Uh-oh, this is bad, Andy is watching us, lads.

[Blackbird]

Who is the Kiwibiker that is now in the LTNZ.???

He has yet to start and will no doubt announce it when he does.

[Pixie]

I ain't blaming them for the shit weekend weather!

I only blame them for promoting so many benefits, and importing so much non skilled immigrants and multiple refugees which results in you and I working harder and for less my friend!

Sounds like you and I are the suckers, not the 600 skilled kiwis leaving for Aussie every week! (and when they're being replaced by beneficiaries, It doesn't provide for alot of hope for a recovering future).

Labour loves beneficiaries-guaranteed votes

[oldrider]

Something nasty is in the (LTSA) wind!
I saw Andy Knackerhead on the TV the other night and he has had a "makeover"
IE: The ridiculous haircut has been manicured to make look almost human!
For them to go to that much trouble, they are up to no good and that means we will be the first in line for their bullshit policy changes.

My oldest brother has had a motorcycle licence as long as I have and I know he has only ever ridden a little scooter thingy now and then in all that time.
I knew that it would only take him a bit of practice and he would be quite competent and safe riding any size bike on the road but that is not the end of it.
Recently widowed he thought he would buy a bike and just tour around the country for a while.
I talked him out of just doing it, because there is so much more to it than just being able to ride the bike.
I offered to go away together on my bike two up taking turns at riding/pillioning starting with short trips and building up and help him get conditioned physically and to the effects of the elements before he made a commitment to buy a bike and all the gear to go with it.
The conclusion is that he's not going to buy a bike now, it appears riding the bike was the easy bit handling the elements was another matter altogether.
You can't make a decision about things like that from watching the telly.
The older you get the slower you react, especially in extreme conditions and it's too risky finding that out the hard way. (for everyone)
If you don't know it's comming, it will be too late when you do!
You have to be honest with your self, or you will just help Andy Knackerhead build up his statistics of doom.
I think my bro made the right decision. The elements would have got him in the end! He left it too late! John.

[Ixion]

Maybe Andy has a new boyfriend, hence the spiffy hairdo ?

EDIT: It's always surprised me that it is possible to get a licence without showing competance in riding at night, let alone in the rain (hard to test the latte rof course, but they don't even ask any questions about it. And there's nothing in the road code about it , bit about wind and trucks , but not rain. I think. May be wrong, it's quite a while since I read the whole thing.)

[Lou Girardin]

I did a bike test in the rain. It was pissing down so hard that my wipers barely made a difference and I wanted to stop the guy but he carried blissfully on.
Needless to say, he passed.

[The_Dover]

I sat my full licence in the pissing rain at 6.30am and it was dark too.

It fucking sucked but I passed.

[mdb]

Why assume riders are the problem? A better idea would be to focus a campaign about bikes to the general public (both riders AND drivers).

[Lou Girardin]

Why assume riders are the problem? A better idea would be to focus a campaign about bikes to the general public (both riders AND drivers).

They've done the "Look out for bikes" thing. But what's the use when you still get homicidal cagers look you in the eyes and still pull out. Twice in the last two days for me.

[Ixion]

But, they pull out in front of other cages, too. They even pull out in front of me in the Pajero. They even pull out in front of honking great trucks.

[Lou Girardin]

I'm not worried about cagers, I'm worried about me and my easily broken body.