Preferred Bike Model in NZ [Archive]

Gremlin

19th August 2005, 03:00

First you ask what are your preferences, then you ask what have you owned/own.

I have my preferences alright, but being a learner I don't get to come close to getting my grubby little hands on the drool stuff. :devil2:

:mad: AND YOU FORGOT KAWASAKI!!! :oi-grr:

Jantar

19th August 2005, 03:35

What happened to Jawa, AJS, Villiers etc?

Mooch

19th August 2005, 03:49

:whocares:
Just wondering what kind of wheels are preferred in that part of the world:

('course it might be that those that still ride an MVAugusta don't have a PC)

Careful !, you'll get 18 pages of why the GSXR1000 is the bike to get . :sleep:

Personaly, got sold on Ducati's after a visit to Bologna (and seeing an 851 at the local bike shop early ninthies), Lot's of smiling Itailians hand assembling the bikes (and the stunning tour guide !) and the fact that the techincal lead of Ducati Corse came out to anwser a customers question that the tour guide wasn't able to answer. This is one of the few factories in the world were you can see your bike being built (Pre order). :woohoo:

Had a love / hate relation which with a Kawasaki in the past (13 years), and absolutey got done with the price of new crank for a 250 two stroke (close to 2K NZD) when it required a rebuild. :mad: That put me off the brand for a while. Seem better now going by peoples reviews here. 636 would be the pick of the bunch in my opinion.

Motu

19th August 2005, 08:17

What happened to Jawa, AJS, Villiers etc?

Quite....there is only one box for ''exotics'',but I can't put 10 or more ticks in there...

BNZ

19th August 2005, 08:20

Careful !, you'll get 18 pages of why the GSXR1000 is the bike to get . :sleep:

Personaly, got sold on Ducati's after a visit to Bologna (and seeing an 851 at the local bike shop early ninthies), Lot's of smiling Itailians hand assembling the bikes (and the stunning tour guide !) and the fact that the techincal lead of Ducati Corse came out to anwser a customers question that the tour guide wasn't able to answer. This is one of the few factories in the world were you can see your bike being built (Pre order). :woohoo:

Had a love / hate relation which with a Kawasaki in the past (13 years), and absolutey got done with the price of new crank for a 250 two stroke (close to 2K NZD) when it required a rebuild. :mad: That put me off the brand for a while. Seem better now going by peoples reviews here. 636 would be the pick of the bunch in my opinion.

Im confused. You prefer Ducati's but you hate high maintenance costs? :rofl:

Mooch

19th August 2005, 10:18

Im confused. You prefer Ducati's but you hate high maintenance costs? :rofl:

Mate , I'm married , Ducati's are cheap to maintain !.
I've stated it before , k for k my current Ducati has been cheaper to maintian than my old Kawasaki was. And the Kawasaki blew up .Fact :motu:

bugjuice

19th August 2005, 10:24

huh, just realised, I've owned 4 bikes, one of each of the big guns.. yama peewee50, GSXR250, CBR250 and 636.. all fun bikes.. but I didn't realise until after I clicked the three I checked, which didn't include yama.. so add me to that..

zadok

19th August 2005, 10:26

This has been done before. There are so many good models across the makers, you can't just pick one. UNLESS YOU ARE VERY ONE EYED (Like a Gixer) :motu:

Ixion

19th August 2005, 10:32

Quite....there is only one box for ''exotics'',but I can't put 10 or more ticks in there...

Do BSA and James count as "exotic other" ?

Wolf

19th August 2005, 10:39

mattt

19th August 2005, 11:02

I'm a bike slut. Kawasaki GPX250 took my virginity (before bruce re-took it a puke last friday) then I went Yamaha fzr400rr. Quite liking oriental spice I then went with Kawasaki ZX9r and on a Honda nc30 now. Honda I see is leading at the mo BTW :motu: My next ride with be a Suzuki, just to round out the top 4 jappas. Suzuki thou that is... :chase:

hondacmx450

19th August 2005, 11:56

ok ill be the first this time to get the shit GSXR GSXR GSXR GSXR :chase: we know you only ride the other makes cause the gixers would scare you :motu: :motu:

MSTRS

19th August 2005, 12:25

Careful !, you'll get 18 pages of why the GSXR1000 is the bike to get . :sleep:

Nah, GSXR is the important bit. Granted, the number after CAN cause some dissention.

madboy

19th August 2005, 12:48

:whocares:
('course it might be that those that still ride an MVAugusta don't have a PC)I think it's more a case of those who ride MVAugusta can't afford a PC after they paid twice as much for a bike.

