Feb 22 Christchurch quake. Implications for bikers. Are sportsbikes now irrelevant?

[Hamel]

I do 70% of my recreational riding on the Port Hills roads. I often have a couple of bikes and have always had a sportsbike.

After the September Earthquake our generally poor port hills roads became downright dangerous in places, with cracks, ridges and highside-inducing dips and hollows.

I decided I'd sell my full Ohlins equipped GSX-R1000K6 as it was actually unpleasant to ride and, softened enough to deal with the bumps, the handling was becoming compromised. (It got written off by its new owner literally 5 minutes after he bought it, but thats another story:facepalm:)

Tuesday's Earthquake was major. Having driven round a little, many suburbs have been nearly as hard hit as the CBD. (My Ducati 944 Carbon Special fell off its race stand and was suitably damaged :crybaby:) Many of our roads, especially in the eastern suburbs are wrecked; your bike would disappear in many of the holes! Sure they'll patch them but that's what it'll be; a patch on a crack or a hollow.

I wont be replacing the GSX-R in a hurry. (After this quake I dont know when I'll be able to get work again) but when I do, it wont be with another sportsbike. My dream of a Ducati 1098 is permanently on hold. Sure the Akaroa road is/was great, but I'd still need two bikes (a soft one for town) and its a hike to Akaroa's roads.

As far as Christchurch goes, I think a bike like a 1098, or any modern supersport bike, may now be irrelevant on Christchurch roads.

Your thoughts?

As a foot note, please say a prayer or spare a thought for the people of Christchurch, especially those who are lost. I've been so very lucky but there are a LOT of people hurting here. It's going to take us years to fully recover.

[shrub]

Sadly mate the viability of sportsbikes is pretty irrelevant right now.

[Quasi]

errr... - in a word....yes.
Its all irrelevant.
Without wanting to appear to harsh or critical of your post - so many people hurting right now, I am sure the last thing on anyones minds is whether theres a place for sports bike on Canterbury roads right now.

:dodge::dodge:

[Virago]

A bit of an over-reaction I think.

If there had been a flood instead, would you be suggesting that everyone sell their bikes and buy boats?

The roads will be fixed. Riders of the Akaroa GP may need to adjust their strategy in places, and there's no doubt that the Ch-ch area will never quite be the same. But I don't think that everyone needs to sell their sports bikes.

[Subike]

The OP's post may seem to be irrelevent at the moment, but!

he makes some very good point that us who ride in Christchurch should seriously think about befor going out for a ride.

the street outside you home may be flat, but the one around the corner may not be.
many streets are as bad as offroad tracks, sports bikes and that kind of road do not mix. There are BOG holes in some, big cracks etc, your sports bike by design needs a flat surface to be safe to ride.

Even the Harley boys with their lowrider customs, those long wheelbase mobile couches, may not have the ground clearance to straddle some of the humps.

My point is, that you may be traveling behind a vehicle and not see the hump or hollow on a road that was flat the last time you rode it. If your bike cant straddle the damage, you are where? Picking up the bike or off to hospital because the vehicle behind you hit you as you fell off.

I know this is a worse case senario, but well worth thinking about before riding out and around the city.

That silt is also slipery when wet, road sports tyres do not grip it very well, another hazard.

So think about the type of bike you ride and dont become a Nick Smith Statistic.

Take care and be very aware that drivers will not drive in a straight line on many roads, A head on from a vehicle avoiding a pothole is also a very real possibility. Our small profile will not register in the brain of a person avoiding a road hazard as they cross the line into your path.

Double care people untill our roads are repaired, we need to be safe.

[Maha]

A bit of an over-reaction I think.

If there had been a flood instead, would you be suggesting that everyone sell their bikes and buy boats?

The roads will be fixed. Riders of the Akaroa GP may need to adjust their strategy in places, and there's no doubt that the Ch-ch area will never quite be the same. But I don't think that everyone needs to sell their sports bikes.

..or, buy a cruiser and head inland...:sunny:

[bsasuper]

When they re-do the roads with nice hotmix, sports bikes will be back in fashion.

