When your breath gets taken away but you’re not even racing 🤗 The wonders of New Zealand
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- I can understand why New Zealand is a bucket list destination. Join me for part one as I tour the incredible South Island on Harley-Davidson. I'd say “what happens on tour stays on tour”... But not with me 🤪
3000 miles around South Island with my best friend Emma Wolstenholme, the epic organisation of Tour1 Gary France, and amazing group of Harley-Davidson riders. From the scenery to the roads, the landscapes to the hotels, it’s been incredible. It’s been a wild adventure with landslides, extreme weather, seals and flat track, to gondolas and unicorns.
When things go wrong… that’s when the real adventure starts right?! New Zealand was facing some extreme weather resulting in multiple landslides, power lines down and totally cut off roads, so we ended up stranded on the north west coastline, penned in by nature’s disruptions. Thankfully Tour1 sorted new hotels for the group and eventually, 24 hours later we got back on track taking an alternative route around the island. The rain and flooding was mental. 400mm in just a day!
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Tips for riding in a group: • If you ever motorcycle...
Why I like group tours: • How to make new motorc...
Timestamp:
0:00: Intro to New Zealand Tour 1
1:47: The bike I’m Riding
3:49: Tour 1 has a Van for Luggage
5:09: 1st Refuel Stop
7:49: The Hotel view of Tour 1
10:05: Landslide
11:02: Back in the coffee shop
12:59: The Weather of New Zealand
15:23: 2nd day overview
17:09: Land Slide
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As a motorcycle enthusiast myself, my wife and I love touring on our bikes. I am so glad you got to enjoy a taste of our beautiful country. I moved here 25 years ago, and I am still stunned by the scenery.
What a beautiful place to live ❤️❤️
Welcome to my home. West Coast is well known for its scenery (and rain!) I've done this trip but on my Africa Twin. Great to see you here
I live on the coast. Rain can be relentless sometimes. But you cant beat the scenery. My husband used to work for west roads. Awesome video.
Nice! Lucky you, it is so beautiful. Thanks for watching!
You got the full West Coast experience on this tour. Loving your enthusiasm for riding and the New Zealand experience, looking forward to the next chapter as you ride down the Eastern side with hopefully some better weather, amazing scenery and new adventures
Stunning scenery ! Went there myself a few years ago, loved it to bits. 🥰 Thanks Vanessa ! Cheers, Tom
It's such an epic country hey. I'd definitely go back
Loved this one! Ex pat Kiwi, ex Hare and Hounds and Enduro rider (Kawasaki KDXs). Live in the States. Only comment, you're mostly in the South Island of NZ, not NZ. Love the channel. You are a boss. Pete
They didn’t want the bikes stolen so the south was much safer😉
@@jerrybow8779😂😂
Haha uh oh!
Yey thanks so much for watching, super glad to hear you enjoyed it
I am a Korean bike traveler who met on the beach in New Zealand. Nice to meet you. Always drive safely. I am watching UA-cam.
Oh mega! I remember you!! Awesome
I enjoyed my time in NZ, water rafting, zip lines etc, but fell fòul of the ridiculous 100 km speed limit. Not a fan of Harley tanks.. Spooky that you are a clone of an old flame, in looks and mannerisms 😅😊 Fun riding out there
sport-bike riders do any-speed , rarely get chased by cops because the could never catch them Dave nz
Wow sounds like an ace adventure you had, woo!
Welcome to the West Coast of the South Island in New Zealand...... hehehehe
Wooo!
Sorry but I don't like the music...
NZ is great!
Be nice to know which parts of New Zealand etc
I mention the names of places lots as I go through it ❤️ but I've never written down the route or anything to share. Sorry
@@TheGirlOnABike Try our roads on a Sport-bike or Roadster , they're a bit skinny for Highway-hogs . Nth-Isle has exceptional bike-roads , second-only to Afghanistan which isn't popular at the moment Dave nz
21:31 All very nice, but obey our road laws. Don't know where you're from but here double yellow lines means NO PASSING both way, even if you are on a bike. BE LEGAL!
Thank you for the reminder xx
@@TheGirlOnABike Or just ride a Sport-Bike...And 'Go-For-It' Dave
@@TheGirlOnABikeyou can over take where there is a yellow line just don’t go over it
Harley, great motorcycles ? they're crap, try riding a few other bikes and you'll get my point !!
