The life of a class traitor and peripatetic scouser.
Wednesday, 12 October 2011
Motorbiking
If I wasn't so busy I'd be tempted to have a crack at this, it seems an interesting project and the numbers add up...a bit daft though considering I don't like bikes.
I like bikes. But only for using. Functional ones.
I don't need a bike in my life so I don't have one. When I lived in London it was the quickest way to get around and I was a despatch rider too for a few months - so I had loads.
As for travelling long distance on the open road ? You can't beat a car so that's all I'll use.
I think most bike ownership in the UK is fatuous. Many bike owners think they can simply buy masculinity off the forecourt. Some of them act like right cocks-of-the-walk. Like they've achieved something. Others are OK but a fair percentage are dicks.
That's a Brough - not just any bike, really crem-de-la-creme. A fellow around here I used to see with the bikes up on Skyline had a brace of Vincents, those were awfully sweet too.
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I like bikes. But only for using. Functional ones.
I don't need a bike in my life so I don't have one. When I lived in London it was the quickest way to get around and I was a despatch rider too for a few months - so I had loads.
As for travelling long distance on the open road ? You can't beat a car so that's all I'll use.
I think most bike ownership in the UK is fatuous. Many bike owners think they can simply buy masculinity off the forecourt. Some of them act like right cocks-of-the-walk. Like they've achieved something. Others are OK but a fair percentage are dicks.
You nicked that from Steve McQueen in the Great Escape, go on admit it.
That's a Brough - not just any bike, really crem-de-la-creme. A fellow around here I used to see with the bikes up on Skyline had a brace of Vincents, those were awfully sweet too.
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