[Big Dave]

Unless you are track enthusiast I've been saying sportsbikes are irrelevant for years.

The ergos are the worst for unreliable surfaces, the suspension is not designed for the goat tracks of roads we have and the ease with which they exceed 140kph means they are a constant exercise in self control.

[shrub]

The Akaroa GP will be history for a long time, and I have mixed feelings about that. i loved the road and have spent many an early morning or weekday playing in the corners, but the power ranger set irritated me, especially when they tried to assert their manliness by overtaking dangerously.

The best roads in the south are not in the quake zone though, so it's not a problem for people who like to ride beyond their back yard.

[neels]

No.

I've been riding my ducati over that sort of crap on the roads around my place since september, it just adds to the excitement...

[ellipsis]

...i suppose everyone has to have something to think of in times like this...it may help you take your mind of the unthinkables for a bit...my life is my family, friends and motorcycles...at the moment I cant even remember how many wheels a m/c has...

[shrub]

...i suppose everyone has to have something to think of in times like this...it may help you take your mind of the unthinkables for a bit...my life is my family, friends and motorcycles...at the moment I cant even remember how many wheels a m/c has...

my bike is currently about 100m from the Hotel Grand Chancellor. I hope it actually has wheels when I get it. If I get it.

My keys and helmet were in my locker in the gym and once we were evacuated I wasn't allowed back in to get them and getting to my daughter was a lot more important than getting to my bike so i left it where it is. It's called priorities.

[XF650]

I'v seen lots of trail bikes getting around ChCh over the last 2 days. Rego or not, they are a bloody good option at the moment.

[rastuscat]

I'm a Popo who is working the cordons around the central city.

If ever there was a time to ride an off-roader with no plates etc on the streets, this is it. You'd be unlucky to find a Popo with a ticket book just now.

The situation will change over time, but our priorities are with bigger things, traffic enforcement is way down the list.

My personal 1150GS has been a godsend, getting to work in the central station would be a nightmare in a car. Bikes are the answer.

In a bizarre twist, I lost my house at Spencerville in EQ1, so had nil to lose this time, except my life and those of my family and friends. I still feel lucky.

Just as a small smile for me, I relicenced my bike on the interweb the day before the EQ. Now that postal services have been canned, I haven't received the label in the post. Now I get to feel like a rebel, riding my bike with an expired label, even though knowing I'm riding a licenced bike.

Oooooo it feels good to be naughty.

BTW, the donuts have dried up. What will I do.:gob:

[DEATH_INC.]

BTW, the donuts have dried up. What will I do.:gob:
Shit, time to get Dunkin dognuts to do an emergency drop! Don't want you guys stressing about donuts when there's all the other shit you're having to cope with at the moment...

[george formby]

Unless you are track enthusiast I've been saying sportsbikes are irrelevant for years.

The ergos are the worst for unreliable surfaces, the suspension is not designed for the goat tracks of roads we have and the ease with which they exceed 140kph means they are a constant exercise in self control.

My feelings to, an exercise in frustration for me not being able to ride them as intended.

The OP has a point about the roads round Ch CH. They will hold some unique suprises for riders in the future.
Yet another burden for the region.. It's overwhelming.

[rastuscat]

Shit, time to get Dunkin dognuts to do an emergency drop!

Tried dunkin dognuts once. Really pissed the dog off. He's still not forgiven me.:woohoo:

[SVboy]

No need to write off the Akaroa GP just yet: it survived the first quake well. I will "survey" as soon as I can........ As to the summit road-mercy killing imho-however if rebuilt using hotmix, well thats different! Glad I have a motard, but sportsbikes irelevent....NEVER!![said with head firmly in the silt!]

[AllanB]

Reports I'm getting are the Akaroa road is OK. It had been nicely resealed in recent months. Ports Hills will be 'altered' and you'll adapt as we have after the Sept Quake.

I was in the car with the family around there a few weeks ago and entering a bend I stated ' dip on the left, hump on the right' before the car hit them - learned the roads makeup on the bike over the past 6 months.

