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> Institute of Advanced Motorcyclists.....worth joining???
For what?
Robbo
Using a good glue only I suspect......Stops em coming apart again.
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Cab
The drugs.
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Cane
>> > Institute of Advanced Motorcyclists.....worth joining???
>>
>> For what?
>
> The drugs.
The badges?
Molly
> "Cactus" <james...@v21net.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:4217...@news.greennet.net...
>> Institute of Advanced Motorcyclists.....worth joining???
>
> Using a good glue only I suspect......Stops em coming apart again.
<g>
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Molly
> Institute of Advanced Motorcyclists.....worth joining???
I thought about this some time ago as a method to save insurance cost.
That was the only reason I could think of.
Nick
<dontfuck...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> Institute of Advanced Motorcyclists.....worth joining???
>
>For what?
Not to look at the totty, one would hope.
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We don' need no steenking badges.
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drugs began to take hold. I remember "Cane"
<dontfuck...@hotmail.com> saying something like:
The lifestyle. The wind in the face, the carefully planned overtake, the
smug feeling, the highly polished boots.
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Eiron
> It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
> drugs began to take hold. I remember "Cane"
> <dontfuck...@hotmail.com> saying something like:
>
>
>>"Cab" <m...@privacy.net> wrote in message news:xn0dyq49...@rosbif.home...
>>
>>
>>>>>Institute of Advanced Motorcyclists.....worth joining???
>>>>
>>>>For what?
>>>
>>>The drugs.
>>
>>The badges?
>>
>
> The lifestyle. The wind in the face, the carefully planned overtake, the
> smug feeling, the highly polished boots.
The pace, don't forget the pace.
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Cab
> Adrienne M Bonwick says...
> > On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 22:26:07 -0000, "Cactus"
> > <james...@v21net.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> > > Institute of Advanced Motorcyclists.....worth joining???
> >
> > if you're a greybeard or smell of wee then yes. if not then no.
>
> I'm excluded from membership.
ITYM 'expelled'. :-)
jsp
> Institute of Advanced Motorcyclists.....worth joining???
Well I did, and I think it's worthwhile. I've seen some people with a
lot of year's experience on a bike come and learn something about being
safer.
It has to be said, though, that you have to be able to cope with riding
*everywhere* at the speed limit whilst having observations etc. and that
includes occasionally having cars pass you. A novel experience if ever
there was one.
I don't know about other groups, but the one I'm in allows people to
come for a 'look - see' and have an "assessment" ride, or just follow
someone else being observed to find out what it's all about.
--
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and naked
Lozzo
> On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 22:26:07 -0000, "Cactus" <james...@v21net.co.uk>
> wrote:
>
>
I'm excluded from membership.
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Bear
> Institute of Advanced Motorcyclists.....worth joining???
Not really, IMHO.
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>
>
If you're going to lob that lot in your sig, could you at least ensure
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jsp
re IAM
> The lifestyle. The wind in the face, the carefully planned overtake, the
> smug feeling, the highly polished boots.
Heh, I can go for all of those excpet the boots. You haven't seen my boots.
Grimm Riffer
news:A%2Sd.1541$LR3...@newsfe5-gui.ntli.net...
I had one of them test gos with the Thames Valley lot, great fun, and I
joined right away. Then I moved to Somerset before I could go the next
meeting - ho hum. There's loads of advanced training out there, but it's
unlikely to ever come cheaper than IAM does. It's all sortta much of a
muchness curriculm wise, though the IAM are know for being a tad fernickety
on some silly aspects - but of course every IAM group is gonna be different
people and personalities.
I was only told to take notice of speed limits in 30s and 40s, BTW. That
may have changed.
Kiran
>
Seriously, if you want advanced training to increase your confidence go for
it. but do the RoSPA test instead.
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simonk
>
> "Cactus" <james...@v21net.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:4217...@news.greennet.net...
>> Institute of Advanced Motorcyclists.....worth joining???
>>
> If you want to slide the rear end of your bike, then apparently so.
