Only Motorbike riders will understand.

[Megzz]

It's not painful, it's scraping the footpegs (where your feet sit) along the ground when cornering.

Ahh in that case, well done. Good to hear it has absolutely nothing to do with your winkie.

 

[thomasssss]

congrats on the peg scrape , its all fun and games till you come off then it just hurts ive only ever done a different kind of peg scrape, the up right kind when im stuck in a muddy rut sometimes the pegs get stuck in the dirt thats when its time to make a new track around the rut

 

[Snake-Supplies]

Ahh in that case, well done. Good to hear it has absolutely nothing to do with your winkie.

my winkie?

Do, he's safely tucked away, I need him.
If that's what I think you're talking about...:?

congrats on the peg scrape , its all fun and games till you come off then it just hurts ive only ever done a different kind of peg scrape, the up right kind when im stuck in a muddy rut sometimes the pegs get stuck in the dirt thats when its time to make a new track around the rut

lol,

 

[Megzz]

my winkie?

Do, he's safely tucked away, I need him.
If that's what I think you're talking about...:?
,

Look, on opening this thread I had no idea what your 'peg' was. My mind does tend to wander...

 

[browny]

first time you scrape a peg it gives you the biggest grin ever, sports bikes are definitely where the fun's at just make sure you keep an eye on them cagers at round-a-bouts, sorry but older ladies late for kinder pick up especially....trust me on that

I think that your best having them as a weekend thing so to speak, general commuting is asking for trouble most the time.....and don't get me started on the road crayons


back on track........congrats Josh be proud mate don't stress the 'what about' comments they don't know what your riding etc so just making general comments.

 

[Snakewoman]

keep an eye on them cagers at round-a-bouts, sorry but older ladies late for kinder pick up especially....trust me on that

Haha, true, although in my experience just about everyone pulls out in front of me at roundabouts, I always expect it... makes me laugh sometimes

Never scraped a peg on my bike, but it's a cruiser so I don't have to lean it very far to make it turn

Next you could aim to get a knee down, then an elbow, just like this:

 

[SA_Goannas]

Saw a Temporary Australian get nailed in Melbourne Street North Adelaide this afternoon, screaming up the inside of the traffic on a single lane road until he came to a very sudden stop when a car came out of a blind side street a little too far & this twit went sailing across the bonnet with his bike left wedged under the VB Commodore front guard. No sympathy for them, they deserve all they get & then some....

I wonder if he bragged about his heroics on the 'net.

 

[Erebos]

Mine was at 170 on turn one at eastern creek


Cheers Brenton

 

[Snake-Supplies]

Saw a Temporary Australian get nailed in Melbourne Street North Adelaide this afternoon, screaming up the inside of the traffic on a single lane road until he came to a very sudden stop when a car came out of a blind side street a little too far & this twit went sailing across the bonnet with his bike left wedged under the VB Commodore front guard. No sympathy for them, they deserve all they get & then some....

I wonder if he bragged about his heroics on the 'net.

Yeah, well... can't help stupidity can you?

Mine was at 170 on turn one at eastern creek


Cheers Brenton

I wasn't going fast, only about 80km

Look, on opening this thread I had no idea what your 'peg' was. My mind does tend to wander...

So does my winkie

 

[Snakewoman]

Saw a Temporary Australian get nailed in Melbourne Street North Adelaide this afternoon, screaming up the inside of the traffic on a single lane road until he came to a very sudden stop when a car came out of a blind side street a little too far & this twit went sailing across the bonnet with his bike left wedged under the VB Commodore front guard. No sympathy for them, they deserve all they get & then some....

I wonder if he bragged about his heroics on the 'net.

They shouldn't have been screaming up the side of traffic, however many bike riders want to get to the front to avoid having this happen:

Motorcycle Crash - YouTube

 

[Snake-Supplies]

first time you scrape a peg it gives you the biggest grin ever, sports bikes are definitely where the fun's at just make sure you keep an eye on them cagers at round-a-bouts, sorry but older ladies late for kinder pick up especially....trust me on that

I think that your best having them as a weekend thing so to speak, general commuting is asking for trouble most the time.....and don't get me started on the road crayons


back on track........congrats Josh be proud mate don't stress the 'what about' comments they don't know what your riding etc so just making general comments.

Well, it's not a sports bike, it's a sports tourer... Suzuki GSX650F (It's the LAMS version) I was very suprised I could get it that low... I didn't mean to do it.
I'm looking at a GSXR for my next bike, if not... a CBR800 maybe 1000.

