Safe Riding Course for Kiwibiker Newbies

**Keystone19** · 19th June 2005, 16:38

Originally Posted by pyrocam

yeah it was a good ride with you man. especially the last little spin down the NW, if it wasnt so incredibly dangerous and stupid I would have played Tag.

what was the girls name? i forget it

That was me!

Thanks for the ride guys. Catch you on another one soon.

**justsomeguy** · 19th June 2005, 16:40

Originally Posted by pyrocam

Excellent glad to here that. yeah might go for a ride, practice some more that I learnt. pity we didnt have firefights number (see post http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...48&postcount=3) which would have been handy.

OK - FROSTY do you have a list of numbers/contacts we can call in case we need a bike to be picked up??

Is there such a list???

**justsomeguy** · 19th June 2005, 16:43

Originally Posted by Keystone19

That was me!

Thanks for the ride guys. Catch you on another one soon.

Blaardy hell gurl ... you ride like a pro

. Best lady rider I've seen with my own eyes from KB

All that push-bike racing has given you great skills - awesome lines through corners and great smooth technique...noticed you hardly even used your brakes........

Top skills from a 6 week newbie

**pyrocam** · 19th June 2005, 16:57

Originally Posted by justsomeguy

Blaardy hell gurl ... you ride like a pro

. Best lady rider I've seen with my own eyes from KB

All that push-bike racing has given you great skills - awesome lines through corners and great smooth technique...noticed you hardly even used your brakes........

Top skills from a 6 week newbie

Both 6 week noobie Riders where pretty top notch. I PuffDiddy's technique was pretty good too.

I promise I wont overtake like that again. unless I really want to :P

**PuffMan** · 19th June 2005, 17:02

Originally Posted by pyrocam

.

the day was awesome. we went home early but JUSTSOMEGUY, PuffDiddy? and Im sorry I forget yourname and Me went for a ride up north afterward.

just outside the gates we chatted about where we were to go and luckily someone had som rubbish to dispose of because I offered my backpack only I had left it at the base

whoops.

Beaut weather, very educational, good ride afterwards.

Edit: removed some stuff. will talk about it later. but you know why, and if you dont, then dont worry

I believe thats 'PuffMan', I am not tanned enough nor rich enough to pull off a 'PuffDiddy' (not that I would want to anyway.....) Anyway shame about the day getting cut short but thanks for the scenic tour afterwards guys. Catch you next time.

**FROSTY:Me** · 19th June 2005, 17:27

Originally Posted by justsomeguy

OK - FROSTY do you have a list of numbers/contacts we can call in case we need a bike to be picked up??

Is there such a list???

well there is but its on KB files.
As a rule Lil Toot is available for bike pickup 24/7 but just at the mo its in wellywood in the tender care of trashman.

**pyrocam** · 19th June 2005, 18:14

Originally Posted by PuffMan

I believe thats 'PuffMan', I am not tanned enough nor rich enough to pull off a 'PuffDiddy' (not that I would want to anyway.....) Anyway shame about the day getting cut short but thanks for the scenic tour afterwards guys. Catch you next time.

ahh puff MAN

sorry dude!

yeah, see you on the next ride

**johnny** · 19th June 2005, 20:39

Well .... i had a nice day today !! nice to meet you guys!!
see you guys next time!!

**RON SOAK** · 19th June 2005, 22:18

Hey Guys I heard that it was an excellent course, but that there was an accident and a rider and a marshall were hurt. I hope they're OK - does anyone know how they are tonight? Did they stay in hospital or go home ? Hope the bike wasn't too damaged.
Will the course be re-held? I might go on it - if it is held again - for some more practice and skills development.

**justsomeguy** · 19th June 2005, 22:23

Originally Posted by RON SOAK

Hey Guys I heard that it was an excellent course, but that there was an accident and a rider and a marshall were hurt. I hope they're OK - does anyone know how they are tonight? Did they stay in hospital or go home ? Hope the bike wasn't too damaged.
Will the course be re-held? I might go on it - if it is held again - for some more practice and skills development.

The course is held every 3rd Sunday of the month. I'd definitely recommend it as would a lot of people on this site and anybody who's heard of it.

8 hours of both theory and practical for $45 and you learn a ton of stuff...... just try and get a few hundred kms of open road riding before you take it - it's not mandatory but it helped me.....

**pyrocam** · 19th June 2005, 22:35

I agree with justsomeguy. Its a top notch course. yes today some people were involved in an incident but the last I heard they were recovering. the bike is proberly not a write off but its munted. Im looking forward to his post to make sure he is ok before I post more about it.

guys this is an awesome course and I highly recommend it. I only did 1/2 a day and ive learnt heaps, i did 6000k before doing it and still felt like a noob.

you get a freakin runway to play on. (im sure indiana jones would love that

)
Im going to the one in 1 month to finish the course. if anyone missed it, they might be able to squeeze in, PM me or better justsomeguy and we can email the co-ordinators.

otherwise your looking at an august course

**Ixion** · 19th June 2005, 23:25

Originally Posted by pyrocam

I agree with justsomeguy. Its a top notch course. yes today some people were involved in an incident but the last I heard they were recovering. the bike is proberly not a write off but its munted. ..

A little bird had already told Nana. Bit ironic I guess crashing on a safety course (and the instructor to boot) , but at any rate it wasn't on a public road.

Pity that it meant the course had to be cut short but I gather that everybody enjoyed themselves (well, the uncrashed people, anyway), and learned much. Which is good.

**pyrocam** · 19th June 2005, 23:31

Originally Posted by Ixion

A little bird had already told Nana. Bit ironic I guess crashing on a safety course (and the instructor to boot) , but at any rate it wasn't on a public road.

Pity that it meant the course had to be cut short but I gather that everybody enjoyed themselves (well, the uncrashed people, anyway), and learned much. Which is good.

Nana? yeah I was PM'ing some people about the irony. was keeping it low down though since I thought it would be better to wait till he was ready/wanted to tell KB about it.

actually I didnt think about it at the time but someone suggested it and I hadnt thought about it.

lets just hope those guys come out good and like I was gonna post before, if anyone knows details ( I saw it, i mean which H and ward etc) can they PM me so I can go visit. cheers