Can I go to Auckland with a 125cc?

[edy]

Hi, guys.

I have lived in Palmerston North and wanna go to Auckland with motorcycle that I will buy.

The problem is that I have limited budget for motorcycle and I am a learner rider.

So on my list, GN125 is the first option. I know GN125 is a small and slow one but I think I can go.

If I go to Auckland, I will stop over Taupo and Hamilton.

What are you guys thinking about my idea?

Please give me your opinion and advices.

Thanks.

[DEATH_INC.]

It'll be a long hard ride on a 125. I did a fair distance back in the days on a DR125. It takes forever to get anywhere and you have no passing power. But if you're patient, and don't mind cruising along (80-90 kph if there's a headwind) and struggling up hills, then you'll be fine. It can be done.

[Winston001]

As they say, attitude is everything. Of course you can. If you think of the journey as an adventure, an experience, fun to be had, you will be fine.

Back in the day I used to ride a Suzuki TS185 trailbike on long journeys. Totally enjoyable. I never tried to keep up with traffic and just kept an eye on my mirror.

This might seem weird to you but for some of us the idea of fun is riding long-distance on a 100cc postie bike or scooter. Its motorcycling no matter how you do it.

[FROSTY:Me]

Heck yea it can be done.Some of my best memories biking wise were as a kid on my honda cb125

[EJK]

Yes, totally do-able. You have balls for even thinking of doing it.

[RDjase]

Hi, guys.

I have lived in Palmerston North and wanna go to Auckland with motorcycle that I will buy.

The problem is that I have limited budget for motorcycle and I am a learner rider.

So on my list, GN125 is the first option. I know GN125 is a small and slow one but I think I can go.

If I go to Auckland, I will stop over Taupo and Hamilton.

What are you guys thinking about my idea?

Please give me your opinion and advices.

Thanks.

Yep

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[sootie]

Hi, guys.

I have lived in Palmerston North and wanna go to Auckland with motorcycle that I will buy.

The problem is that I have limited budget for motorcycle and I am a learner rider.

So on my list, GN125 is the first option. I know GN125 is a small and slow one but I think I can go.

If I go to Auckland, I will stop over Taupo and Hamilton.

What are you guys thinking about my idea?

Please give me your opinion and advices.

Thanks.

When I was a young fella, I owned a 150cc Suzuki 2-stroke bike & used to commute backwards & forwards between Dunedin & Christchurch on this fairly regularly. (It is about 360kms.)
It was not a problem, and the bike did OK. I later swapped the 150 for a 250cc Suzuki which was really only slightly better at the long hauls as it happened.

Looking back on it now, the low power just made the journey longer & more tiring. It was perfectly achievable.
I did tend to thrash the poor wee bikes!

You will be continuously overtaken. This is something I hate. Usually I just like to be able to move pretty much at the speed of the traffic (unless I am in a hurry.) Suggest you try to travel when the roads are quiet as this is more enjoyable.

Hope this helps.

[sootie]

Hi, guys.

I have lived in Palmerston North and wanna go to Auckland with motorcycle that I will buy.

The problem is that I have limited budget for motorcycle and I am a learner rider.

So on my list, GN125 is the first option. I know GN125 is a small and slow one but I think I can go.

If I go to Auckland, I will stop over Taupo and Hamilton.

What are you guys thinking about my idea?

Please give me your opinion and advices.

Thanks.

When I was a young fella, I owned a 150cc Suzuki 2-stroke bike & used to commute backwards & forwards between Dunedin & Christchurch on this fairly regularly. (It is about 360kms.)
It was not a problem, and the bike did OK. I later swapped the 150 for a 250cc Suzuki which was really only slightly better at the long hauls as it happened.

Looking back on it now, the low power just made the journey longer & more tiring. It was perfectly achievable.
I did tend to thrash the poor wee bikes!

You will be continuously overtaken. This is something I hate. Usually I just like to be able to move pretty much at the speed of the traffic (unless I am in a hurry.) Suggest you try to travel when the roads are quiet as this is will be more enjoyable. For some reason, I love the ride across the desert road. It always feels so - out there on two wheels!

Hope this helps.

[Phantom Limb]

Last christmas I met a French lady at a DOC campsite in the arse end of nowhere north of Dargaville (50 - 60 years old) she had flown to NZ for a holiday, bought a GN125 and was in the process of touring the WHOLE country on the fecking thing, she had so much luggage that the thing had about 2mm of rear suspension travel, but she was doing it come hell or death!

[caseye]

Easy Peasy, take your time, watch your mirrors for upcoming fast moving stuff and otherwise enjoy the scenery and the smells, Oh Yeah you will smell heaps of things.
Go for it.

[Akzle]

it's entirely doable. but you're a noob so there are the risks inherent in your noobery.

and a 125... well. that just wont be much fun. i think the novelty will wear off about 100km (or two hours, whichever way you look at it) from home...

[Drew]

I'd do it!

[bogan]

I'd do it!

You'd probably do it on one fucking wheel too! Me on the other hand, wouldn't try that shit with a GN250, let alone a 125

[Akzle]

Back in the day I used to ride a Suzuki TS185 trailbike on long journeys....

i had one of them.
f*cking awesome. would do 100km aiight, even uphill...
the half-knobblies made for fun in the wet.

[caseye]

Sold wifey's first bike to a bloke down in Wellington earlier this year.
Arranged to take it with me in the race car, truck. Not enough room in said truck, so at 2pm on a Friday afternoon I geared up in Sth Dorkland and headed south.
Bike is a 2 fiddy TLC or Lifan cruiser.
Cruised all the way at about 1-110 k's per hour, stopped 4 times for food, gas and wee breaks. (petrol cost me $22.00 all up)
Arrived in Newlands at 11pm that evening.
Had a ball, took that thing to some pretty impressive numbers both in revs and speeds but overall I stopped often enough, I traveled at a reasonable pace most of the time and while I didn't enjoy being passed I just kept a watchful eye out back.
Made one or two bigger bike riders smile at my cheek and persistance on occasion, but the ride was a good one and I'd do it again in a heart beat.
With another similar sized bike and a rider with enough nouse to make the trip it could really be a bit of humour.
So far this year that's 4 trips to Welly on a bike, the ol coal burner has done three already and is on schedule for at least another one this year.
Give it a go young fella.
Can't believe I'm saying " don't listen, to bogan"?????