Beers and riding

[Tank]

Was at the Puhoi pub the Saturday and I was interested to note that I was one of the few there not knowing back a few (or more) beers (could have killed for one tho', and certainly made up for it when I got home).

It made me think of the "top cop says all born-again bikers are pissheads and whatever thread"

Personally I choose not to drink at all if Im riding. If Im in the cage I will happily have a couple (only).

So - whats your limit if you are riding the bike.

[MSTRS]

One handle.

[Ragingrob]

Yeah maybe one for me...a few for the cage though.

[Cajun]

every once and a while i might have one beer no more, but 99% of time just have a handle of coke instead, and i also only have one coming close to end of riding for the day

if i am just around town close to home i might have two

[owner]

Dozen...... lets get pissed and do wheelies!

[ManDownUnder]

1 1/2 per hour... give or take... no more than 4 in total and less if there's no food/I'm tired/I can feel it "kicking in"

[Pex Adams]

I have enough trouble riding without the sauce, yet alone with it!

[owner]

Seriously , To much liquid courage is not a good thing Ill have one or 2 over a meal and shit talk if Im just commuting, If Im "sportriding" round the loop or NW Ill save it till I get home

[Hitcher]

In this weather, a shandy hits the spot nicely.

[LilSel]

2 is my limit... Only if staying put for a couple of hours with food as well, wont skull two beers then leave 20mins later or anything remotely similar!!
my licence is worth too much to me, oh and my life too

Edit: ... I drink 4% beers... not the 5's. ya know... two exports = 2 drinks... two heineken's = 2.6 drinks. something to be mindful about if your having 'a couple of beers'...

[The Stranger]

Well I suppose 3 or more covers it, however a few more options would be handy for hostibalfood.

[Lteejay]

If I'm riding I will not partake at all. Each to their own, but I would rather not have any.

Although that can be rather hard when it is a beautiful sunny day. After a morning of riding ,a beer with lunch just sounds soooo good.

[deanohit]

Only the one for me when on the Tauranga Thursday Night when I first pull up around 7pm, normally leave at 10-11pm.
On a long ride like the Loop, none at all.

[Mikkel]

I have no trouble drinking a couple of pints and then get on my bike - IF (and only if) it's at a pub fairly close to home (or my destination). However, I am mindful of increased reaction time and will keep a larger following distance than usual.

I'm not touching the stuff if I'm out on the open road or have to commute through peak-hour traffic. If I'm riding with a group of people who are drinking on the ride I will tend to sit at the back of the pack and keep a good safe following distance.

[Edbear]

I may consider 1 over dinner, but my alcahol tolerance isn't that great, and if I've got the Missus on pillion, it's tea...tee..hee..ah, nothin' for me.

[snot]

If I can stand then I'll ride, makes me a better rider than Valentino himself I reckon..

[DMNTD]

2 bourbons is enough these days.

[yungatart]

Zero alcohol if I am on two wheels.
A wine or two if I am in the car.

[Kittyhawk]

Get so drunk ya seeing stars the next day...:Punk: Student pisshead here.....

Never ride while over the limit, it's just stupid, and not worth the risk these days...too expensive as well....

Being duink and doing burnouts on ya driveway, fucking it up in front of your mates....priceless.

That's it too much thinking, off for a beer.

[Ralph]

I'll usually have one or two on a long ride but it's usually followed by a good
drink of water to prevent dehydration.

[tri boy]

more than one makes me want to go "wee wee" too often. Hate the smell of pissy pants.:sick: But I don't want to stop every five minutes. (maybe i could get Quasi to design the "Biker Dyper":baby:), extra kevlar round me man bits:rolleyes:.

[Hanne]

If I am driving the car I will have a wine with dinner or lunch, but not if I am on my bike. But a lot of people I know would have one or two beers, wait a bit, then ride, which is fine as long as people are sensible and know their own limits I think.

[Pwalo]

Don't drink alcohol when I'm out. It's too much fun watching other people make prats of themselves.

Besides after a couple of beers I'm off to the pisser every couple of minutes.

[ceebie13]

In this weather, a shandy hits the spot nicely.

Nothing like a handy shandy to make you feel ..... !:shutup:

[dveus]

Curious as to why people are willing to have a couple of beers when driving the cage but none on the bike?

[Blue Velvet]

Curious as to why people are willing to have a couple of beers when driving the cage but none on the bike?

+1

Ten char

[snot]

Curious as to why people are willing to have a couple of beers when driving the cage but none on the bike?

In a cage you can just mow down any of those bastard bikers that get in your way

[owner]

I reckon!
I never drink and drive a cage. If you do your a bloody idiot

[Grahameeboy]

Curious as to why people are willing to have a couple of beers when driving the cage but none on the bike?

I know....guess on a bike they think about themselves and in a car they don't........

Okay on a bike you need all ya facilties but then in a car it is too easy and comfortable that the alcohol makes no difference so the potential danger is the same.

