridge.
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May 19, 2014 14:08
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The summer vacation is here, and the little brats are being loaded into suburban tanks to be driven to my county, a beauty spot and magnet for caravan-toting Chelsea wagons. My quiet morning commute along unrestricted country roads is being ruined by tourists, holiday makers and fair weather bikers. 6:30am used to be my time, and now it's full of people doing twenty below looking for chintzy little coffee bars and farm shops, dragging forty-grand aistreams and peering over the top of genuine calf leather steering wheels.
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Jul 9, 2015 10:45
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goddamnedtwisto posted:Tube strike time in London so twice as many cars on the road, plus probably four times as many bikes (powered and not) as usual, all of them piloted by people who really don't understand the subtle interplay of awareness, manners, and sheer bloody insanity that is dealing with London traffic. Can't wait to move there in 2 months. Might sell the bike and walk like a loving hick.
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Jul 9, 2015 15:12
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Healthcare rather than tech, but the UK government just undid a change of 5-6 years ago where it was a requirement for nurses to have a degree. It's going to be an apprenticeship type deal now, like it was in the good old days. Turns out having a degree level understanding of sociology/psychology isn't a lot of help when someone is going into septic shock. Quelle suprise.
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Finger Prince posted:nursing. The vast majority of my work is medication and treatment management. I wouldn't resent my degree if it had even began to prepare me for the actual work - we had close to zero pharmacology and physiology, and tons of social sciences bullshit. All the actual useful information is learned on the job; the course was designed by academics, who can't fathom the concept of a practical degree, and bizzarrely think a BSc in nursing should contain no nursing relevant science, in case we start questioning the doctors. ..to keep this slightly bike rant related, the Welsh winter keeps blowing the cover off my xr.
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Dec 8, 2016 23:55
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What part of the country? I have a van.
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May 7, 2018 20:48
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South coast. In another life.
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May 8, 2018 01:24
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I think somebody tried to steal my bike in London last year, but thought twice after uncovering it (the almax chain is thicker than my arm) but they did take the cover. Minor and irritating crime!
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Sep 8, 2018 15:06
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Wb Slavvy, glad your brain didn't win. Henryj: agree that "taking a break" isn't a magical cure-all, but quitting video games and work and living in a tent and hiking every day allowed me to think about what I need to manage my bipolar disorder and get help, so it's definitely a good thing. Sometimes it's impossible to make the change you need if some bullshit is occupying all your free time and brain power. - I got shunted from behind by a rubbish lorry on Friday in London. The guy was on his phone and didn't notice; in fact he kept shunting me until I moved to the side, tapped on his window, and explained that he had hit me. He started yelling incomprehensibly. I noted his number plate, and the name of the company that contracts to the local council, and kept going. I later reported it to his company, they are "investigating." I did a walk around of the fjr and it was fine at first glance. However on the way home today, I guess a damaged bolt finally wiggled loose and fell out of my top box rack. A out 5 miles out it fell off on the highway and luckily didn't hit anyone. I rode home with it balanced on my tank. I wasn't going to report the incident to the police bit now I feel like I have no choice. I hope the truck had a dash/cab cam, in retrospect I should have filmed him sat on his phone in traffic. Shelvocke fucked around with this message at 10:50 on Sep 29, 2019 |
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Sep 29, 2019 10:43
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Strangely enough the guy who fitted my fjr's AGT2s yesterday wanted feedback in 10kkm as he hasn't known anyone put high mileage on them yet. Since I've only ridden them home from the shop so far I can only say they feel tall and round.
