Wgtn - Ducati blown over - Cnr Waring Taylor & Featherston St (16 Nov)

**FFS** · 16th November 2009, 09:05

1998 Ducati has blown over and has dominoed a scooter and a couple of others.
On corner of waring taylor and featherston street, Wellington.

**AllanB** · 16th November 2009, 09:09

Bloody Italian bikes, it's probably trying to shag the scooter ......

**ready4whatever** · 16th November 2009, 10:17

ahh windy welly. I'd have a naked bike if i lived there

**mashman** · 16th November 2009, 10:23

Originally Posted by AllanB

Bloody Italian bikes, it's probably trying to shag the scooter ......

Heh, sounds like the same place my bike went over too... horrible horrible place to have to park a bike... it was only a duc though no great loss

**aahsv** · 16th November 2009, 10:40

bikes are lik boats - park them pointing into wind

**StoneY** · 16th November 2009, 10:53

Did you pick it back up though?

I would not mind someone picking MY bike up if it fell/blew/got knocked over

Did this for a scooter a few weeks back, me and a Hornet rider picked up a blown over scooter, and sheltered it behind my Suzy

Left owner a note as to the 'lost' fuel that had spilled out and the broken mirror, next day a box of chockies was tucked into my fairing as thanks

**FFS** · 16th November 2009, 11:00

No, I didnt pick it up, I did think that perhaps I should.. but it aint my bike to touch.
If its still laying over when I go to lunch I will pick it up.

**huff3r** · 16th November 2009, 11:05

Originally Posted by FFS

No, I didnt pick it up, I did think that perhaps I should.. but it aint my bike to touch.
If its still laying over when I go to lunch I will pick it up.

Although possibly a good point to make, it might not be clever to pick it up if its just gonna fall again? Y'know trying to do the good thing and just end up breaking things more

**Azi Dahaka** · 16th November 2009, 11:05

Originally Posted by aahsv

bikes are lik boats - park them pointing into wind

Yeah and watch the wind decide to randomly change direction 90 degrees here in welly and still blow your bike over.

**StoneY** · 16th November 2009, 11:14

Originally Posted by Azi Dahaka

Yeah and watch the wind decide to randomly change direction 90 degrees here in welly and still blow your bike over.

Its why i use my paddock stand when I can, otherwise find a wall to shelter near (easy said I know)

Featherston Wind Tunnel is the worst I have seen for blown over bikes
Seen a scooter leaning on a Bandit 1200 there quite a few times when I was at the bank, at least a weekly event

The Bandit owner knows the Scooter owner quite well by now it would seem

**AllanB** · 16th November 2009, 11:42

Problem with picking up some random bike is as you start you can guarantee the owner will arrive and think you knocked it over ......

**FFS** · 16th November 2009, 12:20

Someone (perhaps the owner) has picked up the bike and the others too.
So the mating of the Ducati and the scooter has finished.... what would that make? A ducooter or a scoocati... what a conundrum