To the motorcycle racers

[Dr Rev]

Y.M.C.A !!

[essex sucks]

[Dr Rev]

You found that quick Essex,

[tomcat360]

It's his screen saver

[Dr Rev]

Damn thats funny !

[essex sucks]

googled it

[Stone Fox]

googled it

We believe you. Thousands wouldn't...



Do you know what they call motorcyclists in the NHS?



























Donors.


Guy I used to know at least had a sense of humour about it, on the back of his helmet he had stencilled "In the event of an accident please drain before opening"

[Dr Rev]

The old jokes are the best !!

[jethrodog]

Tomcat, I talked to a client who downhill street luges and he wears a one piece motorcycle leathers by Alpine Star. He suggests that you get something tight (not joking, that is what he said) and with good armor in the knees, hips and elbows. Get whatever fits the best. He says that if it is a little loose then when you hit the pavement with it, it rubs the crap out of your skin. You won't get road rash but you will get pressure/rub burns. Anyways, he suggested you check out different brands and get what fits the tightest but is still a little comfortable.

Sounds like fun! Used to ride my board down hills with my friends until one day I pitched it doing around 35mph when I hit an expansion joint on a bridge deck wearing shorts and a t-shirt. I don't do it anymore

[drowningbitbybit]

one piece motorcycle leathers by Alpine Star.

You cant beat AlpineStars - I demolished a wall using a pair of alpine stars boots (and a motorcycle)

And walked away from it. Okay, not quite true, I got carted away in an ambulance, but I could have walked, or at least hobbled, or maybe crawled, away if I'd needed to

Wish I'd been wearing leathers on my legs that day rather than jeans though...

[Dr Rev]

Just got a new set of Alpinestar boots and gloves, fantastic proctection, just gotta break them in now !

[tomcat360]

Tomcat, I talked to a client who downhill street luges and he wears a one piece motorcycle leathers by Alpine Star. He suggests that you get something tight (not joking, that is what he said) and with good armor in the knees, hips and elbows. Get whatever fits the best. He says that if it is a little loose then when you hit the pavement with it, it rubs the crap out of your skin. You won't get road rash but you will get pressure/rub burns. Anyways, he suggested you check out different brands and get what fits the tightest but is still a little comfortable.

Sounds like fun! Used to ride my board down hills with my friends until one day I pitched it doing around 35mph when I hit an expansion joint on a bridge deck wearing shorts and a t-shirt. I don't do it anymore

Thanks for the help. I'll look into some alpine stars stuff

$&%% that sounds like it hurt!!! Bridges suck. So do railroad trakcs and stop signs

I almost got destroyed by an Xterra the other day when I was doing an S-turn, and drifted the second turn accidentially because the other guy in the race had my line. I drifted into its lane and I was seriosuly considering if I could lay down on my board and slide under it instead of hitting the grill. Luckily, she stopped, and my wheels caught traction.

[jethrodog]

Ya, it hurt. I borrowed a ride from a friend and didn't bother to adjust the trucks. They were too tight and i couldn't get enough arc in my turn so I couldn't turn very sharp. I tried turning but it was just these little slalom type turns and I just kept going faster and faster. Soon I was going too fast to bail and I just went flying straight down trying not to wipe from the speed wobbles. I saw the bridge at the bottom, didn't realize how fast I was really going, and as I was trying to think of what to do, I nailed the expansion joint, wheels jammed and stopped dead, I went flying, cleared the bridge, and ground to a stop.

One of my brightest moments. Ranks right up there with being pulled behind the truck on a tobaggan on the freeway in winter on the way to school

[CheeZee]

Nudge ... right lets get you a bike sorted first bro ?!!!

Whats the law in your land my man .. do you need to do tests or the like to ride up to a certain cc ??! ..



p.s Sboy .. hehehe guess where i was today , Miss CCM in my hallway maybe being joined by a new sibling . lol.. i walked into the local honda yard and said " look, jive aside i want something as close to an old RG500 for fun and stoopid speed .. he pointed me at this years 600 .. and then after telling him i'd had two RG's ..he shook my hand for being alive after owning two of them in a row lmao .. i'll hit you up for a chat on that as it gets closer to the time

[drowningbitbybit]

and then after telling him i'd had two RG's ..

Two strokes, bah, dont talk to me about two strokes...

(Another weekend spent making painfully slow progress getting a KMX200 back into one bit - down to about 150 now...)

[Dr Rev]

two strokes, love the smell they make, hate the hassel of getting them to run

Do feel for ya mate !!!

[CheeZee]

yeh same as' ... youve got a pig of a job on your hands , Kmx were never made for diy strip-down .. not too put you off but i know for one thats still in a garage not far from ere' .. my buddy just gave up and brought a new bike after a whole summer of trying to piece it back together ... same goes for old ZXR's .. dont ever ever ever touch the fork set-up or you'll be kissing goodbye to the whole bike

hehehe just like my cous' 3wks after getting an 8K loan for it , it was placed carefully into various boxes and hasnt moved since .. that was 1993 lmao

[libby]

I can feel the testosterone (or is it just petrol fumes?) in this thread. yummy.

[pault]

Wish I had more chance to learn to ride, only had a go on a trial bike

I wasn't allowed near them after my dad came off his when he was younger and powered most of his knee, he has one leg just over an inch shorter than the other.

Sooo tempting to get a bike licence.

[Dr Rev]

hey pault, you should go and get your licence, The body armour today is soooooo much better than years ago.
I never ride my bike without it, dont wanna tempt fate.