Drinking & Riding??

[placidfemme]

On Friday night I was out on the piss on the Shore with some mates... And we went to 3 different bars/pubs in Browns Bay, which are all crap by the way... and fucking homophobic (reason for us being booted out of one bar)... anyway

At each of the bars, I saw a biker (a different one at each bar, but a biker non-the-less...)

Bar A: Aces... Biker obviously totally off his face, couldn't walk right... watched him stumble around, didn't look like he had any friends in the pub, after we'd been there for about 20 minutes, I head off to the toilet, come back, biker is gone... asked my mate "did you see where the biker went?" and she said, yeah he went home... guy couldn't even walk straight and rode home... hopefully he made it...

Bar B: The Venue Bar... Shit hole of a place... another biker, walking around carrying his helmet and beer, at one stage put his beer in his helmet while doing something... then started swearing and moaning when he obviously forgot the beer was in his helmet and somehow managed to spill the contents in his helmet... *no officer thats not beer you smell... its just my helmet"... after about an hour he leaves the bar and when we leave he's spewing up on the sidewalk... as we are walking to the Brownsy we see him ride past at like 2kph... at least he wasn't speeding

Bar C: The Brownsy... fucking major shit hole of a bar... get harrassed by all the old drunks in the bar... decide to sit outside... get harrassed anyway... I get pissed off with the comments so I walk out to the car park, have a smoke and watch another biker (red & white honda???) sit on his bike... attempt to put his helmet on and literally falls over the back of his bike, gets up swears and moans... attempts to climb back onto bike, digs around in pockets (obviously looking for his keys), can hear him swearing away from other end of carpark... gets off the bike, puts his helmet on his bike, it falls onto the ground and he just walks off (not back to the bar)...

Another biker in the bar, riding a grey bike (honda again I think) is sitting at table across from ours, not very stable on his feet, but not nearly as drunk as the previous 3 bikers we saw... when we leave, he leaves at the same time, walks at a nana's pace to his bike.. hopes on it, and hoons off...

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I'm not a big drinker myself... I get quite happy on 3 pints, and usually stop at that point... but I've never drunk and then got on my bike, which is my own personal choice...

Whats your limit? Surely if you plan to get hard out on the piss you wouldn't take your bike right?

I'm just surprised at how drunk the first 3 bikers were, I didn't recognise them or thier bikes, so not even sure if they are KBer's...

[Fishy]

Thats pretty bad alright!, seems as though it was a bit of a trend for Honda riders?... Perhaps they felt like they had to be drunk to make the bike a little more interesting?

[SARGE]

Whats your limit? Surely if you plan to get hard out on the piss you wouldn't take your bike right?

while i enjoy a few brain grenades now and then.. i wont operate ANY machine ( 'cept the puter..) when i have had more than 3 beers ( im a big fella so i can get away with more than one ..)

darwinism at its finest ..

Thats pretty bad alright!, seems as though it was a bit of a trend for Honda riders?... Perhaps they felt like they had to be drunk to make the bike a little more interesting?

Beer Goggles man .. they make ANYTHING look rideable..

[placidfemme]

Thats pretty bad alright!, seems as though it was a bit of a trend for Honda riders?... Perhaps they felt like they had to be drunk to make the bike a little more interesting?

lol possibly... when I first spotted the bikers in each bar I thought "Sweet... maybe he's a KBer" as I had my KB shirt on (yay!), they all checked us out (wouldn't you if 4 lesbians walked into your local?)... but no luck... which is why I'm assuming they weren't KBers

[McJim]

I never drink for about 6-12 hours (depends how much I drank - leave a long time after a big session) before I ride a bike or drive a car - it's got fuck all to do with legislation and everything to do with not killing myself and others.

I'm too sensible - too boring - but I can still moan about it coz I'm still alive.

Stopped being able to drink my age in pints at 18....and that was 18 years ago!

[Paul in NZ]

On Friday night I was out on the piss on the Shore with some mates... And we went to 3 different bars/pubs in Browns Bay, which are all crap by the way... and fucking homophobic (reason for us being booted out of one bar)... anyway...

