Christchurch protest ride - Dec 5th

[sammcj]

It really rips me that we did this MASSIVE protest and F$@#ing fairfax group doesn't put it on stuff.co.nz (the press).

Their front-page article is "ALL WHITES GET THEIR GROUP ITALY, PARAGUAY & SLOVAKIA" ... who cares?

[Laxi]

well done guys awsome turnout typical bloody news 800bikes and it only merits 30 seconds of air time

[johnnymille]

thanks for organising this successful protest rally Knuckles, I'm sure it will fall on deaf ears (National/Nick Smith) but we have to try

[Molly]

well done guys awsome turnout typical bloody news 800bikes and it only merits 30 seconds of air time

Which channel?

[AllanB]

800bikes and it only merits 30 seconds of air time

30 seconds is pretty good on TV - hell I'm pretty sure that there are some KB guys who have made children in that time frame!

Sounds like a great turnout - missed it due to family commitments (must be time to get some riding gear for the kids).

[Laxi]

Which channel?

TV3, cant find it on demand though

[knuckles24]

yeah, we had more of a turnout then any other centre but unfortunatly not much airtime, oh well thats the way it goes. i am not sure what our next step will be, if you have any ideas then lets hear them.

[far queue]

Yep TV3, 7 min 25 secs from when the talking heads start, and 20 seconds long - I timed it! There was nothing on TV1 news.

[sammcj]

Yep TV3, 7 min 25 secs from when the talking heads start, and 20 seconds long - I timed it! There was nothing on TV1 news.

Ever since fairfax group took over the press and other media orgs in NZ it's really turned into right-wing shit-bucket.

I know a guy who wrote a program that samples how long articles stay up on stuff.co.nz and what their keywords were - aparently he had some pretty interesting results - I'll see if I can get him to pull up something on motorcycles (not sure if it'll work with the new site design).

[murhf3]

Hi plp. I recorded most of the start of the ride tru to riccarton, then the bats went flat.
So i.ll break it down and post small blocks for everyone ova the next couple of days.
It looks amazing at the start with all the bikes lined up.

[NONONO]

Looks fantastic, well done The South

[Hawk]

we are being watched forum Nat' spies pm sent

[Oakie]

we are being watched forum Nat' spies pm sent

Fair's fair. We eavesdrop on their stuff.

[knuckles24]

what can they do about it, we can work some stuff out by private messaging

[HondaSTrider]

Would like to add my, and Broomrider's congrats on an excellent turn out and a great day!
Well done to Knuckles24 and all those who work behind the scenes at these sorts of things...GREAT EFFORT!
I haven't done a ride like that since Tauranga to Wellington in the early 90's??? (I think anyway... my memories going!) when they tried to tie rego to cc ratings on a $ per cc effort. They were wankers then... and things haven't changed a whole lot I guess.

Will certainly be keeping an eye on here for future info.