Parking

[hXc]

How do you guys park? It's probably a stupid question but sometimes I just get a little confused.

When it's busy and parking is bad I sometimes use the ol' "Park on the white line between 2 parallel(sp?) parks." Usually doesn't keep the cagers happy though.

What other ways do you guys park?

[Aaron]

How do you guys park? It's probably a stupid question but sometimes I just get a little confused.

When it's busy and parking is bad I sometimes use the ol' "Park on the white line between 2 parallel(sp?) parks." Usually doesn't keep the cagers happy though.

What other ways do you guys park?
Depends on what traffic is like or how brazen I'm feeling. Usually a motorcycle park because there are heaps in the ChCh CBD. But sometimes I'll use a service lane, (between some of the old buildings) if I'm only going to be one or two minutes.

Would never park between to cages as you describe, how do they get out without reversing or driving into your bike?

Oh, and sometimes at the mall I'll park right outside Subway on the paved area, cause I just don't care :)

[MidnightMike]

I reckon the park between 2 cars is a bit risky.
Just take the whole park.

[Coyote]

Park it where I like

[Buster]

Wherever the fuck I like. Another bonus for motorbikes.

[hXc]

Would never park between to cages as you describe, how do they get out without reversing or driving into your bike?

We have long parks in Napier. There is room for an average sized car (Ford Telstar size-ish) to get out perfectly fine. Their choice if they choose to wait for me to get out.

[GR81]

park on a curb or somewhere nice, but out of the way.
especially out of door swinging harm! :|

[u4ea]

Wherever the fuck I like. Another bonus for motorbikes.
........you bad bikie biach you.............:nya:

[nodrog]

How do you guys park? It's probably a stupid question but sometimes I just get a little confused.

When it's busy and parking is bad I sometimes use the ol' "Park on the white line between 2 parallel(sp?) parks." Usually doesn't keep the cagers happy though.

What other ways do you guys park?

if i am going into a specific shop i usaully just park out front on the footpath.

[Unit]

I just park any old where. Only ever had one parking ticket on the bike when I left it in a wheelchair space, go figure:Oops: Whangarei is really slack for bike parking, there is only one desginated place for bikes in the CBD and it will only fit two bikes.:scratch:

[Rhino]

if i am going into a specific shop i usaully just park out front on the footpath.
I did that many years ago in Rangiora (North Canterbury.) This was in the era of seperate MOT and Police. The Local MOT orifice (who I had previous meetings with) was waiting outside when I came out of the shop and gave me a ticket for "riding on the footpath." WTF, he was nowhere about when I parked but I suppose it sounded good.:angry:

I went to court and explained to the judge that I had parked on the footpath after getting bikes knocked over in the past and wished to protect my bike from another accident.:innocent:

I exited the court paying the grand total of $10 in court costs and with no fine. The judge was a gentleman.:first:

[2much]

We have long parks in Napier. There is room for an average sized car (Ford Telstar size-ish) to get out perfectly fine. Their choice if they choose to wait for me to get out.

And if that Ford Telstar is driven by a half blind 80yr old granny with arthritus in her neck would you still consider it?
I wouldn't recommend that habit if you like your bike right way up.

Me? I prefer to park on the footpath outside the pub, where I can see it.

[Sketchy_Racer]

I normally try to find any old palce where the bike is out of the way, but in clear view of any one walking by ...... nothing like getting your bike pinched from a dark alley..

[Ham]

Yeah right next to a push bike stand, sometimes on the footpath, but usually I can get in a motorcycle park.

[kickingzebra]

I try and keep it out of the way... Just hooked up with a gas station, to park it in a park they have out of the way of cars, and they watch it for me... Beats the crap out of parking down the back of some seedy carpark, the official parking space.

[N4CR]

Wherever suits me and where it won't get scratched by the public, footpaths are usually my weapon of choice though, as long as it don't block flow etc on busier ones.

Cheekiest place... in the hallway of my house, while the rear shock pissed oil onto the tiles. Mum never could figure out how it got there (were in USA at the time). ::sweatdrop

[Insanity_rules]

I used to park between cars in the 90's when it was more common. Wouldn't do it anymore, people have less respect now and would probably hit ya bike on pupose! I now try for footpaths etc out of the way.

