Local Protest/Bikeoi - Ulysses Auckland - 31st October

[Ixion]

However is there much point in handing out flyers for a ride to randoms?

[klingon]

However is there much point in handing out flyers for a ride to randoms?

True. Maybe go out serching for parked bikes to put them on (only to find that the bikes have just been at the rally anyway)...

[Ms Piggy]

My Aunty received "The Goff Report" (she's a Labour Party member).

See below:

Government must stop the motorbike rort

On Saturday I will be attending the Ulysses motorcycle club´s National Ride-in Day from 11am at the TelstraClear Pacific Centre, Manukau, to protest at the Government´s unfair plans to massively increase ACC levies for bikers. The Government is proposing trebling the levy to more than $700 for bikes over 600cc - the biggest ever increase in ACC levies -- and that is unacceptable, it's outrageous, and it's not warranted. The clear message from the Government is that it wants motorbikes priced off the road. It ignores the fact that bikers use less petrol, create less pollution, and cause less congestion. It ignores the fact, too, that most accidents involving motorbikes are caused by cars. Nick Smith wants to introduce a user pays scheme - but that plays one sector of New Zealanders off against another.
If ACC was user pays, levies would be charged on sports clubs and schools because of the risk of playing sport, elderly people who have more falls because of frailty would be charged for growing old, cyclists would pay huge levies because of the high cost of their accidents, also often not their own fault, and according to Stats NZ, men would be charged much more than
women. None of that makes sense. Labour will strongly oppose the huge
increases in costs for ACC which the government is seeking to
impose on Kiwis. Political attack on ACC makes no sense The National Government is also planning to stop funding programmes such as a falls prevention programme which has been shown to keep elderly people out of hospital so that for every $1 invested taxpayers are saved $2. Cost cutting which costs more than it saves shows a total lack of common sense. Privatisation will undermine the accident prevention campaigns, which have cut accident rates significantly since 2005.

[Ixion]

Ha. What's he look like. Never mind I'll Google him

[Little Miss Trouble]

BRONZ have been given permission by Bob Leeper to distribute flyers for the Wellington ride at this

If anyone can give a hand handing them out, please advise

Happy to help

Also, for anyone feeling like going for a nice wee ride afterwards I'm thinking Kaukop, Puhoi, Mangawhai to get posters on notice boards. Thats my excuse & I'm sticking to it

[Squiggles]

See you all in the morning

[Mom]

Happy to help

Also, for anyone feeling like going for a nice wee ride afterwards I'm thinking Kaukop, Puhoi, Mangawhai to get posters on notice boards. Thats my excuse & I'm sticking to it

Hmmmmm, the Mangawhai Loop, haven't done that in, oh a week

What a good idea. Bit nippy here this morning, the thermometer is only showing 4 degrees at the moment.

See you there!

[wingrider]

[QUOTE=Mom;1129488166]Hmmmmm,

Bit nippy here this morning, the thermometer is only showing 4 degrees at the moment.

Just enough warmth to raise ya heckels!!

[Clean_up]

AWESOME TURN OUT
Was cool to meet a couple of ya KB peeps
Really looking forward to the HUGE ride to wellington to show them pollies that we mean business

[Ozzie]

Absolutely awesome!

Would be interested to know how many turned out, easy over a thousand I think.

So very cool!

Big ups to the organisers!

[Kiwi Graham:Me]

managed to get out for a couple of hrs and join the masses in Manukau.
Over 1000 bikers at a guess all shapes, sizes and ages.
A good speach by Phil Goff who turned up on a Triumph Bonnie and pledged the support of the Labour party, Les did his bit to rally the troops for a march (ride) on parliament, an economist got up and crunched some numbers and the Ulysses duo said a few encouraging words. Petitions were there for signing, coffee and a BBQ too! well done Ulysses.

Watch the 6 O'clock news, there was TV1 and 3 there plus I'm sure someone will post pics on here soon.

A good atmosphere, met heaps of KBers. Role on the November Bikeoi.

[MD]

Big turnout in Wgtn. TV crews were wandering around.

Annette King gave a very good speech and pledged the party's support across the rallies. I can't believe I'm praising the Labour party! Must be desperate times.

[PhantasmNZ]

I took a few pics...







More Here

[Mully]

Yep, excellent turnout for this.

Not too impressed with idiots riding round (with cameras everywhere) without fucking helmets on. Hopefully they weren't filmed, cos God knows that's the footage they'll use if they've got it.

[jeffs]

From the TV3 web site. My reply to this crap.

Hundreds of motorcyclists turned out in today to protest the Government's plan to raise ACC charges.
The bikers rallied in Auckland and Christchurch tooting horns and revving engines in a loud display of opposition to put up levies by as much as three times current levels.

=======================
My posted reply.

What you meant to say was "In Auckland, A thousand plus orderly bikers ranging from scooters to large bikes, from ordinary commuters, to long standing bikers attended a very peaceful and well organised meeting today".

What "tooting horns and revving engines in a loud display" Absolutely not one person at the Auckland meeting tooted a horn or revved an engine. What meeting was your reporter at ? Come on for once tell the real story, don't just spice it up. This is a serious matter not just a good story.