Perfectly apart from the embaresmet of shunting my mates bike up the arse at a junction..he had a cracked number plate , replacement on order, just need to get it painted to match and good to goAre you ok?
Oops.Perfectly apart from the embaresmet of shunting my mates bike up the arse at a junction..he had a cracked number plate , replacement on order, just need to get it painted to match and good to go
Perfectly apart from the embaresmet of shunting my mates bike up the arse at a junction..he had a cracked number plate , replacement on order, just need to get it painted to match and good to go
, came to a junction, saw paul look up the road to the right and i thought he pulled out, i am looking up to the right too, and he had stopped, only doing a couple of mph if that, apart from the number plate and my mudguard only my pride hurtOops.
I did wonder quite what had happened, but very glad no one got hurt.
A timely reminder about stopping distances I guess, something I seem to need every now and then, especially when the weather improves and there are more distractions..
ive got it on videoI always worry about someone driving into the back of me at roundabouts. The saving grace is, that if they do, it’s on video!
Good luck Brendan.got the date for my operation to take the pins and plates out of my leg...this Tuesday, so no riding for me for a few weeks...got 6 weeks to recover before Scotland at the end of May
Helmet cameras or bike mounted cameras - what do you use and why?
Here in Cornwall the roads are getting busy with tourists who leave their eyes, brains and driving skills at home so I'm starting to wonder about getting some sort of camera.
I know nothing about these things, so can anyone offer any advice and experience please?
I'm kind of expecting Ricardodaforce to have a few words to say here !
Helmet cameras or bike mounted cameras - what do you use and why?
Here in Cornwall the roads are getting busy with tourists who leave their eyes, brains and driving skills at home so I'm starting to wonder about getting some sort of camera.
I know nothing about these things, so can anyone offer any advice and experience please?
I'm kind of expecting Ricardodaforce to have a few words to say here !
Yeah, I then followed the Simpson with a CZ175 where the gear leaver flicked back to form the kick starter. All my mates laughed at me but when they were still paying the HP off on their Superdreams and stuff when I passed my test in 1983 I bought a Laverda RGS, they were not laughing then!
Fantastic times, I lived in Bristol where there was a amazing bike scene, at least seven "bikers pubs" and live bands in one every night. Friday nights we would go on runs to biker pubs in the surrounding area forty or fifty miles away. Seamed every weekend we were off to Devon, Cornwall, the snake pass or Wales. Every sort of bike from Seventies Hard Tail chops to GPZ900 which a couple of lads bought new in 1984 which were the popes b*****ks!1983 was a very good year, I passed my part two test then. My first bike was a Honda C90, then a Kawasaki AR80 (really lovely, nippy little bike), then a leap onto a Kawasaki GPz 550 H2 Unitrak which was lovely. I then bought a Honda VT250, which was a fast, reliable, well engineered beauty which I sold for a healthy profit. I then bought a Triumph Bonneville T140V, which was the worst bike I ever owned, but it kept me mobile whilst I repainted the Kwaka 550 in Lawson colours, fitted Mel Lemoto clipons and rearsets, plus a 4 into 1 Motad exhaust.
Those were the days, when the sun seemed to shine all the time and life was much simpler.
I've had a fixed system for a while but added a helmet camera last year after a road rage incident, not my rage! I really don't like attaching things to my helmet but I wasn't in view of the fixed system when the moron tried to punch me in the face, I say moron be because I still had my helmet on and the front was flipped down :/
Innovv. I would never have recalled the name, and even a quick look through the last few pages failed to help.. I'll take a look at them.
I'm leaning towards a bike mounted camera (or 2) in part due to the ease of being able to wire in and forget as I'm rubbish at charging batteries for heated gloves etc but my satnav never goes flat...
@Ricardodaforce -what's the stabilisation like on yours? I'd been wondering about the gopro hero 7 which is excellent from the 1 clip I've seen..
Thanks for that - I need to do some research and think about what matters to me. I don't think I want an action cam, I'd like something hard wired but may I want something I can use away from the bike.. Hmm.The video quality won’t match a GoPro for sure, but it’s not an action cam.
Here‘s a link to show you how it coped with appalling conditions on the motorway.
