Now i dont usually reply to threads an stuff like this, but the more an more i see videos like this i feel compelled to actually put some pen to paper...(so to speak)
During that massively insightful video, all i really saw was people riding like absolute muppets and not concentrating - now, im sure im missing the point but as a couple of people have said already - ive spent most of my wages on protective equipment which almost totals the cost of my bike itself, im a trainee solicitor with a hell of a lot to lose if i ride dangerously or stupidly, including my life.
All i seem to hear from non-bikers when they watch video's like this is how bad bikers are! As opposed to the millions of incident of truly awful driving i see from muppets in cars! I take responsibility for my own actions - my driving instructor always used to say, you can only justify crashing if more than two things go wrong! ie. you crash because a car pulls out - its tradgic but if the car driver didnt look, you should have seen them not looking and ridden accordingly. Now i know we aren't all jedi knights and things will always take us by suprise but i would say 9 times out of 10 it applies...
Im just sick of being lectured like a f*&^ing idiot because of a minority of people choose to ride in t-shirts and trainers at 100+ in busy areas - speed alone not a problem - if you want to hurt yourself or worse be my guest but think of every other biker you make look a t1t, and everyone who then gets deliberatley pulled out on whilst filtering etc.
At the end of the day its up to us... Ps. i ride a litre sportsbike so know and again i do like to ride fast, but the thing is only as fast as i want it to be at that given point in time!!!
Hope its not bored too many people! Feel better gettin it off my chest!lol 
Posted: 21/10/2009 at 21:26
