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toycollector10
5th January 2009, 18:05
Post it up here.
Numbskull: Definition from Urban Dictionary dot com
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numbskull idiot moron dumbass stupid dimwit retard fool dolt dumbo nincompoop dork ass dumb numpty ignoramus dummy simpleton birdbrain jerk imbecile loser spackoid tard nimrod twit nimskrit clownskull dunce hobo cretin dink popat spanner chump dullard dumdum nitwit clown airhead braindead stooge thicko weiner dope blurghing asswipe slow goof
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CB ARGH
5th January 2009, 18:07
You're talking about dickhead bikers? :confused:
If so, then yeah, dickhead scooter riders on the motorway @ 100km/h wearing shirt, shorts, shoes and a helmet, but of course, if you fall off a scooter, it won't hurt. <_<
toycollector10
5th January 2009, 18:14
Falling off any form of two wheeled transport at any speed wearing only a t-shirt, pudding basin helmet and a doo-rag over your face doesn't hurt! Where have you been mate? Get a grip!
Sully60
5th January 2009, 18:15
Seen any numbskull riding recently?
I don't look in the mirrors when I ride.
Gubb
5th January 2009, 18:25
This thread needs burning.
toycollector10
5th January 2009, 18:33
I'm a noob, Gubb, so tell me why, make yourself clear girl.
And in response to your tag line. The answer is "A life"
trump-lady
5th January 2009, 18:37
You're talking about dickhead bikers? :confused:
If so, then yeah, dickhead scooter riders on the motorway @ 100km/h wearing shirt, shorts, shoes and a helmet, but of course, if you fall off a scooter, it won't hurt. <_<
shoes? not jandals......wow....amazing
Insanity_rules
5th January 2009, 18:38
Today I saw a numb nuts scroter rider rip a jandal clean off his foot by trying to correct an over cooked corner and putting his foot on the ground, jandal stayed and his foot didn't......................rip the jandal strap and Ouch!
How I laughed.
trump-lady
5th January 2009, 18:39
I saw dude, jeans, shirt and.........
TURBAN!!!!
Riding in Mt Wellington. Took a pic on phone but cant get it on here....
Good news was....he had gloves.........
Turban will save him in 80 k crash
98tls
5th January 2009, 18:42
Then theres a squid.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_(motorcycle)
Nagash
5th January 2009, 18:42
I saw dude, jeans, shirt and.........
TURBAN!!!!
Fucken racists..
[p/t]
short-circuit
5th January 2009, 18:47
I saw dude, jeans, shirt and.........
TURBAN!!!!
Riding in Mt Wellington. Took a pic on phone but cant get it on here....
Good news was....he had gloves.........
Turban will save him in 80 k crash
Hmmm - potential niche market here for 1 metre high but aerodynamically proportioned, turban accomodating crash lids
Big Dave
5th January 2009, 18:55
Aye - Khyber pass off ramp this afternoon.
Has to wait for marooon on a scooter to exit the intersection he entered a good 5 seconds after the light had turned red before i could get onto Khyber Pass.
Hoodie, shorts, jandals and playing chicken with buses.
Badly worded line removed.
short-circuit
5th January 2009, 18:59
Here's the anti KB rub though. I didn't give a sh*t. His skin.
possibly quite literally
Big Dave
5th January 2009, 19:02
(usu. the rub) a difficulty, esp. one of central importance in a situation : that was the rub—she had not cared enough. [ORIGIN: from Shakespeare's Hamlet ( iii. i. 65).]
I meant there was no point getting out of shape about it.
And yeah - We're going to do something positive about it shortly.
Couple of features on lightweight safety gear and some training vids in the pipeline.
In the end though it's the individual's choice - I don't agree with it - but he was legal.
short-circuit
5th January 2009, 19:04
(usu. the rub) a difficulty, esp. one of central importance in a situation : that was the rub—she had not cared enough. [ORIGIN: from Shakespeare's Hamlet ( iii. i. 65).]
Pun
noun, verb, punned, pun⋅ning.
