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- Traction feedback device? (166 replies)
- Coro Loop DANGER warning. Please read (17 April) (14 replies)
- Survival after things go tits up... (18 replies)
- Why did Lawrence of Arabia crash? (32 replies)
- I got away without telling the missus… (46 replies)
- Pix wanted for BHST Course (16 replies)
- Subsidised course at Mainland Driving ChCh (3 replies)
- Time to give it up? (67 replies)
- Touring tips and tricks (10 replies)
- Localised riding advice. (17 replies)
- What do we have to do to get noticed? (6 replies)
- Night riding - black bike, black gear, black helmet, NO LIGHTS (26 replies)
- First bin ever (riding since 1984) (29 replies)
- We need some vids like this on NZ TV (7 replies)
- What's the most dangerous moment on a bike? (92 replies)
- Motorcycle training course in Nelson (1 replies)
- Help it hurts! Medical mentoring (39 replies)
- Using mobile phones as location beacons (17 replies)
- Regaining confidence (68 replies)
- Target fixation: Can it be avoided? (50 replies)
- Motorcycle counter-sitting (32 replies)
- Lucky 13 (0 replies)
- What is safe following distance on a bike? (19 replies)
- Fatal crash: SH5 (22 February) (14 replies)
- Follow up with the Ambulance Comms Centre (94 replies)
- My mate binned with no jacket = hospital ! (Rules for pillions) (77 replies)
- Tyre pressure on 2008 Yamaha Scorpio? (8 replies)
- Looking for a home - RRRS (13 replies)
- Ride Forever (9 replies)
- How quickly it can go bad with an idiot cager in front... (44 replies)
- Lack of protective gear = this youtube clip (40 replies)
- What is this "vanishing point" nonsense? (76 replies)
- Owls - those of you who look behind with ease... (36 replies)
- Observation skills needed? (4 replies)
- Fists of Iron? (4 replies)
- Look down, look up? (11 replies)
- How fast can you stop. Have you tried? (185 replies)
- SPOT Satellite Messenger (18 replies)
- Restricted licence period reduction (4 replies)
- Safe following distance? (69 replies)
- Could've been worse (6 replies)
- Progression rather than leap question. (32 replies)
- Touring essentials. What do you take? (5 replies)
- What do you make of this cornering advice? (63 replies)
- Hyosung - stalled stand (7 replies)
- Rain riding advice? (4 replies)
- Accident causes (30 replies)
- Track day lines... (5 replies)
- Stebel saves the day again... (13 replies)
- Emergency braking (52 replies)
- Nearly got run over on the way home from the airport... TWICE (29 replies)
- Just had my first contact with another vehicle in NZ, now looking for advice (31 replies)
- Name that spill! (0 replies)
- The unavoidable and unexpected does happen (23 replies)
- U-turns - don't do them! Should be a law... (41 replies)
- Getting noticed in traffic (5 replies)
- New signals (6 replies)
- Use yer nose (14 replies)
- Invisible armour. Where do I get me some? (31 replies)
- Is it just me? (15 replies)
- Did it or didn't it? (57 replies)
- Don't look now (19 replies)
- Training in Welly? (2 replies)
- Best $100 ever spent! (6 replies)
- Crikey, It's a bloody bear! (17 replies)
- Show us your gloves (47 replies)
- Accident report (162 replies)
- Teaching on a GSXR 1000 (18 replies)
- Don't often indicate when overtaking (62 replies)
- Weight transfer? (123 replies)
- Mental note to self (18 replies)
- Crash scenes. What to do. (83 replies)
- Lost my nerve to ride (77 replies)
- Wet/dry traction comparisons (35 replies)
- Training day with Brian Bernard @ Manfeild (5 replies)
- A critique of a trainer (2 replies)
- Niall McKenzie explains (25 replies)
- Inside peg or outside peg? (28 replies)
- Know thy limits (26 replies)
- Defensive Riding Courses - list and rating (7 replies)
