A Random Ride Pics Thread.... Post 'em up!

[Phill P]

Phil, the angle your plate is fitted might make it difficult to read. Here (Germany) 30° angle is max allowed. Depending on the context you'll face criminal charges.

It's funny you say that, when I purchased the pyramid undertray they supplied two plate holders, the other was even shallower and was advised to fit this one. The other one I cut the mount off to use as a backing plate as I heard they can crack.
It's Been though an mot with it on and if plod get a bit funny about it I'm quite happy to to bend it a bit more vertical.

[Tally]

Mines the same @phil p, my undertray came with two holders and like you I used the same one as you . The other one was too steep of an angle. I figure if I can read it the legal distance required with my eyes so can an ANPR camera with zoom lens. Standard size plate on mine.

[Tally]

Straight through MOT no issues with it

[Phill P]

Mines the same @phil p, my undertray came with two holders and like you I used the same one as you . The other one was too steep of an angle. I figure if I can read it the legal distance required with my eyes so can an ANPR camera with zoom lens. Standard size plate on mine.

Good to here yours was the same, in fairness the full size plate looks ok on the gsx, it's still a dinner plate though 

[Will14]

This is what we have to put up with every year, personally I dont think it's all bad however it is generally used as an excuse to stop bikes and hand out fines for minor items such as small plates and non standard exhausts. At several well known bike meets/cafes there are very often community police officers mingling with the bikers being all nice and friendly then when the proper bobbies turn up they pass on information 

 https://www.northwales.police.uk/news/north-wales/news/news/2021/april/opdarwen-annual-road-safety-campaign-begins/

I know it's from 2021 but goes on every year, including this year

[Hooli]

On the other hand, you get endless idiots throwing themselves at the scenery every year because they can't or won't ride within their abilities. Mind you in a lot of cases I see riding on the road, their abilities are about equal to a fish on a bicycle.

[Mick_J]

It's mostly group rides where rider abilities are very different, the slow ones try to stay with the fast ones (they always race) and that usually ends in someone going off the road.  Another reason I don't ride with groups unless it's with the IAM where there are strict rules.

[grog]

Riding alone is far safer, no racing, no watching for frog wits. My own pace, i decide where i stop, dont even have to talk which bike is best while i have a beer. Suits me, and yes ive done group rides.

[KiwiCol]

By far the majority of my riding is solo, I just prefer to go at my own pace (spirited or sedate) when I want to. I also like not having to watch what the guy in front of me is doing (or not doing) or take into account the bloke behind me. If I find myself in a stream of traffic or bikes, I take my leave, sometimes pass 'em & get some clear air, other times just pull over for a few minutes.
I agree with Grog, for me, I just feel safer & more relaxed & that's what riding is for me these days, a hobby & something to be enjoyed.

[Hooli]

Depends who I'm with for me. There's a few I enjoy riding with & get on well enough with it's always worth it to get somewhere together. However for most riders, I'd avoid them like the plague as they just make life hard work.

[Tally]

Same here , I prefer riding alone. Although if it's a group ride , usually 4of us ,my mates one on a 1st gen R1,the other a 1st gen blade will scoot off into the distance doing what they do, me and a VFR800 will pootle  along and catch them up 5mins later . They have to wait for us as they have no idea how to get to wherever we're going (I'm the human sat-nav) look at a map book , know where I'm going. A skill I picked from my days as a courier, no mobiles or sat-navs back in the late 80's&90's. Once the hoonies have settled down they wil fall in line and follow and behave themselves.

[Andre]

For me a group of 2 is 1 too many 

[Will14]

I'm also mainly a solo rider although, have one good mate that I go out with for breakfast and a day riding maybe once a month (the mate that took the time to ride with me when I was first starting out) we will take it turns to take the lead, mainly steady with the odd spirited blast. We both have similar riding styles and generally know what the other is thinking, always a good day. I rode with another few blokes that I speak with locally, totally different riding style which was not enjoyable at all, I tend to wait until they have gone now before setting off myself   

[Rynglieder]

14/07/2024 Hay-on-Wye (173 miles)



It seems a long while since I posted anything here, I really don't know where my retirement time is going but the fact that we don't seem to have had much reliable weather this year has meant that I haven't used the bikes as much as I would like.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not scared of getting wet, but I don't go looking for it. What I do enjoy is using the bike to get to a destination with my camera and a bit of sunshine always makes the pictures look better. The sunny days just haven't been turning up when I'm free to ride.

The day of the Euros final looked promising and I'd already made my mind up get have a run out and be back home for the kick-off when I got a call from my mate Steve who'd had the same idea. A rendezvous was arranged at the Costa Coffee unit at Morrisons Bromsgrove and after swapping a couple of months worth of life stories we set out to conquer Herefordshire and have a skirmish on the Welsh borders.

I'd intended to buy lunch at Dom's Bike Stop near Leominster but found the barrier was over the entrance when we arrived, so there was a quick U-turn in the lane and we pushed on having an enthusiastic but sensible ride along the beautiful route to Hay-on-Wye just inside Wales. I hadn't intended on doing it as one run without a stop and I was glad to pull up but the GSX wasn't too bad, Steve seemed very grateful to get off the Z900 for a while.






Having discharged my obligation to buy lunch we decided there was plenty of time to extend the return leg so headed home via Builth Wells to take further advantage of the nice roads out there. There was even the time and warmth to find a country pub near Bromyard where we could sit outside and prime ourselves with a pint.

I could do with a few more days like that, let's hope we going to have a late summer in the UK. (The football didn't turn out quite so well, but pretty much as I expected)