BikeStormer

This could be the start of a regular feature where we find videos of people doing stupid things with their motorcycles, hopefully by watching other people do stupid things we will all be encouraged to act a bit more responsibly. I know I won't try anything like the man in the first video after seeing what happened to him.

The Suzuki SV650 is an excellent first big bike, so excellent that it can cause people to get over confident and do very silly things to impress other people. Silly things like this.

At least he was wearing proper safety gear unlike the chap in the next video. Click 'read more' to see it.

Any motorcycling gentleman will tell you that Sunday afternoon is the time to ride. Take a warm clear day and your local neighbourhood becomes a veritable racetrack for heroes who dare to try.

But there is one drawback. Cars.

During the week the car driver, following the evaporation of fat arsed 4x4 mothers dropping Toby and Lucia off at St. Fiddleprix School, is usually some corporate type who has at least some fundamental awareness of the motorcycle world about him, or her. For that we have to thank the derring-do of the humble motorcycle courier going about his business. These weekday car types share their world with NTV’s and Bandit’s. To some extent they know their language.

Some engines are more beautiful than others, take the Vincent Black Shadow as an example; it’s prettier than Salma Hyack in the niff eating strawberries. Back in the day the aesthetic of the engine was an integral part of a motorcycles beauty, there was no need to chrome pipes or paint engine casings other than to make them look pretty, unless you buy a top of the range sportscar, for example, the engine that grumbles under the bonnet is there purely for the sake of it’s function. The thought of tarting it up to catch the eye contains about as much logic as plopping in the bathtub.

It’s safe to say that whilst jolly nice to gawp at a motorcycle engine isn’t known for it’s aero- dynamism so covering it up with a smooth panel in order to increase speed efficiency and cut down on drag of both machine and rider was wholly inevitable.