Personally I have always though our hills were better suited to naked and motos than the hyper sports rides.

I've been desiring a Hypermotard lately - no chance of this happening but it is good to dream.

Lotto ticket winning priorities are different now in Christchurch!

Side note - there have been a few Harleys cruising past me heading Akaroa way - I'm thinking that may be safer for them as all that weight on a road in town may be disastrous :innocent:


Side Note 2: as you leave Halswell towards Tai Tapu the road is well jiggered (again) - slow the F- down. Tai Tapu back road (to the winery) is closed - road is stuffed.

Ride safe if you are 'allowed' out!

[Flip]

The part of my Harley that is part Massey Ferguson, really enjoyed my wee trip around christchurch today, no problems.

[imdying]

The Akaroa highway was never a race track in the first place, so nothing has changed there. If you think the handling is becoming hazardous due to having had to soften it up, then you're riding way too fast for a public road iin the first place.

As far as the relevancy of the post, Christchurch is completely wiped out, and some of us would like to think about the potential of normality once again returning to ours lives, so it would be awesome if out of towners could keep their opinions of what we should think and feel to themselves ta.

Subike makes a good point... if you fall off this week, ain't nobody got time to fix you up. Maybe take the car this week (month ahaha) eh :laugh:

[Kickaha]

If you think the handling is becoming hazardous due to having had to soften it up, then you're riding way too fast for a public road iin the first place.


Or it is piss poorly set up in the first place, just having Ohlins is no guarantee of good handling

Didn't ever really like the Port Hills on a bike, unless you can go up during the week there's to much traffic and to many cyclists

As for Akaroa I got bored with that a decade ago mainly due to increasing traffic volume but to many fuckwits on sportsbikes treating it like a racetrack and riding like arseholes put me off it a bit to

Must be 7-8 years since I last rode over there



As far as the relevancy of the post, Christchurch is completely wiped out, and some of us would like to think about the potential of normality once again returning to ours lives,

I think normality will be a long time coming

[dangerous]

Just bloody ride ya farking bikes... what sorta biker just rides circiles round town, get a scoot, any one else Ill see ya on the open road (when shit settles)

[steve_t]

Would a supermotard or Ducati Hypermotard be better suited to the lumpy roads? Or are they still generally set up for road riding?

[FruitLooPs]

if some bloke managed to ride his R1 across the world on dirt and paved alike i'm sure us cantabs can get by a few dippy roads :yes:

But yes keep an eye out, there are some large bulges and dips in the CBD (rode my bike out 20mins after the quake).

[schrodingers cat]

Had to get from Ferrymead to Shirley to check on my sister the day after since her phone was out.
Left the 4x4 Terrano up the drive and kicked the (jammed) garage door open.
Made my way across the water and dirt on my FZR1000 on THE MOST unsuitable tyres.
Wouldn't want to do it all the time but it was a challenge

Rode the Akaroa GP last weekend. It was the road works that were the challenge not the road condition. You ride whats in front of you

(PS - I've been lusting after a Motard for a while...)

[miloking]

If riding sportsbike is important and you still want your 1098 move somehwere else...like auckland or even further north. I mean what are still people doing in Chch is beyond me...yes, the roads will be repaired eventualy but will only last until next semi-decent earthquake (i would say 6-12 months at the current rate)

[Smifffy]

If riding sportsbike is important and you still want your 1098 move somehwere else...like auckland or even further north. I mean what are still people doing in Chch is beyond me...yes, the roads will be repaired eventualy but will only last until next semi-decent earthquake (i would say 6-12 months at the current rate)

Dork.......

[Kickaha]

Dork.......


I think you're being a bit to kind

[ellipsis]

...yip..dork is more a suited term for the geo-boffins who pop up every time we have had a major event and tell us about it...

[miloking]

Dork.......

Sorry i only say it as it is....not trying to be cruel or anything, but reality sucks i know.

But tell you what, iam happy to pay for all this "rebuilding" the from my taxes for next 30 years like rest of the nation (not that we will get much choice)... so you should stop calling people dorks for not suger coating the truth.

