Nana
Be careful where. Avoid cherry grove and lili Ave. Be prepared to spend money on insulation for anything built before the 90s.Originally Posted by Largs Saint
The worst areas in tuakau are still less hazardous than the average areas in akl.
Prices should rise when the new dairy plant in pokeno goes on line.
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Scooter boy
Thanks for the very helpful info Big Dog.
Scooter boy
I just checked the yearly rainfall averages for Glasgow and Auckland. The worst month for rainfall in Auckland is roughly the same as Glasgow's best month for rainfall. In January it rains on average for 25 days of the month and most of the other months aren't much better.
Glasgow rainfall.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
mm 130 90 120 50 60 70 70 60 80 110 100 120
Days 25 22 23 22 19 20 21 21 20 24 24 22
Consequently, we don't go out as much as you guys.
Table goes a bit wonky when I hit submit but you get the idea.
Hardcore Daily Biker
At least you can ride all year in Auckland if you're prepared to put the wet weathers on.
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Hardcore Daily Biker
To be fair - you need the wet weathers pretty much any time of year!
Scooter boy
Bit of wet won't stop me. When I was young and daft I used to ride in snow and ice. Moto-Skiing I called it.
Hardcore Daily Biker
You won't find any of that here - he says as he gazes out the window at a lawn of white, on this fine frosty morning.
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Forum whore
Bit of wet won't stop me. When I was young and daft I used to ride in snow and ice. Moto-Skiing I called it.Ditto. Commuted on a bike for 12 years in Grampian, all year round. Has taken it's toll, though. I have white finger now, killed a few nerves apparently. I don't miss skittering across the frozen ruts of slush or bouncing off the road side snow banks. I must have been nuts!
Manopausal.
Scooter boy
Co-incidentally it was riding in the Grampian area I was thinking about. I was in Lossiemouth for three months during the worst winter I can recall. Prior to going there I had plans to ride to Aberdeen, Wick, and various other places. The average temperature during the period was -20F. So the furthest I got was Elgin (5 miles away). As I got off the bike at the end of the ride, I fell over as my knees had locked solid with the cold.
Forum whore
Co-incidentally it was riding in the Grampian area I was thinking about. I was in Lossiemouth for three months during the worst winter I can recall. Prior to going there I had plans to ride to Aberdeen, Wick, and various other places. The average temperature during the period was -20F. So the furthest I got was Elgin (5 miles away). As I got off the bike at the end of the ride, I fell over as my knees had locked solid with the cold.Yeah, when it was really cold, after my 45 mile night time commute, I would lean the bike against the wall and toot the horn so my G/F could help me off the bike otherwise I just fell over with bike on top of me. No feeling whatsoever below the Trossachs.
Might have been the same winter it reached a maximum of -18c in Inverurie during a week long cold snap IIRC
Manopausal.
Scooter boy
It was Jan-March 1984. People stuck up the Lecht, getting dragged off trains that were stuck to save them dying from hypothermia. It was mental!
Might have been the same winter it reached a maximum of -18c in Inverurie during a week long cold snap IIRC
It was -20c not -20f
Top ten coldest recorded temperatures in the UK
This lists the lowest temperatures recorded in separate cold spells since 1961.
Date Station Area Temperature
1 10 January 1982 Braemar East Scotland -27.2 °C
1 30 December 1995 Altnaharra No 2 North Scotland -27.2 °C
3 13 December 1981 Shawbury Midlands -25.2 °C
4 13 January 1979 Carnwath West Scotland -24.6 °C
5 20 January 1984 Grantown-On-Spey East Scotland -23.6 °C
6 27 January 1985 Lagganlia North Scotland -23.4 °C
7 13 January 1987 Caldecott P Sta Midlands -23.3 °C
8 08 January 2010 Altnaharra No 2 North Scotland -22.3 °C
9 18 February 1960 Grantown-On-Spey East Scotland -22.2 °C
9 30 December 1961 Cannich North Scotland -22.2 °C
9 18 January 1963 Braemar East Scotland -22.2 °C
Forum whore
That could have been the year we got stuck on the Drummochter Pass heading for a ski trip! They closed the gates because of drifting. People were rescued from their vehicles by snow cats. I spent the night sleeping on top of someones chest freezer. T'was unbelievable. Took some photos the next day. One of them showed the top 6 inches of a telegraph pole poking out of the snow.
We all got out by snow plough train. Huge big blade higher than the engine on the front. You could hear it smashing into drifts, reversing, and having another go as it came up the pass. Just huge booms in the distance, slowly getting louder. Bloody eerie.
I'm sure you will love it here. It was 3c last night and we had a frost!
Manopausal.
Scooter boy
That's the deed done. Bought my first N.Z. bike. Got insured through Kiwibiker on my U.K. licence no worries. They were a delight to deal with. Can't believe how cheap the bike insurance is here compared to the U.K. I suppose it makes up for the high Rego costs. Looking forward very much to riding in N.Z., and leaving the shitty Scottish summer we have just had behind.
Nana
Spend more time riding and less time crashing and that equation becomes more attractive.
If your bike spends to much time in the shed that equation sucks.
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