Bloody Hero
- Thread starter slimpickings
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I want to be a hero
There are two ways I might achieve this - buy a little trials bike and ride it around in mud, snow and ice until I become sufficiently expert to ride my GS in these conditions; But, oh dear i have done all that and I am still afraid. Thus the second safer solution is to park the bike outside the garage in the snow; kick it over, let it dry, put it back in the garage until the thaw comes. I will have achieved much the same 'street cred' and will not have risked hurting myself.
Though about this and have just come up from the garage having washed the salt off my bike;
There are two ways I might achieve this - buy a little trials bike and ride it around in mud, snow and ice until I become sufficiently expert to ride my GS in these conditions; But, oh dear i have done all that and I am still afraid. Thus the second safer solution is to park the bike outside the garage in the snow; kick it over, let it dry, put it back in the garage until the thaw comes. I will have achieved much the same 'street cred' and will not have risked hurting myself.
Though about this and have just come up from the garage having washed the salt off my bike;
I can`t fecking believe it.....a guy riding his bike in Winter and enjoying it......yet getting critcised and slagged by otherwise 'fellow' bikers/riders/motorcyclists/whatever the feck you are.
It beggars belief that you lot can even attempt to give him a slagging for having achieved sufficient machine empathy and riding skills to have the confidence,ability and capability to do so....and for it to be enjoyable and rewarding for him.
I suppose it`s only in the 1200GS forum, populated in the main by former plastic pellet six months a year sunny Sunday 'heroes', that a guy could get slated for using his bike all year round and in all weather.
Clearly,whatever you may be,one thing you definately are is being as plastic as your bikes.
And talking of the 1200 forum...this is hardly '1200 technical' stuff is it?
Seems as well as crawling out of your tin boxes a bit more often,you lot need to stop using this forum as a general postings padded cell just because you own a Plastic Chicken.
This is Beakchat material.
It beggars belief that you lot can even attempt to give him a slagging for having achieved sufficient machine empathy and riding skills to have the confidence,ability and capability to do so....and for it to be enjoyable and rewarding for him.
I suppose it`s only in the 1200GS forum, populated in the main by former plastic pellet six months a year sunny Sunday 'heroes', that a guy could get slated for using his bike all year round and in all weather.
Clearly,whatever you may be,one thing you definately are is being as plastic as your bikes.
And talking of the 1200 forum...this is hardly '1200 technical' stuff is it?
Seems as well as crawling out of your tin boxes a bit more often,you lot need to stop using this forum as a general postings padded cell just because you own a Plastic Chicken.
This is Beakchat material.
Come on now, who is kidding who???
"......main road outside our house sheet ice and deep snow......"
You CANNOT ride a GS1200 in those conditions without spiked tyres! (That would certainly qualify for the technical section) So don't get so excited.
"......main road outside our house sheet ice and deep snow......"
You CANNOT ride a GS1200 in those conditions without spiked tyres! (That would certainly qualify for the technical section) So don't get so excited.
bumpmuncher
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go tarka go tarka go go go
you didnt mention about people judging others by their own abilities (eg if they cant do it then nobody can) 
oh and seeing as this is turning into a general chat section. I had a lovely ride this afternoon I did have to move the bike into the sun to defrost it a bit before I went off for a wizz round
You are not too far wrong
It was a 1946 350cc Matchless and a miserable little 6 volt battery did not produce much heat - but even now i would rather take that on a journey in the snow than my GS. Some people can water ski on snow skis - i have seen it done. But it is a lot easier and safer to use the right model for the job.I fondly imagined that the acetylene lamps generated enough heat to melt the snow
Ah, all is revealed! you are a tester of crash bars!
"....Or maybe its that rare thing called skill. Buy engine bars, a tin of ACF50, drop the tire pressure, fire it up and give it throttle. Use those two big gyroscopes called wheels to keep it upright, 30-50mph should do it, and stay off the front brake. And when it's time to hit the interesting stuff, buy a winter tyre or get a snow chain for the rear wheel (Michelin Easy Grip B1 works). It only hurts the first time. After that you don't care about the scratches to the paint and are either in hospital or too cold and numb to care about the bruises. The only way to learn to ride in the snow is... ...to actually ride in the snow. "
"The key is in the term 'adventure bike'."