Well, I live in the Latrobe Valley, there are plenty on hills and windy back roads. Every road to get to the next town has a speed limit of 100 or more, even on the back roads. So the general commuting part, is all I ever really do on it. Weekends are busier than the weekdays from people going away.

They shouldn't have been screaming up the side of traffic, however many bike riders want to get to the front to avoid having this happen:

Motorcycle Crash - YouTube

are you okay??

*** LADY!? YOU JUST HIT HIM WITH YOUR CAR!!

HE'S FINE!

 

[Snakewoman]

are you okay??

*** LADY!? YOU JUST HIT HIM WITH YOUR CAR!!

HE'S FINE!

Lol, yep! There's also a good video somewhere of someone who didn't give way to a bike in a roundabout because they didn't see him, but they spotted him while in the roundabout and stopped right in front of him. I'd like to know what they were thinking, if someone is coming towards you the reaction should be to get out of the way, not stop in front of them so they can hit you. :facepalm:

 

[Snake-Supplies]

Motorbike riders... death wish or what.

 

[Snakewoman]

I wouldn't say death wish. You get pretty good at predicting what other people are going to do. The guy on the bike that had the roundabout incident didn't crash because he was prepared for what was going to happen. Found the video:

roundabout blindness - YouTube

I've almost traveled 2000kms on my bike and I've had people in cars do stupid things but I'm always watching what other road users are doing and keeping a good distance from vehicles in front of me and things have been good so far. I had a truck that moved over into my lane because the driver didn't see me, but as soon as his indicator came on I knew he was going to move straight over, so I applied to brakes and everything turned out fine. It wasn't a terribly close call and it didn't scare me. The only times I've been scared on my bike is when I've taken a corner a bit too quickly, and that was entirely my fault.

 

[JackTar]

Saw a Temporary Australian get nailed in Melbourne Street North Adelaide this afternoon, screaming up the inside of the traffic on a single lane road until he came to a very sudden stop when a car came out of a blind side street a little too far & this twit went sailing across the bonnet with his bike left wedged under the VB Commodore front guard. No sympathy for them, they deserve all they get & then some....

I wonder if he bragged about his heroics on the 'net.

I don't know what is worse, calling someone a temporary Australian just because they are doing something that you haven't got the balls to do or that you would wish pain or injury on another human being you sicko.

 

[Snakewoman]

All human life is temporary, so there isn't much point in calling anyone a temporary Australian just because they ride a bike. I've had a good look around motorcycle forums and asked questions and there are quite a few people who have ridden for decades, it isn't necessarily an activity that includes certain death, that's a sensationalistic way to look at it. The ones who do stupid things get killed at a higher rate but the same can be said for those who do stupid things in cars.

 

[Snake-Supplies]

I wouldn't say death wish. You get pretty good at predicting what other people are going to do. The guy on the bike that had the roundabout incident didn't crash because he was prepared for what was going to happen. Found the video:

roundabout blindness - YouTube

I've almost traveled 2000kms on my bike and I've had people in cars do stupid things but I'm always watching what other road users are doing and keeping a good distance from vehicles in front of me and things have been good so far. I had a truck that moved over into my lane because the driver didn't see me, but as soon as his indicator came on I knew he was going to move straight over, so I applied to brakes and everything turned out fine. It wasn't a terribly close call and it didn't scare me. The only times I've been scared on my bike is when I've taken a corner a bit too quickly, and that was entirely my fault.

LOVE THE COMMENTARY!!
Gotta watch that people...

 

[Erebos]

Motorbike riders... death wish or what.

Where abouts mate I grew up in moe


Cheers Brenton

 

[SA_Goannas]

however many bike riders want to get to the front to avoid having this happen

Many want to get to the front because they're impatient. Nice video, bet he was glad he was filming

I don't know what is worse, calling someone a temporary Australian just because they are doing something that you haven't got the balls to do or that you would wish pain or injury on another human being you sicko.

Granted I 'lack the balls' to ride a bike on the roads, mainly as I have a brain. The instances I see on a daily basis the number of motorcyclists doing crazy stuff on the roads is alarming, they really don't value their life at all. Hence if me being a 'sicko' is drawing some level of satisfaction from these idiots smashing themselves up & even killing themselves then I am glad to be a 'sicko'. As then there's one less idiot on the road.

All human life is temporary, so there isn't much point in calling anyone a temporary Australian just because they ride a bike

Many motorcyclists are just a lot more 'temporary' than the rest of us

 

[Snake-Supplies]

Where abouts mate I grew up in moe


Cheers Brenton

I grew up in Broadmeadows, moved to Moe. :shock:

One extreme to the next hey?