Re Sunday

**Kwaka-Kid** · 3rd December 2003, 11:04

hey guys, i cant make it sunday as i have to work. But hey just to let you know

I finally scored myself my first set of demerit points... 35 of the big boys too.. was coming down from kerikeri 2up on VFR400, i sit @ 110-upto 115kmph everywhere, came to back of van doing approx 95, thought, fuck this, open straight, just dropped 2 gears from top and went to redline just as i got passed, double shifted it up and coasted back to 110, the coppa got me in middle of overtake @ 121kmph. bugger, im $170 poorer, bloody nice guy tho, my gf grew up with his son etc they knew eachother, he owned a gpz, 30mins of cheap talk on bikes and he still told me he really did have to write it. I said no problemo and that i understood i was doing bad... only issue now is my old theory was do ur overtake as fast as poss to get back onto ur side of the road. But now with a van like that i will overtake @ 105-110 and take alot longer, putting myself on the wrong side of the road for longer, often having to go between an oncoming car and the one im passing, damn, but itll save me another $$$ if i can keep fitting thru that small gap

**Motoracer** · 3rd December 2003, 11:16

Thats not good about your ticket thoe. Its only resonable to overtake as fast as possible and ofcourse you are going to be over the limit during that manuver. A fine for that is not justified I reckon. I'd be writing a formal letter if I were you KK.

P.S. Just out of curiosity, is your gf the same chick who was going to come for a ride on the back of your bike on that coromandle loop?

**aff-man** · 3rd December 2003, 11:21

That almost happened to me but luckily CK was up ahead with his life saving detector. Sorry to hear about the demerit points buddy they really gonna cramp your style.

**riffer** · 3rd December 2003, 11:28

You're damned if you do and damned if you don't, KK.

I absolutely insist its safer to be on the wrong side of the road for as little as possible, and I've always overtaken as quickly as possible. That could be at 140+, especially on a 750cc bike.

It seems ridiculous to me to overtake 2-5 km/h than the other guy who, chances are, will speed up at a passing lane anyway, and bloody dangerous.

Trouble is, the coppers reckon if he's doing 100 you should not overtake anyway, as it's illegal to exceed the speed limit. But if he's doing 98, you go past at 100, they could still do you if you don't merge 'safely' at the end of the manoeuvre.

I say use a radar detector and if its safe, go past as quickly as you can handle.

My $0.02

Demerits suck. I now have 50-odd. One for doing 69 km/h on an empty road I though was a 70 km/h road - my fault - stupid.

And the other for towing an empty trailer with my GT-B at 6.30 am on a Saturday - doing 95 past Manor Park - bastards!

It's almost enough to make you wish you had a ticket for doing something worth bragging about - then again, maybe not. That would be REAL expensive.

**Coldkiwi** · 3rd December 2003, 11:32

don't you look for cop cars coming the other way before pulling out logan?

sounds like you're wiser for the experience anyway.

**Firefight** · 3rd December 2003, 11:38

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Motoracer
[B]I am not really sure, I am not good with organising stuff. I am keen to tag along with anyone who is out riding on Sunday. Any ideas FF?

Don't care as long as it's not up north

Lets see what the others want to do

If they can't make up there minds, I would like to do Otrohanga again via back roads, Andrew and I did it, a couple of weeks ago, lots of fun.

Would be thinking of going Tuakau,Glen Murray, Naike, Dunmore
Waingarao,Ngaruawahia,Tekowhai,Whatawhata,TeRore,P irongia,Tihiroa and in to Otorohanga for fuel eats, and back same way till we reach temple veiw, cut across Hamilton to Morrinsville, Tahuna
Heo-O-Tainui to Ohinewai, along the exspress way SH1 and stopping @ Bombay Autobahn for a quick drink .

firefight.

**aff-man** · 3rd December 2003, 11:42

How long was that??

**Kwaka-Kid** · 3rd December 2003, 11:47

coldkiwi-it was a semi-long straight, with a right hander up ahead, the cop came around the corner as i was mid overtake, said he couldnt get a lock till i had passed and was slowing down, and i swear i instantly buttoned off back to my usual 110... and the reason i overtake someone like that, is because its a clapped out old van going flat tack @ around 95, which to me isnt much difference to my speed but i also know he will end up coming to a standstill thru all those corners up ahead that i bet would be more fun @ my speed

cest la vie

-oh and MR, no way dude, that chick is my best mate, but because of new gf loving bike so much i dont think my mate has been out on the back since? hmmm...-man i swear u loose either way.

**Firefight** · 3rd December 2003, 11:57

[QUOTE]Originally posted by aff-man
[B]How long was that??

Hey Affman , long time no see

wouldn't have a clue

, ask Andrew, (Knowledge Boy)

firefight (ex Physics Boy)

**Motoracer** · 3rd December 2003, 12:05

lol I have never heard of any of thoes places. Would be good to ride on new roads for a change. But as aff-man said, how long is it? is it over 500ks? Not sure how durable these 2 strokes are.

Edit: Just saw your post FF, will wait for Andrew to say how long the ride is.

**Kwaka-Kid** · 3rd December 2003, 12:06

Originally posted by Firefight
firefight (ex Physics Boy)

but now Superior Physics Man!

**Firefight** · 3rd December 2003, 12:43

Originally posted by Motoracer
lol I have never heard of any of thoes places. Would be good to ride on new roads for a change. But as aff-man said, how long is it? is it over 500ks? Not sure how durable these 2 strokes are.

Hey MR, it should be about 350kms .

firefight.

LB · 4th December 2003, 04:51

Hi FF - I used to live at Hoe-o-Tainui - my parents had a farm there. Most people have never heard of it - they say "pardon?" when you say where you grew up. Nice roads.

CK - it's very hard to spot mufti cop cars when they keep changing - I was sitting in traffic right behind one a few months ago - on SH2 around Waipukurau - and i didn't realise it was a mufti. Black Commodore, spoiler, lowers, towbar, couple of sunhats on the back windowledge. Only reason I didn't pass was my husband came up beside me and gave me the "cop ahead" signal. I thought he was losing his marbles, till a km or two later when looking at teh back windowledge I saw the lights.

Around National Park a couple of weeks ago we came across a dk green Nissan Navara 4x4 - blue and red lights flashing, chatting with his customer. And similar area there was a blue Commodore station wagon.

**Firefight** · 4th December 2003, 06:32

Originally posted by Lynda Blair
Hi FF - I used to live at Hoe-o-Tainui - my parents had a farm there.

Around National Park a couple of weeks ago we came across a dk green Nissan Navara 4x4 - blue and red lights flashing, chatting with his customer. And similar area there was a blue Commodore station wagon.

Hi Linda, yeah Hoe-o- Tainui is one of my fav bits of back road, nice and fast good corners, and hardly any law..

Re the Navaras, there are heaps of them in all sorts of colours, they are normally used by CVIU (truck cops), if you watch at weighbridges around the country you often see them there they normally wear blue overalls with poilce badge on shoulder, but they will pull cars/bikes up if they feel like it, however they dont have the same pursuit ability of normal HP cars.

firefight