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- Wed Jul 18, 2018 9:21 pm
- Forum: Advanced Driving - Bikes
- Topic: Just pondering
- Replies: 11
- Views: 28116
Re: Just pondering
There's no really going to be much of a saving if you still need to run a car alongside! Bike purchase and depreciation Gear (helmet, boots, gloves, not, trs, etc.) Insurance Training & tests And then there's running costs ... Servicing 3-5000 miles, tyres similar (and both more expensive than ...
- Wed Jul 18, 2018 6:04 pm
- Forum: Advanced Driving - Bikes
- Topic: Just pondering
- Replies: 11
- Views: 28116
Re: Just pondering
I can certainly understand that learning to ride on a bike, then learning to drive a car is probably much easier than learning car, then learning bike. I've often fancied the idea of riding a bike, as the lower running costs coupled with a 'park anywhere' ability would suit some of my journeys - how...
- Sun Jul 15, 2018 9:48 pm
- Forum: Advanced Driving - Bikes
- Topic: Just pondering
- Replies: 11
- Views: 28116
Re: Just pondering
Horse wrote:Serious Q: do you have any other issues that are related, such as balance?
No, I'm one of the lucky ones. My deafness affects my hearing exclusively, and doesn't cause any issues in other areas. I can ride a bicycle perfectly well!
- Sun Jul 15, 2018 4:17 pm
- Forum: Advanced Driving - Bikes
- Topic: Just pondering
- Replies: 11
- Views: 28116
Re: Just pondering
I'm profoundly deaf, so my hearing loss is in excess of 81 dB. I think it stands at 90 to 95 dB currently. That means with my hearing aids, I just hear, what I call, environmental sounds such as cars, wind roar, etc etc. Without my hearing aids, I'm about as deaf as the proverbial post. Consequently...
- Thu Jul 12, 2018 4:32 pm
- Forum: Advanced Driving - Bikes
- Topic: Just pondering
- Replies: 11
- Views: 28116
Just pondering
Hello. As folks here know, I'm profoundly deaf. Now I was lazily perusing these forums as I do like the idea of getting a motorbike purely for fun when I'm older. No commuting on a bike for me, if I'm doing a boring journey regularly I'll take something with air con and a comfy seat thanks! But anyw...
- Thu Jul 12, 2018 8:00 am
- Forum: Advanced Driving - Cars
- Topic: I did a bad thing. How do I improve?
- Replies: 34
- Views: 44205
Re: I did a bad thing. How do I improve?
I've been thinking about fitting a dash cam. I wonder how (or even if) it would affect my driving. Has anyone else fitted one and noticed a change in driving styles after doing it? If it made me think twice before incidents like this happen, but didn't negatively influene anything else, then it mig...
- Mon Jul 09, 2018 3:50 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Bubblecar Museum
- Replies: 16
- Views: 17449
Re: Bubblecar Museum
I used the know chap with a Messerschmidt. Apparently to go into reverse you just started the engine in reverse rotation (basic two-stroke). Interesting concept. So does this mean you could achieve the same top speed both forwards and backwards? As if you have 3 forward gears, and you're running th...
- Fri Jul 06, 2018 8:18 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Bubblecar Museum
- Replies: 16
- Views: 17449
Re: Bubblecar Museum
Very good pictures. Rather amusing to think there's at least 10 years between me and the youngest car on display!
- Sat Jun 30, 2018 1:48 am
- Forum: Advanced Driving - Cars
- Topic: Reg Local - Autobahn Driving (new video)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 15233
Re: Reg Local - Autobahn Driving (new video)
It is rather a great shame that Reg Local doesn't subtitle his videos, I'm extremely interested to watch them but am unable to access them due to being profoundly deaf. The option for Auto-captions has been left on for his videos. Just click the left of these icons in the bottom right of the video ...
- Fri Jun 29, 2018 12:43 am
- Forum: Advanced Driving - Cars
- Topic: Reg Local - Autobahn Driving (new video)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 15233
Re: Reg Local - Autobahn Driving (new video)
It is rather a great shame that Reg Local doesn't subtitle his videos, I'm extremely interested to watch them but am unable to access them due to being profoundly deaf.