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From the album: Local Loops 1
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The VFR with old Suzuki friends on a Saturday run, Waikato, NZ, 2014.
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From the album: Bikes across time
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The tag says build date 5/89. The seller claims Honda New Zealand received a diverted shipment originally intended for Great Britain. Makes sense as speedo in both miles and kms. The red colour is very red compared to my 1200. Gets noticed. Non bike people cannot believe its a 25 year old model. -
From the album: My first new old VFR - 1989 RC24
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From the album: My first new old VFR - 1989 RC24
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From the album: My first new old VFR - 1989 RC24
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000. First stop, South of Taupo
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Thanks Parksey, a great article, I have not done all the "almosts" of the author but he is spot on. The Lindis Pass for example .... "The blat out of Omarama took me through the imposing Lindis Range along the very twisty Interstate 8, cutting through the towering rockscape like a black snake, twisting back on itself, dropping down, climbing up, all in second and third gear." Whilst it is rare to see Hobbits, you will always find a good road! -
000. First stop, South of Taupo
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... the roads are lying idle, just waiting for you ... -
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053b. Bluff Hill Climb Burt Munro 2013
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Stunning weather for the 2013 Burt Munro Challenge Hill Clim races -
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From the album: Burt Munro Rally 2013
The pits are little more relaxed here than the MotoGp. -
From the album: Burt Munro Rally 2013
Wool bales used for safety! The start of the hill climb. -
From the album: Burt Munro Rally 2013
Looking down from the starting line up the first part of the hill. -
From the album: Burt Munro Rally 2013
Just behind the starting line -
050. We are in the only clear weather, the plan worked.
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From the album: Burt Munro Rally 2013
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From the album: Burt Munro Rally 2013
Just ahead of the forecast rain. Taupo in the distance. -
VFR with friends at Onaero Beach, Taranaki Bight
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From the album: Local Loops 1
This is a good turn around point for an easy 550 km or so day trip from Hamilton NZ. If you get the forecast right you do the whole trip in an unlined Leather Jacket and Kelvar Jeans without feeling hot or cold. There was a winery with its restaurant open on the road down to the beach. We made do with pies of course, after all it is a blokes bike trip. -
From the album: Local Loops 1
The road here is sublime for motorcycling, constantly winds around the coast with great sea views and then regularly dropping onto small bridges that cross estuaries like this one. This is by a small beachside settlement off Clifton Road that gives good views of the Three Sisters Rock Formations. Of course I took a picture of the Bridge instead ... (Dooh). Google 'three sisters nz images' if you want to see the formations ... Government photographers much better than me. -
Typical scene Kiwi back roads - local King Country loop.
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From the album: Local Loops 1
This sums up tiny NZ towns, this is the end of the main street of Aria! There is the obvious stuff like the cows and the poster for the local Sheepdog trials. Also NZ is a new country so we cherish any history we can find, hence we build good fences around a chimney that would be less than 200 years old wheras in England they have so many 800 year old castles they use them to store hay. Maori place names are also interesting, Kumara is a sweet potato, good tasting too that can be easily grown anywhere, maybe this road produced the best ones? The road through Aria is a nice detour to avoid the less exciting parts of State Highway 3 between Piopio and Awakino. Hardly adds any time and is all sealed and generally the livestock is on the correct side of the fences ... -
From the album: Local Loops 1
Return leg from Waitara to Hamilton. Up the Manganui Road, full of 70 kph curves with stunning coastal views just before the turnoff back Waitomo ... only one stretch of gravel. -
From the album: Local Loops 1
Turn point of a 550 km day ride Hamilton to Hamilton. Coast road on the Taranaki always splendid and great when 25 degrees! -
In NZ it is rare to have go even that far between fuel stops, but I am with you, who wants all their stops to be at fuel stations and not other places. Here is my approach, get a small, light plastic siphon and travel with guys with the bikes that have uber large tanks ... Then you can easily risk doing 290 kms and laugh at the servo that you were nearly out of gas ... BMW adventure bikes with the big 33 litre tanks are best ... Buy them one free tank load at the start of the trip and they might stay with you for 4000 kms .... Awesome insurance ...
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088. The Gentle Annie Road, the river has as many turns as the road, sublime riding.
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From the album: Burt Munro Rally 2013
