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[ghost]

Short Story and a question, left work this morning in Penrose for a customer appointment, proceded to the round about from work, check it was clear, moved through it, was a truck in the far lane was about to run the give way, slowed to avoid them and got Tboned at pace by a confused ethnic driver, "was i supposed to give way?" "that what the sign said fella".

Now my only saving grace was I was in the company car and not on a bike, so I am still alive, I still have my left leg and no one has to wash the mess off the road, but its got me thinking.......

I really dont like commuting in auckland, havnt for a few years due to the close calls by numpty fucks like this one, i am really seriosly considering trading my YZF for a trail or adventure bike. As much as I love riding on good roads, I'm starting to take this a little bit personel, (wife and new boy at home) would agree.

Anyone crossed this bridge before, is it a phase, or do i have to start killing people and hanging their heads on my clip ons to get a bit of respect from the Fucktard Cage Drivers..............

Any ideas

Ta

[ManDownUnder]

Short Story and a question, left work this morning in Penrose for a customer appointment, proceded to the round about from work, check it was clear, moved through it, was a truck in the far lane was about to run the give way, slowed to avoid them and got Tboned at pace by a confused ethnic driver, "was i supposed to give way?" "that what the sign said fella".

Now my only saving grace was I was in the company car and not on a bike, so I am still alive, I still have my left leg and no one has to wash the mess off the road, but its got me thinking.......

I really dont like commuting in auckland, havnt for a few years due to the close calls by numpty fucks like this one, i am really seriosly considering trading my YZF for a trail or adventure bike. As much as I love riding on good roads, I'm starting to take this a little bit personel, (wife and new boy at home) would agree.

Anyone crossed this bridge before, is it a phase, or do i have to start killing people and hanging their heads on my clip ons to get a bit of respect from the Fucktard Cage Drivers..............

Any ideas

Ta

Air horns bud.

I got 'em just have to get them attached...

They work good too!!!!

[nicmotors]

If you were in the roundabout as i think you were. You would have been in the right of way. That is if the "ethnic" chap came into the roundabout wile you were still on the roundie.
All road users are to give way to any traffic which is already on the roundabout.

(Have i got the picture right?)

[nicmotors]

Draw a pretty picture of the fun you had today will be easier to explain..

[Marmoot]

slowed to avoid them and got Tboned at pace by a confused ethnic driver, "was i supposed to give way?" "that what the sign said fella".

yea, damn those ethnic drivers.
What ethnic was it this time? pakeha? maori? nigger? gooks?
What's yours, by the way?

too much information? irrelevant facts? misinformation? political reason? .... never ceases to amaze me at all, as some other members might agree....

[Mental Trousers]

There's a theory that goes something like the more disreputable a rider/bike looks the more people pay attention. So if you were to look like some seriously dodgy character (not fake/wanky like any cafe cruising Harley riders etc - not picking on Harleys btw), then people should notice you and are less likely to run over you because you pose a threat to their health, just in a different way to a car, ie they're likely to get the living shit beaten out of them if they don't do the job right the first time.

[CBR97]

Same sort of thing happened to me a few years ago, i had 3 crashes in about 6 months, 2 were the result of fuckwits driving with there eyes closed, and one was the result of a patch of desel, i decided to give up riding, but after a few summers of watching other bikes, and kicking myself for selling my bike, I needed to get back on the road.


sometime a wee break helps.

but you still have to deal with the blind fuckwits out there.

[kro]

ManDownUnder is right, get some air horns dude, I've had them on 99% of my bikes, and they wake the dead heads up quickly.

Until I moved to Nelson 2 yrs ago, I had been commuting on bikes in Dorkland since 1987, and somehow managed to not come unglued seriously (bar one little 25kmh nose to tail), but by the end of it, I was riding like a granny on valium, and was extremely short tempered. Commuting is a good way to slowly lose your love affair with bikes.
For a year, I was commuting on my FZR thou from Lynwood Ave in New Lynn, to Kerwyn Avenue East Tamaki, and I was leaving for work an hour earlier than I needed to, just to get some quality time on the road with minimal dick-headness.