–noun 1. the humorous use of a word or phrase so as to emphasize or suggest its different meanings or applications, or the use of words that are alike or nearly alike in sound but different in meaning; a play on words.
2. the word or phrase used in this way.
–verb (used without object) 3. to make puns.
toycollector10
5th January 2009, 19:05
It's the intensive care people, doctors and the guy with the rotating blades that harvests skin off cadavers (organ donors) that need a break.
Imagine going into effing work every day and dealing with the guy in ward 2 or where ever who is taking up so much of your time and energy when it's pretty much avoidable. Like wearing seat belts. Or is that too hard? Like keeping left?
But what the hell do I know?
Dakara
5th January 2009, 19:06
Yea, Summer seems to be bringing out the "Short sleeve + Helmet riders". I'm seeing a lot of them on my way to work out at Ardmore, especially on the weekends.
Admittedly I hate chucking on all the gear in this heat.... probably why I've been commuting in the cage with the A/C cranked! But T shirt and shorts, especially on the open road at speed :weird:
toycollector10
5th January 2009, 19:07
......................
Big Dave
5th January 2009, 19:08
Pun
noun, verb, punned, pun⋅ning.
–noun 1. the humorous use of a word or phrase so as to emphasize or suggest its different meanings or applications, or the use of words that are alike or nearly alike in sound but different in meaning; a play on words.
2. the word or phrase used in this way.
–verb (used without object) 3. to make puns.
Missed it.
Big Dave
5th January 2009, 19:11
\
Bad choice of words on my part.
I meant I'm not gonna get out of shape and bleat about it.
I'll do something positive instead.
I'll edit the post to say that.
short-circuit
5th January 2009, 19:11
Missed it.
Hope my retort didn't rub you up the wrong way
short-circuit
5th January 2009, 19:11
Bad choice of words on my part.
I meant I'm not gonna bleat about it.
I'll do something positive instead.
I won't - I'll laugh when I see the prat bin
Big Dave
5th January 2009, 19:12
Hope my retort didn't rub you up the wrong way
Nope - I was green that I missed it.
mattian
5th January 2009, 19:13
The news story about that biker down the line who overtook some cars on a blind corner and took out that little group of riders coming the other way has to be the stupidest thing I have heard in a while. SO unnessecary and just moronic
jtzzr
5th January 2009, 19:18
I saw dude, jeans, shirt and.........
TURBAN!!!!
Riding in Mt Wellington. Took a pic on phone but cant get it on here....
Good news was....he had gloves.........
Turban will save him in 80 k crash
Saw a turban wearing dude today in Hunters corner ,was the turban orange ?.
I was thinking to myself " Fuck you don`t see that everyday" (unless you`re in India of course).
trump-lady
5th January 2009, 19:22
Saw a turban wearing dude today in Hunters corner ,was the turban orange ?.
I was thinking to myself " Fuck you don`t see that everyday" (unless you`re in India of course).
YUP!
I was thinking same thing like..wtf...nahhhhhhh OMG it is. Was justw rong looking. First time for everything. He was straight chillin too lol
Big Dave
5th January 2009, 19:29
We should wiki design some riding kits for summer.
City/scooter/small bike and open road recommendations - idea ?
reofix
5th January 2009, 20:02
air bag bikinis? lap belts for all bikes (keeps the clean up simpler)?... chinese scooters sold with free jandals?
Big Dave
5th January 2009, 20:04
well I was thinking more like flo-through mesh jackets, kevlar lined jeans, ventilated gear etc - but the bikini idea has legs.
Big Dave
5th January 2009, 20:06
Just sent an email to the KR 'new products' suppliers for stuff with summer in mind.
scumdog
5th January 2009, 20:07
Thankfully down here in the underpopulated south nobody spots me riding in my Jockeys and crocks (bugger jandals).
Oh, of course I also have gloves and a helmet.
98tls
5th January 2009, 20:08
Jandals with toe sliders would be sweet.
