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Feck, that makes me shit outta luck - was just about to put my name in the "hat"...Originally Posted by FROSTY
I'd like to see the people responsible, being people who have been on many rides, and had lots of interaction with other member OUTSIDE of this website. So no longtime web lurkers who've never actually been seen.
I would suggest CSL, but she's very busy with Uni. There are some top notch Wgtn guys, but they may be hesitant to assist as they have busy lives too.
old enough to know better
Tony, this is a great idea!
I also belong to the BMW Owners Register and we have a booklet printed yearly with details of people who agree to have their details printed. The details are:
name
address
available for coffee visit
spare bed available
space for bedroll
camping space
available to assist in breakdown (trailer) and kms willing to travel
workshop facilities
The names are divided up into different regions... This seems to work quite well.
Something similar sounds great
Al
4 wheels move the body
2 wheels move the soul
gee wizzz
Heres another angle on this thing.
What if we have an official KB club card ?Like a club membership card.
On it would be KB name/real name/phone number/contact person and phone number.
It would be credit card sized and would have the KB logo on the back.
The way it works is that at the start of a ride the ride leader is handed everybodys club card.end of ride they get handed back.
ride leader would hand his card to tail end charlie
It would be an official KB card and would be propperly laminated up and would cost say $5.00 per card --profit going to site upkeep.
The card would also be cool as an ID for getting KB discounts at shops that are offering discounts to KB members.
Being an official type Id it would need total aproval by spank as Im suggesting that the back be a shrunk down KB logo
I think having key contact people still has merit -In that they could act as liason between the willing to help and the needing help people
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gee wizzz
Thanks SC --once again someone says what i'm trying to say and saying it 1000 times better.
Yep its important that it be "real" people
Mind you --does JIM2 really exist?? I have been to wellytown 5 times now and have never actually met this bloke
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gee wizzz
Hey another twist guys n gals--specific health issues--
EG two Kbers I know well are diabetic -If you are like me and only allergic to pain then all good.But for those with issues it'd be good if that info was available (hope we never need it)
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Good ideas Tony, thanks for taking the initiative!
gee wizzz
Thanks mate --apreciated.
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gee wizzz
Al-we sorta have that in our user notes -but hardly any use when someones stuck in the middle of nowhereTony, this is a great idea!
I also belong to the BMW Owners Register and we have a booklet printed yearly with details of people who agree to have their details printed. The details are:
name
address
available for coffee visit
spare bed available
space for bedroll
camping space
available to assist in breakdown (trailer) and kms willing to travel
workshop facilities
The names are divided up into different regions... This seems to work quite well.
Something similar sounds great
Al
Hang on guys --Ill just plug my pc in and see whos available--out the back of nowhere on the Tukas or Sh22
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Must go faster - but how?
Hate to sound like a wet blanket, but the only people I want contacted in an emergency in the middle of a ride are a Cop, an Ambo and a Tow Truck.
There nothing my parents/partner/bestfriend can do for me if they are not there at the time.
What about a list divided into regions of friendly Towies who can keep the bike safe for a while?
Good idea about allergied though, although those people should get themselves a medicalert bracelet though. http://www.medicalert.co.nz/
Things like bee sting allergies needing adrenaline should be carried somewhere somebody else can find them if you cant etc......
Registered User
Frosty - I'm just a senile old sod trying to get a handle on all this & thinking aloud.
It appears to me we are trying to achieve a few objectives here :-
1.) Emergency Contact
2.) Rider / Vehicle recovery
3.) Official card
4.) Assist trip Leader.
1.) Great. I am an impulsive rider always shooting off on my own & absolutely nobody knows where I have gone. I would put this card ( weatherproof I hope ) probably on my bike in a visisble location so even if I am unconscious the info is available.
2.) I am lost as to how the card will help with vehicle recovery.
3.) Great - easy to see the benefits
4.) Having been a dive trip leader I see pit falls here.
- you are making the trip organiser / leader very responsible. Unless you have been a dive trip leader you won't understand the relief felt when all the heads have come to the surface.
- a tail-end charlie cans off & is unconscious - who is he ? The trip leader has gone ahead with the cards. Now he is back but he has 5 cards we don't know who they are. 4 are up the road somewhere & one is this guy on his back. ( hopefully some mobile phone calls will sort it out )
- end of trip. 3 guys have f--d off & forgotten to get their cards & their phones are turned off or can't be heard. Does the trip leader go back up the road looking for them or head home hoping they are O.K.
etc. etc. These problems can be sorted but being a dive trip leader can be a pain in the arse. We don't want organising a bike trip to be the same.
Don't get me wrong - I think this card idea is a fantastic & I am definitely in for one even if only for points 1) & 3) above.
Forum whore
Geez why don't we wait until Labour institute the compulsory National Identity card, and implant RF transponders in our neck after the next election. Then it will be easy to find people with our tricorders and beam them straight to hospital.
Forum whore
if people need wellington, I'm here... have permanent web access and a 24hr a day phone ... can give 6 numbers to call... all get answered (mrs answers phones for a livivng) and i'm still nearly always here...
let me know...
Practising the art of zen
Edit: I read over the rest of the thread and now realise what you are thinking of is not the same as what we already have.
On a side note, I am happy to take over the emergency contact list that PT was doing. I might get onto that sometime this week.
gee wizzz
George/Jim2 --Ill be blunt then-You are DEAD or seriously hurt. Who do you want called?? If its nooone hey thats your call and Im sure everyone can respect that.but it would at least give the cops somewhere to start tracing next of kin.
Heres the senarios I thought should be covered
1) group ride say down 22 -One rider doesn't get to the end -He's got lost
Group leader can call and make sure hes ok
2)IDfor KB discounts at shops.
3) senario 1 turns out to be an emergency breakdown senario or a bike stopping crash.
4) riders hurt -allergys? also whats his real name?
5)riders badly hurt -who does he want contacted??
Keep in mind in the case of senario 5 it most likely will be the ambos or police
Hey guys this isn't intended as a negative thing its intended as a case of KBers helping KBers
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give plasticard a look, they make things like the tui card and the student cards think they are about 3 or so bucks for a run of 500 with full colour or so look them up. this would look very professional rather than laminated card
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