New Speed limits for 90 Mile Beach
The Te Oneroa-a-Tohe Beach Board, the organisation founded to protect 90 Mile Beach has introduced new speed limits for 90 Mile Beach. Effective immediately the speed restriction on 90 Mile...
Tag: Riding Safety and Techniques
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2 Riders missing in the Akatarawa Forest Found
From stuff.co.nz: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/132556031/bugger-bike-riders-first-thought-on-facing-cold-night-stuck-in-the-forest With the blackness of night setting in, Andy McCallum and Jim Moore decided to stay put in the Akatarawa forest on a cold Sunday night with one thought:...
Emergency SOS via satellite available in NZ today on the...
Apple announced today that Apple iPhone 14 users can now connect with emergency services via satelitte when cellular and Wi-Fi coverage are not available. Apple’s groundbreaking safety service Emergency SOS...
Chris Birch motorcycle recovery
So a couple of days ago one of our Facebook group members posted on Facebook that he had got his DR650 stuck and was having to leave his bike and...
Wairarapa’s turn for speed limit reductions
As with other areas in New Zealand it’s now the Wairarapa’s turn for speed limit reductions both on State Highways and residential streets. Speed limits will drop to 80kph from...
Adventure Rider in Dunedin crashes newly purchased motorbike (Twice)
From Stuff.co.nz: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/130293372/motorcyclist-crashes-newly-purchased-motorbike Oh Dear, own up, was it you? A motorcyclist escaped without injury after crashing his newly purchased motorbike. Emergency services were called to Heyward Point Rd, near...
This motorcyclist has lost six friends in road accidents. He...
From Stuff.co.nz https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/130074453/this-motorcyclist-has-lost-six-friends-in-road-accidents-he-doesnt-want-to-lose-any-more A lot of road has passed beneath the tyres of motorbike enthusiast Richard Jamieson over the last half century. He’s been riding ever since he was 9 years old,...
Wellington City Council votes to cut 80% of speed limits...
Wellington City Council voted last week to write a draft plan for speed management across the city where some main routes would be 40kph, and 80% of routes would drop...
Search and Rescue satellite system upgraded
Important upgrades to New Zealand’s search and rescue satellite Earth Station are under way to improve the accuracy and response times of emergency beacons across 30 million square kilometres of...
Daytime Auxiliary driving lights?
What’s allowed in NZ regarding running a set of auxiliary lights in addition to the main low beam light for motorcycles? Just thinking of something to make the bike...
