SH 16. cops cops cops

[Toast]

bacon and toast also tomatoes thanks

I am in no way associated with the Bacon, please watch what you say.

[yungatart]

Petes trying to get hold of maurice while we wait we are drinking the wine and beer hope some are left by the time we leave.

Chances are, if the wine and the beer are all gone, so will the sausages be.. better hurry (without speeding, of course), hXc says he's hungry..

[Toast]

My opinion is that it IS dangerous to be doing those speeds on an open road where innocent people are tootling along mind their own business,

Good point, when there's no oncoming traffic, you're sweet That's how I see it too.

[Mrs Busa Pete]

Goodness. Maurice understated it.

So who is maurice ???? you know you want to

[yungatart]

So who is maurice ???? you know you want to

I fear that is privileged information, for only Ixion to know.....the rest of us can only imagine

[Ixion]

No indeed. He's Dover's "special friend" not mine.

[yungatart]

Of course, Ixion, and we believe you totally.

[skidMark]

Maybe we should just make the site unviewable to unregistered users and put a large easy to read clause before signing up where it says you can't sign up if you are affiliated with the police and are wanting to use our site as a method of targeting organised rides.

Not that it would stop the cops, they would probably sign up despite the clause and use the info to help them source more revenue gathering events. They would then just lie and claim they had never heard of KB.

Best bet, is learn to ride with your brain - time and place.

saw your old zxr in wellsford today dave

[BarBender]

...Best bet, is learn to ride with your brain - time and place.

Thats why I went to the Coromandel.

[Edbear]

What she said

Yes, Mommy! I be a good boy, honest....!

[Finn]

I think 200+kph on anyroad has got to be pushing it - keep those kind of speeds for the track - they don't belong on the roads.

So 135 on Richmond Rd this afternoon is okay then? Was under 200.

[SwanTiger]

The last few times I've ridden SH16 there have been more livestock on the roads than there are Highway Patrol units. There are some lovely straights where I am sure someone could do 250 kmp/h + safely.

The fact that the Cop was gloating about catching 6 bikers on the Thursday night is a bit fucked up. Andy Caird was his name wasn't it? Utter lying scummy filth, he deserves some special attention.

[skidMark]

So 135 on Richmond Rd this afternoon is okay then? Was under 200.

i hear mv's start breaking stuff anywhere over 65

[Edbear]

Went Coatesville/Riverhead then Farmers onto Peak to Helensville before heading up 16 to Wellsford yesterday. Not one Cop on the whole trip until coming back down SH1 from Wellsford when I saw one only.

(The Coatesville Rd is boring at 80km/h but too many "tractors" driven by incompetents, anyway).

My concern with these kind of speeds is the public that use the roads. I came across two actual tractors, one on Peak Rd. and one on SH16 just plodding along minding their own business at about 30km/h. Had I been doing anywhere near the speeds on this thread, I could be a statistic now. I posted months ago that I knew a biker back in the 70's who died crashing into the back of a tractor as he came around the corner at about 130km/h. Had no chance!

I've had people pull out from driveways in front of me. Even in my truck which is far easier to see than my bike! I tend to agree with the sentiments of those who advocate the track as the best place to "see what she'll do", (That's the bike, by the way... )

[arj127]

rode along there this morning, bloody nice ride it was too. Had no need to go past one sixty, one ten most of the time just lapping up the nice bendy road that it is. Saw the blue cop car and bike, dont know how they caught him if he was going that fast.