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    eek Saying hi.

    Hi there. Thought I'd check in and say hi. I'm "new" to riding, but for the second time round. Used to ride a Yamaha 650 twin, but that was years ago. This time I've got a F650GS Beemer, and love it. Can't wait to get out into the South Island countryside and enjoy the backroads again, especially the gravel! Might wait until the weather improves a bit though.

    Rgards.
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    HEy GAsman ... :spudwave:
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    hi there, welcome along, we are also getting back into biking after a 20 year child rearing stint, there's quite a few of us older ones and lots of keen experienced bikers out there to help out the less experienced, all in all it's a great site to hang out in, I envy you those south island roads, one day...

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    Heya Gasman

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    Welcome along You'll have lotsa fun on those roads. Hope to get down there in Feb to play a bit myself.
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    Hello there GM from just up the road a little, damn right about the weather mind you this w/e may not be too bad
    cheers DD
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    Quote Originally Posted by Celtic_Sea_lily
    Welcome along You'll have lotsa fun on those roads. Hope to get down there in Feb to play a bit myself.
    Is that when the south island thaws out?????

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    GasMan - Welcome, and why wait, practice now and you will be an expert by the time spring comes. You have the bike for the conditions.

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    Welcome Gasman,

    there's a number of us here just getting back on bikes. I've been back on bikes nearly a year now, after 15 years away.

    Hope you enjoy that beemer. Sounds like just the bike for all-year-round riding up on the mainland....
    And I to my motorcycle parked like the soul of the junkyard. Restored, a bicycle fleshed with power, and tore off. Up Highway 106 continually drunk on the wind in my mouth. Wringing the handlebar for speed, wild to be wreckage forever.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gasman
    Hi there. Thought I'd check in and say hi. I'm "new" to riding, but for the second time round. Used to ride a Yamaha 650 twin, but that was years ago. This time I've got a F650GS Beemer, and love it. Can't wait to get out into the South Island countryside and enjoy the backroads again, especially the gravel! Might wait until the weather improves a bit though.

    Rgards.
    I am down in Christchurch for a year. The roads down here a 'kin brilliant, especially if you are used to Auckland. Where is everyone. Now one lives in the South Island...
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    Welcome, do you attend rallies - or are you a loner?

    You'll enjoy yourself with the helpful/opinionated/ranting others on this site!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Blakamin
    Is that when the south island thaws out?????
    Hah hah - are you one of these North Island wusses?
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    Hi Gasman, welcome to the site - lots of friendly types in here.

    You have some great roads in the South Island!

    On another point: is there a BMW dealer in Chch now? I heard a rumour that the car/bike place on the south side of the city on the bypass had closed up shop - is that right? If so, who is doing the BM servicing? (Just curious: I used to own BM's myself, and the hubby still has an R1100S.)
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    Welcome Gasman.

    I know this is a bit personal, but do you have a baked beans powered "issue" or do you own a petrol station. And if so when can we expect to see the KB discount posted??
    If a man is alone in the woods and there isn't a woke Hollywood around to call him racist, is he still white?



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    Quote Originally Posted by Jim2
    Welcome Gasman.

    I know this is a bit personal, but do you have a baked beans powered "issue" or do you own a petrol station. And if so when can we expect to see the KB discount posted??
    GAsman wears a GAsmask if thats any hellp ... asdoo the poeple arounwind him
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