Hi :) (Fat Tony)

[Mental Trousers]

Most places in New Zealand have great roads to ride on. But if you want to be near decent tracks (ie the only 2 brand new ones in the country) then somewhere in the Waikato is ideal as it's less than 1.5 hours to Taupo and Hampton Downs (when it's built) will be less than 1 hour. Also, the CoroGP loop is 45 minutes away with 22 10 minutes up the road (watch out for low flying R6's).

If you want a city that's crowded, noisy and drowning in traffic jams live in Auckland. Otherwise, anywhere else is mint.

[kiwifruit]

Welcome to the site, might catch u at a trackday soon

[Grahameeboy]

By UK standards, Auckland is not noisy etc..it is still a village......

[Colapop]

And if KYBoy has anything to do with it, more like the Village People....

[The_Dover]

Hey fat man,

if you wanna buy a 750K6 in black when you get here then pm me.

[Grahameeboy]

And if KYBoy has anything to do with it, more like the Village People....

Ssccchhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.......you boy!!

[Grahameeboy]

Hey fat man,

if you wanna buy a 750K6 in black when you get here then pm me.

and check the log book in case Dover was a previous owner??

[The_Dover]

well you don't buy a fuckin bike to polish it do you?

[Fat Tony]

Wow, what a welcome - cheers all - some great info in there thanks

LOL at Fatjim's post Class. Started my day off in stitches, hahaaaahha

Auckland, warmest but full of foreigners

That'd be the likes of us then I guess!

What sort of work you in as that could dictate where you live?

I'm currently creative director at a web design agency (poncy title meaning i've spent years in design, moved in to management and spend more time doing that than designing these days lol)

To be honest though, I'm not sure I want to continue working in that field and am thinking long and hard about what I want to do next. I'd love to get involved in something bike related: tours, track, promotion, bike shop/import... I dunno... I'd just like to find something that means I spend more time with people I enjoy spending time with, rather than being stuck behind a computer all day with little communication because everybodies so busy staring at their monitor. So, something a little more people based.

My wife trained as a midwife and currently works as a specialist nurse in an early pregnancy unit, so we're going to have be somehwere near a hospital if she's to find work in a similar field.

As for our daughter, she turns 11 in October and still insists that she's not old enough to start full time work. Kids these days

Once again, thanks for the lovely welcome, and yeah, I hope to ride with you soon(ish)

[Grahameeboy]

well you don't buy a fuckin bike to polish it do you?

.....polish it off did you say...........

[merv]

Welcome.

So how fat are ya?

[Grahameeboy]

Welcome.

So how fat are ya?

Gotta love that chat up line.....

[Fat Tony]

So how fat are ya?

Haha... mate I have the physique of a racing snake - the original 9.5 stone weakling - saves spending a fortune on shaving ounces off the bike I suppose

[Grahameeboy]

Yeah, don't worry about Merv the Perv...................geeze that is a good old English saying eh.....

[Bend-it]

One of my biggest concerns about the move (after the thought of leaving our parents in their latter years) was the thought of having to give up sportsbikes.

Nahh, nobody likes sportbikes here, in fact, you get abused so badly it's not funny, some people even have cars pull out in front of them!

Tell ya what, I'll do you a favour... bring your bike over here and pass it to me for safekeeping, it'll save you from going through all that crap.