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Women motorcyclist from Seattle visiting NZ

Hey everyone, I'm a motorcyclist from Seattle. Just thought I'd introduce myself and post about my impressions on here as I see more of your awesome country! I blog at Adventures Infinite -. I also run Global Women Who Ride.

I'm coming down to NZ in the first week of March to ride around for a month. I'm going to go through some of the forum posts to get ideas for routes to take. Any useful suggestions would be greatly appreciated too. Also, if any of you want to meet up for coffee while I'm in your area and maybe show me some of your favorite routes, that would be lovely!

Oh, and I'm going to ask the same question that someone else asked a while ago. I'm looking to rent a motorcycle from another motorcyclist in the Auckland area. If you or someone else you know has something in the 400-600 cc range that you want to make a bit of money on, please do message me! I'm also going to look on TradeMe and local motorcycle shops, of course, but renting from a fellow rider or doing a bike swap type arrangement (in case you want to come ride my bikes in Seattle) is my first preference.
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Hi, hope the trip is now off to a good start!


Check out our FAQ over on ADV for some route ideas: ** The Official NZ FAQ Thread** Bike hire, trip planning, NZ info etc look here first - ADVrider


I think my partner, Rosie, may have submitted a profile to your site a while back? If you come to Rotorua & would like to meet up get in touch.


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