Roger Smelly Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 i hope the police look into this fellas riding haha Look Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempus Fugit Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 why ? very boring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celt Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 Very safe high speed, if you can call it that, riding imo. Shows you what you can do when in control of a bike and give consideration to other road users. Fair play, nice scann. Smelly, if you give me a home address, i'll bring the tyre lever to take your head out of your arse. A better vid than we have seen here lately. Funnly enough, I always though Gavasta a bit off a knob. How things can change, n1 m8. Covered Wrong Vid me thinks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cholmondley-Warner Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 Looked like responsible riding almost to the point of tedium, I switched it off after about 2 minutes and saw absolutely no reason why the police would be the slightest bit interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mission Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 Yep, nothing wrong with his riding style at all, actually a pleasure to see a biker ride like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitro Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 I saw this the other day, His lines were mostly ok and he slowed right down before he even was close to a car, Also very good overtaking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc2wolf Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 i hope the police look into this fellas riding haha Look Why? Perfectly normal riding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modey Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 edit: might have been a bit harsh there but as everyone else has said, what is the point of the post? sarcasm?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Smelly Posted March 4, 2006 Author Share Posted March 4, 2006 The person who is riding the bike is a forums regular, it was a piss take. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisner Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 I would agree with most of the comments on here. A lot of car drivers believe bikes are overtaking on blind corners or near the brow of a hill without realising that the rider is sat a foot or two higher and can see a lot more. On the video the camera is very low and what might look dangerous is more than likely safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Peters Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 I enjoyed this video, and think after watching it that Gav is a good safe rider. Just goes to show that someone obviously enjoying a machine capable of two or three times those speeds chose instead to have a safe, fast ride. Lines looked good to me - a fine example of positioning the bike for defensive riding - and settling on a pace that no doubt sharpened his reflexes without taking any chances. Only thing that made me nervous was a flash of a car waiting to pull out at Little London, and the fact that if he'd not seen Gav it would be another rallying call for the anti-speed lobby, rather than a condemnation of many car drivers safely cocooned behind airbags, SRS, ABS, TC and seatbelts, with a CD blasting, a satnav talking to them and in a world of their own. There is nothing to see here folks, except a biker riding well and enjoying himself. When the blanket speed limits come (as they surely will) we bikers might as well buy Vespas. But don't worry - the beaurocrats know what they're doing. Just go indoors, don't smoke, drink or eat tasty food and watch Big Brother...everything will be just fine... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxchatterbox Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 quite a good piece of film with reasonable riding....until that is...the left turn from Church Street onto Derby Road....like hello we went over a the word painted on the road that said STOP but he didn't...and you wonder why bikers are involved in accidents..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Smelly Posted March 4, 2006 Author Share Posted March 4, 2006 The only reason i posted it was to show the bike haters out there that most bikers on the island ride safe and know their limits. Shame the bloody car drivers choose to think they are still playing the playstation and that when they crash they actually do kill and mame people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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