BIKEOI Wellington

[StoneY]

Well I have the honour of organizing the Wellington leg

My friend Bald Eagle is running the Kapiti Coast, we envision we will meet up with careful coordination at Ngauranaga

Date to be firmed up yet but we intend to start as initial meet spot at Rimutaka Hill Summit, if otherwise unsuitable Rimutex
This is to allow Wiararapa riders a chance to get involved

Rest is all yet to be set up, and if you have anything to input here is the thread to post it in

Cheers all

StoneY

[James Deuce]

Please don't take this the wrong way, but...

I don;t think either the summit or Rimutex is suitable as a starting point.

The sheer volume of bikes would be difficult to keep together on the hill and would seriously disadvantage other road users.

Rimutex is a commercial operation and we shouldn't be impacting their business negatively. They would be within their rights to tell us to sod off, because I'm picking their will be 100s, maybe thousands of bikes, not 10s.

A better meeting place in the Hutt would be Avalon Park and would allow the Kapiti ride to traverse the Haywards and join up with the Hutt/Wairarapa (and probably Manawatu) contingents to head down SH2 and directly into Wellington without trying to organise a meeting spot along the old Hutt Road.

Other Upper Hutt alternatives would be Harcourt Park, or Maidstone park. Both have a huge amount of parking available, and would allow a coordinated meeting at the bottom of the Haywards.

Sorry.

[StoneY]

Please don't take this the wrong way, but...

I don;t think either the summit or Rimutex is suitable as a starting point.

James your input is welcome

Good points
exactly why I have opened this topic

[Trudes]

Agree with JD, my thoughts are that if we want to ride as a united group the less distance needed to travel as a large group the better. Group rides of this size can get very messy and confusing very quickly. May I suggest that we coordinate with the Police/highway patrol to escort us and help block off intersections etc.

[Bend-it]

** copied and pasted from the other Bikoi thread...

While there's the big Bikoi whenever we decide on a date, we could have smaller regional rides or protests before then... which I'll fully be keen to help organise... Ideas like maybe:-

- Drive our cars in early, park in a row on Bowen St (coupon parking, $3 per day) with posters on the car windows to the effect of: I usually ride in and take up no carparks, but ACC levies will force me to drive in and take up a carpark, like today... In shorter, punchier words of course... and the target logo...

- Similar thing with bikes, and take 1 carpark per bike, sellotape or bungee-cord notes to bikes.

- Chilled out lunchtime ride down The Terrace, Lambton Quay, Molesworth St and Bowen St, into the parliament carpark and have lunch on the lawns, with helmets, gear, t-shirts and of course, media present...

- Have 2 bikes on display somewhere with lots of foot traffic, a supersport 600 and say an FJR1300 or BMW R1200GS or something like that, with info sheets displayed, showing engine capacity, hp etc... showing that CCs do not equate speed, horsepower or danger... abit of an education campaign. Maybe get permission to park it on Midland Park or something like that?

We could do one a week, as build up until the Bikoi...

We should also get a small flyer written up, as to why the proposals are unjust, maybe A5 size to hand out at any event. Some well reasoned arguments on one side, and some stats on the other. No emotional ranting or name-calling... Just present a cool, calm case. I think there's enough on these threads to go on...

[Bend-it]

Also StoneY, do change your 1st post with information on any organised and agreed on events, so people can look at that 1st post and know what's going on without having to scroll through and read all my vented spleen bits.

Good on ya for heading this up mate!

[StoneY]

Also StoneY, do change your 1st post with information on any organised and agreed on events, so people can look at that 1st post and know what's going on without having to scroll through and read all my vented spleen bits.

Good on ya for heading this up mate!

Bendit, Trudes...all of you thank you

I realize there is WAY MORE than I myself can possibly know to doing this RIGHT

I look forward to your advice, and you all have some fantastic points

On Monday I will seek Police advice (I recently became an acquaintance of Hutt Regional Commander)
Will also inform TV1 and TV3

Any advice there guys?
Eg who what where to ring?

Before I ring them we need to SET a date for the event no doubt?

[Pedrostt500]

I vote we use the Duck Pond, its an easily found large area.

[Ixion]

..we need to set a date for the event no doubt?

Yes. I'm still working on that.

Getting consensus from bikers is worse than herding cats.

Given the time, I wouldn't expect a date until tomorrow.

[Trudes]

Is the point to ride to Parliament to present a petition or something? If so then it needs to be a day when the MPs are going to be there. Also, are we pissy with ACC? Do we need to make some noise outside the main ACC building in Wellington?

[Pedrostt500]

It would be wise to have a few meetings to figure out some of the logistics.

[Bend-it]

Yes. I'm still working on that.

Getting consensus from bikers is worse than herding cats.

Given the time, I wouldn't expect a date until tomorrow.

It would be wise to have a few meetings to figure out some of the logistics.

I'm fine just about any weekday around lunchtime... Happy to help with either...

[Pedrostt500]

A petition on paper would be a valuble tool, it would look good in the eyes of the media, some one handing over reams of paper with names etc. it would also give Joe and Jane public some thing tangable.

[StoneY]

Is the point to ride to Parliament to present a petition or something?

Not a partition, when the fart tax farmer/tractor thing happened they just got there in person

So i believe...pretty sure no partition was involved.
BUT there are like 3 partitions going already
I think 'show of passive polite well behaved force' is of the order

(my god i been neutered)

Parliament HAS to be the end destination in Welly region....it has to, nowhere else matters within 200kms

Palmy riders, Horowhenua, 'Rapa, all welcome

[James Deuce]

Is the point to ride to Parliament to present a petition or something? If so then it needs to be a day when the MPs are going to be there. Also, are we pissy with ACC? Do we need to make some noise outside the main ACC building in Wellington?

No and no. Neither petition nor pissy with the ACC. This is a protest against a Government plan to price motorcycling off the road with secondary goal of removing the discriminatory aspect of the separate levy for motorcycles. ( I hope - I may be about to be slapped)

It's a protest and an education opportunity. We're not getting together to rant, we're getting together to lend weight to BRONZ's message to the Government. BRONZ delivers the message, and we do a mass, mobile Mexican wave in support.