Night riding/driving

[justsomeguy]

One must put the emphasis on rep, unfortunately. Mine has never been over 5000 revs in top gear...

Yes Sir, I believe you completely .

... Thinking out the back towards clevedon?

Yup can do

Full moon coming up soon Woooooooooo

[Wolf]

I always had problems with the whole wanting to howl at the moon on those perfect nights. Invariably the urge rises just before the tightest set of twisties.

I find this disturbing. Not that you want to howl just before the twisties, but that you feel it is a "problem"...

Many's the time when I've been out riding at night and the sound of a muffled howl rings out (full face helmet).

[Wolf]

wolf.....im not quite that bad when it comes to the reflectors...but then country road i ride at night is barely used so there are none [hence the near ride into a ditch! LOL]
but honestly.....that dont sound right to me....being blinded by the reflectors. is there nothing an optometrist could do? maybe semi tint visor? such a shame really..... night riding is the best.

The reflectors and signage only become a real problem if I've been exposed to glare for an extended period otherwise they are not a tenth of a problem that oncoming headlights are. Mind you, I don't encounter overly "decorated" corners anywhere near as much as I encounter long streams of oncoming traffic.

Given a really quiet road with very little or no traffic, I still absolutely love night riding - far surpasses day time - it's only the increased amount of night-time traffic and the increased percentage of ultra-bright headlamps that makes it unpleasant.

The trip to Sanson was SH3 to 8-mile Junction, SH4 to National Park, via Ohakune to Waiuru then SH1 to Sanson - shitloads of oncoming traffic, a handful that were slow on the up-take and hit me with full beam but mainly it was "low" beam that was hurting. Encountered the occasional older car - identifiable by the fact that, compared with the other cars, it looked like it was running on park lights!

If I were going for a night ride for pleasure I'd seek out quiet unfrequented roads.

[Dont_die_wondering]

but i must admit the worst of all is the numbnut with only one headlight....cant tell if its a car or a bike

i second that, having one headlight isnt even legal ...clueless cagers

[Dont_die_wondering]

I always had problems with the whole wanting to howl at the moon on those perfect nights. Invariably the urge rises just before the tightest set of twisties.

LOL zebra

[Dont_die_wondering]

Many's the time when I've been out riding at night and the sound of a muffled howl rings out (full face helmet).

bet if u were wearing an open face you'd scare the shit outta some poor cager LOL

[kickingzebra]

The reason it scares me, is you have to look at the moon when you howl, but just before the twisties? It's a recipe for disaster, as no one can say how long a howl will last, the howl will go when the howl is gone!!

[Wolf]

i second that, having one headlight isnt even legal ...clueless cagers

And most are such utter numbnuts they don't know how to swap the working bulb to the driver's side if the driver-side bulb has blown as the law allows in an emergency.

Never mind if it's a sealed beam unit - they need to either learn sufficient skills to swap the unit over or park up the car and find another way home.

A number of times I've only known it was a car at the last minute or because there's been another car following it.

[Wolf]

bet if u were wearing an open face you'd scare the shit outta some poor cager LOL

You've seen my profile pic, then.

I know, I should also wear a tinted visor to protect the general public, but, hey.

[Wolf]

The reason it scares me, is you have to look at the moon when you howl, but just before the twisties? It's a recipe for disaster, as no one can say how long a howl will last, the howl will go when the howl is gone!!

Fair enough, best to limit the howls to the looooong straights and pray you don't twist the throttle too hard when doing so...

[Dont_die_wondering]

The reason it scares me, is you have to look at the moon when you howl, but just before the twisties? It's a recipe for disaster, as no one can say how long a howl will last, the howl will go when the howl is gone!!

lmao so howling is best kept for straight roads or to scare someone out of a carpark then..

[Dont_die_wondering]

You've seen my profile pic, then.

I know, I should also wear a tinted visor to protect the general public, but, hey.

no i havent, but looool