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Mental Trousers

20th January 2006, 10:23

I'm just wondering, except for people who are coming over here in the short term and ex-pats, why do people from other countries read/post on a New Zealand motorcycling forum??

SVrunner

20th January 2006, 10:28

Many be its the only one they can find thats any good.

SimJen

20th January 2006, 10:29

Yep KB must be the best in the world !!

Motig

20th January 2006, 10:30

Why not:psst:

sunhuntin

20th January 2006, 13:01

i post in a few groups on msn....mainly american, but also canadian as well. i do it to learn about other countries and different view points etc. i also use them to build friendships whereby i can use the other person as "homebase" should i ever travel to that country....i have used it successfully for 6 months, lol. also ideal to learn where decent places to visit and sights to see might be. "virtual tourist" lol.

also good if they post photos...one guy lives in florida, and he posts photos almost daily that hes taken on his morning ride...great to see whats out there.

Brian d marge

20th January 2006, 13:09

Because I am from NZ but live in Japan. So like to keep up with whats going on
Stephen

vifferman

20th January 2006, 13:10

I suspect at least some of the overseas posters google a particular subject, and KiwiBiker is included in the hits they get.

Big Dave

20th January 2006, 15:06

I live here for the motorcycling.....and the gigs....and the friends....and the landscape.....and the quality of life.

marty

20th January 2006, 15:34

well it's like this; the interweb thingy, that works ALL over the world, so sometimes, when people in japan, or america, or even australia are bored, they use their computer to send lights and special messages to other computers, and if they like BIKES, then the little web spider will show them this corner of the web, and they can read all about how hard done by we are here in enzed, especially with those nasty police officers, and those road guys that are too lazy to mark where gravel has spilt onto the road, or those auckland yuppies that buy houses in the country, and are too lazy/poor/dumb to seal thier driveway, so thier flash suv brings dirt onto the road. anyway, sometimes too, people from new zealand get onto these big flash things called AEROPLANES, and fly (well the aeroplane flys - the people just sit inside it) to other places in the world, usually landing at an airport, and then visiting family or other friends (if they have any) or just hanging by themselves and picking up drunk english birds at dodgy mediterranian resorts, but that's another story.....

on the other hand, maybe they think it's a dating site........

jazbug5

20th January 2006, 16:00

on the other hand, maybe they think it's a dating site........

OMG, you mean, like, it isn't..?

The_Dover

20th January 2006, 16:03

OMG, you mean, like, it isn't..?

May as well be, I've scored a couple of roots from it ;)

thehollowmen

20th January 2006, 16:24

We're the best.
Now everybody do head-shrinky exercises.

jazbug5

20th January 2006, 16:31

May as well be, I've scored a couple of roots from it ;)

And did you have much trouble re-potting them?

Motu

20th January 2006, 16:35

OMG, you mean, like, it isn't..?

It's a place where old men can hang and make it sound like they are a handsome virile 16 yr olds.....shit,I'd even settle for a virile 46 yr old these days,man,the things I could do in my 40s.....:(

ManDownUnder

20th January 2006, 16:38

OMG, you mean, like, it isn't..?

Best you and I keep our "thing" quiet then huh?

MDU

jazbug5

20th January 2006, 16:43

Shhh. Yes, we'll keep it our little secret. But only if you front up with those sweeties you promised me...

ManDownUnder

20th January 2006, 16:51

Shhh. Yes, we'll keep it our little secret. But only if you front up with those sweeities you promised me...

ha ha HA!!!!! If you only knew - they're not sweeties... turn the light on...

R6_kid

20th January 2006, 16:55

kiwibiker is a site for all new zealand motorcyclists, even those in the south island! :shit: :2guns:

Jackrat

20th January 2006, 17:25

I post in forums in Oz, the UK and USA.
All have international membership because two are model specific and one "the Aussie one" is just an interesting place that I can relate to, having lived there an REALLY enjoyed myself doing so.
Plus on all of them I'm 6'3 130kg and better looking than any of you lot.

inlinefour

20th January 2006, 17:38

I'm just wondering, except for people who are coming over here in the short term and ex-pats, why do people from other countries read/post on a New Zealand motorcycling forum??

www.kiwibiker.co.nz is the best motorcycling orientated website in the world and we have Spankme to thank for it:woohoo: :msn-wink: :first: :banana:

merv

20th January 2006, 17:52

www.kiwibiker.co.nz is the best motorcycling orientated website in the world and we have Spankme to thank for it:woohoo: :msn-wink: :first: :banana:

So is it time for another round of donations to Spankme to help him run the site?

