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    Yeah, just watched that too!
    Wonder how long until that is uploaded?
    I will try to add too, can someone PM me if they find it in next 30 min and is not up? Thanks!

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    What an amazing day it has been,so pleased to have been part of it.Top marks to the organisers

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    What I want is any aerial shots showing BOTH convoys...we had a chopper and omly one Harley rider flippin it a bird...ffs!

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    The run in to Wellington from the police college. goodness me.

    3 abreast per lane, all lanes full, solid packed, one bike length between bikes, and bikie police escorts in front going like the clappers.

    And my speedo showed 120kph!

    Fuckin' brilliant riding.

    And half those around me at the front were Harleys and half those were patched (might have been Ulysses though, i was too busy to take careful not).
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    well that was a great turn out, here's video as I arrive at Avalon

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rocketgal68 View Post
    Curious TV3 news tonight, sadly they mentioned deaths on bikes... I am curious how this may relate to ACC .. as its Accident Compensation Corp, or do they cover the widows or widowers with a insurance payout... sorry for the negative post but I really would like to know how they can classify this as fact?
    As Nana Mac said there are payments that help out those of us who have lost partners/parents ... and those can continue for a number of years ... depending on a huge amount of circumstances ... it helps the partner with the ability to pay bills with around $5800 towards funeral costs ... there is also a one off survivorship grant ... and ongoing payments for some ... lots of different factors are included in the calculations ... I received the minimum amount of support ... and it was definately a help. This is a side issue to what they are saying ... and it is interesting trying to make this a main focus.
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    Were we lucky with the weather or WHAT!!!

    Today it is bucketing down with rain in Levin and I am so pleased the ride was yesterday. Who cares if you get wet going home, it's the actual day that counts.

    I hope they find the arsehole on the Harley and make him pay for any damage he's done. It pisses me off that people think it's funny to do dumb shit like this. All it does is make people go "stupid fucking motorcyclists" and it's no wonder the public has this perception of us as idiots who all ride Harleys.

    My office is on SH1 in Levin and I saw (and heard) hundreds of bikes heading north yesterday afternoon. I was so pissed off I couldn't on the ride myself!

    I was overtaken on my way to a meeting in Foxton last night by a few riders heading home. A couple of lovely bikes with personalised plates - didn't catch the first one but the second one was something like XILR8. The rain was just starting then.

    I think ALL the organisers, ALL the riders (bar the two fuckwits on Harleys) and the police deserve a big round of applause. You certainly made sure our voices were heard and I hope something good comes out of it.

    My husband wants to know when the badges will be coming out? Good source of income for the organisers and there would be heaps of people who would buy one. I'd buy one to support the ride even though I wasn't able to be there on the day.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rocketgal68 View Post
    Curious TV3 news tonight, sadly they mentioned deaths on bikes... I am curious how this may relate to ACC .. as its Accident Compensation Corp, or do they cover the widows or widowers with a insurance payout... sorry for the negative post but I really would like to know how they can classify this as fact?
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    As Nasty has said calculations do vary, but death can be almost as expensive to ACC as on going rehab, as sometimes the payments are ongoing for children and if the main earner being the partner killed - was on a high wage bracket.

    I was an at home mum with a 7 month and three year old so i had NO earnings coming in for awhile and lived on our norton savings within the last hundred in panic.
    And while I don't agree with the prinicpals of the levy hike to Motorcyclists based on a few concepts.

    It was damn good ACC came to the party, and it should be a relief to know, if you go down your family should be ok - dependant on circumstances.
    So yes ACC levies can cover deaths into the future.
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    Think it is important to show this is not just about levy hikes, or about motorbikes for that matter.
    Govt is trying to make fundamental changes to ACC, starting with bikes, change to user pays, privatise.
    We know this.
    I also think ACC is a great system and do not want to see it gone.
    I would like to see costs more fairly distributed, and the focus on community responsibility, not singling out small groups insurance-style.

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    There is a KBer in pic one and six,can anybody identify them?

    1. Early at the meeting point SH1, only about 50 bikes, then someone opened the floodgates!

    2. An ocean of bikes but still more came

    3. And came and came

    4. Nick smith caves and takes a pillion ride to appease the masses.(fookin ape)

    5. Far from alienating the public, I think we made a good day out for this little group of pensioners, they were loving it.

    6. The lawn outside the Hall of lies and persecution
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    Oh bugger

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    A beautiful looking bike in pic one mate

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kiwi Graham View Post
    A beautiful looking bike in pic one mate
    You are a man of unquestionable taste and breeding good sir, I would tug my forelock in deference to your majesty, if I had any hair.

    Hey, you are talkin about the old blue and white now aren't you
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    Do anyone know if we can get hold of all the raw video footage TV One news took on the day?? They had bucket loads of cameras on the ground, in the air and on bikes. I had expected a few more aerial shots on the news and quite frankly a bit longer coverage considering the effort they put in on the day.
    The footage from the helicopter showing the convoys stretching along the motorways and viewing the merger of SH1 and SH2 would special.
    If we could get this footage we could make "Bikeoi 2009, The Movie".

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    Bikeoi Video Clips

    Some clips of the video I took from the Bikeoi, leaving from Papakowhai Road.
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    Quote Originally Posted by huff3r View Post
    Some very positive coverage on TV3 nightline just before! And possibly better video than tvnz managed to get even, some on board shots in the convoy...
    I had the tV3 cameraman on the back of my VStrom. We managed to get some really great shots of a number of bikes, but of course they only showed a small fraction of what he took.
    Time to ride

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