View Full Version : Bit rough in Akld today boys & girls?
Marknz
28th May 2004, 16:53
:Oi: Who was giving Wellington the shits about it's weather last week? :doh:
Come on Britstorm, move down here and enjoy the sunshine fella :2thumbsup
White trash
28th May 2004, 16:55
You're still pissed after last night!
Have you looked out the window?
Marknz
28th May 2004, 16:56
You're still pissed after last night!
Have you looked out the window?
Shhhhh :weep: It better have cleared up by tomorrow morning, or it's gonna be a loooooong run to Manfield
Big Dog
28th May 2004, 17:32
I'm waiting for the traffic to die down before I swim home.:ride:
Coldkiwi
28th May 2004, 17:40
man.. i wish i'd taken the one piece ran suit and leathers with me today instead of the not so waterproof winter gear
*glug glug glug*
Motoracer
28th May 2004, 17:42
Muhahahaha, the joys of being in a cage!
Or not, when I am going to get stuck in traffic :(
Take it easy, take the train. But then us railway types would say that.
I took the 2pm train but then got the bike out and took it down to VTNZ for its WOF - yippee wasn't too bad in Porirua then. All ready for a weekend ride, but then its bound to piss down eh!
rode to work and back today in jeans & shoes. didn't even get a drip & it's 25kms each way.
Big Dog
28th May 2004, 18:11
rode to work and back today in jeans & shoes. didn't even get a drip & it's 25kms each way.
Same but only 12kms. Bu tthe rain does bring out all the loonies. :moon:
Two Smoker
28th May 2004, 18:12
Well I spent 5 hours on my CT110 today...... Wore my winter wet weather gear, and got wet (only in some places) but it was cold and bloody windy :doh: but i still had fun riding hehehe.....
woops i mean 35 kms. was quite windy in places alright, but growing up in wgtn it's still pretty tame. which reminds me...
why is wellington so windy?
cos the south island sucks so hard... 8-)
phase
28th May 2004, 18:19
Ride to work was sweet. No rain and clear run to the city from North Shore. Ride back, not so good. Couldn't see jack on the bridge and got generally rained and winded on all the way home.
Hurrah for waterproof gear.
RiderInBlack
28th May 2004, 18:21
Rain all Fu*ken day in Whanga-rain. Now I have to work all Sunday to do all the horses I had booked for today:doh: That will teach me for taking time off in the middle of the week to go to the spanner evening (good meeting you all, but:Punk:).
Ride to work was sweet. No rain and clear run to the city from North Shore. Ride back, not so good. Couldn't see jack on the bridge and got generally rained and winded on all the way home (http://www.ntsearch.com/search.php?q=home&v=56) .
Hurrah for waterproof gear.
Just orrible today. Had a half day and came home at 12pm and even then was the AK Southern M'way chocker!! Strongest winds I've faced on the bike for a while...had to concentrate on my balance a tad more.
Sure am glad I wasn't riding into Wellington City- I may have taken the bike for its first swim in the ocean with the gusts you guys get? :bye:
Zed don't say such things when your boss is listening, its been reasonably calm down here lately. A few showers late today but not windy.
fpsware
28th May 2004, 18:51
It was quite windy this morning in Tauranga, it rained a little in the morning but stopped for a few hours around 10pm. At 11:30am I decided to take the bike to work (40Km ride one way) because I didn't think it would be too bad in the evening. It pissed down the second I got to work and didn't stop till I got in the door at 6pm tonight. But damn, I still enjoyed myself. :Punk:
Zed don't say such things when your boss is listening, its been reasonably calm down here lately. A few showers late today but not windy.
It ain't called the windy city 4 nuthin.
What's your boss making for tea 2nite merv? :(
It ain't called the windy city 4 nuthin.
What's your boss making for tea 2nite merv? :(
Seeing I'm not religious we got to get our own tea here - no divine supplies from on high.
jrandom
28th May 2004, 19:49
Strongest winds I've faced on the bike for a while...had to concentrate on my balance a tad more.
Oh arrr. I rode home about 4:30 this afternoon, the FXR was shunting sideways in a most interesting fashion across the NW motorway causeway.
Mind ewe I did break my personal record today for 'maximum speed at point of passing the first 80kph sign entering the motorway from Nelson St after a red light'.
(a whole license-shredding 125kph of raw, unadulterated 150cc action, if you *must* know.)
riffer
28th May 2004, 20:41
Jeez, a bit of rain and wind and you guys are all suffering? It was only 115km/hr winds FFS. Nothing a bit of countersteering doesn't fix - you woosies.
