NATIONAL BIKEOI - Lessons learnt?

[DougieNZ]

Overall an excellent effort. A lot of work in the planning came to fruition big time! Overall I thought the whole thing went very well. Rider behaviour was brilliant! The parkling at the stadium seemed to work well and the message was CLEARLY given at parliament...

The only thing I would change would be to make it a 10:30 departure from Papakowhai / Avalon. This would give people plenty of tme to get the the rally start at 12.00. I was still riding in at 12.00.

I guess one disadvantage would be that people who wanted to take just lunchtime off would not be able to attend the ride... And there may have been other reasons that this wasn't done.

Any other lessons to be learnt?

[SpankMe]

Do the next one on a weekend so many others (including myself) can attend. Pissed I couldn't come to this one, as many others will be.

[Jizah]

The only thing I would change would be to make it a 10:30 departure from Papakowhai / Avalon. This would give people plenty of tme to get the the rally start at 12.00. I was still riding in at 12.00.



Yeah I couldn't believe what time I finally got to parliament. After half past 12. And who said it was only 200 metres from the stadium?!?

And the police were going around checking the legality of all the bikes at the stadium. So some people may have learnt an unfortunate lesson in that regard...

[ckai]

And the police were going around checking the legality of all the bikes at the stadium. So some people may have learnt an unfortunate lesson in that regard...

Now that's a bit dirty! But I suppose the cops thought that would be the easiest way to pay for their time.

[allycatz]

Do the next one on a weekend so many others (including myself) can attend. Pissed I couldn't come to this one, as many others will be.

wonder what numbers would of been if it was a weekend?

[White trash]

And the police were going around checking the legality of all the bikes at the stadium.

What a bunch of dirty cunts.

[peasea]

What a bunch of dirty cunts.

You bastard!





You beat me to it.....

[peasea]

Do the next one on a weekend so many others (including myself) can attend. Pissed I couldn't come to this one, as many others will be.

I had hoped to make it but work said otherwise.

Weekend activity would be good but there'll be nobody at Parliament. I can see why today was chosen, there was a purpose, but there'll be opportunities aplenty if the twats don't scale their proposals back.

[huff3r]

I had hoped to make it but work said otherwise.

Weekend activity would be good but there'll be nobody at Parliament. I can see why today was chosen, there was a purpose, but there'll be opportunities aplenty if the twats don't scale their proposals back.

So keen for a re-run, and maybe make it a decent rally even, with less pressure on time! It took forever to get away from Papakowhai, i dont think thhe organisers expected quite the numbers they got at that point!

[Toaster]

I can't see why MP's cant front up in the weekend. I have seen many an MP turn up to weekend events for other reasons.

They have taxpayer funded accommodation if needed.

That way an even larger biker turnout could occur.

Given that everyone was well behaved riding there, it is a shame the police had to go around checking bike legality issues.... I assume rego and warrant checks for the media to get some DIRT from?

[YellowDog]

I heard the commentary on the 1pm news.

It was all very civilised and the media gave it a positive spin.

Les was speaking and then there was a was a huge boo sound when Nick Smith appeared.

Very funny.

[Trudes]

There's no way they would've been able to check all the bikes for WOF and Reg, they were probably just looking at custom jobs, bikes that looked like gang member's and old dungas.
The weekend is good if you just want numbers, but you really need to pick a day, like today, when Parliament is sitting to get the message across to the MPs and to disrupt city traffic.

[YellowDog]

100% right.

You need to put yourself in front of the guys who matter.

Glad the weather held out.

[dogsnbikes]

Yeah that harley riders are just like those bloody sheep that want to go in the other direction :brick:

bloody good turn out and everyone I delt with was polite despite almost being run over..... because a TV3 camerman wanted a action shot funny how they don't like being dragged by the scruff of the neck:msn-wink:

[mashman]

And the police were going around checking the legality of all the bikes at the stadium. So some people may have learnt an unfortunate lesson in that regard...

