Two months on four wheels...

....and my teddy bear's done a runner.

Result!

And if it's twice the fun at half the speed in the wet, it seems to
be about a gazillion times the fun at twice the speed in the wet and
the dark. Now to tax the fucker...

 

ogden wrote

It is English, it must be because I understand every single word of it.
It is just the sense of it that seems to elude me.

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, steve auvache amazed us all with this pearl of
wisdom:

The "teddy bear" bit? I didn't get it either, unless he's had one
hanging from his mirror and it made a break for freedom,[1] never to be
seen again.

I wouldn't say driving a car in the wet is fun btw, it just isn't a
completely miserable experience.

[1] Quite how a teddy bear jumps down out of the window/door is beyond
me.

 

Well there's the rub. I'm not stuck driving a car anymore.

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, ogden amazed us all with this pearl of wisdom:

You'll love the weekend then, it's forecast to be cloudy and a little
bit chilly.

 

I quite like it, now I have a car that doesn't leak and get the
seatbelt all wet. With the computer killjoys turned off it's
educational too.

 

Well, riding in a car does feel a lot like sitting in a magic greenhouse
when you haven't been in one for a while. Not confidence inspiring, and
a bit scary, more so in the wet I find.

 

I find the opposite, in the wet you can easily drift a car but not
crash, but on a bike if your wheels are sliding all over the shop it's
got more chance of ending with tinkle, crunch, bang type sounds.

 

It's the sheer bulk of a car that I'm not happy with sliding about or
going too fast in the wet, and the being inside the thing when it's
driving just feels a bit too, well.... dissconnected.

I actually feel a sense of panic when going briskly in a car, even more
so in the wet at night.

 

Muck wrote

Sir want's to HAG in my Lite-Ace then. Disconnected you ain't.

Perched a yard and a half up in the air on a peninsular that sticks out
over the front wheel, marshmallows for suspension. Rocking it is, I can
get the back inside wheel off the ground any time I want, even in the
wet.

 

Heh.. thanks, but no thanks. My foster mum had one of those when I was a
kid. Still, there's no danger of me owning a car for the next 5 years or
so anyway, so I won't even have insurance to drive anyone elses, should
I want to.

 

Heh. Wasn't that what Top Gear used in their 'Historic People Carrier'
race. Quite a sight it was.

 

MUAH-HAHAHAHAHAHAAA!

I'd then suggest you not accept a lift from me if ever the opportunity
arises...


Seriously though, there was an article I recently read that summed up
the whole passenger/pillion quite well; it's essentially 'cause, as
motorcyclists, we're control freaks and not being in control is, well,
scary.

Personally, if I'm confident in the driver's/rider's ability then it's
simply a blast and I get the "shit-eating-grin" look throughout.



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Well, heh.. I really wouldn't be your best passenger then would I. Are
you saying that you don't have enough self control to slow up when asked
to by someone you're giving a lift to?

This may be true, but car drivers come under this umbrella too. So
everyone is a control freak.

Hmm.. each to their own. If that floats your boat, then great.

 

When I use a car these days I feel the need to have all of the windows
and sunroof open and hear the wind rushing around. Perhaps it's just
me.

 

Heh, same here. I have to have at least a side window open, unless it's
really cold and the heater has stopped working.