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    Quote Originally Posted by Berries View Post
    Cold season? Auckland? How cold does it get up there in the tropics? I am guessing you might get the odd sub 5 degree morning but I don't know.
    You do realise that someone that lives in Alaska year round could probably say the same to you?

    It's all relative.

    Having said that, you are right in that it seldom gets cold enough up here to be considered too cold to ride. And even when it does some of us still ride.
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    Quote Originally Posted by aws View Post
    I'll still be out there every day.

    Btw, you're not the bloke with his lunch strapped to the back seat are you?

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    Quote Originally Posted by aws View Post
    Half to a dozen frosts a year maybe. Definitely still riding weather by international standards, but it seems a lot of bikers are pretty soft when it comes down to it.

    Actually the cold is not really the issue. It's the ongoing rain in the winter that is probably the biggest factor for most people.

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    Yes, half a dozen frosts maybe, depending on what part of Auckland you're in.

    It's looking to continue being fine 'til Thursday, so definitely more riding on the agenda. The rain is a nuisance alright.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zedder View Post
    The rain is a nuisance alright.
    I don't mind riding in the rain so much, it's just the hassle of having to put on all the wet weather gear!

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    Quote Originally Posted by aws View Post
    I don't mind riding in the rain so much, it's just the hassle of having to put on all the wet weather gear!

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    Haha, but ya only have to do it once...

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    Quote Originally Posted by kfc4unme View Post
    Hi all,

    I'm busy sitting at the airport about to return to SA from a holiday in NZ. Haven't slept since yesterday

    Just wondering to myself, during the couple of days I was in Auckland and surroundings, I didn't see many motorcycle commuters. Any ideas why? I would think with that traffic it would be more popular. (As far as I know lane splitting is legal).

    Btw, beautiful county you have. Kiwis are super friendly too.

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    Forget it Jake, it's Auckland. (Classical movie reference).

    Elsewhere we do commute. Although that said I worked a shift yesterday and even with The Gear on, it was a mite frosty.

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    I use the Vespa if I'm working in the city as lots of bus lanes and I have parking. Its 30 minutes compared to the hour using the

    train.

    From my office in East Tamaki I mostly use the car, soft as mentioned earlier and I don't like my suit getting crushed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zedder View Post
    Haha, but ya only have to do it once...
    But then I've got to take it all off again and dry it out ready for the next day...

    What's good though is that when we renovated recently I created a fully insulated coat cupboard with power so I can run a dampchaser in there. Nice and toasty warm cupboard for hanging and drying all my gear 😀

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    Quote Originally Posted by aws View Post
    But then I've got to take it all off again and dry it out ready for the next day...

    What's good though is that when we renovated recently I created a fully insulated coat cupboard with power so I can run a dampchaser in there. Nice and toasty warm cupboard for hanging and drying all my gear 😀

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    excellent idea..

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    Quote Originally Posted by aws View Post
    But then I've got to take it all off again and dry it out ready for the next day...

    What's good though is that when we renovated recently I created a fully insulated coat cupboard with power so I can run a dampchaser in there. Nice and toasty warm cupboard for hanging and drying all my gear 😀

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    Heh, put on then take off, that's what happens. Drying cupboard is the go.

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    Quote Originally Posted by aws View Post
    I don't mind riding in the rain so much, it's just the hassle of having to put on all the wet weather gear!
    At least you arrive drier than those who have to walk from car/bus station to their abode of work!

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    ... and I don't like my suit getting crushed.
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    One of the guys on the course yesterday asked if there was a way to sue NZTA for the piles of gravel that make road works so bloody unsafe for bikes.

    In addition, the council here grits the roads in winter in the interests of road safety.

    I told him that until there are a lot more bikes using the road, we won't feature in planners thoughts much, if at all.

    There's a critical mass number of riders needed before we really get much say.

    Seriously, sit and watch traffic flow for a while. Bikes are a very, very small percentage of the overall traffic. Sure, on Sat and Sun the weekend warriors boost the numbers, but we are still a small minority.

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    [QUOTE=rastuscat;1131047370]One of the guys on the course yesterday asked if there was a way to sue NZTA for the piles of gravel that make road works so bloody unsafe for bikes.QUOTE]


    Nothing about NZTA, however, there was an instance here in 2004 iirc where a motorcyclist won a criminal nuisance case against the Hawkes Bay Council and a roading contractor after he crashed due to loose chip on the road.

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    I'd need another bike, as the Ducati is a pig in stop start traffic.

    When I had the DRZ400 I did commute quite regularly, as it was a lot more fun than sitting in the car.

    The main reason I hear for people not commuting by bike is that the consumable cost of a big bike is too expensive, and the cost of owning another little bike just for commuting isn't justified.

    I'll be back to commuting when I get around to buying a replacement for the DRZ......
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    One of the things I miss with retirement is not riding to and from work,

    except when it's pouring cats and dogs and blowing half a gale... those mornings deserve another half hour under the covers!

    However, when I was commuting by bike I'd often take the car if it was raining in the morning, not because of trying to get wet gear dry [one of the office ladies always made sure if I got wet my gear was dry by the end of the day] but because I found drivers were even less observant when it rains and the generally poor road skills were thrown out the window...

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