Haha I've ridden many many different bikes and the potato potatoe has a place in my heart 😋
มาเมืองไทยเมื่อไหร่เจอกัน
Maybe one day!
NZ is an absolute beauty, a bike around the roads makes it perfect
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Welcome to Kiwi land. Traveling down the West Coast to Queenstown is a great ride in any weather and is still a great ride. Sorry about the weather, but it has been weird everywhere. I can't wait for the next Vid.
Just come across this video. You managed to come to New Zealand in the year that we had the worst weather in 50+ years, sorry. It's not always like that 😢
Haha yea I think I bought the UK weather with me on this trip 🙈
Kia Ora & Good Morning from North Shore, Auckland, New Zealand ...great video bro.
Wooo thanks for watching!
Beautiful girl, beautiful motorcycle, beautiful country !! Aotearoa, " The Land of the Long White Cloud " !!
OF VAPE
Aw thank you
Got a bit dizzy on that one, went through canterbury, then porters pass then west coast then back though the porters then back to the west coast then Arthurs pass then west coast again lol.
I come from NZ and travelled these roads for 21yrs i even know of the waitress behind you at the pancake rocks lol.
If you ever wanna do the back roads let me know, i got spots no-one has ever seen!
Yeh I noticed that too. Lack of continuity, also you're not telling us about the place you're in for those watching from overseas. And when you're on the west coast it is quite normal to get four seasons in one day, and lots of rain.
I've been around the South Island hundreds of times in my work truck. I'm SICK of it lol
Haha maybe you need to try it on 2 wheels instead 😉
@@TheGirlOnABike Oh... how silly of me, I omitted to say that I have also been all over NZ on my KLR650, that was 30 years ago. As well as several car trips long ago. I think the ideal would be to travel as a passenger, not driving.
Well that was one epic day in the rain. I wasn't scared but as the tour leader responsible for the 'ducklings' I was beginning to get a little bit worried about the flooding flowing fast across some of the roads. But, as you say, it's all about the adventure! Memories are definitely made of stuff like that. :-) Good job at the back V.
Yaay! Finally. I was hoping you would make it down here. Can’t beat that West Coast scenery. Hope you get some great weather. Oh don’t forget to try the Possum pie if you get a chance 😁
Welcome to NZ. Looks like you all had real adventure.. love the Red colour on the beast!..
Thanks! 😃 it was an epic time
Was this filmed last year during the once in a hundred years storm Gabriele?
Yeah it sure was
@@TheGirlOnABike that was unfortunate timing
Definitely! Still an ace trip though
Pretty awesome, I did the south island on March this year AKL to Queenstown, amazing trip and experience. Then we did MIA Florida on May amazing trip too… all the best and greetings from AKL. El Clan Madrid
If you come back , try some Nth-Island Back-roads . Probably not a lot of fun on a Motorway-bike (Harley) but something nimble that handles is a magic-experience . I'd imagine a lighter sport-bike around the70-100-ish HP would be ideal . I live rural on amazing twisty roads . My W650 is fun but a little under-powered , while my XV1000 TR1 is a bit-heavy for the down-hill stuff (might be old-age though , 70 next year ) . I reckon the full-power SV650 would be ideal or a Triumph triple 675R . See you out-there...Dave nz
I would love to! Hopefully I get the chance to come back again soon!
Isn’t the south island great , you can go from mountains to the sea in 2 odd hours or sea to sea in 3 1/2 . Arthers pass is fun innit ? Enjoy.
Absolutely incredible place !
Gotta love the South Island west coast. 2.8 metres of water every year.
I certainly felt that haha
Where you first stopped on the coast and stopped again in the rain ......those big rocks in the ocean near the point, my wife has always called 2 Men in the Bathtube.....West Coast, South Island. She used to live and ride that area in the 70's. Every winter that area would be isolated. It would be nice if you named the more of the area's you are riding thru.
Wow. Cool place to live. That's fair feedback. Thank you.
We had a rubbish summer and winter this year unfortunately but Atleast you got to experience true Nz life!
It was epic!
Good ole NZ spring weather ❤
Hehe it was a touch wild
Welcome to the West Coast, I was there last week for four days, in winter, nothing but sunshine.
It is incredible right?! Enjoy!
