Outrageous riding

[YellowDog]

At 6am-7am many assume the backroads are clear and barely look before crossing.

The East Coast Road is a good example for this behaviour. Walking Dogs, getting milk from the dairy etc. etc.

Not forgetting the pushbike posties on the way to work

[Stirts]

Not forgetting the pushbike posties on the way to work

And the "Sure girls" doing their "walk of shame"

[racefactory]

There's risk in everything. Best stay inside if you're going to be that way. And if you must know, the back roads that I know anyway are very easy to see if there is a hazard... there is time to reduce speed or take action etc. That's why I choose them. What's a fact is that a main suburban road IS NOT, ever. I think you'll all have a hard time disagreeing with that one.

I'm not sure why it's so hard to understand how dangerous 100kmh around some of the blind corners in a populated East Coast Bays is? Maybe it needs to be seen for itself...

[PrincessBandit]

And if you must know, the back roads that I know anyway are very easy to see if there is a hazard... there is time to reduce speed or take action etc.

I seem to recall a spate of accidents not that long ago which involved "country" roads with tractors etc. turning in driveways and across lanes which weren't spotted and accounted for in time...

Not saying that all back roads are prone to that, plenty of 'em are long and straight or with reasonable visibility around bends; it all comes down to riding to the conditions and not falling into the "I know this road like the back of my hand" trap 'cos there's eventually going to be something that you're not expecting in your line of travel.

[Fatt Max]

And the "Sure girls" doing their "walk of shame"

Yep, plenty of them gals owe me favours......

Once you've had fat...

[FJRider]

There's risk in everything. Best stay inside if you're going to be that way. And if you must know, the back roads that I know anyway are very easy to see if there is a hazard... there is time to reduce speed or take action etc. That's why I choose them. What's a fact is that a main suburban road IS NOT, ever. I think you'll all have a hard time disagreeing with that one.

I'm not sure why it's so hard to understand how dangerous 100kmh around some of the blind corners in a populated East Coast Bays is? Maybe it needs to be seen for itself...

Backroads that allow you to speed ... and be able to see ALL hazards ... and be able to stop in time ... safely ... makes you just another motorist, not a Biker.

Enjoy your northern roads ...

[release_the_bees]

I would have thought at 6am you'd be more likely to strike a farmer moving stock for milking.

Was it just me that read this as "I would have thought at 6am you'd be more likely to strike a farmer moving stock for Miloking"? Pretty considerate farmers round those parts!

[YellowDog]

Yep, plenty of them gals owe me favours......

Once you've had fat...

Once with 'Fat' never back

So the rumours are true

[SPman]

+1. Doing the heavily populated 50km/h section of East Coast Bays road at 100km/h is simply dangerous. They probably did it for some fun and because they accepted the risk they perceived. Doesn't make the rest of us road users happy though.

Jeez - I'm old enough to recall when East Coast Bays Rd WAS a country road with bugger all traffic.....and Glamorgan Drive had no houses and was great for a sunday morning wake up - with no helmet...to clear your head after a hard saturday night.........

[skippa1]

ahhh, pots, kettles, do as I say, not as I do?

[jellywrestler]

theres that old saying "people who live in glass houses".

should have sex in the basement...

[Mully]

Who were the 2 coonts absolutely flying through East Coast Bays today? A red Ho-bag 250 and a Kawa 650R.

Not only did you get snapped by the speed camera but what's up with the knee down round those blind bends? Literally 100kmh around some of those 50 zone bends, actually saw your knee bouncing off those bumps. No chance to anticipate anything in front at all.

Where's Skidmark living, these days??

[Genie]

Where's Skidmark living, these days??

Will his name be forever remembered?

[firefighter]

The only thing outrageous around here is this;

[Berries]

The only thing outrageous around here is this;

If Jem was that good they would never have changed their name to Asda.