another one at matlock, a few weeks ago,,,, a delightful young bint pulled up on a brand spanking new ducati 848, totally pristine. next thing some awld git pulls up on a battered old bonneville, flicked the stand down, jumped off and dropped it right into the duke putting a sizeable ding in the tank a few of us helped lift the triumph off it, while the girl looked on, splitting her sides laughing - she thought it was fkin hilarious i'm very sorry but if it was my bike id have thrown him in the fkin river, after frogmarching him to the nearest cashpoint to empty his account. so.... next question - what do you do in a situation like that??? or in a similar situation where a (skint) mate runs in the back of you while youre playing on the twisties? is that just a oh well never mind, or what?
I wouldn't move someone else's bike and wouldn't want them to move mine! So I wouldn't park in the way and don't mind a bit of a walk if needs be, as I often have to at poole quay
Nah, don't touch my bike unless I ask you to. I'd probably, ask you to, then say, nah, don't worry, I'll do it myself... and do it myself.
THIS ^^^^^^ Winds me up something chronic when people just hop on. Even non-rider mates. A mate of mine asked if he could sit on so I said yes. He then asked if he could start it so I said OK but told him to keep his feet away from the gears. He started it, gave it a couple of revs and the pinned the throttle back for 2 seconds. Engine bouncing on the limiter. I nearly decapitated him.
on more than one occasion I came back from a coffee break to find some muppet sitting on my bike posing for a pic the worst was coming back to find a black mark up the tail unit where instead of putting their leg over it they managed to kick the seat cowl. lucky enough ducati done a recall on the seat unit for a paint problem but I wouldnt have liked to price up the re-paint.
