OI i resemble that last commentā¦
I have manners! Iāll give your 3 secounds to get out my way :P:P
i think this site needs a new sectionā¦
a moan of the day sectionā¦
this is londonā¦
wouldnt get that from nice sensible Honda riders :)
The clue is in the nameā¦ āā¦are BMW ridersā¦ā. Look for the middle word, say it aloud and youāre home and dryā¦
Although there is one fella known as Bevanovitch, who most certainly doesnāt fit the stereotype!
oi foooook off
Nice to see biking stereotypes are alive and well on LB. :unsure:
Itās not a big deal - itās just an observation that a lot of us have made. 
sam d - Iām sure your lovely and not a stereotype and BMW have been coming out with some cool bikes lately which Iād like to ride and own meself (like your F800) - but the number of times Iāve been blanked by beemer riders after giving a good natured nod - and Iāve been held up loads of times by panniered beemers on the commute into work who take a perverse delight in setting up a rolling roadblock - when riders on Jap bikes will often pull in and let me pass - and I always stick my leg out to say thanks.
Oh yeah - and a lot of harley/cruiser riders are the same! ;)
Iām really quite puzzled by the state of the mid-life crisis these days. It used to be that youād buy a Porsche or a GSXR1000 to show that youāve still got a big d*ck and the money and power to back it up. Or youād be some kind of Easy Rider wannabee who would be attractive to sexually liberated hippy chicks (Actually not quite sure about that one). But what does buying a GS1200 with all the Touratech gear and all the accessories say about you? What are you trying to tell the world? That youāre a free spirit who crosses Kazakhstan on your extended holidays? Or that you really admire Charley/Euan Boorman and want to be just like them? Um, helloā¦
We did a trip to Barcelona last year. The French car drivers were universally bike aware and steered into the verge to let us by. The one car that didnāt was a black BMW X9 with blacked out windows. And a UK Plate.
When the congestion charge came in and the streets were swamped with Piaggio scooters it was really annoying that they didnāt understand basic PTW commuting courtesy. It feels to me like that has passed and theyāre pretty good now about letting you past, pulling across the front car at lights to let more bikes in front of the car queue and so on. But the problem now seems to be the same one we always had. Itās the part time m/c commuter on a boring or not very suitable commuting bike (BMWs, CB500s, Diversions, Bandits) who ride as if theyāre in a car.
And then thereās the sports bike riders. Why do they all want to race my humble Burgervan? āI deserve to be in front of you because my bike is considerably faster than yows.ā 
Or maybe thatās backwards. My humble burgervan wants to race all the sports bike riders because although theyāre faster, it can be more aggressive. Oh and watch out for the guy on a tuned Gilera Runner, wearing Dainese gear.
Iām rambling again.
He he, wapped off a large BMW thing from a level crossing, blatted round the one way system - on way for a pint with mate - hour later, bloke comes along, sees my bike outside and says ā oh, that was you earlier, I was on the BMW, you were a bit too quick for me, nice riding thoā ā
Suitably smug grin was soon wiped off my face when my mate says - ā never admit anything - heās a copper!ā
A damn, fine biking copper at that!
to be fair, i was riding behind a GS with panniers, filtering on the raised section just off the M4 and he did pull in and let me past, much obliged mate!
See the size of the panniers on that R1200 at BM tonight? Crikey! You could move house with them.
Could of been meā¦ but I rarely have the panniers onā¦