Decided to take the beast for a run around my favorite track and was joined by Brett on his mighty Yamaha. We headed up SH17 and then crossed to SH16 for a blast up the western route, brilliant weather and the vistas looked stunning as we headed higher up the landscape, beautiful views of the Tasman sea on the left and rolling countryside always takes your breath away, well that is if you take the time to enjoy them, A few sporties shot past us like we were stopped, hanging on to their grips like their life depended on it (probably did actually, the lines they were taking).

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What a great run south, we left Friday morning and headed out acrooss the harbour bridge, through the morning traffic jams and out down the bombay hills, finally with some open roads and lighter skies. The weather from the North shore was very dark rain clouds and they were going to bucket down any minute, but as we motored south the clouds lightened up and the roads were mostly dry. Read the rest of this entry »

DUVROC (Down Under Vulcan Rider & Owners Club) Vulcan Owners in New Zealand.
Wednesday morning and its saddle up and ride from Auckland to Palmerston North, its a little overcast but clearing as we ride south, warming and brightening every minute. We manage with the cruise locked in at 102kph to maintain a very good average, only releasing the cruise for the odd tight corner or township, but mostly we can just sweep through the twisties and blip past any slow traffic without hardly a thought. Read the rest of this entry »

Wow, what a brilliant day, too good to waste tinkering in the garage so its off on the voyager, brand new tyres and all.

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Damn its another hot dry day and I just cant pass up a short run, Lo, (my better half) has her nose deep in her Kindle, the book must bbe too good to put down so Im off for a solo flight .

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Well the year has started off well, the weather has generally been excellent and we have had many runs down the north island, starting with a Christmas eve run to Palmerston North to join the family celebrating the new year over three days.
Once back Lo had to go to work so it only left weekends for riding and we made the best of them, more trips to Palmy & Masterton , with a return trip in thunderstorm conditions all the way back up the country, torrential rain and hail to boot, but we had a ball all the same.

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Wow, what a trip, We started off from the North Shore planning on a ride of approximately 560kms heading down the western side of the north island. Leaving around 8:45am after meeting Dave & Kirsty, we headed south across the harbour bridge and once at the bombays our perfect weather dissappeared and thick fog replaced it nearly all the way to Huntly, So on we cruised at nothing above legal speeds south to Nguarawahia, Plenty of cops and camera vans around, some hiding (which they dont do ofcourse Read the rest of this entry »

What a brillaint day for a ride, Lo is in bed crook and doesnt want to aggrivate her Cold so will spend the day bugging out.
I headed off on the bike bright and early, picked up a couple of mates and headed south down the motorway, Plenty of Sporties out and a few old school cruisers,  we passed the Ullysees club heading north on their outing up the motorway, a real mix of burgman scooters & all sorts of bikes, (holding up the traffic in the outside lane ofcourse why? when the inside lane is open and they have a line of cars behind ..strange,
Turned left at the Bombays and a nice openroad pace to Kopu, where we hook up with a couple more, they have been trying to get an early start on some refreshments but we were bang on time . so off we head to Thames and a strong coffee and a bite of morning tea.

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An interesting run from the northshore to palmerston north around 600kms. The plan is to escort my daughter who will be riding my VL250 Cruiser, her second ride in her life. Read the rest of this entry »

Well after completing a 1600km journey down the east coast to wellington and then back up the other side, the Voyager is proving everything the manufacturers claimed. A great Vtwin motor that purrs along at open road speeds with such ease its just brilliant and it handles far better than any cruiser ive run, Truely built for the road, it aint a poser bike, (though it is striking) The weight, while noticable when stopped, just dissappears once mobile, very very responsive, blows corners more comfortably than a sporty and PDQ when asked to After spending 1600kms ( a long run in period) just easing it around the bottom half of its rev range, this trip was to open her up a bit and get a feel for her pace. well, it didnt fall short, the six gear (overdrive) still has great pull, but drop her down a tooth or two and its damn quick, and having such a great fairing you hardly notice, it is just so aero dynamic. Fuel consumption went up a little (probably a bare 300kms per tank when stepping up) but well in excess when controlling the wrist
Luggage / storage is brilliant tho I still want to find a top box rack for it to carry my sheepskin for the really long hauls. Read the rest of this entry »