Worst Ride You've Had?

**Waylander** · 25th September 2006, 19:40

Weekend before last on my trip back up from Chch. Only part that sucked was the stretch from Wellington to Just before Dessert road.

Loaded down with my backpack making it even harder to get out of the wind that was coming at me from two directions. Front and from my left. More wear on the left side of my tyre now than they right because of that. I even came across a guy on a Honda full faired sports tourer that had been blown complettly off the road by the wind.

Also had a really nasty looking storm chasing me all the way up to Toupo. Every time I stopped for anything it would be right on my tail pissing down no farther than maybe 2-3k behind me.

The rest of the ride was a mint one though.

**Big Dave** · 25th September 2006, 19:42

Originally Posted by Clivoris

During the mid 80's on a Suzi GS1000e. Auckland to Hastings but through driving snow on the Taupo-Napier road. So cold...so wet...so slow that cars were passing me and laughing. Dressed in the standard black leather uniform of the day without wet weather protection. Arrived sore, tired and with skin died black from the leather die. The things young men will do for sex eh!

bwahahahah - I don't even know what you look like clive - but I'm imagining me like that and fuck it's funny.

**Big Dave** · 25th September 2006, 19:43

Originally Posted by Waylander

Weekend before last on my trip back up from Chch. Only part that sucked was the stretch from Wellington to Just before Dessert road.

Sweet as!!!

**Oakie** · 25th September 2006, 19:44

Can't really remember a ride that I wish hadn't happened ... although perhaps that's something to do with my memory rather than ride quality.
A ride I wouldn't do now but I did do around 1981 was Oamaru - Balclutha and back on an XL175 with my girlfriend (later promoted to Mrs Oakie) on the back. Can't imagine that it would have been fun after the first 20km but I don't recall it as a bad experience. (Perhaps it was having her 18 year old boobs massaging my back for long periods of time that made it bearable?)

**dawnrazor** · 25th September 2006, 19:46

the time i clipped the old dude while he was crossing the road was pretty bad, I stayed on but he fell off his feet and broke his hand....it was dark and he sort of jumped out of nowhere and it was dark and I had just hit the aprillias power band and it was dark....I still feel shitty about that one

thats not what you mean is it!!!!!!!!!!

Okay then Galway to Dublin in winter, sub zero temps sleet and rain, all the wrong cheap ass clothes on a 125, to young and pig heaed to realise the danger of dumbing hands and legs, stopped only for petrol and newspaper which I wrapped myself in, in an effort to keep warm oh and the last leg was at night.

HELL

**Kornholio** · 25th September 2006, 19:49

Originally Posted by Waylander

Weekend before last on my trip back up from Chch. Only part that sucked was the stretch from Wellington to Just before Dessert road.

Loaded down with my backpack making it even harder to get out of the wind that was coming at me from two directions. Front and from my left. More wear on the left side of my tyre now than they right because of that. I even came across a guy on a Honda full faired sports tourer that had been blown complettly off the road by the wind.

Also had a really nasty looking storm chasing me all the way up to Toupo. Every time I stopped for anything it would be right on my tail pissing down no farther than maybe 2-3k behind me.

The rest of the ride was a mint one though.

Pfft storms!! You wanna try outrunning werewolves

**Big Dave** · 25th September 2006, 19:50

Originally Posted by dawnrazor

thats not what you mean is it!!!!!!!!!!

Okay then Galway to Dublin in winter, sub zero temps sleet and rain, all the wrong cheap ass clothes on a 125, to young and pig heaed to realise the danger of dumbing hands and legs, stopped only for petrol and newspaper which I wrapped myself in, in an effort to keep warm oh and the last leg was at night.

HELL

Yeah - there's times when it just makes better sense to catch the bus....but I never do.

**Waylander** · 25th September 2006, 19:51

Originally Posted by Kornholio

Pfft storms!! You wanna try outrunning werewolves

You really aught to quite

when you ride lol.

**Big Dave** · 25th September 2006, 19:51

Originally Posted by Kornholio

Pfft storms!! You wanna try outrunning werewolves

I ride with him - we're evenly matched.

**McJim** · 25th September 2006, 19:52

Originally Posted by roogazza

A chick at Bondi , Sydney, in 1969 ! G.

....................dad?..........are you my real dad?

**Mom** · 25th September 2006, 19:54

Ex rode a HD Sporty with what the ummmm riders of them call a "pussy pad" as a pillion seat...(read a brick covered with vinyl).. Paeroa to Mt Wellington M/W turn off.....I cant feel my feet, and I wish to hell I cant fell my butt!......stopped for a smoke....bliss....back on board.....pounding his back by Orewa ...

..think I will walk home from here...

...LOL...now I can laugh...we had another 20 mins to home.....never again!.....I now have the perfect ride......

**sunhuntin** · 25th September 2006, 19:55

riding from meaford to port dover for a rally. my guy was a major night owl...so we left late evening if i remember right. id got the bike loaded early in the morning. we found a town called "harley" on one of his maps, so decided to try and find it. along the way it started raining, and didnt stop. we got lost a few times, got very wet, but eventually found harley. there was no "welcome to" sign, just a building across the road with the name on it.
we finally rolled into port dover about 2am...and parked up to go up town...ran into a bunch of his club brothers, bought a few things before heading back to a mates place to try and get the tent up....3am, him half cut and me totally exhausted. we got it up [somehow without getting dig shit everywhere!]. spent most of the next day chatting with the other 10 or so people there. sent some of his brothers on a coffee run, lol. mmmm, timmies

was a very long ride....but clothes dry, and exhaustion can be gotten rid of. i enjoyed every minute of it...the things we saw and did, i know no one else would have seen. i wouldnt have changed a thing, other than maybe the rain.

**nighthawk** · 25th September 2006, 19:56

Hate that hill in the wind,got blown under a stocktruck four years ago while trying to get back to the valley,ruined a perfectly good yammy 600 but got a free helicopter ride............oh well shit happens I guess

**Kornholio** · 25th September 2006, 20:04

Originally Posted by nighthawk

Hate that hill in the wind,got blown under a stocktruck four years ago while trying to get back to the valley,ruined a perfectly good yammy 600 but got a free helicopter ride............oh well shit happens I guess

Now thats an entrance

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