Riding dirt bikes on the road [Archive]

glyder

8th February 2014, 15:52

Whats peoples opinions on riding dirtbikes on the road, ie no lights, wof, reg, plates etc. I am seeing more and more of this and most of the time they are riding like complete prats. Saw one today flipped his bike at a crossroads then looked at me like i should have done something. So i did gave him the finger. He had been trying to pop the front wheel all the way up the road, this is not good for us. They cause rego to get higher and higher.

Tazz

8th February 2014, 16:15

Saw one today flipped his bike at a crossroads then looked at me like i should have done something. So i did gave him the finger. He had been trying to pop the front wheel all the way up the road, this is not good for us.

:lol::lol::lol::lol: Nice one man.

There has always been heaps of it, people are getting dumber and more obvious about it.

Motu

8th February 2014, 16:49

People on motorcycles should be honest law abiding citizens.

ellipsis

8th February 2014, 16:55

...people with motycycles have not changed, ever...same number of enthusiasts, same number of hooligans...reporting has changed...

Yamahardman

8th February 2014, 17:30

I do, when i ride from my mates place, to some cutover forestry in mamaku. It's about 2kms on the road, I keep well left, below the speed limit and use frequent shoulder checks and hand signals, because i have to go through the township bit to get out to the fun stuff.

awa355

8th February 2014, 17:41

People on motorcycles should be honest law abiding citizens.

I thought we were :doh::doh:

Tazz

8th February 2014, 18:12

I thought we were :doh::doh:

http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/02/31/d8/c0/why-is-jesus-on-a-motorcycle.jpg

george formby

8th February 2014, 20:13

Loads up here. Two guys pulled up at the petrol station on dirt bikes while I was there today. Admittedly in full gear on good bikes. Not legal but with a bit of sense.
Then we have THIS (http://fairfaxmedia.newspaperdirect.com/epaper/viewer.aspx)

You take your chance. A mate has been doin a couple of k's of highway on his KX to get off road, off road in restricted forestry. No hassle yet.

nzspokes

8th February 2014, 20:22

Stuff that. Tyres cost to much to tear up on the road.

george formby

8th February 2014, 20:26

Stuff that. Tyres cost to much to tear up on the road.

Concur. But I do like the way a knobblie squirms in corners.:whistle: Hilarious in the wet.

Akzle

8th February 2014, 21:32

They cause rego to get higher and higher.

holy fuck tonto. Here we have the master of cause and effect.

But wait.
Rego only costs if you pay for it...and if you pay more for it...nah, couldnt be your own dumb fault.

(hint, sarcasm. It IS your own dumb fault)

AllanB

8th February 2014, 21:38

But wait.
Rego only costs if you pay for it...and if you pay more for it...nah, couldnt be your own dumb fault.

(hint, sarcasm. It IS your own dumb fault)

Don't come bitching on KB when you get pulled over and issued a ticket.

Oh I presumed that you do actually have a bike.

Yamahardman

8th February 2014, 21:56

reow!
whoa there, tigers!

:girlfight:

heh heh heh
:banana::wari:

Berries

8th February 2014, 23:21

Loads up here. Two guys pulled up at the petrol station on dirt bikes while I was there today. Admittedly in full gear on good bikes. Not legal but with a bit of sense.
Then we have THIS (http://fairfaxmedia.newspaperdirect.com/epaper/viewer.aspx)

And this. (http://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/287688/motorcyclist-seriously-hurt-mornington-crash) It hurt, he died.

Akzle

9th February 2014, 06:30

Don't come bitching on KB when you get pulled over and issued a ticket.

i dont. Never have.

SMOKEU

9th February 2014, 08:41

I've hooned around Christchurch streets on my clearly not road legal TS185, but it's not worth the risk of getting my sorry ass busted.

And this. (http://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/287688/motorcyclist-seriously-hurt-mornington-crash) It hurt, he died.

Dirt bike at night with no lights. What could possibly go wrong?

T.W.R

9th February 2014, 09:41

:lol: should try living in a small rural settlement :msn-wink:

There's 6 or so local kids ranging in age from 7 thru to mid teens riding a range of off roaders & quads using the four or so blocks around the settlement as an unofficial racetrack :oi-grr: , just waiting for the day one ploughs into a car,stock truck, or worse . A couple have already been given an ear bashing by a HP cop who saw them from the main road...... just didn't sink in :weird:
I've given one of the teenagers a bollocking for ripping up the grass verge in front of my property, least they stay clear of that now.
But one of the families with the young kids must be a real bunch of Richard Craniums.... the old man on a yammy quad playing chase with the young kid on a CRF50 at dusk :bash: just asking for trouble

FJRider

9th February 2014, 09:55

... They cause rego to get higher and higher.

Not quite "Cause" .. but they certainly don't help ..

Motorcycle accidents are all lumped together in the stat's ... off road and on road ... all included in the same stats. Be it a four wheeler on the lifestyle blocks ... or back of beyond/Motocross ... on two wheels ...

ACC get their money where they can ... out of rego fee's ... (well those that actually pay their rego)

oneblackflag

9th February 2014, 11:02

I've given one of the teenagers a bollocking for ripping up the grass verge in front of my property, least they stay clear of that now.

Oh you grumpy bugger... Hope you found a flaming bag of shit on your doorstep. :bleh:

Mike.Gayner

9th February 2014, 11:08

This forum seems to be dominated by sad-sack, busy-body do-gooders who want to spend all their free time telling others how to behave.

Yamahardman

9th February 2014, 11:13

This forum seems to be dominated by sad-sack, busy-body do-gooders who want to spend all their free time telling others how to behave.

Hey, watch your language sonny!
Or i'm calling the interwebs police!

:banana::wari::banana:

oneblackflag

9th February 2014, 11:18

This forum seems to be dominated by sad-sack, busy-body do-gooders who want to spend all their free time telling others how to behave.

Are you suggesting they should behave differently?

FJRider

9th February 2014, 11:24

This forum seems to be dominated by sad-sack, busy-body do-gooders who want to spend all their free time telling others how to behave.

A case of the pot calling the kettle black ... looking through YOUR previous posts ... <_<

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php/163470-Anyone-Darksided-their-cruiser?p=1130674540#post1130674540

oneblackflag

9th February 2014, 11:36

A case of the pot calling the kettle black ... looking through YOUR previous posts ... <_<

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php/163470-Anyone-Darksided-their-cruiser?p=1130674540#post1130674540

Old Gayner's irony knows no bounds. Fucking whinges alot too...

T.W.R

9th February 2014, 13:02

Oh you grumpy bugger... Hope you found a flaming bag of shit on your doorstep. :bleh:

:lol: wee buggers would be to frightened of the dogs to attempt such stupidity ;)

pritch

9th February 2014, 13:23

When I lived in Wellytown I had a Yamaha RT360. Road legal with trials tyres and probably more suited to getting around the Wellington hill suburbs than anything I've owned since.

At one point I had a Cheney BSA B50MX which I occasionally used to ride around the local back roads to the accompaniment of a fairly fruity exhaust note...

Yamahardman

10th February 2014, 18:54

Grumph

10th February 2014, 19:55

id kill for a rt1....

After riding it off road once, you'd keep it indoors and look at it....bastard things will swap ends quicker than anything I'd ridden before or since. You'd think they'd be good on dirt roads too...but no, not in my experience. tarmac only.

We get the odd dirtbike ridden in the area - a bigger nuisance is quads being ridden on the road from farm to get the mail or a pack of smokes.