A new low in motorcycling behaviour

[Woodman]

some posters on here seem to have been spawned boring adults and obviously don't know that some of "us" were young and stupid at least once.....

eggzacary. I wish I was young again too, but i don't resent others being that way.

[marty]

I took 2 people to the pub Wednesday last week on my bike. There are fuck all cops around at the moment, and few have their ticket books on them, the rozza have better things to do than do traffic work in Chch.

Don't worry what other folk do, you are not responsible for their bahaviour.

not for long. there is a posse of Highway and STU cops coming down to catch up the Canterbury quota very soon - out of towners don't give a toss about who they make cry - and the local boys can blame it on the out of towners.

[carver]

we reached new highs when making this stuff

[Big Dave]

some posters on here seem to have been spawned boring adults and obviously don't know that some of "us" were young and stupid at least once.....

I'm still stupid and don't give a fuck. Errrr.... :-)

[FJRider]

we reached new highs when making this stuff

and new low's by re-posting it ...

[ellipsis]

...I cant actually remember any leather jackets or pants being owned by mates/acquaintances back in the 70's...unless you were in a patched club...riding boots were thin on the ground...brakes were fairly non existant...a large amount of us were pissed and stoned 60% of the time and running from the law was unheard of...they didn't seem to chase you...and the HQ gear linkages were just as bad on cop cars as anybody elses...three up , half pissed getting to a party or the beach seemed a sensible utilisation of the last 6 inches of the seat...we fell off a fair bit too...

[Big Dave]

Really? I dressed the same in the 70's as I do now. 'cept these days the jeans are made of leather too.

I do miss the Mullet however.

[Grumph]

And some here are old enough to have started riding when you only had to wear a helmet if you went more than 30mph....and survived.

Nothing new on the road...only 3 on the bike ?....pikers.

[Katman]

I'm actually astounded with the amount of riders - well, guess thats what they'd call themselves, out there riding a motorcycle in shorts and tee-shirts.

These guys just have no sense at all, yet they carry on doing it. Sure, when its hot, who wants to get all kitted out - but thats not what ridings about, whether its to work or not, cover up and protect yourselves, and be safe

Riding in a responsible manner (with one's brain fully engaged) in shorts and tee-shirt is immeasurably safer than riding like a lunatic at 260+kph in any amount of safety gear.

[Crasherfromwayback]

Meh I've ridden a motorbike with four pillions. Seriously.

Me too. On a mighty Suzuki RV90! We all had tee shirts on too.

[YellowDog]

Three young men on a red motorcycle. Rider has a helmet but a shirt and shorts only, that is, nothing on his feet. Behind him, two guys without helmets, only shorts, jandals etc.

I'll keep an eye out for them on the news

[pritch]

...I cant actually remember any leather jackets or pants being owned by mates/acquaintances back in the 70's...

My friends and I wore leather jackets, gloves and riding boots in the 60s.
Sheep skin seemed to feature quite a lot.

I do seem to vaguely recall at least one attempt to see how many people we could get on a bike. Inquiring minds and all that...

Of course you couldn't do that sort of thing now. People would make smart arsed cracks about taking your girlfriend for a ride.

[HenryDorsetCase]

Wellington? Early seventies? suzuki AC50? Heading for the Cricketers Arms? If so, we were on the same bike...

flash forward to the early 80's going to the pub on Abel Smith Street (Southern Cross? its still there...but flasher now. Only place that would reliably serve underagers....)

them were t'days, aye...

[jazfender]

Today, Saturday the 2nd of April, Maidstone Road, Christchurch at approximately 5PM.

by golly that's fuckin ridikkalas! i mean really, crikey dick.

[admenk]

Riding in a responsible manner (with one's brain fully engaged) in shorts and tee-shirt is immeasurably safer than riding like a lunatic at 260+kph in any amount of safety gear.

Exactly - having all the right gear does not make you a better rider. (but yes, it will protect you if you come off) I've lost track of the amount of times people have waffled on about how many thousand dollars they spent on their gear, only to get on their bike and ride like a complete idiot. The best safety gear you will ever have is your brain, but yes, some people aren't blessed with those.