ATNR (Auckland Thursday night ride) - Discussion thread

**Kiwi Graham:Me** · 15th January 2009, 21:10

Sorry I didnt stop of at the pub, got hit on the foot by an iron bar!!!!! flicked up by the dude on the orange ZX6 5-6k's outside Albany. Big toe going black and throbbing like a c*#t thank god I was wearing bike boots! On my hols next week so catch up the week after.

**Hinny** · 16th January 2009, 05:45

Getting injured at the start of your holiday is a bitch. Still it could have been a lot worse.
Bet it gave you a helluva surprise.
Good luck for a speedy revovery.

**Qkchk:Me** · 16th January 2009, 07:54

Originally Posted by Kiwi Graham

Sorry I didnt stop of at the pub, got hit on the foot by an iron bar!!!!! flicked up by the dude on the orange ZX6 5-6k's outside Albany. Big toe going black and throbbing like a c*#t thank god I was wearing bike boots! On my hols next week so catch up the week after.

Gee Graham, thats a bit flukey eh? Must be a Hells Angel out there missing his iron bar off his bike?

Real nice ride guys ' n gals. By the time I got to Albany I was ready to turn around and head up to Wellsford. The ride had great mojo!

Pretty well behaved lot last night, just a couple of things to point out:

1. If you have max forward momentum and then realise the turn off is just in front of you, turn only if you can do so safely. If you have 30 bikes up your bum it pays to carry on up the road and then turn around.....

2. One particular biker has 9 lives. After poppin the wheel up, this rider managed to put it back down just as a :Police car pulled out of a road just ahead of him. No doubt one he had a 'poo poo' moment and would have been well behaved sitting behind Mr.:Police til they parted company.

3. If you decide to reverse your bike into a parking space up against the kerb, please watch what is going on around you, as you may have stolen someones spot.

That is all.

**OutForADuck** · 16th January 2009, 08:41

Damn, KiwiGraham!! that is a flute hit.
Hope it doesn't impact your time up north mate.

Fun ride last night, good well behaved ride, with just enough hooliganny (is that a word?) Just ask Westie

**vifferman** · 16th January 2009, 10:31

Originally Posted by OutForADuck

Damn, KiwiGraham!! that is a flute hit.

I thought it was an iron bar, not a musical instrument?

**Pumba** · 16th January 2009, 12:09

Shhhh, you didnt here it from me

**westie** · 18th January 2009, 22:29

Originally Posted by Qkchk

Gee Graham, thats a bit flukey eh? Must be a Hells Angel out there missing his iron bar off his bike?

Real nice ride guys ' n gals. By the time I got to Albany I was ready to turn around and head up to Wellsford. The ride had great mojo!

Pretty well behaved lot last night, just a couple of things to point out:

1. If you have max forward momentum and then realise the turn off is just in front of you, turn only if you can do so safely. If you have 30 bikes up your bum it pays to carry on up the road and then turn around.....

2. One particular biker has 9 lives. After poppin the wheel up, this rider managed to put it back down just as a :Police car pulled out of a road just ahead of him. No doubt one he had a 'poo poo' moment and would have been well behaved sitting behind Mr.:Police til they parted company.

3. If you decide to reverse your bike into a parking space up against the kerb, please watch what is going on around you, as you may have stolen someones spot.

That is all.

Ha! no more 9 lives for me used em all up this arvo. Did a nice burn out to farewell my captives tho.

That turn off is a bit of a nasty one. Once over the brow of the hill before it, the following bikes cannot see you. Bit of a stuff up sorry.

**jamiey** · 19th January 2009, 17:23

Originally Posted by OutForADuck

Damn, KiwiGraham!! that is a flute hit.
Hope it doesn't impact your time up north mate.

Fun ride last night, good well behaved ride, with just enough hooliganny (is that a word?) Just ask Westie

Spoke to Graham today. His big toe is pretty swollen and black, probably a chipped bone. But numbing the pain while on holiday with plenty of bottles of brewed anathesia

**OutForADuck** · 19th January 2009, 21:19

Originally Posted by jamiey

Spoke to Graham today. His big toe is pretty swollen and black, probably a chipped bone. But numbing the pain while on holiday with plenty of bottles of brewed anathesia

Guess if you kill the pain enough that way your not gonna be using your feet too much anyway

Good on him.