This wind.

**Merwood** · 12th June 2006, 16:51

hate this wind at the moment, bike got blown over just sitting in the carpark today which sucks, thinking of taking the fairings off or getting some of those crash knobs put on hmmm, anyone else having problems with this shite weather ?

**Maha** · 12th June 2006, 16:59

Not with the bike, but work wise yes, went out to Pt Wells today to some floor sanding but trees have taken out power lines and power pole's (those concrete ones) no power no sanding......

Its not cold tho', im still in shorts and tee, maybe if the wind changes direction, like from the south....

**silverado** · 12th June 2006, 17:00

Yep. Rode to work this morning to Newmarket from Henderson on North Western Motorway. It SUCKED. Nearly got blown over. Everyone got sent home @ 12.00 so rode the back way home. Say off the Motorways

**chanceyy** · 12th June 2006, 17:00

Originally Posted by Merwood

hate this wind at the moment, bike got blown over just sitting in the carpark today which sucks, thinking of taking the fairings off or getting some of those crash knobs put on hmmm, anyone else having problems with this shite weather ?

buddy everyone is having probs with the wind ... its winter

bikes falling over is the small part of it .. watch out for flying debris .. that could kill you

**Ixion** · 12th June 2006, 17:02

You'll get used to it. Rode to werk along the Suouthern. Not too bad, bit breezy.

Y'gotta expect a bit of wind in winter.

Anyone tackle the Harbour Bridge? Lou?

EDIT: Must admit i was a tad nervous about the BMW being blown over in the car park, I had to park in an exposed place and I could feel it rocking as I put it on the stand. But it seems OK.

**Toast** · 12th June 2006, 17:13

Commuting in haevy wind is easy when you learn how.

There's a thread in 'survival skills' about it.

I crossed the bridge this morn, no worries at all, 'cos I'm 'ard,

**Lou Girardin** · 12th June 2006, 17:14

Originally Posted by Ixion

Anyone tackle the Harbour Bridge? Lou?

Going home will be the fourth time today. It's OK, a little blustery around 1.00PM.
But it's still better than a bus.

**Swoop** · 12th June 2006, 20:38

Originally Posted by silverado

Yep. Rode to work this morning to Newmarket from Henderson on North Western Motorway. It SUCKED. Nearly got blown over. Everyone got sent home @ 12.00 so rode the back way home. Say off the Motorways

'Twas damn near empty this arvo.
Managed to tootle along at speed limit + a score...

**Jonny Rotten** · 12th June 2006, 20:54

Originally Posted by Ixion

You'll get used to it. Rode to werk along the Suouthern. Not too bad, bit breezy.

Y'gotta expect a bit of wind in winter.

Anyone tackle the Harbour Bridge? Lou?

EDIT: Must admit i was a tad nervous about the BMW being blown over in the car park, I had to park in an exposed place and I could feel it rocking as I put it on the stand. But it seems OK.

i had a go at the bridge both ways today...i was ok on the way to work but on the way home was blowing harder... was ok if you were goin 70km plus but any slower and it was hard work to stay up right.....found a four wheel drive to hide next to but the driver kept tying to lose me.......

**Lou Girardin** · 13th June 2006, 10:47

5.30 was fun. No traffic, I could do normal speeds and had the whole lane to get blown around on.
Can we have more power cuts please?

**inlinefour** · 13th June 2006, 11:05

Originally Posted by Lou Girardin

5.30 was fun. No traffic, I could do normal speeds and had the whole lane to get blown around on.
Can we have more power cuts please?

Was nice and quiet yesterday here (although we had power down in the naki). I turned on the television to watch the news and all I saw was a bunch of AKLers spitting the dummy much like Donald Duck does on the cartoons. Anyone would have though there had been a major disaster the way people had been carrying on, but no it was just that there was no power...
Whats next? They need to plug into the mighty Waikato for water, who are they going to plug into for power? I mean it was a broken cable, shit happens and you make do eh, apparently not AKLers.

**Lou Girardin** · 13th June 2006, 11:21

The loss of productivity in the powerhouse of the NZ economy means less dosh to subsidise the rest of the country.

**inlinefour** · 13th June 2006, 13:36

Originally Posted by Lou Girardin

The loss of productivity in the powerhouse of the NZ economy means less dosh to subsidise the rest of the country.

Its the rest of the country having to subsidise AKL, in so many ways. How is the air up there Lou?

**InDeSkyz** · 13th June 2006, 13:59

Originally Posted by Ixion

Anyone tackle the Harbour Bridge? Lou?

Yeah. I went over the bridge yesterday around 2.30pm
I managed to stay within my lane, but it was extremely gusty and I was being blown all over the place.
I quietly thanked the drivers behind me for being curteous and not trying to over take on the two lanes either side of me.
I stuck to the middle, because buggered if I was going to ride on the clipons in weather like that. It felt like the longest ride of my life.
Once I hit the other side, I wanted to punch my fist in the air, but it was still too windy, so I just cheered inside my helmet.

It was a farken amazing experience. Scary, pant-creaming, but exciting.

I was actually heading to work that started at 5pm, but it had stopped raining and I thought it better to tackle the bridge when there is less traffic. (Work finished before midnight and I went over the bridge again. The wind was fairly still though.)
I saw two other bikies coming over on the other side.
And most of the people I saw yesterday, I gather, were the old school bikers that have been riding for a while. Because we were all waving at each other and giving salutes and thumbs up, in a jist type way that, 'yeah baby. We got the balls!'
There's so many bikes around now that I think folks have gotten sick of waving. Surprising to see so many in winter still though.

Anyway, yeah. That was my yesterday for you.