Drink riding

[kevfromcoro]

I get some weird looks when I stand at a bar and ask for a coffee - but that sure doesn't stop me! (nice coffee or crap coffee, doesn't matter, if I want one, then I'll order it)

Most pubs i have stopped at.. sort of encourage selling non alc. drinks.
Never had a problem.. ordering an orange juice.. or a glass of water.
Just say.. nah iam on the bike...
Dont want a beer.
Allways accepted

[Quasi]

Pubs in the Wairarapa are happy to sell whatever the patron asks for. Personally - i have coffee on winter rides and in the summer either a shandy or ginger beer. I have ridden with many riders and most of them wont touch alcohol on a ride. I think that overall we are all very mindful of the message re not drinking and driving.

Good thread and very timely with all these great summer rides we are getting out on

[scissorhands]

I may have 1 beer an hour, no more than 4, before I am off the road.

I try to monitor my emotional state and attitude....sometimes I am gung ho, and that is the worst mind set to ride or drive.

Its also too hot a state of mind to sustain for long periods as it saps liver yang

[dangerous]

Been seeing plenty of bikes out this summer, and noticing how many are outside certain main road and country pubs... It aint just for 1 drink half the time I bet. Know this is a bit of a biker thing to do, have been partial myself back a few years....

Am wondering how many reckon its ok, and on the other hand what consequences have been seen or happened to you.

Kiwi's and booze are a fucked up mix at times, bet there's been more than a few "offs" cos of it.

good thread mate, and likely to upset a few, and as you say 'Kiwi's and booze' theres fuk all anyone can do about it just as well they are a small group... but have the powers to screw up a bigger group (famileys and friends)

I don't drink & ride but you'll often find my bike parked outside a country pub somewhere, don't be so quick to judge. Pubs sell more than alcohol- some have bloody good coffee & food at reasonable prices even if they are in the middle off nowhere.

I doubt hes judging, nor silly enough to think all are boozing... yes you may drink coffee, but out of say 10 riders how many would have a beer? Id say 8.

Im on about the drinkers in pubs, Ive been in there with em and seen how much theyve tied on.

yeah a few are thinking you mean as a general... but you are talking about the 'few' that drink to much.
we frequent a pub in Chch its a nice wee ride and great meeting place, most like me call 2 stubbies the limit... but like you I know a group that drinks way to much and or smokes dope... I was curious one day and followed them when they left FUCKING NUTS was there riding.. I choise not to asociat with them when in that state.

[ynot slow]

Up to the individual whether they drink and ride,but if a guys having a few too many I don't want to be on the road with them,i.e poker runs.
My personal is 2 maximum,and usually they'll be low beers(macs low or similar).
Saw the item on news last night,the guy who hadn't told his family seemed to have learnt,the guy after his 4th said he had but you have to doubt him,trying to be staunch to the bros maybe.When the cops got me 10yrs ago I remarked on the way to station,maybe I'm lucky,the cop said why,my reply was if I carried on maybe I could hit a tanker(living just passed Kiwi dairies main turn off out of Hawera on South Rd and morning run just started),or any other truck or car who knows,maybe getting pulled up saved me in long run.The cop was impressed with that drunken logic at the time.

[norwester]

We will have 1 beer and some wedeges. And like all things in life do the resposible thing. The pub is a place to stop and be sociable with like mined people. it may be the ones stepping round the back that I really do not want to ride with or be around. I drive for a living

[Slyer]

I'm not a daytime drinker.
I'd rather have an energy drink or primo etc on a hot day.
Might have a beer or two at night, depending on how I'm feeling.

[Squiggles]

When i get drink i have to ride pillion home

[Mikkel]

While on the road I stay away from alcohol. I've no trouble having a beer or two at a pub in town and then riding home across town (this won't be during the rushhour mind) - but open road riding, nope.

