I got a new one..

hippy said:

So I'm driving home tonight around 11..
"Yeah, driving, keep it down! keep it down!"
Anyways, in the far east, Canterbury Rd.
splittith in twoeth and so I expect to see only
front lights on the other side of the road. What
do I see now? Tail-lights? Whatever could it
be? Slowing a little, I try to peer through the
median strip trees and see what is travelling the
wrong way along Canterbury Rd.
It's two motorbikes! Not monkey bikes, these
are full size dirt bikes. Where are they? They're
on the footpath of course!
The End.

hippy

If this was out Kilsyth way, I can't say that I'm at all surprised. They were probably on their way out to pick up a couple of slabs from the bottle shop.

"Resound" <[email hidden]

Quoted message said:

hippy said:

It's two motorbikes! Not monkey bikes, these
are full size dirt bikes. Where are they? They're
on the footpath of course!

If this was out Kilsyth way, I can't say that I'm at all surprised.
They were probably on their way out to pick up a couple of slabs from
the bottle shop.

Canterbury Rd., just before Bayswater/Scoresby Rd.
We were both heading outbound.

hippy

hippy wrote:
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Quoted message said:

It's two motorbikes! Not monkey bikes, these
are full size dirt bikes.

....

Tourists from Europe taken a wrong turn, maybe?

Or perhaps some Dakar Rally folks that have gotten really, really lost?
What next? - BMW X-5s with full off-road kits driving down Riversdale
Road? (Ooops, just realised how unintendedly sarcastic last sentence
was 8-) .)

Quoted message said:

hippy

Pardon my ignorance (yet again) but what are 'monkey bikes'?
(My first word association football guess was that it meant Sunday
Harley-Davidsons with 'Ape Hanger' handlebars...)

Does it mean those little 50cc ridable scale models of racing bikes, or
does it mean those motorised scooters?

Yours in probably getting the wrong end of the stick yet again,

[censored]

pakafnd

fred_nieman said:

hippy wrote:
....

Quoted message said:

It's two motorbikes! Not monkey bikes, these
are full size dirt bikes.

....

Tourists from Europe taken a wrong turn, maybe?

Or perhaps some Dakar Rally folks that have gotten really, really lost?
What next? - BMW X-5s with full off-road kits driving down Riversdale
Road? (Ooops, just realised how unintendedly sarcastic last sentence
was 8-) .)

Quoted message said:

hippy

Pardon my ignorance (yet again) but what are 'monkey bikes'?
(My first word association football guess was that it meant Sunday
Harley-Davidsons with 'Ape Hanger' handlebars...)

Does it mean those little 50cc ridable scale models of racing bikes, or
does it mean those motorised scooters?

Yours in probably getting the wrong end of the stick yet again,

[censored]

pakafnd

Yes, and they're going to be banned! The little killjoy in me comes out and says "Hip Hip Hooray!" Out where my folks live, on the nw outskirts, you get frustrated teenagers on dirtbikes on every semi-ignored dirt track or access road. Cops can't/won't stop em: too fast, no id.

What about having to register ALL motorbikes at purchase, little, big or offroad? Get rid of the loopholes and make MTBing and dirt biking in state forests safer for those who have a bit of responsibility, i.e. registered and licensed motorised riders. I've almost had bad accidents many times getting off trails in time for no-skill morons to just miss me.

M "yep, got a 2 wheeler licence" H