[Discussion] What do you hate about riding?

[sihan0110]

1. Riding took up too much of my personal time

2. I become more of a loner

3. I lost my car driver friends

4. I can't pick up chicks like my car driver friends do

5. Look stupid paying $18 for season parking after queueing for hr at AXS machine

6. Used up my passport too quickly

7. Having this illness of keep wanting to find places to go in the middle of the nite

8. When oversea, can't sleep well because scare my bike get stolen

9. Have to keep going bikeshop

10. Always tempted with new machines

 

 

for point no.5 , you can pay season parking thru online . https://services2.hdb.gov.sg/webapp/BN22ERENEW/BN22ERTERMS.jsp

[Fried Rice]

when someone or i make a mistake.. and i pay for it with my life..

 

and even worse, with my pillion life too.

[dwpang]

i only "super uber" hate the maintenance part. esp when u know u have to fork out alot of money for the repairs.

 

still, riding is a way of life. sure there is ups and downs, pros and cons of it, but still, some experience that you will never forget in your life.

[Dafanshu]

rain rain rain.... always rain

[ohayo]

I don't know why but big bikes like to cut in front of me without warning and slow down. They do not signal at all. The worst is peak hour when car and lorry drivers who "know" me are keeping a safe following distance and let me take up a space of a car. Suddenly some big bikes zoom past and cut across my safety distance.

 

Some even jam brake in front and start tailgating the vehicle in front of me 30cm from the bumper. I notice a lot of these "superbikers" can't keep a precise position in lane forcing me to take evasive action.

 

Small cc bikes follow behind me or lead me at a safe distance or just lanesplit past after I notice them and shift aside.

 

ps. Don't try to impress me with your cls 2 bike, I like old customs

 

Its not that they wanna impress people. Class 2 bikes especially those (1 litre and above) are not designed for low rpm travelling. Going below 100km/h, the fans kick in and the heat is very overwhelming. Plus the heavy weight. Try riding slow, stop and go stop and go a 350kg 1400cc bike. I am sure you will choose the option to go fast. Small bike definitely can go slow because in the very first place, they are designed and built to go slow.

 

Back to topic,

 

All those drivers who doesnt have bike license. They are the biggest culprits on the road with anti bike mentalilty

[MaryMary]

basically its that riders are vulnerable to the weather... hot weather sweat alot get sun tan.. rain get drenched and riding becomes more dangerous...

[potong_pasirian]

Situation A:

 

1) It's Raining

2) Wear Rain jacket and ride out of carpark

3) Moment I ride out of car park, the rain stopped. -_-

 

Situation B:

 

1) Rain have stopped before I leave the house.

2) Decided not to wear rain jacket and ride off

3) While on the Expressway (during heavy traffic) it suddenly started storming and I ended up drenched.

[Pandoras Kitten 3]

I'm still annoyed at 2A/2 bikes on the highway.

 

I cooperate with the other drivers to ensure safe commuting for everyone, with one car in front and one car behind me keeping a textbook safety distance. Sometimes I can even partner with the cars or lorries beside to have a box formation all aware of the non-lanesplitting motorbike, in slow, constant speed traffic.

 

Suddenly (insert big bike here) cuts in to the "safety zone" WITHOUT WARNING in order to take a "shortcut" from lane 1 to 3, or vice versa.

 

Most of the time the rider gets stuck halfway through the over-ambitious maneuver and ends up making himself a big disgrace getting in everybody's way.

[kimmeng]

rain.

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