[Zed]

Now my only saving grace was I was in the company car and not on a bike, so I am still alive, I still have my left leg and no one has to wash the mess off the road

Good points, but purely hypothetical remember! Truth is that you were in a cage and not a bike, if you had been on a bike you would have probably been thru the intersection at least a minute earlier and the twerp who 'would have' t-boned you would've probably hit someone/something else!!

I really dont like commuting in auckland, havnt for a few years due to the close calls by numpty fucks like this one, i am really seriosly considering trading my YZF for a trail or adventure bike. As much as I love riding on good roads, I'm starting to take this a little bit personel, (wife and new boy at home) would agree.

Sometimes I feel the same way about riding in Auckland, especially in peak hour motorway traffic. Last Friday coming back from Sth Ak I had two close (1 real close) calls with cagers changing lanes without sufficient indication, one guy in a 4WD started changing lanes AS I PASSED HIS PASSENGER DOOR and I saw him in my mirror and *freaked*, raised a fist at him too...um...yes...well I was lanesplitting officer.

I say go with your instincts this time and get off the road bikes for a while until the "bike bug" bites you again...it will happen!

[Colapop]

.....Any ideas

Ta

Yup move to Wellington or more to the point Kapiti. It's a sweet ride to Wellington (though not for me til I get my bike together) and there are F*all idot drivers down here. It's on the main truck highway so it's good for family to visit. Apart from that there are the benefits of the beach, good riding roads (weekends), ...etc etc etc

AND no more F*wit Aucklanders (Don't freak out guys and gals - there are a few good Aucklanders too)

[Zed]

Commuting is a good way to slowly lose your love affair with bikes.

Speak for yourself.

I rode for over 6 months down the whole Ak North-Western Motorway and then the Southern all the way down to Mt Wellington to work and back in peak hour traffic, it sucked BIG time, but I wasn't even close to losing my love for riding. Now I have a new job and for the past 6 months have been riding 12 mins to work in flowing traffic and have the option of several excellent open roads to ride home, making the trip about 30-60 mins longer!! This has only strengthened my love for bikes!

[ghost]

[QUOTE=Marmoot]yea, damn those ethnic drivers.
What ethnic was it this time? pakeha? maori? nigger? gooks?
What's yours, by the way?

Ethnic? in this case Indian, and not the North American kind.

Mine?, I like to think of me as a Kiwi, a native of NZ, others may dispute that, maybe we can discuss it sometime..... What are you?

[James Deuce]

There's a theory that goes something like the more disreputable a rider/bike looks the more people pay attention. So if you were to look like some seriously dodgy character (not fake/wanky like any cafe cruising Harley riders etc - not picking on Harleys btw), then people should notice you and are less likely to run over you because you pose a threat to their health, just in a different way to a car, ie they're likely to get the living shit beaten out of them if they don't do the job right the first time.

We should all follow Big Dave around then.

[Marmoot]

[QUOTE=ghost]

yea, damn those ethnic drivers.
What ethnic was it this time? pakeha? maori? nigger? gooks?
What's yours, by the way?

Ethnic? in this case Indian, and not the North American kind.

Mine?, I like to think of me as a Kiwi, a native of NZ, others may dispute that, maybe we can discuss it sometime..... What are you?

some people said im gook.
But I still failed to see the relevancies of the fact to the Penrose giant roundabout or the T-bone issue. I think that roundabout should be revamped, regardless of the ethnicities of the builder. And a T-bone is a T-bone, regardless of the ethnicity of the boner. As some other members would agree...

[oldrider]

I envy you guys who commute to work every day at least you have a reason to ride. I do not however envy the environment you ride in. I am not intimidated by the city traffic enough that I am afraid to go there, I just think it's a place I would rather not be by choice. You certainly do raise the ratio of injury opportunities riding around amongst all those other fuck wits in the cities. To me it's like playing Russian roulette, the odds are certainly not on stacked your side.
Not wanting to steal the thread but what are the best loud horns to fit to a bike?
The best sounding horn I have heard was on an MX5 we used to have. It wasn't too big either. Any suggestions? Cheers John.