North Auckland Street Skills - NASS

[fizbin]

Are those draggins?

nope learnt my lesson there

[p.dath]

nope learnt my lesson there

It looks like your jacket remained intact, and the back protector only took a little bit. Is that the way it was?

[zealchick]

well yep some photos of little red and some of the gear:
photo #1 my jeans no not the Kevlar type!
Photo #2 whats left of the front end of the bike
Photo #3 Quasi Gloves (highly recommend)
Photo #4 another jeans phtoto
Photo #5 the Tank
Photo #6 the inside of the Jacket

Owwch!! thats a nasty off!

[Sharry]

Far canal, he must have hit you damb hard Thank god for back protectors eh. you lucky to get off that with a hole in your bum lad.

[Big Dog]

I agree with Sharry, that is one far canal.
No lecture for your, it is obviously still a sore spot (or pair of sore spots?).
So how long till you can sit down again?

[samgab]

Crap Fizzy, when did that happen? Jeans aside, a lot to be said for the gear you wear huh? Glad you're (relatively) okay... Sam (yeah, still alive, but no big bike yet, so I've been keeping quiet.)

[fizbin]

It looks like your jacket remained intact, and the back protector only took a little bit. Is that the way it was?

jacket is rooted all the way through. back protector took almost all of the impact... other than y arse that is!

Far canal, he must have hit you damb hard Thank god for back protectors eh. you lucky to get off that with a hole in your bum lad.

yeah i was very very luck to get off with just some gravel rash and a sore back. although from what i can remember he didn't hit me all that hard

I agree with Sharry, that is one far canal.
No lecture for your, it is obviously still a sore spot (or pair of sore spots?).
So how long till you can sit down again?

i can sit at the mo but it is no comfortable. the gravel rash is nearly healed it is my back that is killing me more than anything else.

Crap Fizzy, when did that happen? Jeans aside, a lot to be said for the gear you wear huh? Glad you're (relatively) okay... Sam (yeah, still alive, but no big bike yet, so I've been keeping quiet.)

happened the other week... yeah long time no hear brother. i would offer to come and pick you up but alas not any more.

[R-Soul]

So what happened? The bike looks like it took some impact and rolled over a bit - no mere slide...

Any lessons to be learnt here for us? (Besides ATGATT again). I was considering a back protector as a "maybe" before- but now I think it has been upgraded to "geddit".

[fizbin]

don't get tagged from behind!
i don't remember alot about the bin. one minute i was riding along all quite like. (a change for me!) next i felt a bump wasn't even a massive contact and i am sliding on my back down the road.
one thing that did sick in my mind though which i think is funny now. is mark telling us in a lesson one day to steer with your hands. strange the things you remember

[shah]

sorry to hear about the mishap, Steve. get well soon.

[MarkH]

don't get tagged from behind!

So, don't take it easy, ride faster? Yeah, I already do that.

That really sucks man, what kind of incompetent driver would just run up the back of another vehicle while it is cruising along? The guy must have been drunk or asleep or just a fuckin' idiot!

[R-Soul]

So, don't take it easy, ride faster? Yeah, I already do that.

That really sucks man, what kind of incompetent driver would just run up the back of another vehicle while it is cruising along? The guy must have been drunk or asleep or just a fuckin' idiot!

Did the driver stop?

You would be surprised at what kind of driver would do that. In Pretoria, I was stopped at a red light on my cousins bike - an old BMW 800GS. It had just turned red, but the cars going across had already started pullng off - so it was real late.
I heard car tyres screeching behind me and braced myself - no time to even look around. It was on quite a steep uphill as well. The next thing a car just belts the bike out from under me and then smacks me in the back when I fell down. Luckily the bike took all the energy - but my back was sore for a few weeks after (no back protector).
It was a stupid teenage chick.

But I checked the day after- the skid marks were 35 meters long. I paced them out. She must have been flying- prolly on a cellphone... bitch...

[Big Dog]

So what happened? The bike looks like it took some impact and rolled over a bit - no mere slide...

Any lessons to be learnt here for us? (Besides ATGATT again). I was considering a back protector as a "maybe" before- but now I think it has been upgraded to "geddit".

They can be had for under a hundy if you shop around.
The pricier ones might protect better at 140 plus but are no better at low speed (in general terms) They do tent to be really comfortable.

I paid $99 Retail for my 661 that I only really bother with on spirited rides or in one of my jackets that does not already have a good back protector.

Supplementary back protectors are always better than the ones built in o jackets but it is about finding the right balance between actually wearing ATGATT and just saying you do which is what tends to happen if your go too over the top. I ride almost everywhere I go, so I have options. If you only ride somtimes your risk is greater and you have less practicalities to take into account so there are no excuses.

A cheap back protector costs less than:
3 tanks of gas in the 'busa.
10% of an aftermarket pipe.
Heated grips.
One latte every working day of a month.
A bike specific Backpack
A pair of designer jeans.
Or
A day off work at minimum wage.

[Big Dog]

So, don't take it easy, ride faster? Yeah, I already do that.

That really sucks man, what kind of incompetent driver would just run up the back of another vehicle while it is cruising along? The guy must have been drunk or asleep or just a fuckin' idiot!

Unfortunately not an uncommon type of accident in NZ.

Our resident sheeple have worked really long and hard to make sure cagers don't have to thing behind the wheel.

I think of it like this.
Straight road policy by transit New Zealand = a
Low Speed policy by NZ police = b
Safer Vehicles program by Transit New Zealand = c
No Personal liability by ACC = d
Lack of resoponsible behavior being the public perception (and sometimes the truth) about bikers = e
Population growth courtesy of importing more drivers than we are exporting. = f
Parents now spend less time with their kids teaching them life lessons. = g
Various agencies place greater emphasis on saving lives of car drivers even if it is at the expense of rider safety ( eg Rope barriers). = h

a x b x c x d x e x f x g x h = I am exposed to far greater risks every year than I was the year before.

This is reality.
This is not going to change.

However this is my religion.
This is my cultural identity.
I will not surrender, I will don the best armour I can muster for the situation and I will continue to ride, ride with my primary armour being an open and clear mind that is trained in how to read the situation and how to manage emergency manouvers on any bike I ride.

[p.dath]

What should we do at the car park tonight?

We haven't done emergency braking, or brake and escape for a long time?

I think there would be some benefit at practising counter steering at 40 to 50km/h around the corners in the car park as well. There are a few people having trouble cornering on the normal ride at the moment.