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[Slim]

I vaguely recall someone being blown into the Harbour Bridge uprights very badly some 12-15 years ago. Friend of a friend of a friend, so I don't know the exact details. There were definitely broken bones & a stay in hospital though.

I brought a c@r because of the Harbour Bridge. It was extremely scary on my GB250 during the winter, and a couple of close calls & major adrenaline shots convinced me it was time to give in. I really feel for you guys on the truly little bikes.


Is it true that opening the throttle (or changing down a gear to get the revs up) whilst keeping your foot on the rear brake will stabalise your bike in windy conditions?

[vifferman]

....bought a new helmet today, as although i am bikeless, it is only for another 90 hours (or 3 sleeps and a bit, or 5400 minutes). not that i'm counting

...and the bike is...?

[Cajun]

ya bunch of soft cocks, road in auckland city this morning 20 mins in rush hour traffic, from the end of the north westen.

no a problem, road from city back down north western to other end, leave city at 4.30 took me 20 mins and still not a problem, you auckland folk need to harden up

and i am on a light as a feather bike

[marty]

here's some clues.

1:



or,


it's very
:cool2:


and it'll be here

[marty]

who was the poor biker north bound on the ohinewai expressway this afternoon? was stopped on the road side it was so windy and wet and dangerous. looked like a VFR (red). i was south bound, otherwise i would have stopped

[Antallica]

Well it was ok for most of the day with about 4x 30 minute patches of hard-ass rain. Of course on my way home this evening I got caught in a short blast

[MikeL]

Perfect timing this afternoon. Left work at 3, rode home on dry roads in a gentle breeze and arrived about 2 minutes before that second lot of hail hit...

[Firefight]

Perfect timing this afternoon. Left work at 3, rode home on dry roads in a gentle breeze and arrived about 2 minutes before that second lot of hail hit...

got soaked as I rode home from first night shift this morning 06-30 spent the day sulking and drying out, then got soaked, hailed on, and the 50knot winds in the afternoon coming back for the second nightshift.

still love bikes

F/F

[bgd]

It is very wet and very windy with not a lot of visibility. Only thing we don't have are low temps. Wimbledon must have started.

[MD]

Just returned from 2 days in Auckland. How do you guys cope on bikes. Rain passes over every hour(see I hate riding in the wet). Guess you all just time your runs between showers. Tawa to wgtn airport 25-30 minutes (OK so it was 5.40am-ish), wgn-ack flight 58 mins then 1hr 20 bloody mins in cab to city. Spot the problem though, every single car has a single occupant-yeah I'm guilty of that myself. Pity covered scooters haven't taken off. Seen pics of a neat Benelli with a fold out hard top. Shame they haven't taken off as a cheap & dry alternative to the car crawl. The BMW scoot doesn't count when you can buy a car cheaper!

[Lou Girardin]

After February's ride on the Himatangi Straight in 140 km/h plus wind, the Harbour Bridge doesn't scare me anymore. Some bikes are better behaved than others though, the Bandit is much better than the RF. It must have something to do with the full fairing.
I wouldn't want to be on a little bike though.