Smarty pants... since ages ago
The road between Alexandra and Roxburgh is very hilly and twisting .... and very prone to strong winds.
As a regular user of tis road in all manner of vehicles ... I would entirely agree with Shrek.
Attached are a few pic's of the area. Both pic's are in the same spot. But typical of the entire road. The water (lake) in the first pic is the Clutha river.
When life throws you a curve ... Lean into it ...
Hardcore Biker
looks like there was plenty of room for you and your whale to pull over to take ya pics so why couldnt they pull over also..?? or slow down so someone could pass them.??? doesnt matter what road your on at the end of the day, if your not doing the speed limit for what ever reason and someone is sitting up ya date the normal thing to do is pull to the left and let them pass only takes 5 seconds.... unless your just a fuckwitOriginally Posted by FJRider
Coal Burning XV Rider!
K, so here I am, 6 months since I've been able to ride anyhow.(No not bike related, thanks you doubting thomas'es) 3 years ago I got My wife onto a motorbike of her own. She now rides a 400 Nonda and is riding it well.
She doesn't always do the speed limit in places, she is adept at moving out of other road users way where she can and does so without complaint or anger.
We ride together and with close friends as often as we can.
I have had other road users and yes this includes other bike riders, pass me and then proceed to bully her with their superior size or speed,simply because they can.
I too wait until it is safe for her and then go after the barstards for all I'm worth.my old Yammy thou is no slouch and I am not afraid of anyone in a car.
I go after them simply to get their rego number, but have ended up in some pretty weird road ballets.
What I find unpleasant about this thread is the apparent attitude among our own that if you are for ANY reason unable or unwilling to get out of the way then you should get off the road.
You lot need shooting with a ball of your own shit!
I'd wager that some are just shit stirring, but some are not and their true colours are most definitely flying high and proud.Pity you have no pride in supporting your own kind!
I'd suggest to those whose only advice is to get out of the way and or off the road that you have neither read Shrek's story properly or don't give a a rats arse about fellow bikers or about the standing in this community of the OP.
Please don't forget that many motorcyclists have lost their lives due to inattention and or deliberate acts of sabotage by other road users, mainly car drivers, who do this sort of thing and drive on oblivious to what they have left behind.
Understand exactly where you are coming from Shreky, bloody scary for you, watching Mrs Shrek getting monstered for no good reason and even worse to find it's a middle aged woman who couldn't be bothered waiting a minute or two for a safe overtake.
Report the bitch and make sure Mrs Shrek goes with you to lay her own complaint about a car driving using their vehicle to attempt to remove her form the road.
Then worry it like a dog with a fucking bone until something happens.
Every day above ground is a good day!:
Shafty Bugger
100% with you caseye ,
It has been sad to see the retorts by some of members to this story, very surprising the attitude as well.
Unlit, country roads, very windy, lots of ups downs and roundy rounds, roads you northern city riders would balk at riding on at night,
Yet here was a man and his wife, she on a small light 250, puttering home on a stormy night, riding is a safe manner, and you judge them?
Come down south and ride southern roads at this time of the year ever day, see if your attitude changes.
Or are you too afraid to get your chrome dirty, or wear out your continentals, or actually experience riding in conditions that really test your skills. I don't mean high speed skills either, snow Ice, mud, sleet, wild winds, and lazy drivers.
To be old and wise, first you must be young and stupid.
Smarty pants... since ages ago
It was at the time calm ... and quite cold. That is snow on the hill ... as there is at the moment. It is also daylight in the pic's ... Shrek was at night.
To pull over into that spot I could not have done at 80 km's ...
As I recall ... the law only requires you to pull over to let traffic pass if it is safe to do so. He did not believe it was.
With Shrek's experience ... his ability to decide on this this ... would by far exceed yours, Regardless of how long you manage to live.
Going by your statements so far ... it wont be long ...
When life throws you a curve ... Lean into it ...
salty dog
Real brave from behind a keyboard........
read your profile......
2 friends....
wonder why...
please let me know when you call Shrek fuckwith in his face...
