Old Steve had an off

**Katman** · 2nd December 2016, 19:20

Originally Posted by FJRider

Do you .. ??

No, I ride with my eyes shut.

**eldog** · 2nd December 2016, 19:22

Originally Posted by cassina

I believe the chances of avoiding the crash would have been far greater if you had been riding a taller bike for the simple reason they give you better perifial vision.

scouring the web for a Penny Farthing to improve my perifial vision

my peripheral vision vision is only limited by my helmet. My field of vision by my position and height, maybe I should just stand on the pegs while riding my adv mbike.

**FJRider** · 2nd December 2016, 19:23

Originally Posted by Katman

No, I ride with my eyes shut.

If it works for you ...

**FJRider** · 2nd December 2016, 19:29

Originally Posted by cassina

I believe the chances of avoiding the crash would have been far greater if you had been riding a taller bike for the simple reason they give you better perifial vision. If you are tall enough demo an adventure bike and ride exactly the same route and if you feel instantly safer you will know the problem is with your bike. No need to put any more money into further riding school training then. I have demoed a crusier myself and was well aware the lower ground clearance could present a danger but they do have a neat look about them though.

Now I know why you crash so often ... you ride with your head up your ass ...

And the word you need is peripheral ...

**Akzle** · 2nd December 2016, 19:48

Originally Posted by pritch

If I may digress? Last night on the TV news there was an item about a guy printing T shirts in aid of Kaikoura businesses. Words to the effect, It's not hard to be kind aye. And I'm sitting here doing my nut because if you're going to print a T shirt at least make sure the spelling is correct.

Correct spelling: It's not hard to be kind eh? Fuck! There are only two letters and a sizeable chunk of the population can't even manage to spell that. So much for the teachers' union telling us what a great job they are doing.

As you were.

/Rant

i think you'd best light the hitcher-lamp, ay?

Originally Posted by AllanB

Best to just sit in the shed and polish your bike.

My Ducati is so friggen clean

me too.

**oldiebutagoody** · 2nd December 2016, 19:57

Originally Posted by FJRider

Having "Right of way" is NO guarantee that right of way will be given. After knowing of many such cases in the past (motorcycle verses car) .... I don't always press my "advantage" either. Do you .. ??

And in more than a few cases of doing so ... I got to live longer.

Absolutely agree 100%. Similar experience both on bikes and in cars/trucks over the years as a professional driver.

At the tender age of 15 my old man took me for a drive in his new work car (senior enforcement officer). He pulled over on a dead straight SI road and we swapped seats. He explained the absence in law of any legal" right of way", only the legal requirement to "give way". I would be unwise to assume i had any right to "take right of way". Stood me in good stead.

Then he said, "put your foot to the floor son, and see how fast she will go". I got to 85 mph before bottling out.

Brand new HQ Kingswood, 500 or so miles on the odo. .......still remember that new car smell........

**FJRider** · 2nd December 2016, 20:04

Originally Posted by eldog

scouring the web for a Penny Farthing to improve my perifial vision

The higher you get ... the further you can fall ...

**Katman** · 2nd December 2016, 20:08

Originally Posted by senior enforcement officer

"put your foot to the floor son, and see how fast she will go".

Cool double standards story bro.

**FJRider** · 2nd December 2016, 20:10

Originally Posted by pritch

If I may digress? Last night on the TV news there was an item about a guy printing T shirts in aid of Kaikoura businesses. Words to the effect, It's not hard to be kind aye. And I'm sitting here doing my nut because if you're going to print a T shirt at least make sure the spelling is correct.

Correct spelling: It's not hard to be kind eh? Fuck! There are only two letters and a sizeable chunk of the population can't even manage to spell that. So much for the teachers' union telling us what a great job they are doing.

As you were.

/Rant

Aye could be correct as well ...

exclamation: aye;

1.
said to express assent; yes.
"aye, you're right there"

(in voting) I assent.
"all in favour say aye"

noun
noun: aye; plural noun: ayes;

**Katman** · 2nd December 2016, 20:11

Originally Posted by FJRider

Aye could be correct as well ...

exclamation: aye;

1.
said to express assent; yes.
"aye, you're right there"

(in voting) I assent.
"all in favour say aye"

noun
noun: aye; plural noun: ayes;

Aye?

**FJRider** · 2nd December 2016, 20:13

Originally Posted by Katman

Aye?

I bet you never played scrabble ... well not the board game anyway ....

**Maha** · 2nd December 2016, 20:34

Originally Posted by FJRider

I bet you never played scrabble ... well not the board game anyway ....

Aye is Scottish for yes eh?

**FJRider** · 2nd December 2016, 20:46

Originally Posted by Maha

Aye is Scottish for yes eh?

Word Origin

Old Norse ei ever;

Old English ā;

**Old Steve** · 2nd December 2016, 20:52

Originally Posted by Katman

I have no doubt that a taxi was involved in the story.

But did the taxi really come to a halt blocking 2/3rds of the lane? Or was it just a case of a panic reaction due to inattention?

Hey Katman, you must have been there, huh, so could you contact Takapuna Police because they'd like more information on the Taxi if you can give it.

I'm telling this story in case someone learns something from it and saves themselves a similar experience. I'm old enough not to have to worry about embellishing stories.

Hell, I've been there and done that, I could tell a true story about having a rifle barrel stuck up my nose in the Bethlehem Post Office in the early hours of Christmas morning, why would I feel the need to embellish a story about an accident I was involved in. I'm using my experience as a case history, maybe someone will learn from it, I definitely have. I'm old enough that I don't have to massage my own ego. If I wanted to appear somewhat superior then I wouldn't have mentioned the accident in the first place.

By the way, I knew I was coming up to a side road, I slowed from about 55 km/hr to 40 to 45 km/hr, road was dry and clear, and people who helped pick me up and called the ambulance and the Police said the Taxi hadn't slowed, it'd just wheeled into the gap and into my lane. Yes, it might not have been 2/3 of the lane it blocked, it might have been 3/4, it definitely was at least more than 2/3 of the lane. I was certainly being attentive, I remember braking while the taxi was still moving, thinking should I continue braking, go right so I could go behind in case the taxi drove straight through the intersection, go left so I could go in front of the taxi in case it stopped and quickly deciding that braking now wasn't the best option as that would mean I would t-bone the now rapidly slowing taxi.

And yes to those suggesting a taller bike, I remember how much more I saw when riding my Honda ST1100 in Queensland. But I'm challenged in the inside leg measurement and always felt uncomfortable on the ST1100 (and also on a Triumph ST I was given a ride on) because I couldn't reach the ground securely when stopped. So, it's unfortunate that I have to ride something a little lower.

**Katman** · 2nd December 2016, 21:12

Originally Posted by Old Steve

I'm telling this story in case someone learns something from it and saves themselves a similar experience.

Ah well, maybe my comments are more directed at the people in this thread who seem to offer nothing more than pointless sympathy - instead of seeing the glaringly obvious lessons to be taken from it.

Originally Posted by Old Steve

I was certainly being attentive,

Clearly not sufficiently.