I've ridden home from rallies "the morning after", severely under the weather - but at least at that point you aren't giddy and in any danger of over-estimating your own level of competence. I hate that particular situation though and my mind boggles; I am not an early riser and the rally site is usually all but empty by the time I get around to leaving. By that reckoning there would be a lot of people (i.e. >50% of the rally participants) even worse off than me heading home.

I would imagine two pints and no food would probably put you up to (or over) the limit so one is enough.

I bet it wouldn't even put you close to the limit unless you were a tiny wee fella. (Or if you just chugged them down back to back ofc).

I reckon I could quite happily drink a bottle of full-bodied aussie red with my dinner and then be below the limit 2 hours after I started. 0.08 % is actually quite a lot. I sure as hell wouldn't even contemplate driving in that state.

[McJim]

I am a shit enough rider when sober - I'd be even shitter drunk.

[peasea]

I bet it wouldn't even put you close to the limit unless you were a tiny wee fella. (Or if you just chugged them down back to back ofc).

I reckon I could quite happily drink a bottle of full-bodied aussie red with my dinner and then be below the limit 2 hours after I started. 0.08 % is actually quite a lot. I sure as hell wouldn't even contemplate driving in that state.

I wouldn't be so sure. I have a mate who blew over after just 3 cans of Lion Red. It was after work and he hadn't eaten since noon. He opted for a blood test and was still over, I had to pick him up on the way to work for six months.

A while back I had the opportunity to drink for free but I'd driven myself to the venue and sipped one an hour for about four hours. I got bagged on the way home and blew a reading of 'Failed Youth', which is quite correct but BOT. The cop just told me to go home, which I did. I reckon if I'd had a 'roadie' I might not have been so lucky.

For the record I think I'm 167cm tall and 83kg's, so I'm not huge and a few pints could very likely take me off the road for a while. Best to not try and find out.

[Ixion]

I get some weird looks when I stand at a bar and ask for a coffee - but that sure doesn't stop me! (nice coffee or crap coffee, doesn't matter, if I want one, then I'll order it)

Haven't encountered a pub in the last 20 years where ordering a coffee or Ginger Beer or tomato juice caused any quizzicality at all, from either staff or patrons. It's pretty standard stuff nowadays, ditto with having (reasonably) decent food available.

Years ago, yeah, that was different.

And round Dorkland, pub coffee is usually pretty good. Now, if they could just get the message about not puttinng bloody ice in the Ginger Beer or tomato juice. I want tomato JUICE not tomato WATER.

[Ixion]

I wouldn't be so sure. I have a mate who blew over after just 3 cans of Lion Red. It was after work and he hadn't eaten since noon. He opted for a blood test and was still over, I had to pick him up on the way to work for six months.

A while back I had the opportunity to drink for free but I'd driven myself to the venue and sipped one an hour for about four hours. I got bagged on the way home and blew a reading of 'Failed Youth', which is quite correct but BOT. The cop just told me to go home, which I did. I reckon if I'd had a 'roadie' I might not have been so lucky.

For the record I think I'm 167cm tall and 83kg's, so I'm not huge and a few pints could very likely take me off the road for a while. Best to not try and find out.

It does seem to vary from person to person, too, for some reason. Quite apart from weight and gender. Some people just seem to return a higher reading for the same amount of drink in the same time, as others. Differences in metabolic rate or summut I guess.

[peasea]

It does seem to vary from person to person, too, for some reason. Quite apart from weight and gender. Some people just seem to return a higher reading for the same amount of drink in the same time, as others. Differences in metabolic rate or summut I guess.

Yes, it varies wildly as does the effect it has on some people's moods. Happy drunks/nasty drunks etc. I like to laugh and have a good time when I drink and it pisses me off when things turn to shit for whatever reason.

[White trash]

I do like to sink a few bourbons then let loose on the minimoto and pit bike on our private little track. It's always humour seeing what you get can get away with when your co-ordination is fucked.

I'd be a hypocrite if I said I've never ridden a bike on the road after having at least one too many also unfortunately. Luckily for me, I managed to stay upright and not hurt anyone. Those days are well gone now since realizing the risk I was taking.