LOL Yeah Right - Nothing but rain more like matey
@@ronnymcdonald2543 No, I've been five times now and the only time I've much rain was the first time in the 90s, and then only from Fox to the top of the Haast Pass.
How many times did the bike break down . Japanese reliability is the winner for me .
Not once
Welcome my friend to the best motorcycle riding country us Kiwis are frendly our roads are the best and the scenery will blow you away enjoy my country did this trip in January of this year with my son and friends were doing it again in 2025
A trip or holiday around somewhere is one thing but to have an adventure there needs to be some unpredictability to spice things up and divert from a scheduled plan. You guys demonstrated that brilliantly. Still great fun and I'm frankly turning greener with envy. I must be 8.9 on the Kermit scale by now. Top job Vanessa and thanks for sharing.
Thanks for sharing. You and your bikes, rock on. Safe journeys. Cheers from New Jersey, USA
Well done! You inspired me to blow dust from my GS. Definitely need a few days of South Island adventure now!
Woooo! Yey! Enjoy the ride!
AWESOME
Thanks for taking me along ❤❤
Wow Vanessa, what an amazing tour, I hope you can give us an idea of costs for such a tour in the next episodes, of which I look forward to. Thank you.
Myself and 5 others did the whole of the south island of New Zealand for $3000 NZD the doesn't include the cost of the bike that's just for motels food drink gas and gifts ..you can buy a cheap bike for around $4500 Nzd and sell it for about the same price when you have done your trip
@@packrat61 Thank you.
The best roads in NZ? Pretty much anywhere. The Gentle Annie is special in a Lotus.
Hehe so true, they are all quite remarkable
22 countries, bloody hell.😲😁👍
My backyard good to see you enjoying it.
Such an amazing place!
Wow that's awesome absolutely loving seeing you enjoy my beautiful country New Zealand just wished I got to see and meet up with you and come on the road trip with you guys. Love following your adventures and loving your videos please keep them coming thanks❤
YOUR COUNTRY, ?
Yes definitely
Yey! Well you can most definitely do the trip, it is run by Gary France from Tour1! Thanks for watching and for your support
Awesome video. I am very familiar with Harihari. I have family there & very familiar with the pub also.
Oh cool. It's a small world hey hehe
13:00... "I'm not sure what's going on with the weather in New Zealand?"
Well - I've lived here for seventy seven years, and I haven't got a clue either! Even if you think you have it sussed, the South Island West Coast will prove you wrong every time. I think the west coasters have engineered it somehow, to keep the beer flowing... their unique form of hospitality is legendary.
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Haha love it. That's made me smile. Welcome and thanks for the sub too. I hope you enjoy some of my other videos too
@@TheGirlOnABike : Last night's news (13 April 2024)...
Slips, washouts, and flooding have resulted in road closures on the West Coast. Northern and Southern access routes closed... a number of tourists are stranded!
Deja Vu, all over again! 😱 🥴 🤬 👍
NZ is MADE for bikes..... there's no boring bits.... I have lived here for 65 years now... love it....
Good description!! Id agree hehe
Welcome to NZ .Went to South Island a few years ago. Hired a bike Went throught Aurthers Pass would have to be the best for scenery. The road going out of Aurthers Pass was brillant. Had been there before but not on a bike
Oh mega! Such an amazing place to ride! Wooo!
Thanks for an amazing tour, lot like Norway :-)
Love your stuff girl.
New Zealand is Godzone... west coast is temperate rainforests and wild ocean. Beautiful
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If you don't like the weather in New Zealand... just wait half an hour 😁
Haha that's funny
I used to much walnuts but I broke my tooth on one and did $1200 dollars worth of repair
Oh ouch
Would help if you said where you are on the rd thanx
Awesome feedback. Thank you.
Love your beanie
Bucket List! I love my RoadGlide
Ace!
Welcome to Aotearoa, Te Waka A Maui / NZ, South Island 😊
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Te Waka a Maui is the North Island, Te Wai Pounamu is the South Island, cheers 😊
@@Frogfeatures1 No, North is Te Ika. South is Te Waka or, Te Wai Pounamu 😊
@@himalayan8315
Te Ika-a-Māui / North Island
Island in New Zealand
It was fished up, in Maori legend, by Maui, who was a demi god.
I’m Maori, I live there 👍
@@Frogfeatures1 yes, he fished it up from his waka, the South 😊
Sorry we couldn't arrange some better weather for you.
