Brit Bikers

[vixter]

good old lancashire lass here!!!!!!!!!!!!

[the mouse]

Here is a thought, i'm a born Kiwi, wish the government would get around that. If you are born here , you should be called a New Zealander. Any one who comes here and changes their status should be a european or whatever for the statistics .

Garble ...As i ride a British bike of my choice, that should make me a "Brit biker" as opposed to a British citizen who rides a motorcycle.
ummm ... so what do you call a motorcyclist who rides a so called British motorcycle that is mostly made in a foriegn country such as Hinkley Triumph WTF "classics"?
A Britaiwanese ?

Ducks for cover.

[MementoMori]

Well... I was born in South East London but my family moved up to the Midlands a couple years later. Used to live a stone's throw away from the Triumph factory. My neighbour used to work there. Still does as far as I know.

Been here just over a year and met some cracking people but so far, not feeling that NZ's currently for me. Bike's now up for sale (ahem! check it out in online trading!) to pay my way back home. So if you want one less pom in your back yard, buy my bike!

Knowing my luck, once I get there, I'll want to come back again. Thank feck for Kiwi mothers and dual citizenship!

[nick69]

I am born a pom but defected some years ago (wish i did it sooner). I would love to say that i am proud of being a pom but i would be lying! theres nothing to be proud about anymore. I find the Kiwi people fantastic and welcomed me and my family with open arms, for which i am truly grateful. I now have 2 kiwi born boys and cannot think of a better country to bring them up in. I think we forget how good we have it here! My mates call me a Pomwi, Pom by birth, kiwi by choice!!
The only thing i miss is riding over there, the roads as a hell of a lot better with proper cambers and good grip! not like here!!
Good luck to the poms that go back- less whingeing to hear!!!

Nick69

[uksteve]

Home is where you lay your hat, but you are what runs through your veins. Ex midland lad.

[RC1]

Halifax, England, imported 1972

[sparky10]

Home is where you lay your hat, but you are what runs through your veins. Ex midland lad.

Almost a pom, by birthplace, raised Northern Ireland,
living n loving New Zealand

[RC1]

Halifax, England, imported 1972

and blondini

[fliplid]

Born in the West Riding of Yorkshire, me sen.

[Big Dave]

What have the british ever done for us?

Well there's the Westminster system

[madmal64]

Kiwi made & raised.
Great to see so many imports on the site. It makes this a great place, all the diversity.

[koba]

(Speaking of which, if a Type I engine in decent nick passes your way, give me a shout, eh? Those two floorpans *are* still in my back yard under a tarp, but I'm slowly accruing plans and books, and I'm on the lookout for the tools I'm going to need. Roll on winter!)

Yeah mate, only got an ancient relic 36horse motor spare at the moment but will give you a hell if somthing decent comes up.

I didn't even bother with a recce. Just turned up...four years ago to this day to be precise...and still lovin' it! Just as well, cos it's a one-way trip financially.

So cheers to all you Kiwis who have made me feel so welcome. And a huge thank you to the special Kiwi chick who got me in the back door! Good on ya...sweet as...awesome...good as gold...no worries.

In my books thats the perfect attitude that I'm sure sees you fitting in very well.

[RantyDave]

Pommie, but that's not why I ride a Triumph.

I've been back a couple of times. Once for a while when I'd first arrived (2000) to milk the end of the dotcom boom and pay off some sailing related debts. Oops. Twice for weddings. Once I went back as an adventure for me and my daughter who was then three. It was nice to visit the people I missed, but kinda stunk to be in England.

I miss parts of England, and many of the people. But I'm not moving back there.

Dave

[boomer]

English through and through.

I'm proud of who i am and proud to have played in many playgrounds; right now im in this sand pit.

Just remember...theres a big back yard out there.

[merv]

Porthedland, Western Australia.

You're welcome.

It's a lifestyle sonny.

Mate, never knew you were from there. Your dad would have been lucky to find a decent woman in that place - blokes outnumber the women untold in that lifestyle. So was he in mining, railway or port operations? Me I'm a railway bloke and have only visited there to admire their heavy haul operations.

Also, not a pom - about 5th generation Kiwi born in Wairoa for chrissake - escaped before I was two.