Road Trip to South Island

[jafa21]

Hey guys,
Thanks a lot for your views and opinions. Half of you are saying dont do it and half are saying do it.
Hence, half of me wants to just do it and the other half says wait till summer.
Dont forget i am not that experienced and hence little problems/issues add up and might work against me.
I might do couple of small trips of north island first soon and then see how i feel.

I would love to do this trip with somebody though. Anybody keen to join me?

[oldrider]

So many men so many opinions, you could do the trip and have no problems at all ... but then again!

You only need to give yourself a serious plan to get yourself out of the worst case possible scenario, should shit happen!

You are planning an adventure ... adventures are just a lot of new experiences strung out and joined together by incidence of success and failure!

You will never get it all right or all wrong, it's like Yoda said .... "Do" or "Do not"!

Should you decide on the former.

Do not underestimate the weather.

Do not overestimate your own capability.

Keep an eye on the weather on either side of the Alps and try to ride the good side.

Try to organise a string of support mates at strategic points along the chosen route, KB members are renown for providing that!

Enjoy the experience, I won't wish you good luck, I will however wish you good management and all the best! Cheers, John.

[FJRider]

Hey guys,
Thanks a lot for your views and opinions. Half of you are saying dont do it and half are saying do it.
Hence, half of me wants to just do it and the other half says wait till summer.
Dont forget i am not that experienced and hence little problems/issues add up and might work against me.
I might do couple of small trips of north island first soon and then see how i feel.

I would love to do this trip with somebody though. Anybody keen to join me?

Plenty of KB'rs in the south island to VISIT ... if the Ninja's reliable ... DO IT ...

Live ... but don't live and regret you didn't. And if it goes pear shaped ... you're still young, you'll get over it ...

[JATZ]

Yip....Do it Better to have memories than dreams

Ride to the conditions and take your time, you'll be sweet.
If it does turn to shit..... I have a trailer and don't mind lending a hand

[GingerMidget]

Plenty of KB'rs in the south island to VISIT ... if the Ninja's reliable ... DO IT ...

Live ... but don't live and regret you didn't. And if it goes pear shaped ... you're still young, you'll get over it ...

I like this

[_Shrek_]

Hey, i have done 350 kms in one day before. We went to raglan and back. So had more than an hour break in the middle.
That was ok. But doing it continuously everyday, would be different
As i havent done it before, how would i know if i am ok with it or not.
The reason i want to know before hand is so i can plan my trip accordingly.
Or should i just wing the whole thing. Just get on the bike and stop as and when i like.

I moved to Central in 2009 & rode from spring vale to Roxburgh every day in ice & snow, then I would ride back to north Canty in the weekends most times through the Lindis & had no problems!!! you ride to the conditions have good gear & heated grips + you learn new ways to ride in different situations, do the trip & enjoy your self, & if you need a bed or trailer what ever that can be done too, as for the amount of k's you do in a day will depend on how you feel, what your doing etc... when mrs Shrek & I are out we will cover any where from 250 to 800 k's a day (& she has a hobbit bike) or more if I'm on my own

[_Shrek_]

Plenty of KB'rs in the south island to VISIT ... if the Ninja's reliable ... DO IT ...

Live ... but don't live and regret you didn't. And if it goes pear shaped ... you're still young, you'll get over it ...

well said that man

[Berries]

One final tip, Speights is shit.

You sports bike riders need to take a big harden the fuck up pill.

Certainly sounds like it. But bikes do get dirty quicker in winter.

[_Shrek_]

One final tip, Speights is shit.

do you actually know what shit tastes like

[Berries]

do you actually know what shit tastes like

I do actually, but I'll keep my personal fetish out of this.

I should have said that if you make it to the south island there are far better beers than that mass produced rubbish.

[Flip]

I also have a ute, a bed and a workshop if needed in Oamaru.

If the timing is right would be happy to travel with you on the southern bit of your trip, thats if you don't mind riding with a old fat biker.

And it sounds like Berries is not just Scatter brained.

[unstuck]

Just do it, you never know what could happen.Its not what happens to you that is important, but how you deal with it. Sometimes shit happens and things do go pear shaped,but every problem has a solution. I got stuck on the side of the road between makarora and haast one night in july when the old piece of shit I was riding developed a fear of the dark. I was really pissed off to start with, but turned into one of the most awesome nights of my life.

[oldrider]

I moved to Central in 2009 & rode from spring vale to Roxburgh every day in ice & snow, then I would ride back to north Canty in the weekends most times through the Lindis & had no problems!!! you ride to the conditions have good gear & heated grips + you learn new ways to ride in different situations, do the trip & enjoy your self, & if you need a bed or trailer what ever that can be done too, as for the amount of k's you do in a day will depend on how you feel, what your doing etc... when mrs Shrek & I are out we will cover any where from 250 to 800 k's a day (& she has a hobbit bike) or more if I'm on my own

We can attest to that because he used to stop in at our house and thaw out a bit before moving on again!

Sort of like being visited by a near death big black half frozen Yeti!

A quick cup of coffee ... a couple of muffled words ... empty the lolly jar ... and he's off back out into the cold, cold, frozen night!

"Shreck" ... surely a true "dedicated motorcyclist" for "all" occasions!

[FJRider]

The only way to be an experienced rider ... is to go get that experience. The open road of the South Island is the best "Polytecnic" to get that.

Modern motorcycles (and roads) are a dam sight better than they were in the past. (but we managed anyway)

[Muppet]

I have done 28 Brass Monkeys mostly from Wellington. Only had one problem in the ice going into Naseby one trip, you just have to expect slick roads and ride to the conditions.

You sports bike riders need to take a big harden the fuck up pill.

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Now listen Berries you do what you want but for gods sake do not ride if there's ice around Ok?

And never mind what these hogsters say. As for the above comment, half you buggers take your hogs down to the Brass on a trailer then go and stay at a motel nearby. You also can't ride without a support vehicle carrying your gear, nor can you ride for longer than 20 km without having to make a badge that says "I-went-to-the-pub-and-back-Run 2012".