Stories

[James Deuce]

PDF whats that (sorry), and last msg was for fun only. Hope no-one takes it seriously. Touch Wood.

The link in the previous post opens a white paper in Adobe Portable Document Format. You need Acrobat Reader to look at it. It will work as a plug in to your browser once you install it. You can either download it or you'll find it on practically every cover disk on any computer magazine ever published.

I'm sure there'll be a queue

[badlieutenant]

Sweet, might just have to go to the run in Wairarapa. I'll be the guy with all the cameras, (for the vid), so If you want to take your frustration out on me, for my story, please feel free. Prices are $1 for each curse word, $10 a punch (not in the face, as I have to be able to film) $15 for a kick, all money will be going to Starship Hospital. Use of any other object's say around $200. Sound good??

LOL I bet you have gotten in trouble before for been a cheeky sod keep it up
which is better to be sarcastic or facetious ? (the latter, if you want to sound clever, is the only word where the vowels appear consecutively)

[Mongoose]

Sweet, might just have to go to the run in Wairarapa. I'll be the guy with all the cameras, (for the vid), so If you want to take your frustration out on me, for my story, please feel free. Prices are $1 for each curse word, $10 a punch (not in the face, as I have to be able to film) $15 for a kick, all money will be going to Starship Hospital. Use of any other object's say around $200. Sound good??

Hey, any of you ritch North Island type people. Looking for some serious sponsorship money here. How much can you raise to take TO up on his offer. I need A) Airfare up there B) Accomadation while there C) Transport supplied.
Any serious offers will be greatfully received.
Thanking you in anticapation
Mongoose

[Kickaha]

Its so nice your soooo caring mongoose it means a lot to me, and every 1

Seriously, does any know if there is gonna be a speed trial held anywhere in the country??? if not will have to organise a fun 1 for everyone (sort of unofficial, but legal) with ambos, cops and bikers.

So I can do some filming, even strap a cam on some of your guys bikes.

The Southland Motorcyle club used to run a event once a year,the only time we went to it there was to much wind and rain to run it,I don't know whether they still run it

[Mongoose]

The Southland Motorcyle club used to run a event once a year,the only time we went to it there was to much wind and rain to run it,I don't know whether they still run it

I think there are still two speed events down this way but doubt either of them qualify for records, apart from local records that is.
Kirks Drain Road near Mamona Airport is helf yearly and, I think, somewhere near Wyndham. Can find out more if any one seriously want to know

[LB]

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I've emailed the Wairarapa guys to see when they're doing the next sprints.

Will post both here and start a new thread when I get a reply.

Last year they held them late September (a shocking day, couldn't start till after lunch cos of the cross-winds, even then they were still bad) and another lot in November - much better weather.

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[Kickaha]

I think there are still two speed events down this way but doubt either of them qualify for records, apart from local records that is.
Kirks Drain Road near Mamona Airport is helf yearly and, I think, somewhere near Wyndham. Can find out more if any one seriously want to know

Wyndham is the one that we went to,but unfortunately on the day the wind and rain made it to dangerous to run the event,I was told the road we were using was where John Hepburn did his NZ record run on the Hayabusa
http://www.car.co.nz/newsevents.asp?articleid=2517

We were told If the speed you do exceeds the NZ record you can fill out a whole bunch of paperwork and apply for it to be recognised

[sheight]

Hi, just thought I'd let everyone know of one of my adventures. I never realised the amount of cop's that are on our roads late at night.

I won't give too many details so here goes.

I was heading home one night, at around 10pm on SH1 near Somewhere . I was being law abiding until then and decided to open the bike up abit. Was cruising at 220ks, no cars around. Went past a car parked on the other side of the road. Fuck me it was the Police, 1 officer standing outside the car. (not sure wot he was doing, checking my speed probably), so in my stupidity, I kept going at that speed, whew lucky I thought.

Approached a line of traffic further up, slowed to 200k no oncoming cars, over took them, shit!! Highway patrol unit sitting in the middle of the cars, went past him (no time to stop). Red and Blues went on, so what do I do. I keep going, heart racing. Patrol unit still following, speedo reading 250k, losing the unit. Then no red and blues. Gone.

So I slow to 160k, get my composure. Whew Luuuucky. Approach some other car, then the red and blues on that car go on, "shit" I think and go flying past him at 220k, lose him. All these ones patrol units within 5 minutes of each other. And You guess it ( if you are guessing) there is another 1 waiting for me up the road, doh. Realise I'll get a beating if I stop now, off I go and lose that 1.

4 Patrol units in 15mins. couldn't believe it, in the middle of nowhere. Oh well
spose they have a job to do.

It was a good ride apart from that.

Any stories like these from riders.

Cheers

The One.

lol. what a hoot!
classic

[KATWYN]

When I read this story, the word "Dickhead" shot through my head, prefaced by a strong expletive starting with F. But hey. If you want to kill youself, and perhaps a few innocent road users and give the rest of us bikers a bad name, just go for it. Just don't expect any support or sympathy from me.

Yea I agree. Glad someone said it.

