They are motorCYCLES not motorHOMES FFS!

[HenryDorsetCase]

So, beautiful day yesterday, thought I would take the Street Triple out for a pootle to devauchelle or Merivale-by-the-sea. Not going hard because I dont go hard on the road anymore. What the hell was with the group of cruiser riders riding along at 90kph being held up by a Daihatsu Mira or some shittly little pissbox car? On a straight piece of road? What is the point of two litres of capacity and a thousand pounds foot of torque if you arent going to fucking pass these pieces of shit? Yes, that was me that passed you, and no, I dont care. Even with all the tassels and chrome geegaws you still have enough torque to pass gran in her shopping car - why the hell not use it?

Oh, and other grandma in some shitbox just before Little River: 70kph on the open road is not fucking acceptable. Stay home bitch!

apart from that, a nice hour or so out and about.

[The Pastor]

So, beautiful day yesterday, thought I would take the Street Triple out for a pootle to devauchelle or Merivale-by-the-sea. Not going hard because I dont go hard on the road anymore. What the hell was with the group of cruiser riders riding along at 90kph being held up by a Daihatsu Mira or some shittly little pissbox car? On a straight piece of road? What is the point of two litres of capacity and a thousand pounds foot of torque if you arent going to fucking pass these pieces of shit? Yes, that was me that passed you, and no, I dont care. Even with all the tassels and chrome geegaws you still have enough torque to pass gran in her shopping car - why the hell not use it?

Oh, and other grandma in some shitbox just before Little River: 70kph on the open road is not fucking acceptable. Stay home bitch!

apart from that, a nice hour or so out and about.

so a group of cruisers weren't being dicks and owning the road and this bothers you?

[SVboy]

Nice-you are saying what I often think.....esp about old people who are afraid they will incinerate on re-entry if their car exceeds 70kmh! {as for their behaviour and ability level on the hill!!!!}

[HenryDorsetCase]

so a group of cruisers weren't being dicks and owning the road and this bothers you?

That isn't an english sentence dickhead.

and no, it bothered me not at all. I was held up by them and the Mira for less than 30 seconds in my pootle towards Merivale-by-the-sea. I was more curious than anything.

[nonie]

Wow ! You sound just a wee bit too angry and intolerant to be on the road at all. Calm down..just a thought.

[yod]

This has the makings of another quality KB popcorn thread...

:corn:

[ellipsis]

....I switched off to the eggs on my driveway (SH75) a long, long time ago...early mornings or after they have all fucked off home after their 6 dollar lattes and 12 dollar slices of bacon and egg pie, which have far fancier names than that, is about the only respite we get from them...the art gallery at LR attracts a lot of drivers that should really take the bus...I wont go near the Hilltop during the weekend if I can help it...pity, it used to be cool...

[Canis G.]

....I switched off to the eggs on my driveway (SH75) a long, long time ago...early mornings or after they have all fucked off home after their 6 dollar lattes and 12 dollar slices of bacon and egg pie, which have far fancier names than that, is about the only respite we get from them...the art gallery at LR attracts a lot of drivers that should really take the bus...I wont go near the Hilltop during the weekend if I can help it...pity, it used to be cool...

Yeah timing is everything on that road. I set off early on Saturday morning (what a beautiful day) and had a fantastic run up to Hill Top and home back over Gebbies. But by the time I was on the home run there was shitloads of traffic heading towards Akaroa - ugly!

[Tigadee]

70kph on the open road is not fucking acceptable.

And to think that's what Learners were restricted to on the motorway until last Oct!

[FJRider]

The Crown range on a sunny summer day is just like that.

[Asher]

lIt sure was a beautiful day yesterday, i went over Dyers, Gebbies to LR and back, heaps of bikes out and i didnt meet anyone going slow

[Canis G.]

lIt sure was a beautiful day yesterday, i went over Dyers, Gebbies to LR and back, heaps of bikes out and i didnt meet anyone going slow

OK timing and luck LOL.

[Paul in NZ]

When I was growing up in the 60's we had a Bach in Wainui so we used to get over to Akaroa a fair bit for supplies etc. Its a totally different place these days and sure - theres a lot of traffic but the road has also improved. It was such a long trip back then and such a short one now....

