Scooter complex?

[mossy1200]

Its only fair you should swap positions with honda riders Choppa.You cant be on top all the time.

[Drew]

Just watched that Prime series on the Who last night, how did the song go?


"Can't see no keyboard keycaps,
can't see no monitor glow,
trolling as a reflex
types by sense of smell


Actually I saw that streaming better, but you get the gag.

That doesn't even bloody rhyme. FAIL!

[F5 Dave]

Meh, I pulled up the lyrics after the first cut & decided I couldn't be arsed making a Haiku for a quick joke so I gave up then & there in noble tradition. Sounded good in my head thou.

[The Singing Chef]

Do you have a scooter complex??

I ride a scooter to work from my home in Eastbourne to work in Petone, 10km of nice winding roads 70km area


Anyway there are quite a few other motorbikes that I pass because they are more patient or they are just happy to dordle but when I pass them they seem to have this instant race reaction haha they usually go flying past on a straight then wobble around the corners so I promptly pass them back.

Its very entertaining!!

Would you be upset by a scooter passing you? If I were on a big bike I think id just laugh

I rode my ex's scooter around a few years back, good fun for some paddock skills. I would laugh my ass off if a scooter passed me on the outside of a corner, then I would probably just kick the bastard off for good measure.

[F5 Dave]

If he could pass you 'round the outside he'd probably be able to dodge the kick, do a backflip & KungFu you. Think I've seen a youtube clip of that- in Bikinis.


watch them search

[Madness]

From Ngauronga to the terrace tunnle is our only motorway, because it's the only way into town from the hutt.

So they've dug up the Old Hutt Road then?

[ducatilover]

Buy my scooter
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/List...x?id=463180492

That's a fookin' minter

[sleemanj]

...seen one exactly the same as that last year

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...h-ch-rush-hour

kids!...they like to learn the hard way

I know it's all "haha, that'll learn ya", but I contend the following

THE SAME WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF HE'D BEEN PEDALLING

a cycle in the cycle lane is in fact less visible to the left turner than the scooter, it is more likely to be taken out in exactly the same way, PROVIDED that the cyclist and motorcyclist (or scooterist if you want to make the distinction) are behaving in the same way.

So quite frankly, I can't see how his being a scooter made a difference, it was more his either

1. going too fast, faster than a SENSIBLE cyclist would
2. not being observant, less observant than a SENSIBLE cyclist would

A scooter or motorcycle can (I know it's shocking unheard of knowledge for Kiwibiker, but here you go anyway) be ridden slowly, and if you're sidling up a cycle lane, that's exactly what you should be doing, just like a cyclist would.

Now, why you ask am I on a high horse about this? Because I think that motorcyclists should formally be allowed to use cycle lanes, PROVIDED that they are behaving like a cyclist, so basically, riding SLOWLY.

[300weatherby]

Do you have a scooter complex??

I ride a scooter to work from my home in Eastbourne to work in Petone, 10km of nice winding roads 70km area


Anyway there are quite a few other motorbikes that I pass because they are more patient or they are just happy to dordle but when I pass them they seem to have this instant race reaction haha they usually go flying past on a straight then wobble around the corners so I promptly pass them back.

Its very entertaining!!

Would you be upset by a scooter passing you? If I were on a big bike I think id just laugh

Dunno about the real world, but how about bringin the Peugoet to the next SOT and leave that nasty Beamer thingie at home.

[CHOPPA]

Dunno about the real world, but how about bringin the Peugoet to the next SOT and leave that nasty Beamer thingie at home.

hahaha I didnt think they would let me ride with white boots let alone a scooter....

The best thing about a scooter is you can ride it flat out and not break the speed limit and no I dont use the cycle lane

[Sable]

So they've dug up the Old Hutt Road then?

That leaves you halfway along the motorway to Petone.

[willytheekid]

-I know it's all "haha, that'll learn ya"
-THE SAME WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF HE'D BEEN PEDALLING
-I think that motorcyclists should formally be allowed to use cycle lanes.

-Never once did I imply or state "HAHA that'll learn ya" in regards to a kid who nearly got seriously hurt, crippled or worse case killed! (it was bloody horrible to watch!)

-As clearly stated in the post, he was speeding, riding erratically & dangerously!...much faster than a peddly could have gone...hence not the car drivers fault!

-cycle lanes are for cyclists!...not scooters...motorcycles...or cars!, never ride in them-(but I do understand your logic if "filtering" past stand still traffic...but even then, its illegal and could put a cyclist at risk...or even worse!...you could also scratch your ride on their handle bars as they go under you)

Have a great Easter sleemanj

[Madness]

That leaves you halfway along the motorway to Petone.

Incorrect. The Welington Urban Motorway begins at Ngauranga & ends at the Terrace Tunnel, as Drew stated.

[jonbuoy]

The fair weather bikers riding on a wave of unused adrenalin on the first sunny day of the year are more annoying than the scooters that have been out in all weathers over the winter.

[davebullet]

got a helmet cam sloan? Would be a larf to record one of your rides and sequence of big bike humbling maneouvres and post on here