ACC – Understanding Motorcycle Levies

Its very simple, when you are involved in a single vehicle accident, your are not if you get my drift, you were run off the road by a mad tourist in a camper van on the wrong side of the road or such like, then all bike crashes are listed under multiple vehicle accident, and their bean counting figures are all screwed up.

There should be some discount for those who have had some form of advanced training, for one, have done the Star rider “Gold course in the UK. Equiv to AIM police class 1. Try explaining to Police officers here that it is safer to use both sides of the road on a motorcycle, they don’t really get it.

Basically on a bike, everyone is out to kill you, and sometimes our own worst enemies our ourselves or the people we choose to ride with.

If you want to ride fast, get on the track, you can do it relatively cheaply, and everyone should be going in the same direction, you notice I said “Should.”

Current bikes, kawasaki zx636c6h($100 extra for 36cc), suzuki gsxr400, thumpstar ts125x, yamaha 400 big bear quad.
Previous experience, learned to ride at 8, come from a road racing family, Star rider Gold standard, raced in NZ at Clubman level, still upright after two bad road crashes, both could have taken my life and the life of my passenger at the time, one major t-bone of a car at an intersection(drunk driver), one major t-bone of a bus (idiot behind the wheel).

Generally the standard of roadside furniture in NZ is pretty disgusting, and is not very bike or vehicle friendly if you stray off the black stuff. Is that the fault of the riders, or the authorities?

One last statement for bikers, “Your cross-views will keep you alive, develop a 360 deg vision, and ride down the middle of the road when there is no traffic, adjust your position accordingly when traffic is coming the other way, your ability to go fast, must be less than your ability to stop safely.” Ie: work on braking techniques and counter steering first before twisting the wrist. There is often a gap you can get through, or if you stick the bike in deeper into the turn, you may make it round the bend.

Dave.