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Rush Hour Racer
 
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| | After looking out of my window today and seeing the weather why would I elect to go on a journey from London N17 to West Wycombe Bucks on 2 wheels? I looked at my ride out of the wiindow and thought car or van.. and in the time it took to say nah!!! I had decided that I was going on my bike, now I knew that that would **** the wife off (she hates bikes) on my return. She sees it as bringing the rain in with me. (I do love her but she has no idea really) Anyway.. Needless to say I came back totally soaked, this wa due to the fact that I hadn't done the jacket to trouser connecting zip all the way round so like a thief the water crept in, and by the time I noticed it was too late. Damn I hate that wet feeling round the nuts/bum (its hard being a bloke sometimes  Let me not go on and cut to the chase. Whilst out riding I met a couple of poles, both on CB500's and just as wet as I was. We had a laugh about the weather which amused the occupants of a Ford Galaxy. The wife (I'm assuming here) of the driver wound down her window and asked the question why would we as grown (I've been called worse) adults put ourselves through this torture. Yes she said torture. I laughed at her complete ignorance and replied to her question. Honey.. It's something that you will never understand because in truth neither do I. So I put the question to you my 2 wheeled brothers and sisters. Why do we do this? what is it that makes us want to fight against not only the safety that a car brings, but the onslought of the most unpredictable weather in the western world?
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London Biker
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| adrenaline, freedom, power, the rush of acceleration, the naked chaos, the liberty, the acceleration, the lack of queuing, the unbelievable quality of braking, the leather, the fresh air, the winding country roads, the cost, the warmth of the cuppa at the end of the ride, bacon and sausage sandwiches, the community, the meets, the ride-outs, the cammaraderie that car drivers don't have, the fact that my top of the range bike, costs about a quarter of what a really boring gutless powerless, dull family car would cost, the speed, the thrills, the hot chicks that ride bikes, my wife in leather, the hours spent fixing my own bike, the cost I save doing it, the horrified looks of the cagers as they see me doing something that looks scary but isn't, the angry looks of the cagers as they glower at each other's exhaust pipes whilst I commute, cornering, learning something new, the ease of mainaining my own bevhicle, the amount of stuff I've learnt by becoming a biker, that I would never know if I was say in a Golf or a Mercedes, the people I've met, the places I've been the rides I've had, the rides I will have... want me to go on...?
Tenei te tangata puhuru huru, Nana nei i tiki mai, Whakawhiti te ra!
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Roundabout Scratcher
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Roundabout Scratcher
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| Toby - Best. Post. Ever.
I want that on the back of a T-shirt! 
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Rush Hour Racer
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| | We're individuals and it's individuals that make nations great!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Rush Hour Racer
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| Toby-1-kenobi (01/12/2008)
adrenaline, freedom, power, the rush of acceleration, the naked chaos, the liberty, the acceleration, the lack of queuing, the unbelievable quality of braking, the leather, the fresh air, the winding country roads, the cost, the warmth of the cuppa at the end of the ride, bacon and sausage sandwiches, the community, the meets, the ride-outs, the cammaraderie that car drivers don't have, the fact that my top of the range bike, costs about a quarter of what a really boring gutless powerless, dull family car would cost, the speed, the thrills, the hot chicks that ride bikes, my wife in leather, the hours spent fixing my own bike, the cost I save doing it, the horrified looks of the cagers as they see me doing something that looks scary but isn't, the angry looks of the cagers as they glower at each other's exhaust pipes whilst I commute, cornering, learning something new, the ease of mainaining my own bevhicle, the amount of stuff I've learnt by becoming a biker, that I would never know if I was say in a Golf or a Mercedes, the people I've met, the places I've been the rides I've had, the rides I will have... want me to go on...?
Yes please!
Red
Sure I could get up at dawn, go to a job I hate that does not inspire me creatively whatsoever, for the rest of my feckin' life. Or... I could get up at noon, and learn how to ride a motorcycle! |
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London Biker
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| Toby-1-kenobi (01/12/2008)
adrenaline, freedom, power, the rush of acceleration, the naked chaos, the liberty, the acceleration, the lack of queuing, the unbelievable quality of braking, the leather, the fresh air, the winding country roads, the cost, the warmth of the cuppa at the end of the ride, bacon and sausage sandwiches, the community, the meets, the ride-outs, the cammaraderie that car drivers don't have, the fact that my top of the range bike, costs about a quarter of what a really boring gutless powerless, dull family car would cost, the speed, the thrills, the hot chicks that ride bikes, my wife in leather, the hours spent fixing my own bike, the cost I save doing it, the horrified looks of the cagers as they see me doing something that looks scary but isn't, the angry looks of the cagers as they glower at each other's exhaust pipes whilst I commute, cornering, learning something new, the ease of mainaining my own bevhicle, the amount of stuff I've learnt by becoming a biker, that I would never know if I was say in a Golf or a Mercedes, the people I've met, the places I've been the rides I've had, the rides I will have... want me to go on...?
There you go ranting on about how good labo.....
Wow, there is a turn up for the books.
Cracking post. A********* Go to the top of the class, Pass go and collect £200, pukka, and Kudos!
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