At least its not bloody cold up there.
;) :bash: just kidding.
its all good anyway - helps with developing those riding skills.
jrandom
28th May 2004, 20:46
Jeez, a bit of rain and wind and you guys are all suffering?
Yup, every winter we pansy foo-foo jafas just sit around drinking our au faits and complaining about a trifling bit of good old Kiwi liquid sunshine.
Magua
28th May 2004, 20:49
Wind didn't bother me too much, it was the rain that got to me. Managed to sign out of school early and get away before the worst of it thankfully. Good old study periods.
MikeL
28th May 2004, 21:27
Much lighter traffic on the motorway from the city at 5 pm today - CBD to Onehunga in 15 minutes, can't complain about that! The slight touch of dampness in the air and the refreshing breeze made for a particularly pleasant ride after the excessive dry conditions and unseasonally high temperatures we had been suffering from recently. How you Wellingtonians must envy us!
FROSTY
28th May 2004, 21:28
HOLEY SHITE BATMAN- fxr150's go sideways in the wind
PuppetMaster
29th May 2004, 09:52
Jeez, a bit of rain and wind and you guys are all suffering? It was only 115km/hr winds FFS.
Geez, i thought they said it was windy, thats a mere zephyr.
a whole license-shredding 125kph of raw, unadulterated 150cc action, if you *must* know.
Maybe you could invest in a sail, for extra power, like a kite surfer.
Big Dog
30th May 2004, 14:10
Jeez, a bit of rain and wind and you guys are all suffering? It was only 115km/hr winds FFS. Nothing a bit of countersteering doesn't fix - you woosies.
The wost I have ever encountered on the NM causeway would be the day The Rock reported them to be gusting between 145kmph South, and 95kmph north.... and yes the Liquid sunshine was well and truely horizontal that day! :eek5:
Imagine if you will the scene from The Matrix Reloaded ( :2guns: :ride: ) with the 996 doing peg to peg lane changes. Now imagine a 15 year old hippo for the bike, and a rider somewhat less svelte than Carrie-Anne Moss.....
Praise be to whoever is your god for the fact that I managed to not hit anything especially not the median barriers that always seemed to be attracting the bikes. And praise be that most cage drivers were too chicken to drive in that s@#$.
Afterwards I did have to wonder if maybe I needed therapy. :Oops:
Big Dog
30th May 2004, 14:11
peg to peg lane changes
Without steering inputs mind!
Muhahahaha, the joys of being in a cage!
Or not, when I am going to get stuck in traffic :(
Ugg stuff cars, Sick of them with fogged up windows in the early morn having to wait 10 mins for it to clear, and a hopeless windscreen and wipers in the rain (Does worse than bloddy good). Thinks is about time I got new wiper blades (Even then its probably wont do much good, gets too much pollen and bird shit while Im at tech :doh: )..
Or better still to get a bike someday ;)
Man is there anything elce I can complain about :) hahahaha - Probably not
RiderInBlack
31st May 2004, 07:42
Ugg stuff cars, Sick of them with fogged up windows in the early morn having to wait 10 mins for it to clear, and a hopeless windscreen and wipers in the rain (Does worse than bloddy good). Thinks is about time I got new wiper blades (Even then its probably wont do much good, gets too much pollen and bird shit while Im at tech :doh: )..
Or better still to get a bike someday ;)
Man is there anything elce I can complain about :) hahahaha - Probably not
Yep, wait until your've got you bike. You'll stop wineing about fogged up 'can' windows after you riden with a fogged-up visier a few times:blank:
As for the bird shit and pollen, wait and until your've had a big fat furry bumble bee hit your vizier at 100+KPH (or worse get an anrgy bee or wasp:angry2: inside your helmet):shit: :shit:
Still all worth it to ride the bike though:ride: :2thumbsup
Yep, wait until your've got you bike. You'll stop wineing about fogged up 'can' windows after you riden with a fogged-up visier a few times:blank:
As for the bird shit and pollen, wait and until your've had a big fat furry bumble bee hit your vizier at 100+KPH (or worse get an anrgy bee or wasp:angry2: inside your helmet):shit: :shit:
Still all worth it to ride the bike though:ride: :2thumbsup
Ummm ok...... :wacko:
Ms Piggy
6th June 2004, 11:26
[color=navy]Sure am glad I wasn't riding into Wellington City- I may have taken the bike for its first swim in the ocean with the gusts you guys get? :bye:
I was out in the morning, it twas a little bit breezey so I decided to get a friend to pick me up to go out to the Hutt that afternoon. :crazy:
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