Motorbikes at Collingwood

[ScaleyFins]

Hello all,

Just a quick question. I'm off to Raleigh in a couple of weeks, from what i've heard i'll be accomodated at HMS Collingwood during my trade training. Will I be allowed to bring my bike?

Might be jumping the gun a little as if i'm going to have to SORN it and store it it's best to know sooner rather than later.

Cheers,
Andy

 

[Lingyai]

Hello all,

Just a quick question. I'm off to Raleigh in a couple of weeks, from what i've heard i'll be accomodated at HMS Collingwood during my trade training. Will I be allowed to bring my bike?

Might be jumping the gun a little as if i'm going to have to SORN it and store it it's best to know sooner rather than later.

Cheers,
Andy

Yeah mate, no problems

 

[ScaleyFins]

Top banana. Cheers bud - you aren't an oxygen thief after all

 

[brigham600]

Mate, I am a biker myself and there are plenty of spaces allocated for bikes there. What do you ride by the way? Bike that is ;-)

 

[ScaleyFins]

Sounds good!

I've got a Kawasaki Z750S, looks understated, goes like shit off a shovel

What do you ride?

 

[brigham600]

Just bought myself a black 2006 Blade. Very nice and goes as fast as my right hand will allow ;-)

 

[the_matelot]

You can use the parade ground as a test track!!

I want a bike badly but I found out today that another guy I know (civvy mate) who has a bike died earlier this week. RIP fella. I wouldn't trust myself with one.

 

[andym]

Ive had a few in the past,my 1st bike put me on my own ward in RNH Haslar with a # radius and ulna.My best oppo,george, was also killed on a bike,i actually saw him on the way to ITU and didnt recognise him.i am afraid that todays roads are just way too dangerous for me to have a bike,even if my knackered old knees would allow me one!

 

[brigham600]

I have lost a few friends in bike accidents, but that does not put me off them. I lost too many friends in conflicts whilst in the RN to let it get to me. I love bikes to bits and have had many hours of fun on all the bikes I have ridden. However, I would like to point out that I am not a loony who tries to wheelie, stoppie etc.

Todays roads are dangerous, but then again, where isn't dangerous these days?

Just be careful and expect the unexpected.

 

[FlagWagger]

I have lost a few friends in bike accidents

I've lost more friends in their 30s to critical illness - get out there and live your life, don't try and save it all up for old age!

Just be careful and expect the unexpected.

The philosophy I adopt is that all those cages on the road are guided missiles out to get you; ride appropriately, assume they'll do exactly what they shouldn't do and ride accordingly.

Don't ride beyond your abilities and get some advanced training too.

Flags

 

[brigham600]

Spot on flags. I have attended advanced riding courses in the past and they teach you a lot, especially about your own abilities and how to improve on them.

I live life to the full and always have. As the old saying goes: "I'll get all the sleep I need when I'm dead"

Anyway, bikes are far more fun than cages full stop.

 

[SpiderMonkey]

I'm a girl and I used to ride a ZX6R ...

I knew a guy, he used to drive a car until he crashed it into a tree and died.

I knew another guy, he used to jump out of planes until he died on a night jump.

I knew a guy, he was out walking and he got run over by a truck and died.

I knew a girl, she used to sew dress until she got cancer and died ...

A quote from a Guns and Roses song "You'll be lucky if you get out of life alive" ...

Trust yourself, and get on a bloody bike lol

You can use the parade ground as a test track!!

I want a bike badly but I found out today that another guy I know (civvy mate) who has a bike died earlier this week. RIP fella. I wouldn't trust myself with one.