What it is, to be a rider

Saw something today that simply took my breath away.

I'm crossing the road at a pedestrian stop, heading for the adelaide railway
station. Its afternoon.
The road slopes slightly away from me.
The sun is setting, the colours are dusky.
Enough light to see clearly, though.

Its peak hour traffic.
As i'm crossing the road, i look downhill to check for oncoming cages...and
this is what I see.

Over a stretch of about 300 m, a symphony of motion. Cars madly turning,
pulling out from side streets, in the break of traffic. The whole scene was
unreal, as though it was being choreographed. This alone caught my eye.

Then, about 50 metres in front of the next pack of traffic, comes a rider,
on a kawasaki ninja, High beam blazing.
Literally surrounded by cars cutting the street, with complete disregard for
him.
I saw him continually scanning, slowing down, speeding up a little, getting
out of situations before they developed.
I noticed that most drivers never knew he was there. Never knew the drama's
they would have caused if not for the riders attentiveness.
He pulls up at the light. Looks at me.

Pure steel.

That demonstration, that moment, to me...is what is is to be a rider.

Guess i'll know, soon enough. (starting riding courses soon)

 

I think you need a glass of warm milk.

--
Daz
GSXR1000K2 - Fun
CB250 - Purpose
Fazer600 - Bit of both
CBR600 - Racer
MRO#26 | FOT#115 | FOF#48 | two#41
http://www.highsideuk.com
ukrm at btopenworld dot com

 

Indeed you will. TBH, avoiding and anticipating cages becomes
instinctive.

When new riders start posting it's usually about close encounters and
near misses. They usually go on about how lucky they were to survive and
how they can't turn left. We normally get the "counter steering post"
about this time as well. After a few months they get used to the traffic
and near misses are just routine, A few months after that they start
telling us how they nearly got their knee down and how they popped a
nice wheelie [1]. A little bit later on we hear how they regularly dust
power rangers. It's usually about this time they become rude to newbies.
The circle is complete.


[1] Usually accidentally.

 

Is that some obscure aussie insult?

 

William Grainger fascinated us all by saying...

Ask Bluey, your missus

--
Lozzo
ZZR1100D, GPZ500S, CB250RS
BOTAFOT#57/70a, BOTAFOF#57, two#49, MIB#22, TCP#7, BONY#9,
ANORAK#9, DIAABTCOD#14, UKRMT5BB, IBW#013, MIRTTH#15a/16,
BotToS#8, GP#2, SBS#10, SH#3, DFV#14.
Url for ukrm newbies : http://www.ukrm.net/faq/ukrmscbt.html
www.mjkleathers.com

 

Oh god, all this time and I've been missing this last stage...
Ah, I see an opportunity looming.

--
John

SV650
Black it is
and naked

 

Post replies at the bottom and learn to snip sigs fuckwit.
Oh and read the FFAQ, and piss off until you have.

--
John

SV650
Black it is
and naked

 

T'was an adaption of this joke..

http://www.morbidhumor.com/gallery/priceless/13.html

 

There speaks the voice of experience.
*awed look*

 

...sobering...

I am currently midway through you synopsis.

 

Alan.T.Gower said:

I think you might be sued - you've just précised Bears biography before
it's even in the shops.

 

Yeah, what that and him boasting about how he's got windows these days too
and nobody biting.
Or was that John?
Mind you I think its probably an injustice.
He *is * actually rude to everyone.
...... very egalitarian that way ;-P


--
Nidge
ZX6R J2 Stunning in zit yellow. Bits of CB500S in Norwegian Parrot blue.
BOTAFOT#63

'Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand'.
(Homer Simpson).

 

Using the patented Mavis Bacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Champ

*Nice*
--
Nigel
WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20

ZZR1100 and Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner" (No , I'm
not sure how that happened either).

 

TWA#11 BREast#6 BOTAFOT#139
NT650V
Rick
--

Added to my .sig collection

On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 23:41:09 +0100, Champ wrote:

 

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He's a fair Bear.

 

Spare the rod and all that.

 

Classic!!!!!!!

 

In fact, it's so good I'm going to rob it.

 

Doesnotcompute :

Steal.