Oz- buying used motorbikes online/ through traders

[jazbug5]

Any advice?

I want to go there soon (in about two months) and am salivating at the thought of changing bike. As ever (being a penniless scumbag) I will have to buy used, so thought I'd have a look for the equivalent of Trademe/whatever to see what the go is. Google threw up buggerall so I thought it might be worth asking you guys.
Sorry to mention A*****lia on this otherwise clean and sanitary forum.

Oh, and (one funny allowed per poster) where's good to ride around there?Still not decided quite where to blight, but it's looking like Brisbane.
Random other advice welcome, too.

[jrandom]

Oz is a big place with lots of long straight roads. I recommend a Hayabusa.

[NC]

Oz is a big place with lots of long straight roads. I recommend a Hayabusa.
Mmmm hayabusa :D

[bugjuice]

a Busa in NA would be good on their outback roads with no limits, and bullet straight..

[wari]

YA bettrr nutt be stayin' derre ... orr wheel havta ex-comm-munnicate ya .. and dat'll hurrt .. butt can be fixed with ==> :apint: and :drinknsin

:spudwave: .. ENjoy yurr SHORRT stay in odz ... :wari:

[jazbug5]

Seriously though...

[jrandom]

Seriously though...

OK, OK. You're a delicate wee thing, we'll understand and not mock you if you decide you need the comfort of a Goldwing.

[wari]

FOwnd diss TRadingpost (http://www.tradingpost.com.au/)

[James Deuce]

Bikepoint (http://www.bikepoint.com.au)

[White trash]

Oh, and (one funny allowed per poster) where's good to ride around there?

Anywhere not in Australia.....





You said one each.

[NC]

a Busa in NA would be good on their outback roads with no limits, and bullet straight..
Orange.....

[jazbug5]

Yeeesssss. Okay, a, er, Hyabusa. But I asked where to ride, not what?
Thanks for the other links, chaps. And if I see a cheap orange Hyabusa I'll know that it was Meant To Be and will send pictures for the general amusement of all here. Off to look at bikes!
Cheers....

[zooter]

The coast road is quite bendy as I recall. I drove it a few years back before I got into bikes. We were in a bit of a hurry to catch the 12 Apostles before sunset and just made it.

[jazbug5]

12 Apostles?

I know they must be some sort of land feature, but if you're an ignorant foreigner like me, that makes for a *very* interesting statement...

[Gremlin]

The great ocean road is beautiful. Before you go bashing me, I'm ex SA (here 8 years and counting), went to Melbourne with parents a year or so ago. Not quite as good as some of the stuff in the South Island, but a different kind of beauty.

Pic attached of the 12 apostles (well, some of them). Hope they lived up to your expectations :laugh:

[jazbug5]

Bashing? Qué?

Thanks for that, what a stunning scene. A distinct lack of doomsday cult members, though, which was a little disappointing.
As Melbourne is next on my tour of Doom and Destruction after Brisbane, the coast road sounds like a plan, Stan.
Cheers!

[James Deuce]

Why the F__K would anyone with a modicum of common sense want to move to a desert full of Australians?

Iowa is more interesting, for goodness sake.

[pritch]

Random other advice welcome, too.

Include a visit to the Breakfast Creek pub in Brisbane unless you are a vegetarian. The pub itself is old and nothing to look at but the steaks are something else.

I recommended the "Brekky Creek" to a friend who went over recently and he said his wife told him it was the best meal she had in Brisbane. And Brisbane has some very nice reataurants.

[Fart]

Oz is a big place with lots of long straight roads. I recommend a Hayabusa.


Hmmmmm...... from a gn250 straight into a busa = suicide.

[jazbug5]

Why the F__K would anyone with a modicum of common sense want to move to a desert full of Australians?

Iowa is more interesting, for goodness sake.

Well, unfortunately Aunty Helen wants me to leave in two months, and it's either 'home, James' for me or off to inspect the Natives of that 'unmentionable place'. And I do like the sun, so that at least is something to look forward to...

Oh, and unfortunately, Pritch- I am one of those danged vegimitarians, but I might go there for a pint (or whatever passes for one there) and have a look anyway- cheers!

[James Deuce]

Well, unfortunately Aunty Helen wants me to leave in two months, and it's either 'home, James' for me or off to inspect the Natives of that 'unmentionable place'. And I do like the sun, so that at least is something to look forward to...

Oh, and unfortunately, Pritch- I am one of those danged vegimitarians, but I might go there for a pint (or whatever passes for one there) and have a look anyway- cheers!

That's alright then. Don't forget to come back, before you exhaust yourself laughing at the quaint customs of our trans Tasman retarded cousins.

[Kickaha]

But much more important is the date and venue for the going away party? :banana:

[Warr]

Well, unfortunately Aunty Helen wants me to leave in two months, and it's either 'home, James' for me or off to inspect the Natives of that 'unmentionable place'. And I do like the sun, so that at least is something to look forward to...

Oh, and unfortunately, Pritch- I am one of those danged vegimitarians, but I might go there for a pint (or whatever passes for one there) and have a look anyway- cheers!
Going to be in Adelaide from the 10th - 20th for my nephew's wedding, hadnt thought of dragging our jackets over there for bit of a tour!! I wonder how many k's it is to Melborne??
What part are you heading for there Jazbug5
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