The Gladstone pub and... warning

[madmatt]

to all those that enjoy the back roads of the Wairarapa here is a wee thought, now there are a lot of local bikers there and the back roads are one of the few places that we as riders can go and have some fun without to much worry from the boys in blue, however there are a few people out there that stop at the Gladstone pub and start antics .i.e wheelies etc and this has started to attract a little attention from the coppers, I for one love the back roads and would hate to see some of us getting busted, so if you are a regular weekend wairarapa junkie then please for all our sakes slow down around the Gladstone pub, it will make it safer for all of us if we as a group can control those urges on that one small setion of road.
says one :scooter:

MM

[jimbo600]

Good point. Don't want to upset the locals. I normally slow down past driveways and stock etc. However, the one time I have heard of wheelies past that pub, it was at the invitation of some of the locals in there.

But yep its our playground, lets respect it and those that live there.

[MD]

I had an interesting chat with a rider at the Fish yesterday. He knows a farm owner out ..that way.. who warned him "you bike guys don't know how much trouble you are in" "locals are dropping flyers around the region in letter boxes & the police are under a lot of pressure to act"
This rider had just been out to Lake Ferry and there were 3 Police cars patrolling the straights.
Shame if you just bought the latest ZX26 or Gixer3000 :shit:

[Deano]

The wife works with a woman who's husband is a farmer in the Rapa.

They deliberately avoid moving stock on the weekends for fear of a motorcyclist being unable to stop in time.

Methinks 'tis good to be racing - much less desire to ride on the road as quickly.

[roogazza]

It's taken me a long time Deano , but I'm starting to think that way myself. I'm looking forward to finer weather a a few track days to get my rocks off. I've been injured for a couple of months and apart from missing those big breakfasts I'm not missing the road ???? Gaz.

[flame]

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This rider had just been out to Lake Ferry and there were 3 Police cars patrolling the straights.
Shame if you just bought the latest ZX26 or Gixer3000 :shit:

wow :pinch: Maybe time to find a new playground, or switch to a streetfighter. Or just save it for the track :yes:

I dont understand why they must spoil our fun, it's not like we are stupid about it, nor hurting anyone. I guess big sportsbikes are going to become a thing of the past pretty soon, as apart from a track, there won't be anywhere to enjoy them. And the posibility of keeping a legal licence will be near impossible.

Having a fast/fun machine is a waste of money if it spends all its time at 100kph, or parked up in the garage :(

[flame]

However, the one time I have heard of wheelies past that pub, it was at the invitation of some of the locals in there.



And they loved it! and a certain 'male' rider even got some boobies flashed at him..........I think he loved it too LOL.

[roogazza]

That's it Flame, switch to a "fighter" and become respectable, like me ! Gaz. :yes::yes:

[jimbo600]

Oh well it was good while it lasted.

Might have to change the ride day. Sundays will now obviously be over zealously policed. Secret mid week runs anyone?

[jimbo600]

And they loved it! and a certain 'male' rider even got some boobies flashed at him..........I think he loved it too LOL.

Yours??

Or did you flash Drew and Deano? They're a couple of boobs

[flame]

That's it Flame, switch to a "fighter" and become respectable, like me ! Gaz. :yes::yes:

speeeedddd triple :yes:


Yours??




Hell no! .....that would be a poor show compared to the wheelies :yes:

[Kendog]

I am surprised there have not been reports of lost licences in that area already, given the speeds I hear people ride at (and I may have ridden at on my new baby)

I am counting down the days to the next track session.

[limbimtimwim]

My new favorite road isn't over there anyway: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=blue+mountains+road+upper+hutt&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=50.111473,82.265625&ie=UTF8&ll=-41.166169,175.024824&spn=0.011727,0.020084&t=h&z=16&om=1

Good fun.:yes::yes:

[Deano]

My new favorite road isn't over there anyway: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=blue+mountains+road+upper+hutt&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=50.111473,82.265625&ie=UTF8&ll=-41.166169,175.024824&spn=0.011727,0.020084&t=h&z=16&om=1

Good fun.:yes::yes:

Yeah, well perhaps a 'Dr Sado-Masochist' is the answer.

I got my absolute jollies on yours last week. I was pleasantly surprised - in fact it's a wonder you didn't hear me laughing from home....