"My H&Bs have been down four times. Once in a slow speed (10mph) slip on ice at a traffic light due to ice, twice stationary in a parking lot due to ice, and once at 20mph into the side of an articulated tanker that turned in frontthe engine perfectly and are still on the bike. For £150 they served me well, and I bought another set in case I wanted sparkly new ones".
You are obviously not (yet) giving it enough throttle. Keep trying!
"....Or maybe its that rare thing called skill. Buy engine bars, a tin of ACF50, drop the tire pressure, fire it up and give it throttle. Use those two big gyroscopes called wheels to keep it upright, 30-50mph should do it, and stay off the front brake. And when it's time to hit the interesting stuff, buy a winter tyre or get a snow chain for the rear wheel (Michelin Easy Grip B1 works). It only hurts the first time. After that you don't care about the scratches to the paint and are either in hospital or too cold and numb to care about the bruises. The only way to learn to ride in the snow is... ...to actually ride in the snow. "
"The key is in the term 'adventure bike'."
"My H&Bs have been down four times. Once in a slow speed (10mph) slip on ice at a traffic light due to ice, twice stationary in a parking lot due to ice, and once at 20mph into the side of an articulated tanker that turned in frontthe engine perfectly and are still on the bike. For £150 they served me well, and I bought another set in case I wanted sparkly new ones".
You are obviously not (yet) giving it enough throttle. Keep trying!
geordie458
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+1. Gotta agree with you Tarka. I used to ride all year round and falling off became an occupational hazard. Respect to anyone who rides in that !!!
jrswinter
Registered user
Bike or Car?
I have done 18,000 miles this year since Feb and would love to be riding my bike now; but went out and bought a tin box a couple of weeks ago for my commute. It's not that I am a sissy or anything but my commute is 200miles up and down the A1 and A17 granted only on a Friday and a Monday. My problem is that whilst everyone is slowing down, the Artics' are just ploughing through the snow and one 'experience' of an off could easily be my last.
Anyway once the tempreture gets about 5 degrees I am back on two wheels.
P.S. My GS is not SORN'd for the winter...
I have done 18,000 miles this year since Feb and would love to be riding my bike now; but went out and bought a tin box a couple of weeks ago for my commute. It's not that I am a sissy or anything but my commute is 200miles up and down the A1 and A17 granted only on a Friday and a Monday. My problem is that whilst everyone is slowing down, the Artics' are just ploughing through the snow and one 'experience' of an off could easily be my last.
Anyway once the tempreture gets about 5 degrees I am back on two wheels.
P.S. My GS is not SORN'd for the winter...
"......main road outside our house sheet ice and deep snow......" must of been my imagination then
You CANNOT ride a GS1200 in those conditions without spiked tyres! (That would certainly qualify for the technical section) So don't get so excited.
Could be the bloke was on his way home from work
no snow when he set off
Still a hero as far as I'm concerned
I will ask him to stop if I see him again and send you a photo
As soon as someone comes up with trainer wheels to attach to the pots I am out there!
Sorry
I didn't mean to suggest that he didn't exist or that he was out there at the time -perhaps as you say by force of circumstances; All of us have i am sure found ourselves caught out in horrendous conditions and thought to ourselves ...what the hell am i doing this for, i must be stark raving mad. But not a hero.( Or perhaps there isn't that much difference - remember Bill Speakman VC?)
I didn't mean to suggest that he didn't exist or that he was out there at the time -perhaps as you say by force of circumstances; All of us have i am sure found ourselves caught out in horrendous conditions and thought to ourselves ...what the hell am i doing this for, i must be stark raving mad. But not a hero.( Or perhaps there isn't that much difference - remember Bill Speakman VC?)
Has anyone thought that maybe this was this Guys ONLY fom of transport and given that Public Transport grinds to a halt immediately in bad weather he had little choice. He could have been on a mission to get to a Hospital to see a loved one or something important!
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