Touring NZ - Coromandel

[IceCreamMan]

I did enjoy riding around The Coromandel but wait till you get to the South Island. The West Coast is amazing. From Westport right down to Haast is beautiful. From there to Queenstown is great, you will use all the tyre around this area cos of the great sweeping corners. Enjoy Gods Own.

Agree , south island gonna mesmerise you... the queenstown area is beautiful , especially in the autumn

 

[newguy]

Beautiful country.  Are you still searching for gravel roads or are they basically limited to private property??

The gravel roads are there, but I like messing around in the slightly more technical areas, these are all fenced off though. Would love to go run around on those hills I took shots of.

+side is that there is plenty beach riding to be done around here. Looking to go and ride Muriwai beach next weekend. I'm not too bad with sand riding and I'm quite keen to get the practice. The bike is about 100kg heavier than my DRZ, so my riding style/technique is not settled yet.

 

[Bus]

When you getting a new Monkey?

 

[JOEROCKET]

Nice report.....Great looking surroundings.

Thx for sharing! :thumleft:

 

[newguy]

When you getting a new Monkey?

Haha, funny you should ask. I was eying a monkey in the BP today. $10 they wanted for it.

 

[hondsekierie]

When you getting a new Monkey?

Haha, funny you should ask. I was eying a monkey in the BP today. $10 they wanted for it.

You need to get the mates over there to make it stick though :imaposer:

 

[newguy]

Today took a ride from Whangamata down to Tauranga.
Stopped along the way at the Browny Brewery and motorcycle museum (they have like 5 bikes, nice 2 smokes anyway)

Stopped for a wine tasting, NZ sauv blanc is world renown. cant remember name of the farm

Stopped at Mount Wanganui, gives a real Camps bay/Jeffrey's vibe,
Nice thing in NZ are these public BBQ's. nice when on bike trips as you dont have to carry any gas or wood around. free to use

Mt Wanganui

parked,

Some skirt about,

nam nam

of course had to go on some detours on the way back  :biggrin:

 

[mrhyde]

very nice NG

any more news about those hot water beaches?

 

[JC]

nice......

 

[Fela]

BRAVO!

Good to see that you are having a nice time there.
:thumleft:

:ricky:

 

[madmike999]

hey NG

are you running the standarf 800 or the 1000 motor. must say i like that tank, what to swop for a original PD tank?


enjoy the best bike in the world  :thumleft:

 

[Operator]

Nice Hilton...............ek sien jy het nog nie jou lus vir 'n bier verloor nie 

 

[newguy]

hey MM999, mine is a R100GS, thus a standard 1000cc (or closer to 979cc).

 

[madmike999]

sorry lekker duir die kak né

 

[newguy]

So here are my travels so far. The best part being the trip up the Coromandel peninsula. Not alot of pics from the ride, but some video that I still need to edit.

 

[newguy]

not all bike riding, some good fishing in the Coromandel to be done. I pulled this Hapuka from 280m

 

[newguy]

Here some pics from the weeks riding

just like back home, small towns have the best beer stops at the hotels

Stopped at the hot water beach, tide was high so not that hot

Beauty

which one u think is more fun?

Here my make shift helmet cam, velcro'd my xacti to my helmet