BFTP - Blast From The Past Rides

[Dodgyiti]

I have a snorkel, but I think I would blow a flipper if I tried to swim that far.

Hey! Leave the dolphins alone, Greenpeace would have something to say about that sort of behaviour.

[psyguy]

Shipping was only $45 US

this is going to be difficult to believe, but when i said you may be pleasantly surprised with the shipping cost i was going to suggest that it would cost $45 or so! but then i refrained from "guessing" and wrote to check the usps site.

i guess i've dealt with those blood suckers so much by now that i know their rates off the top of my head

[psyguy]

speaking of bidding guess who got the shockies

new aftermarket shocks or...?

shocks are "next" on my list. but dont want to think of the shipping cost

[KiwiGs]

new aftermarket shocks or...?

shocks are "next" on my list. but dont want to think of the shipping cost

Found some 2nd hand rebuild-able ones on on tardme.

[caseye]

I know a guy who makes from scratch, shocks, there aint one he can
't rebuild ( K maybe there is) but if it's an option I know he;ll be able to help, let me know guys.

[fridayflash]

LOL! ON YA kiwiGS, thats so precious, ol Crocs going to have Kittens now.
Seriously though, thats some service mate, I'm sure he'll be very happy with it.
Wickle, I've told ya before mate, Suzuki's are not the only bikes around these parts.
Have fun you Napierite BFTP members.
Guys, closer to the 17th I suggest that the different BFTP groups gets together and decides where we're all going to meet up on the way down to Welly.

speaking of suzuki domination, im tempted to ride the little gb500 on sunday
....although i want the gsx to earn its 1st sticket so maybe not?
as for the 17th caseye- good idea....we could meet at say sanson?
or further south at himatangi

[Dodgyiti]

Go the GB Flash!
And you guys take some pics for the group eh? The last lot were cool

[wickle]

speaking of suzuki domination, im tempted to ride the little gb500 on sunday
....although i want the gsx to earn its 1st sticket so maybe not?
as for the 17th caseye- good idea....we could meet at say sanson?
or further south at himatangi

depends if the northerny's cut thru the centre or call in for apractice nite on monday, found some syaff for mon/tuesday so I/m riding

[tate35]

I would like to interupt for a Met Service update..... Hawkes Bay....Sunday 25th October Fine. Light winds and sea breezes

[flyingcrocodile46]

depends if the northerny's cut thru the centre or call in for apractice nite on monday, found some syaff for mon/tuesday so I/m riding

Hey there Wickle. Got any dirty pictures

[fridayflash]

depends if the northerny's cut thru the centre or call in for apractice nite on monday, found some syaff for mon/tuesday so I/m riding

wickle youve gotta start using the spell checker mate hehe

[flyingcrocodile46]

Hey there all our wider BFTP members.

We is trying to sort out our plans for the protest ride (from accommodation side) We have a couple of ideas on the table but need to act fast or our options will close off.

It would be great if we could take advantage of this opportunity to get as many of our far flung members together as possible. Best way of making that work is to have common accommodation.

In order to act now to secure accommodation we need to know how many are coming. Please post your intentions here (maybe someone will do an event calender entry)

Voltaire has made the suggestion that we could have our BFTP logo added to the black protest shirts that are on offer ( http://www.quasimoto.co.nz/products/...otest-t-shirts ) Bloody good idea.

If you guys buy the shirts and get them to me by the 6th November I can get the logo's put on (will have to double check $) for about $15 each.

[wickle]

Beautiful

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Suzuk...Q5fmotorcycles

[flyingcrocodile46]

Yeah mate. Lovely bike

Well! we made it to Pukekohe for the classic races (and post classic) Saw a bunch of beautiful bikes (see pics), then made our way from the carpark to the pits for a look at the noisy racers. Cool experience to be able to walk amongst them an oggle them up close.

Can't seem to post pictures in this thread anymore. Thread is prolly too big for KB's server or some such... so you will have to click the links

[flyingcrocodile46]

Right! I have done (and sent off) an appropriate letter using some of the stuff on the main KB ACC thread.

Have pasted a copy below in case any others would like to utilise it themselves. Please do so. It makes a difference




Dear MP,

I have attempted to keep this letter as short and to the point as possible. Please read all of it.

As I understand, it is your duty as a member of Parliament to represent the interests of those in your area and voice them to parliament - as such I am writing to urge you to make clear my voice, and the voice of those around me.

The proposed ACC Levy increase is based on highly questionable (read fraudulently represented) statistics re historical ACC claims for motorcyclists. The claim figures touted include claims relating to off road motorcycles involved in Motocross racing when they are not even registered road users (we are talking tens of thousands off road motorcycles). It is no more appropriate to levy the registrations of road legal motorcycles for claims relating to off road motorcycles than it is to to levy fishermen for claims relating to mountain climbing.

Additionally the proposed method of levy collection is inherently inequitable for the purpose when it is considered that the ACC compensation claims and payouts are are not made for damage to the motorcycle itself, but are made in relation to injuries sustained by the individual riders. Any levy proposed to target a group which represent a higher risk, should be charged on an individual basis. Not on the basis of size or number of motorcycles owned. Are you aware that as an owner of several post classic motorcycles (which I only ride one at a time for an approximate total of 5000km per year) I am expected to pay several times more in ACC levy than and individual who only owns one motorcycle but whom rides 20000km per year. That is I would have to pay $5,250.00 pa for my 5000km ($1.05 per km) as opposed to $750 for 20000km ($0.04 per km) for the individual who theoretically is 4 times more likely to make an ACC claim. Unfortunately I can only ride one motorcycle at a time. Why aren't we imposing a levy on chainsaws and other highly dangerous equipment that are associated with high ACC payouts?.


In ACC's Injury Statistics 2008 report http://tr.im/BV1k , ACC details claims against the Motor Vehicles account - the virtual pool that gets claimed upon whenever a road-registered vehicle is involved in an accident. The report gives statistics for the number of new claims, the number of active claims and the cost of those claims. As the report breaks down the claims by vehicle type, it's easy to compare the cost of claims... as follows;

Cyclists:
- 567 active claims
- $12,573,000
- $22,174 per claim... (Note these individuals are not paying a registered vehicle levy yet they use the road and create the risk situations that result in the claims that cost more than motorcyclists) How many are run over by cars rather than motorcycles?? I hazard a guess that it's 90% or more

Pedestrians:
- 1115 active claims
- $24,494,000
- $21,967 per claim... (Note these individuals are not paying a registered vehicle levy. How many are run over by cars rather than motorcycles?? I hazard a guess that it's 90% or more )

Car Occupants:
- 8525 active claims
- $208,305,000
- $24,434 per claim

Motorcyclists:
- 3173 active claims
- $62,523,000
- $19,704 per claim...... (the least amount)


I trust that after reading this email (and others no doubt) that you will have an awareness of the inequity of the proposed registration increases and will take appropriate action to ensure that a fairer approach is taken to ACC's mismanagement of it's allocated funds rather than one that simply passes on the bill to an individual group of taxpayers.

Needless to say, future votes are to be won or lost on this issue.

Regards

a concerned voter


Be sure to send it here consultation@acc.co.nz as a formal submission on the matter and include you name. email and snail mail addy and phone number


email addresses for some mp's can be found here
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...d.php?t=110366