[HenryDorsetCase]

Wow ! You sound just a wee bit too angry and intolerant to be on the road at all. Calm down..just a thought.

not angry at all I try not to get angry while riding it is counterproductive. Bemused more like. One of the flapping tassels did nearly take my eye out though......

agree with the comments about early morning though. I was fairly late getting underway yesterday and so I think I hit the peak hour for Sunday drivers: usually I try and be back by the time I left yesterday....

should have done the trackday at Levels on Saturday!

[FJRider]

should have done the trackday at Levels on Saturday!

or a pie at Jacksons ...

[Stirts]

I was fairly late getting underway yesterday and so I think I hit the peak hour for Sunday drivers: usually I try and be back by the time I left yesterday....

Just count yourself lucky Mr HDC ... everyday hour of everyday is "Sunday Drivers Day" here in TGA :brick:

[buellbabe]

Laughing away to myself here...Luvin the attitude!
I totally get ya!:facepalm:

BTW I have passed a trio of late model Ducs' ...in my car... UPHILL ...and just wondered WTF they were doing on bikes like that if they were gonna ride like nanas... I know its each to their own/ride yr own ride bla bla bla but seriously????

BTW it IS possible to think "Jeez WTF?" and still be a calm/confident rider. LOL Nothing wrong with a bit of attitude.

[jasonu]

That isn't an english sentence dickhead.

and no, it bothered me not at all. I was held up by them and the Mira for less than 30 seconds in my pootle towards Merivale-by-the-sea. I was more curious than anything.

Then why did you start a thread about it if it didn't bother you?

[HenryDorsetCase]

Then why did you start a thread about it if it didn't bother you?

it amused me, and I thought it may amuse others.

[gijoe1313]

Burn them! (been a while since I used that classic KB refrain!)

[ellipsis]

it amused me, and I thought it may amuse others.

...i followed a big tourer the other day into town on said road, in my truck... he hung behind a line of dangerously slow old ladies in shopping trolleys and maui's and a heavily laden semi with a massive amount of hay on it...he was on and off his picks about every 4 seconds...struck me as fairly dumb when he had to only indicate and go, and be free of a bunch of silly situations...

[HenryDorsetCase]

I like clear air around me, and if I can pass I will: when free of traffic I am only sitting on 110-120. And of course the older I get, the faster I was....... ;)

[pritch]

I like clear air around me, and if I can pass I will: when free of traffic I am only sitting on 110-120. And of course the older I get, the faster I was....... ;)

I'll second that. Then again as I get older the list of things that pisses me off gets longer.

I dislike shitheads who on catching up to a mobile chicane just sit in behind making it more difficult for the next unfortunate to pass.

Almost as much as guys on big bikes who are too tired to so much as change gear, and use the whole passing lane to get past one car.

All of the above probably think, "Look at that idiot", when I finally shoot past in a shower of shit and small stones.

[jasonu]

it amused me, and I thought it may amuse others.

Fair enough.
When I used to ride on the roads I was always hesitant to pass 'bikies' incase they stabbed me or summat.

[jasonu]

Almost as much as guys on big bikes who are too tired to so much as change gear, and use the whole passing lane to get past one car.


Caused by beinot wanting to go more than 2kph over the limit and getting a ticket for it.

[Bassmatt]

Fair enough.
When I used to ride on the roads I was always hesitant to pass 'bikies' incase they stabbed me or summat.

Whenever I have dared to pass a "bikie" they pass me back pretty quick.
Their penises must be extremely small :yes:

[Flip]

So, beautiful day yesterday, thought I would take the Street Triple out for a pootle to devauchelle or Merivale-by-the-sea. Not going hard because I dont go hard on the road anymore. What the hell was with the group of cruiser riders riding along at 90kph being held up by a Daihatsu Mira or some shittly little pissbox car? On a straight piece of road? What is the point of two litres of capacity and a thousand pounds foot of torque if you arent going to fucking pass these pieces of shit? Yes, that was me that passed you, and no, I dont care. Even with all the tassels and chrome geegaws you still have enough torque to pass gran in her shopping car - why the hell not use it?

Oh, and other grandma in some shitbox just before Little River: 70kph on the open road is not fucking acceptable. Stay home bitch!

apart from that, a nice hour or so out and about.