I gotta call bollocks on that one as i got to watch them for a couple of hours... they were just quite relaxed, checkin some bikes out... One of the guys asked me where the toilets where and then commented he was a little wary to go in there because it might contain a group of pissed off hairy arsed bikers... i told him if he got lucky George Michael would be in there... jolly fine chap... so i'm callin bollocks... maybe gave enough of a presence and that's why several bikes started to disappear after a couple of minutes...

[Hanne]

Yep I am totally impressed by numbers.
Unfortunately I was also unable to make it down but the fact it was a Tuesday makes the numbers all the more impressive IMHO.
First day back at Parliament after a recess too.
Which DOES have political power.
Excellent job guys!

[mashman]

Yeah that harley riders are just like those bloody sheep that want to go in the other direction :brick:

bloody good turn out and everyone I delt with was polite despite almost being run over..... because a TV3 camerman wanted a action shot funny how they don't like being dragged by the scruff of the neck:msn-wink:

saved the fuckers life man... that camera man was a dickhead... b b b but i don't mind getting run over in the pursuit of my art.. ha ha haaaaa

[Jizah]

I gotta call bollocks on that one as i got to watch them for a couple of hours... they were just quite relaxed, checkin some bikes out... One of the guys asked me where the toilets where and then commented he was a little wary to go in there because it might contain a group of pissed off hairy arsed bikers... i told him if he got lucky George Michael would be in there... jolly fine chap... so i'm callin bollocks... maybe gave enough of a presence and that's why several bikes started to disappear after a couple of minutes...

Fair call too. I didn't actually mean to put ALL the bikes in my original statement. I only just noticed that now. I and some others saw them checking a few out though.

[Trudes]

I was mighty impressed with the Police there today, they were all very friendly and joking about with us and relaxed about the whole thing, and as a marshal it was great to have them there to step in when they were needed but otherwise generally leave us to organise as we saw fit. Good on them!:niceone:

[mashman]

Fair call too. I didn't actually mean to put ALL the bikes in my original statement. I only just noticed that now. I and some others saw them checking a few out though.

heh, some cops is cops though!!!

[Trudes]

saved the fuckers life man... that camera man was a dickhead... b b b but i don't mind getting run over in the pursuit of my art.. ha ha haaaaa

was that the little well dressed faggy looking one? Fuck I had to giggle when he wandered past... looking very out of place amongst all the leather! (Maybe he should have worn his B&D gear!)

[Headbanger]

Lessons learned?

Kiwis love Harleys.

The blond cop stationed where the motorways merged was a little honey.

The fuckwit in the Warehouse van south of Levin needs to be skull fucked and buried, Fucker actually tried to pass 40 or so bikes and then merge into the pack.

I believe the rego was xfs939

[Trudes]

Lessons learned?

Kiwis love Harleys.

The blond cop stationed where the motorways merged was a little honey.

The fuckwit in the Warehouse van south of Levin needs to be skull fucked and buried, Fucker actually tried to pass 40 or so bikes and then merge into the pack.

I believe the rego was xfs939

Quoting incase your post mysteriously disappears.:laugh:

[mashman]

was that the little well dressed faggy looking one? Fuck I had to giggle when he wandered past... looking very out of place amongst all the leather! (Maybe he should have worn his B&D gear!)

(fair)blonde hair, no brains.. i just thought arty not faggy... but now you come to mention it... there was this other blonde, brains questionable that stood behind me at one point... very funny though :laugh:

[McDuck]

Yeah I couldn't believe what time I finally got to parliament. After half past 12. And who said it was only 200 metres from the stadium?!?

And the police were going around checking the legality of all the bikes at the stadium. So some people may have learnt an unfortunate lesson in that regard...

Glad i didnt go then... lol

[marty]

What a bunch of dirty cunts.

as opposed to the thick cunts who turned up on un-reg'd un wof'd bikes.

[Elysium]

So anyone have numbers on how many bikers turned up?

[Cloggy]

So anyone have numbers on how many bikers turned up?

