Krazyklaus
1st March 2008, 18:29
Greetings to all on KB. I pick up my new bike next week and can't wait to get back on the road after a year or two on the sidelines.
I had two motorbikes before marriage forced me to buy a car. Starting out on a Kawasaki KH125 - probably the only one ever sold in NZ. Came with a cable (not hydraulic) front disk brake - and beleive me there were many reasons why that trend never caught on. :shit:
The Kwaka was replaced with a Honda CB400n which was my primary transport before during and after marriage. When we split up wife #1 got the car (no biggie) and the fridge - what a bummer that was keeping beer cool in the summer until I could afford a replacement. Anyway I was back on the bike as the only means of transport and made it through a couple of Taranaki seasons, even a winter tour down to Christchurch to see my parents without dramas.
Somehow I ended up with a car and no bike for many years while I got myself back on my feet and into a new life. The desire was always there, and in my late 30's I got back into motorbikes with a 1987 BMW K100RT. I loved that bike, and I loved Sunday breakfasts in Akaroa, and lunch in Twizel just for the hell of it :shifty:
Being too sensible for my own good the BMW was sold to finance my travels through Europe and eventually bujying a house with wife #2. But now my shit is together at last. At the start of the summer I started the serious search for a motorbike. With a clean sheet of paper I looked at cruisers, dual-purpose, and the old faithful road bikes. But the first R1100RT I took for a test ride reminded me everything I loved about the tourers. It just felt right, and I am delighted to be out there again.
So if any Christchurch KB'ers pass a black R1100 ridden by an old guy with a huge grin - don't forget to wave !
I had two motorbikes before marriage forced me to buy a car. Starting out on a Kawasaki KH125 - probably the only one ever sold in NZ. Came with a cable (not hydraulic) front disk brake - and beleive me there were many reasons why that trend never caught on. :shit:
The Kwaka was replaced with a Honda CB400n which was my primary transport before during and after marriage. When we split up wife #1 got the car (no biggie) and the fridge - what a bummer that was keeping beer cool in the summer until I could afford a replacement. Anyway I was back on the bike as the only means of transport and made it through a couple of Taranaki seasons, even a winter tour down to Christchurch to see my parents without dramas.
Somehow I ended up with a car and no bike for many years while I got myself back on my feet and into a new life. The desire was always there, and in my late 30's I got back into motorbikes with a 1987 BMW K100RT. I loved that bike, and I loved Sunday breakfasts in Akaroa, and lunch in Twizel just for the hell of it :shifty:
Being too sensible for my own good the BMW was sold to finance my travels through Europe and eventually bujying a house with wife #2. But now my shit is together at last. At the start of the summer I started the serious search for a motorbike. With a clean sheet of paper I looked at cruisers, dual-purpose, and the old faithful road bikes. But the first R1100RT I took for a test ride reminded me everything I loved about the tourers. It just felt right, and I am delighted to be out there again.
So if any Christchurch KB'ers pass a black R1100 ridden by an old guy with a huge grin - don't forget to wave !