How many months do you use your bike for?

[racerhead]

Hi there Im moving over in a few months and was just wondering how many months out of the year you use your bikes for? At the moment I use my bike all year round no matter what the weather so am planning on doing the same when I move over. Thanks for any replys

[roy916]

How many months out of the year do you use your bikes for?

In the uk i rode all the time, but as i dont have my bike here , i cant say so im not alot of help really.

have fun when you get here

[marty]

with the deep snow and sub-zero temps all winter it makes it hard work, but i just put appropriate tyres and clothing on and go for it. in the summer, it's just shorts and t-shirts

[dipshit]

If you road all year round in Ireland then you shouldn't have too much trouble here. (it depends on what part of NZ you are coming to though)

At least we don't salt the roads here like they do in the UK apparently.

[Big Dave]

Auckland and the upper north island is just fine for year round riding.

[Hitcher]

Is this a trick question? Why would one own a bike and not ride it? (Apart from those times that it's all alone in a big dark cold crate on its way to or from Los Angeles)

[Pussy]

Hi there Im moving over in a few months and was just wondering how many months out of the year you use your bikes for? At the moment I use my bike all year round no matter what the weather so am planning on doing the same when I move over. Thanks for any replys I ride year round in the North Island... as most do here

[wysper]

Mine is my commuter vehicle too - so I ride 6 days a week all year. Baring holidays :)

[vgcspares]

I think the pole is going to be misleading re the general population - KBrs are probably more dyed in the wool, but given the steep drop off in bike accidents during the winter it's only fair to assume the majority don't take it out of the shed unless it warm and not raining (much).

Mind you they still manage to find rogue bulls, dogs, a "big bird", a goat and even a kangaroo they can collide with.

[vifferman]

There are few places in Un Zud where you can't ride all year round. A few roads in the Souf Oilund or in mountain areas or ranges are too icy at times to be safe to ride on in mid winter, and Dunedin can get pretty icy too. Although Christchurch can have snow, it's usually neither deep not long lasting. When I lived there, I tried to ride every day, and the only day the weather made it impossible was when there was black ice on the roads (found out after I set off :shit:). Even in winter, you should be able to ride on all but a few days. None of this Mrkn/Yurpeen "park the bike up for 4 or 5 months" nonsense.

[Swoop]

Who is the soft cock who rides only when it is dry???

[fatzx10r]

i use mine all year round, it's my only form of transport

[Kflasher]

Whilst living in ALK I de-regd. my car as my commitment to riding.

[mrchips]

grundies + jandles all year round cos i'm tough.

[Tank]

Whilst living in ALK I de-regd. my car as my commitment to riding.

Pffft - I sold my car and now only use a bike

We have gone from a 3 car household to 1 car 2 bikes.

[Kflasher]

Pffft - I sold my car and now only use a bike

We have gone from a 3 car household to 1 car 2 bikes.

I see my dedication is not up to your standards…

[racerhead]

Thats great to see most use their bikes all year round. Here in Ireland the weather can be pretty wet and we get alot of "fair weather bikers" so thats why I stuck in the only dry weather option. Im planning on living around the bay of plenty area so should be pretty good weather wise and hopefully just going to have my bike as my only transport.

[slofox]

All the friggin' time of course.......only pussies park the bike up.........even when I lived in Christchurch I rode all year round.....(it was bike or walk back in them thar dark days of yore.....)

[Tank]

I see my dedication is not up to your standards…

of course it is - its all about situation and appropriateness. I can because of my circumstances - yours may well be different.

I don't actually subscribe to "dedication" to biking. I ride for enjoyment - nothing else.

As long as you enjoy riding then its all good!

[Nasty]

I ride all year round .. only stopping for days where the wind likes to pick up my bike and move it without assistance from me.

