Well... after one day's planning of trying to figure out the cheapest, fastest, safest and most importantly... funnest way of getting a bike from Blenheim to Taupo my family and I decided it'd be best if I traveled down and got the bike myself! YOS!
So this is a very rough after ride report as I'm SO tiredI'll try get on here tomorrow and fix up any English/spelling mistakes so till them please bear with me!
I found a bike that I really liked on the net, rung the people and it sounded really good! So... as it was night I couldn't really do much about it. Woke up the next day stoked and straight away got into ringing round trucking companies etc. We found out that it would only be about $30 more expensive for me to travel down and pick the bike up... we started booking all the tickets for all the mechanical things I'd need to get on to get down there
Didn't sleep that night, although I did try too! Got on the bus at 1AM... talked to an awesome chick who has always wanted to do biking but has never been able to get her own road bikegot about 2 hours sleep on the bus. I didn't actually ride a train
but the bus passed one with 43 carriages!!
Then from Wellington I caught a taxi to the airport and then a plane to Picton. The guy who was selling the bike ( a mechanic) was away on holiday so his boss picked me up from the airport and took me to the bike in Blenheim. After a bit of delay there I left Blenheim at the time I should of been at the port ready to load the bike onto the ferry!! D'oh!
So I geared up quicker then I ever have before, shot round to the petrol station to fill up before I left and what do ya know.... I forgot to ask what fuel it took!! *slaps fore head* I was sure it took 91 but I wanted to do things properly, so I ran back to the shop (yes, in all gear at midday on a frikkin hot day!) which was thankfully only a few shops over. It does take 91, so away I go again running back to the bike lookin like a complete twit going for a jog in bike gear
I try ride as quickly yet safely as possible on a new bike, in heavy traffic on new roads... JUST making it to the ferry in time, tired as anything and I had to try get my gear off and strap my bike down all in the few mins I had before the ferry left. Some other bikers that were there helped me to strap the bike down (if it was you, thank you SOO much!).
Settled in for the ferry ride across and thankfully I managed to get about half an hours sleep.
Had a good chat with a biker before I left and he warned me not to go over the Taka's on my way home (once again, thanks!)
Got off the ferry and saw Str8_jacket waiting for me... lookin good on the FZR... to escort me back to her place (Thanks for the bed and laughs!)
Pic one: The new Bikey!
Pic two: Bikey (needs a name) on the ferry
Pic three: I see that camera AJ! Hehe
Pic four: Colapop and AJ gettin a bit too comfy on Str8's bed!!
Will type the events of that night and the ride back to Taupo in the next post, whenever that gets posted
If you've read this far, who've done better then me!
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yeeeeferkinhaaaaaaa!!!!!!! 
I used a 20 cent coin to tighten it back up and headed off again past the mountains going past alot of cops. 
but I got home safe and sound with a new bike and a long story 
Originally Posted by Meekey_Mouse
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