NEW BIKE TODAY (with flag)

[Jizah]

I find the corner clearance is far from fine. I am about due for my third set of foot pegs, and I've just hit 28,000km.

[YellowDog]

I find the corner clearance is far from fine. I am about due for my third set of foot pegs, and I've just hit 28,000km.

Surely the pannier bags scrape the ground well before the foot pegs?

Maybe you are being a little too ambitius with such skinny tyres!

[Jizah]

They hit about the same time as the pegs. On my second set of panniers too!
I think it's because I'm too heavy.

I'm waiting on a new bike too. I wanted it 3000k ago though, before my clutch is stuffed, as I too am buying my old one.

[Espresso]

Those bikes are cool, spent a bit of time spotlighting 'possums and rabbits from one in Taupo years ago. Indestructable bikes and the places they could go was impressive..motor seemed not to annoy the varmints either. Half tempted to buy one for the memories...

[YellowDog]

UPDATE: All the decommissioned NZ Post bikes will be appearing on Trademe over the next few weeks.

[musicman]

...if you give them enough herbies and stamp them into first gear, you can wheelstand them.

There's a better way of doing wheelies - cruise along in first gear at walking pace or slower, weight the gear lever a bit so it isn't in first gear anymore but hasn't gone into neutral, rev it up and release the gear lever so it goes back up into gear, and the front will come up. I do that all day everywhere!