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  1. #16
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    Quote Originally Posted by Motu View Post
    I'll be doing Poipoi to Ohura sometime between Xmas and New Year too, sounds like the area is getting crowded!
    Cool Man, pop in to the Matiere Club to settle the dust!

    Quote Originally Posted by Waihou Thumper View Post
    Fun, ain't it...
    Ever wondered what you missed all of these years?
    All of a sudden NZ is a bigger better place with more to see and do....
    Yeah Mate, just need to build the skills then the back roads are my oyster!

    Quote Originally Posted by fridayflash View Post
    theres a cheapish one on trademe at the mo in his neck of the woods....it should be very near the reserve now

    http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/List...x?id=677306571
    I paid $3500, with 14,000 on the clock, if that helps - great value I reckon....
    "If you haven't grown up by the time you turn 50, you don't have to!"

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    Quote Originally Posted by shafty View Post



    I paid $3500, with 14,000 on the clock, if that helps - great value I reckon....
    thats good buying...your looks very tidy, that other one would be an ok buy at $3100 or so buy needs a good scrub up tho, mileage is good
    ive got a mate who's done 60,000km on his and it still runs clean oil. are those 's' models a cv carb? if so theyre super cheap to run...up to
    26 km per litre with minor carb,airbox and tailpipe mods, and needle position on the lean side
    which matters if your running standard sized fuel tank
    'the stickiest situation since sticky the stick insect got stuck on a sticky bun'

    Cpt Edmund Blackadder

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    Welcome to the other side buddy!
    Firstly, don't let me see your bike again with that abomination of round black rubber up front, go NOW and order a Pirelli MT21, 90/90/21. Like now.
    OR, you will end up going off road again, soon.
    We need to get together, like I threatened when we last met, but, I have a job at the moment, doing roughly what you were in tha US.
    I am hanging out to get your way, pm me your fone number and I will give you a bell soon.
    Enjoy.
    I'm no gynaecologist, however I would be happy to take a look......................

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    Quote Originally Posted by shafty View Post
    Cool Man, pop in to the Matiere Club to settle the dust!



    Yeah Mate, just need to build the skills then the back roads are my oyster!



    ....
    fantastic stop mid trip for a brew

    some of those roads around yours would be the best around, and theres a lot of them, like ADV central

    Will try and jack up a pootle down around there with triboy this summer
    'Good things come to those who wait'
    Bollocks, get of your arse and go get it

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    Nice bike mate enjoy !

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    Quote Originally Posted by ducatijim View Post
    Welcome to the other side buddy!
    Firstly, don't let me see your bike again with that abomination of round black rubber up front, go NOW and order a Pirelli MT21, 90/90/21. Like now.
    OR, you will end up going off road again, soon.
    We need to get together, like I threatened when we last met, but, I have a job at the moment, doing roughly what you were in tha US.
    I am hanging out to get your way, pm me your fone number and I will give you a bell soon.
    Enjoy.
    Thanks Jim, that's the sort of advice I need - and for the rear?

    Am thinking I'd like it lowered a bit too, to avoid an embarrassing
    slow - mo tip over on rough ground

    Will PM you, off road tripping today ~ back at New Years and
    I'm in to harvest work straight away also!

    Work is the curse of the riding Man huh

    Anyway Merry Christmas everyone, time to check me sack
    "If you haven't grown up by the time you turn 50, you don't have to!"

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    Quote Originally Posted by shafty View Post
    Anyway Merry Christmas everyone, time to check me sack
    Too much information there....
    Oh, that sack...got'cha!

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    Quote Originally Posted by shafty View Post
    Anyway Merry Christmas everyone, time to check me sack
    sick bustard, merry Christmas & happy new year to you & yours
    anyway are you heading down on the new one or the roadie? that way we can work out some thing till then don't work to hard
    Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends. (John 15:13)

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    Quote Originally Posted by _Shrek_ View Post
    sick bustard, merry Christmas & happy new year to you & yours
    anyway are you heading down on the new one or the roadie? that way we can work out some thing till then don't work to hard
    Bad news on that front Shrek, ferry tickets are booked for a month
    riding South Island roads in February but Jude has just heard
    her broken heel hasn't mended properly so it's lookin like surgery
    .......we're gutted.......
    "If you haven't grown up by the time you turn 50, you don't have to!"

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    Quote Originally Posted by shafty View Post

    Bad news on that front Shrek, ferry tickets are booked for a month
    riding South Island roads in February but Jude has just heard
    her broken heel hasn't mended properly so it's lookin like surgery
    .......we're gutted.......
    Gee, that's bad news for Jude. I hope you have someone to help look after her while you come south.
    Time to ride

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    Quote Originally Posted by shafty View Post

    Bad news on that front Shrek, ferry tickets are booked for a month
    riding South Island roads in February but Jude has just heard
    her broken heel hasn't mended properly so it's lookin like surgery
    .......we're gutted.......
    just talk'n to mrs S,

    looks like we will be making detour on our way back from the north, that way I can show K some more of the country she
    has not seen will be after the 22nd March if that suits

    if you're not using your tickets
    Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends. (John 15:13)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jantar View Post
    Gee, that's bad news for Jude. I hope you have someone to help look after her while you come south.
    Cheers Jantar - Jude has actually said more than once, grab a Mate and go anyway.....She's a Keeper!

    Quote Originally Posted by _Shrek_ View Post
    just talk'n to mrs S,

    looks like we will be making detour on our way back from the north, that way I can show K some more of the country she
    has not seen will be after the 22nd March if that suits

    if you're not using your tickets
    There's a room and garage here for ya Mr and Mrs Shrek!
    "If you haven't grown up by the time you turn 50, you don't have to!"

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    Will Jude be oK for you both to come south in april? I'm thinking Uly AGM and warbirds.
    Time to ride

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    Dunno Mate, in 10 days or so we'll know the prognosis.....great idea though - everything's up in the air til then

    It prob scuppers another season driving in Texas this year, but we'll find an upside .......
    "If you haven't grown up by the time you turn 50, you don't have to!"

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