How I bought a motorcycle (KTM 390 Duke) in New Zealand

The purchase of this motorcycle was spontaneous. On a sunny winter day, July 23, I went to test the sub-KTM in the salon of the official dealer. It may seem strange, but the Austrians are quite popular and inexpensive in the NZ for the reason that their production has been established in China since 2014, in conjunction with CFMoto. If you have such a desire, it would be possible to buy a "replica" produced under the brand CFMoto, produced at the same factory, 2-3 times cheaper than KTM, but I did not take a chance...
A few times I even caught on the wrong side of the tracks because I was only a couple of weeks in the country and did not get used to the left-hand traffic. It's good that in NZ sellers do not go after you, or they would have had a stroke.
In any case, at the end of the test drive I decided to buy the bike. Inexpensive, light, not very powerful, but there are no roads with a limit of more than 100 km / h in NZ and fines for violation are huge - it is quite normal. What more could you want?
A week later, in the salon, they gave me my motorcycle already with numbers and registration for six months, and they additionally took 350 local dollars for this service) So I understood that every six months it will be necessary to update the registration - an analogue of the Russian transport tax, because the renewal price depends on the type of vehicle and the volume of the engine. Since the bikeis new, the first three years I do not need to pass the maintenance, which in NZ is called WOF - Warranty of fitness.
But no one canceled the warranty maintenance, and the first one I had to go through after 1000 km (it cost 250 NZD with all consumables). It made me nervous, as I will ride to work almost 500 km per week, but then I read in the service book that further maintenance you have to pass through every 7500. This will be only 2-3 times a year at 500 km per week. On the one hand, it's cool that there is no winter in NZ (in the Russian sense), on the other – wouldn’t it be better to buy a car???
Motorcycle insurance in NZ is not required, but I still bought CASCO. I think, for the first year it will not be superfluous.
From the moment of receiving the bike in the salon before writing this posting I managed to drive more than 3000 km, and I like everything, especially when it comes to parking and maneuvers in a limited space. It was really hard to do some kind of tricks with my old Honda CB 650F, and now I have a 130 kg KTM, unless I can’t carry it under my armpit) It has to be mentioned, that in Wellington, there are a lot of free parking for motorcycles and mopeds, marked with a special sign. There will be big problems with parking a car in the center. It’s bad enough that they are paid, but you also have to buy coupons in kiosks beforehand to get an opportunity to pay for parking! Or you can park in a multi-storey parking lot, and then 10-15 minutes walk to the office (what a horror ...). The bike is small and narrow, so you can squeeze without problems even between rows. Theoretically, you can be fined for this, but I see that even very law-abiding New Zealand drivers of two-wheeled vehicles save time in a traffic jam.

Some inconvenience brings the fact that Duke requires 95 or 98 gasoline, and you can not buy it at every gas station - most cars in NZ need 91d. Therefore, in travel it is necessary to check in advance in the Internet which petrol stations have the 95th fuel, and additionally carry a small canister for 5L. Fortunately, fuel consumption is little - less than 3 liters per hundred in a mixed mode.