FAAARK!!! Now im getting impatient!

[Str8 Jacket]

if I could be more serious, I would be. I'd love to do that run. seriously really really.. serious.
But, if you were to buy a bike and wanted it down there, I'd be the first to stick my hand up, and seriously ride down the bike for you. I can even give you a couple of numbers to call to shop around for a bike up here, or just recommend you a place that you wouldn't go wrong.

this is a 250 you're talking about, right?

Mate, your a f*cken legend, and I appreciate the offer However I've paid the bike already, and I know that it IS coming, just wish it was sooner than it's gonna be though

And yea, its a 250, only got my learners and i'd *hate* to be breaking the law!

[White trash]

Buggy To be perfectly honest, a trip from Auckland to Wellington on a GN250 would not only be painfull, it would be the *worst* thing you could do in regard to running the new motor in.

[Jonty]

if I could be more serious, I would be. I'd love to do that run. seriously really really.. serious.
And I wasn't as serious when I said I'd see ya this weekend, cos it doesn't happen that quick. But, if you were to buy a bike and wanted it down there, I'd be the first to stick my hand up, and seriously ride down the bike for you. I can even give you a couple of numbers to call to shop around for a bike up here, or just recommend you a place that you wouldn't go wrong.
I'd be happy to even take a couple of days off work, so that you could get it Friday, for the weekend. Couldn't think of anything better to do. I love to ride, I love NZ, I love to fly, and I could fit that all in a day (now there's a challange)..

very very serious. really really
But you're the one buying the bike, so I can only hope. You're the one to make the calls, so don't let me bother you there

this is a 250 you're talking about, right?

Bugjuice - find a buyer for my zxr in Aucland and you can ride it back - double to fun!

[bugjuice]

ah, no problem.. It'd be a fun trip.
And to be honest, I mistook this thread with whoever it was who was waiting for the 636 to turn up.. But then I realised it was a 250. Thought what the heck, it's a bike, and it's NZ, so I'd still be as keen as a bean.. but hey I think you could be right there WT.

Anyone want to give me a bike that needs to go either way? prefer 400+, but not picky

Jonty, tried trademe?

[Str8 Jacket]

The answer to all lifes problems!!
BRING ON THE WEEKEND!!!!!

Hey! A little less of the This is more like im hoping for: :spudbooge THEN the next day

[Jonty]

ah, no problem.. It'd be a fun trip.
And to be honest, I mistook this thread with whoever it was who was waiting for the 636 to turn up.. But then I realised it was a 250. Thought what the heck, it's a bike, and it's NZ, so I'd still be as keen as a bean.. but hey I think you could be right there WT.

Anyone want to give me a bike that needs to go either way? prefer 400+, but not picky

Jonty, tried trademe?

ha ha - yeh I guessed that, I was wondering who would be that excited to take a GN from Ak to Welly - I wouldn't . Haven't tried trademe just yet, have a few interested and I am in no big hurry

[Str8 Jacket]

ha ha - yeh I guessed that, I was wondering who would be that excited to take a GN from Ak to Welly - I wouldn't .

HEY! That's my bike your talking about , just cause its not the biggest and the best . . . . jeesh I dunno some people!
Im hoping to ride it from Welly's to Aucks and Wellys to Rotovegas, but in saying that, I'll be taking it a few day's at a time (does that sound bad, or is it just me? )

[Ixion]

HEY! That's my bike your talking about , just cause its not the biggest and the best . . . . jeesh I dunno some people!
Im hoping to ride it from Welly's to Aucks and Wellys to Rotovegas, but in saying that, I'll be taking it a few day's at a time (does that sound bad, or is it just me? )

Why not ? I've done Auckland to Wanganui on a 125 (with knobblies, too) . Wellington ain't much further. And twas good fun. Doesn't need to be fast to be fun.

You chugs along and you gets there. Don't take much longer than on a sportsbike (and if the sportsbiker ends up making a detour via the cop shop, the 250 will get there 28 days before the sports bike! )

[Jonty]

HEY! That's my bike your talking about , just cause its not the biggest and the best . . . . jeesh I dunno some people!
Im hoping to ride it from Welly's to Aucks and Wellys to Rotovegas, but in saying that, I'll be taking it a few day's at a time (does that sound bad, or is it just me? )

ha ha, sorry dude Any bike is a great bike, just some may not be as forgiving on 8 hour journeys

Hope you get it soon and have a great trip

[Str8 Jacket]

Why not ? I've done Auckland to Wanganui on a 125 (with knobblies, too) . Wellington ain't much further. And twas good fun. Doesn't need to be fast to be fun.

You chugs along and you gets there. Don't take much longer than on a sportsbike (and if the sportsbiker ends up making a detour via the cop shop, the 250 will get there 28 days before the sports bike! )

And here I was thinking that fast = fun?!! Yea, your rite its not the speed, for me its the experience - which is the most important thing to me atm.

Jonty - Don't worry about me, im big enuf and ugly enuf not to take things to heart, and basically I dont care who does and doesnt like my bike, its (going to be) mine and that's all I care about!

[mikey]

you can hire mine

[Str8 Jacket]

you can hire mine

Thanks for the offer but, no offence mate, but I heard that your crazy . . . basically what im trying to say is that im concerned for your "health" when your bike is returned an absolute mangled mess! Ive ridden a CBR 250 before and didn't make more than 100 metres down the road before scaring myself shitless.

[Ixion]

And here I was thinking that fast = fun?!! Yea, your rite its not the speed, for me its the experience - which is the most important thing to me atm.

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Aye. When touring, if you just belt along flat out you miss the best stuff.

Stopping by a river and watching the ducks.

Taking in the reflections in a lake

Relaxing down a gravel side road that leads deep into a silent forest.

Stopping in the country towns and checking out the shops, having a natter to the locals. (They'll talk to you if you're on a little bike)

Going down a succession of twisty bits, then turning round and going back up , just for the fun of coming down again.

And , the back roads are the most fun, they usually involve some gravel, and on gravel your GN250 will eat the sports bikes. Leave 'em in your dust (literally) .

It's the fun that matters not the speed.

[mikey]

Thanks for the offer but, no offence mate, but I heard that your crazy . . . basically what im trying to say is that im concerned for your "health" when your bike is returned an absolute mangled mess! Ive ridden a CBR 250 before and didn't make more than 100 metres down the road before scaring myself shitless.

if you heard im crazy [wtf? who said that?]

youve probably heard what a shinging meticiiuosly original condition my bike is in

thing is, best for other people to crash my bike rather than me. cause crashing might hurt my pretty face, an cant be having that happen. my mullet m,ight get cut off when they go to operate on my brain to. cant have that either.

anyway.

[Str8 Jacket]

Aye. When touring, if you just belt along flat out you miss the best stuff.

Stopping by a river and watching the ducks.

Taking in the reflections in a lake

Relaxing down a gravel side road that leads deep into a silent forest.

Stopping in the country towns and checking out the shops, having a natter to the locals. (They'll talk to you if you're on a little bike)

Going down a succession of twisty bits, then turning round and going back up , just for the fun of coming down again.

And , the back roads are the most fun, they usually involve some gravel, and on gravel your GN250 will eat the sports bikes. Leave 'em in your dust (literally) .

It's the fun that matters not the speed.

To be honest all these reasons, plus more are exactly why I wanted a bike in the first place! Dunno about the gravel roads tho. . . . .