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  1. 16th July 2008, 18:07 #1
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    Whats the deal? I've never heard of them before...

    They claim to be "NEW ZEALAND MOTORCYCLE SAFETY CONSULTANTS"... and also a non-profit organisation.

    Yet at the same time they are selling e-books among other sources of information for US$15 a pop and sometimes more.

    If their goal was for safer motorcyclists would it not be in their best interests to be well known, and also be providing their information free of charge? A professional website looking website wouldn't do them any harm either. In fact Hitcher will be filling his pants if he has a read through their website, the level of english on the site is not what I'd expect from a website expecting to be taken seriously.

    Anyone had dealings with them? I'm finding it hard to take them seriously.
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    Isn't that that Alan Kirk guy?
    Quote Originally Posted by skidmark
    This world has lost it's drive, everybody just wants to fit in the be the norm as it were.
    Quote Originally Posted by Phil Vincent
    The manufacturers go to a lot of trouble to find out what the average rider prefers, because the maker who guesses closest to the average preference gets the largest sales. But the average rider is mainly interested in silly (as opposed to useful) “goodies” to try to kid the public that he is riding a racer
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ixion View Post
    Isn't that that Alan Kirk guy?
    Yup, doesnt seem to be anyone else involved - well not directly mentioned on the site... a one man army perhaps?
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    I'm none the wiser. What site?

    Edit: Found it: http://www.megarider.com/
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    Quote Originally Posted by R6_kid View Post
    Yup, doesnt seem to be anyone else involved - well not directly mentioned on the site... a one man army perhaps?
    One man crusade would be more appropriate. IIRC he didn't exactly make a lot of friends here on KB.

    He's a good friend of Katman I think.
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    Sweeeeeeet, I have been looking for an Anti-terrorist riding course....

    http://www.megarider.com/Terrorist/terrorist.html
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    Quote Originally Posted by R6_kid View Post
    Yup, doesnt seem to be anyone else involved - well not directly mentioned on the site... a one man army perhaps?
    Katman parhaps?
    Quote Originally Posted by Tank
    You say "no one wants to fuck with some large bloke on a really angry sounding bike" but the truth of the matter is that you are a balding middle-aged ice-cream seller from Edgecume who wears a hello kitty t-shirt (in your profile pic) and your angry sounding bike is a fucken hyoshit - not some big assed harley with a human skull on the front.
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    Don't write his setup off just because he's a pompous arse, some of his material is pretty good. I bought his material on emergency braking a good few years back and that was pretty good. How much of it is his own work is debateable as I think James deuce had a fair bit to do with that particular publication.
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    Quote Originally Posted by R6_kid View Post
    Yup, doesnt seem to be anyone else involved - well not directly mentioned on the site... a one man army perhaps?
    Some of you clowns give me the fuckin' shits.

    You bag me because you believe I do nothing to back up the message I put across here and you still bag someone who's actually committed to doing something tangible to try and improve the standard of motorcycling.



    Are you scared of the competition Stranger?
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    Yeah, but Alan Kirk's a froot loop.
    Quote Originally Posted by skidmark
    This world has lost it's drive, everybody just wants to fit in the be the norm as it were.
    Quote Originally Posted by Phil Vincent
    The manufacturers go to a lot of trouble to find out what the average rider prefers, because the maker who guesses closest to the average preference gets the largest sales. But the average rider is mainly interested in silly (as opposed to useful) “goodies” to try to kid the public that he is riding a racer
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ixion View Post
    Yeah, but Alan Kirk's a froot loop.
    Who of us aren't?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Katman View Post
    Who of us aren't?
    Certainly not you.
    Quote Originally Posted by Tank
    You say "no one wants to fuck with some large bloke on a really angry sounding bike" but the truth of the matter is that you are a balding middle-aged ice-cream seller from Edgecume who wears a hello kitty t-shirt (in your profile pic) and your angry sounding bike is a fucken hyoshit - not some big assed harley with a human skull on the front.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Katman View Post
    Some of you clowns give me the fuckin' shits.

    You bag me because you believe I do nothing to back up the message I put across here and you still bag someone who's actually committed to doing something tangible to try and improve the standard of motorcycling.



    Are you scared of the competition Stranger?
    Who pissed in your cornflakes?
    R6_kid didn't bag him, no one did prior to your post.

    No, quite happy to see some competition out there thanks, the more the better. I wouldn't mind in the slightest if there was no demand for RRRS and I got my Sundays back to do my own shit thanks.

    Feel free to start any time you like.
    Quote Originally Posted by Tank
    You say "no one wants to fuck with some large bloke on a really angry sounding bike" but the truth of the matter is that you are a balding middle-aged ice-cream seller from Edgecume who wears a hello kitty t-shirt (in your profile pic) and your angry sounding bike is a fucken hyoshit - not some big assed harley with a human skull on the front.
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    Why hasn't anyone got the fucken clue that we're meant to strap training wheels and cushions to our bikes yet? Idiots!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Coyote View Post
    Why hasn't anyone got the fucken clue that we're meant to strap training wheels and cushions to our bikes yet? Idiots!
    Doh! That's a cage, or even a trike.
    Can get training wheels for little ones' offroad bikes, though.
    Heard of Alan Kirk, name used to come up regularly as he was/is fighting for some cause or another. Can't quite remember what though, maybe licencing?
    As for the RRRS courses, I should do another one sometime in the next year or so, I remember some of the stuff, but have probably forgotten more than I remember (problem with being old).
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