Lightning! (and THUNDER!)

[Wasp]

Wow. just had about 5 or so lightening strikes outside work in the last few minutes - i think i'll leave the bike in the work garage for the weekend (this way i can drink too! :yes:)

so..... is it possible for a biker to be hit by lightning?

[Str8 Jacket]

Wow. just had about 5 or so lightening strikes outside work in the last few minutes - i think i'll leave the bike in the work garage for the weekend (this way i can drink too! :yes:)

so..... is it possible for a biker to be hit by lightning?


Yes, think of poor mrmelon who had just hoped on his bike (st magic) as the down pour began!

opefully he hasnt been hit by lightening!

[Pwalo]

Wow. just had about 5 or so lightening strikes outside work in the last few minutes - i think i'll leave the bike in the work garage for the weekend (this way i can drink too! :yes:)

so..... is it possible for a biker to be hit by lightning?

Not to sure about being hit by lightning. It sure would look spectacular though.

If you were moving you'd presumably be insulated by your tyres. Stepping off might be interesting.

[merv]

Perhaps a lightning strike would put the power back into the Magic - it worked for Marty McFly when his flux capacitor was short of grunt.

[Str8 Jacket]

Perhaps a lightning strike would put the power back into the Magic - it worked for Marty McFly when his flux capacitor was short of grunt.

Ironically he was just telling me how he had fixed the porblem with it before he met me for lunch... Wonder if its still OK now?!

[Lou Girardin]

so..... is it possible for a biker to be hit by lightning?

Not Suzooks - too fast.

[Squeak the Rat]

There was a good article on Top Gear where the hamster sat in a small car (VW?) at Siemens high voltage test facility. They zapped the car with simulated lightning and he and the car were ok.

From memory the lighting encased the shell of the car but didn't enter it.

Not sure the same principle would apply to a bike though. However, lightning hits tall objects so around town you should be sweet - power poles, buildings, daleks etc etc.

Just don't go playing polo on your motorcycle along the local flat country plains....

[Str8 Jacket]

Not Suzooks - too fast.


hehe, go the Street Magic! 50cc's of raw power! :)

[Jamezo]

Blaaaaaaaaarg!

I went out to get some fish and chips, as soon as I hit Lambton Quay, BAM! The Heavens opened. Quietly regretting my decision to wear nothing over my jeans, I trundled my way to Molesworth St where I consoled myself with an excellent $5 meal deal.

[skelstar]

Was in a little shed working on my bike when that downpour came down. Was stuck in there for about 20mins. F*ck im wet now.

[Str8 Jacket]

F*ck im wet now.

Good God, you better hope that poo's isnt online right now...

[skelstar]

Yeah. Didnt think about that.

[madboy]

A certain couple members of this site were so scared of water they took a taxi from their office to the pub at lunchtime. Pussies...

[cowpoos]

F*ck im wet now.

and just what exactly were you doing in your little shed??

[cowpoos]

Good God, you better hope that poo's isnt online right now...
hahahahaha.....didn't see that till after posting my last post....lol....tart!

[Str8 Jacket]

tart!

Ooh oh, you really wanna start that game?! :p

BTW - GOTCHA! Snap!

[cowpoos]

Ooh oh, you really wanna start that game?! :p

BTW - GOTCHA! Snap!
I'll win.......but alas........don't hav much time to name call online today....once this rain dies down I hav work to do [waits for smart arsed repliy's to that comment]

[Str8 Jacket]

I'll win.......but alas........don't hav much time to name call online today....once this rain dies down I hav work to do [waits for smart arsed repliy's to that comment]

Good luck with the weather! Dont worry i'll bet when I go to leave work in a couple of hours it'll piss down. Hopefully I wont find out what happens when a biker gets hit by lightening!

[Jonty]

and just what exactly were you doing in your little shed??

Honda centrefold

[phoenixgtr]

I decided it would be a good idea to walk to lunch, just as the downpour started.

Dumbarse :slap:

[Str8 Jacket]

Dumbarse :slap:

Yes that was quite stupid wasn't it! Oh hang on that was me too, now not only are my jeans soaking wet but so are my boots! And I still have to ride home yet! The guy's at work are trying to get me to strip off, think its gonna take alot more than $20 though!

[Colapop]

Dunno what all the fuss is about...? I was walking to lunch when that happened, about a minute and it was all gone.... Don't be scared little bikers hop back under your blankeys.....

[skelstar]

I was wiring up my DIY handlebar heaters. Writeup after the weekend/fire.

[Str8 Jacket]

I was wiring up my DIY handlebar heaters.

NIce! Lucky bastard...

[Colapop]

So you'll be having a fire sale?

[skelstar]

Nothing lucky about DIY stuff.
Ill let you into the secret as soon as I have worked out if its going to work. Should be VERY cheap.

[Bend-it]

Ohh noo... think Tim Allen... Skel's ripped up some old electric blankets and wired them to his bike... Hey, lightning storms... great time for a test ride!

[Wasp]

No.. no... no... not electric blankets... think TOASTERS!

BTW: the tablet im playing with at the moment is far more interesting that the rain!

[Squeak the Rat]

I don't know what you lot are all complaining about. It's been raining for the last 2 weeks solid in Auckland! :killingme

[Wasp]

we figured that seem auckland is allowed to bitch and moan then so are we

[Squeak the Rat]

we figured that seem auckland is allowed to bitch and moan then so are we
LOL :)

Tie a an old chopper flag to some ones bike, that might attract the lightning.

[ManDownUnder]

so..... is it possible for a biker to be hit by lightning?

Yes....................

[skelstar]

Not far from the truth. Nicrome wire wrapped around handgrips. Cheeeeeep.

[T.W.R]

so..... is it possible for a biker to be hit by lightning?

An Overseas magazine had an article on lightening strikes (back in the 80s) and they had a few reports of it happening :yes: one in particular is still pretty vivid in the memory;

A couple of guys (2 up) were on tour somewhere and the rider got struck by lightening on the shoulder & knocked him out cold, the bloke riding pillion had to reach over the KO'd rider and bring the bike to a stop. The rider received burns to his shoulder & left foot where the lightening bolt exited his body.

[Wasp]

heh melted ya handgrips yet skel? or not making it that hot?

[skelstar]

Tried having 10W resistors in the handlebars themselves (quite legit method) and bars got to 200deg (inside). Grips were 'warm'.

Nichrome wire running at about 6watts each side. Itll be fine reckon. More worried about insulation tape.

[Pwalo]

Tried having 10W resistors in the handlebars themselves (quite legit method) and bars got to 200deg (inside). Grips were 'warm'.

Nichrome wire running at about 6watts each side. Itll be fine reckon. More worried about insulation tape.


A chap where I work did a asimilar thing and covered the wires on his grips with cricket bat handle rubber (over electrical tape I think). Looks ok from a distance and apparently isn't too uncomfortable.

All those colours to choose as well.

[skelstar]

Cricket bat covers. Nice. Using mtb innertube rubber currently, may slip a bit...nice and thin though.