Every Monday morning on here: RIP, biker down...

[Lucy]

Perhaps it's a sheer numbers thing. Yesterday was such a beautiful day, I drove down from Auckland (in a van unfortunately) and saw lots and lots and lots of bikes out and about. Singles, doubles, loads of pillions, one biggish group. Maybe more are crashing because more are riding. Long may it continue (the riding not the crashing) there is safety in numbers. Just got back from Rarotonga and there are so many bikes and scooters there that they are treated as valid and proper members of the traffic community. It is lovely to have cars and vans give way, and for people to look and see you before they pull out of their driveways etc.

[Hitcher]

Life is a sexually-transmitted terminal disease. Everybody who hasn't done so already is going to die. You can bore yourself shitless trying to avoid risks or new experiences in case you get hurt, our you can embrace life to the fullest and not die wondering. I vote for the latter. Who's with me?

[Pwalo]

Life is a sexually-transmitted terminal disease. Everybody who hasn't done so already is going to die. You can bore yourself shitless trying to avoid risks or new experiences in case you get hurt, our you can embrace life to the fullest and not die wondering. I vote for the latter. Who's with me?

Yep life's too short to wait to see what happens if you don't do something. Statiscally I'm pretty sure that not taking risks won't extend your life anyway, and let's face it we've all got to die of something apparently.

I'm hoping for extreme old age whilst annoying the hell out of everyone with my 'thing were so much better in the old days' stories. Bugger that's how it is now!

Take care guys, you can only rely on your own judgement on the road.

[illusivemenace]

when ya numbers up ya numbers up so make the most of ya life id rather die a bit younger in a bike crash than die a geriatric old fart who lived his life in cotton wool and a constant fear of hurting myself .i mean shit theres a lot of things in this world that can kill ya ride safe ride within ya limits have a blast and hope that your not the next to be taken out by a fuckwit cager "not seeing ya"
when we take up riding we are aware of the risks .

[The Stranger:Me]

It bothers me that so many die.
...

I think that if we all decided to slow down on group rides, or at least try to, it would be a start.

That, and not drinking and riding.

[Mom]

Life is a sexually-transmitted terminal disease. Everybody who hasn't done so already is going to die. You can bore yourself shitless trying to avoid risks or new experiences in case you get hurt, our you can embrace life to the fullest and not die wondering. I vote for the latter. Who's with me?

ME!!!!

Life is too short guys, plenty of ways to die. Biking is fun, and exciting and......

[MSTRS:Me]

ME!!!!

Life is too short guys, plenty of ways to die. Biking is fun, and exciting and......

+1. Bravado demands it. Besides, who wants to end up dying of nothing...

[Renegade]

10 people died on the roads over the weekend, 3 of them bikers and from what i think i read two of those bikers were'nt at fault, still, 7 deaths in cages compared to 3 on bikes, me thinks its safer to ride a bike with those stats.

i went from welly to napier and back over the weekend and saw and waved to so many friendly bikers and thats why i ride.

[James Deuce]

10 people died on the roads over the weekend, 3 of them bikers and from what i think i read two of those bikers were'nt at fault, still, 7 deaths in cages compared to 3 on bikes, me thinks its safer to ride a bike with those stats.

i went from welly to napier and back over the weekend and saw and waved to so many friendly bikers and thats why i ride.

Go to the Stats NZ website. Look for the registration stats. Compare registered motorcycles with everything else on the road.

I think at that point you'll see you'd rather be in a car.

[Conquiztador]

"Just ride, take your chances and live! We are all gonna die anyhow. I rather die young on a bike then..."

Sounds good, brave, tough. And selfish. Try to tell the parents of the young riders from this w/e that died that it's the way to go!

I am never stopping my riding. But I want to be around for a little longer. And I was hoping that some suggestions would have come from this re what we can do to save a parent or two from burying their children.

But obviously not. It is clear that as long as it is someone elses family that died on a bike, then as long as we post a R.I.P on here we have done our part. It's not really our problem is it?

No, I don't have the soution. But perhaps together we can find something??

[eliot-ness]

Grim though the weekend figures are there is some consolation in the fact that it's not the norm nowadays as it was 20 years ago. In the 1980s biker fatalities accounted for up to 28% of all road deaths; 130 in one year. That figure is down to 9%. A huge improvement. As the figures have gone down the average age of bikers involved in fatal accidents has gone up. It is now 35yrs old, and that in itself is cause for concern. Are these riders late newcomers? returned bikers? or is it simply that bikers are getting older and fewer teenagers are taking it up. There certainly seems to be a lot of middle age and older guys on the road nowadays.

[James Deuce]

We're sorry. We'll stop riding. That will fix it.

[Rockbuddy]

easy get that bradford bitch to pass a law making it against the law for bike riders to die on the weekend

[boomer]

No winners without a few binners!!

[kevfromcoro]

Well its does happen.
Everytime a biker goes down it get posted on here.
Not pleasant at all..
We all hope it will never happen to us.
And sometimes it hits home really bad.
There are a lot of guys riding in NZ.
Looking at the sastics ,,and how many people ride its probably not that bad
We are allways going to get this through the rest of our lives
Not nice,,,but shit happens
Wouldnt it be nice to have an accident free week...from bikers