[sunhuntin]

Is this a trick question? Why would one own a bike and not ride it? (Apart from those times that it's all alone in a big dark cold crate on its way to or from Los Angeles)

an ex in canada cant ride for 6 or 7 months of the year due to the snow. he made that mistake once on a 65 harley, and basically had to strip and rechrome EVERYTHING due to the salt on the roads. hes got 3 bikes [one not roadworthy]. we did go out once towards the end of the winter, and it was lovely, but i wouldnt want to do it in full winter. too slippery.

myself, i ride year round. that would likely change if we got snow, but it would be for my safety, not lack of nuts. generally it gets used daily, but sometimes ill opt to be a passenger in the missus' car if i cant be bothered suiting up and playing taxi [very stressful with a pillion. i prefer solo] i love the wind... great fun! had several gusts that nearly sent me off the road, but then im a stubborn bitch and aint about to let some stupid gust ruin my ride. bit different when your trying to turn left and you get blown right instead. when i first started riding, id go to the foxton strait just to have some fun with the wind and get some practise.

[slimjim]

every day in the sunny hawkes bay...when it rain's..huh only last's an hour an sun's back out....an when its windy...bloody too many helicopters flying about removing the frost...lol

[vgcspares]

well we have 9 bikes, one car and a house ... House! You were lucky to live in a house! We used to live in one room, all twenty-six of us, no furniture, 'alf the floor was missing, and we were all 'uddled together in one corner for fear of falling ... There were a hundred and fifty of us living in t' shoebox in t' middle o' road ... cardboard box ? You were lucky. We lived for three months in a paper bag in a septic tank. We used to have to get up at six in the morning, clean the paper bag, eat a crust of stale bread, go to work down t' mill, fourteen hours a day, week-in week-out, for sixpence a week, and when we got home our Dad would thrash us to sleep wi' his belt ....

[Sparrowhawk]

Pffft - I sold my car and now only use a bike

We have gone from a 3 car household to 1 car 2 bikes.

LOL, likewise. We have 3 adults in our house, at the start of this year had 3 cages, now 1 cage & 2 bikes. Although my better half just got her 6L, so it might soon be 1 cage & 3 bikes (we have to have a cage to take these two little gremlins around. Nasty little beasts. For some reason the call us mum & dad)

[vifferman]

Pffft - I sold my car and now only use a bike

We have gone from a 3 car household to 1 car 2 bikes.
I don't have a car, although I have the use of one or three (the wife has one, and the two oldest troglodytes have one each).

[imne1]

i use mine all year round, it's my only form of transport

Me too !! where's the options for 100% of the time?

[MarkH]

Who is the soft cock who rides only when it is dry???

Before I got the scooter I thought that I would use it whenever the weather was good and probably take the car when wet. Only I had forgotten that I hate trying to get around Auckland in a car when it's wet even more than when it's dry. I have spent thousands on gear to allow me to ride all year long regardless of weather.

[Swoop]

Only I had forgotten that I hate trying to get around Auckland in a car when it's wet even more than when it's dry.
Damn right!
Commuting in winter is even more enjoyable as there is even more cage traffic and less bikes in the 2a lane!

[slopster]

Not afraid of riding in really bad weather but don't see the requirement. Bikings fun and expensive so if I'm not having fun I might as well save myself some money and take the car. Commutings a different story I guess but I don't have to do that cos I live at work.

[Blackshear]

Of the 6 months I have owned my bike, and almost 4 months I have had my licence, I seem to have racked up almost 7000km's.

I thought that wasn't too shabby, actually.

[twistemotion]

I commute on the bike every day and ride in any weather, except in gale force winds or when I know there's ice on the road. We need a "12 month/all the time" option in this poll!

[mansell]

I think the pole is going to be misleading re the general population - KBrs are probably more dyed in the wool, but given the steep drop off in bike accidents during the winter it's only fair to assume the majority don't take it out of the shed unless it warm and not raining (much).

Mind you they still manage to find rogue bulls, dogs, a "big bird", a goat and even a kangaroo they can collide with.

Couldn't agree more. Why keep a bike for the nice days when riding in the rain is so much fun.:niceone:

[MarkH]

Of the 6 months I have owned my bike, and almost 4 months I have had my licence, I seem to have racked up almost 7000km's.

I thought that wasn't too shabby, actually.

I will have done over 7000kms by the time I have owned mine for 3 months. Just did an oil change and it will soon be time to do another.

