View Full Version : The secret's out!
dawnrazor
8th August 2006, 18:49
Just got home to find this months copy of BIKE magazine (the No.1 Bike mag in europe - 100,000+ sold a month) in the postbox, a highlight of my month (its mailed direct from the UK so is up to date, not 3 months out of sync).
However this month it carries a SEVEN page editoral about riding the south island, its a great piece and would make you want to hop on your bike right now and ride Athurs pass et al. In fact its TOO good an article - he even gets pulled over by a cop at 230kph in an overtaking move and gets let off with a $600 fine!!!!! (thats nelson for ya).
So expect alot more euro bikers on the roads come summer - the article even tells people how to get here by flying to christchurch from heathrow, by-passing the chance of being creamed by an oriental driver in auckland! outrageous I tells ya, as if it weren't enough with all these other blow ins...ahem....
Its the september issue and will be in news stands here by christmas!! if anyone is interested:blip:
98tls
8th August 2006, 18:59
Nice i guess that NZs getting publicity but in some ways i would rather just keep it to ourselves:blip:
Clivoris
8th August 2006, 19:00
Hmmm. Your right there. Good and bad.
The Pastor
8th August 2006, 19:04
230kph? Didnt they say on the news a while back that the biggest speeder was 180kph? It got all over the news etc?
gamgee
8th August 2006, 19:15
230kph? Didnt they say on the news a while back that the biggest speeder was 180kph? It got all over the news etc?
no that was one of the biggest on a speed camera, I think the biggest on a speed camera was 213km/h or something :gob: most people doing 230km/h would have a) been going to fast for a cop to catch and b) not stopped
probably a typo and he got caught at 130 or something?
MattRSK
8th August 2006, 19:17
Just got home to find this months copy of BIKE magazine (the No.1 Bike mag in europe - 100,000+ sold a month) in the postbox, a highlight of my month (its mailed direct from the UK so is up to date, not 3 months out of sync).
However this month it carries a SEVEN page editoral about riding the south island, its a great piece and would make you want to hop on your bike right now and ride Athurs pass et al. In fact its TOO good an article - he even gets pulled over by a cop at 230kph in an overtaking move and gets let off with a $600 fine!!!!! (thats nelson for ya).
So expect alot more euro bikers on the roads come summer - the article even tells people how to get here by flying to christchurch from heathrow, by-passing the chance of being creamed by an oriental driver in auckland! outrageous I tells ya, as if it weren't enough with all these other blow ins...ahem....
Its the september issue and will be in news stands here by christmas!! if anyone is interested:blip:
How do you get it sent to you early. I want to get the superbike one delivered as well.
I'd rather have tourists coming here to ride bikes than putter along at 70kph everywhere is those Britz campervans.
In the end how many UK bike riders could afford the trip to NZ and still have coin leftover to hire a bike? There's plenty of room in the SI for more bikes.
MattRSK - you subcribe; they post you their product direct!
dawnrazor
8th August 2006, 19:59
How do you get it sent to you early. I want to get the superbike one delivered as well.
I have an international subscription, that my missus got me for christmas - bless her. All those bike mags will have a page in them detailing subs, its alot to shell out in one go but is no more expensive then the monthly trex down to boarders or where ever.
As for the comment about the typo of being done at 230K...NO typo he passed an unmarked falcon at 130K over the speed limit, was escorted into Nelson by same cop, got a lawyer, went to court - as a non NZ resisident he could have been fined up $6000 and deported - but he got a biker judge, got fined $600 and baned from riding in NZ for 6 months....Go figure, thems the facts as they are laid out in the article!
As for the comment about the typo of being done at 230K...NO typo he passed an unmarked falcon at 130K over the speed limit, was escorted into Nelson by same cop, got a lawyer, went to court - as a non NZ resisident he could have been fined up $6000 and deported - but he got a biker judge, got fined $600 and baned from riding in NZ for 6 months....Go figure, thems the facts as they are laid out in the article!