Richard on Instagram: "The video doesn’t do justice to just how bad riding conditions were both yesterday and today. I’ve been through torrential rain and gale-force winds. My gloves totally gave up being waterproof and I had water leaking in through
271 likes, 9 comments - lionheart_adv on February 20, 2022: "The video doesn’t do justice to just how bad riding conditions were both yesterday and today. I’ve been through torrential rain and g..."www.instagram.com
Well that was a week I can tell you, went down in Broadgreen hospital Tuesday morning for my operation, woken up Wednesday afternoon in Aintree hospitals intensive care unit on a ventilator, I had vomited and aspirated under the anaesthetic my left lung filled up and they struggled to get the intubation tube down, starved of oxygen for a whilst, I was basically dead for a while, thank god they managed to get me back , no residual problems upto now and so grateful tothe staff on the itu unit gor their care dedication and professionalism and especially to Dr George who saved my life ,ive still got the plates in so got to do it all again..no shame on saying my arse will be going when it's duegot the date for my operation to take the pins and plates out of my leg...this Tuesday, so no riding for me for a few weeks...got 6 weeks to recover before Scotland at the end of May
Bloody ell, hope it goes better next time...........Well that was a week I can tell you, went down in Broadgreen hospital Tuesday morning for my operation, woken up Wednesday afternoon in Aintree hospitals intensive care unit on a ventilator, I had vomited and aspirated under the anaesthetic my left lung filled up and they struggled to get the intubation tube down, starved of oxygen for a whilst, I was basically dead for a while, thank god they managed to get me back , no residual problems upto now and so grateful tothe staff on the itu unit gor their care dedication and professionalism and especially to Dr George who saved my life ,ive still got the plates in so got to do it all again..no shame on saying my arse will be going when it's due
Well that was a week I can tell you, went down in Broadgreen hospital Tuesday morning for my operation, woken up Wednesday afternoon in Aintree hospitals intensive care unit on a ventilator, I had vomited and aspirated under the anaesthetic my left lung filled up and they struggled to get the intubation tube down, starved of oxygen for a whilst, I was basically dead for a while, thank god they managed to get me back , no residual problems upto now and so grateful tothe staff on the itu unit gor their care dedication and professionalism and especially to Dr George who saved my life ,ive still got the plates in so got to do it all again..no shame on saying my arse will be going when it's due
Hope yer back on you bike soon.Well that was a week I can tell you, went down in Broadgreen hospital Tuesday morning for my operation, woken up Wednesday afternoon in Aintree hospitals intensive care unit on a ventilator, I had vomited and aspirated under the anaesthetic my left lung filled up and they struggled to get the intubation tube down, starved of oxygen for a whilst, I was basically dead for a while, thank god they managed to get me back , no residual problems upto now and so grateful tothe staff on the itu unit gor their care dedication and professionalism and especially to Dr George who saved my life ,ive still got the plates in so got to do it all again..no shame on saying my arse will be going when it's due
Tuesday or Wednesday is the plan but il have to see how I am, just had a little walk up to the shop and felt a bit jittery...little steps is probably bestHope yer back on you bike soon.
Good to hear you’re ok; hope there’s no after effects and goes better next time.Well that was a week I can tell you, went down in Broadgreen hospital Tuesday morning for my operation, woken up Wednesday afternoon in Aintree hospitals intensive care unit on a ventilator, I had vomited and aspirated under the anaesthetic my left lung filled up and they struggled to get the intubation tube down, starved of oxygen for a whilst, I was basically dead for a while, thank god they managed to get me back , no residual problems upto now and so grateful tothe staff on the itu unit gor their care dedication and professionalism and especially to Dr George who saved my life ,ive still got the plates in so got to do it all again..no shame on saying my arse will be going when it's due
One month and 14 days till I ride to The Alps. I’ve been planning some routes I’m going to ride. The Col du Grand Saint Bernard (Switzerland to Italy) the Col du Petit Saint Bernard (Italy to France) and Col de L’Iseran await me. I’ve actually driven all those mountain passes, but to do them on two wheels will be awesome.
I‘ve just ordered an Insta360 ONE X2 to help record my exploits.
I‘m already getting excited!
tunnel
Straight pipes!!! (A mate had a Shovelhead [different mate, same Shovel as I had custody of for a while!] with 2" straight pipes and used to use the Hatfield tunnel at every opportunity!)
Its fun but do it in the early morning before cars start to drive up it. Then it can be an exercise in frustration. As a side note when I did it: In Italy 30+ C, at the top of the pass, 6 C - I literally froze - lol. I can safely say that I did beetle down the other side though... I found it more fun going up..One month and 14 days till I ride to The Alps. I’ve been planning some routes I’m going to ride. The Col du Grand Saint Bernard (Switzerland to Italy) the Col du Petit Saint Bernard (Italy to France) and Col de L’Iseran await me. I’ve actually driven all those mountain passes, but to do them on two wheels will be awesome.
I‘ve just ordered an Insta360 ONE X2 to help record my exploits.
I‘m already getting excited!