new zealand- south island tour- 6000kms

to start off, im riding from christchurch to waimate to see freinds, change tyres to knobblies for a 3day adventure tour from fairlie to invercargil, then riding up to visit the milford sound, then back to invercargil for the 4day burt monroe festival[ m/c races] then touring my way back thru the south isld visiting some of the choice spots, back across the cooks strait dec7th , then a backroad ride to my home town, otorohanga, will post pics on return

have a fantastic time and ride safe!!!

waiting for picy's with bated breath....

Nice trip matey

I've done that before, a lifetime ago. TBH I would use Mefo Super Explorer on the back, MT21 on the front, meaning you don't have to once think about changing tyres

Make sure you allow enough time to go "off-piste" in Owaka forest - some great trails in there, as long as the greenies have not closed them all by now...

Post pics

And please do me a favour...

Stop at Hampden, ride onto beach, and down to the Moeraki Boulders. Take piccie of your bike next to a boulder  It was part of my daily commute to school by dirtbike

PS - "bigkuri" is the name of the local creek that flows out at Hampden

this was the skippers canyon road, its an old settlement from bygone era

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the above three pics were of the ben nevis range ride, i took a irish fella over on the way home from the burt

Great shots!!

Crikey that is a lot of luggage on that one bike!

bigkuri wrote:Great shots!!

Crikey that is a lot of luggage on that one bike!

yes it weighed about 25kg, the givi panniers were full off heavier items, gearsack had camp stove,bike lock etc, had the tent &bedrolls as a back rest, that togeather with my modded seat & sheepskin s/cover gave me a fairly relaxed ride,took around 2-3hrs to get sick of sitting down, unfortunetly i didnt get your email regards the boulders till i got back, i did ride past them on my way to dunedin from waimate

came out of the foggy hill to see titirangi bay, the road out thru the kenepuru sound has 1300+ corners in the first 45km's, it is switchback heaven, the day i went was rather overcast but it didnt affect how beautiful it is...

next three pic's are of the tunnel entrance area to milford sound




on the way back to invercargil for the but festival i stated at mavora lakes ov/nite

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