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After weeks of anticipation the day arrived to collect the Norton.
The options were to have it collected and transported which was the sensible option or the other of fly down and ride a bike that had been in storage 10 years 500 miles back home......
If I was sensible I'd be driving a Toyota Corolla so.....
Friday 28 th flew from Auckland to Blenheim in Marlborough which is the largest wine growing region in New Zealand.
The owner picked me up and showed me around the aircraft workshop where he worked, they had a Hercules in being rebuilt and an Orion. Outside in the paddock were our mothballed fleet of Skyhawks... :cry:
Normally when I buy vehicles I don't take any pics or talk much to the owner, this time I thought I would.
Old owner
me....
After a training session of how to start it, and some discussion on what to look out for we were on our way to Picton to catch the 3 hour long sailing up the Marlborough Sounds accross Cooks Strait to the capital Wellington.
I was met off the ferry by a former work mate on his new Triumph Speed Triple and we did a bit of a ride around Wellington.
The next day it was over the hills and heading North. I don't like the main roads much ( we don't have interstates) as they are pretty busy so it was secondary roads most of the way...takes longer but hey I had 3 days.
to be continued...
The options were to have it collected and transported which was the sensible option or the other of fly down and ride a bike that had been in storage 10 years 500 miles back home......
If I was sensible I'd be driving a Toyota Corolla so.....
Friday 28 th flew from Auckland to Blenheim in Marlborough which is the largest wine growing region in New Zealand.
The owner picked me up and showed me around the aircraft workshop where he worked, they had a Hercules in being rebuilt and an Orion. Outside in the paddock were our mothballed fleet of Skyhawks... :cry:
Normally when I buy vehicles I don't take any pics or talk much to the owner, this time I thought I would.
Old owner
me....
After a training session of how to start it, and some discussion on what to look out for we were on our way to Picton to catch the 3 hour long sailing up the Marlborough Sounds accross Cooks Strait to the capital Wellington.
I was met off the ferry by a former work mate on his new Triumph Speed Triple and we did a bit of a ride around Wellington.
The next day it was over the hills and heading North. I don't like the main roads much ( we don't have interstates) as they are pretty busy so it was secondary roads most of the way...takes longer but hey I had 3 days.
to be continued...