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dimanche 30 avril 2017
WTB Honda MB50 or any 325mm rear suspension
I have an endurance race next weekend and the top eye for my right rear suspension has broken.
Anyone have cheap suspension, full set or single in the Auckland area or willing to courier overnight?
Anyone have cheap suspension, full set or single in the Auckland area or willing to courier overnight?
WTB Honda MB50 or any 325mm rear suspension
samedi 29 avril 2017
AGV or Caberg dealers in Christchurch?
Looking to buy my first helmet and have seen there are quite a few Caberg's and AGV's with 5 star Sharp rating in my price range. I can't seem to find any shops in Christchurch that sell either brand.
Has anybody any experience on where I might be able to find here to try on please?
Thanks
Has anybody any experience on where I might be able to find here to try on please?
Thanks
AGV or Caberg dealers in Christchurch?
vendredi 28 avril 2017
Learning All The Time - Learning Good Driving Behaviour
Afternoon,
I must be starting to become a grumpy old b@#$%&* . "What do you mean, starting ?", I hear from a
few of you.
Well, it probably started after having to get two new tyres for the Subaru this morning. I'm sure that
the existing two rear tyres would have been good for another 1,000 kms (and spared the VISA card
some more pain this month), but the VINZ WOF man was having none of it. B@#$%&* !
I had just replaced the front tyres about 3-4 weeks ago. Hum bug ! Well, at least there are now new
tyres all the way around the Subaru. And my dearly beloved should now be marginally safer.
But then, because I had gotten new tyres fitted so quickly, I decided to call in at the supermarket.
And that is today's story.
I should definitely have gone straight home for a coffee instead, but No, I thought that I'd just pop
into the supermarket and "quickly" get a few items. Bad move !
Navigating the Supermarket
You know, I think this is possibly one of the main reasons why we have some many poor drivers on
NZ roads.
They learn their 'road craft' in the supermarkets at a young age (watching their parents), and then
take their newly learned 'driving' skills out on the NZ roads once they get their licence. Assuming
that they have gotten their licence, that is.
Yet another good reason for using driving (and riding) schools, despite what some other people might
tell you. This "learning on the job" sometimes leaves a little to be desired.
Poorly Maintained Trolleys
Why do I always get the trolley with the "wobbly wheel". And no horn. And the indicators don't work.
Supermarket trolley maintenance leaves a lot to be desired.
Staying on The Left
It's fascinating (?) to watch my fellow country man and woman once they get a shopping trolley in
their hands. All concept of 'stay on the left hand side' goes out the window, and it becomes open
season as to what side of the aisle to use.
Actually, maybe that's the problem. There is no centre-line. Note to Self: Contact Pak n' Save and
request painting of centre lines down supermarket aisles.
As for checking whether there is oncoming traffic when you want to overtake (swerve out and cross
this mythical centre line), well, it seems they follow you-know-who's NIKE approach ("Just Do It).
Normally, it seems that the unspoken rule is : Don't look at the oncoming driver - and see the look
of puzzlement and then terror in their eyes as you swerve into their lane and then back into your
lane again.
But if you must look at them (as you do it), be sure to SMILE. That distracts them, and it somehow
makes it perfectly acceptable to perform your overtaking manoeuvre.
Head Checks
Well, that one is easy. You just need to have yours checked, after having made the decision to go
to the supermarket in the first place and "dice with death" with your fellow shopper.
All right, the dice "with death" part was probably a little over-dramatic, but I'm sure some-one is
going to get killed if they pull out on me again without warning .... use your f@#$%&* indicators !
Check Left and Right before Crossing Intersections
Now, most large supermarkets have a main aisle (at right angle to the produce aisles, separating
one end of the supermarket from the other). They means you will have to cross an intersection
several times during the course of your supermarket visit. Lucky you !
Just forget everything you may have learned about intersections (e.g. "look left, look right" for
cross traffic, and only advance out into the intersection if it is safe to do so"). Instead, just
look straight ahead and floor it !
And if there does happen to be some cross-traffic - and you don't have right of way - and someone
else ends up with your trolley up their ...... well, as you-know-who frequently says on this forum,
"sh#$ happens" and that is just plain "bad luck" on their part.
Stopping without Warning / Reversing without Warning
You've aready heard this story before, haven't you ? You already know what I'm going to say ?
Oh well, that has saved me having to write another sentence or three.
Advisory Signs
Now we have already talked about advisory signs in one of the other lessons earlier on in the week.