[Smifffy]

Sorry i only say it as it is....not trying to be cruel or anything, but reality sucks i know.

But tell you what, iam happy to pay for all this "rebuilding" the from my taxes for next 30 years like rest of the nation (not that we will get much choice)... so you should stop calling people dorks for not suger coating the truth.

It has nothing to do with sugar coating the truth, and everything to do with you posting like a dork.

As you say, not trying to be cruel or anything, but reality sucks, just saying it as it is.

[kiwi cowboy]

so it would be awesome if out of towners could keep their opinions of what we should think and feel to themselves ta.


IMDYING I dont see much of anyone telling you what to think or feel.
While i cant say i know how you feel as i havent been through these quakes i have felt some pretty scary ones from my time in te anau so have an inkling of what its like.
I like most people feel for you guys up there and thoughts go out to the people that have lost loved ones.
While its not like living with the stress you do it does affect other people else were who like me has family and good friends out there working there arses off trying to get the services going again and i can only hope there safe.
I shit myself every time the phone rings or a text comes through that somethings happened to one of them.
But my opinion doesnt count so i will keep it to myself:bye:.

[superman]

If riding sportsbike is important and you still want your 1098 move somehwere else...like auckland or even further north. I mean what are still people doing in Chch is beyond me...yes, the roads will be repaired eventualy but will only last until next semi-decent earthquake (i would say 6-12 months at the current rate)

Sorry i only say it as it is....not trying to be cruel or anything, but reality sucks i know.

But tell you what, iam happy to pay for all this "rebuilding" the from my taxes for next 30 years like rest of the nation (not that we will get much choice)... so you should stop calling people dorks for not suger coating the truth.

We live on the ring of fire, if you're so worried about paying taxes for fixing the events that will always occur living on the ring of fire maybe you should move to a less geologically active part of the world. Everywhere in NZ will be subject to events like these, there are active faults everywhere in NZ so moving to somewhere else within the country is obviously of no use.

Think a little more before posting such kaka. :bash:

Dork.........

[miloking]

We live on the ring of fire, if you're so worried about paying taxes for fixing the events that will always occur living on the ring of fire maybe you should move to a less geologically active part of the world. Everywhere in NZ will be subject to events like these, there are active faults everywhere in NZ so moving to somewhere else within the country is obviously of no use.

Think a little more before posting such kaka. :bash:

Dork.........

What part of "iam happy to pay" did make you think iam worried about paying for fixing this? I've been to Chch and it was a nice city so if they want to have their cathedral rebuit stone by stone so be it.. (even tho i think church funds should pay for this not public taxes)

But i dont agree with "we live on ring of fire" therefore moving anywhere else in NZ is pointless....how many devastating earthquakes and aftershocks did auckland have so far????

[rwh]

What part of "iam happy to pay" did make you think iam worried about paying for fixing this? I've been to Chch and it was a nice city so if they want to have their cathedral rebuit stone by stone so be it.. (even tho i think church funds should pay for this not public taxes)

But i dont agree with "we live on ring of fire" therefore moving anywhere else in NZ is pointless....how many devastating earthquakes and aftershocks did auckland have so far????

And how many had Christchurch had before last year?

Don't worry; Auckland's made of volcanoes. You'll get your turn eventually, even if it's a different kind of disaster.

Richard

[ellipsis]

...we bin proppin up dorkland fer fkn years...it dont need major catastrophes,it iz 1...

[miloking]

And how many had Christchurch had before last year?

Don't worry; Auckland's made of volcanoes. You'll get your turn eventually, even if it's a different kind of disaster.

Richard

Ok so if 6 months and 4000 aftershocks isnt enough warning that something is wrong...then nothing else is.

So far there is nothing indicating that there will be any major eruptions in auckland...but the moment there was and i didnt move out of the auckland afterwards then yes "I will get my turn"....

[superman]

What part of "iam happy to pay" did make you think iam worried about paying for fixing this?

But i dont agree with "we live on ring of fire" therefore moving anywhere else in NZ is pointless....how many devastating earthquakes and aftershocks did auckland have so far????