The One, you need a couple of our traffic cop members in here to describe what a motorcyclist looks like after a 200kmph crash. This is the reality

[TwoSeven]

I just read the original post - thought it was interesting. Read some of the other posts too - cant really see what your all harping on about to be honest.

These days I tend to not go so fast in public places - guess I am old and slow now, but in my yoof a different matter.

Back at the tail end of the 80s I did a computer project putting those radar cameras they have behind the grills of mufti jam-jars in the uk. They use radar scanning and can take detailed image of plates up to a klick away on a packed motorway. Coppers dont really need to chase speeders now unless they think some crime has been committed or some other such reason. Usually they will just turn up at 8am the next morning and nick you there. Not sure how it works here.

It seems that some of you consider 200kph to be fast. I know kilopoofters uses big numbers, but please - work in mph if you want to talk fast. Then go down bruntingthorpe (in the uk) on bike day and you'll meet up with the 200mph+ boys on their modded road bikes. Drag race during the day, ride the bike home at night. Heck my 250 will do 200kilopoofters if I take the restrictor out.

I too used to ride like a nutter, I have a little story about full throttle drag racing up the M4 (three lanes wide in each direction - dead straight) on my way to work. Used to pick two large 18 wheeler trucks that were side by side and shoot the gap between them - using the vacum of the slipsteam to slingshot the bike out the front (with a bit of luck you'd pass at about 180mph+ - they'd be doing 90mph or so). Odds on you'd get thru with a foot gap either side. Was harder to do it the wet because you couldnt see the gap. Used to shit me silly when I hit the wall at the front of the trucks, then got sucked sideways in front of them (if the bike wasnt trying to lift itself off the ground). If I got to work, i'd be covered in that icy cold sweat you get from pure fear.

I never used to be like that, but after a year or two of flinging a bike around traffic as fast as you could 12 hours per day 6 days per week in one of the worlds most busiest cities (london courier), stuff like that was the only way you could relieve the bordom of riding bikes - with cagers doing their best to make sure you werent riding them.

Thing is, now having seen the results of a few people that got it wrong - one or two fellow couriers, and getting a few years longer in the tooth, I break out in a really bad cold sweat when I even think about doing stuff like that - and its now 15 years after the fact too.

So having said that I have done all that silly stuff, I do now regret it, and thats why I am a grumpy old sod when I see the yunguns of today doing it. For some reason seeing people splatterd tends to upset me more than it used to. Especially the innocent ones that were on the receiving end.

Anyhow, if you think you are fast, or a good rider or got away with things - just realise there are people that are faster, better who do it for a living. Took me a while to realise that. There are also the people who didnt get away with it - just that once - and wont ever have a chance to try again.

I do just wish people 'd take it down the track these days. Public roads are for puttering around - enjoying the sun and watchin the chicks

Just my thoughts

[James Deuce]

I just read the original post - thought it was interesting. Read some of the other posts too - cant really see what your all harping on about to be honest.

220 at night?

Can't see is the operative turn of phrase.

[riffer]

220 at night?

Can't see is the operative turn of phrase.

You don't need to see - you just use the force...

[TwoSeven]

lol.. you could try turning your lights on.

I could understand if it was a dark twisty unlit road or something - but then you probably wouldnt be goin quick anyhow. But 130mph aint exactly fast now is it - these days. Its only a quick twist of the throttle over standard pommie motorway speed, or the tall end of 3rd gear on a cbr 6.

Still, considering your only sposed to be doing 60mph, doing double that is rather daft day or night - but people do it I guess.

[Artifice]

200km/hr = 55.6metres/s at that speed it will take you probably a minimum of 6 seconds to stop. or 200 metres ata good guess. if a car going the other direction chose to overtake thinking there was enough room and unable to properly judge the speed of oncoming bikes due to only 1 headlight/ not even seeing the bike as most car drivers seem to fail to see bikes all the time. my guess is you'd have to be damn lucky.

[James Deuce]

lol.. you could try turning your lights on.

I could understand if it was a dark twisty unlit road or something - but then you probably wouldnt be goin quick anyhow. But 130mph aint exactly fast now is it - these days. Its only a quick twist of the throttle over standard pommie motorway speed, or the tall end of 3rd gear on a cbr 6.

Still, considering your only sposed to be doing 60mph, doing double that is rather daft day or night - but people do it I guess.

On an unlight highway? There are NO OEM light setups on motorcycles that allow a rider to see 220km/hr or 130mph into the future.

If it was a pommie motorway (I've lived there) I would say that on most of them you would be safe at those speeds. NZ is a different story. I was nearly killed by a driver on an ulight road with his lights turned off at 50km/hr or 30mph. If I'd been doing 220km/hr I'd definitely be dead and so would the people in the car.

Unlike the UK, we don't have a Nationwide motorway system, we have what would equate to your A and B roads as national highways, and a great deal of the roading infrastructure is more B road in flavour. Nailing a stray cow, and it does happen that they get onto major "highways", would be just as catastrophic at 220 as hitting another car. Cows do after all weigh more than a Daihatsu Mira.