Yep, that sounds right. Couple of years ago I was in a line of bikes coming out of the Buller gorge and the front bike was nabbed at 172kph. He had an Aussie licence on him. So Mr Plod said I can't seize a foreign licence and there's no point calling you to court (since he would be back in Oz in a week). So he got an instant fine and was suspended from driving in NZ for 28 days. Mr Plod did alert the other regions to check for our group coming through to catch us out. And we were stopped. They had a LIST of suspended riders from that weekend! Makes you want to go to oz and apply for a drivers licence for those special ocassions:doobey: :blip: .
Blackbird
9th August 2006, 07:35
As for the comment about the typo of being done at 230K...NO typo he passed an unmarked falcon at 130K over the speed limit, was escorted into Nelson by same cop, got a lawyer, went to court - as a non NZ resisident he could have been fined up $6000 and deported - but he got a biker judge, got fined $600 and baned from riding in NZ for 6 months....Go figure, thems the facts as they are laid out in the article!
Interested in your comment about the biker judge in the Nelson District. Some friends of a mate had a similar case where the judge threw a speeding case on a technicality and happened to mention later that he rode a Ducati. There can't be too many biker judges around in that area!
dawnrazor
9th August 2006, 07:46
Interested in your comment about the biker judge in the Nelson District. Some friends of a mate had a similar case where the judge threw a speeding case on a technicality and happened to mention later that he rode a Ducati. There can't be too many biker judges around in that area!
Yeah thats what this judge said too, said he owned a couple of ducatis!
idb
9th August 2006, 08:14
Yeah thats what this judge said too, said he owned a couple of ducatis!
No surprise to me............you've got to pass the 'Bloody Decent Bloke' exam before you're even allowed to own a Duke.
Blackbird
9th August 2006, 08:23
Yeah thats what this judge said too, said he owned a couple of ducatis!
Let's hope I don't need him next March. There are 4 of us on Blackbirds (all KB members) spending a fortnight in the south island. All the same colour so they should look nice in photos with a spectacular backdrop with Scumdog's patrol car all lit up in the background:innocent:
Lou Girardin
9th August 2006, 08:23
Escorted to court? Arrested for dangerous more likely.
I can't see your average mobile taxman acting as a taxi for miscreants.
dawnrazor
9th August 2006, 08:35
Escorted to court? Arrested for dangerous more likely.
I can't see your average mobile taxman acting as a taxi for miscreants.
No escourted..as in you follow me on your bike and give me your passport and drivers license as well.
Paul in NZ
9th August 2006, 08:43
230kph? Didnt they say on the news a while back that the biggest speeder was 180kph? It got all over the news etc?
Ah yes 'BIKE".. Wonderful magazine (I lurv OGRI) but full of typical editorial hyperexcitement.. and possibly slightly prone to the odd exaggeration in the finest English road testing tradition...
1954 - Some slight vibration was experienced (ie the engine exploded)
1967 - A cruising speed of 70mph was easily attained (as long as you were cruising directly to the workshop for a full rebuild)
1975 - Some intitial delay was experienced while braking in the wet (I'm writing this from my hospital bed)
1986 - Smooth power was a relevation (the chassis scared me shitless)
1995 - This is a huge step forwards in performance (the bike didn't blow up and I'm still in one piece_
2005 - Our tester saw 300kph at one stage (he was asleep at the time but can remember it vividly)
Les
9th August 2006, 18:16
Saw a mag (can't remember the title) about 18 months ago when I was in the States and an article in there rated the Buller Gorge in the top five biking roads in the world and made special mention of the South Island. BTW the SI was voted as the 2nd best holiday attraction after the Grand Canyon in 2004 by a big international survey. We're lucky alright...I've always said it :yes:
McJim
9th August 2006, 19:04
speaking of a European doing 230kph AND getting caught - can a NZ copper disqualify a British Drivers licence?
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