Word is that at Papakowhai they stopped counting at 3000 but reckoned no more than 3500.
At Avalon they stopped counting at 2000 but reckoned no more than 2500.
Why they stopped counting, who knows.
Add to that the hundreds of bikes parked on the streets around parliament and you get 5000 easy, perhaps even as many as 6000, the original expected number.

[mashman]

So anyone have numbers on how many bikers turned up?

I lost count after 1... first one came over the hill (well up the ramp), car park starting to reverberate, tingles shot up my spine and they arrived... 1... lesson learned...

[fireliv]

I was mighty impressed with the Police there today, they were all very friendly and joking about with us and relaxed about the whole thing, and as a marshal it was great to have them there to step in when they were needed but otherwise generally leave us to organise as we saw fit. Good on them!:niceone:

Thats good, that would probably be because most of them have bikes too but cant be sean to participate!

[sels1]

Great event, thanks to the organisers and everyone who turned up. Probably one of the biggest bike gatherings seen in this country. Longest road convoy as well.

[Pedrostt500]

What did I learn, when you get thousands of bikes descend on you in a very short time, there is little you can plan for, Thank the Gods of Motorcycling that Motorcyclists can use their brains, when they have to.

[AD345]

The "use the left lane only" plan for the bit from Papakowhai didn't come off.

Thank gawd

[dogsnbikes]

So anyone have numbers on how many bikers turned up?

lost count after 10 as I wasn't wear my jandels:laugh:

[Ixion]

Do the next one on a weekend so many others (including myself) can attend. Pissed I couldn't come to this one, as many others will be.

Plenty of weekend activity coming up. Had to be midweek or the policritters wouldn't have been there. No pint abusng someone if they don't know they're being abused



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Police *unofficially* counted 4600 , with more still arrinving at papawozzaname. Another 2000 at the duck pond and maybe 500 at Molesworth St.

I reckon over 7000, and 800 people (pillions etc0

Anyone of the "I ain't going to the Stadium" figured it out yet?

[Ixion]

Apparently we caused a 25 kilometre traffic jam!

[davebullet]

By my crude calculations, if we all travelled @ 70kph, 5,000 bikers at an average of 20km/l -> we were burning 17.5 tonnes of fuel per hour!!!! Damn impressive!

[huff3r]

By my crude calculations, if we all travelled @ 70kph, 5,000 bikers at an average of 20km/l -> we were burning 17.5 tonnes of fuel per hour!!!! Damn impressive!

And it took nearly an hour to get from papakowhai rd to the stadium! The urban motorway was chocker!

[StoneY]

So keen for a re-run, and maybe make it a decent rally even, with less pressure on time! It took forever to get away from Papakowhai, i dont think thhe organisers expected quite the numbers they got at that point!

Amen

You all represented way better than expected

Papakowhai was expected to be 2000 bikes...you assholes had 3,100 and my counter quit at that point and told me to fuck off her thumb was sore!

WELL FUCKIN DONE!!!!!!!!!!

[TomJ]

well done to all those organising and who turned out. The news bulletins have been very positive and several people asked me about the levy while I was out and about today. This was directly linked to the news coverage.

great job:niceone:

[BMWST?]

I gotta call bollocks on that one as i got to watch them for a couple of hours... they were just quite relaxed, checkin some bikes out... One of the guys asked me where the toilets where and then commented he was a little wary to go in there because it might contain a group of pissed off hairy arsed bikers... i told him if he got lucky George Michael would be in there... jolly fine chap... so i'm callin bollocks... maybe gave enough of a presence and that's why several bikes started to disappear after a couple of minutes...

agreed,the police were checkin out the bikes just like we were.I didnt see and inspection of warrants or regaos,or any evidence of ticket books

[quickbuck]

well done to all those organising and who turned out. The news bulletins have been very positive and several people asked me about the levy while I was out and about today. This was directly linked to the news coverage.

great job:niceone:

Yup,
Got asked about it everywhere I stopped on the way home too.....

