by radioman | Feb 24, 2013 | Adventure Motorcycle riding
Riding North! in the North Island Picked up my Bike on Friday afternoon from Experience BMW in Auckland. They were great in getting my Shock rebuilt and my service done. Sebastian Elter is the service Manager and was great! He even got my Steering head bearings and...
by radioman | Feb 21, 2013 | Adventure Motorcycle riding
Auckland. A few more bits of information on getting set up to ride. I purchased Liability insurance for my motorcycle through NAC insurance 800 501-508 Other insurance companies did not want to cover international driver or for only the full year. 3 months was $110USD...
by radioman | Feb 20, 2013 | Adventure Motorcycle riding
The process was easy picking my bike up from the importer. Just had to pay the fees. $750 NZD and put my front wheel on, and then my hard bags. The total cost to ship my bike was just under $2,100 USd from Buenos Aires. Since I will be in NZ awhile, it will be worth...
by radioman | Feb 18, 2013 | Adventure Motorcycle riding
New Adventure has started!! Finally getting a chance to update my Ride report! Chris from the UK sent me this photo of riding in Downtown Buenos Aires for the last time on the way to the Airport and shipping. Was an interesting and slightly emotional ride, as I...
by radioman | Feb 13, 2013 | Adventure Motorcycle riding
Glad we resolved the metric issue Been really busy on my time at “home”. But it has been some exciting stuff happening as I transition my ride to New Zealand. Received my Carnet, and several packages of new gear including a new Go pro 3 and camera. So I...
by radioman | Feb 10, 2013 | Adventure Motorcycle riding
Back in the USA. Flew of Buenos Aires. Night Flight. 9 Hours to Houston. Then transfer to PDX. Strange being on United Airlines as the cabin crew is all speaking English. No more greetings like in Argentina. Kiss, Kiss, No Buen Dia, Gracias etc. Will miss it!! Long...
