Motorcycle Registrations.

[Oakie]

... Is this like a reverse troll?

That would be a 'llort' ?

[Conquiztador]

I'll sort it self out soon. As the petrol inside 5 years hits a $5/litre high only the dedicated will be on the roads. And the ones who must drive will be running some hybrid thingy of 800cc capacity that goes top 100k/h.

But until then what we all can do is expect the unexpected and be prepared for anything!

[Motu]

I have just beheaded my Nissan,and flung the entrails across the lawn - in a trance induced by the Lord of Dark Speights I had a vision......I see Sucky Blowies for all of us.




Or is there another reason for the camshaft to be in 3 pieces?

[Ixion]

You do realise that it's impossible to get a sucky blowy hover thing sideways, don't you?

More to the point, tell me if the gearbox output shaft seal of an XT600 can be replaced in situ?

[RDJ]

And yep - I'm a big fan of personally responsibility. I'm the 1st to admit I'm a very conservative rider with very little experience but, it seems every time I meet up with a friend I haven't seen for a while and they ask if I'm still riding, their next sentence is about some crazy motorcyclist doing some stupid passing/tail gaiting or generally riding dangerously on a public road. It's difficult to ask ppl to take us seriously when this is the way a lot of the public view us.

You make a good point, but I can't help but feel that this "impression" is largely generated by the fact that well-behaved motorcyclists make very little impression on the average oblivious cager, even though WBMCs are in the clear majority. I was recently home for a couple of weeks holiday, driving a cage around the North Island, and I assume as a rider I notice motorcycles more than the average cage driver. What was good to see from my point of view was the number of motorcycles on the roads in New Zealand seems to be up year-on-year, but I noted very very few riders engaging in what anybody would regard as "stupid" behaviour. Proportionately at least two orders of magnitude less common than stupid cage driving behaviour...

Slightly off topic, but I personally didn't see any riders out on the open road without (nearly) all the gear one would regard as essential protection.

[Ms Piggy]

You make a good point, but I can't help but feel that this "impression" is largely generated by the fact that well-behaved motorcyclists make very little impression on the average oblivious cager, even though WBMCs are in the clear majority. I was recently home for a couple of weeks holiday, driving a cage around the North Island, and I assume as a rider I notice motorcycles more than the average cage driver. What was good to see from my point of view was the number of motorcycles on the roads in New Zealand seems to be up year-on-year, but I noted very very few riders engaging in what anybody would regard as "stupid" behaviour. Proportionately at least two orders of magnitude less common than stupid cage driving behaviour...

Slightly off topic, but I personally didn't see any riders out on the open road without (nearly) all the gear one would regard as essential protection.

Yeah both very good points! Thanks! I guess it's like most groups of people it's only when someone is viewed doing something "bad" that ppl notice them.

[Deano]

If all the peeps who love a hoon, or would be racers took it to the track, would there be less carnage on the road and a stronger motorcycle racing scene in NZ ?

If I had known how easy it really was to get into racing I would have done it years ago.

[Motu]

You do realise that it's impossible to get a sucky blowy hover thing sideways, don't you?

More to the point, tell me if the gearbox output shaft seal of an XT600 can be replaced in situ?

Ah shit,that sucks! Blows that idea out of my future reality.

That's an affirmative on the seal....no nasty lip.There is a lock washer - your's has been used 14 times,and will snap on the last little bit.Be prepared....or use loctite.

Bike registrations may be up....but I bet bike sales overall are up even more.A shit load of bikes on trailers and utes heading south today....I thought Kimmy's was going to be a bit crowded,but then remembered it's Dessert Storm.Bucket loads of disposable income on display....and none of the bikes registered.

[Clockwork]

Fkn propagandists!

I'd be quite happy for the Gubmint to spend a goodly chunk of the squillions of road tax and ticket revenue on proper education, like how to negotiate a roundabout, how to use your indicators, what to do in a skid, how your car will NOT explode into flames if you drive on a flush median, etc.

Couldn't agree more.


..... I wanted to rep you for this but apparently I don't toss the stuff around freely enough!

[Dave Lobster]

You make a good point, but I can't help but feel that this "impression" is largely generated by the fact that well-behaved motorcyclists make very little impression on the average oblivious cager, even though WBMCs are in the clear majority. I was recently home for a couple of weeks holiday, driving a cage around the North Island, and I assume as a rider I notice motorcycles more than the average cage driver. What was good to see from my point of view was the number of motorcycles on the roads in New Zealand seems to be up year-on-year, but I noted very very few riders engaging in what anybody would regard as "stupid" behaviour.

This is true of any minority. The 2% ruining the image of everyone.

What also doesn't help is car drivers' perception of what is 'dangerous' behaviour. Too many consider filtering to be dangerous. Personally, I don't, and will always filter through slow moving traffic. To my eyes, not fast. But if you're travelling 10km/h faster than them, they're going to think you're a lunatic.

It's good that there's more of us on the roads. There's now more people that 'know' someone that rides a bike. So hopefully they'll be paying more attention. I've noticed more car drivers pulling to one side to let me past over the last six months, alone.

[James Deuce]

Every time I see a 5 car nose to tail my resolve to continue lane splitting is stiffened.