Anyone can do that: it takes a true Advance Motorcyclist to do it while
wheelying, mind
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Kiran
"simonk" <m...@privacy.net> wrote in message
news:0001HW.BE3E6BC3...@news.individual.net...
I think you're confusing sliding the back end out with wheelying round a
corner whilst you have your knee down. Apparently your bike can do that.
simonk
> I think you're confusing sliding the back end out with wheelying round a
> corner whilst you have your knee down. Apparently your bike can do that.
Well obviously, any bike I'm riding can do that
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platypus
> It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
> drugs began to take hold. I remember "Cane"
> <dontfuck...@hotmail.com> saying something like:
>
>> "Cab" <m...@privacy.net> wrote in message
>> news:xn0dyq49...@rosbif.home...
>>
>>>>> Institute of Advanced Motorcyclists.....worth joining???
>>>>
>>>> For what?
>>>
>>> The drugs.
>>
>> The badges?
>>
> The lifestyle. The wind in the face, the carefully planned overtake,
> the smug feeling, the highly polished boots.
I manage to crash enough without being a member.
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sometimes i walk away
SP
Yes, but you have yet to reach the heady heights of crashing on the DC
advanced riding course. A skill that Richard A managed to acheive and
it is, by all accounts, still spoken of to this day.
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platypus
> platypus wrote:
>
>> Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:
>>> It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
>>> drugs began to take hold. I remember "Cane"
>>> <dontfuck...@hotmail.com> saying something like:
>>>
>>>> "Cab" <m...@privacy.net> wrote in message
>>>> news:xn0dyq49...@rosbif.home...
>>>>
>>>>>>> Institute of Advanced Motorcyclists.....worth joining???
>>>>>>
>>>>>> For what?
>>>>>
>>>>> The drugs.
>>>>
>>>> The badges?
>>>>
>>> The lifestyle. The wind in the face, the carefully planned overtake,
>>> the smug feeling, the highly polished boots.
>>
>> I manage to crash enough without being a member.
>
> Yes, but you have yet to reach the heady heights of crashing on the DC
> advanced riding course. A skill that Richard A managed to acheive and
> it is, by all accounts, still spoken of to this day.
I had a near miss with DC, in that I almost got on the course - it was
booked, but then he did his back in, about 2 days before. So I went out and
crashed the Trophy, practically on his doorstep.
SP
Cool!! You are indeed someone to be followed. I almost wurve you.
platypus
> platypus wrote:
>
>> SP wrote:
>>> platypus wrote:
>>>
>>>> Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:
>>>>> It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when
>> the >>> drugs began to take hold. I remember "Cane"
>>>>> <dontfuck...@hotmail.com> saying something like:
>>>>>
>>>>>> "Cab" <m...@privacy.net> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:xn0dyq49...@rosbif.home...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Institute of Advanced Motorcyclists.....worth joining???
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> For what?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The drugs.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The badges?
>>>>>>
>>>>> The lifestyle. The wind in the face, the carefully planned
>> overtake, >>> the smug feeling, the highly polished boots.
>>>>
>>>> I manage to crash enough without being a member.
>>>
>>> Yes, but you have yet to reach the heady heights of crashing on the
>>> DC advanced riding course. A skill that Richard A managed to
>>> acheive and it is, by all accounts, still spoken of to this day.
>>
>> I had a near miss with DC, in that I almost got on the course - it
>> was booked, but then he did his back in, about 2 days before. So I
>> went out and crashed the Trophy, practically on his doorstep.
>
> Cool!! You are indeed someone to be followed. I almost wurve you.
<legs it>
dwb
> On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 07:38:04 -0000, "Cane"
>
>> "Cactus" <james...@v21net.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:4217...@news.greennet.net...
>>
>>
>> For what?
>>
>
Alternatively improving your "sitting around waiting for ages" skills.
And the occasional "no one has heard from your instructor in weeks - can you
recall when you last saw her alive?" type question.
dwb
>
> I had a near miss with DC, in that I almost got on the course - it was
> booked, but then he did his back in, about 2 days before. So I went
> out and crashed the Trophy, practically on his doorstep.
Have you/he not re-arranged that yet?
