Ta! I work in the city so I get to ride around elephant and castle and its heaving masses of suicidal cyclists every morning. Where are the good A-roads in and around London. Meant to get out on my 125, but only had it for three months.


How do you find the Superduke? I was looking at the  Adventure (Planning on disappearing for a year at some point), but the insurance was insane.

Not another driver, but this happened last night:


Coming home up Brixton Hill and the lights ahead are red so I'm filtering at maybe 15. The way the reds work is that it stops traffic in both directions so the other bit of a cross junction gets flow. As I pass a transit van an iditotic woman RUNS out, PUSHING A BABY CARRIAGE... I slam on the brakes, nearly overbalance and pull a muscle keeping the bike up. Front wheel pushes the pushchair maybe three inches back and I crap myself.
I eff and blind at her for being an idiot.
She gives me the finger and continues on like nothing's happened.


Arrrrrrrrrrgghh!

I'm living in Brixton, but it's halfway up the hill to Streatham.


That said, I lived in Leeds for five years and Manchester for three, so I'm a northerner at heart. Many fond memories of bombing down snake pass in a Ford Capri.

So, I'm Brad and a fortnight ago I passed my mod two.
Saturday gone I traded in my YZF R125 for an '06 FZ6, which some nice person had kindly put a pair of Scorpion cans on for me.

I am suitably impressed 
Are any of you lot around the London area and feel like showing a newbie the ropes?