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| Thread ID: 94519 | 2008-11-02 08:30:00 | Motorcycle Training. | pine-o-cleen (2955) | PC World Chat |
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| 716638 | 2008-11-02 19:30:00 | I have had 3 hospital visits from bike crashes, 2 were cars not seeing me other one I was drunk. :p Yup - I always maintain that riding a bike makes you a much better car driver. You soon learn that every car on the road is trying to kill you!! All 3 of my crashes were people in cars doing U-turns/pulling out without looking properly etc |
nofam (9009) | ||
| 716639 | 2008-11-02 20:56:00 | All 3 of my crashes were people in cars doing U-turns/pulling out without looking properly etc "Fool me once Shame on you Fool me twice Shame on me." --Chinese Proverb. 3 times :waughh: |
PaulD (232) | ||
| 716640 | 2008-11-02 21:59:00 | I am sure he wasn't fooled, just(?) bowled over and mangled. | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 716641 | 2008-11-03 04:05:00 | I've registered for the Kiwibiker forums, no looking back now! (figuratively) | pine-o-cleen (2955) | ||
| 716642 | 2008-11-03 04:48:00 | now to find out whos, who, Winnie I know, Mets not sure. but It is sure fun there. | beama (111) | ||
| 716643 | 2008-11-03 05:55:00 | My wife and I are looking at getting our motorcycle licenses and it seems we need to do a "Basic handling skills test" to start this off. I see that there are companies that do half day training and tests. We would be doing this in the Wellington area, and I just want to know if anyone has had any experience with any of these companies? Is this the best way to go, or do we just buy a bike and start riding round empty carparks? Thoughts? I used roadsafe (www.roadsafe.co.nz). Excellent. |
plod (107) | ||
| 716644 | 2008-11-03 18:14:00 | I've registered for the Kiwibiker forums, no looking back now! (figuratively) :punk Nice to see yet another PF1er getting on KiwiBiker . :banana KB has a wealth of information and plenty of laughs . The mods here on PF1 do a terrific job keeping things sweet and tame but when it gets boring for me I just hop over to KB - its like the 'Wild West' . The Wellington KB'ers have good group rides, some for L Platers . As others here have said, be aware that there are some supreme d**kheads on KB who take pleasure being offensive and impolite but many more KB'ers are very helpful . I had 3 motorcycles when I was young and decided to get back into bikes early this year . I recall telling my wife "I'm not sure if I will like motorcycles, so I won't go for expensive gear . " (Getting boots at the Warehouse, e . g . ) . . . What a joke - I LOVE biking!! What I did not expect was how social it is - I have met some fantastic people from all walks of life . Had a bikie mate ring me on Saturday and we went for a blast up to PNth and beyond (encountered 140 kph :eek: crosswinds + rain on the way back), then another mate rang me yesterday and we went on the back roads near Martinborough yesterday afternoon, stopping to see a fellow Ulysses Club member and his two flash 6 cylinder Valkyrie cruisers . As Jester says: "Four wheels move the body, two wheels move the soul . " For an sample of what I get up to, see Pics and Vids of my best ever ride here ( . google . com/site/ulyssesrider/Home/2008-remembrance-run---taupo--rotorua" target="_blank">sites . google . com) . |
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