Morcs
5th January 2009, 20:09
Yesterday I rode on the auckland motorways:
with a pillion
I wasnt wearing gloves
Travelling at 60kph all the way
riding one handed, the other was using a video camera
and changing lanes often whilst doing all the above.
I win I win I win!
reofix
5th January 2009, 20:09
crocs would be like 10 times safer than jandals... so that would be a good idea!!
AD345
5th January 2009, 20:11
Jandals with toe sliders would be sweet.
Them
Kevlar stubbies
and a black singlet with back armour
Big Dave
5th January 2009, 20:11
Thankfully down here in the underpopulated south nobody spots me riding in my Jockeys and crocks (bugger jandals).
Oh, of course I also have gloves and a helmet.
We've seen how you apprehend crooks in the bollicky sunshine. Nuffink surprises us.
Hiflyer
5th January 2009, 20:12
Yesterday I rode on the auckland motorways:
with a pillion
I wasnt wearing gloves
Travelling at 60kph all the way
riding one handed, the other was using a video camera
and changing lanes often whilst doing all the above.
I win I win I win!
:eek5: Lies, i dont believe. Video please! Then we can really see a numbskull riding (i mean that in a joke way not a "this guy is a dick lets bag him" way)
Big Dave
5th January 2009, 20:12
Them
Kevlar stubbies
and a black singlet with back armour
Older me should not ride in singlets on bikes with riser handlebars. arm giblets flap in the breeze.
98tls
5th January 2009, 20:13
Them
Kevlar stubbies
and a black singlet with back armour And some fingerless gloves with wrist armour.
Big Dave
5th January 2009, 20:15
I win I win I win!
Meh. I did that on a Goldwing on a Waikato dirt road.
Although I had a jacket on.
Morcs
5th January 2009, 20:15
:eek5: Lies, i dont believe. Video please! Then we can really see a numbskull riding (i mean that in a joke way not a "this guy is a dick lets bag him" way)
There will be a vid. Stay tuned. Probably in a week...
98tls
5th January 2009, 20:19
Been thinking about making a carbon fibre right wrist holder,idea being to transfer throttle to the left bar hooking up said wrist holder in so that it holds wrist in a permanent waving position in order to hopefully reduce the amount of threads on KB regarding said waving.
Hiflyer
5th January 2009, 20:23
Been thinking about making a carbon fibre right wrist holder,idea being to transfer throttle to the left bar hooking up said wrist holder in so that it holds wrist in a permanent waving position in order to hopefully reduce the amount of threads on KB regarding said waving.
Aahhhh someone else who is sick of those threads! thank god! +1
_STAIN_
5th January 2009, 20:24
been thinking about doing the rolf harris extra waving arm...
AD345
5th January 2009, 20:25
Older me should not ride in singlets on bikes with riser handlebars. arm giblets flap in the breeze.
You should take older you out the back and give him a damn good thrashing for even thinking of it
Big Dave
5th January 2009, 20:28
You should take older you out the back and give him a damn good thrashing for even thinking of it
Bob had a springer with ape hangers.
He was in good nick too, but age wearies them, and the giblets do contend.
toycollector10
5th January 2009, 20:30
Where's "beyond" and that "mormon few" guy who likes to pop wheelies one handed and naked while guzzling whiskey neat. We need input here.
Come on beyond, post up another video.
AllanB
5th January 2009, 20:44
Hmm, I live on the road through Halswell on the way to the Akaroa GP.
I'd have to say last weekend I got bloody sick of the Urban Heroes on their Hogs fatting along with open pipes. Those 120 db unbaffled pipes sound like shit and get bloody annoying. There was the occasional sweet sounding HD:niceone:, but this was rare.
Thankfully the agricultural pounding was offset by the wails of a few IL4's, the humm of some V-twins and the rasp of the triples.
dipshit
5th January 2009, 21:55
This guy has...
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=89582
Forest
5th January 2009, 22:15
I saw dude, jeans, shirt and.........
TURBAN!!!!
Riding in Mt Wellington. Took a pic on phone but cant get it on here....
Good news was....he had gloves.........
