Ride Right Ride Safe - 29th June

**BANZAI** · 29th June 2008, 20:13

That was awsoooooooooooooooooooooooooooome!!!

Thanks heaps to instructors and Stephen for oraganising this!!

Altho on the way back it was crazy.
Me and Dushy stuck at intersection and everyone just left, I was thinking that everyone gonna goto mission bay so I followed Dushy to motorway.

Then he kept going in like 80kmph... I thought I better catch up with other guys so I overtook him and try to catch up but couldn't see anyone so I backed off and wait for Dushy.

Then he overtook me, and then he start to sit 80kmph in overtake lane!!!!

There were few cars trying to overtake us and one boyracer was tailgating him pretty hard, so I try to give him a sign he gotta move to other lane but it didn't really work...

EDIT: After that was riding few cars behind Dushy, then guy in people mover try to squeeze into my lane, probly because he didnt see me or something...

I catch up with Dushy, he told me no ones going to mission bay, he left, then I thought maybe I'll just go and see whos there.

On the way there there was one narrow corner in one of the road leads to Tamaki drive, Boyracer overtook me!!! Maybe it was my fault that I wasn't in left lane but WTF!!!!

That time I really wish I had faster bike and catch him up and kick his door at stop or something eh....

**Macstar** · 29th June 2008, 20:22

Originally Posted by BANZAI

Then he overtook me, and then he start to sit 80kmph in overtake lane!!!!

There were few cars trying to overtake us and one boyracer was tailgating him pretty hard, so I try to give him a sign he gotta move to other lane but it didn't really work...

Then guy in people mover try to squeeze into my lane, probly because he didnt see me or something...

If true ("80kph in fast lane"), & in a 100kph part of motorway, that sounds like a pretty retarded thing to do. Why wouldn't you expect motorists to get pissed off?

**klyong82** · 29th June 2008, 20:33

I'll be awaiting for the photographs to be posted...think you guys missed all the asian porn on the kb website...

**BANZAI** · 29th June 2008, 20:41

Originally Posted by Macstar

If true ("80kph in fast lane"), & in a 100kph part of motorway, that sounds like a pretty retarded thing to do. Why wouldn't you expect motorists to get pissed off?

Oh, I gotta edit that.

Boyracer overtook us and then dushy moved to middle lane.

After while people mover thing happend and I was riding few cars behind Dushy.

**PirateJafa** · 29th June 2008, 20:46

As it turns out, I could have gone as a pillion! Bah!

**ital916** · 29th June 2008, 20:48

Originally Posted by Macstar

If true ("80kph in fast lane"), & in a 100kph part of motorway, that sounds like a pretty retarded thing to do. Why wouldn't you expect motorists to get pissed off?

Banzai...don't go telling lies now. You need to learn to ride safely on the motorway. I was staying in the slow lane for the majority but got stuck behind a campervan so overtook that and in the process over took you who for some reason thought it was a race or something with cars and for the wind and crappy visibility and rain etc were pulling some stupid constant lane changes between vehicles.

I winced a few times when you weren't looking where you were going. You turned around and looked behind you for like ten seconds to see where i was.

I didn't know what the hell you were doing so I decided I would be safer riding my own pace. THe only time I was in the fast lane was when ovetaking the camper van and yes the boy racer overtook me at like 140.

**Magua** · 29th June 2008, 21:16

That was great, very helpful. _b _b

**BANZAI** · 29th June 2008, 21:21

If I know everyone was not going to Mission bay I did ride in my pace too
(Today's lesson "Tell people where to meet, where everyone is going"

)

You did kept riding in 80k in overtaking lane. My speedo was saying 80kmph when I was following you.

Meh, anyway it wasn't really nice riding back. Saw few crazy drivers and pedestrians in town too.

Anyway heres some pics!!

Will post all the photos I took sometime later. I'm so tired and I'm going to taupo tomorrow so I'm gonna have early night today hehehe

**motorbyclist** · 29th June 2008, 23:21

Originally Posted by BANZAI

Altho on the way back it was crazy.
Me and Dushy stuck at intersection and everyone just left, I was thinking that everyone gonna goto mission bay so I followed Dushy to motorway.

which intersection? all you guys made a pretty slow pace thru that open road bit (gotta love that corner with all the metal plates) but i thought i waited for everyone at that right hander onto upper harbour highway.

you must've missed dushi calling it off - though to be fair it was on, off, on, off, on then off again.

saw you pass under me when i was on the lincon rd overpass - that orange fluro really makes you stick out

(not wanting to nit-pick here, but perhaps you and dushi are making a good advertisement against learners going (unsupervised) over 70kph/on the motorway. try not to impede other vehicles unless you're in the left lane, in traffic like that you should always check over your shoulder before changing lanes to clear your blind spots and alert cagers to your intentions, and always keep an eye on the traffic ahead - auckland motorways have a habit of coming to abrupt stops for little or no reason with little or no warning)

**motorbyclist** · 29th June 2008, 23:23

afterthought: i thought the course might've included a bit about general surviving in traffic rather than just the open riding & emergency stopping stuff

**ital916** · 30th June 2008, 07:55

Haha don't worry andrew, I do know how to ride on a motorway. Banzai, stop nit picking on my riding, what your speedo says and what mine says can be different but I was keeping up with and passing traffic. More concentrating on your own riding and less on others.

**MGST** · 30th June 2008, 09:27

Nice to see you guys and girls again, I don't get out riding as much as I would like these days.

**MGST** · 30th June 2008, 09:56

Thanks to Stephen

for organising the course.

**Ryan432** · 30th June 2008, 11:45

Macstar? I'm gunna go ahead and assume you were the guy hooking wheelies on the black hornet? that is one sexy looking hornet! naked bikes are the shit!

**Macstar** · 30th June 2008, 12:03

Originally Posted by Ryan432

Macstar? I'm gunna go ahead and assume you were the guy hooking wheelies on the black hornet? that is one sexy looking hornet! naked bikes are the shit!

Wasn't me

, I only saw a black SV doing them... I always seem to be hearing "this is nor the time or the place these days". When can a guy have a little fun?!