In fairness, depending on the bike, that may have just been to keep it alive. There are various models - normally lower CC bikes - that will stall / cut out if you don't rev the engine when idle. Admittedly most do take the **** and rev it like a chav, but nevertheless it is a necessity for some.
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In fairness, depending on the bike, that may have just been to keep it alive. There are various models - normally lower CC bikes - that will stall / cut out if you don't rev the engine when idle. Admittedly most do take the **** and rev it like a chav, but nevertheless it is a necessity for some.
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put the reg into euro car parts or any other website like we buy any car, auto trader, insurance sites, etc and it will tell you make, model, year, size of engine, etc.
also if you think she is fronting or not declaring accidents and have such an issue with her driving why not do something about it, rather than moaning on a forum?
driving in this country is very safe compared to Palermo in Sicily 
you have to go there to see how bad it is...........
he's driving roughly ok............ but over there if your lane is empty they'll use it and drive straight at you and only move out of the way at the last moment and that road is quiet !!!!
they never stop at pedestrian crossings, they swerve in and out of lanes, overtake you and pull strait in only 6'' away from your front bumper . when they cross a junction they just bully their way through, they toot at each other, shout out the windows ! it's a fantastic city, but the driving is totally crazy.
at night all you hear is car horns, it stops at about midnight
you have to go there to see how bad it is...........he's driving roughly ok............ but over there if your lane is empty they'll use it and drive straight at you and only move out of the way at the last moment and that road is quiet !!!!
they never stop at pedestrian crossings, they swerve in and out of lanes, overtake you and pull strait in only 6'' away from your front bumper . when they cross a junction they just bully their way through, they toot at each other, shout out the windows ! it's a fantastic city, but the driving is totally crazy.
at night all you hear is car horns, it stops at about midnight
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I know what make, model and size of engine it is?
What can I do about her being a crap driver? As I've already pointed out in the very first post she seemingly hasn't done anything illegal. Sadly being a bad driver isn't illegal.
Also have no proof at all that she's fronting. It would just be a logical explanation.
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you wanted to know how old it is, doing that would tell you.
is insurance fraud not a crime which can be reported? obviously it's extremely difficult to find out who she is insured with but I'm guessing the police or whoever it is that deals with it could do so.
I approached a roundabout the other day (on a bike at the time) and there was a guy in a van at three o clock indicating left, so I figure he's heading down the road I've just come along. There's also a car at twelve o clock going straight on, also down the road I've just come along. I move off as the twelve o clock car passes me and then the van moves off, but instead of turning left he goes straight, making for nine o clock, so I have to put my foot down to get out of his way. As I go past the front of him I see that he's not indicating left, he's actually got his hazard lights on, so he was indicating everywhere. Brilliant. It just makes you not want to trust anyone's indicating.
When starting to drive, I can still remember my Dad telling me to treat everyone on the road like they want to kill you.
This is my philosophy don't trust anybody.
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Treat every other road used like they're an unpredictable idiot.
Occasionally you'll be pleasantly surprised......most of the time you won't be.
Occasionally you'll be pleasantly surprised......most of the time you won't be.
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Working in Birmingham City Centre at the moment...I swear one day I will be involved in an accident driving round there. Near miss every 2 minutes, people just make up their own rules. Run a red light, do a U turn where you should not, push their way through traffic and lane discipline is non existent.