Turban will save him in 80 k crash
It is possible to get a dispensation to ride without a helmet - provided you can provide proof that you belong to a legitimate religious group.
madbikeboy
6th January 2009, 10:54
Hot chick, on a scooter, cell against one ear, coffee in the throttle hand. Weaving through parnell traffic.
I'm torn between respect for anyone able to multi-task so well, and wanting to chat her up - and pulling her over and explaining how dumb that is.
firefighter
6th January 2009, 11:23
Post it up here.
Numbskull: Definition from Urban Dictionary dot com
Quote:
numbskull idiot moron dumbass stupid dimwit retard fool dolt dumbo nincompoop dork ass dumb numpty ignoramus dummy simpleton birdbrain jerk imbecile loser spackoid tard nimrod twit nimskrit clownskull dunce hobo cretin dink popat spanner chump dullard dumdum nitwit clown airhead braindead stooge thicko weiner dope blurghing asswipe slow goof
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Yeah man there was this fuckwitt following me for aaaages, everytime I looked in a window I saw this fat dude on a red bike just like mine.....fucks knows where he kept on going when I turned around to look for him, he was doing some stooopid shit though.....:confused:
quickbuck
6th January 2009, 12:43
Hot chick, on a scooter, cell against one ear, coffee in the throttle hand. Weaving through parnell traffic.
I'm torn between respect for anyone able to multi-task so well, and wanting to chat her up - and pulling her over and explaining how dumb that is.
Oh, the dilemma..... At the end of the day she is missing a little up stairs...
But, well, you never know... You could teach her the error in her ways before she destroys her pretty little head ;)
madbikeboy
6th January 2009, 12:54
Oh, the dilemma..... At the end of the day she is missing a little up stairs...
But, well, you never know... You could teach her the error in her ways before she destroys her pretty little head ;)
I read your post quickly an thought you wrote follow her while she is walking up stairs - that wouldn't be gentlemanly!
carver
7th January 2009, 09:29
mormon few stunt crew
quickbuck
7th January 2009, 10:44
I read your post quickly an thought you wrote follow her while she is walking up stairs - that wouldn't be gentlemanly!
Yup.... Just looking out fur her safety..... ;)
madbikeboy
7th January 2009, 11:36
Yup.... Just looking out fur her safety..... ;)
No, safety is spelt - p u s s y... :)
Roki_nz
7th January 2009, 12:35
It is possible to get a dispensation to ride without a helmet - provided you can provide proof that you belong to a legitimate religious group.
The guy riding with the Turban will most likely be a Sikh. However i don't think there is a religious reason why they can't wear a helmet. My partner is a Sikh so i will ask her or the preist at the wellington temple.
AllanB
7th January 2009, 14:29
It is possible to get a dispensation to ride without a helmet - provided you can provide proof that you belong to a legitimate religious group.
FFS - seriously.
Bloody tree hugging poofers, tough shit I'd say, wear the helmet or use the car.
The Christchurch City Council has had Muslim women moaning that they can't use the public pools as they need to be in private (or a least with other like women) when they swim as the rest of the city is not allowed to see their faces, bodies, sticks of explosive etc. Oops that was not very PC was it Allan!
Council is considering a closed door swim day once a month or similar.
I may write to them asking for a nude only swim day and tell them that there may be people who get a terrible rash from swim suits and they are being disadvantaged by the councils existing policies.
Or what about those kids who just have to have a poo 10 minutes after jumping in the pool - maybe a special monthly 'floater' swim evening.
dipshit
7th January 2009, 14:33
I remember BRONZ advising people (unofficially of course :whistle:) how to get an exemption from wearing a helmet back in the "right to decide" days.
Roki_nz
7th January 2009, 15:23
The guy riding with the Turban will most likely be a Sikh. However i don't think there is a religious reason why they can't wear a helmet. My partner is a Sikh so i will ask her or the preist at the wellington temple.
I have asked my partner and here is the answer: Sikhs that are “baptised” are required to wear a head covering and keep there hair uncut etc “As I understand it Sikhs are only required to cover there heads and as such a motorcycle helmet counts as a head covering.”
