New-school scooter parking!

**crazybigal** · 22nd January 2008, 21:56

its the latest way to park, all the kids are doing it in wellington!!!

**gijoe1313** · 22nd January 2008, 22:02

so they can say they got knee down?

**PrincessBandit** · 22nd January 2008, 22:06

hah, is that the result of all that Welly wind?

**Swoop** · 22nd January 2008, 22:07

Another non-windy day in Wellytown then?

The sign clearly shows that bikes should be vertical, but what happens if you stack them like firewood???

**crazybigal** · 22nd January 2008, 22:08

yeah, real windy today! there were more on the otherside of the street as well

**crazybigal** · 22nd January 2008, 22:08

you burn them!!!

Originally Posted by Swoop

Another non-windy day in Wellytown then?

The sign clearly shows that bikes should be vertical, but what happens if you stack them like firewood???

**Drum** · 22nd January 2008, 22:30

Lucky they didn't get a ticket for improper parking!

But by the looks of those pics most Welly bikers wimped out while the scooter riders still got out there.

By the way, my bike stayed upright. Its all in the TECHNIQUE.

**EXDUNK** · 22nd January 2008, 23:09

With the huge number of bikes & scooters that park at the Lambton Square entry of The Terrace park today it would only have taken a tipped bike/scooter at one end to domino the rest. That would have been a shite of a mess to untangle.

**WRT** · 23rd January 2008, 07:04

Can't believe you guys are laughing at these bikes! I bet it would be a different story if it was your bike lying on its side.

I've got a bike with a dodgy side stand so this is my fear every time I park up. Personnally, I feel sorry for these riders, yes, I even feel sorry for the owners of the scooters (for more than one reason).

You heartless bastards

**pzkpfw** · 23rd January 2008, 08:19

I've been trying to mentally design a kind of tripod thing that you'd carry around folded up and then "erect" under your swingarm bobbins when you park.

(One of the cost cutting measures on the Z750S is the lack of centre-stand...)

Anyone seen something like this? (So I can steal the design.)

(Wouldn't help scooters. Would take up more parking space.)

**vifferman** · 23rd January 2008, 09:30

Actually, that's an excellent way to park 'em: they can't get damaged from falling over.

**crazybigal** · 23rd January 2008, 09:55

well unless they live under a rock! they should have known there was going to be high winds. we were warned there would be gusts of 130kmph on the news.
notice all the bikes were not parked there? just scooters!

Originally Posted by WRT

Can't believe you guys are laughing at these bikes! I bet it would be a different story if it was your bike lying on its side.

I've got a bike with a dodgy side stand so this is my fear every time I park up. Personnally, I feel sorry for these riders, yes, I even feel sorry for the owners of the scooters (for more than one reason).

You heartless bastards

**Swoop** · 23rd January 2008, 14:28

Originally Posted by WRT

You heartless bastards

Yup.
These are all light and tend to fall over easily in strong winds. Strangely enough Wellytown has strong winds...

I think the best way to park them is to chain them to a lamp post by the front wheel. That way they can be like a boat at anchor and "swing" with the prevailing winds!

**Kinje** · 23rd January 2008, 14:40

Saw all these as I was walking to the train station yesterday, felt kinda sorry for the poor wee scooters.

Did notice it was mostly only the scooters fallen and no bigger bikes, wondered if it might have been because they were too light.

Thought I was guna get a bit blown over landing in Welly yesterday when I saw the forecast, but turned out to be quite calm (big

to the pilots)