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Oct 5, 2019 10:33
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The main argument for quiet, efficient bikes is so NIMBYs don't realise you're out having fun in the dirt and get your local lanes closed Can't wait for a lightweight electric dirt bike with over 100 mile range
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Oct 17, 2019 17:18
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I spent 3 hours trying to remove a steering head race today, it's jammed in tight and way out of alignment. I used a punch, a specific tool, hours of penetrating oil and a blowtorch. I even ground an old notched flathead to make it flat on one side so it doesn't jump off the lip easily. I'm going to Dremel it on Monday
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Oct 25, 2019 18:52
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Good tip thanks. I can only assume the last one was inserted with a sledge
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Oct 25, 2019 23:07
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I think mine is a particularly bad example; it's a 20 yo dirt bike with hundreds of jumps and gallons of river mud behind it. God speed
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Oct 27, 2019 11:26
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Slavvy posted:Fun fact: on a v-rod the head tube tapers on the inside, making it impossible to hit the back of the races with anything. Using violence or a welder are the only options available, you don't even get to try tapping them out. Good thing American steel lasts forever and those races will never need replacing
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Oct 27, 2019 20:49
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A haiku: gently caress this bearing race violence is the answer immortal steel gently caress 
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Oct 29, 2019 18:24
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Sounds a lot like when I had a dispute with the UK ski instructor body when they insisted I needed a first aid qualification I'm a loving a+e nurse
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Dec 12, 2019 19:00
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About 3 weeks ago I was rear ended at the lights by a £80,000 Merc. I can't remember if I bitched about it in here at the time but basically I agreed to not go through insurance and have the bike inspected by my great local shop if he would pay for repairs in cash. I recorded an admission of fault from him at the scene which turned out to be a brilliant idea because he proceeded to try and wriggle out of it for the next fortnight saying he was going to talk to his lawyers and that I was a liar out for his hard earned money, etc. Also fortunately I recorded our phone call (not admissable in court or whatever but still a good reference recording) where he spent the first 15 minutes calling me all sorts of names (but also admitted guilt several times again). My local shop was brilliant, and spent 6 hours trying to diagnose the ABS fault caused by the knock (charged for 3 including getting the local Yamaha dealer involved). I sent the invoice off to the guy and am washing my hands of it. I brought them some beers when I collected the bike today and they were genuinely made up. I will insist on insurance every time now and just leave the bike in the hands of whoever the insurance company chooses. Lesson learned. Always record altercations if you can!
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A few reasons why I didn't go for insurance at the time - my big crash was 5 years ago in October and still isn't paid out, I didn't want my premiums to go up, and - most naively of me - I thought I would do this guy a favour. On a side note, solicitors are the absolute worst and if I didn't have my dad's probate, the aforementioned crash wrangling and a house purchase all currently in progress I'd quite happily never talk to one ever again.
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Jul 27, 2020 20:28
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Renaissance Robot posted:Probably the thing to do is drain the oil and see if there's some whole rear end gear teeth floating around in there, it's overdue anyway. Have you been driving your air cooled Triumph in this hot as balls weather??
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Aug 12, 2020 21:32
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For some reason even water cooled Triumphs run really hot and struggle in traffic on hot days, that goes doubly for the classic air cooled styles. If you've had much time idling at reds in our 30+c weather over the last week you're probably getting really really toasty and are experiencing pre-ignition and detonation. This is really bad for your engine and should be avoided as much as possible E. I didn't mean to sound like an rear end I was just really hoping your engine wasn't cooking itself
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You'll get there and he'll lowball you
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Sep 3, 2020 15:02
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Slavvy posted:Why the gently caress do they let you buy a crankshaft at all arrrghh?! This is a really good question
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Sep 11, 2020 11:45
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I'm starting to see a strong anti-authority/KTM ownership correlation
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Oct 3, 2020 12:01
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I bought a crimping tool with removable teeth for different connector styles, and it came with a great stripper. I tried loads of different connectors but the brass bullet style in different sizes with optional insulation, properly crimped and finished with cloth electrical tape, are absolutely excellent. All of the above in a quantity enough for a whole bike can be had on eBay for <£30.
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Nov 30, 2020 17:57
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There is a lot of benefits to shift work, and nearly the best is commuting outside of normal hours, and not having to interact with the general public on the roads at all. It's also why dirt biking is great.
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Apr 26, 2021 19:26
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I seem to have developed carpal tunnel syndrome. I've been getting a numb hand the last few times riding the dirt bike, I assume from vibration, and using powertools/ hammer and chisel on the workshop. Pretty irritating, I don't even touch computers.
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May 1, 2021 14:13
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My standard response to people telling me bikes are dangerous is "you're right, I should go sit on the sofa until I die." People who are obese/drink excessively/smoke/have sedentary lifestyles etc seem to be the most prone to these outbursts of fraternal concern for my wellbeing. I don't have a problem with that, but if I die young at least I'll be having fun and look good doing it
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May 3, 2021 18:46
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They're pretty cool for the UK if you're going for an inexpensive runaround, they're exempt from road tax and MOT, and the insurance will be dirt cheap
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Jul 8, 2021 17:36
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In my experience, as the relative wealth and value of vehicle goes up, so does the entitled indignation about being split by a motorcycle, or anyone, really. In contrast, in the "poor" town down the road, people will cheerfully drive their beater in the ditch to let you through. I used to work at a boarding school, and the flashy parents in Lamborghinis and Teslas would fall into the first group, whereas the old money multi-million/billionaires and/or titled gentry driving clapped out 60s land rovers and 80s ford escorts would be in the second.
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Hole in the airbox? Could be running super lean and over heating
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