Bikes blown over at the bike park - Etiquette?

[Jeff Sichoe]

Hey fellers

just been wondering - what's your stance on the correct 'etiquette' to use when bikes have blown over at the bike parking spaces?

Just now I went down and checked out the ole dog, and while it was fine and still standing the bike park on Tennyson St here in Wellington was a real mess.

3 Scooters blown over and into each other, one scooter was caught up in my bike.

1 Suzuki 750 GSX-F had blown over away from the sidestand (so the wind was obvisously enough to blow the bike upright, and then back over) this had then landed on a Cruiser which had also blown over and gotten itself all jammed up in what I think was a transalp?

Anyway, I picked up the scooters and parked them longwise in the gutter, so they weren't side on to the wind anymore, and pulled my bike around to a spare park here at work which is a bit more covered.

What I wasn't so keen on was messing with the broken / tangled bikes.

What would you do?

Pick up the bikes and potentially cause more damage but at least they'd be upright and not leaking fluids all over the god damn show?
Get ur mechano mate onto Carjam with the rego to try and track down the owner?

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[BMWST?]

Hey fellers

just been wondering - what's your stance on the correct 'etiquette' to use when bikes have blown over at the bike parking spaces?

Just now I went down and checked out the ole dog, and while it was fine and still standing the bike park on Tennyson St here in Wellington was a real mess.

3 Scooters blown over and into each other, one scooter was caught up in my bike.

1 Suzuki 750 GSX-F had blown over away from the sidestand (so the wind was obvisously enough to blow the bike upright, and then back over) this had then landed on a Cruiser which had also blown over and gotten itself all jammed up in what I think was a transalp?

Anyway, I picked up the scooters and parked them longwise in the gutter, so they weren't side on to the wind anymore, and pulled my bike around to a spare park here at work which is a bit more covered.

What I wasn't so keen on was messing with the broken / tangled bikes.

What would you do?

Pick up the bikes and potentially cause more damage but at least they'd be upright and not leaking fluids all over the god damn show?
Get ur mechano mate onto Carjam with the rego to try and track down the owner?

??

i woulda picked them up and left a note as to what had happened...maybe take some pics of general scene and of each bike as it was when you picked it up?

[fridayflash]

hmm, what to do what to do..i guess id pick them up and untangle things where poss, although the wind you chaps are copping today might skittle them over again pronto

[Jeff Sichoe]

i woulda picked them up and left a note as to what had happened...maybe take some pics of general scene and of each bike as it was when you picked it up?

Hmmm yeah... Lets say I came across a poor olde bike having a lie down, on any other day where it wasn't guaranteed to just blow over again, i'd pick it up, and be on my way - maybe leave a note if there is obvious damage to let the person know how I found it and what state it was in etc

However what with the bikes tangled up, bars / levers crossed into clutch / throttle cables / faring damage, indicators broken etc...

I'm pretty big but not big enough to pick up a bike and simultaneously untangle two bikes at the same time, know what I mean?

[Akzle]

fuck the scooterfags. And i probably wouldnt touch someone elses bike unless it was on mine, or theyd asked for help.

[Maha]

I would pick it up and leave an invoice for my services....easy $130. Probably end up on Fair Go but time is money.

[unstuck]

Fucked if you do, fucked if you don't round here. If you didn't then your a mongrel, and a disgrace to the biker brotherhood. If you did, then your a mongrel, and a disgrace to the biker brotherhood. Your a fuckin disgrace to the biker brotherhood, ok.:msn-wink:

[Akzle]

Fucked if you do, fucked if you don't round here. If you didn't then your a mongrel, and a disgrace to the biker brotherhood. If you did, then your a mongrel, and a disgrace to the biker brotherhood. Your a fuckin disgrace to the biker brotherhood, ok.:msn-wink:

yea? Well, youre english. So fuck up and fuck away back to the motherland.

[unstuck]

yea? Well, youre english. So fuck up and fuck away back to the motherland.

Suck my dick ya pedo.:motu:

[Akzle]

Suck my dick ya pedo.:motu:

that wasnt even relevant.
Aaaaaand. Pd hammer.

[bogan]

Circumstantial, if you can pick it up and repark it so it won't fall again, then do so. If picking it up will just lead to it falling over again (and it isn't leaking fluids) I'd say leave it down.

Picked up Oblivion's bike for him outside massey and reparked it a bit more stably (and a bit less leakily), chucked my number on a note for him and he seemed pretty thankful.

[BuzzardNZ]

Personally, I think it's best to leave them down. Seen too many in Wellington pick em up only to have em blown back down resulting in more damage.

Streets of Wellington were a mess today, saw many a GN250 and plenty of scooters down.

[Trade_nancy]

So - did they ride home in that??

[skippa1]

If they're lying down they won't fall any further. Pickin em up will no doubt involve some collateral damage and chances are they will arse over again. Leave em for the owners to damage......

