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There's no compulsory insurance here either
o.O
Sounds like paradise. Well, probably not actually. But keeping in mind my (London) insurance costs...
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I was lucky to tour both islands on Harleys 10 years ago. The roads are bad in places but the amount of traffic you encounter is exponentially different. In fairness you're more likely to end up in a hedge than get t boned so it's largely in your own hands at least.
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My wife and I took our first steps to motorbike life here in New Zealand last weekend; basic handling skills test and learner licence theory test. Passed both easily, but the scary thing is now we are both allowed to ride an approved bike up to 660 cc on the road with an L plate; only restrictions are not at night and no passengers. The basic handling skills was about 1.5h training and then a test, all in a car park and all at <20kph in 2nd gear. Being older, we are likely to be sensible but it's a scary thought of how many others could be on the road with that little training, doing 100kph on shitty, NZ roads. There's no compulsory insurance here either, so it's not like there is the cost of that to put people off getting a bigger bike.
There is another "restricted licence" level here before a full licence though. You have to have the learner licence for 6 months and then take a 60min practical test to get the restricted. Apparently, this is a decent test of your skills. You are still restricted to no passengers and an approved bike and have to have this for 12 months before sitting another test for the full licence.
Anyway, I'm off to peruse bikes for sale...