Yes, venting your spleen can make you feel a whole lot better. I’m going to be away for a while (EICMA motorcycle show in Milan, and then a short break in the UK to check out the rebuilt Birmingham motorcycle museum etc) so I thought I’d leave you a task while I’m gone.
Write in and tell us what you really hate about motorcycling.
I just read this morning about the criminal gang Notorious in the paper – and it was referred to as a “bikie gang” even though the members never go near bikes and there is no connection with motorcycling in the gang’s operations.
I hate that.
We just recently had someone write in to tell us that the bill for servicing his bike included a charge for checking the battery and cleaning the battery terminals. When he took a look he found a very much uncleaned battery with extremely grotty terminals. On mentioning this to the shop, he was told that the bill was computer generated and the battery must have been missed.
Ooh, he hated that!
And so on. What are your pet hates?
Maybe bloggers who ask you what your pet hates are?
Come on, write in - and tell your friends to do the same. Let’s get a really good list of motorcycling hates together. Could make a story for ARR?
Peter “The Bear” Thoeming
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Learn to ride first before being so arrogant and then making yourself look like a fool in front of your mates, being blown away by something with less than half the horsepower! Ha! Ha! Fools!! We all know who they are or have seen them strutting around like they have a stick implanted up their arse!
parentage.
I also really hate it when a reputable bike magazine recomends a particular type of wet weather pants and you still end up with wet testicles. I hate wet testicles....
I don't much care for whingeing, especially when it involves motor-cycling, believing that it equates to accepting " victim " status; ie, looking out for me is something I can trust to others ( just typing the words makes my neck hair prickle ) and taking that view will surely me killed or at least severly bent. One of the great attractions, for me, of our preferred form of masochism is just that. The self-responsibility, not the bending.
Here's my problem : How do I complain about a complaints blog without complaining on the complaints blog ?
Yossarian would understand.
when I was single - had a 125 woftam - went like snot - fell off hurt myself, cried) that don't let you filter lanes.
And finally I hate trucks, trucks, trucks and TRUCKS
2. Lying road departments who, in emails, "appreciate" my concern for the spread of wire rope barriers and who are "investigating" safety concerns with them -- all the while planting literally hundreds of kilometres of the bloody things all over WA. Why? Purely and simply because they're cheap -- and we motorbike riders can go to hell.
On far to many ocassions, I have been forced to sit behind a motorist traveling at 60kms on the open road enjoying the scenery (It is scenic - I admit that) with a clear view of the MT road ahead for 600 - 700 metres. As I wring that throttle, there they are those ever increasing solid white lines. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
The Rider or Driver should have the choice to overtake based on all conditions rather than be constrained by a State Govt Nanny policy that believes they are doing there bit for road safety when the converse is true. All that is being created is a bunch of fustrated and impatient drivers or riders queued behind another Sunday driver.
May the solid white lines diminish and clever road building (overtaking lanes, parking spots to enjoy the vista.... )be employed and give the rider a real choice to overtake a slow moving vehicle rather than going mad with white paint to constrain drivers to one side of the road.
White line fever NOT.