What signs you say ? A very good question indeed.
Well, when you come into most supermarkets, there is a sign near the entrance that advises parents
not to let their children stand up in their trolley.
If truth be told, they probably don't give a monkeys about your children's safety - they just don't
want to be sued by allowing you to transport your children around their premises in an unsafe vehicle
without a current WOF.
If you were looking for an advisory sign as to a "safe speed" on the corners, you're on your own again.
It is good practice to slow down prior to corners so that you don't launch your children ........ yes,
you guessed it. Anyway, they'll catch up with you again in the next aisle. And it will help teach them
to sit down and to hold on a little more tightly next time.
And when you suddenly see that bargain that you "can't afford to go past", well, please do go past it
and then pull in to the left at your first safe opportunity. I said "safe opportunity". No, don't just slam
on the brakes and launch ........ oh, never mind. They're your children anyway, not mine. What do I
care ?
Does add a whole new meaning to the term "launch control", though.
Speed Slows Down
Have you ever noticed how time seems to slow down once you enter the supermarket ? No ? Yes, I'm
sure you have.
Like when two people who haven't seen each other for ages, and one (or both) stop their trolleys right
in the middle of the aisle and then catch up on the family news. When all you want to do is to slip past.
I always thought I was reasonably proficient with traffic islands and round-abouts, but I obviously still
have much to learn.
And as for choosing which will be "the fastest check-out to take", don't get me started on that one.
But if you do happen to know the secret to that one, please do let me know the answer. I will be
forever in your debt.
The Great Escape
Anyway, having navigated the supermarket itself (without my blood pressure rising to triple digits),
there was just the supermarket carpark to navigate and I could escape.
I did manage to get out of the carpark without incident, and without commenting upon anyone's
heritage. Well, that will teach me for thinking I had gotten off lightly. Because waiting for me (just
down the road on a side road not too far away) was a black BMW X5. A little bit like the shark in
"Jaws" .....
I obviously had my "cloak of invisibility" on, because just as I came up to the side road, he quickly
swung out from the side road into the 'merging' lane and then just floored it.
Well, it was just as well one of us had been watching and had decided to slow down a little. Because
otherwise, we might have given the term "merge with care" a whole new meaning as well.
All I can think is that he must just have come from the nearby Mitre 10 Mega-store and have had a
shopping experience similar to mine.
Anyway, I got home intact (thanks for your concern) and a cup of coffee has never tasted as good.
Thank God, it's Sunday tomorrow. And when I go to church and say a few prayers tomorrow, it will
be for my own soul. You lot will have to say your own.
Though I definitely do need some more luck, though ..... better pick some more up when I next go
to the super.....
I must be starting to become a grumpy old b@#$%&* . "What do you mean, starting ?", I hear from a
few of you.
Well, it probably started after having to get two new tyres for the Subaru this morning. I'm sure that
the existing two rear tyres would have been good for another 1,000 kms (and spared the VISA card
some more pain this month), but the VINZ WOF man was having none of it. B@#$%&* !
I had just replaced the front tyres about 3-4 weeks ago. Hum bug ! Well, at least there are now new
tyres all the way around the Subaru. And my dearly beloved should now be marginally safer.
But then, because I had gotten new tyres fitted so quickly, I decided to call in at the supermarket.
And that is today's story.
I should definitely have gone straight home for a coffee instead, but No, I thought that I'd just pop
into the supermarket and "quickly" get a few items. Bad move !
Navigating the Supermarket
You know, I think this is possibly one of the main reasons why we have some many poor drivers on
NZ roads.
They learn their 'road craft' in the supermarkets at a young age (watching their parents), and then
take their newly learned 'driving' skills out on the NZ roads once they get their licence. Assuming
that they have gotten their licence, that is.
Yet another good reason for using driving (and riding) schools, despite what some other people might
tell you. This "learning on the job" sometimes leaves a little to be desired.
Poorly Maintained Trolleys
Why do I always get the trolley with the "wobbly wheel". And no horn. And the indicators don't work.
Supermarket trolley maintenance leaves a lot to be desired.
Staying on The Left
It's fascinating (?) to watch my fellow country man and woman once they get a shopping trolley in
their hands. All concept of 'stay on the left hand side' goes out the window, and it becomes open
season as to what side of the aisle to use.
Actually, maybe that's the problem. There is no centre-line. Note to Self: Contact Pak n' Save and
request painting of centre lines down supermarket aisles.
