Says fuck all about my riding as I don’t live in the UK and very rarely ride there . Nice try though
Filtering - am I morally right with my aux lights?
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Yet you feel qualified to talk about the hate from car drivers in the U.K. so By your own admission you talking bollox.
i think he was surprised to see that i had kept pace with him, as i was on the outside .
asked my friend in Rimini about it , he was horrified that i had bibbed him ! and agreed he would have been fuming !
asked my friend in Rimini about it , he was horrified that i had bibbed him ! and agreed he would have been fuming !
Possible.
Every foreign plate is generally considered "slow". Mostly because they are generally more respectful of the rules
When I am in Rome, with my (UK plated) GS or my previous car, I sometimes saw people try to get me "out of their way" as you could be a "liability" progress-wise. You don't want to be stuck behind the tourist essentially.
Put many back in their place
I cannot speak for an entire nation
but there is a shared sense of annoyance within most Italian riders when you see German (or other northern european) plated bikes while going up some mountain routes, with the urge to overtake them as soon as possible as they will most probably get stuck on the first proper corners Jokes apart, it's interesting to see how the culture/behaviours within bikers varies quite a lot from country to country.
It was a learning experience when I moved to the UK.
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My lone riders and Chinese led headlamp cause no issues during the day
But come the dark mornings or late nights, the amount of feckers who flash me is increased
The lone riders are on about 50% setting
So every time one of the oncoming flashes me from half a mile up the road. , I duly flash back giving them 100% lonerider and full led
Funny they never flash any more after that
But come the dark mornings or late nights, the amount of feckers who flash me is increased
The lone riders are on about 50% setting
So every time one of the oncoming flashes me from half a mile up the road. , I duly flash back giving them 100% lonerider and full led
Funny they never flash any more after that
Congratulations. You broke the law with no consequences…
I don't know how to properly adjust my lights so fuck you and take this!My lone riders and Chinese led headlamp cause no issues during the day
But come the dark mornings or late nights, the amount of feckers who flash me is increased
The lone riders are on about 50% setting
So every time one of the oncoming flashes me from half a mile up the road. , I duly flash back giving them 100% lonerider and full led
Funny they never flash any more after that
I drive a car in the uk very regularly and have seen how car and motorcycle users interact . And it’s ‘you’re’
A pedantic German law that serves no purpose other than to uphold the indignation of car drivers with a sense of entitlement.
DIP & main set on beam setter
Lonerider, per the setting diagram supplied
Lights set correctly, so no fucks given
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They are super bright.DIP & main set on beam setter
Lonerider, per the setting diagram supplied
Lights set correctly, so no fucks given
Better to be seen than not.
Those French lorry drivers quickly switch off their full beam when they get the full effect of the Loneriders.
Last Friday 2.15pm riding over the tops into Bala. Some bellend on a 1250gsa with, enough lights on to give you a suntan, comes over the brow of a hill on my side of the road, a very scary moment. I was still seeing the lights when I blinked 5 minutes later. I really don't get this multiple lights thing.
I just have OEM lights/spots on my GSA, correctly adjusted too.
When filtering, I find that a blip of the throttle lifts the front end just a tad and the beam catches the mirrors of the vehicles in the distance and they mostly react by moving over a but so the way is cleared.
I do go out if my way to signal a ‘thank you’ to vehicles that have done so too, it’s common courtesy.
One thing that makes me laugh is the heroes, who race through the gaps at pace, and their tyre tracks don’t deviate from a straight line, but their bodies squirm all over the place as they dodge overhanging bits of the vehicles they pass.
Even more so if I can get through on my big old beast without all the shenanigans.
When filtering, I find that a blip of the throttle lifts the front end just a tad and the beam catches the mirrors of the vehicles in the distance and they mostly react by moving over a but so the way is cleared.
I do go out if my way to signal a ‘thank you’ to vehicles that have done so too, it’s common courtesy.
One thing that makes me laugh is the heroes, who race through the gaps at pace, and their tyre tracks don’t deviate from a straight line, but their bodies squirm all over the place as they dodge overhanging bits of the vehicles they pass.
Even more so if I can get through on my big old beast without all the shenanigans.
The reason they leave a gap between cars is NOT so that you can filter between. It is because their equivalent of the Highway Code requires them to allow the passage of emergency vehicles. Filtering is illegal in Germany, I believe
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The multiple light trend just like keeping the empty luggage on your bike all the time is not about safety but to make sure everyone knows that you have a great big bike that is bigger than their bike.
It’s what the psychologists call “little man syndrome”, some time associated with low self-esteem or an undersized phallus.
It’s what the psychologists call “little man syndrome”, some time associated with low self-esteem or an undersized phallus.
In France it is to make the bikes fllter easily.
A lot of it is due to what the French bikers did during the 70ies and the agreements/habits that emerged from that.
Guys, jesus fucking christ, filter. Do it respectfully. It's ok.
At this stage I'm just waiting for the RoSpa trainee to show up... BUT BUT BUT
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Exactly .
BMW have even incorporated Oompah Loompah Mode so these midgets with attitude can mount their awesomeness steeds as it lowers automatically then rises back up to full wanktastic magnificence .
Flat white please
I ride a motorcycle in France quite a lot.
Over the past few years, I have noticed that car drivers do pull over less than they used to. Why? The 70’s was now some 50 years ago. Kids, especially in rural areas (which basically means, France) often had little mopeds to get from A to B, cars being too expensive and public transport nonexistent. Not least, the little mopeds and the like required no (or very little) formal registration. In short, kids grew up ‘used to’ bikes.
Those bods are now dying off, replaced by generations who have only ever owned cars. As a consequence, the pulling over habit is slowly dying out, too.
As to bolted on lights, blazing like a thousand suns and an ear splitting after market exhaust, banging off the rev limiter to force a channel, through some sort of assumed right of passage? Get in the sea.
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