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    Quote Originally Posted by brianblaze View Post
    I think I'm just being followed by Harleys then...

    It's a conspiracy!

    Oh, and did you guys have this over here?




    Haven't seen one yet, and that was the bike I had before I came over? It's a Honda BROS/ Hawk in America? Or did it not come to the Southern hemisphere?
    There are a fair few NT650/BROS' around, I had one, the chap that has mine now had three or four of them I think. Neat little bikes, shit suspension.
    The GN is/was probably one of the best selling bikes here.
    Currently it'd be the Ninja 250 or the GT250 Hyosung.
    But, most nikes you see are of the cruiser type with a born-again-biker on top heading for a lowside in to something solid.
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    Ha...Thats true but life is full horrible choices sometimes Merv. Then sometimes just plain stuff happens... and then some more stuff happens.....




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    Quote Originally Posted by ducatilover View Post
    But, most nikes you see are of the cruiser type with a born-again-biker on top heading for a lowside in to something solid.

    I would say I see far more cruisers, particularly HD's round here. All weathers too. Mind you, there are a lot of cafes here...

    Distantly followed by BMW adventure/touring bikes, loaded to the gunnels.

    The locals ride a mix of all sorts, exotica, sprot bikes, cruisers & vintage.
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    Well a while back it was probably the TF125 mud-bug farm bike.

    But in the public's perception it would be Harley; because they are the Rolls Royce of motorcycles(TM).

    I'll leave you to fill in what parallels I'm drawing.
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    Quote Originally Posted by F5 Dave View Post
    Well a while back it was probably the TF125 mud-bug farm bike.

    But in the public's perception it would be Harley; because they are the Rolls Royce of motorcycles(TM).

    I'll leave you to fill in what parallels I'm drawing.
    I guess HD's are heard as much they are seen drawing more attention.
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    Quote Originally Posted by brianblaze View Post
    From what I've seen in the 2 weeks I've been here, it's all Harley's or Ducati's
    Quote Originally Posted by george formby View Post
    I guess HD's are heard as much they are seen drawing more attention.
    You have to make allowences for the fact it's not quite summer and the pussies aint got the jappas reged yet !
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    NZ certainly has the highest per capita rate of Harleys in the world, so if popular is what's bought, it would be HD.

    That aside, I've ridden with a large cross section of riders, and each group or type of riders has certain "goto" bikes. In long distance riding the ST1300 is very common, Adv riding has the stroms and GSs, cruisers are definitely HD (but that's more brand than model), learners have GNs... so on and so forth...
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    Looking at the stats fro nzta,

    http://www.nzta.govt.nz/resources/mo.../docs/2011.pdf

    It shows Suzuki's just ahead of HD in new vehicle stats.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sinfull View Post
    You have to make allowences for the fact it's not quite summer and the pussies aint got the jappas reged yet !
    Certainly a lot more pirates than power rangers out in the winter. True that. I tug my fetlock in their general direction.

    Never seen either on gravel, though.
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    All I ever see is Hyo 250s and/or Ninja 250's everywhere.
    They have to be the most popular machine. More so than GN's I reckon.


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    Quote Originally Posted by brianblaze View Post
    I think I'm just being followed by Harleys then...

    It's a conspiracy!

    Oh, and did you guys have this over here?

    Haven't seen one yet, and that was the bike I had before I came over? It's a Honda BROS/ Hawk in America? Or did it not come to the Southern hemisphere?
    We did have these over here and they were marketed as BROS ( not hawk ). I suspect the name did nothing for sales as at about the same time a very camp boy band by the same name was rising up the charts in the UK. ( see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bros )

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    Quote Originally Posted by george formby View Post
    I would say I see far more cruisers, particularly HD's round here. All weathers too. Mind you, there are a lot of cafes here...

    Distantly followed by BMW adventure/touring bikes, loaded to the gunnels.

    The locals ride a mix of all sorts, exotica, sprot bikes, cruisers & vintage.
    I met a local chap who was certain his 883 was faster in a straight line than my ZX6.
    I just said "that's nice buddy" and left him to it
    Quote Originally Posted by Paul in NZ View Post
    Ha...Thats true but life is full horrible choices sometimes Merv. Then sometimes just plain stuff happens... and then some more stuff happens.....




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    Quote Originally Posted by BuzzardNZ View Post
    We did have these over here and they were marketed as BROS)
    wierd how they never took off in south auckland

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    Quote Originally Posted by brianblaze View Post
    Most popular bike in NZ?
    Is mine, so you can't have it, fuck off

    Quote Originally Posted by sinfull View Post
    You have to make allowences for the fact it's not quite summer and the pussies aint got the jappas reged yet !
    I think it more about exposure, all the cars get plenty of time to look at the harleys that are lodged in hedges, fences, ditches, letterboxes, etc. Bikes that stay on the road are, well, on the road; and everybody knows cagers don't bother looking in that direction much.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ducatilover View Post
    I met a local chap who was certain his 883 was faster in a straight line than my ZX6.
    I just said "that's nice buddy" and left him to it
    Having been unable to ride it in a straight line, I guess you were unable to dispute the point?
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