Fuck this...

[Blakamin]

thanks for the fun, SpankMe, but i request you delete my membership.... if people can't play nice, I want no part of KB......
I thought it was a nice place to meet friends and I have met many... but if people keep treating the world like a race track, they are gunna die... I want no part of it.... thanks for the fun and the friends....

Mike.... outta here

[curious george]

Have you had some bad news?
Idiots will be idiots and always push the limits when it's not safe to, but that shouldn't put you off having a nice ride.
It does get a little depressing reading about the all the crashes and fatalities, but if tht's all it is, take a break for a while, and come back when you are ready.

[bugjuice]

why walk away instead of teaching them how?
And the few newbies that are around will learn and become better riders. We all started somewhere. please don't take this attitude.. many people around here look to those like you. If you go, then the next will and so on, then this site and it's awesome rep will die. Then it's over, and we're all spread out on our own or small groups again. That's not as much fun. It's just a rough patch. it'll pull right

[Hitcher]

Blakamin. Quitting Kiwibiker isn't going to help resolve the situation that seems to have lit your wick. This place needs wise and reasoned heads, if for no other reason than to tell some of our more naive and excitable members to pull their fucking heads in.

Don't go!

[GSVR]

You must be reading different posts to me. In the few months I've been on here I have identified the members with a colourful posting style.

As with any group there are all types posting on here.

Do you think Kiwibikers are predominantly developing into a bunch of Kerosene Cowboys or what?

I don't like hearing about people racing on the road here as I think it brings the site and its members into disrepute but the thing about the internet is that its pretty much free of censorship.

[Motoracer]

My gwad, you've never even ridden with me or met me and you came up with all of them conclusions?

Why do you think people who actually went on the ride are saying they had a good time and aren't complaining?

I am honest (bit too much for my own good) and I don't like to keep in bad relations with people so I was explaining that if I had scared some people I was sorry. When I personally asked people, all of them were sweet with my passing but I was just making sure anyway by explaining what I was doing in the write up.

You've done this before as well. You came up to a conclusion by just reading what was in the net. Well reality is a lot different. You'd really have to see us ride and meet us to understand. We are not the text book holigans that you are thinking off. We are all riders dedicated to our sport and precise riding with maximum regards given to safety. Sometimes we make wrong judgement calls (we are only human) like the passing case but I appologised for that and explained why I did it. Nothing went wrong or should have gone wrong really but there was a slight chance of people getting a bit shaken up and that's the reason why I mentioned it in the write up.

OK so even if you think we are unsafe and all the rest of it, think about this, just because of a few "hooligans" like us, you are saying goodbye to over 2000 other people? Doesn't make sence to me man...

[GSVR]

14th May '05 - SH22 ** PICS AND VIDEOS

The thread that "lit the wick"

Some really stupid riding documented in video.

[250learna]

i dont know if you can justify leaving KB because of one person, if you are just fed up with the website and people than you should do as you feel, but on a comunity this big you will never agree with everyone take crazy steve for example, he has in the past said some things and said that he did some things that i strongly disagree with, but that doesnt mean i am gona throw in the towel

stay and ride on blakamin

[surfchick]

blackamin-
dude don't bail- there's some of us here who are pretty mellow on bikes in the skittery early stages of bikehood... I liked reading your posts & i found this site especially usefull for some basic but improtant information. also the sense of community is real strong here when everyone else in my family hates bikes it's nice to rabbit on to people who don't...

[Hooks]

Mike,

You have done a great job here and I'm hoping that you will reconsider this train of thought.
MR does the best he can ... and as he says, he can be a too honest at times ... but he has nothing but the utmost of concern for the other riders that aren't up to his level.
I too am like you and wish that they could all learn to ride safely and within their limits but lets face it ... most of them want to go fast !! If guys like us can at least be their voice of reason and make them think just a bit before they twist the throttle all the way then we have got it through.
Don't go .....

besides ... who else will understand my warped sense of humour !!

[Bren_chch]

thanks for the fun, SpankMe, but i request you delete my membership.... if people can't play nice, I want no part of KB......
Mike.... outta here

Hi

Sorry this is going to be a silly question... but why do you need to have your account deleted, why cant you just go and not come back?

Thanks

[Two Smoker]

Well stuff it, if im such a "hooligan" why should i help MR organise newbie rides to teach them about riding???

Im out of here to...

Cheers Blackamin, calling me a cunt because i ride fast is a load of bullshit, if i ride fast does that make me unsafe? No it doesnt, to be safe is to recognise hazards and respect other people on the road. As it has been shown at Manfield, i can go from last place to 9th in a short time at race pace. Doesnt mean i do it on the road.

[Hooks]

Hey !!!!

Just a thought ....

No matter what the beef is ....

You are all cunts !!! Fucking good cunts !! .... and we're all cunts together ... just bounce this crap outta here and lets get on with the real job ....

Now who has had a decent beer lately ??? .....

Oh oh ... fighting, drinking and sex .... great thread !!

[oldfart]

I'm with Bren_chch & two smoker. This is melodramatic bs, play the violins & pass the hanky. Too alot of people, riding bikes is about going fast & challinging ourselves against the road. In your opinion, you can label me/us an irresponsible maniac's etc if you like, & by sounds of it you probably will.

[Sheep Dags]

this is pretty rediculous. any person who was on that ride yesterday will tell you that 2 smoker and Motoracer had nothing to do with the accidents. they're easy to be the first to blame cause they "ride fast". no-one's to blame here. the guys that did crash have received so much shit about it that no doubt they have learnt from what happened and it definately would have sunken in. in that sense blakamin, you've helped someone out, cause they're prolly not gonna be silly from now on. but don't shift any blame on guys who don't deserve it. - especially on the organisers, cause it's a bit of a kick in the teeth when they did all that they could to make sure people were gonna have a good time, such as MR riding the first bit with the newbies, and when he realised they might not be up to it, suggested that they go home. it's not his fault that they carried on. - and they shouldn't feel stink about riding on either, they're allowed to go on a group ride if they want...

anyway i reckon people should calm down, and all of you more experienced guys (blakamin, 2 smoker, MR) have something they can share with the rest of us so it would be a shit if you did up and leave.

take is easy anyways, thats what im doing!
- Mike