You are talking about processes which occur over hundreds/thousands/millions of years.

Auckland had a 4.7 in the 70s? Napier had that huge 7.8 less than a hundred years ago.

Who knows what else might happen in the next few decades.

GNS seismologist John Ristau says New Zealand has had a "dream run" for the past five decades, with "a remarkably low number of large damaging quakes for a country that has similar earthquake activity to California".

Scientists estimate that an average of one magnitude-7 quake will strike New Zealand every 10 years and a magnitude 8 once a century.

And that can be anywhere in NZ because it's all on active ground. Including Auckland.

[Brian d marge]

In a bizarre twist, I lost my house at Spencerville in EQ1.

retrace your steps , Im sure you will find it

The Enfield is perfect , drop a house on it and it will still go , as for 140 km/h no chance

Gasoline , it will run on anything , even the crap I post,

Stephen

[Brian d marge]

You ride whats in front of you


My missus :facepalm:

Stephen

[onearmedbandit]

Yes. And No. Sometimes, yes, other times, no. Not always certainly, but always fun. So yes. And no.

[miloking]

You are talking about processes which occur over hundreds/thousands/millions of years.

Auckland had a 4.7 in the 70s? Napier had that huge 7.8 less than a hundred years ago.

Who knows what else might happen in the next few decades.

GNS seismologist John Ristau says New Zealand has had a "dream run" for the past five decades, with "a remarkably low number of large damaging quakes for a country that has similar earthquake activity to California".

Scientists estimate that an average of one magnitude-7 quake will strike New Zealand every 10 years and a magnitude 8 once a century.

And that can be anywhere in NZ because it's all on active ground. Including Auckland.

Yes, i dont argue with that and its quite possible that Auckland is next, fuck who knows it can happen tomorrow for all we know....but so far we have been lucky and had NO warnings at all that we should move also Auckland is not build on wet sand.

[superman]

Yes, i dont argue with that and its quite possible that Auckland is next, fuck who knows it can happen tomorrow for all we know....but so far we have been lucky and had NO warnings at all that we should move also Auckland is not build on wet sand.

Yeah that's true, our folly is that there is just got over 50 extinct volcanoes meaning new ones could rise up at any time since there is already fucking 50 within Auckland! :shutup:

[dangerous]

I mean what are still people doing in Chch is beyond me... DUH... dorklander I asume? BECAUSE its were we live, you know its our home.



...yip..dork is more a suited term for the geo-boffins who pop up every time we have had a major event and tell us about it...
haha yeah ya not wrong aye... how is yours this time round N?


We live on the ring of fire, if you're so worried about paying taxes for fixing the events that will always occur living on the ring of fire maybe you should move to a less geologically active part of the world. true, cos in his own words "I mean what are still people doing in NZ is beyond me"

[Kickaha]

Auckland had a 4.7 in the 70s? Napier had that huge 7.8 less than a hundred years ago.

Don't forget there was a 7.8 in 2009, but because it was in the middle of nowhere it didn't really cause much damage

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Fiordland_earthquake

[ellipsis]

...we're cool D...house took another hammering...fell back into a similar shape it had before...yet another brand new plumbing system fucked...now replaced again...i've definitely run out of spare fixit parts now...biggest freak was all my tribe were central city at the time...like thousands of others i had the horrible wait for them to check in...4 hrs of freaked terror..all so lucky and all having close calls...its a bit hard to feel good...just relieved...

[fuknKIWI]

When they re-do the roads with nice hotmix, sports bikes will be back in fashion.
Maybe they can do it right...

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php/134420-Black-loveliness-poured-upon-the-Akaroa-GP-course...


Last time I was there temp got inot the low 30's & the road started to melt:shit:
fuknPATHETIC. Ask the Aussies how they keep their roads solid in HOT weather:facepalm:

[fuknKIWI]

"I mean what are still people doing in NZ is beyond me"

Yep me too.:msn-wink:

[fuknKIWI]

...at the moment I cant even remember how many wheels a m/c has...
I know of one that hasn't had ANY since the first 'quake :eek:

[miloking]

DUH... dorklander I asume? BECAUSE its were we live, you know its our home.


