Riding in godzone. The whinge.

[martybabe]

Well I thought this thread would be full of, gravel,roadworks,oilspills,wet tar, ciggy butts, women drivers,men drivers,trucks etc'

It would appear some stereotypes are accurate. Kiwis do appear to be laid back and not so prone to whinging as erhmm other people. Good onya

As I said in the first post though, some cage driving will prompt a whinge outta anybody.

ere, someone seems to have vacuumed up my bling thing.

What is the world comming to. B movie sized bugs and bling knickers.

[jrandom]

The bugs aren't just a 'naki thing. Plenty of the suckers up here.

Had a wasp fly into my neck on the weekend and give me a whack with its stinger above the collarbone as I was riding south on SH22. Little bastard. What'd it want to do that for?

It got its comeuppance, though, as I slowed down and started frantically bashing at myself in an effort to kill whatever the hell had just flown into my open jacket collar and started having a go at me.

Couple of hours later we were pulled up and one of the other riders goes "er, dude, there's half a wasp stuck to your T-shirt..."

Nowhere near as bad as bee stings, though.

I reckon I'll start buttoning my collar up on the open road now.

Got hit by a motherfucker of a moth in the neck once, too, riding in the dark on SH12 just out of Dargaville. Those things weigh a ton.

Just one of the hassles of riding a sit-up-straight bike, I guess.

[jrandom]

OK, you know what else I hate?

I hate 'borrowing' my toothbrush for cleaning purposes and ending up with it covered in kerosene and grease, intending to go buy myself a new one, not making it to the supermarket for two nights in a row and having to go to sleep with a furry mouth.

Not sure if that's a New Zealand-specific issue, though.

Maybe another beer will help?

[onearmedbandit]

Rutted up roads on the hills in summer. The road to Akaroa is bliss, but on a hot summers day the road at the top is that hot the tar has melted and larger vehicles push it up into ruts. It's used a lot by stock trucks which are particularly nasty on the surface.

[martybabe]

OK, you know what else I hate?

I hate 'borrowing' my toothbrush for cleaning purposes and ending up with it covered in kerosene and grease, intending to go buy myself a new one, not making it to the supermarket for two nights in a row and having to go to sleep with a furry mouth.

Not sure if that's a New Zealand-specific issue, though.

Maybe another beer will help?

a laugh to go to bed on. Cheers mate. hey cute kid on the photo. don't even know where i saw it now. some thread or other.

[mister.koz]

I completely agree with that passing bit before.... pisses me off, im a fairly conservative cage driver so i wont pass unless its real clear but i would rather be out for a couple of secs at 120 that take up a WHOLE passing lane run to get past one car at 101

I hate it when you pull your breaks apart in the kitchen cause the shed has no light, then your left to clean out the calipers with the dishbrush cause there are no other non-tooth brushes around, then forgetting about the cleaning it with some thinners thing, then of course 1/2 asleep the next morning washing yesterday's coffee scum out of your favourite coffee cup and sitting down to a ciggie and a nice cup of thinners tasting coffee

[martybabe]

I completely agree with that passing bit before.... pisses me off, im a fairly conservative cage driver so i wont pass unless its real clear but i would rather be out for a couple of secs at 120 that take up a WHOLE passing lane run to get past one car at 101

I hate it when you pull your breaks apart in the kitchen cause the shed has no light, then your left to clean out the calipers with the dishbrush cause there are no other non-tooth brushes around, then forgetting about the cleaning it with some thinners thing, then of course 1/2 asleep the next morning washing yesterday's coffee scum out of your favourite coffee cup and sitting down to a ciggie and a nice cup of thinners tasting coffee

[vfxdog]

Kiwi car drivers are generally appalling. Worst thing is that they/we think they're Denny Hulme or Chris Amon, even though they don't know who they are. Bugwise, a journey out of Whitianga following two lumbering Landcruisers towing trailers stacked with active beehives was horrendous. There were literally thousands of bees pouring out of those hives as these clowns crawled down the road; their combined length and far from sensible pace making an overtake a bit tricky, not to mention the prospect of being stung (again) in mid-pass. Shouldn't there be a law against that kind of bee handling?

