Tenting, or motels - discuss.

**Kickaha** · 11th July 2006, 13:07

Originally Posted by Finn

Edit: Wait a minute. You've still got the same bike. How do we know this photo wasn't taken today?

Wasn't my bike, it was my Brothers RZ500, sold a long time ago and now owned by another KB member

**merv** · 11th July 2006, 13:29

Originally Posted by Finn

Are you a homeless person?

Let's all chip in and raise some money so Kickaha can at least have a nice warm cardboard box.

Didn't Motu find a box in his Pajero? Just as well Kickaha wasn't in it.

**scumdog** · 11th July 2006, 13:47

If using underneath of a truck as 'accomadation' there are two things to be aware of:
(1) sleeping under stock trucks is a

unless you enjoy getting in the shit more than normal.
(2) Always make sure you are not under the diff or gearbox 'cause the dripping oil will not enhance the insulationg properties of your sleeping-bag (if you have one) and it stinks. (but not as much as (1)).

**Ixion** · 11th July 2006, 13:54

When young , I used to overnight on the bike by lying a tarp on the ground, bike on top of tarp, on the windward side. Log or something across tarp 3 foot from bike, and tarp back up and across the bike seat. Thus making a sort of little tent. And thus to sleep, with my legs under the bike, thus making it hard for anyone to move it without waking me.

Only problem was, as you say, the damn oil driops from the old Triumphs. Puizzled people how I got the oil over my trousers.

Never bothered with sleeping bags or such paraphenalia, we woz hard in them days.

**sunhuntin** · 11th July 2006, 22:57

i tent it....discovered a love for tents while in canada. my favourite was going to a bike rally with my then partner...after 2 tenting sessions i got know exactly how to pack the bike so we could take everything needed and then how to load the tent onto the back by the exhaust, but still have it high enough not to get burned. best time was port dover...3am, both of us half cut and pitching a tent. somehow we managed to avoid the dogshit everywhere!!

now i load the sleeping bag and bedroll [my only concession for my back!] on the front end, bungy corded round the forks, tent on the seat behind me, bungyed to the topbox brackets. i love it!! pretty good for a gn! LOL and when settled, the cover thats meant to go over the tent goes over the bike and staked down. [tent doesnt have a big enough door to let her through!]

**scumdog** · 11th July 2006, 23:05

Likewise SH, when unpacking and putting the tent up CB and self can have it done before the first can is drunk.

Packing the next morning is a little slower sometimes.

**sunhuntin** · 11th July 2006, 23:11

Originally Posted by scumdog

Likewise SH, when unpacking and putting the tent up CB and self can have it done before the first can is drunk.

Packing the next morning is a little slower sometimes.

i cant recall how long we stayed in dover...i think 2 nights....but it took ages to get the tent down and the bike loaded...always the way with glenn...last to get there, last to leave. lol. damn i miss that guy

same with anywhere we went where the tent was required. wed get there in time to stake out a good spot not far from the loos, but far enough away from the others.

**scumdog** · 11th July 2006, 23:18

Originally Posted by sunhuntin

i cant recall how long we stayed in dover...i think 2 nights....but it took ages to get the tent down and the bike loaded...always the way with glenn...last to get there, last to leave. lol. damn i miss that guy

same with anywhere we went where the tent was required. wed get there in time to stake out a good spot not far from the loos, but far enough away from the others.

Use to tent with Mongoose, he was a shocker, often our tent would be the last one still at the site - and he'd STILL be snoring!!

Luckily I met CB and we managed not to have to share a tent with him too much.

**sunhuntin** · 12th July 2006, 13:28

Originally Posted by scumdog

Use to tent with Mongoose, he was a shocker, often our tent would be the last one still at the site - and he'd STILL be snoring!!

Luckily I met CB and we managed not to have to share a tent with him too much.

hahaha. id be among the first up, and would usually drag glenn out with me. so wed sorta kick around and watch everyone else wake up and moan about hangovers, lmfao. but somedays wed wake up and just stay where we were.

i love tenting and cant wait for paeroa next year!!

**NUTBAR** · 12th July 2006, 20:34

I only use the tent if im on my own, kind of run out of room with the missis on the back. taken a while just to get her to leave stuff we dont need at home, suit case etc.

When we go up north we stay at waiwera, in a cabin. a short walk to hot pools after a long ride.

**pritch** · 13th July 2006, 10:47

Last time I was in the South Island I stayed in hotels / motels but that does tend to be expensive and thus limit the duration of the trip. Next time I make a summer trip down there I'd like to tent with the occasional night in a motel or country pub.

**geoffm** · 13th July 2006, 21:01

Backpackers - get the BBH guidebook. Pubs provide cheap good accomodation, with only a short distance to travel after a few pints...

**Pixie** · 14th July 2006, 11:06

Originally Posted by Goblin

During the warmer months I like nothing more than to get out & tent it. Get back to nature & rough it. However winter turns me into a wuss and ya cant beat a nice warm lecky-blanket to snuggle into. Having seen those Target programs on telly

I'm not all that keen to stay in any motel, no matter how clean they may appear to be. Wouldn't catch me dead in a motel spa! YUK! Soaking in who knows how many peoples bodily fluids

Wuss
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