There is no religious reason why a Sikh cannot wear a motorcycle helmet. She added that some hardliners would refuse to wear one because its not “traditional etc ”
“The only practical reason might be that the turban might get crushed in a helmet or bag (I am told its not easy to wrap one around you head and it takes a while) but in saying that its just as likely to get blown off”
I will ask around however to get a balanced answer. But at the moment I am sticking with NO.
trump-lady
7th January 2009, 15:31
theres no way dude i saw was getting that under a helmet..........
fliplid
7th January 2009, 17:46
from what i remember, rastafarians were excempt along with sikhs in the uk- for much the same reasons.
Roki_nz
7th January 2009, 20:55
from what i remember, rastafarians were excempt along with sikhs in the uk- for much the same reasons.
Yes and those who don’t wear helmets are idiots. If I was working at the LTSA I would never in good conscience grant a helmet exemption. A lot of that crap comes from been inflexible with tradition that is often born of necessity rather than the religion. Here is a rant that was given to me by my partner’s uncle who is a Sikh in his fifties.
Uncle Singh: “You know at some of the temples there is so much politics on how things should be done and some of it is so backwards and they do not move with the times. At the temple we used to go to we had a priest over from Singapore to check out the temple
Uncle Singh: He looked around and saw we had table and chairs to eat on, in the old days everyone would sit on the floor”
Singapore Singh: The tables and chairs must go.
Uncle Singh:…. Um why would we do that, we have a lot of older people here and it is not good or easy for them to eat on the floor
Singapore Singh: Because that is the way the Gurus did things and we eat on the floor
Uncle Singh: You realise the First Guru went from village to village on the back of a donkey and when he got to the village the people would gather around him and sit on the ground because the didn’t have chairs etc.
Singapore Singh: This is way things have always been and that’s how they should be here
Uncle Singh: So are you going to do everything like the first Guru? Did you and you donkey hope in the boat and row over here from Singapore?
Singapore Singh: Grrr… (His Cell phone rings)
Uncle Singh: So is that your Guru calling
PS: Allan Sikhs do not hug trees… they would rather chop them down or you if you said that to one however Rastafarians do like hugging a tree :P
roy.nz
7th January 2009, 21:05
Saw a fella yesterday on the north shore heading south just before the northcote exit, he was on a newish looking fjr1300 thingie and riding in just a work dress shirt and pants, but the weirdest thing is he put his gloves on, o and his helmet, mate if you dress like that forget the gloves and helmet! who ever you are, you are an idiot :argh:
Fred Dagg
7th January 2009, 21:21
That has to be my most favorite quotes - Rock on Iron Maiden!
quickbuck
7th January 2009, 22:09
On my trip to Wanganui and back today I didn't see ant numbskull riding, BUT I saw a couple of cage drivers doing some dodgy stuff....
A car run out of room rapidly as he over took two others with me coming towards him.
I just moved over to the left and shock my head.
He realised he made a mistake, and hopefully will think twice next time... on a road with less room. No real need to get upset about that one.....
Then a few minutes later I saw a car turn right one road too early heading into Wanganui.
The locals will know this as the exit from ANZAC Parade (I think it is) onto SH3. Yep, following a car, and he hangs a right! Straight up the No Entry! Could have been a very nasty head on, as people exiting this road are winding up to 100k, and have their head over their shoulder to merge with traffic safely.
Oh, and the third thing.....
NOBODY realises that you are supposed to give way to traffic turning right out of Trafalgar Square if you are turning into it.....
I was sitting there for a while waiting for a gap in the traffic, all the while a little girl waited, parked right in front of me, in her beat up Honda Civic not realising what I was trying to do.
