Posted by The Older Gentleman on July 22, 2010, 5:15 pm
> > ? wrote:
> > Get some actual experience riding motorcycles, and then
> > get back to us, OK?
>
> Having owned fifteen motorcycles and riding half a million miles isn't
> "actual experience?"
"Not enough"
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Posted by Twibil on July 22, 2010, 6:17 pm
> > ? wrote:
> > Get some actual experience riding motorcycles, and then
> > get back to us, OK?
> Having owned fifteen motorcycles and riding half a million miles isn't
> "actual experience?"
Right. Sure you have, liar.
If you'd owned and ridden motorcycles then you'd know at least
*something* about them.
But you know literally nothing that you haven't picked up on Google,
and you get half of that wrong.
Posted by Beav on July 28, 2010, 3:02 pm
> ? wrote:
>> wrote:
>>
>>> How bad is it (as far as manners) to see a parking spot you want to
>>> share and just share it (with a stranger)?
>>
>> In the situation you described, there was *nothing* wrong at all with
>> sharing the stall with the other motorcycle.
> Get some actual experience riding motorcycles, and then
> get back to us, OK?
"Double" parking in an unmetered slot isn't a problem in the UK and even if
it's a metered slot, the one who paid and got the ticket, would more than
likely either offer the ticket to the later arriver, or stick it on his bike
before he rode away.
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Posted by don (Calgary) on July 22, 2010, 6:52 pm
On Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:18:44 -0400, "Datesfat Chicks"
>I was out at the mall today and somebody had a nice sportbike centered in a
>car parking space.
>Because the parking space was so desirable (close to the mall entrance), I
>put my motorcycle off to the side of his and a little ahead and left him
>maybe an 18 inch gap so he could easily mount his bike and back out. I also
>left my steering unlocked so if he felt he HAD to move my bike he could
>(although I didn't see why that would be necessary).
>How bad is it (as far as manners) to see a parking spot you want to share
>and just share it (with a stranger)?
>Thanks for any insight, Datesfat.
I don't like it when folks do that to me. Even people I ride with
sometimes park too close to my bike, not leaving me enough room to
pick it up off the side stand without touching their bike.
If I am riding in a large group, we will take several stalls and park
the bikes reasonably close together, paying little attention to the
parking stall lines. Once again not so close the engine guards or
mirrors will touch when a bike is stood up.
When riding alone I park in the center of a parking stall. Too many
careless cagers out there who might open their doors and let them hit
my bike.
Posted by saddlebag on July 22, 2010, 8:05 pm
> On Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:18:44 -0400, "Datesfat Chicks"
> >I was out at the mall today and somebody had a nice sportbike centered in a
> >car parking space.
> >Because the parking space was so desirable (close to the mall entrance), I
> >put my motorcycle off to the side of his and a little ahead and left him
> >maybe an 18 inch gap so he could easily mount his bike and back out. I also
> >left my steering unlocked so if he felt he HAD to move my bike he could
> >(although I didn't see why that would be necessary).
> >How bad is it (as far as manners) to see a parking spot you want to share
> >and just share it (with a stranger)?
> >Thanks for any insight, Datesfat.
> I don't like it when folks do that to me. Even people I ride with
> sometimes park too close to my bike, not leaving me enough room to
> pick it up off the side stand without touching their bike.
That is a different situation. I wouldn't crowd anyone nor would I
want to be crowed. If I was, I would simply move the persons bike so
that I could get on mine comfortably. Pretty sure the world ain't
gonna stop spinning over such a grave injustice.
> When riding alone I park in the center of a parking stall. Too many
> careless cagers out there who might open their doors and let them hit
> my bike.
At work some of us park three to a slot frequently. The people in
cars seem to appreciate it as there are more spots available to them.
> > Get some actual experience riding motorcycles, and then
> > get back to us, OK?
>
> Having owned fifteen motorcycles and riding half a million miles isn't
> "actual experience?"