- Spare bulbs and karma. (5 replies)
- Hot Goss (2 replies)
- A McKenzie Friend (6 replies)
- Road-craft 'skills'. (147 replies)
- Cornering - To brake or not to brake (89 replies)
- 1st SMIDNSY (9 replies)
- If in doubt, gas it out. Really? (30 replies)
- Today's lesson = MIRRORS (29 replies)
- Things to be aware of when carrying an extra helmet (13 replies)
- Bike dynamics (21 replies)
- Ball crushing tank damage (15 replies)
- AA Driver Training (2 replies)
- Practice (24 replies)
- Straight-lining corners (206 replies)
- Can I turn my bin into something positive? (29 replies)
- Poor riding (18 replies)
- USMC Safety Message (0 replies)
- Teaching (15 replies)
- Training (77 replies)
- High vis options (53 replies)
- Live to Ride, ride to Die (0 replies)
- Content may disturb... Contains minor bike damage :) (19 replies)
- Punctures (6 replies)
- Lowside/loose front end in safety? (14 replies)
- Now this just has to sting a bit!!! (3 replies)
- Safety warning -central Auckland (0 replies)
- Riding a new bike home in bad weather? (33 replies)
- Video: Why I wear a full-face (8 replies)
- Lean angle? (75 replies)
- Heated grips!!!...on a GN (8 replies)
- How not to get side swiped. (22 replies)
- Evasive action while cornering - any tips? (44 replies)
- Motoring is unsafe at any speed! (4 replies)
- Good biker info (11 replies)
- Girlie road rash (37 replies)
- SH 1/Desert Road all good? (1 replies)
- Comfort=safety yes/no?? (15 replies)
- Never thought I'd post a thread like this - aka Spuds1234 nearly bins it (28 replies)
- Clutch lever departing bike (10 replies)
- South Island - Subsidised training - get it here (6 replies)
- I killed my babie (27 replies)
- CPR/heart attack - treating yourself. (10 replies)
- Roads are hard (10 replies)
- Body position (41 replies)
- Gravel warning. (7 replies)
- Making sure your pillion's wearing full gear. (73 replies)
- Crash scene -what do you do? (77 replies)
- 100% responsibility (55 replies)
- Thank you KB, Learning the skills! (3 replies)
- Braking (70 replies)
- Fatal target fixation... (48 replies)
- A must see for kiwi drivers. (15 replies)
- Blipping the throttle on downshifts? (153 replies)
- Tailgater squirt in the eye (23 replies)
- Riding on snow tips? (30 replies)
- Question about wheels (19 replies)
- Maize season (10 replies)
- Neck support (17 replies)
- Ear plugs prevent permanent hearing damage (38 replies)
- Bastards on cell phones. (82 replies)
- How not to corner (55 replies)
- Motorcycle accident statistics (43 replies)
- Honda Riders Club Elite Rider Development Day (13 replies)
- Should full gear be made compulsory? (Full-face helmet, jacket, pants, boots, gloves) (80 replies)
- Lanesplitters! PLEASE slow down! (47 replies)
- Alcohol breath tester keyring (8 replies)
- Automatic emergency call in an accident (6 replies)
- Shirt hot (12 replies)
- Breakdowns: How to stop safely? (14 replies)
- Anyone never had a crash? (95 replies)
- Hwy 22 (2 replies)
- Look no hands! I know its dumb but.... (43 replies)
- Sad times (9 replies)
- I feel enlightened (9 replies)
- Heartening news (1 replies)
- Staggered formation is wrong (102 replies)
- Visor locks. Useful or not? (19 replies)
- Little bikes are different? (30 replies)
- Why don't folks wear gloves when they're riding? (158 replies)
- Crash tales. What happened and why (89 replies)
- Vision issues - how do you cope? (20 replies)
- 50 Tips to stay alive long enough to become an old biker (14 replies)
- Do you tell 'em? (46 replies)
- Dogs (with four legs) (48 replies)
- Windy Wellington (14 replies)
- What's around the corner??? (25 replies)
- Valuable lesson for beginner (25 replies)
- OK it was me. Sorry mate. (5 replies)
- Covering the front brake... or not? (25 replies)