What I didn't want to do was to make myself and the other half her hood ornament, so I decided to hang a left and head around the block... Didn't get to do the esses up through the cemetery :(
Will be there another day though :)
Roki_nz
8th January 2009, 06:28
Saw a fella yesterday on the north shore heading south just before the northcote exit, he was on a newish looking fjr1300 thingie and riding in just a work dress shirt and pants, but the weirdest thing is he put his gloves on, o and his helmet, mate if you dress like that forget the gloves and helmet! who ever you are, you are an idiot :argh:
Yes I have seen the same thing in Wellington with a Guy on a GSX600. What I see more often though is people riding scooters with no protection other than a helmet.
I had a word with a few I know about gear and the answer I normally get is “You do not go as fast on a scooter and I have only come off once” To which I reply “I was under the impression that most accidents were at or below the speed limit including a large chunk of the fatal ones and I have never come off yet :)”
James Deuce
8th January 2009, 06:38
Saw a fella yesterday on the north shore heading south just before the northcote exit, he was on a newish looking fjr1300 thingie and riding in just a work dress shirt and pants, but the weirdest thing is he put his gloves on, o and his helmet, mate if you dress like that forget the gloves and helmet! who ever you are, you are an idiot :argh:
You're only legally required to wear a helmet.
How about you ride in what you feel comfortable and safe wearing and let other grown ups make up their own minds?
pritch
8th January 2009, 07:20
I was following a woman in a boi racer car on my normal route home from work yesterday, her driving was not exactly ummm predictable(?) so I was watching her like a hawk.
She put on her left blinker so I thought she might be going to park outside one of the houses there (or not?). Just as I went to turn right into my usual street she did a big round 180. She first saw me when I was headed straight for her about four metres from her door. It was OK though because I had been ready for that - or pretty much anything else that she did.
I pulled closer and said, "That wasn't very fucking smart was it?"
She looked instantly pissed off and took a big breath preparatory to giving me the benefit of her expertise. She undoubtedly considered herself a good driver... I let the clutch out and departed, however, so I didn't hear a word of what she said.
fliplid
8th January 2009, 08:27
Saw a bike prog in the uk years ago which had a feature on a bike cop. As part of his duties he was a community support type dude, including victim support. A local bike dealership donated a scooter for his use- liveried up, with suitable on-board storage etc. He wore the same kit riding that as he wore for his other role as traffic cop on his Pan-Euro. His stated reason was to do with safety, and educating the increasing number of scooter users. He said he was trying to get the message across that when you have an accident, you will suffer the same types of injuries whether you are riding a tooled up Pan-Euro or a small bike/scooter at similar speeds.
Movistar
8th January 2009, 10:03
On the way back from Taupo yesterday, came across an obviously under intelligent gentleman aboard a Harley Davidson traveling in the opposite direction just south of the Awakino petrol station.
Said gentleman was traveling at a speed that should not be attempted on such a machine, mainly due to his previously mentioned lack of intelligence and also possibly the uncanny wobbling motion the steed was making as he brushed death by lane splitting cars that were traveling in opposing directions...
As I gazed in wonder at his skills as he approached and then looked in the mirror after the sonic boom of his hollowed exhausts trailed off behind us, I noticed that he was slowing...
Did my look of astonishment crossed with the look of "You spastic bastard' perhaps bemuse him?
As there were no rear vision mirrors attached to his handle bars, or any other part of the motorcycle for that matter, he proceeded to actually look over his shoulder to see that there was no one in close proximity behind before conducting a U turn.
This was amusing in two ways;
1) There was no way anyone was behind him. At the speed he was travelling, all vehicles were obliterated that he had passed due to the rearward facing bazooka exhaust weapons that were mounted to his ride.
2) While carefully looking behind himself, he failed to notice a rather large vehicle of destruction (read truck) rounding the corner in his opposing direction. The shock of discovering this made the gentleman on the motorcycle stop in angst in the middle of the main road, still.
The outcome was the truck ran off slightly into the gravel, the spastic bastard then continued on his U turn of life changing events, and then headed off to obliterate all vehicles that were now travelling in our direction of travel!
As he passed the truck that had nearly claimed another statistic and then ourselves, I noticed that this fantastic resemblance of the grim reaper was wearing jeans and a singlet...good on ya pal!
