Tour completed :)

[shafty]

Well done Dude. You'll be looking at the Rusty Nuts Southern Cross Next!

( http://www.rustynuts.co.nz/default.aspx?PageID=1 )

[Shewolf]

I love that... "woke up on the 28th of december .. I arrived back today the 6th Jan "

I went for a short ride the other day - it was so beautiful I nearly ended up in Tga to visit my brother - the mere fact of wolfpups at home needing parenting held me back.

I'm so envious.

[yungatart]

What a legend!!
One day, I'll do something similar....

[elle-f]

your wife deserves a medal!

[pocketcracker]

i agree i have a Awsum better half .. Shes now saying i cant wait for you to get full licence we should buy a larger cruiser and go for a ride she has caught the bug from my endless Ear Dropping chatting to friends and family of what i seen and experienced .. Um yes that was i at the kensignton kamo rd lights .. Was ecroting a friend home as he just purchased his bike that morning .. I personally live in whangarei Onerahi suburb below airport .. If any ones near by and wants a ride ill be there with bells on And a helmet ..

As im still on a lower end licence and after doing this trip i have kinda been looking at a 250cc in a cruiser style but know piss all about whats good to buy ? have been offered a YAMAHA XV250 .. Any input would be awsoem plz !

Or do i stay with my proven bike that purred like a kitten over 1000kms non stop .. Only thing i dont like about my across is my ass is still dead .. HARD SEAT !

[shafty]

Stick with the Suzy Mate - nothing against the Yammie - they're a great starters bike - but you're WAY past that

[HTFU]

Nice ride. Makes it fun riding with others though, lonely rides but good you met up with some others, awesome community of riders out there. Would have passed you on the way north from Otorohanga to Kaitaia on New years eve. Did Oto to Rangariri via the back roads ( I left at midday) Then sat on 120 km/hr along the Motorway on the mighty GN and out to the awesome windy roads through Helensville up to Wellsford. Planned to go up the West Coast but was 6.30 at Dargaville so headed up the middle to Kaikohe (nice ride anyway) and then up through the Mangamukas to Kaitaia arrived 8.00pm for a well earned monteiths dark ale. Only rode with another bike briefly from Wellsford before they passed me up a hill. GN clocked 10000km on that trip (Bought new in August 2006 ) and has done most of that at 100-110 km/hr. Going strong and loving it.