As for Lesson Learnt....
Well, despite the majority of motorcyclists being well behaved, CAGE drivers still don't know how to react when there is a faster vehicle behind them on the motorway... This lead to a bit of use of the emergency lanes!

Also, people should remember what is written all over their back when they display poor riding... Although these particular people probably don't give a Fcuk!

[TerminalAddict]

my lesson for today:
follow couples on harleys .. many fine arses to perv at :shifty:

[huff3r]

my lesson for today:
follow couples on harleys .. many fine arses to perv at :shifty:

And a lesson for the harley owners... invest in a topbox/backrest just to end his fun :bleh:

[quickbuck]

agreed,the police were checkin out the bikes just like we were.I didnt see and inspection of warrants or regaos,or any evidence of ticket books

Yup, that's all they were doing.
HOWEVER, if i was a copper, i would have parked my car on the Himitangi straights.... Crikey, some of the speeds were above Take Off for most aircraft out of Ohakea.... Some of those big V Twins are loud at full throttle top gear and pulling 3200 RPM! Almost like a third of a Bell 47.....

[sunhuntin]

Apparently we caused a 25 kilometre traffic jam!

somehow im not surprised!

as for lesson learned... the coastal highway with the cheesecutters CAN be a fun road!

[Ixion]

Lesson learned. Wellington drivers are even more slow and doddery and stupid than Dorkland one. Impossible, I'd have thought but there it is.

And what prize moron dreamed up that road around the harbour?

Cliff on one side, ocean on the other and cheescutter in the middle ! No where to go, and a single lane!

And - when the road makers put up signs saying "Passing lane 4 km ahead " and "Queues" (permanent sign) you KNOW they are aware that it's a balls up.

Tedious tedious tedious.

[Bald Eagle]

Lesson learned. Wellington drivers are even more slow and doddery and stupid than Dorkland one. Impossible, I'd have thought but there it is.

And what prize moron dreamed up that road around the harbour?

Cliff on one side, ocean on the other and cheescutter in the middle ! No where to go, and a single lane!

And - when the road makers put up signs saying "Passing lane 4 km ahead " and "Queues" (permanent sign) you KNOW they are aware that it's a balls up.

Tedious tedious tedious.

Welcome to by Monday to Friday daily ride road. It can be real nice on a good day :sunny:

[sunhuntin]

i was stuck in a never ending queue on the way home. was following a car transporter truck and was also being tail gated, so pulled over at pukerua bay to let the cars pass cos i didnt want to be followed that close on the coastal road. jumped back on the very end of it... that queue remained that way all the way to bloody peka peka! fuckin insane! came to a dead stop by whenua cemetary and elsewhere as everyone tried to merge on top of each other.

[Headbanger]

I learnt how freakin gay my horn sounds when I let her rip at a bunch of school kids waving at us.

[StoneY]

Ride home safely you lot

Not many folk in NZ going top bed tonight worried about 7,000 or so good mates...I am the 7001'st

:bleh:

[LBD]

By my crude calculations, if we all travelled @ 70kph, 5,000 bikers at an average of 20km/l -> we were burning 17.5 tonnes of fuel per hour!!!! Damn impressive!

SSSShhhhhh

Don't want to get slapped with a carbon tax as well.....:laugh:

[Wasp27]

What a bunch of dirty cunts.
I overheard some lets say 'unfortunate' comments expressed by 2 uniformed officers because some bikers wouldn't follow parking instructions. I bet you there would have been some 'surprised' (pissed off) cops who had stationed themselves all over the roads heading north after the event.... purely in interests of Road Safety you understand :bleh: This has to go down in history as the Biggest Motorcycling Event in New Zealand ...ever! ..... and IMO will be remembered for the exceptional behaviour and comaraderie amongst all the Biker Groups. It can only be described as an absolute buzz to have been part of this campaign.
The message given loud and clear to the minister and indeed all Politicians was...
DONT MESS WITH BIKERS

[phantom]

As the guy in front of me found out, be careful you don't drop your Harley while going down the exit ramp from the stadium, they are a prick to pick up and as the well meaning but dim guy beside me found out, don't put your bike on the side stand to assist the aforementioned harley rider because it too will fall over.:doh:

[Elysium]

Next time I bring sunscreen.

