So who's riding home today in Auck?

**justsomeguy** · 24th January 2006, 15:04

Aww come on a bit of wind is nice - keeps you on your toes...... as long as you don't try to break any speed records.

Looking forward to the 20ks home tonight

a bit of lane surfing is always cool

Hmmm wonder what kind of weird weight shifting contortions will be required to keep from getting blown around......

The harbour bridge should be ok as long as you keep your speeds down and there aren't too many cars about so you have a bit of room to drift, so it may pay to wait a bit longer at work till the traffic dies down a bit.

**johnsf1980** · 24th January 2006, 15:21

Has anyone ridden over the harbour bridge so far this evening? I might have to later on and just wondering what the conditions are like

**Qkchk:Me** · 24th January 2006, 15:26

Originally Posted by justsomeguy

The harbour bridge should be ok as long as you keep your speeds down and there aren't too many cars about so you have a bit of room to drift, so it may pay to wait a bit longer at work till the traffic dies down a bit.

Try and do that with a 20ton truck!

I got pushed bigtime heading north this morning, was silly of me to be in lane 3 with the median barrier flying past my door. Got pushed over to the left and almost into the bridge. Funny how you can be steering to the right and you end up going left............

**Lou Girardin** · 24th January 2006, 15:34

Oooh scary, I better phone my wife and get her to pick me up.

**justsomeguy** · 24th January 2006, 15:37

Originally Posted by Qkchk

Try and do that with a 20ton truck!

I got pushed bigtime heading north this morning, was silly of me to be in lane 3 with the median barrier flying past my door. Got pushed over to the left and almost into the bridge. Funny how you can be steering to the right and you end up going left............

Damn

-- all that surface area for the wind to push against....... hope you're ok.

Are there any special moves/advice you truckies do/have for such weather??

**justsomeguy** · 24th January 2006, 15:40

Originally Posted by Lou Girardin

Oooh scary, I better phone my wife and get her to pick me up.

Aww shut up will ya .....

I can see the snigger on your face........

**The_Dover** · 24th January 2006, 15:43

Originally Posted by Lou Girardin

Oooh scary, I better phone my wife and get her to pick me up.

Any chance of a ride Lou? Wouldn't want my gixxer to be "blown" off the road again.

**loosebruce** · 24th January 2006, 15:45

Fuck i am on the TL with racetecs

got in spinning in 4th in between a row of cars on my way to work this morning when the tyre lost it on the cat eyes, gonna try for 5th on the way home

**Grahameeboy** · 24th January 2006, 15:52

Originally Posted by Lou Girardin

Oooh scary, I better phone my wife and get her to pick me up.

and a Police escort......he he

**Ixion** · 24th January 2006, 15:55

Originally Posted by The Harold

The strong winds in Auckland blew a truck onto its side on the Southern Motorway near Ramarama. No one was injured in the accident.

Goodness me. The trip home may be interesting. Not to worry , Herr Uberfarter sneers Teutonically at NZ winds - "Mein Gott , you call zese winds? We HerrenVolk sneer at zese puny breezes. In Der Reich we haff der real vinds vot blow for ein zousand years. Yeh har"

**Finn** · 24th January 2006, 16:02

Originally Posted by Lou Girardin

Oooh scary, I better phone my wife and get her to pick me up.

Don't worry about it Lou, she's with me. I'll pass on the message when we're finished...

**Grahameeboy** · 24th January 2006, 16:05

Originally Posted by Finn

Don't worry about it Lou, she's with me. I'll pass on the message when we're finished...

You mean she will have time to pick him up...

**dawnrazor** · 24th January 2006, 16:05

Got a chance to use the ever stylish all-in-one rain suit today, bought it back in the winter and haven't used it yet. Bought it a size bigger then I need to accommodate all the winter gear under it. However it seems a bit too big really, its fine around town but over 50K and it fills up with the wind and I look like a blimp, has a certain sail like quality as well...prehaps not a great buy.