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[Maha]

That is a damn nice looking bike

Yip low K's and price is reasonable.

[unstuck]

Yeah, nice looking ride.

[Maha]

This GT has been listed since October last year so they might look to letting it go for less than asking.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/moto...-796715657.htm

[unstuck]

Also a nice looking bike.

[Big Dog]

A good question to ask yourself in Mangakino would be where is the nearest dealer?
I can only imagine that most things could be handled by any competent mechanic. It's when things go pear shaped you might not want a 200km tow bill.


Stupid phone / Tapatalk, apologies in advance.

[Maha]

A good question to ask yourself in Mangakino would be where is the nearest dealer?
I can only imagine that most things could be handled by any competent mechanic. It's when things go pear shaped you might not want a 200km tow bill.


Stupid phone / Tapatalk, apologies in advance.

Same could be said for every time you take a day/week trip on your bike Matt.
Insurance with roadside assist attached helps, always had it, never needed it.

There's a Yamaha Dealership in Tokoroa, a Honda Dealership in Otorohanga.

[Madness]

A good question to ask yourself in Mangakino would be where is the nearest dealer?

If you'd ever spent time in Mango you'd realise that finding a dealer there is actually really easy.

[Maha]

If you'd ever spent time in Mango you'd realise that finding a dealer there is actually really easy.

We had some drug paraphernalia found at the Motel that I was going advertise on the Mango Buy/sell/swap, but thought better of it. The cops wanted the filter/I kept the extractor fan and the rest went into the skip.

[Old Steve]

Pity you've decided to bypass the Honda ST1300, I've ridden an ST1100 for the last 2 1/2 years over here in Oz and apart from my short legs I think it's a fantastic bike.

There's a nice 2009 low mileage (36,000 km) one in burgundy in Auckland for $13K. There's a blue 2005 with 77,000 km for just over $9K in Hamilton. The engines are brick outhouses and good for 250,000 km if you do regular maintenance (rec oil change 15,000 km, I change mine every 10,000 km. I've got 140,000 km on my 2000 ST1100), the bike is good for over 200 km/hr (well, from personal experience the ST1100 is) and you get well over 400 km on a tank at legal road speeds - they were designed as European tourers.

You're in a marvellous area for a sports tourer, all those lovely west Waikato roads.

I loved dropping down through the forest road (SH32 ?) from Kinleith to Whakamaru and then go down to Tihoi for a burger. Come back up the west of the river and cross the Karapiro dam and go home via Karapiro Rd and Taotaoroa Road across to SH29.

[Maha]

That 09' at Botany Honda is great buying indeed. I have till about the end of Feb to make my mind up.

[Smifffy]

LOL at the Jafas. There's a reason it's called the Central North Island. From Mango you could be at your choice of any number of (motorcycle) dealers in less time than it would take to get from South or West Auckland to Barrys Point Road.

Tok, Putz, 2Matz, Tron, Vegas, Torpor, Ots & TA all have bike dealers/garages and are but an easy cruise away - mostly along roads that y'all make a special trip just to ride on.

[JATZ]

Serious thoughts are aimed at a Triumph. 1050 Tiger/Sprint GT or ST.
We both loved the 02' ST that I had.
Leading thus far is .....http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/List...x?id=818939702

Get the XC and open even more options for places to ride

I'm assuming your legs are longer than a hobbit here....

[Madness]

I'm assuming your legs are longer than a hobbit here....

[Maha]

Get the XC and open even more options for places to ride

I'm assuming your legs are longer than a hobbit here....

I have legs that go all the way up to my arse...the Tiger seat height is the same as the XC

[Maha]

So we called into Holeshot today to test ride the Tiger and blow me down with a Tuning fork, they had a FJR1300 in there for sale, so that gave us a second option. After a quick chat with our ole' mate Bec's, it was time to collect our riding gear which hasn't seen the light of day for some time.

Test ride 1: Instant love when the on button was hit, possibly the worst time and day (4pm Friday in Auckland) to get a real feel but we did it anyway, I just adore the triple.

Test ride 2: Na, we bought the 2011 Triumph Tiger SE 1250 with 2500kms on the clock...........no contest.
The pic was taken after they put all the other bikes away and was the closest I could get, soz lol about the background light.