The Disorganised South Island Tour dec 06

**carver** · 13th June 2006, 09:19

The "wrong way round" tour
here is the plan.
for a while, me and me buddies have been keen to go for a long ride, but being poor students, and min wage people it wouldn't be easy.
so, the idea came together one late night in a shell station

the plan, to go aroud the south island, with only a map, and to send as little as we can, kinda... roughing it.

most of us are 18-24 years old, on small-ish bikes.
the idea is, to go down one coast, and up the other, ie, a loop.
any bikers welcome, any bike, any gender, any age. (just dont complain at the slow speeds, shite quarters we stay in etc...

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we aim to do this for less than 500 bucks all up.

i will keep you posted on developments.
anyone keen or have questions, post below!
cheers
carver

**ZeroIndex** · 13th June 2006, 11:26

hmm about $500?.. that sounds do-able.. how many days, and what month will this be in? better be summer..

**scumdog** · 13th June 2006, 11:32

$500??? It cost me that in fuel alone over Q'Birthday weekend to go to Picton and back!!

**Colapop** · 13th June 2006, 11:40

I take it this will be a different tour to the "North invades South" thread?

**buellbabe** · 13th June 2006, 14:57

I'm going down next Feb and have estimated 3,500kms in total. My bike does 300 kms to a tank at current petrol prices of $22-$25 a tank... Thats $290 and a ferry crossing is $80... are you planning on eating??

**Str8 Jacket** · 13th June 2006, 15:04

Good luck guy's! A few years ago a mate and me went hitch-hiking round the top half of the South Island with only $50 cash. We just set up tents wherever and had a gas burner to cook on. However it was summer and the temp was around 28-30 degrees for most of it so I wouldnt recommend doing that way in winter. The South Island is beautiful and the people are really friendly! Have fun and take lots of photod to remember it!

**carver** · 13th June 2006, 15:05

its in december,
maybe more than 500, depends on where you start from

my honda goes 270 km on $12 gas and my KLR goes 380 km on 30 bucks
anyhow..this will be done as cheaply as possible, with no organisation from me, (book your own tickets etc...), good for newbies, should be something to remember too.

**poorbastard** · 13th June 2006, 15:12

Sounds like a good idea. How long you thinking of going for? 500 leaves little for food and booze but I guess It could be done if the booze(or food depending on whats more important at the time) is cut out.

**Pathos** · 13th June 2006, 21:22

getting lost in the middle of nowhere sounds like me.

any estimates on how long it will take? what percentage of the trip will be spent on the bike? any definite destinations?

must upgrade before hand tho ... the fxr does get painful

grr need to get a cell phone ...

**MattRSK** · 13th June 2006, 21:51

Yeah this sounds like me, im fucking poor all the time and im semi slow. Also im never organised. Ooh and im young only 19. Will scrape together the cash and will be there. Who needs a plan. Let me know what time frame we thinking here.

**ZeroIndex** · 13th June 2006, 22:36

DAMN

this is gonna be awesome.. I'm gonna start putting quarters in my piggybank

haha.. and when we get to Invercargil (spelt with only one 'L' to save ink), we can do some drag racing on the beach, like in the World's Fastest Indian

**Jantar** · 13th June 2006, 22:58

Ok. Accomadation at our place in Alex. If there are too many for in the house, I'll set up the tents as well. BBQ dinner and light breakfast provided for all KBers.

**Zapf** · 14th June 2006, 00:15

u know with a good group of ppl, you could rent holiday houses type places along the way and it'll end up being quite cheap per person.

I'll be quite keen on joining u guys and travelling cheap... but must have a good warm bed at night

I have been down SI twice... so can act as a bit of a guide too

**ZeroIndex** · 14th June 2006, 00:43

Originally Posted by Zapf

u know with a good group of ppl, you could rent holiday houses type places along the way and it'll end up being quite cheap per person.

I'll be quite keen on joining u guys and travelling cheap... but must have a good warm bed at night

I have been down SI twice... so can act as a bit of a guide too

"and on your left, a sneaky cop caught me doing 140km/h" ..that type of tour guide?

**carver** · 14th June 2006, 08:14

well, we would aim to be in christchurch on new years (first city to see the sun).
maybe us north islanders can head down on the 28th,stay in welly, then catch the morning ferry over, and head to chch that day, if we take it easy i guess we could land up there on 31st, after that i would guess we could take a week.

i have only been there 2x, and that was when i was about 12ish, so no bikes

thanks for offering a place to stay!