Ohh ok that makes sense, well good luck hope you dont get third time lucky down there... just clarify one thing for me since iam dork and all, when does "our home" become enough of a pain in the ass to move somehwere safer?

[dangerous]

Ohh ok that makes sense, well good luck hope you dont get third time lucky down there... just clarify one thing for me since iam dork and all, when does "our home" become enough of a pain in the ass to move somehwere safer? I never called you a 'dork' man... ya know what YOU yes YOU are at more risk driving to work tomorow and diying than I am staying in "my home" and dying by quake... go figger :rolleyes:

[miloking]

I never called you a 'dork' man... ya know what YOU yes YOU are at more risk driving to work tomorow and diying than I am staying in "my home" and dying by quake... go figger :rolleyes:

True that you didnt call me dork but who knows maybe iam...but fair enough you are probably right about the risk...considering how many retarded cage drivers we have in auckland.
But risk aside, having to deal with all the damage to property from all the afteshocks and liquefaction sure must get pretty annoying at some point...

[Oakie]

Sportsbikes irrelevant? I guess it's not what you ride, it's how you ride it that counts.

Ride to the conditions. I will be tomorrow on my new commute (about 3/4 of the circumference of the city in an anti-clockwise direction. I've told the boss I should be there by mid-morning.

[dangerous]

As far as Christchurch goes, I think a bike like a 1098, or any modern supersport bike, may now be irrelevant on Christchurch roads.
jsut an up date... and FWIW a 1098 or similer is a right bitch in town anyway, took the afternoon of for a break from it all and went for a ride to the Hiltop for fresh air, roads mint (apart from rd works at the end of the mad mile) so I duno what ya on bout in ya 1st post, if refering to the bays rd, will its all ways been a goat track. :rolleyes:

[schrodingers cat]

True that you didnt call me dork but who knows maybe iam...but fair enough you are probably right about the risk...considering how many retarded cage drivers we have in auckland.
But risk aside, having to deal with all the damage to property from all the afteshocks and liquefaction sure must get pretty annoying at some point...

I don't have any problem calling you a dork.

Fortunately not everybody sees the world through your eyes. If I wanted to live in Jafaland I'd be there already. After all - all that population and opportunity blah blah.

The trouble is, I fucking hate the place. So I don't live there and I don't complain about it when I visit. Nice to be there, nice to leave.

I could move to Timaru. I've lived there before and it was ok. But I don't want to.
As D says - its home

So, PLEEEEEAAAAASSSSSSEEEEEEEEE - don't talk bullshit about 'unsafe' Christchurch. There is no safe place in New Zealand

That is all

[SVboy]

Plus one to Dangerous's post: I went yesterday and today-road is mint[Outside of Halswell]. Even saw a mufti and the Akaroa cop. Almost felt like old times......

[ellipsis]

...sportsters work well on the beach, round a dirt mile and on fucked up roads...should try one sometime...

[AllanB]

And that can be anywhere in NZ because it's all on active ground. Including Auckland.

And there's the truth about our wee island(s).

I know move to Aussie, ah hang on, floods, fire, drought, fist size hail storms .....

[Oakie]

Ride to the conditions. I will be tomorrow on my new commute (about 3/4 of the circumference of the city in an anti-clockwise direction. I've told the boss I should be there by mid-morning.

Godammit! My 22 minute commute was 1 hour 20 this morning and 1 hour 45min this afternoon on the new route. And that was with a little lane-splitting and riding up the cycle lane! Now 32 km instead of 17.6 Glad I told the boss I'm working from home a couple of days this week.

[JMemonic]

jsut an up date... and FWIW a 1098 or similer is a right bitch in town anyway, took the afternoon of for a break from it all and went for a ride to the Hiltop for fresh air, roads mint (apart from rd works at the end of the mad mile) so I duno what ya on bout in ya 1st post, if refering to the bays rd, will its all ways been a goat track. :rolleyes:

Bloody Awful Should This Allow (a) Refresh Dangerous :bleh:

[dangerous]

bloody awful should this allow (a) refresh dangerous :bleh:

...... Huh!

