socket Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 Its gone very quiet of late , so whats up ? Busy "moth balling" your bikes for winter or doing a decoke on the pipe, maybe fitting new toe sliders to your slippers. Me, what have I been doing ? ------ writing to Father Xmas asking for a new Nolan helmet and a Carte Vitale . How about a rideout before Xmas ----- hello, HELLO---anyone out there ? [Www] Seasons Greetings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugsy Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 I'm up for it, anyone else ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugsy Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 What, no one else, c'mon you 'hard' men.........................[:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunday Driver Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 Go away, I'm busy.........[IMG]http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w4/r850r/Slipper.jpg[/IMG] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geordie girl Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 Can i come as pillion or whatever you call it. I`ve never ever been on a motorbike before.[kiss] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
memb Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 [quote user="Geordie girl"]Can i come as pillion or whatever you call it. I`ve never ever been on a motorbike before.[kiss][/quote]Nah! Lets get our own motorbike and sidecar (you can be in the sidecar cos I can ride one).[;-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geordie girl Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 But 47 i dont want to be in a sidecar, i want to be on the back of a motorbike with the wind blowing through my hair; Oh i cant cos i`ll have my helmut on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugsy Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 You'd be very welcome Geordie but you are a very long way from us.Not sure that you would be too comfortable on the back of mine though...[:)][IMG]http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p211/Bugbear2/IMG_0055.jpg[/IMG]Taken last winter prior to a very interesting trip out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitty Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 Years and years old, in the days of seeing Thin Lizzie at Cheltenham Town Hall, my boyfriend had a BSA 250 that was so heavy that it took two of us to pick it up everytime it fell over. Then he bought me a green BSA Bantam (so long ago, I've forgotten how to spell it) - a kind of 'his' and 'hers'. I remember my blond hair streaming in the wind (were helmets compulsory - I can't recall wearing one?) and my toes in high heeled sling-backs (remember them) getting cold on the way to parties. In Cheltenham, Scrumpy was the cheapest drink to get you drunk during a lock-in.Them were the days, them were (fade into the sunset) .......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geordie girl Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 OMG bugbear that looks like it could take off................ bit too scary for me.[:'(] Love the colour though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunday Driver Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 Wimp burd........[;-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geordie girl Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 Yes but i did go up in a glider once and it was great. My other wish to do before i die is to go up in a microlite and fly over our house. We live halfway up the side of a valley and to fly over that would be wicked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob T Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 I hope that you realise that most microlight pilots are, or have been, motorcyclists. We have both, but the microlight is much more fun and safer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geordie girl Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 Lucky you bob, we used to watch them at brighton sometimes, god could those guys go some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugsy Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 [quote user="Bob T"]I hope that you realise that most microlight pilots are, or have been, motorcyclists. We have both, but the microlight is much more fun and safer.[/quote]"much more fun"than riding a BMW, possibly.......................[:)]"and safer"as safe as...................................maybe.**"though the truth of the matter is that microlight flying is no more dangerous than any other adventure sport ..... but like any other adventure sport, it has to be taken seriously and doesn't suffer fools gladly."**quote from M.A. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 Having flown flexwings for over ten years, up until the late 90's, I can agree that they are safer than bikes, but more fun ? Nah !Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob T Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 [quote user="Bugbear"][quote user="Bob T"]I hope that you realise that most microlight pilots are, or have been, motorcyclists. We have both, but the microlight is much more fun and safer.[/quote]"much more fun"than riding a BMW, possibly.......................[:)]"and safer"as safe as...................................maybe.**"though the truth of the matter is that microlight flying is no more dangerous than any other adventure sport ..... but like any other adventure sport, it has to be taken seriously and doesn't suffer fools gladly."**quote from M.A.[/quote]#You have to remember Gary, that I did not pass my test at 17 on a BMW and then own one for the last 30 years, I have experience of other makes of bike too, have you ever owned a modern BMW? I assume that you talk from experience if you suggest that microlights are only as safe as bikes, with on average 1.5 fatalities per annum in the UK, I think that you will find that microlighting is safer than fishing!Who is MA? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugsy Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 [quote user="Bob T"]You have to remember Gary, that I did not pass my test at 17 on a BMW and then own one for the last 30 years, I have experience of other makes of bike too, have you ever owned a modern BMW? I assume that you talk from experience if you suggest that microlights are only as safe as bikes, with on average 1.5 fatalities per annum in the UK, I think that you will find that microlighting is safer than fishing!Who is MA?[/quote]Crikey Bob, you're a bit touchy..................................That quote came from the Microlight Aviation Club not from me. I know nothing about microlights but a fair amount about bikes. My quip about BM's was only a joke.As regards 1.5 accidents per annun, I'm not sure where you got your figure from. Have a look at this. CAA siteLighten up mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geordie girl Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 Oops looks like i`ve started a row , sorry everybody, [6] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socket Posted December 4, 2007 Author Share Posted December 4, 2007 [quote user="Geordie girl"]Oops looks like i`ve started a row , sorry everybody, [6][/quote] No don't be sorry "hen" this is warming up nicely---------- Ok Bob your turn [:-))] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugsy Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 Any date in mind for a ride-out Socket ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob T Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 Never heard of the microlight aviation club before you mentioned it Gary, I get my info from the CAA and the BMAA (British Microlight Flying Association). As I have offered before, I am willing to take you up for a jolly, (we don't call it a crash course) and then after the flight you can make your own mind up as to whether it is as much fun as a bike. I have both forms of fun, and have taken many bikers for flights who have become pilots, but you get yourself down here when the weather is a little warmer and then tell me what you think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socket Posted December 4, 2007 Author Share Posted December 4, 2007 [quote user="Bugbear"]Any date in mind for a ride-out Socket ?[/quote] How about Sunday the 16th or 23rd ----------by the way Gary, that quote from MA, " 1.5 accidents per year" . How does that half an accident work ? does it mean you have to wait untill the following year for the next 1.5 accidents to occur , and then contact the other odd half before you can put in an insurance claim together for one whole accident, or what ! It beggars belief if these 1.5 accidents were fatilities . I think this is beyond us mate, better to ask Sunday Driver , what do you think ! [8-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG MAC Posted December 9, 2007 Share Posted December 9, 2007 An accident starting prior to midnight on the 31st December and finishing 1st Jan possibly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socket Posted December 9, 2007 Author Share Posted December 9, 2007 In an ideal world , yes Mac, but what would be the chance of that happening ? Like most , I'd be well into the pub scene before midnight waiting to celebrate the new year , not flying about in the dark wearing a leather helmet, silk scarf and goggles [+o(] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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