In NZ for 6 months - advise on what should I buy?

[cheezmonger]

Hi - I will be in NZ for work for 6 months and need a motorcycle/scooter to commute and ride along North Island during weekends. What would you recommend I should buy and at what price range? What can I relatively easily sell back when I leave Auckland 6 months later?

PS. I ride a 2003 Triumph Speed Master at home

[FJRider]

Hi - I will be in NZ for work for 6 months and need a motorcycle/scooter to commute and ride along North Island during weekends. What would you recommend I should buy and at what price range? What can I relatively easily sell back when I leave Auckland 6 months later?

PS. I ride a 2003 Triumph Speed Master at home

How big do you think the North island is ... ???

[SVboy]

Suzuki GS500-$3500-4000. Suzuki SV650 $3500-5500. Suzuki Bandit 650 $4500-6500. Kawasaki ER650 $3500-6500. All cheap, reliable and easiyish to sell on when you are done.

[husaberg]

In NZ for 6 months - advise on what should I buy?
You should buy a ticket to the South Island where the scenery actually is.

[FJRider]

You should buy a ticket to the South Island where the scenery actually is.

I found an American couple in Taupo once ... they were intending to tour (the entire) NZ in three days (and fly out of Auckland). When they arrived in Taupo ... they were looking for the ferry to the south island.

[husaberg]

I found an American couple in Taupo once ... they were intending to tour (the entire) NZ in three days (and fly out of Auckland). When they arrived in Taupo ... they were looking for the ferry to the south island.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBwm-QPs-E8

[jafar]

Hi - I will be in NZ for work for 6 months and need a motorcycle/scooter to commute and ride along North Island during weekends. What would you recommend I should buy and at what price range? What can I relatively easily sell back when I leave Auckland 6 months later?

PS. I ride a 2003 Triumph Speed Master at homeWill you have an equivalent to a nz full licence?


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[FJRider]

Will you have an equivalent to a nz full licence?


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His comment

PS. I ride a 2003 Triumph Speed Master at home

suggests he has a full license in the US. He should be able to ride/drive in NZ for up to twelve months on his US license with no issues ...

[cheezmonger]

Suzuki GS500-$3500-4000. Suzuki SV650 $3500-5500. Suzuki Bandit 650 $4500-6500. Kawasaki ER650 $3500-6500. All cheap, reliable and easiyish to sell on when you are done.

Thanks a ton for the ideas. Do you think dealerships lease for 6 months?

[cheezmonger]

Will you have an equivalent to a nz full licence?


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My US license is for both Car and Motorcycle and it affords me the ability to ride/drive in most countries in the world, with a notebale exception of china

[cheezmonger]

How big do you think the North island is ... ???

I'm loving the camaraderie. Northern to Southern tip of NZ is 1000 miles. east to west Texas is 900 miles ;-)

Last summer I was in NZ for a few weeks and rented a car to drive a loop around North island and loved the roads. Now that I'll be there longer I'd like to ride a motorcycle on the weekends and cover parts of North Island, still probably drive the south Island.

[FJRider]

I'm loving the camaraderie. Northern to Southern tip of NZ is 1000 miles. east to west Texas is 900 miles ;-)

Last summer I was in NZ for a few weeks and rented a car to drive a loop around North island and loved the roads. Now that I'll be there longer I'd like to ride a motorcycle on the weekends and cover parts of North Island, still probably drive the south Island.

Then THIS will worth a look.

https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/tourers/auction-1448899605.htm?rsqid=fa98594e6d5a447db82f6f66cc285 fc0

[SVboy]

Thanks a ton for the ideas. Do you think dealerships lease for 6 months?

Not to the best of my knowledge.

[rastuscat]

ast summer I was in NZ for a few weeks and rented a car to drive a loop around North island and loved the roads. Now that I'll be there longer I'd like to ride a motorcycle on the weekends and cover parts of North Island, still probably drive the south Island.

5 million ish people live in NZ. 1 million are in the South Island, with traffic being correspondingly sparse. The roads are largely vacant.

The South Island is a great place to ride bikes. Don't miss the opportunity to ride the big loops down here.

[sidecar bob]

5 million ish people live in NZ. 1 million are in the South Island, with traffic being correspondingly sparse. The roads are largely vacant.
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Apart from the 1 million British & German tourists going around & around in motor homes.:facepalm:

[HenryDorsetCase]

Apart from the 1 million British & German tourists going around & around in motor homes.:facepalm:

I was flabbergasted the other day - out on the bike for a little pootle, fucking motorhome, three cars behind then me. Motorhome pulls over and lets us past. Clearly he never got the memo!

[Laava]

I was flabbergasted the other day - out on the bike for a little pootle, fucking motorhome, three cars behind then me. Motorhome pulls over and lets us past. Clearly he never got the memo!

Fuck him!! Did you tootle your horn melodiously?

[jafar]

Thanks a ton for the ideas. Do you think dealerships lease for 6 months?Talk to Richard @ Botany Honda in Auckland, he was doing tourist buyback deals. 0064 9 274 2727
www.botanyhonda.co.nz

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[Gremlin]

Apart from the 1 million British & German tourists going around & around in motor homes.:facepalm:
I think you're a little (ok, a lot) optimistic to be calling them motor homes. Lets just call them clapped out vans eh? :sunny:

[sidecar bob]

I think you're a little (ok, a lot) optimistic to be calling them motor homes. Lets just call them clapped out vans eh? :sunny:

Yep, spot on. I was over at Akaroa yesterday & there was a line up of shitty old bangers for sale outside the backpackers which raised two questions.
How the hell do you get to Akaroa before you have a car & find you need to buy one once you're there?
Second question. Where is the point on the map when travelling out there, that once crossed makes an old banger of a van worth three times more than its worth in Christchurch?

[Grumph]

Yep, spot on. I was over at Akaroa yesterday & there was a line up of shitty old bangers for sale outside the backpackers which raised two questions.
How the hell do you get to Akaroa before you have a car & find you need to buy one once you're there?
Second question. Where is the point on the map when travelling out there, that once crossed makes an old banger of a van worth three times more than its worth in Christchurch?

Hilltop is the dividing line. Once you've fucked your existing shitty van climbing up there, you can pretty well coast to Akaroa.
Then trade up to one which will get you back to town....

You've been in ChCh for days and not come out to see me ?

[cheezmonger]

Talk to Richard @ Botany Honda in Auckland, he was doing tourist buyback deals. 0064 9 274 2727
www.botanyhonda.co.nz

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Thanks a ton for that contact.

[jafar]

Thanks a ton for that contact.Your welcome [emoji4]

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