Biker's Cafe Chatroom

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Tefal said:
gonna give up riding :(

once my fingers healed, will get the car license sorted and get a car.

might put some money aside though and in a year or two get a track bike.
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Don't be a wuss...

Clov!s said:
We'll make sure your access to this part of the forum is removed if you give up biking :p
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+1 :p

Kreeeee said:
Track riding sounds like a great (expensive) hobby though.
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If only trackdays weren't so expensive... :rolleyes:
 
Diddums said:
Buy yourself a Micra or something, put the bike in the shed and keep it for weekends / pleasure. Use the Micra for commuting as it's much, much safer.
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Then sit in traffic in your Micra for an hour when the journey used to take 15 minutes.

You'll start riding again then :p
 
Just threw my helmet on with my shirt and trousers to pick up my bike from the garage, I can now see why some people ride in no kit.
It's only a 20 second 150m ride back to the office but it was much nicer than being all kitted up.
 
Diddums said:
Don't give up biking, give up commuting on a bike. You work stupid shifts and half the time you get on your bike you're a zombie liable to stupid mistakes, as you've now experienced. When I did nights, driving home was always crap as you're never 100% there and neither are most of the people on the roads, it's dangerous. On top of that you ride one of the most powerful bikes in the world (or at least when it was launched), it's a recipe for trouble.

Buy yourself a Micra or something, put the bike in the shed and keep it for weekends / pleasure. Use the Micra for commuting as it's much, much safer.
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oh no ive never had an issue commuting lol.

i got wiped out on my day off :p

also my sleeping for work is basically normal day flipped 12 hours. i get up around 7:30pm, go to work at 8pm, come home 6am go to bed about 11am.


and i usually sleep at work :P

all my crashes have been in the day time/middle of the day.

work commute is about 9 minutes and the only traffic is our lads leaving/arriving :p
 
IC3 said:
Don't be a wuss...
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it's money atm as well as im moving into my first house in a few months injury means i wont be able to get the overtime i naswell..

i might keep my eye out for a nice cbr400 thoguht to make my little toy street fighter i've been wanting for the weekend fun when summer comes.

nest year there's a few little side busineses/cash in hand jobs i can start doing so ill loo kat it then but for this winter bikes definitly out. cant ride anyway cant bend my fingers lol.


although the new k1300 do look nice.



...**** you guys.

*logs back into autotrader*
 
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Diddums said:
Don't give up biking, give up commuting on a bike. You work stupid shifts and half the time you get on your bike you're a zombie liable to stupid mistakes, as you've now experienced. When I did nights, driving home was always crap as you're never 100% there and neither are most of the people on the roads, it's dangerous. On top of that you ride one of the most powerful bikes in the world (or at least when it was launched), it's a recipe for trouble.

Buy yourself a Micra or something, put the bike in the shed and keep it for weekends / pleasure. Use the Micra for commuting as it's much, much safer.
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I'm pretty much doing this this year, particularly through winter when it gets dark at 4pm (although not in something as crap as a Micra :p).

I prefer my bike for fun, or commuting in nice weather. It just doesn't appeal to me to use my bike as a tool. It's a toy that I like to play with and shine, not a tool :)

That being said, first time today commuting in my car. I missed my bike :(. Will probably take the bike tomorrow, weather looks good.
 
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No arrow system today, still in the Coventry depot, been there since Thursday. Sadly can't collect this week and they've told me any day before Thursday.

Haha just turned up! :D

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It keeps going black outside and looking like it's going to pee it down, I don't want to spend my first ride on yet another brand new tyre in a torrential downpour like last time :mad:
 
In the last 5 minutes the sky has literally turned ink black, Met office still says no rain though for once they better be right.
 
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