Your favorite twistys.

[Kiwibiker]

Best west coast I have been on is the road from Kawhia to Waitomo just awsome

Queen Charlote sound is pretty tight and twisty and no plod, just watch out for the buses

[wari]

Went out to Muriwai via Titirangi and Scenic Drive ... good fun til you link up with the main road and traffic.

Why didn't they link those west coast beaches with a coastal road I'll never know ... that would be such a great ride and tourist attraction.

[Pickle]

At Xmas did the Helensville to Wellsford Rd in the ute with 2 trail bikes on the back, now that looked like fun for a short afternoon ride to many corners for cars.
On the bikes did Paihia to Russell on the dirt roads which was fun.
Also did Kaikohe over to Waipoua Forest saw some big trees down to Dargaville then straight back to Kaikohe, did this in the pouring rain & it was still good, just wish we had the 600's.

[What?]

Yep, rode that one a few years back, on an XT550. Quite enjoyed it. A nice detour is to head south of Helena bay along the coast to Mimiwhangata. Awesome place to camp, fish, laze etc. Not much of a road in - more like a farm track - but if you are in the vicinity it's well worth a look.

[figjam]

Did the Coromandel loop (Paeroa, Waihi, Whangamata, Whitianga, Coromandel, Kopu) on Sunday with some friends and it was just awesome. Been dying to do it again ever since I covered it as part of the Rusty Nuts Grand Challenge (1000 miles in 24hrs) last October.

Perfect weather and only one small section of the grit and crap people were talking about before Christmas.

Only bastard was traffic backed up way past Maramarua on the way back but I followed a bunch who turned down the Back Miranda Road and it rocks! You can follow that and come out at the Miranda turnoff just south of Mangatawhiri. Traffic was still crap there so I took the Hunua road (see SPman's post 16/12).

If you're like me and the trip to Paeroa bores the crap out of you, the reverse of the route above is going to be much more fun.

[Coldkiwi]

Gidday figjam!

How was Hunua? I loved it... although i did have to wait a bit for that mate of mine who was behind us. Turned into a bit of fun when I got off to wait for him after the Hunua township... and he stormed straight past off to god-knows-where as fast as his 250 would carry him. Gave me a good excuse to ride like a maniac though to catch him.

you planning to go down to paeroa?
check out the paeroa topic in meetings events (I'm not smart enough to put a link in this message!)... looks like we may go via kaiaua/miranda then too

[figjam]

So did I. I had only done it for the first time on Thursday.

Heh heh, I hate when that happens. One of the guys on the ride on Sunday is just learning and had some trouble going to reserve just outside Paeroa, on the way to Waihi. My mate and I had taken off through the gorge (awesome sweepers and fun to play in the traffic) and didn't find out until Waihi when his girlfriend told us. I was on my bike saying "Oh, you two fill up and I'll go find him" before they could move. Such a sacrifice, having to go back through the gorge to Paeroa and then turn around and do it again to catch the others.

Yup, I'll be at Paeroa, although I'm thinking about stopping off at the Jolly Farmer in Drury where they do a $10 all you can eat cooked breakfast. So that might modify my route a bit.

[Pickle]

Thought this was supposed to be about twisty roads!
Try the road from New Plymouth to Awakino over Mt Messenger:bigthumb: this is good. Then head to eight mile junction thru the Awakino gorge which is fast & flowing at the junction head towards Taumaranui for a coffee at Twin Rivers cafe From here head on to 41 to Kuratau then thru to Kinloch & Taupo. From here we normally go to Hawkes Bay over the now boring Napier / Taupo

[SPman]

Mt Messenger is good - as long as no F****** cattle trucks have been over before you, or in front of you. Shit! is that stuff slippery or what?

[wari]

Originally posted by SPman
Mt Messenger is good - as long as no F****** cattle trucks have been over before you, or in front of you. Shit! is that stuff slippery or what?

Nooo ... that stuff is slippery shit !!!

[Pickle]

Anyone else done the road to The Portage from Linkwater on the Queen Charlotte drive ( Picton to Havelock )

It is only 27kms but there are over 300 corners:bigthumb:Now if this doesnt get the adrenalin flowing what the hell is wrong with you, Its tight & twisty with not much traffic. Mind I wouldnt like to try & take a Harley down this road.

[Coldkiwi]

I think a motorcycle tour down to the south island this autumn might just be on the cards! Marlborough is beautiful anyway and I do recall getting bounced around in a car on Queen Charlotte Sound  Drive before I had a bike.. time for a rematch

[Racey Rider]

Today I did "North Egmont"
If your ever in New Plymouth, make some time to tackel this twisty. 10Km out of NP towards Stratford is Egmont Village. From there, take the only road towards the mountain, a nice 10km ride to the start of the Egmount National Park. From here there is 7km of climbing twisting road, surrounded by bush. At the top is the North Egmont Vistors centre. Interesting info about Mount Taranaki (Who was Egmont anyway!) a great view straight up the side of the mountain, the whole of Taranaki province, and a cafe to drop off your pillon at while you give the twistys another run!
Safety Tips: The road can be a little damp in the winter if it hasn't had time to dry out. Mid afternoon is best. In the top 1km there's 2 tight blind corners. The road is narrow, stay on your side, ride at your own pace. Watch out for buses in the summer.
There's a petrol station at Egmont Village, but you'll have more fun if you don't have a full tank of gas when you tackel this road

Enjoy

[bluninja]

There is...I've just merged your thread into this section.

TTFN

[SPman]

The road up from Stratford to the Maunganui ski field is quite fun too - moreso in the summer however - the snow and ice in winter can be a little tricky on 2 wheels!