[Str8 Jacket]

Next time I bring sunscreen.

Hell yeah! I had my arms crossed for most of it so I have one red arm and one normal arm today...

I also learnt that you do get noticed when you dissapear from the office for a couple of hours... :whistle:

[Headbanger]

Hell yeah! I had my arms crossed for most of it so I have one red arm and one normal arm today...


I stood under a tree......

[Conquiztador]

Lesson learnt: Fix that radiator fan before next BIKEOI...

[Bend-it]

Lesson learned. Wellington drivers are even more slow and doddery and stupid than Dorkland one. Impossible, I'd have thought but there it is.

And what prize moron dreamed up that road around the harbour?

Cliff on one side, ocean on the other and cheescutter in the middle ! No where to go, and a single lane!

And - when the road makers put up signs saying "Passing lane 4 km ahead " and "Queues" (permanent sign) you KNOW they are aware that it's a balls up.

Tedious tedious tedious.

Next time, go over the top... there's a road up over the top of that cliff that joins SH1 just north of the police college... Wgtn riders call it the piecock hill road... (proper spelling: Paekakariki Hill Road). Turn left at Paekakariki, where the sign says "unsuitable for long vehicles" or something to that effect)

MMmmmm... :)

[duckonin]

By my crude calculations, if we all travelled @ 70kph, 5,000 bikers at an average of 20km/l -> we were burning 17.5 tonnes of fuel per hour!!!! Damn impressive!

ACC content of that =?? they made a dollar..:msn-wink:

[peasea]

my lesson for today:
follow couples on harleys .. many fine arses to perv at :shifty:

Thank you; but what do you think of my other half's bum? :bleh:

[FastBikeGear]

What a fantastic turn out.

I would like to give a very postive plug to the cops. Friendly and relaxed. They did a terrifc job on the day and with them keeping an eye on the bikes in the stadium I felt safe leaving my pack on my bike.

Many thanks guys!

Suggestions:

Lets make this an annual event (We will always be able to find something to demonstrate agains). Best damned bike show I have ever been to!

Encourage more of the people who can't ride their bikes to work but are in town to walk down to parliament but take their helmets. (I know a number did this)

[Ixion]

Lessons learnt :

Randomly picking a road to turn down on the basis that it must sooner or later meet up with the road you should have turned down a while back can turn a boring main highway return into an adv ride :clap:

When confronted by trees fallen across the road , one is glad that one included a hatchet in ones tool kit

One regrets that one did not sharpen the hatchet

Lesson learned by lazy cage driver that sat in his car for twenty minutes while I spent half an hour clearing away fallen trees. A bike needs only a narrow and wriggly path through vegetation. Your car cannot follow. If you had helped I would have cleared a larger path :no:

While it is wise to have an unbrella strapped on the bike, it is pointless if the umbrella and bike are both still back at the motel when one emerges from the pub after dinner to pissing down rain

One can get more soaked in five minutes walking from pub to motel, without umbrella, than in 600 km travel with waterproof bike gear on.

[Elysium]

So anyone know who's coolant that was leaked onto the road just outside the Stadium? :lol:

[Str8 Jacket]

So anyone know who's coolant that was leaked onto the road just outside the Stadium? :lol:

That wasn't coolant. I couldn't find the toilets....

[Clockwork]

Eight or nine people can't marshal the parking of 5,000+ bikes when they all arrive at once but fortunately the riders are smart enough to largely figure it out for themselves.:2thumbsup

[centaurus]

I went to the stadium just before people started leaving, to help with the traffic control and the biker cops were all at the bottom end, off their bikes and looking at some custom bikes, talking to some of their owners and seemed to enjoy being around so may bikes, like any true biker.