I got a $1095 parking ticket once, for parking on a person. :killingme

[.produKt]

Oh, and sometimes at the mall I'll park right outside Subway on the paved area, cause I just don't care :)

Must be at the good old shithole mall called Southcity *wink :sweatdrop

parking for me at work is sweet. I just park in the basement between the pillars or normally cage drivers are so stupid that they dont realise that there is 3 parks between 2 sets of pillars, not just one or two :bash:

[sunhuntin]

in town, i park in seldom used bike park a block away from town [the town bike parks are usually jammed with scooters and bitches to get out of]
have occasionally parked in a car park, if ive got a load on the back and going to a specific shop, where i can see everything. if i am using a whole park and going to be there for a little while, i will feed the meter. also make sure i reverse in and then roll the bike forward so a bit of the front wheel sticks out enough for cagers to see it and not assume its empty.
have parked on a footpath once, when it was raining and there nearest park was a block away. but i made sure she was pulled as far off the actual path as possible and right out of the way.

i do use bike parks whenever i can....but if not, i try and keep it legal as possible :cool:

[vifferman]

also make sure i reverse in and then roll the bike forward so a bit of the front wheel sticks out enough for cagers to see it and not assume its empty.
Heh heh... a few weeks ago, I was waiting outside the pharmacy for a prescription. It was rather amusing to see all the car drivers who thought where my bike was parked (beside a van or summat) was an empty space.
Indicator on, pleased look, read to turn in --> recognition --> grumpy look + the occasional mouthed obscenity.
I park all sorts of places. Footapth, car park, some odd little corner, whatever. Play it by ear.
It was handy on Sunday in Paihia to find a strange little non-park next to a disabled park, and right outside a cafe that was two doors down from the photographic shop I was going to. Parked the bike and all our gear in the non-park, then sat and had a coffee and cake without having to worry about all our stuff. :niceone:

[froggyfrenchman]

Footpaths as a rule. Followed by empty carparks.

At work and a few other places i just ride it right inside the building and park it in the smoko room. Gives people somthing to talk about

[Dont_die_wondering]

Cheekiest place... in the hallway of my house, while the rear shock pissed oil onto the tiles. Mum never could figure out how it got there (were in USA at the time). ::sweatdrop LOL ahaha :lol:
if i did that, my mum would know it was me straight away!

[neats]

Brought a parking permit for the car @ uni (b4 i got my bike). Took my bike in and parked it in the carpark. Got ticked off for doing so. Apparently motorbikes are not allowed to park in the carpark as it's just for CARS. Must park my bike in the bike park outside the main entrance of the main campus (uphill and about 4 blocks away). Hmmmm ...... :bs:

I park in as many stupid annoying places as i can find (that you can't get towed for).

[Swoop]

Car parking space = 1st choice!
Piss off the cagers first of all... THEN get creative!!!:laugh: :killingme :drinkup: :ride:

[Qkkid]

How do you guys park? It's probably a stupid question but sometimes I just get a little confused.

When it's busy and parking is bad I sometimes use the ol' "Park on the white line between 2 parallel(sp?) parks." Usually doesn't keep the cagers happy though.

What other ways do you guys park?
i park in a carpark

[Karma]

Got handy handy CCTV covered, barb-wire fenced parking down the back of work. Good thing too, being as I don't finish work until midnight on weekdays :(

If I'm in auckland CBD then I usually park in the underground civic centre park, always loads of room, and plenty of other people around.

Anywhere else, usually outside the entrance to where I'm going :D

[Qkkid]

i park in a carpark
And if im on a motorbike i still park but for free in the underground civic carpark in the city its secure well lit up

[LXS]

Yeah I guess it depends ay, if I'm out and about I sneak in the underground-secure-fancy-sexy carparks, otherwise on the footpath out of the way with the griplock.

[mdb]

1st choice = work car park. Only 1 place I worked didn't like this (but they eventually saw it my way)
2nd choice = bike parks (I work up the end of town with limited numbers of scooters)
3rd choice = somewhere there are no cars!