Why I like touring NZ

[Big Dave]

Was going through the photo box.
This is the ride we were on almost 25 years ago.
The bottom half of Australia - West to East.
You may notice some difference in the topography compared to local conditions.

[justsomeguy]

Hmmmm.. Looks like a nice place to tour on a big cruiser

[Zed]

Was going through the photo box.
This is the ride we were on almost 25 years ago.
The bottom half of Australia - West to East.
You may notice some difference in the topography compared to local conditions.Yes, rather desolate countryside there. Almost 25 years ago huh...hey you weren't in that original Mad Max movie were you, remember that biker gang? :laugh:

[Waylander]

Hmmmm.. Looks like a nice place to tour on a big cruiser
You would think so...

Never been to Ausi but looks a bit like southern Arizona and New Mexico. Hot, dry, nothing to look at for miles... All in all very boring. Good for finding the max speed for your bike though...

[Big Dave]

Yes, rather desolate countryside there. Almost 25 years ago huh...hey you weren't in that original Mad Max movie were you, remember that biker gang? :laugh:

Haven't you noticed I still dress like it?

[Big Dave]

Hmmmm.. Looks like a nice place to tour on a big cruiser

yep - If/when i go back it's a Road King for me. These pics are the 'dead heart' - the east and west coast are more fertile and hilly and Tassie is New Zealand like terrain

[Waylander]

Haven't you noticed I still dress like it?


Hmm... yea just a bit...

[Zapf]

would you recommend a 3/4 or 1/2 loop of Aussy as a grand tour? or will I be bored to death? just something I am thinking of doing in the future.

[Big Dave]

would you recommend a 3/4 or 1/2 loop of Aussy as a grand tour? or will I be bored to death? just something I am thinking of doing in the future.


Have you done the south island?

Touring Oz is a wonderful thing to do - you become a master of great distances - 1000km becomes 'not too far to go'.
It's great if you are into 'nothingness' too, cause there is plenty of that.
I'm glad I did it, and would tell anyone to do it, but once across the Nullabor was enough.

[Slim]

Think for a moment on how much more you can appreciate NZs roads, having done that tour of Aussie. :cool:

[vifferman]

Hmm... yea just a bit...
... a bit wider. :rofl:

[Waylander]

... a bit wider. :rofl:
Lol I wasn't gonna say it. Few more years and I might be a bit wider too. Already dress like him on the bike...

[Big Dave]

Piss off - it's a terrible photo - the people in the background blend in to my jacket and make me look like I did before I lost 45kgs. And I had a fleecy track suit on under the leathers.

I was built like you when i was your age, a bit taller and narrower - and over the next 20 years this happend.

's called growin' up pal. :motu:

[Badcat]

Yes, rather desolate countryside there. Almost 25 years ago huh...hey you weren't in that original Mad Max movie were you, remember that biker gang? :laugh:
yep - "the goose" on that silver Z1 is etchedinto my brain.
heh heh.

[Waylander]

Piss off - it's a terrible photo - the people in the background blend in to my jacket and make me look like I did before I lost 45kgs.

I was built like you when i was your age, a bit taller and narrower and over the next 20 years this happend:
I suddenly fear the future..... Exspecially since you said you were skinnier than me... Does that mean I'm gonna be bigger than you are now in 20 years?? Oh the horror, THE HORROR!!!

On the plus side that means I'll have a good and proper beer gut to ride choppers with.:rofl:

[Big Dave]

I suddenly fear the future..... Exspecially since you said you were skinnier than me... Does that mean I'm gonna be bigger than you are now in 20 years?? Oh the horror, THE HORROR!!!

On the plus side that means I'll have a good and proper beer gut to ride choppers with.:rofl:


Same skinny - just longer.
I kept growing up till I was 26 then started on the 'out'.

[Big Dave]

yep - "the goose" on that silver Z1 is etchedinto my brain.
heh heh.


Where he went from the rolling doughnut to the wheelstand in one motion. That guy?

[Waylander]

Same skinny - just longer.
I kept growing up till I was 26 then started on the 'out'.
lol, well hopefully when I start growing out I'll be able to keep it someone proportionate, and more muscle than fat...


... I'de better start going to the gym.

[SARGE]

You would think so...

Never been to Ausi but looks a bit like southern Arizona and New Mexico. Hot, dry, nothing to look at for miles... All in all very boring. Good for finding the max speed for your bike though...



dude.. that stretch of road betweeen Wall Drug SD and Rapid City... big bore Harley Duece at full song .. 4.30 am


*sigh* :yeah:

[Big Dave]

dude.. that stretch of road betweeen Wall Drug SD and Rapid City... big bore Harley Duece at full song .. 4.30 am


*sigh* :yeah:

Nice.

Far Western NSW - En Route to Bourke. Seriously fucking *NOWHERE*. Worked 351cu in. Phase 3 Falcon (like the Mad Max car) - hours at 160mph.

Couldn't do it at night out there - too many 'roos.

[crashe]

Big Dave - Have you ever shaved that beard off....
Its in the first lot of pics and you still have one.... 25 years later :whistle:

[Waylander]

dude.. that stretch of road betweeen Wall Drug SD and Rapid City... big bore Harley Duece at full song .. 4.30 am


*sigh* :yeah:
Interstate 8 in so-cal just after the Imperial Sand Dunes on a 1100 Virago. At 2:00 in the morning in summer. Good stuff if you just want to go full speed and hear the roar of a deep throughty V-twin. They say speed is checked by air but unless they are using SR-71s I doubt it. Never seen any kind of aircraft over that area.

[Big Dave]

Big Dave - Have you ever shaved that beard off....
Its in the first lot of pics and you still have one.... 25 years later :whistle:


yeah it comes off occasionally - she doesn't like it much.