That was the Hells Grannies Motor Cycle Club you just passed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ygy7UDADXDg

[Muppet]

So, beautiful day yesterday, thought I would take the Street Triple out for a pootle to devauchelle or Merivale-by-the-sea. Not going hard because I dont go hard on the road anymore. What the hell was with the group of cruiser riders riding along at 90kph being held up by a Daihatsu Mira or some shittly little pissbox car? On a straight piece of road? What is the point of two litres of capacity and a thousand pounds foot of torque if you arent going to fucking pass these pieces of shit? Yes, that was me that passed you, and no, I dont care. Even with all the tassels and chrome geegaws you still have enough torque to pass gran in her shopping car - why the hell not use it?

Oh, and other grandma in some shitbox just before Little River: 70kph on the open road is not fucking acceptable. Stay home bitch!

apart from that, a nice hour or so out and about.

:corn::corn::corn::corn: hmmmmmm....

I would have thought it was quite obvious; the Daihatsu Mira was the Road Captain/Support vehicle. You see, what normal bikers class as a ride is known as a 'run' to hogsters. There's a difference. This 'run' requires the aforementioned Road Captain, a Tail End Charlie plus a support vehicle which usually carries the women. And the luggage.

[Kickaha]

..I wont go near the Hilltop during the weekend if I can help it...pity, it used to be cool...
Yeah but that was well over a decade ago

[mashman]

enjoying the ride and not the race perhaps...

[Fast Eddie]

or a pie at Jacksons ...

mm pie..:yes:

love pepper steak

[300weatherby]

So, beautiful day yesterday, thought I would take the Street Triple out for a pootle to devauchelle or Merivale-by-the-sea. Not going hard because I dont go hard on the road anymore. What the hell was with the group of cruiser riders riding along at 90kph being held up by a Daihatsu Mira or some shittly little pissbox car? On a straight piece of road? What is the point of two litres of capacity and a thousand pounds foot of torque if you arent going to fucking pass these pieces of shit? Yes, that was me that passed you, and no, I dont care. Even with all the tassels and chrome geegaws you still have enough torque to pass gran in her shopping car - why the hell not use it?

Oh, and other grandma in some shitbox just before Little River: 70kph on the open road is not fucking acceptable. Stay home bitch!

apart from that, a nice hour or so out and about.

Needed some helmet therapy yesterday afternoon, shot out to Akaroa and back on my much abused Busa, noticed more cruiser types than usual, think it might get worse as it is the fasted growing ride type in NZ, and because few of them are acually motorcyclists as we would understand it, the riding behaviour is only ever going to be "campervanesque"

So, it will be evermore them or the other extreme, the Akaroa GP rider on his R1/CBR/1000 whatever with no understanding of time/space/speed/distance, neither are fun, at least the cruiser mob don't relentlessly risk everone else with their lack of ability or braincells.

I prefer the track to the road, cause you just can't scratch that itch in the real world..........

[Swoop]

What the hell was with the group of cruiser riders riding along at 90kph being held up by a Daihatsu Mira or some shittly little pissbox car? On a straight piece of road?
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[Big Dave]

After I read the morning papers I thought; 'Might as well log on to the forums and see what people are complaining about today'.

[HenryDorsetCase]

After I read the morning papers I thought; 'Might as well log on to the forums and see what people are complaining about today'.

Dude, get with the programme: this was YESTERDAYS complaint.

Today I am all about the price of milk and how young people today have no respect. and they laugh at the onion I wear on my belt: thats a fashion thats coming right back lemmetellya

[Big Dave]

'We can't bust heads like we used to. But we have our ways. One trick is to tell stories that don't go anywhere. Like the time I caught the ferry to Shelbyville. I needed a new heel for m'shoe. So I decided to go to Morganville, which is what they called Shelbyville in those days. So I tied an onion to my belt. Which was the style at the time. Now, to take the ferry cost a nickel, and in those days, nickels had pictures of bumblebees on 'em. Gimme five bees for a quarter, you'd say. Now where was I... oh yeah. The important thing was that I had an onion tied to my belt, which was the style at the time. You couldn't get white onions, because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big yellow ones...'

[pritch]

Ahhhh but one day BD you'll start to forget where you were up to, which will only make it more confusing for them.
Where was I?:confused:

[Brett]

This is how one could overtake....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sd6xqfVeTEU