COROMANDLE RIDE 11TH DEC

[TONO]

What about the car/bike that wants to pass..... they cant, think of others thats what I'm trying to say


20 riders on a KB ride 2 weeks ago, over to the west coast.... NO bins (BrenChCh however did end up with a permanent pinch mark in his seat)

How many were on the Coro ride?

Actually we had close to 30, I think I counted 27 at Kopu and a couple more turned up at Coro.
If the weather hadn't looked so dicy, and the Nationals weren't on I think Yoshi would have got his record easily.

[Zapf]

The only reason that happened is cos I didn't know you were there

Otherwise I'm the first person to wave people infront - as you know.

ok... turn your indicators off then :P (don't worry.... but do remember )

[justsomeguy]

ok... turn your indicators off then :P (don't worry.... but do remember )

Yes, sorry I should be more attentive, or as the young people say...... Aww shit homey - my bad, may bad, peace bro

[Rashika]

It's only illegal if you can see less than 100 metres of clear road ahead of you, you could see at least 300m up the road on that corner.

oh so its only illegal to travel on the other side of the road if you cant see more than 100metres in front? Ok when you can see more than 100 m?
Sorry mate but the only time I will travel on the other side of the road is too past something car/truck/whatever ...full stop... no other reason or need to do it, unless of course you cant handle the corner and NEED to cut it ...

sorry not really serious about the travelling on the other side of the road above
and this particular situation it *may* be okay to cut it, but there seems to be a few who think it is the "norm and ok" to cut corners, and newbies will see that and think *shit cool I can do that too*... maybe if you have huge experience and know EXACTLY what to do in an emergency situation for when that truck cuts the corner in front of you, but otherwise play it safe, live another day

[Goblin]

oh so its only illegal to travel on the other side of the road if you cant see more than 100metres in front? Ok when you can see more than 100 m?
Sorry mate but the only time I will travel on the other side of the road is too past something car/truck/whatever ...full stop... no other reason or need to do it, unless of course you cant handle the corner and NEED to cut it ...

sorry not really serious about the travelling on the other side of the road above
and this particular situation it *may* be okay to cut it, but there seems to be a few who think it is the "norm and ok" to cut corners, and newbies will see that and think *shit cool I can do that too*... maybe if you have huge experience and know EXACTLY what to do in an emergency situation for when that truck cuts the corner in front of you, but otherwise play it safe, live another day

Funny you should say that, while I was riding to Coromandel from Thames, by myself, I had to take evasive action 3 times where oncoming cars and one small truck were cutting BLIND corners. Now when that road narrows, I know to keep well left to avoid all the Pajeros towing boats etc. The pics of us cutting the corner is a totally different stretch of road and those of us that did, did it safely as we could see the whole road and knew we weren't putting anyone in any danger.
I hope I didn't set a bad example for the newbies.

[terbang]

Yup remember that stretch with Tony up there with his camera. Can't remember how I did it but it was up hill with great vis and anyone judiciously using both lanes could easily do so with safety. Why all the grief?

[White trash]

No we havn't forgotten D. I dare say that if you Southlanders organised as many sizeable group rides as us Orklanders, your statistics would be about the same when it comes to bins.

Gotta disagree right here Zed, I've ridden with a good sized bunch of Christchurch riders a couple of times now on road rides and have yet to come accross one with "my dick's bigger than yours" syndrome. And although the Coro ride Riff raff and I gatecrashed last weekend was different (thank goodness), every other Auckland ride I've been on, I've met one.

[Waylander]

Yup remember that stretch with Tony up there with his camera. Can't remember how I did it but it was up hill with great vis and anyone judiciously using both lanes could easily do so with safety. Why all the grief?

Why the grief? Becouse with the number of Cagers crossing the centre line in that area it really isn't safe for anyone to do so. And it will happen one day where these peaple that say they only cross the centre line when they have good visability will start thinking that a meter less is still ok. Then another meter less and another. Then one day a car happens to be on the other side.

Only time I will ever cross the centre line is when I have a good 100m atleast visable of road and need to pass someone. Other than that as I said before why make a curvy road straighter? We all bitch and moan when the government does it.

[Goblin]

Why the grief? Becouse with the number of Cagers crossing the centre line in that area it really isn't safe for anyone to do so. And it will happen one day where these peaple that say they only cross the centre line when they have good visability will start thinking that a meter less is still ok. Then another meter less and another. Then one day a car happens to be on the other side.

WE CROSSED THE LINE BECAUSE WE HAD GOOD VISIBILITY AND THERE WERE NO CAGES COMING THE OTHER WAY!! Who are you to tell anyone how safe, or not, it is in that area?? You probably dont even know that road at all.

[dangerous]

Actually we had close to 30, I think I counted 27 at Kopu and a couple more turned up at Coro

lets say 30..... and 3 crashes... thats 10%, bloody shocking

I also get the impression you have a dislike for anyone north of 'your' patch.

My perception, based on your comments, is you're a small minded finger pointer with a chip on his shoulder. Exscuse me if i'm wrong

Fuk nose why i'm trying to explain anything to you Dangerous

North... na mate pay more attention, I dislike those "south" of my patch you guys arnt inbreeds are yas?

You are exscused

you are explaining cos I listen

[Waylander]

WE CROSSED THE LINE BECAUSE WE HAD GOOD VISIBILITY AND THERE WERE NO CAGES COMING THE OTHER WAY!! Who are you to tell anyone how safe, or not, it is in that area?? You probably dont even know that road at all.

Read the PM I sent you in regards to the neg rep you gave me. And didn't you say something about not calling anyone names earlier? I've been up in that area several times but only once on the bike wich was the sunday before yesterday

[terbang]

Only time I will ever cross the centre line is when I have a good 100m atleast visable of road and need to pass someone.

Yup, no problem with that and thats you and there are others as well who see it differently. Simple really but not worth the grief.

[boomer]

The point is i shouldn't have to explain and you shouldn't judge.

Maybe i need to pay more attention to your comments, geography or i've missed a subtlety some where along the line?! As for my blood line.. i'm probably of germanian decent if you go back far enough and im sure they raped and pilaged some'one' they shouldn't have.

[Goblin]

Read the PM I sent you in regards to the neg rep you gave me. And didn't you say something about not calling anyone names earlier? I've been up in that area several times but only once on the bike wich was the sunday before yesterday

I never called anyone names on the public forum. I prefer to keep that sort of thing private. Good greif man, you take the cake!! You get the Dick of the Week Award!! Well done.

[Karma]

OK GUYS CALM DOWN!!


Firstly, there is absolutely no way you can tell a persons riding style from some photographs... only those who bear witness can comment. Whilst Boomer and Enigmas riding styles seem a little fast and agressive to me, that's how they ride... if I don't like that then I'm free to let them go past (not that I have much of a choice )

Secondly, quit the bitching... you may not like to hear this... but you can't make other people do what you want them to do. Free will is a bitch. If you want to make a comment about somebodys riding then PM is the place to do so, either that or pull them up quietly at the next stop for a chat. If they choose to ignore you then so be it, nothing else you can do about it.

There will always be people out there who you think are worse / unsafe / dangerous riders... if that's really true (and this is gonna sound heartless) then at some point they'll bin it and hopefully walk away wiser.

I know for a fact that my off taught me that you can't take your mind off the ball for a minute, otherwise just when you don't expect it that road'll bite you in the ass (literally).

We're (mostly) all adults here, and the adult thing to do if you don't like the way somebody rides is to not ride with them.

So.. urm... I think that's about it... I just feel that we get enough bad rep from the rest of the motoring world, don't need to be giving each other greif over something as unimportant as this.