by Heath Ling | Mar 10, 2016 | Bike Updates, New Zealand
Well, I’d initially planned to use my red 2001 BMW GS1150 for the trip but then I came across a 2002 GSA 1150, with only 39,400kms on it. It was written off by an insurance company but still had registration, so considering my bike has 160,000 kms on it, seemed...
by Heath Ling | Feb 26, 2016 | New Zealand
Well it’s that time again for the yearly South Island ride and this year ,there has been quite a few route changes due to heavy rain. Day 1 left Chch in warm sunshine, cut through Rakia Gorge to Geraldine, pretty windy across the plains. Second breakfast at...
by Heath Ling | Feb 20, 2016 | New Zealand
Generally most motorcyclists name their bikes and usually referred to as ‘She’. My first BMW which was black, was called ‘Black Betty’, then I got a silver GSA, so she was called Sophie. In the meantime, I had changed the colour of the black...
by Heath Ling | Jan 25, 2016 | New Zealand
Dec 24th 2015 Day 5 I left Rotorua at 7.45 am to overcast skies, but it was dry and the roads quiet, so I didn’t mind at all, as I was more focussed on seeing a real live volcano. I made good progress, arriving at Frontier Helicopters in Whakatane at 9.10am. The...
by Heath Ling | Jan 12, 2016 | New Zealand, North Island Bike tour 2015
All photos taken by author unless otherwise stated. Burning Rubber – North Island Tour, Dec 2015 Now some of you may know, other may not, so the main reason for doing this ride was to test the support crew, equipment, bike for a shakedown ride. As I’d rather find out...
by Heath Ling | Nov 19, 2015 | Bike Updates, New Zealand
Well, so far, the super light weight titanium cutlery set I bought, leaves a not very nice taste in your mouth, so they will be going. The ultra light weight camping chair that packs really small, obviously wasn’t made with my muscular physique in mind, so will...
