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Merwood

12th June 2006, 16:51

Maha

12th June 2006, 16:59

Not with the bike, but work wise yes, went out to Pt Wells today to some floor sanding but trees have taken out power lines and power pole's (those concrete ones) no power no sanding......:doh:
Its not cold tho', im still in shorts and tee, maybe if the wind changes direction, like from the south....:yes:

silverado

12th June 2006, 17:00

chanceyy

12th June 2006, 17:00

hate this wind at the moment, bike got blown over just sitting in the carpark today which sucks, thinking of taking the fairings off or getting some of those crash knobs put on hmmm, anyone else having problems with this shite weather ? :bye:

buddy everyone is having probs with the wind ... its winter :nya:

bikes falling over is the small part of it .. watch out for flying debris .. that could kill you :scooter:

Ixion

12th June 2006, 17:02

Toast

12th June 2006, 17:13

Commuting in haevy wind is easy when you learn how.

There's a thread in 'survival skills' about it.

I crossed the bridge this morn, no worries at all, 'cos I'm 'ard,

Lou Girardin

12th June 2006, 17:14

Anyone tackle the Harbour Bridge? Lou?

Going home will be the fourth time today. It's OK, a little blustery around 1.00PM.
But it's still better than a bus.

Swoop

12th June 2006, 20:38

Yep. Rode to work this morning to Newmarket from Henderson on North Western Motorway. It SUCKED. Nearly got blown over. Everyone got sent home @ 12.00 so rode the back way home. Say off the Motorways:argh:
'Twas damn near empty this arvo.
Managed to tootle along at speed limit + a score...:blip:

Jonny Rotten

12th June 2006, 20:54

You'll get used to it. Rode to werk along the Suouthern. Not too bad, bit breezy.

Y'gotta expect a bit of wind in winter.

Anyone tackle the Harbour Bridge? Lou?

EDIT: Must admit i was a tad nervous about the BMW being blown over in the car park, I had to park in an exposed place and I could feel it rocking as I put it on the stand. But it seems OK.

i had a go at the bridge both ways today...i was ok on the way to work but on the way home was blowing harder... was ok if you were goin 70km plus but any slower and it was hard work to stay up right.....found a four wheel drive to hide next to but the driver kept tying to lose me.......

Lou Girardin

13th June 2006, 10:47

5.30 was fun. No traffic, I could do normal speeds and had the whole lane to get blown around on.
Can we have more power cuts please?

inlinefour

13th June 2006, 11:05

5.30 was fun. No traffic, I could do normal speeds and had the whole lane to get blown around on.
Can we have more power cuts please?

Was nice and quiet yesterday here (although we had power down in the naki). I turned on the television to watch the news and all I saw was a bunch of AKLers spitting the dummy much like Donald Duck does on the cartoons. Anyone would have though there had been a major disaster the way people had been carrying on, but no it was just that there was no power...
Whats next? They need to plug into the mighty Waikato for water, who are they going to plug into for power? I mean it was a broken cable, shit happens and you make do eh, apparently not AKLers.:gob:

Lou Girardin

13th June 2006, 11:21

The loss of productivity in the powerhouse of the NZ economy means less dosh to subsidise the rest of the country.

inlinefour

13th June 2006, 13:36

The loss of productivity in the powerhouse of the NZ economy means less dosh to subsidise the rest of the country.

Its the rest of the country having to subsidise AKL, in so many ways. How is the air up there Lou?:nya:

InDeSkyz

13th June 2006, 13:59

Anyone tackle the Harbour Bridge? Lou?

Yeah. I went over the bridge yesterday around 2.30pm
I managed to stay within my lane, but it was extremely gusty and I was being blown all over the place.
I quietly thanked the drivers behind me for being curteous and not trying to over take on the two lanes either side of me.
I stuck to the middle, because buggered if I was going to ride on the clipons in weather like that. It felt like the longest ride of my life.
Once I hit the other side, I wanted to punch my fist in the air, but it was still too windy, so I just cheered inside my helmet.

It was a farken amazing experience. Scary, pant-creaming, but exciting.

I was actually heading to work that started at 5pm, but it had stopped raining and I thought it better to tackle the bridge when there is less traffic. (Work finished before midnight and I went over the bridge again. The wind was fairly still though.)
I saw two other bikies coming over on the other side.
And most of the people I saw yesterday, I gather, were the old school bikers that have been riding for a while. Because we were all waving at each other and giving salutes and thumbs up, in a jist type way that, 'yeah baby. We got the balls!'
There's so many bikes around now that I think folks have gotten sick of waving. Surprising to see so many in winter still though.

Anyway, yeah. That was my yesterday for you.

Lou Girardin

13th June 2006, 14:09

Its the rest of the country having to subsidise AKL, in so many ways. How is the air up there Lou?:nya:

Name one.
(The air is fine, full of fumes, but fine)

R6_kid

13th June 2006, 14:14

guts about the bike man. Harbour bridge is a piece of piss, only problem i had was lanesplitting the norwestern in the morning, had the wind hard perpindicular to the motorway so would get sheltered by some large vehicles and then blasted as you pass them. Made it well interesting coming up to some of the tighter gaps. But its something you get used to, luckily i park in an undercover car park, but havent had any problems with the bike outside in the driveway.

inlinefour

13th June 2006, 15:16

Name one.
(The air is fine, full of fumes, but fine)

How about the petrol tax being increased to help pay for spagetti junction?

On another note, took the CBR out today for the first time in several months because of the injury. Riding into the head wind was a buzz at 120, felt more like 200, without the severe misbehaving to goes with that sort of thing...

poorbastard

13th June 2006, 15:55

Yip hate the wind as well but what can you do when you live in Wellington. Think ive picked my bikes up a couple of times already this month. Luckly no damage tho.

Lazy7

13th June 2006, 16:26

its times like this where i am quite glad my bike weighs a metric tonne. :rockon:

Lou Girardin

13th June 2006, 16:33

How about the petrol tax being increased to help pay for spagetti junction?

.

How about a big part Aucks fuel excise being funnelled to the provinces for the past 30 years?
Next.

MWVT

13th June 2006, 16:36

How about a big part Aucks fuel excise being funnelled to the provinces for the past 30 years?
Next.

Can't agree enough, Petrol tax to pay for roads = city dwellers subsidising the rest. Period.

imdying

13th June 2006, 16:37

Those the provinces with farming that the country would be fucked without, or are you referring to other provinces?

inlinefour

13th June 2006, 16:46

How about a big part Aucks fuel excise being funnelled to the provinces for the past 30 years?
Next.

Have a read:

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/topic/story.cfm?c_id=348&objectid=3537806

You said one btw, I could goto the next one but it would appear that AKLers have an answer for everything? That and I dont really care...:whocares:

Maha

13th June 2006, 17:05

Have a read:

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/topic/story.cfm?c_id=348&objectid=3537806

You said one btw, I could goto the next one but it would appear that AKLers have an answer for everything? That and I dont really care...:whocares:
No they dont have an answer for everything.........
No answer for thier rugby team.....someone has to suck......:cry:

Gremlin

13th June 2006, 17:12

its times like this where i am quite glad my bike weighs a metric tonne. :rockon:
Awesome init??

Even on rides, where you have been exposed on a ridge or something. Everyone is asking about how people coped with it. Meanwhile I'm asking "what wind"??