If not, I'm sure a plan can be made this year, assuming you haven't decided
that you're now immortal and no longer need the training :-)
Owen
<dontfuck...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>"Cactus" <james...@v21net.co.uk> wrote in message
>news:4217...@news.greennet.net...
>
>> Institute of Advanced Motorcyclists.....worth joining???
>
>For what?
>
To help your roadcraft and riding skills?
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jsp
> I had one of them test gos with the Thames Valley lot, great fun, and I
> joined right away. Then I moved to Somerset before I could go the next
> meeting - ho hum. There's loads of advanced training out there, but it's
> unlikely to ever come cheaper than IAM does.
Availability of observer does seem to vary arounf the country somewhat.
we have quite a few who ride out every Sunday morning. It's a very
rare thing for someone not to be observed, although two observees to one
observer does happen in the summer months.
It's all sortta much of a
> muchness curriculm wise, though the IAM are know for being a tad fernickety
> on some silly aspects - but of course every IAM group is gonna be different
> people and personalities.
>
> I was only told to take notice of speed limits in 30s and 40s, BTW. That
> may have changed.
Our rides happen in two parts: the ride out, which is observed and the
ride back.
The ride out is to strict rules, including abservance of *all * speed
limits, as is required for the advanced test.
The ride back is your own ride. Some people interpret speed limits a
little more loosely.... although as a rule, lower limits are still
observed, particualrly in the built up areas.
Boots Blakeley
>Cactus wrote:
>> Institute of Advanced Motorcyclists.....worth joining???
>
>I thought about this some time ago as a method to save insurance cost.
>That was the only reason I could think of.
Doesn't work, if you get a discount for being a member of the IAM,
then it's not the best priced company anyway. The best discount is
achieved by living long, having a current policy and not claiming.
--
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"Democracy, what we need - Kakistocracy what we've got"
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platypus
> platypus wrote:
>>
>> I had a near miss with DC, in that I almost got on the course - it
>> was booked, but then he did his back in, about 2 days before. So I
>> went out and crashed the Trophy, practically on his doorstep.
>
> Have you/he not re-arranged that yet?
Well, it was tentatively rescheduled for sometime in October, but I'd hurled
my flabby carcass under a Volvo by then. I've sort of decided to resurrect
the RT - I can't really see myself doing the training on a Z200, a Drifter
or a Soviet combo with a top speed of 55mph.
> If not, I'm sure a plan can be made this year, assuming you haven't
> decided that you're now immortal and no longer need the training :-)
Still up for it, if I can find a slot in my diary.
Paul Corfield
<mono...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
[Dave corden bike training]
>Well, it was tentatively rescheduled for sometime in October, but I'd hurled
>my flabby carcass under a Volvo by then. I've sort of decided to resurrect
>the RT - I can't really see myself doing the training on a Z200, a Drifter
>or a Soviet combo with a top speed of 55mph.
I reckon you should do it on the soviet combo. Dave would die of
laughter before you got to the end of his drive.
I trying to picture how Mat Tab would have dealt with the outfit on a
training day. I have an odd mental picture of him hurtling round a
corner on two wheels but with the chair at 45 degrees with DC in hot
pursuit. :-)
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Molly
> On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 09:14:23 -0000 in uk.rec.motorcycles, Molly
> says:
>
>> Cactus wrote:
>>> Institute of Advanced Motorcyclists.....worth joining???
>>
>> I thought about this some time ago as a method to save insurance
>> cost. That was the only reason I could think of.
>
> Doesn't work, if you get a discount for being a member of the IAM,
> then it's not the best priced company anyway. The best discount is
> achieved by living long, having a current policy and not claiming.
And being female.
<smug smile>
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GHPOTHUF#27 TGF, UKRMFBC#7, Two#24, BOTAFOF#11, YTC#9, GYASB#1.
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Boots Blakeley
>Boots Blakeley wrote:
[Insurance]
>> Doesn't work, if you get a discount for being a member of the IAM,
>> then it's not the best priced company anyway. The best discount is
>> achieved by living long, having a current policy and not claiming.
>
>And being female.
