Road not track people

[Quasievil]

Okay in the last three weeks I have been on two group rides.

Group ride #1, One Dead
Group ride #2, One broken shoulder

I just went out for a run, and coming into town was a tow truck with a ZXR lying on its side (obviously crashed) I tied it into the rescue chopper flying in from the coro direction a short time before.

I get home from my run log onto the puter, reports of two?? fatalities involving bikes

WTF?????

settle the fuck down people it aint a track it isnt your road exclusively.

Rant over

[sidecar bob]

I fully agree.
To put it in perspective, we lose aprox one sidecar competitor every ten years while racing.
It would take twenty years of sidecar racing in NZ to claim the number of lives the road did today.
And people say we are the crazy ones.

[oldguy]

well said mate I agree,

[Motu]

Okay in the last three weeks I have been on two group rides.

There's your problem right there.

[sidecar bob]

Group rides suck arse, people seem very slow to figure that out.

[sunhuntin]

group rides suck. its a wonder that none of the ones ive gone on have had an accident or worse.

i think it must be something to do with nz roads. when i was in canada, i met over 100 riders in the same club, and lived with one of the members. its been 4 years since ive seen any of them and in that time only 1 of their guys has died on his bike [and it was his own fault, either drunk or drugged. very dangerous guy who was credited with causing a couple of accidents. i wasnt sad to hear of his death.] 2 or 3 have died through suicide or just plain old age/ill health. the club is ontario based, and their roads are very similar to the south island, just wider and better quality/condition.
i wish i knew the answer.

[White trash]

It's well documented on these very forums I've been more guilty than most of riding like a true arsehole on the roads. Watching mate after mate being buried woke me up to the fact and frankly, I don't miss the road riding. Especially the group ones.

I think the real question that needs to be asked, however, is how much weight have you lost Quasi' ya fat cunt?

[McJim]

I've always been appalled at some of the speeds people feel they need to travel at. I've also said this many times. Every summer more mothers lose their children, children lose their fathers and people lose their partners. Get yer cock out at a track day and just enjoy the ride on the road. (watch out for gravel, cattle, sheep diesel and campervans)

[FROSTY:Me]

quasi --mate every year its the same. Whats sad is that in the 30 years I've been riding this is one thing that hasn't changed 1iota.
I've now got me a wobbly old bike that might do 160k with the wind firmly up its arse.

[Quasievil]

There's your problem right there.

Absolutely youre right on, I could clarify by saying that I met up with two group rides, I tend to avoid them these days for obvious reasons.

[CookMySock]

Whats sad is that in the 30 years I've been riding this is one thing that hasn't changed 1iota.

It's not gunna either.

Kiwi blokes are well known for their can do anything attitude, so they do. And discover they can't.


Steve

[MotoKuzzi]

Group rides are great. At my age I'm enjoying riding and socialising with other like minded people. But it does require disciplined riding by everyone. I've learned a lot on group rides and also made the odd error of judgement, I most probably wouldn't have made riding by myself.

[Foxzee]

Excellent rant Quasi...hopefully it sinks in to some.......

[Taz]

There is a difference between a group ride and a group race. Sadly most group rides (esp KB rides turn into a race). I dislike group rides, unless i'm winning

[Ixion]

I never had any problems with group rides.