Hi all newby looking for a little help

[Blackbird]

Hi Davey - nice to see you've made your first post. If you got my email from last night, you'll see that Hammer in Auckland will be pleased to meet up with you too. Another tasteful Blackbird owner

Another email I sent to you bounced for some reason so will send from home tonight or will PM you.

Beers and fresh seafood in Coromandel on me.

Cheers

Geoff

[Yokai]

Let us know when you are in Auckland - I'm a POM having lived in France and California too...

Can give tips and tricks too!

[clint640]

For a wee taste of riding in NZ, without spending too much, hire a bike from http://www.coromoto.co.nz in Whitanga & spend a day buzzing around the Coromandel - some of the North island's nicest roads right out the gate. You don't wanna spend the entire trip just looking at our roads & drooling

Cheers
Clint

[Maha]

Bring a forwarding address Davey cos you more than likely wont want to go to back....... fek it springs to mind { the immortal words of father ted }.... We are north of Auckland and if you head up this way a must is the Puhoi Pub. Any amount of bikes in and out all day , we have a mate 1 hr north of us who has been here about 10 months, from England, he's a fitter/welder, got a job no problem, just took a bit of getting into New Zealand, mainly cos he's 40, having all the certs didnt matter, but he got here so alls good, he picked up a ZX9 a few months back and is seeing alot of this wonderful country we live in because of it..... enjoy your time here you'll love it

[Hammer]

Howdy Davey,

Geoff will have passed on my email to you. Definately have to catch up when you are here in Auckland. Feel free to email me or PM me in the meantime. My partner and I were in the UK for four and a half years before we moved back Dec 2004 so we have been through the move (including bringing a bike). Not in your line of business but happy to point in the direction of job sites so you can do some research.

Cheers

John

[Groins_NZ]

Hi Davey, sounds like a plan mate - are you hiring bikes once over here?

On a side note... I used to live and work in Preston too, Heathcotes Restaurant on Winkley Square, back in arrrrr 1996-1998. My sister & husband have moved back here from St Annes, Lancashire also.

Hope you have a good time, cheers.

[_intense_]

Well if you venture south to Timaru and beyond, swing in for a pint or a coffee, place i work at has an evil genius of a chef, be great to yarn bikes with you, we have some fantastic roads i can point you in the direction of...

[nudemetalz]

Heya Davey,

I'm a starter if/when you get to the capital (Welly). Hard NOT to find an excuse to have a beer

[blumeeni]

Hey FB looks like we'll be there at the same time doing the same thing but unlucky us we're only out there for 2 weeks
are you a member of B.I.R.D.

[Freebird]

Hi BM yep I've been a BIRD member for around 5 years, thats how I know Geoff James and found my way here, I think we may have met at a BIRD Bashes
When are you flying out?
Fancy meeting up if posible?
Regards
Davey

[crazybigal]

snap! i ride a bird and my wife rides a zzr250, (well i do at the moment as the alternator is shagged in the bird)

Hi folks I’m new on here my name is Davey Uprichard and I'm a 36 year old Professional Engineer from Northern Ireland, I ride a CBR1100 Blackbird and my wife rides a ZZR600. My wife and I are going to be traveling around New Zealand for 3 months (mostly backpacking) from the 14th Feb with a view to moving out if we like what we see. I was wandering if there was any one out there who would like to meet up for a drink and a chat and to share some local knowledge? It would be great to meet up with some like minded people and get their view of life in NZ.
Regards
Davey

[Beemer]

Welcome, and here's another offer of a place to stay. I'll send you a PM. We are 110kms north of Wellington and 50kms south of Palmerston North and there is plenty of room here for a couple of people and bikes!

[Colapop]

Hey Shirls! Dave has been to lunch with us a couple of times already - I'm sure you've met him... Him and his wife live here now... They're almost locals!

[Beemer]

Hey Shirls! Dave has been to lunch with us a couple of times already - I'm sure you've met him... Him and his wife live here now... They're almost locals!

Doh, didn't notice someone had revived a two-year-old thread!

[Blackbird]

Doh, didn't notice someone had revived a two-year-old thread!

Hahaha - Davey and I are both mates and riding partners. We recently went round East Cape with Hammer, Bykey Cop and Jimmy B. If you want to see Davey's excellent ride report, go to: http://www.flyingferrets.eclipse.co.uk/index.htm, click on Calendar, then scroll down to East Cape Extravaganza and click on the photo icon for his repot. It has some nice photos. It also has a nice comment about Davey's unfortunate encounter in the ladies loos at Ohope! He would have preferred to forget it but we wouldn't let him