><smug smile>
Serious question, do the insurance companies take your gender as it is
now or as it was at birth?
Molly
> On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 22:59:58 -0000 in uk.rec.motorcycles, Molly
> says:
>
>> Boots Blakeley wrote:
> [Insurance]
>>> Doesn't work, if you get a discount for being a member of the IAM,
>>> then it's not the best priced company anyway. The best discount is
>>> achieved by living long, having a current policy and not claiming.
>>
>> And being female.
>> <smug smile>
>
> Serious question, do the insurance companies take your gender as it
> is now or as it was at birth?
I am legally female and I don't have to disclose any previous names or
medical conditions.
If they had the same tests when I was born as they do now I wouldn't
have had the problems I've gone through all my life. My official
medical status at the moment is "intersexed" since I was born with
dual gender, mixed up chromosomes and genes. I even produced a lot
more female hormones than male. After my operation all medical
references to my trans status will go and I will just be another woman
with some medical history. Of course, you lot on here know different.
This is a dilemma facing many people in my position. Do I hide away
and start my life all over again where no one knows me? Or, do I
tackle life head on and try to keep my mates. The latter is obviously
quite tough because people don't understand and there will always be
little groups who are nice to your face but snigger and jeer behind
your back. To me it is worth all that to keep my mates. Those who
didn't know me before just haven't a clue that I was a genetic woman.
Those who knew me before have totally accepted me as a woman. Most
tell me that my past self is a fast fading memory.
Most of my friends are female, hell I've even slept with lots of other
females and I was the nervous one. But having the same feelings as any
other healthy heterosexual female a cuddle in bed is for warmth and
friendship. I did get hit upon by a couple of very good looking
teenage lesbians who wanted to bed me and do very rude sexual things
to me, that was scary. Ooops I've rambled on a bit. Needless to say,
the past year has been very interesting.
Grimly Curmudgeon
saying something like:
> Ooops I've rambled on a bit. Needless to say,
>the past year has been very interesting.
I'll bet. All the best, sport.
--
Dave
GS 850 x2 / SE 6a
SbS#6 DIAABTCOD#16 APOSTLE#6 FUB#3
FUB KotL OSOS#12? UKRMMA#19 COSOC#10
Ben Blaney
>If they had the same tests when I was born as they do now I wouldn't
>have had the problems I've gone through all my life. My official
>medical status at the moment is "intersexed" since I was born with
>dual gender, mixed up chromosomes and genes. I even produced a lot
>more female hormones than male.
Obviously I'm missing something here, but where does fathering three
children fit in to this scenario?
--
Ben Blaney
Owen
wrote:
Get a different observer... :-)
dwb
>
> I reckon you should do it on the soviet combo. Dave would die of
> laughter before you got to the end of his drive.
>
> I trying to picture how Mat Tab would have dealt with the outfit on a
> training day. I have an odd mental picture of him hurtling round a
> corner on two wheels but with the chair at 45 degrees with DC in hot
> pursuit. :-)
Alternatively Dave could go in the chair...
Boots Blakeley
>
>> Serious question, do the insurance companies take your gender as it
>> is now or as it was at birth?
>
>I am legally female and I don't have to disclose any previous names or
>medical conditions.
Thanks for that.
BIG snip
>Ooops I've rambled on a bit
Bloody women ;)
Bear
> BIG snip
That's one way of summing it up, yes.
--
Bear
Molly
What I had worked but the jury is still out on the functionality of my
ovaries. I could have a biopsy but they have to remove them anyway so
I don't see the point.
Molly
Actually it's more of a strip, peel and push. Let's not go down there.
platypus
"In a sidecar, /everyone/ can hear you scream."
Bear
> Bear wrote:
> > In article <381akeF...@individual.net>, Boots Blakeley says...
> >
> >> BIG snip
> >
> > That's one way of summing it up, yes.
>
> Actually it's more of a strip, peel and push. Let's not go down there.
*sigh*
<UKRM mode>
"It's only a joke".
<UKRMM>
--
Bear
Molly
Yes I know and I thought I added a little bit to the humour in the
spirit it was intended...I think.