Adventure riding & the recession

[Paladin]

I lived just outside London from '85 - '91 working as a professional photographer, and with most of my clients in London, I didn't own a car, but purchased a brand new (1987) KLR600 for trips to the city

The big advantage of an adventure bike ( especially 600's up ) was the fact that the handlebars were high enough to be above everyones wing mirrors - VERY useful when lane splitting :-)

I only got knocked off the bike twice in all that time - worst time was getting T-Boned by a car coming out of a side road, result was me sliding across the 4 lanes of Tottenham Court Road watching cars and busses taking evasive action..... new undies that day :-)

Stu

Tottenham Court Rd is SO busy ALL the time, you lucky you weren't a pancake after that one Stu, bloody close one mate!

[RedKLR650]

Tottenham Court Rd is SO busy ALL the time, you lucky you weren't a pancake after that one Stu, bloody close one mate!

Lets just say that lucky for me, the roads were slightly less congested in the 80's compared to today - I can still remember the vision of looking up at the chassis of a double decker bus coming towards me as I slid across the road. The bike ended up on the opposite footpath and lucky for me, the left radiator and tank took most of the impact which saved my knee from being smashed. The driver went for a skate as he was coming the WRONG way out of a one way side street when he hit me :-)

Bike was insured. Two Thousand pounds worth of camera gear wasn't :-(

[junkmanjoe]

Yea got two repilys for jobs today....

both said,
sorry your unsuccessful in your applicaton....

..................ground hog day tomorrow again......................

[crazyhorse]

I will give up on other things before I give up on my bike riding - luckily I haven't been affected - but I do know of a great deal of folk who have.

[JATZ]

Yea got two repilys for jobs today....

both said,
sorry your unsuccessful in your applicaton....

..................ground hog day tomorrow again......................

Ever thought about leasing/hiring/buying a digger say 3-5 tonne and a small truck and working for y'self
Orrrrrr become a consultant

[junkmanjoe]

its just no worth the trouble, in the long run.

by the time you hire a digger aprox $50-$70 and hour, then a small truck to carry it around on, aprox $70-$100.
then diesel costs on top of that, then dumping charges for spoil, then costings for fill to do the job, and before all of that, you have to try and sell your self to people, to get work, eather radio or paper, or word of mouth.
after all that, you have to charge enough for the job, to cover your costs and try and make money on the job.

there is so many little out fits around our area, its just not worth it.

but yes i have looked in to it a little while ago, and have seen people start up and then close down soon after as well.

its just winter, and its not time for the bigger companys to turn over contracts, its soon but not quite yet.

ive still got CV's out with 5 major road construction companys and all have told me to wait for 2-3 months, when they take off again.

it will come, my number will come up....

cheers for your thoughts.

[dino3310]

its just winter, and its not time for the bigger companys to turn over contracts, its soon but not quite yet.

ive still got CV's out with 5 major road construction companys and all have told me to wait for 2-3 months, when they take off again.

it will come, my number will come up....

cheers for your thoughts.

soon as the 1st of july rolls over mate those big fellas will have there new budgets to play with and with a man of your talents one of them will snap you up, come summer mate you'll be that snowed under in work you wont have time to ride i'll have to come down and get the cobwebs of the 650 and take her for a blat

[junkmanjoe]

im hopeing you wont have to come far to pick her up.
ive crossed sticks for taupo....

MMmmmm 42 traverse..... every sunday...ohh fishers track..... oohhh...i want that job bad....

[dino3310]

im hopeing you wont have to come far to pick her up.
ive crossed sticks for taupo....

MMmmmm 42 traverse..... every sunday...ohh fishers track..... oohhh...i want that job bad....

sweeeeeeet mate

[junkmanjoe]

Oh yea you got that right, girl freind.....

get your shift all sorted...
at least the computer is pluged in.....

[Eddieb]

If you move there you better have a spare room. I'm not missing out on 42nd and Fishers.

And Whanga road is a lot closer too.

[Paladin]

If you move there you better have a spare room. I'm not missing out on 42nd and Fishers.

And Whanga road is a lot closer too.

I'll have the couch then!

Group therapy rides LOL!

[Box'a'bits]

If you move there you better have a spare room. I'm not missing out on 42nd and Fishers.

And Whanga road is a lot closer too.

Guess if we asked nicely (please please please) we could just arrange to shift the Wgtn crowd up to take advantage of the convenient base...

Mate, frankly I'd rather that you got a job in the 'rapa, just for purely selfish reasons.

Whanga Rd is definitely on the summer unfinished business agenda.

Now what's the goss re Paladin's bike & your issues with the cops? You can't talk about that on the periphials, then not spill the beans

[JATZ]

Now what's the gos re Paladin's bike & you issues with the cops? You can't talk about that on the periphials, then not spill the beans

Yeah..... wot E said

[marks]

Whanga Rd is definitely on the summer unfinished business agenda.

I want to do it again during this winter

it wouldn't be a challenge in the dry

I might do something in August - a "shitty track" tour - Whanga/Fishers/42nd plus anything else that can be squeezed into a long weekend