Feb 22 Christchurch quake. Implications for bikers. Are sportsbikes now irrelevant?

[Kickaha]

Auckland had a 4.7 in the 70s? Napier had that huge 7.8 less than a hundred years ago.

Don't forget there was a 7.8 in 2009, but because it was in the middle of nowhere it didn't really cause much damage

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Fiordland_earthquake

[ellipsis]

...we're cool D...house took another hammering...fell back into a similar shape it had before...yet another brand new plumbing system fucked...now replaced again...i've definitely run out of spare fixit parts now...biggest freak was all my tribe were central city at the time...like thousands of others i had the horrible wait for them to check in...4 hrs of freaked terror..all so lucky and all having close calls...its a bit hard to feel good...just relieved...

[fuknKIWI]

When they re-do the roads with nice hotmix, sports bikes will be back in fashion.

Maybe they can do it right...

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...aroa-GP-course...

Last time I was there temp got inot the low 30's & the road started to melt
fuknPATHETIC. Ask the Aussies how they keep their roads solid in HOT weather

[fuknKIWI]

"I mean what are still people doing in NZ is beyond me"

Yep me too.

[fuknKIWI]

...at the moment I cant even remember how many wheels a m/c has...

I know of one that hasn't had ANY since the first 'quake

[miloking]

DUH... dorklander I asume? BECAUSE its were we live, you know its our home.

Ohh ok that makes sense, well good luck hope you dont get third time lucky down there... just clarify one thing for me since iam dork and all, when does "our home" become enough of a pain in the ass to move somehwere safer?

[dangerous]

Ohh ok that makes sense, well good luck hope you dont get third time lucky down there... just clarify one thing for me since iam dork and all, when does "our home" become enough of a pain in the ass to move somehwere safer?

I never called you a 'dork' man... ya know what YOU yes YOU are at more risk driving to work tomorow and diying than I am staying in "my home" and dying by quake... go figger

[miloking]

I never called you a 'dork' man... ya know what YOU yes YOU are at more risk driving to work tomorow and diying than I am staying in "my home" and dying by quake... go figger

True that you didnt call me dork but who knows maybe iam...but fair enough you are probably right about the risk...considering how many retarded cage drivers we have in auckland.
But risk aside, having to deal with all the damage to property from all the afteshocks and liquefaction sure must get pretty annoying at some point...

[Oakie]

Sportsbikes irrelevant? I guess it's not what you ride, it's how you ride it that counts.

Ride to the conditions. I will be tomorrow on my new commute (about 3/4 of the circumference of the city in an anti-clockwise direction. I've told the boss I should be there by mid-morning.

[dangerous]

As far as Christchurch goes, I think a bike like a 1098, or any modern supersport bike, may now be irrelevant on Christchurch roads.

jsut an up date... and FWIW a 1098 or similer is a right bitch in town anyway, took the afternoon of for a break from it all and went for a ride to the Hiltop for fresh air, roads mint (apart from rd works at the end of the mad mile) so I duno what ya on bout in ya 1st post, if refering to the bays rd, will its all ways been a goat track.

[schrodingers cat]

True that you didnt call me dork but who knows maybe iam...but fair enough you are probably right about the risk...considering how many retarded cage drivers we have in auckland.
But risk aside, having to deal with all the damage to property from all the afteshocks and liquefaction sure must get pretty annoying at some point...

I don't have any problem calling you a dork.

Fortunately not everybody sees the world through your eyes. If I wanted to live in Jafaland I'd be there already. After all - all that population and opportunity blah blah.

The trouble is, I fucking hate the place. So I don't live there and I don't complain about it when I visit. Nice to be there, nice to leave.

I could move to Timaru. I've lived there before and it was ok. But I don't want to.
As D says - its home

So, PLEEEEEAAAAASSSSSSEEEEEEEEE - don't talk bullshit about 'unsafe' Christchurch. There is no safe place in New Zealand

That is all

[SVboy]

Plus one to Dangerous's post: I went yesterday and today-road is mint[Outside of Halswell]. Even saw a mufti and the Akaroa cop. Almost felt like old times......

[ellipsis]

...sportsters work well on the beach, round a dirt mile and on fucked up roads...should try one sometime...

[AllanB]

And that can be anywhere in NZ because it's all on active ground. Including Auckland.

And there's the truth about our wee island(s).

I know move to Aussie, ah hang on, floods, fire, drought, fist size hail storms .....

[Oakie]

Ride to the conditions. I will be tomorrow on my new commute (about 3/4 of the circumference of the city in an anti-clockwise direction. I've told the boss I should be there by mid-morning.

Godammit! My 22 minute commute was 1 hour 20 this morning and 1 hour 45min this afternoon on the new route. And that was with a little lane-splitting and riding up the cycle lane! Now 32 km instead of 17.6 Glad I told the boss I'm working from home a couple of days this week.