New wannabe Kiwi Biker

[Frio]

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

a quick introduction: my real name is Francesco, I am an italian software engineer currently living in Japan, and I am beginning to consider moving to NZ; given my passion for bikes, well, here I am posting on this forum...

I would like to ask you fellow bikers how is NZ from the biking point of view, I hear great stories about it!
The place I come from in Italy is North East, a small town withind the Dolomites mountains, awesome place to ride!

On a side note I would also loke to ask some info about importing a bike and about registering one-off special bikes.
In the UK where I lived for 4 years it is possible to import and register pretty much anything that has two wheels, and there is a special process (SVA) to make one-off bikes compliant to the road law, how about in NZ?

Thank you guys very much in advance, maybe I will get to meet some of you eventually if I actually move to NZ!

Cheers,

Frio

[Macktheknife]

Welcome to the site, NZ is pretty much biker heaven with some of the most scenic and windy roads in the world in my opinion. As for importing bikes, we also have a low volume registration process that you can use for specialist bikes.
try looking at http://www.ltsa.govt.nz/ for more info.
there are also links from this site that will give you additional information.
Good luck

[Frio]

Hello Macktheknife, thank you so much for the precious advice, it really looks like NZ is indeed biker heaven!

Frio

[frogfeaturesFZR]

Welcome Frio, come over. All bikers welcome !

[kiwifruit]

Welcome to the site Frio, New Zealand is great for bikes, im sure you will love it when you come

[McJim]

Benvenuto in Nuova Zealanda. If you come over of course. One thing I'll say is that the car drivers here are not as tolerant of bikes as those in Italy coz not everyone grows up riding one. The bikers that are here are a friendly bunch as you'll see from the threads but NZ desperately needs more bikers. As for imported bikes - you'll find all the speciality Jap machines are already imported and Ducati, Aprilia, Cagiva and MV Augusta are well represented on the roads.
Ciao dude.

[degrom]

Welcome to KB(KiwiBiker)... The above site is the best place to start at. When are you thinking of coming over? (Auckland?)

[Frio]

Hello guys, thanks again for the kind words.
I am not sure whether I will actually come to NZ or not yet, a few things need to get into place, I hope they will; the destination would actually be Wellington.

As for imports, I like strange bikes, so I might get a Guzzi Daytona before moving and then bring it over there...

Frio

[Wasp]

Welcome Frio,

Wellington would be a good choice, its the biker capital here with 2 "main" great routes out of here.

Just make sure you don't end up in Auckland as they have carparks on the motorway

[Frio]

Hey Wasp, thank for the suggestion, I like twisty roads, straights are not fun on a bike...

Frio

[Wasp]

these are roads around wellington: (they're not straight at all! )

(Rimu)takas:
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/member.php?u=3975
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...13&postcount=1

Akatarawas:
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...8&postcount=76

Enjoy!

p.s. there is another hill too called Paekakeriki (not sure if thats spelled right!) and Makara road around the west coast.

[Drum]

Welcome to the site Frio.

Not too many straight roads round here mate.

[bladez]

these are roads around wellington: (they're not straight at all! )

(Rimu)takas:


p.s. there is another hill too called Paekakeriki (not sure if thats spelled right!) and Makara road around the west coast.

the makara road is bloody good well all the roads are good down that way oh and welcome to the site frio you will love it here

[scumdog]

Piss off ya Eytie git, the bikes from your country are notorious bad electrics, they cost a fortune to service and tune, ya get excited over nothing and I bought a Bambina and it crapped out too!!
But your Soccer team is not too bad!



Welcome to NZ, ya have to get use to the crap on this site!

Make sure you bring a red Italian bike over here and you'll be a winner!!

[Frio]

Ehehehe wicked, it sounds the right talk to me
I really hope I will get there sometime this year, but hell yeah I will bring a red italian with me for sure!!
Bad electrics? Check.
Cost a fortune? Check.
Constant maintenance? Check.
What can I say? I like the rare and strange ones...

Frio