Having just today finished our 2500km, 8 day North Island tour - Palmy up to Cape Reinga return.....I can say the most frequent "worry" for us (missus was pilion)..was people tailgating while we were moving through unfamiliar "rough" twisties. Navigating fractured and pot-holed third-world roads. The fully loaded up Bonnie T120 with a pillion is far from the ideal touring and twisties bike anyhow....but I had to back off the button a bit to keep the bike in a stable line. Not to mention the missus getting spine-jarring crashes from the rear as we hit an unseen crater. We were still doing on the speed limit give or take 5kph...but some bastard Steve, Bazza or Nigel was determined to push us out of the way from behind in their SUV, Ute or Skyline...all these would be Kiwis. They can happily hold their cage on a level 110-120kph and ride over the shit holes with no fear. I opted to just slow a bit, move left and wave them past. Some of them appeared further up the line..just a few cars ahead...stuck at a road works stoppage.
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