Hamilton bike shops ?

**9cents** · 1st May 2006, 17:10

Not sure where I should ask this but anyways...

I'm sitting my bike handling skills cert on saturday and need a helmet etc so thought I may as well go and get all my kit this week. Can anyone recommend any of the Hamilton bike shops? I had a google and looked in yellow pages but there doesn't seem to be too many

...I might even end up having to make a trip up to Auckland if there's nothing much around here.

**WINJA** · 1st May 2006, 17:14

sometimes its worth a trip to motomail in auckland ive bought my last 4 helmets there , they seem to know the most about helmets and have a good selection , i dont know if this is still the case so can someone still verify that their new shop is good

**MidnightMike** · 1st May 2006, 17:17

i dont know bot hamiltron but theres Bike force in Rotorua, they have a decent amount of gear, or you can come to Tauranga.

**ZeroIndex** · 1st May 2006, 17:18

the 3 hamilton bike shops are within a hundred meters of each other (Road & Sport, Honda, and Hamilton Motorcycle Centre).. Te Rapa Straight (next to the BP petrol station).. just walk between them and choose which one you want to buy from

..and welcome to KB

**dss3** · 1st May 2006, 17:31

call bret at quasimoto, he has jackets, pants, gloves, back protectors etc.

021 400731

www.quasimoto.co.nz

Tell him he owes Daryl a dubbo if you buy anything off him!

He has some good stuff, search this site for quasimoto

**Mental Trousers** · 1st May 2006, 17:35

Talk to Brett of Quasimoto fame for your gear or John at Boyd Honda. All of the others charge like you're made of money.

**Blackbird** · 1st May 2006, 17:46

I always have my Blackbird serviced at Boyd Honda because of their good workshop staff but I always go to Road and Sport next door for tyres and clothing because I've always appreciated their excellent front of shop service over the years

**Oscar** · 1st May 2006, 17:49

Talk to Al at Road & Sport or John at Boyds.
Both reasonable sorta Roosters.

Boyds have prolly got a better range of Helmets (price-wise I mean).

**9cents** · 1st May 2006, 18:05

Thanks to all again, I'll pop up Te Rapa straight tomorrow and see what's there.

**WINJA** · 1st May 2006, 18:30

Originally Posted by ZeroIndex

the 3 hamilton bike shops are within a hundred meters of each other (Road & Sport, Honda, and Hamilton Motorcycle Centre).. Te Rapa Straight (next to the BP petrol station).. just walk between them and choose which one you want to buy from

..and welcome to KB

AND YAMAHA BY SHELL

**bane** · 1st May 2006, 19:44

Originally Posted by WINJA

AND YAMAHA BY SHELL

still waiting for someone to say something nice about this shop - so far 3 out of 3 thumbs down (I realise 3 is hardly a significant number...).

**dss3** · 1st May 2006, 21:07

Originally Posted by bane

still waiting for someone to say something nice about this shop - so far 3 out of 3 thumbs down (I realise 3 is hardly a significant number...).

Wakato Yammy rock mate! They do sell R1's ya know!

...sponsorship money please?? haha

**wil** · 1st May 2006, 21:19

Originally Posted by bane

still waiting for someone to say something nice about this shop - so far 3 out of 3 thumbs down (I realise 3 is hardly a significant number...).

well it would help if they were open on saturdays, maybe people who worked for a living could then visit. A bike shop that is closed on saturday??????????? i have never been able to visit them to give a verdict, and i love yams.

**Pumba** · 1st May 2006, 21:24

Personally Ive never had much time for Road and Sport after the way they treated me when I went to test I bike with them. But that was a few years ago now.