Fire fire fire

[Nouseforaname]

just got a text from a mate saying a building is burning down on Barry's Point Rd in Takapuna..... hopefully it's not one of the many bike shops on that road.

[danb]

Originally posted by Nouseforaname
just got a text from a mate saying a building is burning down on Barry's Point Rd in Takapuna..... hopefully it's not one of the many bike shops on that road.

Yea i saw that on the news on tv this morining.
Yes it was a bike shop of somesort - dont know which one.

[MikeL]

Radio news said it was full of tyres - must be Cycletreads???

[Mitch]

You got it in one MikeL.  Unfortunitly it was Cycletreads.

[Slim]

Isn't there some sort of Motocross business in that building too? Just saw the morning news: big building between the Honda & BMW shops - defo Cycletreads. I bet it stinks in Takapuna this morning!

[Kwaka-Kid]

Originally posted by Mitch
Unfortunitly it was Cycletreads.

Yeah? alright i think some of the staff there are not bad at all... however after my one and only experience there i sure as hell aint going back... damn... what goes around comes around i guess.. but he burnt the building down for me just coz they forgot about tyre pressures, lied about what sorta tyres they were, and wasted half a day-before-a-raceday  of mine? damn.. i wasnt that angry about it..  

[MacD]

Here's a news item on NZOOM about the fire. At least it sounds like the bike shops either side were unaffected.

[Hoon]

Will they be having a fire sale on tyres? 

[jrandom]

Originally posted by MacD
At least it sounds like the bike shops either side were unaffected.

Yup, they're fine. I work around the corner in Fred Thomas Drive. Rode past the smouldering shell this morning... gawd it's stinky. The guys at Holeshot were rolling out the display bikes as per normal though... it was slightly surreal.

Apparently it burned late yesterday evening, one of the guys here who was working late saw 'three-storey high flames' around 9pm. Would have been quite a sight (and smell!)

Might be worth a bit of quick looting to see if there are any unburnt BT012s under the rubble

[What?]

Originally posted by Kwaka-Kid
alright i think some of the staff there are not bad at all... however after my one and only experience there i sure as hell aint going back...

Yeah, the best ones walked over the road and set up a new business. Those left behind pissed me off big time.

[Kwaka-Kid]

heck yeah What? i say go leading edge!!

hmmm, new question in head... i wonder if it was an inside job? i wouldnt put it passed 'em

[danb]

The Dam media can never get anything right.
Watched the Morining News on Breakfast or whatever it is and said it was a motorbike wharehouse or something. Ohh well they must be wrong if thats the case!

[Coldkiwi]

bugger. leading edge will have to make some more room. At least Holeshot are still standing because i"m due for a service there next week.

 

[Lou Girardin]

From the look of it, there won't be anything worth salvaging.
Totally gutted. Poor buggers.

[750Y]

what a waste of stuff 8-(, there was so much good bike stuff in there too like leathers/helmets/suits/tyres etc. Lucky no one was hurt tho. Man, Leading edge & motomail are gonna be busy, they must be rubbing their hands together.