You found an Auckland Bar that Homophobic????

Well they will be broke in record time I reckon....

Paul N

admits to enjoying a one beer buzz while riding every now and then but no more than that ever (these days - in the 70's it was official govt policy to drink drive)

[placidfemme]

Yeah... I was just wondering because, theres a lot of "Drink Drivers" on our streets... we've all seen them at one point, some of us have even been affected by them...

But I've never really heard of Drink Riding, and up until Friday I hadn't seen anyone stupid enough to try it... One drink I can understand... Two... yeah ok... Three... well that would depend on the person right? (Like me being so small... it affects me quicker than a 6ft man), more than 3... well its free choice isn't it...

In situations like the above it makes me wanna smack them over the head and take thier keys away, but of-course that wouldn't work, and I suppose at the end of the day its none of my business... I just wanted to know how far some of us KBer's pushed it...

[placidfemme]

You found an Auckland Bar that Homophobic????

Well they will be broke in record time I reckon....

Paul N

admits to enjoying a one beer buzz while riding every now and then but no more than that ever (these days - in the 70's it was official govt policy to drink drive)

lol have you been to Browns Bay? Bunch of ponsy types who actually arn't even that poncy... but I suppose alcohol can make you feel special... and the above mentioned pubs... (other than the brownsy) are the local's for the labourer types, and you can generally find the same people in there mon-fri after work and sat-sun from opening hours to closing...

My approach is a "in your face... fuck you" type approach...

"oh look here are the lickers"
My response: tongue flicking action followed by a hand gesture... I can push it all I like... after all... whats the worst that can happen? Nothing that I'm afraid of... thats for sure...

Funny part is they all think they're so smart... but nothing is new... we've heard it all before...

[onearmedbandit]

One beer limit for me.

[MSTRS:Me]

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My approach is a "in your face... fuck you" type approach...

"oh look here are the lickers"
My response: tongue flicking action followed by a hand gesture... I can push it all I like... after all... whats the worst that can happen? Nothing that I'm afraid of... thats for sure...

Funny part is they all think they're so smart... but nothing is new... we've heard it all before...

They are only pissy cos they aint gonna get any...

[Paul in NZ]

My approach is a "in your face... fuck you" type approach...
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It's a long standing policy of mine not to annoy people in their local bar. Patrons of those types of bars tend to be a bit odd so why bother? They don't like me, I don't like them, they don't turn up at my place and I don't turn up at theirs, when I do, I'm respectful of their traditions.

I know you have a right to live life as you see fit but so do they I suppose. One things for sure, neither of you stand much chance of converting the other to change teams...

[Dooly]

Seems crazy to get pissed and ride to me.

For the last 2 years I've been unable to drink alcohol, so its not an issue for me.
Dammit.

[Beemer]

I find that after even one drink I feel a bit more relaxed than usual so I wouldn't be keen to ride the bike. Put the helmet on and you've got less air circulating and that makes a difference too. I'm lucky that my husband doesn't drink because whenever we go out, I've got my own personal sober driver!

I wouldn't want to risk riding after drinking because even when you are perfectly sober you can be taken out by another motorist, so why put your life even more at risk by dulling your senses with drink?

Must confess, one group I know are a bit keen on the drinking and riding scene and it doesn't impress me one little bit.

[Sniper]

If I am riding. I will not touch alcohol. Just a personal thing. If someone drives me, I can enjoy a few, but Im not a fan of being drunk. Done it enough to realise that I do more stupid things drunk than not.

[judecatmad]

I'll have a couple of drinks if I'm driving the car but I won't drink anything alcoholic if I'm on the bike.

I rode hungover a couple of weeks ago for the first time ever and that was an experience I won't ever repeat - very dodgy!

I know I'm still in the learning stages, but I really feel that you need to be so much more alert on a bike than in a car that anything in your system which interferes with your alertness (drugs, drink, medication etc) should make you think twice about taking the bike.