Is it an ominous sign…

[GOONR]

When you get to work at 11:00 in the morning, turn in to the bike park, and no one else is there when there are normally another 6 bikes….

Or maybe they checked the weather forecast.

Now I'm sat at work looking out of the window wondering why I didn't do the same and not looking forward to the ride home over the bridge in an hour.

:doh:

[george formby]

When you get to work at 11:00 in the morning, turn in to the bike park, and no one else is there when there are normally another 6 bikes….

Or maybe they checked the weather forecast.

Now I'm sat at work looking out of the window wondering why I didn't do the same and not looking forward to the ride home over the bridge in an hour.

:doh:

Everybody is up here in the sunshine:sunny:

[ac3_snow]

Yet it is days like today when the weather is so crap that you almost think it might be a good idea to wrap yourself up in a dirty lil cage.
yet it is also days like today when the weather is soo crappy that everyone is drving like a freakn toss pot and the mway is blocked from bombay to orewa.
And my ride home is one of the more enjoyable as a I filter my way through the car park that people in cars call a motorway :Punk: - rain or not I dont wanna be a stuck in a car for hours.

[GOONR]

...rain or not I dont wanna be a stuck in a car for hours.

That is very true!

[The Everlasting]

Haha yeah still better than being stuck in a cage,not moving anywhere fast in a traffic jam.

[Renegade]

or maybe you're just a biker...

[Ronin]

When you get to work at 11:00 in the morning, turn in to the bike park, and no one else is there when there are normally another 6 bikes….

Or maybe they checked the weather forecast.

Now I'm sat at work looking out of the window wondering why I didn't do the same and not looking forward to the ride home over the bridge in an hour.

:doh:

Yeah but when you get home you will have accomplished something and not just travelled.

[p.dath]

When you get to work at 11:00 in the morning, turn in to the bike park, and no one else is there when there are normally another 6 bikes….

Or maybe they checked the weather forecast.

Now I'm sat at work looking out of the window wondering why I didn't do the same and not looking forward to the ride home over the bridge in an hour.

:doh:

It just means you are more of a hard arse biker.

[GOONR]

It was still pissing down with rain on the way home, a taxi was in the lane to my right, decided to over take, cut in front of me with inches to spare then moved over to the left lane. I was going to follow him and politely let him know his indicators must be broken because they didn't come on once. :nono: Then I remembered that no taxi's have working indicators.

Then heading over the bridge one of the big gantry signs had a caution about surface water. Oh great I thought, as a Hilux was gained on me real fast then sat just off my rear, never mind I just kept focused on the road surface and what was going on in front of me with a quick check behind every now and then. Then on one check he was miles behind me, nice big gap. Might have had something to do with the police car that came and sat right behind him that made him think twice!

Pull up at home, chain the bike down and walk in to the house with a grin on my face. I hate riding in the rain but not as much as I hate public transport or sitting in a car for hours going nowhere.

[scumdog]

It was still pissing down with rain on the way home..................

28 and sunny here with a slight breeze...:devil2:

[Sidewinder]

When you get to work at 11:00 in the morning, turn in to the bike park, and no one else is there when there are normally another 6 bikes….

Or maybe they checked the weather forecast.

Now I'm sat at work looking out of the window wondering why I didn't do the same and not looking forward to the ride home over the bridge in an hour.

:doh:

because your a real biker or just not very onto it

[GOONR]

because your a real biker or just not very onto it

Haha.. Probably go with the latter..

[GOONR]

28 and sunny here with a slight breeze...:devil2:

Where are you, Fiji!

[LBD]

When you get to work at 11:00 in the morning, turn in to the bike park, and no one else is there when there are normally another 6 bikes….

Or maybe they checked the weather forecast.

Now I'm sat at work looking out of the window wondering why I didn't do the same and not looking forward to the ride home over the bridge in an hour.

:doh:

Bit like drifting becalmed in the middle of lyttleton harbour in an international moth thinking its a beautiful day....why is there no one else on the water?

Then noticing big black clouds scudding over Geddes pass straight towards you:eek5::eek5::shit::slap: I should have checked the waether first huh?

[JimO]

Where are you, Fiji!

you north island cunts may not believe it but the lower south island has some pretty decent weather:Pokey: sunny and around 20 here today just back from the toy run

[Neon]

Haha, yep I got wetter than ever before today coming home from work. The traffic down Hobsonville road came to a standstill in the narrow section where they are working on the new motorway - no room to split so basically stopped in the pouring rain. Had to wring out my gloves when I got home. :laugh:

[GOONR]

you north island cunts may not believe it but the lower south island has some pretty decent weather:Pokey: sunny and around 20 here today just back from the toy run

This 'north island cunt' is also enjoying sunny and around 20 today!

[BMWST?]

its even fine n sunny with very little wind in Welly!

[MarkH]

I hate riding in the rain but not as much as I hate public transport or sitting in a car for hours going nowhere.

I have to agree with this. In fact I so often preferred to ride rather than drive even (especially) in wet weather that I put less than 1000ks on the car in a year and sold it rather than register it. Now I don't own a car and I don't miss it at all. Riding is better no matter what the weather!

[GOONR]

its even fine n sunny with very little wind in Welly!

Nice! good day for a ride.

[Maha]

Nice! good day for a ride.

Dont you mean.....Unusual! good day for a ride?...:confused:

[GOONR]

I have to agree with this. In fact I so often preferred to ride rather than drive even (especially) in wet weather that I put less than 1000ks on the car in a year and sold it rather than register it. Now I don't own a car and I don't miss it at all. Riding is better no matter what the weather!

Wow, that's some low mileage going on a car. I would sell the car cause I never use it but Mrs GOONR reckons it's handy for carting around midget GOONR, shopping and stuff like that.

[MarkH]

Wow, that's some low mileage going on a car. I would sell the car cause I never use it but Mrs GOONR reckons it's handy for carting around midget GOONR, shopping and stuff like that.

Yeah, but I rode over 20,000ks in the same year.

[george formby]

A bit off thread, sorry. I always feel nervous having to ride in the rain, especially in the city but once I get on the bike I love it. It seems to make me concentrate a tad more & ride better which is a good feeling. Not really any slower either. I must admit to being a wuss now but I have spent years riding in the worst weather that Scotland & northern England could throw at me.

[GOONR]

A bit off thread, sorry. I always feel nervous having to ride in the rain, especially in the city but once I get on the bike I love it. It seems to make me concentrate a tad more & ride better which is a good feeling. Not really any slower either. I must admit to being a wuss now but I have spent years riding in the worst weather that Scotland & northern England could throw at me.

Same, the thought of riding in the rain is quite often (for me) worse than actually riding in it. I do go a lot slower round corners and stuff but I haven't been riding that long so I guess I'm over cautious. Would sooner be cautious than on my arse.