Auckland City Compass protest ride

[Maha]

Maha - At least I was MEANT to be starting at the rear of the group. Mom should have left without you and you could have ridden shotgun for TEC! (Now THERE'S an idea).

Bring it up at the next meeting.....
Sorry......Over Ruled!!

[Mom]

Mom should have left without you and you could have ridden shotgun for TEC! (Now THERE'S an idea).

Leaving without him is a bit tricky, my feet dont reach the ground on his bike

Bring it up at the next meeting.....
Sorry......Over Ruled!!

Hmmmm, maybe a new battery might be in order?

[MadDuck]

Fantastic Video Chasio....love the FM song with it

[Attis]

Some pictures from Saturday. It was excellent. Congratulation!

[Mom]

Some pictures from Saturday. It was excellent. Congratulation!

Great photos! I love to see al the different ways people saw what was happening. Have you got any more pics?

[retro asian]

any of a black suzuki gs1200ss?

Is that a GS1200SS on the far right?

[blackdog]

Is that a GS1200SS on the far right?

nope, its almost a retro sprots (twin headlight, half fairing) suzukis parts bin bike

[chasio]

I second Mom's request: keep the pictures coming!

[retro asian]

nope, its almost a retro sprots (twin headlight, half fairing) suzukis parts bin bike

Sorry Mate, can't see any photos of you then (unless I'm not able to pick your bike).

[blackdog]

Sorry Mate, can't see any photos of you then (unless I'm not able to pick your bike).

all good, was actually a mates bike, i saw him in a pic but he coulda been riding something else (he's not on kb)

[Fatt Max]

Still fizzing about the weekend....brilliant......

Now, I am sure I am right here when I say there were no accidents involving any of the participants in the protest, from the 4 compass point rides into town as well as the Parnell / Queen St / Mission Bay run...??

If that is the case, we covered a lot of K's in wet conditions, busy motorways, bustlling suburbs and Queen Street with the remnants of 50,000 protestors on the street......and all without a police escort, organised road closures or specific diversions. All marshalling done ny AAG riders and traffic / road rules observed.....

Can anyone confirm this? Fecking good statistic I reckon..........

[Mom]

Still fizzing about the weekend....brilliant......

Now, I am sure I am right here when I say there were no accidents involving any of the participants in the protest, from the 4 compass point rides into town as well as the Parnell / Queen St / Mission Bay run...??

If that is the case, we covered a lot of K's in wet conditions, busy motorways, bustlling suburbs and Queen Street with the remnants of 50,000 protestors on the street......and all without a police escort, organised road closures or specific diversions. All marshalling done ny AAG riders and traffic / road rules observed.....

Can anyone confirm this? Fecking good statistic I reckon..........

I have received no negative feedback, so I am going to say yes incident free, in some trying conditions...

[Fatt Max]

I have received no negative feedback, so I am going to say yes incident free, in some trying conditions...

Jeez, what does that tell you about our protesting.......massive food for thought and serious ammo for the future.......

[caseye]

Ya know Mark you have a damn fine point thee.Ammo for the future.
M and M (Te, he, he. Couldn't rersist)protest ride statisitcs.
So far at least 4 full on City and fringe rides.
No accidents.
No road closures.
No Police involvement.
No negative feedback from Public.
In fact positive from Mission Bay shop keepers and residents.Same at Viaduct.Same at Chrissy run.Same for the Biggie when you famous folk got over 1500(or was it more) bikes to ride the length of the Auckland City Motorway and back
Approx2000 individual riders in total on the four rides I can think of and we did it all by ourselves.
We marshalled the riders.
We blocked traffic where necessary.
We took responsibility and we trusted our riders to do the responsible thing.
Look what can e achieved.
ADD This outsatanding record to BikHoi 1 and man we've got some pretty solid credentials. For Bikers in general who have felt outraged enough to RIDE agaisnt this govt's stupid one eyed approach to ACC Resrtucturing.

[Maha]

Bodir controlled the ride really well to be honest.
Chasio did a marvellous job as TEC.
The earlier rides were a real test and things are starting to Gel.

I went on the very 1st ''protest'' ride and there were about 12 bikes.
It was a bit messy to say the least with a lot of head shaking from those two or three back from the front. But notes were taken so not a total loss.
To manage anywhere from 25-400 bikes can be as easy or as difficult as you want to make it.
Having a team of the right people is the real bonus.