Q's about bikes in Blighty
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From: Colin Irvine on 22 Nov 2009 06:45 On Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:03:13 +0000, Pete Fisher squeezed out the following: >Indeed. I always try to remember to waggle a leg at car drivers who make >a conscious effort to move out of your way when in France (which happens >a lot on twisty D roads). In blighty I usually nod at other bikes and >give a small left hand wave to cars that are helpful when filtering. If >filtering on the motorway though I am usually loaded up or carrying a >pillion so I revert to the gallic leg waggle I used to, but my pillion doesn't like me waggling my leg as it wobbles the bike. So I nod and she then gives a wave. The next step is to teach her that a shake of my head means she should give an alternative wave. -- Colin Irvine ZZR1400 BOF#33 BONY#34 COFF#06 BHaLC#5 http://www.colinandpat.co.uk
From: Colin Irvine on 22 Nov 2009 06:47 On Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:14:13 -0800, Sean_Q_ squeezed out the following: >Although I can find the UK on a map, the minutiae of daily life over >there are dark to me, except when small random areas are illuminated >for instance by reading _Pride and Prejudice_ or _The Pickwick Papers_. <g> -- Colin Irvine ZZR1400 BOF#33 BONY#34 COFF#06 BHaLC#5 http://www.colinandpat.co.uk
From: Sean_Q_ on 22 Nov 2009 06:48 Nige wrote: >> So I got a hack rig. > > A what? A motorcycle with a sidecar. (Dnepr MT-11). SQ
From: Oily on 22 Nov 2009 06:55 "doetnietcomputeren" wrote........ Sean_Q_ said: > > > 6. From pix I've seen on the Net, sidecars in Britain are generally... > > ... reserved for the insane. > Sidecars are good fun but occupy too much space.
From: Steve Parry on 22 Nov 2009 06:50
"The Older Gentleman" <totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message news:1j9kw5a.rsebb01jkpbeoN%totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk... > Timo Geusch <tnewsSPAMMENOT(a)unixconsult.co.uk> wrote: > >> > 6. From pix I've seen on the Net, sidecars in Britain are generally >> > to the left of the bike. Is this true? My Dnepr's hack is on the right, >> > and apparently neither KMZ nor IMZ makes a left-hand version. So are >> > there Dnepr and Ural rigs on UK roads with the sidecar to the right? >> >> IIRC they're not legal here. One of the sidecar pervs might be able to >> comment. > > They banned l/h chairs some time in the 1980s, on some spurious 'safety' > excuse. Despite the fact that they could produce no accident stats for > them. > > and yet LHD cars are still legal? -- Steve Parry 87 BMW R80RS, 03 BMW R1100S Boxercup, 07 BMW K1200GT SE 02 Suzuki DRZ400SY-GT edition , 87 Yamaha FS1, Sukida SK90PY, 91 Kawasaki AR50 82 Suzuki GN400, BMW 330Ci www.gwynfryn.co.uk |