[HornetBoy]

here it comes :

Ive come to accept its a part of new zealand roads but i still have to moan about it ,but the random pot holes and gravel sections really piss me off ! especially when they are not sign posted and you come around the corner and suddenly the rear comes out have had some people say it adds to the excitement ....hmmm

AND ..... The cagers that sit at 95kph then when you hit a passing lane and when you try to overtake you end up having to do 130ph just to pass em cause they have put their foot down suddenly

and when you hit newly tarsealed road and all the stones flick up and fountain over you and all over the bike,sometimes its probly the equivilent of 10-20kg of stones under the hugger and stuck between the motor etc lol

Ah well at least we dont have internationals driving on the wrong side of that road.... :slap:

[The Pastor]

Two things stop me from having a good ride.

lack of money for gas. (no ride no good)

cops (dont like walking home)

[The Pastor]

Kiwi car drivers are generally appalling. Worst thing is that they/we think they're Denny Hulme or Chris Amon, even though they don't know who they are. Bugwise, a journey out of Whitianga following two lumbering Landcruisers towing trailers stacked with active beehives was horrendous. There were literally thousands of bees pouring out of those hives as these clowns crawled down the road; their combined length and far from sensible pace making an overtake a bit tricky, not to mention the prospect of being stung (again) in mid-pass. Shouldn't there be a law against that kind of bee handling?

lol. thats funny I bet you got a real buzz out of that!

[BUNGY]

The cagers that sit at 95kph then when you hit a passing lane and when you try to overtake you end up having to do 130ph just to pass em cause they have put their foot down suddenly

It seems they have a big ego problem. Im sure they know they are holding everyone up but being passed is probably proof they are a slow driver so they try not to let it happen.

[terbang]

Doing a Coro loop a wee while back with Barbender and Beyond. There were clouds of bees all over the place and they seemed to be getting thicker. With the lads starting to feel a bit targeted and checking for honey (or similar) smeared over our leathers, we discoverd, followed by a lot of smeary looking cars (windows wound up), a beekeeper driving his truck loaded with bee hives! A few rapid overtakes and they were a thing of the past... Or so we thought. A little later, stopped for a cuppa at a roadside and scraping all sorts of carnage from our gear, bugger it, the beekeeper drove by again. Those bees had lots of yellow custard in them that gave my riding gear a new styling. Mind you it would have probably blended in fine with most modern sport bikes. I propose that we petition to have beekeepers banned from our highways.

[vifferman]

The generally low standard of driving is generally a piss-off, but the one that annoys me the most is people who look, see you coming, then pull out anyway.
I had an old crone do it the other day, so I flicked my lights on highbeam, and followed illegally closely. However, it kinda backfired on me, as when she turned right (east), she suddenly discovered she couldn't see, and turned the windscreen washers on (another piss-off), so I got a nice wash.
I don't think she even noticed me the whole time, until I passed her.

Ach weil...
I got much wetterer today, when I didn't realise it was raining, so set out with my summer gloves on, the vents on my pants undone (they don't actually let water in, but it was cold), and the leather doodah that covers up the mesh on the front, neck and collar of my jacket off. (It was in the pocket on the back, but a fat lot of good that did!)
But (however), thanks to NikWax, no water got in anywhere. The stupid thing is I've taken the car every day this week, then on the first wet day, I take the bike.
But even a wet ride is good for the soul.

[martybabe]

Yeah. that's better. whingeings good for the soul, a release mechanism, a safety valve........as long as you know when to stop eh.

How about a multi kilometre, multi two section truck over taking manouver, I'm talking perhaps 20 mins to negotiate the queue safely, then bingo, your out front at last. Amongst the euphoria and the mental back patting you notice the petrol gauge flashing and you just know you aint gonna put enough distance between you and the queue to fill up and come out still ahead.

So you've gotta do the whole fugging thing again! with the gravel and the cow piss and the swinging trailers and the yard yarda yarda.