Eurygnomes

19th August 2005, 14:10

('course it might be that those that still ride an MVAugusta don't have a PC)

Spoken like a true statistician/epidemiologist aware of confounding! :) Well done.

Only owned one bike unless you count my 'estate' (ie. my parents belongings) in which case there's a Kawasaki, a Honda and a Yamaha in there too.

Yet. There's plenty of time for more bikes though. And it would seem that the moment you get one - you start planning for the next. What's with THAT? I've had a few cars and I'm never 'looking for the next' one...

froggyfrenchman

19th August 2005, 19:27

What happened to Jawa, AJS, Villiers etc?

Jawa? Jawa?? Whats wrong with you?

Paul in NZ

19th August 2005, 20:40

Since Moto Guzzi is NOT mentioned at all so far - I shall totally ignore this thread - humpf!

Ixion

19th August 2005, 20:54

Since Moto Guzzi is NOT mentioned at all so far - I shall totally ignore this thread - humpf!

Nor is Velocette . Hummph. How could he leave out Velo.

Two Smoker

19th August 2005, 20:54

Without turning this into a GSX-R thread... It would have to be GSX-R or Suzuki...

MiXeR

19th August 2005, 21:08

I don't know which of you jokers :spudflip: added Kawa and exotic other (as the limit for peons seems to be 10 choices) but thanks.

In any case it's interesting to see what is bought in countries that don't produce their own bikes and vehicles (as far as I know)

For instance you see more Chevrolet and Cadillac in Switzerland than you do elsewhere ('course they're still working on the Hispano-Suiza)

Seems like Japanese (generic) seems to be the choice, but the comment on seeing the bike built and questions answered by the tech in the Ducati plant, warmed my Italian heart.

Thanks.
Mike.

Quasievil

19th August 2005, 21:24

:whocares:
Just wondering what kind of wheels are preferred in that part of the world:

('course it might be that those that still ride an MVAugusta don't have a PC)

Gidday Mixer Im quasievil a man of great wisdom foresight and talent , unfortunetly most of the other on this site are dillusional and representative of the lower motorcyling classes in New Zealand.
You are lucky I noticed this thread as my opinion is one which you can rely on and take as ..... well gospel.
The best and most favoured, most sought after and certainly the best performer and looker is without question the kawasaki, particulary the ZXR636 2005 model.

So there you have it, if you have any more questions you now know who to ask.

MiXeR

19th August 2005, 21:32

Since Moto Guzzi is NOT mentioned at all so far - I shall totally ignore this thread - humpf!

Oops, must have been a freudian slip. :sherlock: ,sorry.

And consider that about half of MotoFastidio drives Guzzi.

(Half being the one guy that own 32 of them).

Sorry again, but as most of you must know, there's only 10 choices, and I chose the ones that came to mind most readly.

Guzzi by the way is another plant that lets people in to see them being built.

SixPackBack

19th August 2005, 21:40

Gidday Mixer Im quasievil a man of great wisdom foresight and talent , unfortunetly most of the other on this site are dillusional and representative of the lower motorcyling classes in New Zealand.
You are lucky I noticed this thread as my opinion is one which you can rely on and take as ..... well gospel.
The best and most favoured, most sought after and certainly the best performer and looker is without question the kawasaki, particulary the ZXR636 2005 model.

So there you have it, if you have any more questions you now know who to ask.

Ignore the evil one of nothing he does know.....a particularly stomach churning shade of green his bike be........a giant slaying gixxer it is not, for this fair land belongs to only one bike......we all know what that be.....gsxr rules this land......for quasi takes the 'p', his wisdom is but a rush of blood to his head brought on by his kumansukmi brand.....vomiting in his hands

Quasievil

19th August 2005, 21:47

Ignore the evil one of nothing he does know.....a particularly stomach churning shade of green his bike be........a giant slaying gixxer it is not, for this fair land belongs to only one bike......we all know what that be.....gsxr rules this land......for quasi takes the 'p', his wisdom is but a rush of blood to his head brought on by his kumansukmi brand.....vomiting in his hands

:rofl: :rofl:

MiXeR

19th August 2005, 21:49

Gidday Mixer Im quasievil a man of great wisdom foresight ....

Now wait a minute. Since when did politicians learn how to ride a bike? :woohoo:

Good Luck on the next primaries my friend. :rofl:

Ok so you're saying you K will beat my Rummie?

Quasievil

20th August 2005, 08:54

Ok so you're saying you K will beat my Rummie?

