Scooter boys, and girls

[pedalingfool]

Hi All,
Some of you may know me from various meets others will not. I work for the police . I work up and around the highworth area. I get LOADS of complaints about scooters dashing about the area and being a general annoyance to everyone :-? .
I want to organise a bike meet somewhere in or around Highworth Faringdon area to try to get the local twist and go brigade to attend and realise that being a "biker" isn't standing on street corner and drinking then riding your bike home! :

Anyone with ideas of how to start up a new meet or Rally then please chuck your hand up as I have a bit of weight behind me now and can get things moving quickly!

Many thanks
Rob.

P.S. Nurburgring trip on July the 4th, I'm going on my old plodder not the blade as am going to italy after. I have done a fair few laps, so i'm happy to offer a line guide to any newbies : . I will be on a BMW r1100rt complete with Pillion so any bike should be able to keep up!!!

[bikerbabe]

wb mate to the club i have got one or 2 ideas to help you out cause at the moment i hate scooters as they do there cbt and then they seem to forget what they was taught i used to live in the swindon area and the amount of scooter boys and girls i have seen just dossing around street corners and causing trouble ( not wanting to speculate i am sure my bike was nicked by a scooter owner ) or if they are not causing trouble then they hair around town at all hours of the night. and i know alot of this is caused as most scooter riders are 16 17 and there for cant go out drinking legally and there fore have nothing better to do with there time.

so i think it would be a good idea that some sort of club is started up to make scooter riders aware of the dangers on the road the amount of times i have been twoing and froing on my bike and have seen roads shut cause some one has been hit of ther bike thanks to mr inconsiderate car driver just sqeezing by in the gap ( so glad i am not in the police would be booking car drivers left right and centre lol ) cause scooter rider cant say hey look i pay my tax mot and ins for my wheels i will use my road and not let u cars or anything bully me over in to the verge ( where most scooters tend to ride )

so i say fair play to you mr police man for wanting to take a stand and do something for them well done you and give you self a pat on the back

[bobthecod]

Rob,

Fair play to you for trying to sort out these herbert's. I try to educate them when i take them on their CBT's that they will be frowned apon when they are out and about in groups hanging around street corners making a pest of themselves, it just seems to go in one ear and out the other.

This time of year is worse as the days are longer and the weather is warmer, which makes them believe that they are "Road Proof" as most of them now wear nothing more than a tee shirt. I believe that if you could show them some photos of what "Road Rash" looks like or photos of accidents then this might convince them to ride a bit safer. I know it all sounds a bit gorie but it might be the evidence and proof that they need, plus also teach them Etiquette when riding in groups. If you needed a hand I would be willing to help "Work Permitting"

Short of that give them a good Slapping

[Hunar]

Happy to attend and help out, my sister, brother in law and their 2 kids live in highworth, and their eldest is deaf, he doesn't hear them, so happy to help educate some muppets!

[sburv]

I would be happy to step foward and help out where possible. I'm only 23 myself so may have a better chance getting through them some older folk...? Who knows..? Anything is worth a try.

[igbell]

I am willing to knee cap a few, as we have trouble with them pesky varmits around our area, as I have a path that goes behind my house from one street to another and they use that as a go between, and by the time you have called the cops and they turn up the little varmits have long gone.

[wingrider]

I am willing to knee cap a few........

Dont think that was quite what he had in mind [smiley=rolleyes.gif]

[bikerbabe]

wingrider you took the word out my mouth

[bobthecod]

I am willing to knee cap a few, .

It may not be what Rob was talking about, but hey, i am with you on that one Igbell. Little S**ts that they are. A bit of hard core education may be the way ahead. Thats my own personel view, but still willing to help in a more orthodoxed manner.

[Sue600]

I think the hardest thing will be getting them to turn up in the first place. They will need something cool to entice them. I have two boys on scooters (one no longer as he's on 4 wheels) - and it's darn hard getting through to them. Thankfully they dont hang around causing trouble, but just getting them to wear some kind of safety gear is hard - taking the keys off them works when I'm here, but know behind my back they do as they like.

The scooter boys I know feel like they are in a different world to "bikers" and stick together. Would be nice for them to realise that we can mix and share tips etc as well as socialise. Maybe an "event" of some sort - maybe if they could see a stunt rider not only doing things on a big bike, but a scooter too - may bring the two genres together (and hopefully not encourage them to "try this at home&quot.

It's just a thought... but cant see how the hardened scooter gangs will be enticed along to anything other than their own street corners. (sorry to sound pesimistic.. just being realistic)