Windy

[Panther]

HA Ha, now you Auckland pussies can empathise with just another day in Wellington

[Little Miss Trouble]

Well I was all set to ride home until I looked out the window just in time to see out rubbish skip fly accross the carpark and dent a cage My bike is now locked up safe and sound in our warehouse and I made someone drive me home (and I didnt even have to cross the bridge)

[crashe]

NZ Police CommCens Alert 17:00 10-07-2007 Auckland City

Location of incident: AUCKLAND HARBOUR BRIDGE

Incident Type: HARBOUR BRIDGE UNSAFE FOR MOTORCYCLES

Severe winds have made the Auckland Harbour Bridge extremely unsafe for mortorcyclists. Police have attended two incidents in the last ten minutes where motorcyclists have been blown off their bikes. Fortunately no serious injuries have been incurred.
Police are advising motorcyclists to use an alternativem route or at least do not use the clip on lanes.
Issued By: Inspector Gary Hill

Ride safe out there on the roads tonight.

[N1CK]

Just heard on the news that two motorcyclists have been blown over on the auckland bridge, and is now closed to motorcyclists. Doesn't sound to good.
Looks like crashe bet me to it then.

[kevfromcoro]

its blowing its its guts out down here..debris all over the road.waiting for a tree to land on the roof.

[Disco Dan]

I got to ride home from the shore to westyland tonight at 11.... pooos... should be a laugh.. hehe

[babyblade250rr]

with all the stinkin weather and worried and upset bikers out there i thought i would post this link before signing off for the evening hope y'all find it as amusing as i!

P.S cheer up bikers long range forecast is for the nice weekend


http://www.lekmos.com/

[discotex]

I'm fuckin stoked I'm not heading north today. Rode home from the dentist in the city around 5:30pm and it was freaky shit.

I don't mind the wind or the rain but it's so gusty tonight you really don't stand a chance. Almost got blown into the gutter changing lanes on Hobson St as the wind suddenly went from an easterly to a westerly.

Then got blown over a lane crossing the bridge on Upper Queen st to get to Newton rd. Fortunately I'd planned to be blown over as that bridge is pretty exposed as it goes over the motorway so I made sure there were no cars anywhere near me. Still had to put the boot down or I'd have been on my side.

Harbour Bridge in that? No fucking way. HTFU just don't cover this one.

Just to make that clear the wind at Bean Rock in the harbour is 58 knots right now. That's 110km/h+ at sea level not counting gusts!!!

Worse though is the sky dish flapping around means I got no TV to watch

[tri boy]

A mate on Waiheke Isld just reported constant 80knt winds from the Channel Isld "Now Casting" beacon. Gusts a much higher.
Lucky not to be on a yacht tonight.

[Sycophant]

So I got a lift over the bridge, and I think I made right decision. Even in a fairly large SUV we were feeling the wind very strongly. And the bridge was moving in a way I've seen before. The Clipons were visibly undulating, and we got distinct sensations of negative-G at the top of the span, where the movement was most pronounced, it was quite freaky.

As for the bridge being off limits to bike - how the hell would we know? I get on a Fanshawe street, there's no signs or anything there that might tell me. There were no cops around there. The big eletronic sign just on the motorway said nothing about it.

[MaxCannon]

A workmate offered to loan me their car to get home, I decided to ride
since I'm too dense to know what is good for me.

I didn't think it was too bad on my way home except for the Mangere bridge.

It went from headwind to side to side gusts the whole way over.
Had a couple of heart stop moments when the bike slid sideways across the lane.
Was very glad to exit safely and get home with all my dangly bits still attached.

[riffer]

It still doesn't sound any worse than your average stormy Welly day guys.

[swbarnett]

Would've posted this last night but no power Picked the right night to do Beef Steak Tartar for dinner - raw mince, no cooking involved

Drove over the bridge in the cage at a crawl as everyone was too scared to keep the speed up. You can go too slow when it comes to gusty winds (the faster you're going the quicker you get through the corridor of the gust so you don't get blown over as far).

We were in the left land and at the top the right side lifted damn near off the road. Had visions of being flipped over the railing into the Harbour. Definitely no place for a bike. My office window must be quite sheltered cause it didn't look that bad when I left.

Anyone got any details on the bikes that were blown over?

[Sycophant]

We were in the left land and at the top the right side lifted damn near off the road. Had visions of being flipped over the railing into the Harbour. Definitely no place for a bike. My office window must be quite sheltered cause it didn't look that bad when I left.

Anyone got any details on the bikes that were blown over?

No details on the bikes, although apparently both riders were okay, and there were no obvious parked up bikes outside motorway HQ, so I guess they got on their way?

As for the bridge, did you get the bouncing negative G sensation on the top? It was a little bit like being in a light plane in turbulence up there when we came across. As the passenger, and going slow, I could see the edge of the clip-on next to the solid span, and it was moving at least 15-20cm up and down.

I had visions of the Tacoma Narrows bridge flashing through my mind.

[Tints]

i rode on the bridge last night because i had no other way home and i didn't know how bad it was before i started and dude it was dodgy! i was pumped by the time i got over the bridge.
i'm glad that i know my bike well. i was shifting all over the lane but stayed in it with all of the gusts. it would have been better if i could have gone over with a little speed ( greater than 20Kmh). i don't want to do that again any time soon.