As for checking whether there is oncoming traffic when you want to overtake (swerve out and cross
this mythical centre line), well, it seems they follow you-know-who's NIKE approach ("Just Do It).
Normally, it seems that the unspoken rule is : Don't look at the oncoming driver - and see the look
of puzzlement and then terror in their eyes as you swerve into their lane and then back into your
lane again.
But if you must look at them (as you do it), be sure to SMILE. That distracts them, and it somehow
makes it perfectly acceptable to perform your overtaking manoeuvre.
Head Checks
Well, that one is easy. You just need to have yours checked, after having made the decision to go
to the supermarket in the first place and "dice with death" with your fellow shopper.
All right, the dice "with death" part was probably a little over-dramatic, but I'm sure some-one is
going to get killed if they pull out on me again without warning .... use your f@#$%&* indicators !
Check Left and Right before Crossing Intersections
Now, most large supermarkets have a main aisle (at right angle to the produce aisles, separating
one end of the supermarket from the other). They means you will have to cross an intersection
several times during the course of your supermarket visit. Lucky you !
Just forget everything you may have learned about intersections (e.g. "look left, look right" for
cross traffic, and only advance out into the intersection if it is safe to do so"). Instead, just
look straight ahead and floor it !
And if there does happen to be some cross-traffic - and you don't have right of way - and someone
else ends up with your trolley up their ...... well, as you-know-who frequently says on this forum,
"sh#$ happens" and that is just plain "bad luck" on their part.
Stopping without Warning / Reversing without Warning
You've aready heard this story before, haven't you ? You already know what I'm going to say ?
Oh well, that has saved me having to write another sentence or three.
Advisory Signs
Now we have already talked about advisory signs in one of the other lessons earlier on in the week.
What signs you say ? A very good question indeed.
Well, when you come into most supermarkets, there is a sign near the entrance that advises parents
not to let their children stand up in their trolley.
If truth be told, they probably don't give a monkeys about your children's safety - they just don't
want to be sued by allowing you to transport your children around their premises in an unsafe vehicle
without a current WOF.
If you were looking for an advisory sign as to a "safe speed" on the corners, you're on your own again.
It is good practice to slow down prior to corners so that you don't launch your children ........ yes,
you guessed it. Anyway, they'll catch up with you again in the next aisle. And it will help teach them
to sit down and to hold on a little more tightly next time.
And when you suddenly see that bargain that you "can't afford to go past", well, please do go past it
and then pull in to the left at your first safe opportunity. I said "safe opportunity". No, don't just slam
on the brakes and launch ........ oh, never mind. They're your children anyway, not mine. What do I
care ?
Does add a whole new meaning to the term "launch control", though.
Speed Slows Down
Have you ever noticed how time seems to slow down once you enter the supermarket ? No ? Yes, I'm
sure you have.
Like when two people who haven't seen each other for ages, and one (or both) stop their trolleys right
in the middle of the aisle and then catch up on the family news. When all you want to do is to slip past.
I always thought I was reasonably proficient with traffic islands and round-abouts, but I obviously still
have much to learn.
And as for choosing which will be "the fastest check-out to take", don't get me started on that one.
But if you do happen to know the secret to that one, please do let me know the answer. I will be
forever in your debt.
The Great Escape
Anyway, having navigated the supermarket itself (without my blood pressure rising to triple digits),
there was just the supermarket carpark to navigate and I could escape.
I did manage to get out of the carpark without incident, and without commenting upon anyone's
heritage. Well, that will teach me for thinking I had gotten off lightly. Because waiting for me (just
down the road on a side road not too far away) was a black BMW X5. A little bit like the shark in
"Jaws" .....
I obviously had my "cloak of invisibility" on, because just as I came up to the side road, he quickly
swung out from the side road into the 'merging' lane and then just floored it.
Well, it was just as well one of us had been watching and had decided to slow down a little. Because
otherwise, we might have given the term "merge with care" a whole new meaning as well.
All I can think is that he must just have come from the nearby Mitre 10 Mega-store and have had a
shopping experience similar to mine.
Anyway, I got home intact (thanks for your concern) and a cup of coffee has never tasted as good.
Thank God, it's Sunday tomorrow. And when I go to church and say a few prayers tomorrow, it will
be for my own soul. You lot will have to say your own.
Though I definitely do need some more luck, though ..... better pick some more up when I next go
to the super.....
Learning All The Time - Learning Good Driving Behaviour
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