Zero alcohol is the way I see it......don't need alcohol to have a fun ride and fun with mates off the bike.

[Hitcher]

Nothing like a handy shandy to make you feel ..... !

Dandy indeed.

[gijoe1313]

I be a teetotaler anyways! I've seen the results of alkamahol on my mates and I don't even like the taste of it! :sick: Much prefer cranberry juice or strawberry milk.

[LilSel]

2 bourbons is enough these days.

Especially if they 12%'s aye :girlfight: ...

I had a couple of 12's a month or so back... fark me!!... I was on my way pretty quickly lol

[Gman71]

I tremble at even admitting to this, :sweatdrop but since I got my bike, I realised why they actually make light beer.

On my first trip to the (very local) pub, I had one real one, then a couple of those.

But my general intention is to stay right away from the stuff if my bikes is involved.

Different story with 4 wheels parked outside.

ps. they don't actually taste that bad but please don't tell my non-riding mates I said that.

[LilSel]

ps. they don't actually taste that bad but please don't tell my non-riding mates I said that.

Lol... Least you get to keep your licence aye ;)

[dogsnbikes]

dont drink when out riding would rather wait till the bike has been put away for the day,

[idb]

Just to be sociable meself.

[cruza]

One beer, seen alot of silly mishaps happen , and some have happened in the pub car park. Bikes and booze aren't the best mix.

[yungatart]

Curious as to why people are willing to have a couple of beers when driving the cage but none on the bike?

I've been driving a car for more than 3 decades, so I consider myself fairly experienced/skilled in that area. I will quite happily have a wine or two over a few hours and drive.
However I have only been riding little more than a year, and don't believe that I have the necessary reflexes/reactions to ride safely after a drink.

[Maha]

Three i guess....but i eat at the same time and the Three is over a couple of hours :apint:

[P38]

None for this Kiwi, maybe one on the odd occasion.

Hard enough keep the bike upright at the best of times.

[fireball]

i dont even drink anymore.......
so just a coke for me at the pub:2thumbsup

[mstriumph]

but :mellow: doesn't alchohol make you irresistable to the opposite sex? a person everyone likes to have at a BBQ? someone who dresses well and drives a cool vehicle [horse, van, ute, whatever] and, by implication someone who can DRIVE BETTER??


oh
you mean the adverts lie ................ *sigh*:shutup:

[Mom]

I've been driving a car for more than 3 decades, so I consider myself fairly experienced/skilled in that area. I will quite happily have a wine or two over a few hours and drive.
However I have only been riding little more than a year, and don't believe that I have the necessary reflexes/reactions to ride safely after a drink.

Me too! But that also applies to riding bikes. I will have a couple over a long stay with a feed, and then ride home.

[2up3dom]

if im out with dogs riding he lets me have bout 2 to 4 or if i manage to get some in before he comes ive managed to get 10 in before a ride but im the bling i just have to hold on

[steveb64]

I tremble at even admitting to this, :sweatdrop but since I got my bike, I realised why they actually make light beer.

On my first trip to the (very local) pub, I had one real one, then a couple of those.

But my general intention is to stay right away from the stuff if my bikes is involved.

Different story with 4 wheels parked outside.

ps. they don't actually taste that bad but please don't tell my non-riding mates I said that.

Yeah - I'll admit to drinking the light stuff... when on bike, or a driver - I've found that the flavour of Lions 'Light Ice' improved considerably by adding a slice of lemon (al la Corona) into the bottle, then drinking. Quite pleasant in fact... :beer:

[McDuck]

I dont even drink.... dont see why i should spend all that cash on somthing i dont like the tast of when i could spend it on gas for bike :)

[Clivoris]

Just the one for me and I'm embarassed even to admit to that. Mixing booze and bikes is too risky.

[snot]

Yeah - I'll admit to drinking the light stuff... when on bike, or a driver - I've found that the flavour of Lions 'Light Ice' improved considerably by adding a slice of lemon (al la Corona) into the bottle, then drinking. Quite pleasant in fact... :beer:


Alexander - Greek helper and defender of mankind.
Jason - Healer.
Steve - Flaming homosexual, prefers drinking weak cheap alcohol.

[Toaster]

I am happy to admit I will have a few drinks with driving and sometimes two or three with riding. I know the limits well as I used to blow on the machine after a drinks with the boys at the end of shift..... the amazing thing was how much variance there is between different people and it also depends on many other factors, prior sleep, food intake, prior drinking over a long period, body type etc etc.

I could have 6 beers and be half the limit, another guy would do 5 and be over the limit - and so needed a ride home. He was smaller and more lean than me.

Basically it varies for everyone. The last person I caught before leaving the job was under 20 - he had one pint and was over the limit. Food for thought for the younger riders out there - it may not take much at all.

The legal limit is quite generous. So if you are over it, you are an idiot. You don't want to hear those words "you are now required to accompany me....".

.... or worse "we gather here today to remember....."

