Mad /Stupid hings you routinely did as a youngster on a bike but wouldn't dream of no

Dexter Bip

Here's two for a start
Riding without a visor by night in the rain and using the taillights if a car in front to know where you are going.
Three on a bike (CG125) if somebody was stuck for a lift home. Yes we were small.
I'm sure there are better (worse?) stories.

Cienciano

I know a lad that did 100mph down oconnell street

Max Headroom

Do 100mph down O'Connell st............................:P

Tzardine

Went through a phase of backfiring the bike when driving past people to scare the life out of them.

But of a dick thing to do now in hindsight.

Tzardine

Cienciano wrote: »

I know a lad that did 100mph down oconnell street

Was his name Harry Spoof 😃

peckerhead

Driving after a few drinks, I'm afraid to say. In the 80s attitudes to this were very different, but that doesn't make it any less incredibly stupid and irresponsible. Popping wheelies or speeding come way lower down the list, really...

Wonda-Boy

Flying through the toll while "Forgetting" to pay......:o:o

Cienciano

Wonda-Boy wrote: »

Flying through the toll while "Forgetting" to pay......:o:o

The thread is about stupid things. Nothing stupid about that

zubair

Wonda-Boy wrote: »

Flying through the toll while "Forgetting" to pay......:o:o

Cienciano wrote: »

The thread is about stupid things. Nothing stupid about that

... Also, things you wouldn't dream of doing now.

galwaytt

...taking a bike out to meet a Girl........and coming back from her house at night with no lights working at all......like the first post, followed a car all the way in to Galway in the dark.....

..hooning around Eyre Square and down Shop Street at night when it was quiet.........

rat_race

Dexter Bip wrote: »

Here's two for a start
Riding without a visor by night in the rain and using the taillights if a car in front to know where you are going.
Three on a bike (CG125) if somebody was stuck for a lift home. Yes we were small.
I'm sure there are better (worse?) stories.

When I was really young, I was too stupid to own a bike. I copped on when I was 26.

DoomZ

Doing about 80mph on a beach.

the cats pajamas

i sold my DNA gilera 50 for a 125 marauder and tried to figure out gears and a clutch on the way home.

P.C.

DoomZ wrote: »

Doing about 80mph on a beach.

That is just fun.

sean61

Using a kx250 as my primary means of transport when i was 16. I live n the country so there wasn't many places i needed to go that couldn't be accessed by riding through back roads, bogs, unused railways or quarries. Didn't even own a helmet and the bike was a wreck. There was a few of us doing it and how we didn't get hurt baffles me now

naulpolan

Riding flat out everywhere 😄 I try not to go any more than 80% now😉

bladespin

Wheelies, everywhere, every set of lights etc, insanity, I'm trying to cut down

Pique

through town and 4 miles out the country to count cattle on the back of a ke100 with school uniform on and no lid.

Dexter Bip

Tzardine wrote: »

Went through a phase of backfiring the bike when driving past people to scare the life out of them.

But of a dick thing to do now in hindsight.

Bet it was fun at the time though!

Dexter Bip

Here's another.
Bloke I knew had a Honda 50 and had a practice of overtaking on blind bends when the traffic was slow enough for him to get past. This was the N22 west of Macroom where most of the road is continuous White line.
And another.
Towing a bike with another. No brakes on th towed bike. Stopped by overtaking towing bike and taking slack on rope. Even with brakes towing a bike is not a good idea.
Keep 'em coming.

Dexter Bip

Max Headroom wrote: »

Do 100mph down O'Connell st............................:P

Was there last week in the car and managed 0.1 mph. Must have been off peak time? Can't do smilies yet but imagine a puzzled face. Maybe you mowed the lot down? I certainly considered it