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in reply to: Head’s up folks #11240

Your not the only one!!!!!!!!!!H

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in reply to: Thought i’d sign up and say hello. #5521

Hey there Jim,Will call in to say hello over the weekend, not sure what day but will hang around for a bit.Harvey

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in reply to: Thought i’d sign up and say hello. #5519

Afternoon everyone,I'm back...........I made it back to Blighty on the 14th Aug 06. The trip in total was a great success, I covered a total of 75,000k's over 9 months of the year (lost 3 months to bike moving from country to country). I only got one speeding ticket (in NZ on the South Island), went through 8 rear tires and 6 fronts, had the bike serviced in all the countries I stopped in except SA (needed it but ran out of time), no accidents (well fell off on a few unmade roads but no damage to me just a bust indicator on the bike).Total cost inc bike, bike transportation, fuel, everything really £40,000 - NZ$100,000ish but worth every penny.Yes, back for the month of Jan 07, landing on new years eve and flying home on the 2nd Feb. I'll be with the girly this time so look out fo 2 pomme's on NZ KLR250's in the first 2 weeks of Jan when we will be doing a little tour of the north island with some friends. I'll then be spending the last 2 weeks of Jan in Hastings when she goes home.All the best Harvey

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in reply to: Thought i’d sign up and say hello. #5517

Quick question before I go,

Is there a site like this for Oz BMW owners?

Harvey

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in reply to: Thought i’d sign up and say hello. #5514

Goodbye and thank you too all.

I'm now back in Ak but now without bike as it had to go for loading today, my bike leaves for Oz on Monday and I leave on Wednesday it would have been great to finish of with a ride with you all, in total I managed to cover 20,000k's in the 3 months I was riding round NZ.

A very big thank you to Arnie for looking after my crate whilst I was on my travels. I had a great time and it was a pleasure to meet those I did. I will drop onto the site every now and then to see what is going on, so not totally gone.

Watch this space I may be back.

Harvey

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in reply to: Thought i’d sign up and say hello. #5512

Morning Jim, yep still here. I’ve just been to the Woodstock rally nr Hokitika. I managed to cover 8/9k km’s on the north island and were up to the 5k km’s on the south so far.

Having a great time. I'll let you know when i'm in the Auckland area to go for a last ride before I box it up.

Harvey

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in reply to: Only just got here but need to ask about leaving #5595

Evening guy’s and thanks for the replies.
Jim, I'll look out for Bernd on my travels. If you do get hold of Wayne any info will be great. Sorry won't be able to make the club run but will be back in Auckland doing the toy run for the Starship Hospital.

Martyn, I'll give you a call after xmas (let all the turkey and stuffing go down) to get more info from you. Approx costs flying compared to shipping.

But then again it could all change as I passed my bike theory on Monday (seems a bit silly but I was worried I might fail.....) and now all I need to do is get it backdated for 2 yrs and I can then start looking for a job over here as a bike trainer. Has anyone got any feedback on Hamilton Bike School. Please add to this thread or send me an email if you would prefer your comments not to be seen by all.

Harvey

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in reply to: Thought i’d sign up and say hello. #5508

Big thanks to Arne, who good to his word picked me and the bike up from the airport today.

Thanks for the advise Martyn, I managed to do all the paperwork myself, customs and MAF were fantastic. Showed customs the carnet and she took less than 10 mins to do everything. MAF had no longer than a 5 min look at the bike and cleared it.

I will be staying in the Auckland area till atleast sat so might see a few of you on the toy run, should be easy to spot.....The one with the largest reg plate in the world!!!!!!!!!!

Harvey

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in reply to: Servicing, who do you use? #5558

Thanks for the reply Alex, I’ve been in contact and they are going to try to fit me in a week on friday. If not it will be next yr………..

Nothing against them and I know its alot to ask just turning up and expecting a service(I rolled over the 18,000m mark in the last few days I was in the US, not knowing when I was going to get the bike into NZ I didn't want to book anything before I knew the bike was on NZ soil), does any one have any other number I can try.

I'm still in the BMW warranty period so i'm happy to pay for the service by a BMW agent, if there is no other solution I'll do it myself.

Harvey

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in reply to: Thought i’d sign up and say hello. #5507

Thanks everyone for your offers of help with the bike and it’s crate.
Arne, i've contacted you by email and will call again when the bike gets here.
Paul, thanks for your offer but i'll ask Arne to do it as he has use of a trailer.
I sent a copy of my log book (as per shipping agents request) to be told, now it is ready to fly, that they need the original which is now in NZ with me and the bike is still in the US. Up bright and early tomorrow to find the nearest Post Office and sent all the paperwork back. When the bike was boxed up the top and one side are screwed down so MAF should be able to get to it easily. I was hoping to clear it myself as I have the carnet and all the other paperwork required. Hope all goes well as it will not be flying till sunday now that's if I can get the paperwork back in time, if not i'm stuck here for over a week till the following thurs for flying and then customs for the sat after....

Harvey

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in reply to: Thought i’d sign up and say hello. #5503

Thanks for the replies. I’m looking forward to driving on the correct side of the road again….
I'm after some help already, two things;
1) My bike will be landing on sat 19th (hopefully) and will be crated up for shipping, now I've been there once before and getting a bike out of a crate is a long and not easy job. Does anyone live near Auckland airport who might be able to help me get my bike out of its box. I would like to try to keep the crate as the bike is going on to Auz in mid March next year.
2) Any hints and tips on how I get a UK reg'ed bike using a UK licence insured in NZ?
Harvey

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