[EZAS]

1 or 2 on the bike .. although its soft drinks and warm milk for the cage. I find that a few beers increases my confidence, which I'm lacking in atm.

[Winter]

Will have one light beer if riding/driving. nothing more.

[johnnyflash]

well as a general rule I only drink softdrink while riding but I have been known to partake of ONE if Im eating as well and its a celebration.. but NEWER more than ONE, my preference is for softdrink

[steveb64]

Alexander - Greek helper and defender of mankind.
Jason - Healer.
Steve - Flaming homosexual, prefers drinking weak cheap alcohol.

Cheeky sod. :bleh: Didn't say I preferred it. ...well cheap alcohol is OK... - but my preferred tipple is 8yo Wild Turkey (101proof) - or even more preferred is the 1855 Reserve barrel proof (110proof), but that's like rocking horse droppings to get a hold of these days - and it's not weak. OR cheap. Dammit.
But I learned a long time ago that firewater and bikes don't mix. Neither do big ditches and 1100's at speed. :doh: Took me a few more years and a new alternator to realise that lots of beers and a bike still aren't that much of a fun idea either. :doh: Sometimes I'm a slow learner. :confused: But I think I've got it worked out now. :beer::nono::bash::dodge::eek5::scooter:

[Little Miss Trouble]

I'll have a smallish glass of wine or a single mixer before driving my car and know I'm well under the limit but being a newbie rider, don't feel confident riding after even one, I'd probably drop my bike trying to park it:Oops:

[R6_kid]

... but being a newbie rider, don't feel confident riding after even one, I'd probably drop my bike trying to park it:Oops:

And here we were thinking we'd taught you something at RRRS :bash:

I think the limit on L or even R is pretty much zero anyway isnt it?

[Little Miss Trouble]

And here we were thinking we'd taught you something at RRRS :bash:

I think the limit on L or even R is pretty much zero anyway isnt it?

Hey I'm not that bad, at least I didn't try and run you over unlike someone else :shit:

30mg for under 20, 80mg for 20+ has no bearing on license grade

[Hitcher]

Got a bucket of Corona,
Enough stories to last all night,
About the trials and tribulations,
Of findin' Mr. Right
Of findin' a good man.

Here's to the liars and the cheaters
And the cold mistreaters
To the mama's boys who can't make a stand.
Here's to the superficial players
The I love you too-soon sayers
If you hear me girls raise your hand
Let's have a toast
Here's to findin' a good man.

Blind dates and horror stories
Pushy guys and fast movers
Let's dedicate this girl's night out
To big talkers bad losers
It's so hard findin' a good man.

[MarkDv]

generally I will have 2 max, cage or bike, although i willl stretch to 3 if i have a big feed.

[Ghost_Bullet]

Would toatlly depend on how long stopped at the watering hole, and if any food etc was consumed, along with if a lite beer as well.

[ambler]

I might ride after at most two drinks, then about 3hrs wait beforehand. But even then it depends on the month of year and day of week, because the legal limit here is a nice round zero, so if the fuzz are out doing breathtests it would be bybye license.

[GaZBur]

Two cans and then I ride home - or - three or more and get a lift.
The difference between 2 and 3 is quite noticable to me anyway, I would say 3 cans in a row is probably over the legal limit and sure as hell wouldn't like to find out the hard way.:Police:

[Storm]

Not even the one for me. If the copper stops me, I dont want to be thinking if this is where I walk home in disgrace

[McDuck]

I got out of a very large ticket because i had no piss on my breath. I could see him watching the little screen. If ti had been positive i would have been in deep shit even if under the limit.

[Forest]

Curious as to why people are willing to have a couple of beers when driving the cage but none on the bike?

I don't do drink before I do either of those activities.

But I do think that riding a bike requires more judgement than a car. So anything that interferes with your sense of judgement is a really bad idea i.e. alcohol, drugs, tiredness etc.

[idb]

What's this "sober" thing that I hear folk talk about **hic**

[gw555]

Dont drink any alcohol before riding or driving. Rather wait till I get home and then have a few.

Besides that I have been stopped at a few checkpoints and always enjoy the feeling well you are not going to get me.

Also I like to think that I have full control of my abilities to ride/drive

[90s]

In the cage, two beers. On the bike, none.
Actually, maybe 1. Go one then ... no - just the one thanks.

And with the wife on pillion, the big zero.

[zjet]

I will have the happy 1 but no more. If i,m talking the girl then its none. Rather not watch the bike go for a slide down the road just for the few drinks i could have at home.

[madandy]

I'm always up for a thirst quencher (1) if there's a great pub to stop at. Will drink lites if hanging around for a good feed and enjoy about 2-4 (lites) depending on time.
A fridge full of cold ones back at home, enjoying the afterglow of a fine ride are best.

[SinstaNSR]

Seriously , To much liquid courage is not a good thing Ill have one or 2 over a meal and shit talk if Im just commuting, If Im "sportriding" round the loop or NW Ill save it till I get home

Straight out dude couldnt sum it up any better