I HATES THEM I DOES......

[Pixie]

Pisses me off too,this whole no responsibility thing pisses me off.As people bleat and moan about the smallest thing and take others to court for their ''lack'',out comes back up cover my arse tactics.People sue councils for an unmarked bend,roadworks etc,so they go way overboard.SH16 north of Auckland was a quiet backwater of a road,I've been riding it since the early 70s,now more and more are using it,Tranzit are pushing it as an alternative route north - and now every corner has huge yellow signs up.I just wish people would shut up,if you bleat and moan you will get a reaction - exhaust rules,licence restrictions,boi racerlaws...they will just slap regulation after regulation on us.

16's the one I was refering to.I live on it

[Pixie]

Hear hear. Lets sue McDonald for getting fat, lets sue the cigerret companies for getting lung cancer, lets sue the microwave onv company for killing my hamster when i tried to dry it in it after a bath. Lets not take any resposibility for our own life and use any of the gray matter we have been equipped with. lets put pool fensing up so we don't have to take resposibility for our kids either and we can let them roame around in other peoples gardens. We don't need any freedom, we can't handle it, we need to be ruled and guided like sheep.

Blat over

Mmmmmm microwave hamster

[mstriumph]

thought i was the only one ..............can still do that in places around here ....eerie/great/moving

I remember when it was like that, too.

And back then, because there was so little light pollution, if you had a good moon you could actually ride faster with lights off than with them on. Truck drivers used to turn their lights off on the back roads. Just maybe a glimmer from the little side lights. Pretty safe because there was very little likelihood of meeting anyone on a back road at night.

I did it quite a few times, really nice experience blatting through the moonlit night on a big single.

Even without a moon you could navigate reasonably well by starlight if the night was clear and you gave your eyes half an hour to adjust.

[SPman]

It bottoms out the suspension and imparts a giant sized boot up the arse. Some people might actually enjoy it but I'm not that way inclined .

Only a boot up the arse! Last time I hit that I couldnt stand up (or sit) (or lie down) for about half an hour.
Dont think the swelling has gone down yet - either that or Im naturally gifted . . `

[anhrefn]

I wish everybody would just shut up and stick to riding or driving. Those who can't cope with the roads (either bikes or cars) should stay off them. Especially wallys in campervans and horsefloats.

I whole hartedly agree with that, I mean I know my night vision isnt too good so I dont do night riding on my bike (used to love it too just cant see the road to well no more). Its not the low light but the fact that the damn car lights keep stuffing up my eyes and the road glare is getting worse these days.

Hmmm metal poles? might have to get myself a cordless grinder, the ole scrap merchant should give a pretty dollar for them muahahahaha. Maybe if I pull enough of those dicky things out they might give up on them?!?

[myvice]

I'm in the same boat, cant see well enough at night to ride so I generally don’t.
On the odd occasion that I find myself out "past my bed time" it all goes well up to when some wanker with 50.000 watts of the front of his 4wd cant find the dip switch or I score an own goal thanks to transits road side mirrors!
Might have to get a white cane out of the front of my bike?