To be blunt...

[fuknKIWI]

When you fucking up fatally adds ammunition to their efforts to get rid of us then it very much is my business.

Nah not your business just your problem.

[dipshit]

Oooh, bound to win there....

Yeah, there are some blow-hards around that talk shit.

[Ixion]

Something encouraged me to be blunt - not sure what......

We are trying to get a few of us from the club to tour down your way come the summer.


You might want to alert the press.

Be sure to take spare chairs.

[AD345]

Oooh, bound to win there....

yeah well, if I'm gonna tilt at windmills they might as well be big fuckers

[AD345]

Yeah, there are some blow-hards around that talk shit.

remarkable display of self-knowledge there dipshit

Your therapy must be going great guns

[peasea]

I second that...this is the crappest weather and I don't like it. Where has the sunshine gone but i'm glad i'm not in Oamaru today.

Lost your water wings eh?

[peasea]

Before a fast ride.

Before, during, after, whatever. Mind you, I doubt it'll be that fast on touring bikes over the Takaka Hill.

[fuknKIWI]

Before, during, after, whatever. Mind you, I doubt it'll be that fast on touring bikes over the Takaka Hill.

Hmmm some of the boys used to have a no engine race from the top to the Rat trap, even going so far as to disconnect the chain for less rolling resistance.

[Kickaha]

Hmmm some of the boys used to have a no engine race from the top to the Rat trap, even going so far as to disconnect the chain for less rolling resistance.

Last time we did that we even passed cars on the way down, place burned down not long after, someone must have got pissed off with the crap service

[peasea]

Hmmm some of the boys used to have a no engine race from the top to the Rat trap, even going so far as to disconnect the chain for less rolling resistance.

Nothing surprises me on the Mainland. Got stuck in the Rat Trap for three days during the floods of '83. That was a learning curve.

[fuknKIWI]

Last time we did that we even passed cars on the way down, place burned down not long after, someone must have got pissed off with the crap service

How sad I didn't know, when did that happen?

[Kickaha]

How sad I didn't know, when did that happen?

19 May 1994..

[Grubber]

mid life crisis is a bullshit term to use, appears to be a catch-phrase that's used out of context all the time by media & cops, with no evidence whatsover that the persons involved in accidents were actually having some sort of crisis or not. The only crisis I see is after the crash has occurred.
For me it's more the fact that once the kids grew up & the mortgage had mostly disappeared,I finally had some spare money to do with what I want! So I chose to get a bike, no crisis there. For every middle aged bloke (or bloke-ess) who has a crash, there are hundereds (or thousands?) more who don't. I had a break from riding for around 10 years, got back into dirt bikes then decided the road was for me , so jumped into a 900cc for a couple of years, followed by my current 1600. Been back riding now for around 5 years (only 3 on the road). How long (& how many kms) does it take before they decide you're out of the mid life crisis?

I agree. I had a break of around 7 years from when i was 28 to 35. While the kids grew up, as you said, and i was able to teach them to look after me in my old age (which they don;t by the way). Brought my Harley at this stage. when i discovered that just because a Harley is new it doesn't mean that it will ride well under pressure. SOLD! 3 triumphs later and all is looking good. One small crash caused by some gravel and one large one in my youth is all i have for scars. Mid Life crisis....????? no crisis here folks.
So all in all i have no answer as to why so many crash. Maybe just need to pace ourselves a little better till we get really goood at it.

[Katman]

One small crash caused by failing to see some gravel

Just fixed that up for you.