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[Fordie]

Naaay ,Steady Black Beauty them there machines are 100 times more powerful than you, don't bolt ,throw me off ,crap all over the road,change direction or do anything stupid.Your'e just a stupid horse and if i was,t keeping you under control you would just love to stick you nice shiny shoes right into that noisy motor bikes fairing, even worst jump on it. Fair dues guys, they are just another hazard we have to put up with.Far better to give em a little bit of curtisy than having to stop and render first aid on a fallen rider.
Most of the riders around my kneck of the woods are often young girls, most all ways wear a smile ,we get the occasional old nag out, thats the rider not the horse who can be a bit of an old frump. I hav,nt looked into my mirrors thankfully, on passing to see a wild west rodeo taking place because iv'e upset the horse
I do find it a little frustrating though when we have hundreds of miles of bridleways to find the roads being used by horses. Commom sense must prevail and wonder why ther'e on the road in the first place. 4D

[Edited on 5-7-2004 by Fordie]

[Ray]

Ban this, ban that, just add it to the list that the nanny state in gonna ban or has already in recent years,

Some so called government experts have already given up on mototcyclists as a lost cause as whet we do is inherently dangerous.

Just what has happened to people taking responsibilty for there own actions?

Time to ask to be on the next series of grumpy old men?

Any candidates for the follow up series, grumpy old women?

PS if you run into the back of any other road user it's pretty much your fault regardless of how slow/ stopped they are.
Running into a the back of horse doesn't bare thinking about, Mr bean and the christmas turkey is an image that springs to mind!!

Ray

[bradders]

car is worse than bike - its easier to aviod with a bike. I do 50k+ in a car and see my fair share of horses on the roads. Just worries me that one day I will turn a tight country corner and come across one and wont be able to stop - and sorry but I cannot do 20mph on all bends

[rockhopper]

I do agree about the horse thing (and i hope Lynn doesnt read this cos she's got one!) I dont think thay have any place mixing it with the traffic on todays roads, not only for the safety of other orad users but for the safety of the horse rider as well.

[aws]

This from a non-bike mate:


Great video and good ending!
If only the prat on a bike yesterday had seen it!
Sitting in the outside lane on the Marylebone High Road stationary at lights, second from the front and I have a biker penned in but determined to wiggle to the front.
Rev, rev, wiggle, wiggle, back and forth - trying his best but it's too tight - he's getting very frustrated. I can't move back and why should I??? I notice his tank is really bashed up and the rest of bikes is in bad shape. Three seconds later, lights change and I hold back for a second to let him through and out of my life - great he's off wiggling through the two lanes of tight traffic and suddenly he sees the back of a stopped arctic - something the rest of us have been aware of the whole time - he jams on the brakes, front wheel locks, he's off and the bike spins and hits the back of the lorry! He's back on his feet as if nothing has happened, bike under the lorry and bits all over the road. Miraculously he only hit the lorry and the rest of us simply drive round the incident, mouthing the words - "What a Prat!!!" as we get on with our lives...and leave them to it!