That depends on how big you are if you bigger than me, no it wont, if youre smaller than me, Yes it will:wait:

White trash

20th August 2005, 09:09

Gidday Mixer Im quasievil a man of great wisdom foresight and talent

You're a fuckwit.

, unfortunetly most of the other on this site are dillusional and representative of the lower motorcyling classes in New Zealand.

(Read "faster than him")

You are lucky I noticed this thread as my opinion is one which you can rely on and take as ..... well gospel.
.

You ARE lucky, as one of the few to have actually made sense of a certified lunatics ramblings. Well done.

The best and most favoured, most sought after and certainly the best performer and looker is without question the kawasaki, particulary the ZXR636 2005 model.

Indeed. A machine repeatedly given a hiding by a trio of Gixxer thou's and a lowly, falling to bits, TL last week. You ARE a star Quaz.

So there you have it, if you have any more questions you now know who to ask.

Yeah. The unquestioning Gixxer fanatics. Not only are they unbiased, but they're normally way out in front of everyone else, therefore they MUST be trustworthy.

Quasievil

20th August 2005, 10:32

You're a fuckwit.

(Read "faster than him")

You ARE lucky, as one of the few to have actually made sense of a certified lunatics ramblings. Well done.

Indeed. A machine repeatedly given a hiding by a trio of Gixxer thou's and a lowly, falling to bits, TL last week. You ARE a star Quaz.

Yeah. The unquestioning Gixxer fanatics. Not only are they unbiased, but they're normally way out in front of everyone else, therefore they MUST be trustworthy.

:rofl: So Im starting to build my fence you coming down to help me or what

MSTRS

20th August 2005, 12:28

:rofl: So Im starting to build my fence you coming down to help me or what
Shouldn't think so. He's got eggs to cook & a roof to paint :whistle:

Brains

20th August 2005, 12:51

Gixer riders do seem to go on a bit don't they, just over compensating I guess. Although I do kinda like the front end of the current gixer, but then they have to spend a fair bit of time making the front look good coz thats the part ya see when ya look into your rearviews (aka suziviews), another reason why the 05 has the worest looking rear of current litres, no one ever has to ride behind it for long.

Brian d marge

20th August 2005, 12:57

THE machine without a doubt is ,,,,,,,,,,

The Royal Enfield ........80mph

runs on the snif of gasoline ,,,Spares that are sooo cheap a front end is the same price as one of your fancy tyres ,,,.....a whole clutch assembly ..basket /drum plates for 115 dollars ,,new ,,,

And ALL METAL ...no plastic ..except those indekator thingys ,,,but never use them anyway ,,,

Stephen

Deux ex Machina :yes:

scumdog

20th August 2005, 13:00

Take a good gixxer to beat a Ural!!
Wher's the box for them??

Bike of choice?? - the one you have at the time I suppose.

onearmedbandit

20th August 2005, 13:25

Being in the auto industry I received a rag the other day with a break-down of new bike sales. Suzuki head and shoulders above the rest, from memory the GN250 was #1 and the GSXR1000K5 was #2. If anyone is interested I could be more specific.

TwoSeven

20th August 2005, 13:28

This poll is bias'd. :clap:

Like where is the BSA option.

And, how come some people have voted for all the makes ?

onearmedbandit

20th August 2005, 14:08

Because the title of the 'poll' is which have you owned or do own.

matthewt

20th August 2005, 14:14

:whocares:
Just wondering what kind of wheels are preferred in that part of the world:

('course it might be that those that still ride an MVAugusta don't have a PC)

You sure you're Italian ??

I just figured you would of spelt MV Agusta correctly that's all :no:

Don't worry, it seems a few of the dealers in NZ can't manage it either.

Ixion

20th August 2005, 15:26

This poll is bias'd. :clap:

Like where is the BSA option.

"Other exotics". That makes my BSA Bantam an "exotic'. WHo would ever have thought it .
:motu:

TwoSeven

20th August 2005, 15:29

Maybe they were impressed by the shear power and reliability of the bantam. As compared to say a ducati :)

Skyryder

20th August 2005, 21:09

:whocares:
Just wondering what kind of wheels are preferred in that part of the world:

('course it might be that those that still ride an MVAugusta don't have a PC)

Why no Guzzi? Should be at top of list. And you live in Italy. :hitcher: :hitcher:

White trash

21st August 2005, 09:07

bane

21st August 2005, 13:47

Gidday Mixer Im quasievil a man of great wisdom foresight and talent , unfortunetly...

...unfortunately... Quasi cant spell!

K5 636 is a nice bike though - even if only Kermit the Frog could like the colour Quasi has!