One percenters in Christchurch.

**toycollector10** · 22nd May 2010, 16:10

From The Press Saturday May 22 page A20 Letters to the editor.

Quote.
A group of motorcyclists rode up Cranford St and onto the Main North Road. Most of them were not wearing a safety helmet, and as I followed they blatantly rode through several red lights at intersections.
In spite of several police vehicles being in the immediate vicinity, no great effort was made to stop the motorcyclists or prevent them committing further offences. And etc etc...
Unquote.

This sounds like fun :-)

Can anyone shed any light on this?

**peasea** · 22nd May 2010, 16:52

Originally Posted by toycollector10

From The Press Saturday May 22 page A20 Letters to the editor.

Quote.
A group of motorcyclists rode up Cranford St and onto the Main North Road. Most of them were not wearing a safety helmet, and as I followed they blatantly rode through several red lights at intersections.
In spite of several police vehicles being in the immediate vicinity, no great effort was made to stop the motorcyclists or prevent them committing further offences. And etc etc...
Unquote.

This sounds like fun :-)

Can anyone shed any light on this?

Here you go...........
(How do you know they were/are 1%ers?)

**Oakie** · 22nd May 2010, 17:29

My mum's retirement village's weekly outing perhaps?

**SMOKEU** · 22nd May 2010, 18:31

Are you sure it wasn't the Highway 61 bikers?

**scumdog** · 22nd May 2010, 19:28

Biker funeral??

**toycollector10** · 22nd May 2010, 20:35

Originally Posted by scumdog

Biker funeral??

Ahh, yes. They do that in the USA don't they. Could have been that.

**peasea** · 23rd May 2010, 08:06

Originally Posted by toycollector10

Ahh, yes. They do that in the USA don't they. Could have been that.

I went to a biggie here in Nelson a couple of years back, no lids...........

**onearmedbandit** · 23rd May 2010, 12:52

Originally Posted by SMOKEU

Are you sure it wasn't the Highway 61 bikers?

I haven't seen a group ride of the 61's in Christchurch for a long time. Are they even still present in town?

**Kickaha** · 23rd May 2010, 12:57

Originally Posted by onearmedbandit

I haven't seen a group ride of the 61's in Christchurch for a long time. Are they even still present in town?

Or the Henchmen, Epitah, Road Knights etc etc, used to be reasonably commonplace to see them around

**imdying** · 23rd May 2010, 15:32

Originally Posted by scumdog

Biker funeral??

What difference would that make? Are you allowed to run reds without a helmet on if someone dies on a bike?

**SPman** · 23rd May 2010, 19:44

If there's a truck coming through there'd by enough dying on bikes to justify it, I guess.....

**dmc** · 23rd May 2010, 22:34

Yeh I saw them and it was bikies, no idea what brand but alot of old Maori guys on hogs, no helmets and giving the cop behind them with his lights on the finger.

**Bad Gixxer** · 24th May 2010, 08:57

Originally Posted by dmc

Yeh I saw them and it was bikies, no idea what brand but alot of old Maori guys on hogs, no helmets and giving the cop behind them with his lights on the finger.

Oh well, if they were sconned by a bus while riding through red lights and not wearing helmets, then it would've been a classic display of "Natuaral Selection". You gotta raise the gene pool somehow. (my comment relates to their contribution to society and is not racially based BTW.)