How many riders turned up at each BIKEOI?

**Conquiztador** · 14th November 2009, 22:27

Today Hawke's Bay had approx 220 bikes.

OK so that makes:

Hawke's Bay: 220 (I am sticking with my estimate!)
Dunedin: 576
Auckland: 550 (ManDownUnder said 330?)
Christchurch: 400
Waikato: 500
Tauranga: 1100 (Bloody hell!! You guys rock!)
Taranaki: 350
Timaru: 400
Nelson: 500
Wellington: 500

Total currently: 5,096

**ManDownUnder** · 14th November 2009, 22:36

Bloody good turnout!

330 in AKL. Would have been one except for the newly renamed Blue Bitch.... eh Mom?

**Nasty** · 15th November 2009, 08:08

lots ... see here Radio NZ

**StoneY** · 15th November 2009, 08:13

Good stuff and Mom got in the press too

Gonna be a few 'well known' KBers when the dust finally settles, lets start our own Political Party and ensure Bikers never get screwed over ever again

If Maori (stated respectfully here please dont read into this) can organize to have their own party, so can we surely?

**AD345** · 15th November 2009, 08:20

Good amount of publicity for a relatively small number of attendees (hell, the HA run in a couple of weeks will dwarf that number fairly comfortably).

Even now that I'm living in AKL I struggle to understand why we can't make full use of our demographic weight. I suspect it's down to the fact the we are more a collection of towns rather than a homogenous city.

Anyways.......maybe we should run a sweepstakes for the number of bikes that actually show up in Wgtn on Tuesday?

My guess is 2627

**Conquiztador** · 15th November 2009, 08:28

OK so that makes:

HB: 220 (I am sticking with my estimate!)
Dunedin: 576
Auckald: 550 (ManDownUnder said 330?)
Christchurch: 400

There has already been rides in other regions too. Any idea what the numbers have been?

**Conquiztador** · 15th November 2009, 08:34

Originally Posted by StoneY

Good stuff and Mom got in the press too

Gonna be a few 'well known' KBers when the dust finally settles, lets start our own Political Party and ensure Bikers never get screwed over ever again

If Maori (stated respectfully here please dont read into this) can organize to have their own party, so can we surely?

Yep. Need 500 paid up members and we are away. If Bill & Ben can do it...

**martybabe** · 15th November 2009, 08:34

Taranaki did us proud, no definitive figure but circa 300-350 would be my guess.certainly enough to turn heads.

Well done yesterday Mom Maha n all the others.

**MSTRS:Me** · 15th November 2009, 09:10

Tauranga had 1100
Waikato some 500 too, I think

**Conquiztador** · 15th November 2009, 13:23

Originally Posted by MSTRS

Tauranga had 1100
Waikato some 500 too, I think

Have edited and added them all in first post

**retro asian** · 15th November 2009, 15:17

Originally Posted by MSTRS

Tauranga had 1100
Waikato some 500 too, I think

Wow.
I saw a video on youtube of a recent Tauranga protest ride, and it looked real good.

They are putting Auckland to shame a bit...

**hayd3n** · 15th November 2009, 15:36

also dont forget about the timaru protest!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
about 400
http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald...t-at-levy-rise

**Conquiztador** · 15th November 2009, 16:17

Originally Posted by hayd3n

also dont forget about the timaru protest!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
about 400
http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald...t-at-levy-rise

Thanks. Have been added to first post.

And perhaps National/ACC are doing something nobody else has managed to:
"Even gang members from the Road Knights and Devils Henchmen put their differences aside to support the protest ride"

And I take that there was 500 bikes in Nelson? http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/o...on-t-fade-away