[AllanB]

Probably leave em - chances are if you were mid pick-up the owner would turn up and think you'd knocked it over!

[Oakie]

Perhaps ask yourself what you would want someone to do if it was your bike having a lie down ... and apply that to the situation.

[Berries]

Let's see. The bike suffered some damage when it went down but is now lying still and is not being damaged any further by being on the ground. Someone comes along, potentially causes damage by lifting it up and then leaves it to fall down again due to whatever act of God caused it to fall down in the first place therefore causing even further damage. And then another do gooder comes along and does the same thing. Any 'note' gets blown away and the rider returns to find bits hanging off like it has been vandalised. So you aren't doing the owner a favour IMO. Then there is the scenario where the owner or someone who knows the owner sees you fiddling with the bike and perhaps gets the wrong impression. Explain that one away. While I wouldn't want to come back and see my bike on the ground I would rather that than see some greasy biker with his dirty hands on it. "Just picking it up for you". Yeah right.

Scooters though. A good wind gives you the chance to get away with a quick game of Lifan dominoes.

[tigertim20]

Hey fellers

just been wondering - what's your stance on the correct 'etiquette' to use when bikes have blown over at the bike parking spaces?



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unless you have to do otherwise, touch nothing that aint yours.
if something has happened such that you cannot remove your bike without moving other bikes that have fallen, Id snap a few cellphone pics of the scene as I arrived, then extract my ride as gently as possible. photos could be helpful for your insurance if you have received damage.

otherwise, I wouldnt touch the other bikes unless it belonged to s friend I knew well.
Why? what happens when someone comes around the croner as you are maneuvering their fallen ride? youll get the blame.
Or, someone random comes along as you are moving a fallen bike, sees you move another fallen bike, then get on your and fuck off, and they think, oh that cint broke that guys bike! so they do the good samaritan thing and leave a not on the fallen bike saying that they witnessed you doing xxxx, and write down your rego etc etc.

Also, what if you damage it further trying to pic it up?

what if you stand it up, and it ends up blowing over onto its OTHER side?

fuck that. It sounds callous but my attitude is that,if its already fallen over and its on the ground, it cant fall any further, leave it where it is.

[Smifffy]

If it means anything, I think that what you say you did was exactly the right thing to do. :niceone:

[mossy1200]

If fluids are leaking idd photo, pick up and leave note.
If my bike was in the middle of the pile idd take a lot more photos and have a temper tantrum.

[Juniper]

If I had the physical power I'd probably pick up the scooters.

As I can't even pick up my own bike theres not a chance I'd be able to pick up the other ones.

I'd leave a note and my number.

If it was still gailforce wind though I'd just leave them down.

[SMOKEU]

If I had the physical power I'd probably pick up the scooters.

As I can't even pick up my own bike theres not a chance I'd be able to pick up the other ones.

I'd leave a note and my number.

If it was still gailforce wind though I'd just leave them down.

Are you sure you should even be riding a bike that you can't pick up yourself? It may be more in your technique than lack of physical strength.

[Juniper]

Are you sure you should even be riding a bike that you can't pick up yourself? It may be more in your technique than lack of physical strength.

I can pick it up from the 45degree if I'm on it. Its one of the smallest bikes I've seen (also so others have said) and one of the lightest being 150kg wet.

I'm kinda pathetic in my lack of upper body strength, and I know lift with your legs while facing the other way and all that but the thing is you still actually have to hold onto the bike in the first place. :confused:

I've tried it when I dropped her a while ago. :facepalm:

[SMOKEU]

I can pick it up from the 45degree if I'm on it. Its one of the smallest bikes I've seen (also so others have said) and one of the lightest being 150kg wet.

I'm kinda pathetic in my lack of upper body strength, and I know lift with your legs while facing the other way and all that but the thing is you still actually have to hold onto the bike in the first place. :confused:

I've tried it when I dropped her a while ago. :facepalm:

There are some good online guides on how to pick a bike up. I'm pretty weak myself and I found them quite useful.

[Juniper]

There are some good online guides on how to pick a bike up. I'm pretty weak myself and I found them quite useful.

I'll check some out again.


Not too keen on laying her down though!

[BuzzardNZ]

Not too keen on laying her down though!

I've said that a few times, after the beer goggles have worn off.

[Naki Rat]

Suck my dick ya pedo.:motu:
So there are still some who read Akzle's rantings :laugh:
"This message is hidden because Akzle is on your ignore list."

[unstuck]

So there are still some who read Akzle's rantings :laugh:
"This message is hidden because Akzle is on your ignore list."

Im a sick man, I know. But I do like a FUCK YOU attitude, makes the world a more colorful place.:shifty:

[jasonu]

fuck the scooterfags. And i probably wouldnt touch someone elses bike unless it was on mine, or theyd asked for help.

This is the first thing you have said that I totally agree with. (doubt it will happen again)