Errr.... this is my "trike".... Note the lack of huge engine, crash protection and general "go-faster" elements.And now we are all wondering if @DanClarke wears full leathers and a full face helmet when out on his trike.
in fact it is interesting what peeps do wear on trikes, admittedly this discussion seems to deal with motorised ones, i.e. ICE motorised ones.
What do you wear when riding a trike?
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I've been associated with Wales on and off for many years, first in the1980s when I lived in north Wales for a while, and then these last 20 years or so when I've been a frequent visitor to mid Wales. Throughout that time, I've lost count of the number of motorcycle accidents I've seen or read about. There are a lot of winding roads within easy motorcycling reach of many of the major conurbations - Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, Coventry, Bristol and so on - and it's a popular ride-out destination. You don't need to pick up very many issues of any local paper to read about fatalities. Very often people in their thirties or forties with young children, from suburban addresses in Walsall or Newcastle Under Lyme.
A few years ago I found myself travelling through Llandovery one December. I was with my friend Hogan who needs to stop at cafes every 15 miles or so. So we went in a café in Llandovery, and as we had our cup of coffee and snack we wondered aloud why most of the tables were cordoned off with 'reserved' notices on them. We didn't have to wait long, for soon we heard the thunder of mighty V twin engines and a load of bikers appeared. They were having their bike club Christmas dinner in the café. When the helmets came off it turned out they were quite elderly bikers in most cases - there was a lot of grey hair in evidence, or else close cropped to disguise incipient baldness. Some of the women were fighting middle age and winning on points with coiffure in vibrant orange or jet black, but everybody was getting on a bit. What was interesting was what they were talking about. Almost all the table talk was about friends who'd died in motorbike accidents since the previous Christmas dinner. It sounded like there had been quite a lot of them.
A few years ago I found myself travelling through Llandovery one December. I was with my friend Hogan who needs to stop at cafes every 15 miles or so. So we went in a café in Llandovery, and as we had our cup of coffee and snack we wondered aloud why most of the tables were cordoned off with 'reserved' notices on them. We didn't have to wait long, for soon we heard the thunder of mighty V twin engines and a load of bikers appeared. They were having their bike club Christmas dinner in the café. When the helmets came off it turned out they were quite elderly bikers in most cases - there was a lot of grey hair in evidence, or else close cropped to disguise incipient baldness. Some of the women were fighting middle age and winning on points with coiffure in vibrant orange or jet black, but everybody was getting on a bit. What was interesting was what they were talking about. Almost all the table talk was about friends who'd died in motorbike accidents since the previous Christmas dinner. It sounded like there had been quite a lot of them.
The A40 where I have experience of is also used a lot by what I would call cyclists ie. pedal powered vehicles. Throughout the year there are many club timed-rides although they are almost exclusively held at weekends and Bank Holidays but the riders are respected as 'other road users' and we all proceed harmoniously together. I am not aware of any accidents involving cyclists on 'my' stretch of the road.Can we differentiate between "bikers" on ultra-fast motorised machines, and us poor "bikers" on Bicycles/Tricycles please?
Asking for a friend.
I think there's lots of different sorts of 'bikers' regardless of propulsion method.Can we differentiate between "bikers" on ultra-fast motorised machines, and us poor "bikers" on Bicycles/Tricycles please?
Asking for a friend.
Agreed. There's cyclists that ignore traffic lights, and I hates them. They give the rest of us a bad name.
I am intollerant of anyone , cyclist, biker. car, lorry - especially the 'log' transporting ones,- pedestrians who think they are excluded from the rules of the road.
Glasgie
Well-Known Member
Old Front discs from ApriliaDid you crash yer bike into the fence? Left your brake rotors behind
There's a different case i think. Oldies / born agains..
To cadge a phrase, there's old bikers an bold bikers. Int many old bold bikers.
I has been lucky an walked away from all but one of my prangs.
All but one were down to exuberance, innexperience, impatience etc..
I'll take those. Nobody else got hurt neever.
The one that put me in ospicle was down a male chicken objectin to bein overtaken who swerved in front of me.
WhiskyLassie
Well-Known Member
I don't have a bike anymore but used to joke that my smx5's were my summer footwear.
Well i think we all knew that!!!Errr.... this is my "trike".... Note the lack of huge engine, crash protection and general "go-faster" elements.
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I was being very tongue-in-cheek!!!
Don't worry, only winding you up!!!No No No.
As far as I remember they never did thats the point
Unless I missed it too
J
As if they'd ever obey any laws like that any way, even if there were any!!!
Wee doesn't describe it! Have a big un that takes half a bot mate!!!
Don't bovva me, I can drive my Brit Kit cars over here loads. As long as I take them back once a year for their MOT.Tough init bro nae luck
Ditto any Brit modified vehicle.
It only gets okkard if I try to import one!!
Hippo
Lord Hippo
Eye wondered if he had a high vis as they can help yer to be seen. He said he had two flags but they ain't always noticeable when the trike is moving if the air flow points them at the drive behind. Eye sometimes see someone wiv an orange flag on a stick. Fink he's local. Flag is just above head height. Yer dun't notice it untill yer overtaking him. At least wiv a trike theres a chair that could be brightly coloured or have hazard yella and black stripes, like a bumble bee.
