Bloody yanks

[jrandom]

Yeah, but looking the other way, how would you cope with lying in a blown up building in 36+ degrees for hours, not knowing if one of the "other side" had you in their sights and having to take cold blooded calculated shots at smoeone 700 or so metres away? ( as opposed to dealing with a threat in the heat of the moment)

Oh, for sure. Yes, being a sniper would not be a Nice Job (tm). And if it fscks you up a bit, well, that's understandable, but I've read a bit of commentary from Army snipers (American, even) who've worked in operations over the last decade or so, and they come across as professionals who don't necessarily *enjoy* what they do, but understand the necessity for it. That doesn't quite gel with the description of this particular chap.

[Edit: BTW, you might find that 700m would be a bit longer of a shot than what your average sniper in the field would take with a light (.308) or medium (.338) rifle. They're not superhuman godlike sharpshooters, you know. Then again, mebbe not. What about them Canadians that got a hit on a personnel target with a 50 cal at 1600m or so in Iraq last year, eh? That's some impressive shootin'.]

Different strokes for different folks - and that is a bold assumtion that he is (a) a coward and (b) would piss himself and run away, still I guess thats YOUR opinion

Bold assumptions are what I'm all about, baby. In any case, anyone on the internet who claims they were a sniper needs to be taken with a large pile of sodium chloride, IMHO.

[NordieBoy]

To get a full license was relatively easy. The bike cop who took me for mine said, "That your bike? Meet me in the carpark and we'll go for a blat!"
(For all that, the test was semi-thorough, and involved the usual hillstart, figure-8's, panic stops, etc.)

I turned up on the QT50 and the cop tells me off for doing a U'ie outside his window and then says that "the car is at the garage at the moment so just go down the street turn right, right again through the lights and come back here."

He sat on one of those small Telecom lumpy things on the footpath and that was it.

I didn't even take any shortcuts at all to bypass the lights - nope wasn't me must have been someone else

Ahhh 1984.

[BrianNZ]

[QUOTE=Fish;58169]Used to read rec.motorcycles, but then that's full of potbellied bearded Hardley riding types (including the women).


I'm a regular at 'reeky' and enjoy widing the Septics up as much as possible.
They love to lord it over the rest of the world, so I do my bit to trip them up whenever possible. There's a good variety there, from Germany, England, Canada.......
Get back on the forum, and get your mates there as well and soon they will be outnumbered by Kiwi's .

Potbellies keep you warm......

[toycollector10]

When I was a boy the dealers wouldn't just sell you what you wanted. If you rocked up on your BSA Bantam with a deposit for a Commando they would tell you to go away. "Get yourself a 350 single then come back in 12 months for a 500 twin". And so it went. And rightly so.

[Waylander]

Yeah well no 250 limit on beginners over there and they rule the world eh!

Uh yes there is. Riders permit is the first thing you can get and that only allows you up to a 250 and within sight of a rider that has had their full licence for 5 years or something like that.

However you can get your permit and full on the same day so that really doesn't matter.

I understand no such thing as a warrant of fitness test is done either - just relies on the cops picking up defects.

State inspection is actually more strict than NZ W.O.F. and has to be done every year. Full inspection as if it was the first time being registered each time.

Great country full of rednecks...

You say that like it's a bad thing.



And damn what a thread dredge lol.

[scracha]

Non-representative sample. They were *VFR riders* fer chrissakes. I mean, like, break out the pipes and slippers, man.

Oy!

Two KBers I know of (SpankMe and myself) carry guns on bikes.

Not that I'd argue with you

[scracha]

We have our share of boy racers - they look very much like your boy racers.

Except they tend to drive 1.4 litre Fiats and things instead of 3 litre Jap turbos.

[mstriumph]

..................And the marine sniper dude came across in most postings as being sorta OK, but when he was talking about shooting people, and alluding to some of the assignments he'd had, he came across as a cold-blooded killer, lacking in compassion and some of the more admirable human attributes.
At least he appreciated the VFR for the fine all-round bike it is. Like Merv.
A Top Bloke is Merv.

shooting people

mmmmmmmmmmmmmm

VFR - was that the 'questionable' bit?

[Hillbilly]

I have often thought that there shoudl be a power limit rather than a CC limit. there are many 250cc+ bikes that would be great for learners - GS500s etc. They are also bigger than the 250s for those more-than-ample people amongst us.
45hp - same as Japan would make sense in NZ. In Europe, it is 33hp for ages. Uk has 12 hp for learners, which is downright dangerous
Geoff

NSW and some other states have the LAMS scheme based on a power to weight ratio. Some "learner approved" bikes include the Suzuki GS500(f), the Kawasaki KLE500 & ER500, Yamaha XT660X & R, Ducati Monster 620i, Hyosung GT650R & GV650, Yamaha XVS650 V-Star, Suzuki DRZ400SM, Aprilia Pagaso Strada 650, KTM 640 Adveture, Cagiva Canyon 500 and more. The entire list can be viewed here:

http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/licensing/...iceriders.html

As far as the Yanks go, they're stange alright. I posted a thread about the Aussie bushfires on a US gaming forum, and got the reply "What has Australia ever done for me?" Now is that selfish or what?

[jrandom]

As far as the Yanks go, they're stange alright. I posted a thread about the Aussie bushfires on a US gaming forum, and got the reply "What has Australia ever done for me?"

Well... he does have a point, there.

[Ixion]

It says something about something that the Aussies class the Bonnieville as a learner bike.

And something abou the crusty who compiled the list that he included the Rudge Ulster!

And something else about something else that it also includes the 500cc BSA Gold Star DB34! But weirdly, not the 250 DB32. Or even the boring B31.

Or something.

[Hillbilly]

It says something about something that the Aussies class the Bonnieville as a learner bike.

And something abou the crusty who compiled the list that he included the Rudge Ulster!

And something else about something else that it also includes the 500cc BSA Gold Star DB34! But weirdly, not the 250 DB32. Or even the boring B31.

Or something.

Yeah, but which Bonneville? The crusty must've been thinking about the first model that came out. Was that in the '60s or '70s. Bit of a larf though. Can you imagine riding a modern 865cc Bonnie T100 with an L-Plate on the back? (after major crash and hospital visit from cops) "But officer, it is on the list of learner approved motorcycles - honestly!"

[Lou Girardin]

Big bikes for newbies is a great idea. It made me the man I am. It almost made me the man I wasn't.

[Ixion]

Yeah, but which Bonneville? The crusty must've been thinking about the first model that came out. Was that in the '60s or '70s. Bit of a larf though. Can you imagine riding a modern 865cc Bonnie T100 with an L-Plate on the back? (after major crash and hospital visit from cops) "But officer, it is on the list of learner approved motorcycles - honestly!"

No, there is an absolute limit of 660cc, so it would have to be the T120. But the modern Bonnie is probably a better learner bike than the Meridan machine.

(First pre unit T120 was 1959)

[Edbear]

Or even the boring B31.

How can you say the B31 was, (is), boring...!!!!????

Mine was many things - loud, slow, a pig to start, (how many times it nearly broke my foot/ankle trying to start it!), drab paint job, but never boring!

It looked cool and got admiring comments, that's except the local cop who gave me a lecture and asked me to please ride a bit more quietly up my street as a lady had complained about the noise! (Gutted Dunstall megaphone does that... especially wound hard out in second!). The highlight of ownership was dragging off that FJ Holden up Bank St. in Warkworth! You'd have thought I'd won the TT!

It would do 70 mph, (115km/h) flat on the tank as confirmed by my mate on his 360 Honda while he was still sitting bolt upright!

A great learner bike if ever there was one!