Except for their attire, you couldn't tell them from any other biker, happy to chat with other bikers and to see other riders' handy work. I trully doubt it they did any "checking" on the bikes.

As far as I am concerned, kudos on Wgtn police for doing a brillian job and helping us (except for the end when they left cars and a couple of trucks going up the ramp at the stadium, while all the bikes were going down :( )

[Taz]

I learnt that getting in early and parking outside parliment then walking down the waterfront for a beer in the sunshine was the best way to spend the morning. Then we attended the speeches and had a great time yelling BULLSHIT! Loved it. Lets do it again.

[reemit]

Fix topboxes so the wind blows the lid closed! In the convoy around Toko' riding along with Les, there was a blue Beemer hit a bump and wind gust blew his topbox open. Before I could get alongside, the aerodynamics had blown half his shit out over us followin. Bugger me if 20 minutes later this Harley comes sailing past with this guys strides hooked onto the rear footpeg flapping in the breeze. Hope you got all your socks and grots back mate!

[Wynmead]

I'm with you on this. Got back to the Stadium and saw four cops strolling around enjoying the sun. I thought that may discourage scum bags nicking a bike. I didn't see them checking any bike. I thought they did a bloody good job. Any body who wants to slag off the cops get some decent evidence first.

[Wynmead]

yep, the beer in the Thistle quenched the thirst. Trudging around in bike kit is hot work

[Wynmead]

What a fantastic turn out.

I would like to give a very postive plug to the cops. Friendly and relaxed. They did a terrifc job on the day and with them keeping an eye on the bikes in the stadium I felt safe leaving my pack on my bike.

Many thanks guys!

Suggestions:

Lets make this an annual event (We will always be able to find something to demonstrate agains). Best damned bike show I have ever been to!

Encourage more of the people who can't ride their bikes to work but are in town to walk down to parliament but take their helmets. (I know a number did this)
i should add to the quencher on the Thistle. I ended up chatting to a group of off duty cops who were on the bikeoi as well.

[Wynmead]

Eight or nine people can't marshal the parking of 5,000+ bikes when they all arrive at once but fortunately the riders are smart enough to largely figure it out for themselves.:2thumbsup
Yeah, they could have worked us right up to the end near the steps. Hindsight is a wonderful thing though. I have to say the latrine was a welcome site by the time I had trudged back.

[Headbanger]

I learnt that the horrible noise my bike was making for 20 km's was actually the exhaust note from the Suzuki Boulevard sitting just to the left of me.

I also learned that I have a massive blind spot, Just to my left, and no doubt the phenomena is repeated on my right.

Also, after walking back to the Train Station and finding a toilet I learned my Fly was already down, 5 points for being efficient.

Anyone else see Sue Bradford in the outdoor area of the Trax bar/cafe?

[zahria]

I learnt that the horrible noise my bike was making for 20 km's was actually the exhaust note from the Suzukii Boulivard sitting just to the left of me.

I also learned that I have a massive blind spot, Just to my left, and no doubt the phenomena is repeated on my right.

Also, after walking back to the Train Station and finding a toilet I learned my Fly was already down, 5 points for being efficiant.

Anyone else see Sue Bradford in the outdoor area of the Trax bar/cafe?

Who?

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[TOTO]

Yeah I couldn't believe what time I finally got to parliament. After half past 12. And who said it was only 200 metres from the stadium?!?

And the police were going around checking the legality of all the bikes at the stadium. So some people may have learnt an unfortunate lesson in that regard...


What a bunch of dirty cunts.


You bastard!





You beat me to it.....


Actually the biker cops were riding around protecting everyoones gear from being stolen

you unthoughtful and UN-thankful little wingers.

Lesson learned - some wingers will always bitch for the wrong crap.

[Headbanger]

Who?

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Shes just some hot bint.

[peasea]

Actually the biker cops were riding around protecting everyoones gear from being stolen

you unthoughtful and UN-thankful little wingers.

Lesson learned - some wingers will always bitch for the wrong crap.

True. ACC are our friends, give it up.

And you missed out an 'h'.