Like to be there....
Opinions are like arseholes: Everybody has got one, but that doesn't mean you got to air it in public all the time....
Hardcore Biker
wow iv only got 2 friends on kiwibiker....... ;-( you stupid fucks that think this place is all that make me laugh,
and i didnt call him a fuckwit i said unless your a fuckwit..so totally his call to answer// hahaha fool,
and at the end of the day its not hard to slow down and put ya blinker on an let people pass if you dont like them behind you.
you dont have to stop totally but slow down to 30 and they will pass,
im sure you wernt on a 1 lane road aye..
and anyway whats he doing taking his wife out on such a dodgy windy road at night if she aint up to riding on a hill as bad as that..??
i love taking the piss out of you fools on here..
Loud and Uncouth
Great, just what we need on KB, ANOTHER keyboard warrior with 20-20 hindsight and no knowledge of the area he's discussing!
Winding up drongos, foil hat wearers and over sensitive KBers for over 14,000 posts...........
" Life is not a rehearsal, it's as happy or miserable as you want to make it"
Hardcore Biker
if you dont like what someone is doing behind you on the road pull the fuck over or speed the fuck up,
dont let them sit behind you for 10 fucking ks and then let them pass.. and then come on here to have a cry about some fuckwit in a car,
chances are they are also at home having a cry on a car fourm about some road hogging fuckwit on a bike that couldnt/wouldnt do the speed limit and that wouldnt slow down and pull to the left safely let them pass so they could carry on their way.
salty dog
wow....
what balls....
shame they cant be seen without microsope...
Go back play with yourself
leave the adults alone
Hardcore Biker
what would they do if it was a ambo or fire truck of piggy behind them with their lights on wanting to get past to get somewhere to save someone..??? they would have slowed the fuck down and let them past would they not..?? why did they not just do that then or is the road sooo narrow that only 1 car can fit on the road at any 1 time..???Great, just what we need on KB, ANOTHER keyboard warrior with 20-20 hindsight and no knowledge of the area he's discussing!
"trolling"
the car pulls out at the start of a broken yellow line & over takes me... bearing in mind mrs Shrek is just in front of me 10m then the car just indicates & pulls back in & it's either hit the brakes & let them in or get cleaned up, so I brake let them in... by now I'mthen the @#$%* pulls right up behind mrs Shrek, less than a metre... (now I'm realy pissed) thinking they're going to run her down... so I pulled out & pushed my way back in between them with a few gestures etc... & the car sat right up my ass for the next 10 or so ks then over takes.... after car over took & was clear of mrs S I then cought up & sat back about
20m & follow the car into Roxburgh & side road to find the driver was late 50's or in 60's & the attitude was you're only doing 80ks get out of the way.....I would have got off to teach it some manners... but if I'd hit her..... so tomorrow it's off to mr
& do it by the book
I hear ya on that Maha but take note of the post & I'm not exagerating the distance I pushed my way back in to protect mrs S was the right thing to do!!! as it looked like the driver of the car was going to run her down & she had no where to go & we did pull over where we could but the car just sat behind me with lights on full & being out that far I was unsure who what etc... was behind the wheel so I wasn't going to stop
& as for Rossirep & Sable ........
Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down ones life for his friends. (John 15:13)
NEDWN VIII
Far call, like I said, I would have done the same had it been Anne in that position...its what we do.
Hardcore Biker
Tailgating is illegal, so to is passin on a yellow centre line.
I hate being tailgated, its usually done by pricks who wont overtake anyway.
While I agree moving left/slowing down is the best thing to do, it reads to me like the car driver had an opportunity to pass safely. Sounds to me like the conditions were shit and the OP felt he did the right thing at he time. I would do similar, or worse if my wife was threatened in this manner.
Night rider
Because to stop on that road in gale force north westers is to not be able to start off again. Bike have been blown off that road in strong winds, and the safest thing is to keep moving at 60 - 80 kmh and don't stop. Ask Oldrider, or Timg, or a few others about riding that road in strong conditions this time of year and see what comments you get about stopping.
Time to ride
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