sun's second annual South Island trip

[necrolyte]

Just another map to add to the pile... I'm bad for just thinking i know where i'm going and then end up going the wrong way and having to back-track!

[sunhuntin]

LOL. i take maps and still end up getting lost in big places like chch. small towns like invercargill im ok with, but anything bigger... lol.

[crashe]

Sunhuntin - a fantastic write up...

Just checked out the pictures....... great shots.

Can you by chance, bring up the side picture of the bike (043) with the very tall ape-hangers......... as when I click on it to enlarge it, it wont let me.
Cheers.

[MSTRS:Me]

mstrs... im not sure yet. i may come up on monday. bit bloody stuffed, and the 250 really needs a service soon. im not confident to bring the 500 up the paraparas either. i will txt you monday morning. where are your lot staying up there?

Hope you can make it. It's only 150kms for us...up and back on the day.

[sunhuntin]

http://www.dotphoto.com/Go.asp?l=sun...&IID=176848973

try that crashe.

mstrs... am getting dad to do the oil tomorrow [just check and top up if need be] so chances are i will do a run up on monday. not sure ive got the go to do there and back in a day, lol.

[MSTRS:Me]

mstrs... am getting dad to do the oil tomorrow [just check and top up if need be] so chances are i will do a run up on monday. not sure ive got the go to do there and back in a day, lol.

Course you have!! It's only 600km return, with a nice break in the middle. The weather is forecast primo too...

[Grub]

LOL. i take maps and still end up getting lost in big places like chch. small towns like invercargill im ok with, but anything bigger... lol.

Don't beat yourself up on that. Christchurchis THE hardest place in NZ to find your way. Because there's no geographic reference points (why don't you just say "hills" prat), you get disoriented about which way you're going. When I went to live there I got lost every other day for weeks.

[sunhuntin]

Don't beat yourself up on that. Christchurchis THE hardest place in NZ to find your way. Because there's no geographic reference points (why don't you just say "hills" prat), you get disoriented about which way you're going. When I went to live there I got lost every other day for weeks.

lol! yeh, no hills, and the feckin main street name signs are just above road level [on the round abouts] and if you are more than 2 cars back, you dont see the damn things till you get to the front of the queue... by that time, youve learned you are in the wrong lane to where you want to go, and have to double back anyway... more often than not, still ending up in the wrong fecking lane.

still tossing up about coming to taupo with you guys... might just do it, methinks.

[crashe]

http://www.dotphoto.com/Go.asp?l=sun...&IID=176848973

try that crashe.

Cheers....... looking at the picture, the rider must have long arms to be reaching upwards to ride like that.....

I like the height of the sissybar on the back......

It reminds of the bike in 'Easy Rider'.

[sunhuntin]

Cheers....... looking at the picture, the rider must have long arms to be reaching upwards to ride like that.....

I like the height of the sissybar on the back......

It reminds of the bike in 'Easy Rider'.

ive actually got a few videos of the rider... hes a short ass, lol. am attempting to coax youtube into letting me do a multiple video upload, but it aint wanting to. will get them up asap. also have a video of the kingston flier and the kea falling off my tank, lol.

[sunhuntin]

just finished uploading videos to youtube. a search on user sunhuntin should bring them up... most are listed as road racing, but some are of other things [keas, seals etc]

linky! http://youtube.com/results?search_query=sunhuntin

edit again... dad checked [and cleaned!] the bike for me, and found a hole in the outer layer of the main header exhaust. crashe... got any exhaust bits in that box of parts? she will be serviced this week, and im hoping the boys will be able to patch it for me, but really need a whole new exhaust system... lots of decent stone dents right along that will eventually rust out. no oil needed... which is reallllly odd!

[necrolyte]

That Kea fallin off is fantastic lol

[tri boy]

Your adventures on the mighty Virago are growing to legend status in my eyes.
Long may the sun follow your tracks.

[Kinje]

while out getting tea, i spotted a guy on a bike. he came into the burger place i was at. we got talking as we walked out... turned out he was _intense_! totally awesome... a total fluke.
we rode together from wanaka right up to franz joseph, where i left him. the ride was amazing... i fully recommend riding with him... great fun! we stopped along the way quite often... looking at bridges and rocks and stuff. i was occupying myself checking out different barriers on the sides of the road. we took turns leading... i lead on the straights, and he left me behind on the twisties.

Sounds like a brilliant trip Sun. Yeah _intense_ is a top bloke, good mate of mine from school and we ride together heaps. Was contemplating coming down for a part of his trip...damn, so should have. His yarns were great when he got back And now your pics are just making me more jealous- wicked pics

[sunhuntin]

hey, theres always next year! im so gonna extend the ride next year... travel as many and as much of the main roads as i can, even if they are dead ends.

took the 500 to work since i took the 250 for a service. bloody bitch did not want to go! she started ok, but when it came to trying to move... no go! dads started her, but hasnt ridden her. seems the fuel he sucked up when starting has gone off where it was, if thats possible. bloody pissed. had to flick her to reserve when she really started goin off sounding like a box of fireworks. filled her at work, she took about 4 liters... shes a lot bigger than a 4lt tank!

threw the keys at my boss and told him to clear it out. LOL. came back having reached about 150k and saying he blew the cobwebs out. next time i go away, im gonna give him the damn bike to look after. least then it might get used. should have taken it to taupo yesterday and given it a run.