[CM2005]

i ride all year as i do not have my car licence. have done F all road miles just yet, but that will change...

[nico]

:2thumbsupanother 12 montha here rain or shine m8

[DMNTD]

Auckland and the upper north island is just fine for year round riding.

BOP is even bettererer :shifty:

[PrincessBandit]

grundies + jandles all year round cos i'm tough.
Oh no, I hope you realise just how irresponsible you are then. Just think of all those poor people who have driven off the road by being distracted by you in your gruds! :eek:


well we have 9 bikes, one car and a house ... House! You were lucky to live in a house! We used to live in one room, all twenty-six of us, no furniture, 'alf the floor was missing, and we were all 'uddled together in one corner for fear of falling ... There were a hundred and fifty of us living in t' shoebox in t' middle o' road ... cardboard box ? You were lucky. We lived for three months in a paper bag in a septic tank. We used to have to get up at six in the morning, clean the paper bag, eat a crust of stale bread, go to work down t' mill, fourteen hours a day, week-in week-out, for sixpence a week, and when we got home our Dad would thrash us to sleep wi' his belt ....
Pfffft, that's nothing......


I will have done over 7000kms by the time I have owned mine for 3 months. Just did an oil change and it will soon be time to do another.
Now now boys!

Oh, and btw, here in tropical Dorkland we have the pleasure of riding year round (and that's just because of our city's love affair with one person per car!)

[1 Free Man]

- its all about situation and appropriateness....

I don't actually subscribe to "dedication" to biking. I ride for enjoyment - nothing else.

As long as you enjoy riding then its all good!

Well said Tank and I agree 100%. For me getting a wet ass and being in wet or damp clothes at work for 8-9hrs just to be a hard arse biker doesn't make any sense. Ya go out to the garage to go to work and it's pissing down with rain. Ya stand in the doorway and look at
A. the 4wd with a roof a heater and a dry ride or
B. the Bike. Completely open,no protection from the rain and a wind chill factor of -15degrees @ 100km/hr.
:doh: Bit of a no brainer me thinks.
The 4wd wins hands down every time.:niceone:

Not a lot of enjoyment in having chilblains on Ya nob I shouldn't think.
FAIR WEATHER RIDER TO BE SURE!!!!
Softcock but no chilblains.

[GrayWolf]

Looks at tattered old UK paper licence, 34 years and still hasnt grown up....... every day, its my only transport.

[McJim]

Hi there Im moving over in a few months and was just wondering how many months out of the year you use your bikes for? At the moment I use my bike all year round no matter what the weather so am planning on doing the same when I move over. Thanks for any replys

I'm from Scotland and I live in the coldest part of New Zealand. The weather here is much milder than Ireland. The seasons are Spring, Summer, Autumn, Spring, Spring, Summer, Autumn, Spring.

I piss myself laughing when I hear kiwis complaining about the weather (when there's nothing to complain about!) then talking about whinging poms :rofl: cracks me up.

I don't have a car. I have a 50cc 2T scooter for commuting and a Ducati for the weekend (or for when the weather is wet - Ducati has brakes, tyres and suspension I trust)

[DingoZ]

All year round. Is my main form of transport to and from work. Try not to use the car too often, only in the most extreme weather, is the car used..

[roy.nz]

im a good old all weather rider. No matter the weather outside i use the bike. Well i guess thats what happens when you only own a bike.. :rockon:

[mctshirt]

12 months - it's my vehicle. The alternative is the wife's Mitsubishi Chariot people mover - very practical but no tingle in the loins :)

[MentalFacility]

Unless it is snowing, all the time.

[naphazoline]

any fine day's a good day for riding:Punk:
and in between aswell:laugh:

[buellbabe]

All year round wet or dry.
Case in point : last weekend. On sunday I rode from Wellington to Taumaranui and it was stunning weather...the next day I rode from Taumaranui to Auckland in atrocious weather. The rain was so heavy at times it was almost a white-out...
My mate was trying to convince me to stay another night rather than ride in the storm.
I just shrugged and said "its only rain".

[alanzs]

I ride all year round. Weather ain't that bad...