So came to the meet tonight, had a great time, met some new faces and gleefully explained that my Varadero really was a 125
Then on the way back, just coming away from Old Street heard sirens which weren’t behind the bus in front as I thought but were in fact behind me. I was a bit slow moving over which earned a sarky round of applause from a bobby as his colleague drove past and had a car driver pull up next to me to comment “You’re not very good as this motorbiking lark are you?”
I had to laugh and take it on the chin but a valuable lesson for a learner rider about checking my mirrors more quickly and not getting carried away on the ride home.
My reply would be -
“What do you think the ‘L’ stands for!”
I make mistakes and put that down to lack of experience plain and simple. I resent the attitude that some people have that any road user should be an expert!
:crazy:
My front one got blown/ kicked off the other night, need to get around to replacing it. Is it against the law to not display front and back? If so I should probably sort it sooner rather than later eh?
dont worry about it mate, you got out of the way:), i found it took me a few months of riding before i could suss wich way teh sirens were coming from, check ya mirrors first;), if it aint behind you, look up front, as the police often use both lanes when on the blues and twos. ie quickest way through.
Hehe been there done that years ago when I had a friend of mine on the back of the KR1-S, 2 x 6ft+ blokes on that little 250, couldn’t see anything in the mirrors!!
So weirdly enough on the way to work this morning the same thing happened. This time, I was ready! Ambulance was behind me, I pulled into a shevron area in front of a bollard marking out the one-way lanes of traffic I was using and the bus only lane coming the other way.
As if you test me further the police bike leading hares past me down the bus lane and the ambulance past me in the lane I’d pulled out of! Flashing lights on both sides but I had managed to get out of their way and no cocky driver having a crack
It’s difficult sometimes to hear where the sirens are coming from. And if you’re not a skinny midget, it’s often difficult to get really good all round view from your mirrors without shifting around on your seat like you’ve got an itchy behind . You might consider either getting the Swivelling-Owl-Head ™ modification, or maybe trying some blind-spot mirrors (which look so weird that you’ll be so keen to get them off that you’ll quickly pick up better observation skills.
And no front L plate is almost asking for a friendly stop and chat from the police, at the least.
