Day 2 – Kaikoura to Akaroa (via Hammer Springs)

April 20, 2010

Distance: 360 kms After a nice breakfast at the bakery in the main street of Kaikoura, we headed out along the Inland Kaikoura Rd through beautiful twisty roads and amazing scenery. It was a great ride to the Mt Lyford Lodge where we stopped for the obligatory coffee and a bite to eat. We sat [...]

Read the full article →

Day 1 – New Zealand Motorcycle Tour

March 10, 2010

Ok, let the fun begin. We collected the bikes close to the airport in Nelson and simply headed out of town towards Picton. Riley was riding a KTM 990 Adventure. Flyboy had, like in Tasmania, a BMW R1200 GS. Birdman was on a BMW F650 GS. Drop Top Doc was driving a groovy MX-5. I [...]

Read the full article →

New Zealand Motorbike Trip

January 29, 2009

Welcome gentlemen – this is your Captain speaking. Captain Golden Knob. Firstly, thank goodness we got rid of that dickhead from the previous ride, Crazy Mad Doc. Pretty sure that Kiwi didn’t want to come on this trip because a fair few sheep are after him in paternity suits. Not saying he shags sheep, but [...]

Read the full article →

Next Entries →