To top things off, as we headed into Moukau, (about 5km's away) guess who was heading back in his original direction?
The same under intelligent gentleman...
nico
9th January 2009, 04:56
saw some num,nuts yesterday yes i was hot i was sweting like a pig on heat but.... for christ sakes where the protective gear man jeans jacket gloves helmet min saw not one but two iodits one in wellingtion leaving the aero club on a yellow trupy shorts and t-shirt helmet seriously squid and the other in upper hutt pulld inbehind me filling on a vtr same gear he did make the coment gees you must be hot and laughed i replyed yes but i will be alive and have my skin if something hapens , i got a reply somthing like ohh whateva i wont fall off so some shit what a winner as i watched him hoon off over the takas thats just asking for it or what?:nono:
Fatt Max
9th January 2009, 07:47
Older me should not ride in singlets on bikes with riser handlebars. arm giblets flap in the breeze.
.......as well the flabby beer tits
Sparrowhawk
9th January 2009, 07:59
I've been amazed in the last couple of weeks the amount of rider's I've seen wearing shorts & t-shirt/singlet. Only one without a helmet though, and he was wearing Samoan Safety Boots. :rockon:
Having said that, it's their skin. My only issue is that WHEN they come off, their ACC bill will be much higher, and that just gives them ammo for the higher premiums we bikers pay.
Roki_nz
9th January 2009, 09:00
I was waiting at a red light to turn left in to Boulcott Street. A Cyclist comes up looks both ways and then crosses the intersection on a red light. Then right after that anther cyclist sees the first doing it decides its safe doesn’t even bother looking and goes ahead to cross the intersection.
I see this all the time. Cyclist’s seem to think there push bike does not have to stop at red lights and follow the road rules like the rest of us sooner or later I am going to see one of them get hit. Oh and then there are the cyclists that don’t wear helmets.
quickbuck
9th January 2009, 12:08
I was waiting at a red light to turn left in to Boulcott Street. A Cyclist comes up looks both ways and then crosses the intersection on a red light. Then right after that anther cyclist sees the first doing it decides its safe doesn’t even bother looking and goes ahead to cross the intersection.
I see this all the time. Cyclist’s seem to think there push bike does not have to stop at red lights and follow the road rules like the rest of us sooner or later I am going to see one of them get hit. Oh and then there are the cyclists that don’t wear helmets.
It is a case of perception..... Just like car drivers think motorcyclists are nuts.
On a cycle you are very aware of your abilities, and it is like running between cars and stopping and running across the next lane....
You can go from zero to 30 and back real quick, and then power away again.....
Now, the second guy who just assumed.... Well, there is a real nut... Or he had a brain fart.
Following the road rules like the rest of us? Insert a Tui.
As for no helmets..... Sheesh!
But there are some who still believe they are better off without them....
vifferman
9th January 2009, 12:10
I hope no-one's seen any of mine recently. :o
MarkH
9th January 2009, 21:16
the answer I normally get is “You do not go as fast on a scooter and I have only come off once”
Came off once and he didn't learn a thing from it? I guess some riders are a little hard of thinking.
MarkH
9th January 2009, 21:18
I don't look in the mirrors when I ride.
"What's a behind me does not a matter!" (in an Italian accent, of course)
Insanity_rules
10th January 2009, 10:16
"What's a behind me does not a matter!" (in an Italian accent, of course)
Very famous quote uttered by one Enzo Ferrari to a slightly bemused looking Alec Issigonis upon the former taking the latter for a quick squirt round modena in his newly aquired Mini Cooper and ripping off the rear view mirror.
True story, and for some strange reason Enzo loved bloody Mini Coopers.
Hiflyer
10th January 2009, 10:33
"What's a behind me does not a matter!" (in an Italian accent, of course)
but whats infront of me does!!
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kinda off topic but hes still a numbskull
McJim
10th January 2009, 10:43
Nope - but thanks for asking.
I'm motarded
10th January 2009, 19:57
kinda off topic but hes still a numbskull
ouch!!! thats gotta hurt
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