I agree with most as stated, and without malice or rant
Well I'm not promissing not to rant
It's that time of year. As the weather changes my commute becomes fun again. All the cagers who've been decent enough to give me a bit of space on icy mornings start to see the fun in it and are probably sat there hacked off with Chris Evans and the traffic wondering if they might switch to two wheels. We all get along with our own thing and get to work. People at work are happy to see the open face out, they know if there was evil weather due it'd be the full face and the outfit (which BTW prodded buttock in the snow and gave us a right laugh when I offered to help the Landrover dealer next door tow his useless customers on their stupid low profile tyres up the slope).
A few weeks later it all changes. Out comes the power rangers at 5 AM waking up Mr. Commuter with 15 cylinder wasp in a jam jar open exhausts. If that isn't enough some clown with a seven foot wide meals on wheels BMW filters between two cars and then stops because he can't get a two ton behemoth through a four foot gap. The shame of it, bikes queueing! Finally, some idiot will fall off because he hasn't ridden 500 miles in ten years and 7000 HP is simply too much for the rush hour. We all end up staying late at work while the police shovel remains into an ambulance. The "public" barely recognises the difference between the different breeds of bikers. They come to hate us all because some idiot wants to get his adrenaline rush on the way to the office but hasn't the road time to do it without causing problems.
I wave to a lad on a 125 most evenings. He has L-plates and doesn't filter because I guess he doesn't feel the need or doesn't have the confidence. He's been there all year. I have more respect for him than all the CBR's, Harleys and other shiney machinery that will be coming out over the next few weeks and simply causing chaos. I am BTW not against all summer bikers. A new ER-6 complete with matching riding kit seems to have joined the commuter run over the last week. That guy/girl can ride and I get out of his/her way.
Do I get to go to the rants section now ?
Andy
