New to Nelson and after some wheels!

[to52land]

Me and my family have just arrived from England and we are currently staying in Sumner Christchurch.We move to Nelson on monday and i need a bike some leathers and a few new mates to explore with can anyone help?

[Blackbird]

Welcome to NZ and the beautiful south island. Nelson is a stunning place to be! We arrived in 1975! A mate arrived last week and is also temporarily in Chch and working in Ashburton. He's a Nurburgring trackday specialist.

You certainly are spoiled for great rides. Best book you can get is Peter Mitchell's NZ Motorcycle Atlas ISBN 10: 1-877302-32-4. All the great routes in there, complete with photos. Here's a link to a South Island ride report if you want to see what's on offer in the meantime: http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...72#post1110872

Cheers,

Geoff

[to52land]

Hi thanks for the response ,ive also done the Nurburgring going to miss the europe thing but can't wait to get sorted here .

[NighthawkNZ:Me]

Me and my family have just arrived from England and we are currently staying in Sumner Christchurch.We move to Nelson on monday and i need a bike some leathers and a few new mates to explore with can anyone help?

bike and leathers: www.trademe.co.nz

as for the mates... www.kiwibiker.co.nz but you seem to have worked that out. Welcome to NZ and KB

[Rashika]

welcome to the mainland, shame you are heading north to nelson... nah kidding, its a nice spot, some really nice roads to explore up there. MyGSXF is up there and also my dad, XJman is his name on kb (but hes an old fart and has STILL not posted on Kb yet, altho he is a member).

Altho you'll probably find it cheaper to get a bike down here in christchurch than up there in nelson. What sort are you after?
Check out trademe.co.nz for both leathers and bike

[MyGSXF:Me]

Hey there.. welcome to Kb & to Nelson..

There's a few of us round up here.. get in touch when ya get here!! You've sure chosen the right place to come & live.. we are soooooo spoilt for choices of where to go for a ride, as EVERY direction gives a GREAT ride!!! Awesome hills & superb scenery!! We also have the Nelson Street Racing around the port bout 2nd Jan, which is always a great day out!!!

Jen

PS: We've got a couple of good bike shops here.. 'Thunderbike' & 'Nelson Motorcycle Centre' & another one that I can't remember the name..

[to52land]

Hey Jen,

thanks for the info give you a shout when im sorted

Ross

[DesmoJohnny]

Welcome to KB and Nelson too - its a good spot!

Hopefully you'll get a bike and gear sorted and be able to ride over to Greymouth for the street races ! A ride through the Buller is
Got to admit I am missing the European riding more and more..........maybe one day I'll get back to ride the Alps again....

Cheers
Johno

[SDU]

Me and my family have just arrived from England and we are currently staying in Sumner Christchurch.We move to Nelson on monday and i need a bike some leathers and a few new mates to explore with can anyone help?

Hey welcome to the nuthouse of KB.
Hope you don't find the transition too hard.

There's plenty of blighty's runaways here in NZ.
check out Just Motocycles in New Brighton they have a fresh UK arrival working there now, may help you'll feel at home. Not too far to get to from Sumner but I don't advise swimming across though
http://www.autobase.co.nz/dealer_veh...id=1506&page=1
Theres a few places to try also on Manchester St near Moorhouse Ave end & as
MyGSXF said they have Thunderbikes in Nelson too.

[zadok]

It's a no brainer: Triumph http://www.thunderbike.co.nz/sales/b...umph_index.htm