I think I will be buying my next bike from Christchurch

[skidMark]

Only when the rider in front is consciously 'leading' you.

I don't bother trying to keep up with people who are riding at their fastest safe pace on roads that they know and I don't.

Same here it's suicide.

[scumdog]

, i just meant because the bikes seem nana'd i was tipsy so meh.

You're not the only one that thinks that, there seems to be North Island urban myth that South Island cars and bikes are 'better' in some way, more desirable, had an easier life or something.

Just look at the number of TradeMe ads that have the words "genuine South Island car" or "purchased off South Island owner" or "spent majority of its life in the South Island".

What is it with this South Island thing? - you never see the reverse, i.e. "Scored from the Norht Island".

[Usarka]

"I hope you like cocaine and fast women, 'cauise we're going to the north island!"

purely because people in the sth loath aucklanders but not vice versa.

milk - sourced purely from south island cows.

[skidMark]

You're not the only one that thinks that, there seems to be North Island urban myth that South Island cars and bikes are 'better' in some way, more desirable, had an easier life or something.

Just look at the number of TradeMe ads that have the words "genuine South Island car" or "purchased off South Island owner" or "spent majority of its life in the South Island".

What is it with this South Island thing? - you never see the reverse, i.e. "Scored from the Norht Island".

Pass they seem to have lower k's usually.

When is the best time of year to go down for good weather /road conditions down in CHCH?

[Ixion]

It goes back many many years. Probably at least a century . It was a long established notion when I was a child (my father was in the motor trade, and South Island as a term of recommendation was common).
I think it originated in the early days of motoring, when South Island pretty much meant Christchurch.

Christchurch roads were flat. And the surface was neither lime (as in the far north) or the (much dreaded) pumice as in the central North island.

So a South Island car had probably suffered less from being forced over the hilly North Island terrain , radiator boiling madly, exhaust pipes glowing red, and the primitive oil of the day way beyond failure point (nobody was fool enough to even THINK of trying to take a car over the Southern Alps!).

And had suffered less corrosion and grinding paste damage from inhospitable road surfaces.

[MIXONE]

"I hope you like cocaine and fast women, 'cauise we're going to the north island!"

purely because people in the sth loath aucklanders but not vice versa.

milk - sourced purely from south island cows.

And I blame the Coro Loop because that's how so many jafas found out there is life south of the Bombays.

[Ixion]

Well, it's life, Jim, just not as we know it.

[skidMark]

Well, it's life, Jim, just not as we know it.

I don't know what disturbs me more, the fact you said it. Or the fact i now feel old and boring because i know what it means.

[Goblin]

As i said not full tit but i would rqather have somebody to follow that knows the best roads and the nasty bends in them.

So go pillion. Probably be your only option if you dont have a licence let alone a bike.

[Oakie]

the bit of road i love is the switch back section heading north from queenstown over the crown range. something like 10 30k switchbacks. in order to get around the corner without going over the line ya almost have to come to a stop, change down, creep around and change up. very tricky due to the number of downhill vehicles that cut the corner with you half way round.

Neat huh. It's a bit like riding on a corkscrew on one particular corner.

[SpeedyGirl]

Who the hell would let him down here???? Let me know when as i will make sure that I am not on the roads at the same time !!!

[skidMark]

So go pillion. Probably be your only option if you dont have a licence let alone a bike.

I will have a license and bike then i am touring the who of new zealand. not just CHCH i'm from Auckland... I will be touring for 1-2 months.

[skidMark]

Who the hell would let him down here???? Let me know when as i will make sure that I am not on the roads at the same time !!!

So hang on, you have never ridden with me yet you are judgeing my riding from blown out of proportion stories on the internet.

Awesome.

Gotta love logic eh.

[SpeedyGirl]

So hang on, you have never ridden with me yet you are judgeing my riding from blown out of proportion stories on the internet.

Awesome.

Gotta love logic eh.

OMG!!! You are a sensative little soul!!! Cant see a PT when you get one!!

[skidMark]

OMG!!! You are a sensative little soul!!! Cant see a PT when you get one!!

I would have found it funny, but unfortunately most here are serious when they say it. My mistake, i'm sorry.