Epic journeys on a piece of crap bike

[danchop]

thurs at about 5pm i set off from auckland airport on my 125cc scooter down to te awamutu and then across to taupo and back up to auckland,got home at about 3am,596km all up
give us an insight into your most rediculous ride

[ellipsis]

...what was ridiculous about it...

[hellokitty]

thurs at about 5pm i set off from auckland airport on my 125cc scooter down to te awamutu and then across to taupo and back up to auckland,got home at about 3am,596km all up
give us an insight into your most rediculous ride

sounds long and rather tiring.....

[FJRider]

Invercargill ... Queenstown ... Dunedin ... Invercargill. :bleh:

On a Benelli 50. :eek:

Took three days ... :yes:

Four days to recover ... :sleep:

[danchop]

sounds long and rather tiring.....
it was actually more comfortable than my 1000,just hindered by the overtaking capabilities,think i managed one truck though

[MSTRS]

A year or three back, 2 madmen from Orks went to ChCh and rode an old Suzuki A100 (I think) back to Orks. There a thread on here somewhere in the form of a diary...

[Gremlin]

Toto just last week rode to Dunedin from Auckland over two days, on a GN250. Then he rode 1300km ish for the first day of the TT2000. Tues/Wed this week he rode back to Auckland from Oamaru.

Over 4000km in a week, but it was a Japanese GN, which of course, makes all the difference. Climbed a few hills at 55kph, top speed was 115 I think, once.

:first:

[marty]

Toto wins. OP loses, as he doesn't even have any pix.

[EJK]

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[danchop]

Toto wins. OP loses, as he doesn't even have any pix.

thats twice the size,even the benelli 50 guy beats that

[ellipsis]

...my bro in law...the intrepid englishman...rewired a smoky old AC50...hoisted a pack on his back that was about as heavy as the bike and left Lyttelton on tour, back in the early 80's...three months later he put it on a Pacifica vessel in Auckland and sent it home...it had a new piston and rings put in it by an old bloke in a country service station somewhere central NI...still runs now...as it should...

[Flip]

I went to the Brass and back the long way on this. It took 2 days to get down there at 80kph

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[Bonez]

Why is it most folk automatically think crap bikes are small? Crap bikes comes in all shapes and sizes.

[Fatt Max]

Check out this bike,

Owner by the name of Bazza, met him in Kennedy Bay New Years 2009. Fecking thing was held together by tape but still ran sweet. Had seen the majority of this country in the 20+ years it has been alive and still does the coro loop, although it does take him 12 hours.

If you look carefully you will see the 3" bent nail on a bit of string that he uses to start the bastard.....

I'm sure I heard it say 'Fuck off you' as I approached it for a sit down.

Classic piece of vintage crap, but still running....

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[baptist]

Check out this bike,

Owner by the name of Bazza, met him in Kennedy Bay New Years 2009. Fecking thing was held together by tape but still ran sweet. Had seen the majority of this country in the 20+ years it has been alive and still does the coro loop, although it does take him 12 hours.

If you look carefully you will see the 3" bent nail on a bit of string that he uses to start the bastard.....

I'm sure I heard it say 'Fuck off you' as I approached it for a sit down.

Classic piece of vintage crap, but still running....

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:woohoo::laugh::not::not::killingme:lol: that guy has class!!!! Makes my bike look good!

[awa355]

thurs at about 5pm i set off from auckland airport on my 125cc scooter down to te awamutu and then across to taupo and back up to auckland,got home at about 3am,596km all up
give us an insight into your most rediculous ride

You must be keen. I found 45 minutes on my UZ125 was as much as my arse could handle.

[danchop]

You must be keen. I found 45 minutes on my UZ125 was as much as my arse could handle.
really i find them comfortable as and ive got a skinny ass..
i rode all day on it doing my normal courier work then at 5pm they ask if i could do these fonterra deliveries to 3 farmers,thought about going home to swap bikes but thought id try it on the uz,wasnt too bad actually,got 3 hours sleep before restarting work on friday

[cave weta]

Sorry guys- great stories - but Carver has Pwned you yet again.....


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[danchop]

Sorry guys- great stories - but Carver has Pwned you yet again.....


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who the fuck tries to compete with that nutter?

[Squiggles]

A year or three back, 2 madmen from Orks went to ChCh and rode an old Suzuki A100 (I think) back to Orks. There a thread on here somewhere in the form of a diary...

This might be the one? http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php/99297-Planning-an-Epic-Adventure-Will-trade-beer-for-use-of-couches

[Mystic13]

This might be the one? http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php/99297-Planning-an-Epic-Adventure-Will-trade-beer-for-use-of-couches

Yep, I followed this as they posted and it was indeed epic. Riding two up to Wellington on that bike, pulling wheelies through road works.

If you have a chance the thread in this last post is worth a read.

They could have published a book.

[Mystic13]

Another EPIC are the boys from Whakatane riding across Africa, from bottom to top then to London. No electronic navigation gear, crappy bikes, 250 trail bike and two other old bikes. Anyone whose ridden these sorts of bikes for a few hours would know this journey was epic.

They even made the journey into a movie.

[lone_slayer]

I remember about 10 years ago i use to go to the parachute music festival in matamata one guy had come on his nifty fifty from wellington

[nodrog]

I rode to work on a Hyosung. Does that count?

Fanny.

[EJK]

I rode to work on a Hyosung. Does that count?

Fanny.


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[awa355]

Just to divert a little. 600k's on a Jog is a major effort, but at least he's sitting down with the engine doing the work.

I wonder sometimes at the cyclists with loaded up front panniers, a handlebar luggage bin, two rear panniers loaded up and hittings the Parapara's in a head wind, and having to pedal ! Are they REAL men or just plain dumb??

Think I'll take the 50cc anyday,

[blacksheep500]

i rode all day on it doing my normal courier work then at 5pm they ask if i could do these fonterra deliveries to 3 farmers,thought about going home to swap bikes but thought id try it on the uz,wasnt too bad actually,got 3 hours sleep before restarting work on friday

You get paid to ride!!!!! sweet!!! didnt know there was scooter couriers.