RD400. Where this all began. When I was 15 and growing up in NZ, a boy could not hope to own a car - far too expensive. Coupled with a passion for off-road motorcycling (farm life), the natural thing to do was to get two wheels and discover the place I lived. The quantum leap came with the arrival of a Yamaha RD400, same as my big brother's bike and capable of doing anything. In 1978, pretty much every road in the North Island was a backroad. My quest to ride them all had begun.
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As tourism replaces travel, the special journeys are becoming harder to find. This Group celebrates the obscure and hard to find pleasures of NZ's back roads and routes. Mode of travel? Don't care - two wheels, four wheels, or on foot.
Join us if you're willing to share and celebrate a secret road trip that avoids anything with the words 'State Highway' in it.
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venessap This is stunning - thanks so much for sharing it. Though I'm motorbike challenged, it makes me want to take off and go :)