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Touring & The Bikes You Use

Touring bikes and just touring in general

  1. Summer work in m/c touring business

    We are looking for a keen motorcyclist with good mechanical skills and good people skills to manage our branch in Takapuna over the months October-March.
    The work will involve prepping , maintaining and renting out bikes and helping overseas riders with their touring plans.
    Hours can be irregular depending on operational requirements. Weekends are just like any other day.
    Some computer skills are needed. You will also need a high standard of personal appearance to be able to ...
  2. Mike Nash's New Website BottomOfTheWorld.net

    Hello,

    Just letting you know that Mike Nash (some of you may know Mike from reading various Bike publications in New Zealand) has a new site which he will be updating with all his new articles, reviews and lots of photos. There is already a few great reads on there, check out the reviews of the Brass Monkey this year.

    Address is www.bottomoftheworld.net

    Would love to hear any feedback!

    Thanks,
    Rowan c/o Mike Nash
  3. Curse Twisted Throttle! (16/04/2011)

    Having not had my BMW since early March, I'm getting withdrawal symptoms (most, if not all, the parts have arrived, now they just have to repair). To tide myself over this difficult period, I've taken to looking at what additional parts I should fit (coz I don't have nearly enough).

    Sometime this afternoon, I downloaded the 2011 Twisted Throttle catalogue: http://www.twistedthrottle.com/article/static/211/1/5/ My memory is vague, but I appear to have lost several hours in the 236 ...
  4. TT2000 on a GN250 - Sunday - Day 2 of TT2000

    Sunday – Day 2 of TT2000

    Day two started at 5:30am. My phone alarm was piercing the silence like an ice pick. It was getting louder and louder and the whole bed was vibrating due to the silent vibration alert being on as well. Looked at the phone screen and wondered why the hell the alarm went off so damn early, then the pain from my tail bone reminded me. Day 1 already behind me with 1100kms on the GN combined with some rough south island had resulted a super painful backside. Never ...
  5. TT2000 on a GN250 - Saturday - Day 1 of TT2000

    Saturday – Day 1 of TT2000

    Beep, beep, beep – 4:30 and the alarm was going. It didn't take long for the Gremlin and I to get packed up and jump on the bike this time. We were both excited about the two days ahead. Went to the Gas station and Mr. Gremlin proceeded to fill up his fuel tanker while I was busy lubricating the chain on the GN. There were already a bunch of TT riders at the gassy and I could see that the GN had already sparked interest amongst some of them and was seeing ...
  6. Returning from the TT2000 (28/02/2011)

    Monday morning, no early morning alarm, we sleep in, but my alarm does go off at 0845, as I need to start making some calls. I’ve given up on cotton wool for the nights, just using my new custom plugs, as I can wear them much longer than the normal ones.

    McIver & Veitch about the tyres I now won’t be needing, as the Southern Cross is no longer an option (for the second time in a row dammit). Interislander to alter my booking and bring it forward to the same as Toto’s, and his accommodation ...
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  7. TT2000 on a GN250 - Friday - Picton to Dunedin

    Friday – Picton to Dunedin:

    6:30am I wake up, luggage on the bike, filling the bike and I’m off. Riding south, the feeling was much similar to the one I had the previous day – anxious to get to my destination. I get quite happy travelling through new places and as boring as SH1 is it was still interesting to trough some parts I hadn’t done before. The GN was slow but a huge problem as I was staying on a healthy 95km/h most of the time. The thing with the GN250 is that you almost never ...
  8. TT2000 on a GN250 - Thursday - Auckland to Picton

    Thursday – Auckland to Wellington

    Day 1 of our trip was the Auckland to Picton stretch. Gremlin and I were originally planning to leave at about 8-9am in order to catch the ferry at 6:25. Given the change in circumstances and equipment I decided that it is going to be a wise idea if I left a little bit earlier to give myself and the GN some time in case we weren't able to move the same speed at Gremlins brand new BMW. How right was I.

    Leaving at 6am with the bike fully ...
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