[JMemonic]

...... Huh!

Take the capitalised letters only.

[dangerous]

take the capitalised letters only.woosh.......

[R-Soul]

my bike is currently about 100m from the Hotel Grand Chancellor. I hope it actually has wheels when I get it. If I get it.

My keys and helmet were in my locker in the gym and once we were evacuated I wasn't allowed back in to get them and getting to my daughter was a lot more important than getting to my bike so i left it where it is. It's called priorities.

Hell dude, I hope she was OK? I just cant imagine what that would feel like... :shit:

Scrww teh bike. Get out of Dodge City ASAP...

To the OP: Simple- Get a Multistrada.

[R-Soul]

also Auckland is not build on wet sand.

Have you SEEEN this place in winter? Its built on a mud hole!

[R-Soul]

So far there is nothing indicating that there will be any major eruptions in auckland...but the moment there was and i didnt move out of the auckland afterwards then yes "I will get my turn"....

IF there IS a MAJOR eruption in Auckland, the chances are that you will not be able to leave anywhere, because you will be encased in a bed of hot ash about 800degrees hot, or lying under a pool of lava.

[Rhys]

"R-Soul
Originally Posted by miloking
So far there is nothing indicating that there will be any major eruptions in auckland...but the moment there was and i didnt move out of the auckland afterwards then yes "I will get my turn"....
IF there IS a MAJOR eruption in Auckland, the chances are that you will not be able to leave anywhere, because you will be encased in a bed of hot ash about 800degrees hot, or lying under a pool of lava."

Ha Ha :rolleyes:

[shrub]

Hell dude, I hope she was OK? I just cant imagine what that would feel like... :shit:

Scrww teh bike. Get out of Dodge City ASAP...

To the OP: Simple- Get a Multistrada.

Yeah mate, she's good as gold. Weathered the storm really well

[scracha]

Your thoughts?


I'd replace your GSXR with another Suzuki.
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How about a Jimmy?

[nsrpaul]

-(It got written off by its new owner literally 5 minutes after he bought it, but thats another story:facepalm:)

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sad story that, suitably gutted he is as well

[miloking]

IF there IS a MAJOR eruption in Auckland, the chances are that you will not be able to leave anywhere, because you will be encased in a bed of hot ash about 800degrees hot, or lying under a pool of lava.

Thats right, because in all major eruptions in modern age there was no sign of warning before it happened and lava flows at speed of light so there is no escaping it....
No realy chances are that there will be little bit of smoke coming out of waihake for like 3 weeks and then some ash and bit of lava will splash into the sea...but whatever no point arguing about this until it realy happens, and lets hope it doesnt because otherwise who would pay for rebuilding of chch and auckland then????

[LiamBirkett]

Its pretty sketchy driving some roads that you don't know here in church, because every second corner is covered in gravel from roadworks.

[ellipsis]

....I believe that a kitten has strayed into the nettles...

[Oakie]

....I believe that a kitten has strayed into the nettles...

Interesting metaphor.

[rastuscat]

....I believe that a kitten has strayed into the nettles...

293103

No real reason for inserting this. Just coz really.

[ellipsis]

...I prefer this 'cos to this 'coz...it's not so acute and abrasive...

[dangerous]

...I prefer this 'cos to this 'coz...it's not so acute and abrasive...
agree... next Rustas will have is hoodie over his backward facing helmet :facepalm:

[neels]

My first read of this thread and I did buy a new bike more suited to the damaged roads in Aug 2011 as I felt then they would be wrecked for years. Rainfall has become a new hazard for the roads as it causes potholes where there is liquifaction/cavities under the tar seal resulting from the earthquakes.
DRZ is the bike I take if heading anywhere east of cathedral square, roads are royally fucked out there.

Looking forward to the new skate park, stadium and convention centre being finished.

[jim.cox]

Looking forward to the new skate park, stadium and convention centre being finished.

Don't hold your breath there mate.

There's a whole bunch of people who think we don't need any more white elephants and that other projects should have higher priority.