Low speeds but adrenaline in abundance !!!

I even got my foot down :Punk::shutup:

[merv]

My new favorite road isn't over there anyway: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=blue+mountains+road+upper+hutt&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=50.111473,82.265625&ie=UTF8&ll=-41.166169,175.024824&spn=0.011727,0.020084&t=h&z=16&om=1

Good fun.:yes::yes:

That's a tight little sucker.

[koba]

My new favorite road isn't over there anyway: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=blue+mountains+road+upper+hutt&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=50.111473,82.265625&ie=UTF8&ll=-41.166169,175.024824&spn=0.011727,0.020084&t=h&z=16&om=1

Good fun.:yes::yes:

My bike aint no motard, but I love that one too.

There are plenty of twisty roads about that are great fun al legal speedsand far below, Blue mountains is one.
It is probably far more dangerous going 50kph on a road like that or Moonshine than 200kph on a straight Wairarapa road with lots of visibility tho.

Oh no thats right! Speed kills and over 100kph is insanley dangerous and going faster in any conditions is suicadal and irresponsible!

Tracks are the place to approach the limits of ones bike, but I am a fan of my version of "drive to the conditions..." If it aint dangerous....

[Clivoris]

Just got my road bike back on the road after an extended period parked up. Took it for a wee blat over the Rimutaka hill on saturday morning to scrub in new tyres and came home extremely frustrated by how much I had to hold back for fear of licence loss. The rain didn't help but I had forgotten what road riding was like.
The track is just so much more fun, and I don't imagine that a radar detector would help me relax on the road either.
The feds have been targetting the Rapa in various ways for a while but it sounds like it is getting more seriouser. Thanks for the heads up.

[sels1]

I guess it was only a mater of time before this sort of thing happened. I guess the 'Rapa farmers probably view sportsbikers like I view the boi racers that tear around some of the streets here. Wherever you are, its always somebodies back yard.

[Kendog]

I guess the 'Rapa farmers probably view sportsbikers like I view the boi racers that tear around some of the streets here. Wherever you are, its always somebodies back yard.

Thats a very good analogy.

[limbimtimwim]

That's a tight little sucker.It was fun on Saturday, I really really trust the tyres on this thing on a clean wet road now. Phenomenal. Sunday it was dryer and the cyclists were there. On my first lap, they were scowling at me, on the second they looked confused, on the third they were smiling, on the forth one even was laughing. They must of thought I was nuts.

Say Merv, do you know anyone in the shoe business? I'm gonna nead some new ones sometime real soon.

[merv]

Keep ya feet up mate. See how fast you can go then. Like the sprot bikers and the knee down thing, you don't have to you know and still its the challenge that matters.

[Ocean1]

It was fun on Saturday, I really really trust the tyres on this thing on a clean wet road now. Phenomenal. Sunday it was dryer and the cyclists were there. On my first lap, they were scowling at me, on the second they looked confused, on the third they were smiling, on the forth one even was laughing. They must of thought I was nuts.

Say Merv, do you know anyone in the shoe business? I'm gonna nead some new ones sometime real soon.

Nice wee bit of road, not too many neighbours for most of it. I often often visit a friend just over the other side, I always tell myself to take it easy because you can trash a set of knobbies real quick on something like that... and then I do it hard anyway :devil2:

Have still had the odd idiot cutting RH corners up there though, take it easy.

[merv]

I see in the Dom Post this morning (it doesn't seem to be on Stuff) two 'rapa bikers attracted the attention of the cops with their wheelie antics - one came to grief doing a runner, the other didn't but both got caught.

Too many attracting attention these days eh!

[ceebie13]

...Too many attracting attention these days eh!

Now there's an idea...how about we deliberately organise the biggest Rapa bikefest possible one mild weekend...totally overwhelming the cops by descending on Martinborough and the back roads for an "en mass" fang. But riding strictly within the law of course! Like we always do eh? :-)

[merv]

Nah I'd say jack up a complete boi racer or bike gang event that would overwhelm the cops requiring reinforcements from all over the region in somewhere like say Foxton where we never go because its flat and boring. So suck the 'rapa dry of cops.

I don't know why I'm saying this really I'd never go over 100km/hr coz its against the law and I even use my GPS to make sure I don't.