- CHCH - Ilam: To the squid on the FXR150 (13 replies)
- Penalised for trying to help (208 replies)
- Nifty little First Aid kit. (17 replies)
- 1st spill (24 replies)
- Cagers texting, all over the road?? (40 replies)
- Where's Katman when you need him? (6 replies)
- Petrol (15 replies)
- Our motorcycle club needs survival skills help (13 replies)
- Old skill taken for granted - until... (12 replies)
- Bike available for hire for training (0 replies)
- Wellington area training (4 replies)
- Trumpy dumps it! (31 replies)
- New Ride Forever DVD (32 replies)
- Crazy car drives through red lights, smashes bike (18 replies)
- The Pace - Group Riding. Part 1 & 2 (43 replies)
- Understanding cornering on a bike. (45 replies)
- Statistics (21 replies)
- Pillock on a Hyosung GT 250 (2 replies)
- NELSON - RIDER TRAINING COURSES 27/28 Oct (5 replies)
- Compulsory First Aid Courses? (12 replies)
- Nelson/Marlborough ONLY.. Advanced Rider Training Day. (7 Oct) (4 replies)
- The aquaplane (20 replies)
- Intuition a valid survival skill? (23 replies)
- One simple step to survival (10 replies)
- GN250 again. (3 replies)
- Beware the RIBBON SEAL (24 replies)
- Using the front brake... (36 replies)
- Windy Windy Wednesday (10 replies)
- Practice pays off (12 replies)
- PLEASE wear your protective gear 100% of the time! (28 replies)
- 2007 Grand Challenge - Tips (236 replies)
- From a cage perspective (32 replies)
- Riding on gravel - sportbike (20 replies)
- Low-siding: how to get out from under? (70 replies)
- ABS not bad (16 replies)
- Motorcycle Skills Video - Revisited (0 replies)
- 50 survival tips - Read 'em now! (111 replies)
- Kapiti riders/mentors (10 replies)
- Performance Riding Techniques: A review (7 replies)
- Field sense - How we get the edge (10 replies)
- Does being righthanded make you a better rider? (57 replies)
- Adventure motorcycling rider training (2 replies)
- DECA Training (2 replies)
- Headlight modulator? (37 replies)
- What's better: just front breaking or both front and rear? (36 replies)
- Teaching the wives to ride (13 replies)
- West Road hazard!! (Clevedon, 19 April) (4 replies)
- When lanesplitting becomes silly.. (32 replies)
- Riding in the wind (30 replies)
- Firemen! (Hose wanted) (14 replies)
- Dark.Wet.Cold.Windy.Greasy.Treacherous.Dangerous. Yep, winter's coming (30 replies)
- Accepting personal responsibility (72 replies)
- How to remove a helmet from an injured rider (94 replies)
- motorcycle handling courses. where/when? (10 replies)
- Hot/molten tar seal?How fast? (13 replies)
- Picking up a dropped bike (44 replies)
- Back protectors? (35 replies)
- Interesting article on "becoming unglued" for corners (10 replies)
- Pay attention... (22 replies)
- Diesel on the sweet downhill Domain Road (13 February) (5 replies)
- Bike crash vids (659 replies)
- Wellington advanced riding course with Roadsafe - a summary of the day (6 replies)
- Why do they just stop on the motorway (27 replies)
- Throttle blipping. (61 replies)
- If someone is tailgating *you* (31 replies)
- Repost? (3 replies)
- I had to drop it? (36 replies)
- Zippage (5 replies)
- The importance of protecting the rest of you (57 replies)
- Forcourt's pendulum (19 replies)
- Riding with fatigue (17 replies)
- Question on counter-steering (87 replies)
- Four stages of learning (5 replies)
- Some freeish road ride gear (14 replies)
- Riding in strong winds (22 replies)
- Reactions & Indicators (10 replies)
- Bike Magazine DVD "Great Roads...Great Rides" (13 replies)
- App. courses Welly. (8 replies)
- Two Left Feet ? (27 replies)
- Body mechanics and countersteering (27 replies)
- Eyes and Horizons (0 replies)
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