THIS is riding in the rain...

**LBD** · 2nd June 2011, 19:53

Quite some skill, talent and confidence on show there...

I take it they are not on slicks then?

**racefactory** · 2nd June 2011, 22:08

Originally Posted by george formby

Every time I see these videos I feel like finding an insurance write off, smashed plastics, & turning it into a gymkhana toy. Cheap & cheerful. Just need an event...

It's slow enough even for me but still very skillful. I bet most of them are Tokyo couriers, nuff said!

Why I bought a motard and I'm loving it. So crashable.

This form of motorsport needs to start in NZ now! Nearly any kind of bike can compete and do finel, minimal expenses, no danger, maximum accessibility. This is good stuff.

**Brian d marge** · 2nd June 2011, 23:52

Originally Posted by george formby

Every time I see these videos I feel like finding an insurance write off, smashed plastics, & turning it into a gymkhana toy. Cheap & cheerful. Just need an event...

It's slow enough even for me but still very skillful. I bet most of them are Tokyo couriers, nuff said!

isnt it called trials ??? No reason why it cant be on the tarmac!

Stephen

**george formby** · 3rd June 2011, 09:31

Originally Posted by Brian d'marge

isnt it called trials ??? No reason why it cant be on the tarmac!

Stephen

I wonder if using a trials bike would be classed as cheating?

**racefactory** · 3rd June 2011, 10:14

Motards are not cheating!

**george formby** · 3rd June 2011, 10:36

Originally Posted by racefactory

Motards are not cheating!

No, not a Motard. One of these tricksy wee things.

**Slingshot** · 3rd June 2011, 18:49

Reminds me of a bucket race up at the Slipway in Wgtn a couple of years ago - was hosing down (and freezing and windy). Left a wake in the surface water as you rode through it.

**Katman** · 7th June 2011, 12:29

Not in the rain but impressive none-the-less.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9twUAi1Q4o0&NR=1

**george formby** · 7th June 2011, 12:57

Originally Posted by Katman

Not in the rain but impressive none-the-less.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9twUAi1Q4o0&NR=1

Dang! Love the grazes on the bellypan..

**Spearfish** · 7th June 2011, 20:15

Apart from all the obvious skills I'm lacking for a competition like this, the one I probably wouldn't overcome is forgetting the feckin course.

Would love to give it a crack anyway, it would be a hell of a sense of achievement building up to a eventually doing a clean run.

**Ricardo S** · 7th June 2011, 20:25

buhu, refer to http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...post1130078624

i'm keen, should we start getting serious about it?

cheers

**rastuscat** · 7th June 2011, 20:26

Originally Posted by Ender EnZed

I know the topic has been raised before on here but I don't remember the outcome; is there anything like this going on in NZ?

Annual recertifications for the NZ Police riders. Not as hard out, but the bikes weigh a bloody ton. Try throwing one of them around.

**jaffaonajappa** · 7th June 2011, 22:58

Originally Posted by rastuscat

Annual recertifications for the NZ Police riders. Not as hard out, but the bikes weigh a bloody ton. Try throwing one of them around.

Throwing what around, exactly? I may be keen.....

**kiwifruit** · 7th June 2011, 23:05

Originally Posted by Spearfish

Would love to give it a crack anyway, it would be a hell of a sense of achievement building up to a eventually doing a clean run.

Careful what you wish for!

Originally Posted by Ender EnZed

I know the topic has been raised before on here but I don't remember the outcome; is there anything like this going on in NZ?

There will be soon!

**george formby** · 8th June 2011, 10:25

Originally Posted by kiwifruit

Careful what you wish for!

There will be soon!

Does that imply I need to pull finger & get some engine bars, bubble wrap my plastics & get some oggy knobs?

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