SixPackBack

20th January 2006, 18:00

www.kiwibiker.co.nz (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz) is the best motorcycling orientated website in the world and we have Spankme to thank for it:woohoo: :msn-wink: :first: :banana:

Get your fricken tongue out of the back of his trousers:puke:

Troll

20th January 2006, 18:25

I'm just wondering, except for people who are coming over here in the short term and ex-pats, why do people from other countries read/post on a New Zealand motorcycling forum??

over 1/2 million kiwis live overseas maybe some of them are still interested in what is going on in nz

Smorg

20th January 2006, 19:22

over 1/2 million kiwis live overseas maybe some of them are still interested in what is going on in nz

Absolutely sweet fuck all in my opinion NZ is the least happening place on the planet..........with a few exceptions ie. Haiti, South Africa, Papua New Guinea oh yeah and Tasmania

avgas

20th January 2006, 19:37

I found it googleing for GB400 stuff, all the hits i got were KB, UK (XRB) and Japan

ManDownUnder

20th January 2006, 19:54

Absolutely sweet fuck all in my opinion NZ is the least happening place on the planet..........with a few exceptions ie. Haiti, South Africa, Papua New Guinea oh yeah and Tasmania

Mate - I'm lucky enough to see a lot of the world as part of my job. There are very few places as developed and laid back as NZ. You usually get one or the other. The only thing we lack is a decent amount of history (we're a young nation)...

... but we're workin' on it!
MDU

Jackrat

20th January 2006, 20:00

Mate - I'm lucky enough to see a lot of the world as part of my job. There are very few places as developed and laid back as NZ. You usually get one or the other. The only thing we lack is a decent amount of history (we're a young nation)...

... but we're workin' on it!
MDU

Yeah??? my family have around 900yrs worth of history,,,oh you mean honky history huh,,sorry.

ManDownUnder

20th January 2006, 20:03

Yeah??? my family have around 900yrs worth of history,,,oh you mean honky history huh,,sorry.

As a nation "New Zealand" as in.

You make a good point though... I think something I (personally) notice is that I (personally) have no realy history that I can look back on, unlike the Maori...

Or the French (when in France) or the Germans or... you get the idea.

I did mean the national of New Zealand - is there another I should be aware of?

Nice avatar btw. Keore (sp?) is it - does it bite?

Please?

bluninja

20th January 2006, 20:30

I post cos I'm still missing the place.

Mooch

21st January 2006, 03:25

By leaving NZ , I've reversed the "Brain Drain". :shit:

Smorgen , NZ is actually pretty good. Unless of course your into the "Rave" / Dance party scene.

KB is my only link with nz motorcyclsts , Only a few months to go now, a quick tour of Argentina, Then it's back to rides to Gladstone / Castlepoint via the flying fish !.:woohoo:

Bob

21st January 2006, 03:46

Many be its the only one they can find thats any good.

Funny you should say that... years ago, I was a regular on the old UBG forum. Then that all went a bit awry after the magazine it was the website for was taken over... and shortly after the forum was closed.

A bunch of us then moved to a couple of other forums, before stopping a while in Ridesite. Which was fine for a time until lots of in-fighting developed and owners started accusing others of all sorts of stuff. So we moved on again.

Odd place to stop was a classic motorcycle website, bearing in mind none of us actually owned a classic! Spent ages in there, before a fall-out with a certain regular who thought he owned the place (and was quite chummy with the genuine owners). Too many arguments, so off I went.

So... sorry the tale is getting lengthy - a short time before that I'd started my own website (as the magazine job looked like it was coming to an end... only took another 2 years!) and set up a news page. One of the other guys that had moved about from the old UBG forum suggested KB would be a good place to make the news available to a wider audience (actually, it was both Moko and Wari if memory serves correctly)... I agreed and started up the Biker News section.

And what is heading for 2 years later, I'm still here!

So there you go - very much a case of finding a square peg for a square hole... or something.

wari

21st January 2006, 04:03

BOb .. ya do a good job too just qui-ettly .. allways good readin' .. :spudbn:

TonyB

21st January 2006, 05:41

BOb .. ya do a good job too just qui-ettly .. allways good readin' .. :spudbn:
Warri- you're slipping man. Most of the above is perfectly normal....
bEt-tarrr haf anu-thURr wan then

BarryG

21st January 2006, 09:00

Well, ex-pat and like to laugh a bit, which I why I put up with you lot, as well as the Poms on the VFR group, they're a riot too. You can really wind them up about rugby and sheep and, uummm, what....., no, not sheep...other stuff.
Plus I'm coming back for a visit next month and hope to hook up with a couple of you when I'm there for a beer.
It's the internet, it's global, and it's sort of all what you make it.
Cheers
Barry

Mooch

21st January 2006, 10:29

This thread is a good reason to post a dinner invite.

London Kiwi Bikers , I'd like to invite you guys and girls to a Kiwi dinner with Mooch and Wife (Neal & Ang,) I know that Bob and Posh tourer are / maybe in London, any one else ?, Thinking in a couple weeks time on a Saturday , partners welcome as well.. There was also an expat Aprillia Kiwibiker near London , sorry , don't remember,Lived on the south coast . Your welcome to stay , have secure car / bike parking. Reply here or PM me

regards
Neal

PS, we are in this area of London if this helps.

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=e1w3tu

trumpy

21st January 2006, 12:12

Swoop

21st January 2006, 12:56