This is my idea of hell. Organised; like minded people; outdated, humongous agricultural Milwaukee geriatric vibrators. Crashingly boring.
First of all, I want to plan my own journeys. Always have, always will. Secondly, riding in groups is nauseating. Thirdly, I guarantee you won’t find more than a handful of people who think like me in any country, never mind in a group of tourists too lazy to plan their own trips. There are literally thousands of better bikes than those old things. And people PAY for that???
There’s a reason why Noraly got 43,000 views in the first hour on her latest video. Actually there thousands of reasons.
Can’t imagine why such a lovely person as you would not enjoy riding with a group.
Harley Davidsons are so God damned ugly.
We all have our preferences, but to me any bike is a good bike hehe
@@TheGirlOnABike Agree
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I be saving up to buy a motorbike
Start small (250-500cc), unless you already have a full license. I'm thinking of getting a CFMOTO 450NK, after 20 yrs of no bike.
@@RossNixon good advice i be getting myself a motorbike license soon
@@Kiwi_NZ610 A restricted SV650 is a good-bike to learn on , then later on you can remove the restricter Dave nz
@@kdsowen2882 fair enough
Woo nice!
westcoast weather . . 4 seasons in ten minutes . . with REAL rain.
Pity you didn't make to queenstown . . Some great bike roads
Haha yup so I have learnt! Hopefully one day I will get the chance to make it there
Just got to stay away from the West Coast if you want consistent good weather. Central Otago, the Canterbury Plains and Marlborough over summer, perfect. West Coast is just too wet and unpredictable.
Thanks for the tips! And thank you for watching yey!
I have never ridden a Harley Davidson. What was your experience riding ,especially if your use to Add bikes. Looking forward for the remainder of your tour in New Zealand.
People love them or hate them , they're pretty agricultural and not famous for handling , look great in photo-shoots Dave nz
Good old west coast weather 😂
Haha I definitely got to experience it that is for sure!
They got a good thing going when the noise don't get in the way.
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Where are you now and what are you doing 'Girl On A Bike? My motorcycling days included MotoX racing and a Kawasaki H1 mach 111, 500c.c. triple cylinder 2 stroke for the road
Can’t be a recent video - it’s winter in NZ. The weather is grotty - certainly not T-shirts and shorts! 😂🥶
Haha it was earlier this year, and we had such beautiful and amazing weather majority of the time - such a beautiful country! Epic riding roads!
Good to see you back on a Harley
Aw thanks, it was a mega trip!
Well at least you got to ride up and down that same road a few times, I’m sure there is more to come…😮
Haha it was mega. Yeah full series is out
Take care pinky nz
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New Sub, love your style. Glad no one had an 'off' in the wet...
Yey thanks for the sub and welcome!
Hello mam I am a motorcycle bike mechanics I want to get job there can you help me
Sorry I can't help you, best of luck
Fabulous.
Woo thanks
Just get a limousine next time.
Haha nah I would much prefer to be on the bike with the wind on my face and soaking in the views
Beautiful countryside!
It was!
Looking good!!
Thanks
Always rains South Island. Make your way over the ditch to Australia. Much nicer. Way better ridin. Pick your poison.
@jojimmaco5331 Australia has got too many snakes to lookout for 😂
Try the North island rds, they are rated as second-best biking-roads in The World , Afghanistan was first (before shit-happened ) . Aussie roads are probably great for Cruisers and the 'Cafe' -Crowd' , know people who've had bad-times hitting 'critters' over there Dave
Speaking as a New Zealander, I apologise for our roads. to be fair the South Island ones - the main ones - are not in too bad a condition, but a lot of the best riding in the North Island has been ruined by lack of repairs. I guess some of the touristy roads might be ok, but the really really good roads, the one we Kiwi's ride, unrideable. To the point I have sold my bike because its just too dangerous. 45 years of riding gone. Maybe if the roads get fixed in the future I will get something again. In the meantime, a nice comfy car, a coffee and sound will have to do. Sure is beautiful though (most of these places arent hidden gems, I could take you to places that would blow your mind). Nice views on those highways down there though.
Oh wow that is such a shame that you felt the need to sell your bike due to the conditions
@@TheGirlOnABike haha yeah, but now I am trying to convince my wife to let me buy another, I feel like I have lost a leg.