Centre lane markings?

[chef]

you know the centre lane markings on the motorway. the little bumpy things, i have a fear of riding over them at 100kph+ are they dangerous? i always feel like ill hit them and my bike will slip or something. what to do?

also today riding home from work in the wet welly city felt my back tyre slip out on like 100 man holes there everywhere wdf ha. lucky not going over 40kph

[p.dath]

Chances are you'll be fine 99 times out of 100.

I avoid riding on them when I can, but I wouldn't do a big swerve to avoid hitting one either.

[TOTO]

if you are still running the standard shinko tyres on the hyo, you better change them, or bear the consequences.

the cats eyes are ok to ride over, just make sure you dont do emergency braking on them -that results in a slide.

[PirateJafa]

They're fine to ride on. I wouldn't go out of my way to ride over them, but they aren't exactly landmines either.

They're fine to brake on too - in the dry. I'd avoid braking heavily on them in the wet though.

[mossy1200]

Try not to hit them with your footpegs while cornering .Other than that they should be ok.

[Toot Toot]

Cats eyes are fine, ride all over them. Man hole covers are bad bad things in the wet... stay away from them!

[Elysium]

You mean the Rumble Edgeline? I noticed most main roads are getting these done and are located on the edge of the road as well as the centre. They're meant to wake up dozy cagers as they cause loud vibrations when their wheels hit them.
So far I think they're only located on main stretches of road and not at intersections so no worries about tyres from slipping out.

if you are still running the standard shinko tyres on the hyo, you better change them, or bear the consequences.

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Try running Shinko's front tyre on a Firestorm :sweatdrop

[jafafour]

dont sweat it. the motorway things (Im thinking you mean the reflective cat's eyes ) shouldn't give you more than a little wobble, if you're sitting straight the bike will settle.
The iron drain covers on streets are nasty! especially the ones that are sunk deeper into the road. but- if you keep 'er straight and steady, any slippage that does happen ought to be controllable.
The real answer for you is. save some bucks and get a better bike than the Hyo . I used to ride the GT , she's a good learner bike but it all changes when you get a real one( with adjustable suspension and some fat tyres!) :niceone:

[mowgli]

you know the centre lane markings on the motorway. the little bumpy things, i have a fear of riding over them at 100kph+ are they dangerous? i always feel like ill hit them and my bike will slip or something. what to do?

also today riding home from work in the wet welly city felt my back tyre slip out on like 100 man holes there everywhere wdf ha. lucky not going over 40kph

Simple answer - don't look at them. Look at the piece of road you want to ride on and not the piece you'd rather avoid. Sounds like you're so concerned about cats eyes, covers, etc that you end up staring at them.

[sinfull]

+1 with Toto on the standard tyre, get rid of it !

Manholes you should be getting to know where they are if your comuting and altering ya line in the wet !!!

Like the others have said the cats eyes might give ya a little wobble ! Should be nothing to worry about, But who knows on a Hyo's suspension

[sunhuntin]

You mean the Rumble Edgeline? I noticed most main roads are getting these done and are located on the edge of the road as well as the centre. They're meant to wake up dozy cagers as they cause loud vibrations when their wheels hit them.

they dont work on all tyres. whatever tyres dad is running on his car dont produce noise from the rumble strips. lol. really weird. :cool:

[Toot Toot]

You mean the Rumble Edgeline?

Why don't people read the posts properly?
Where does it say anything about the side of the road??
The thread is called CENTRE LANE markings, ffs some people.

[thehovel]

if you are still running the standard shinko tyres on the hyo, you better change them, or bear the consequences.

the cats eyes are ok to ride over, just make sure you dont do emergency braking on them -that results in a slide.
What Toto said :first::clap:if you are running plastic tyres they won't grip in the wet. They on the other hand will out last the bike.I had a set on an 86 CX400 euro the back tyre was still legal after 65,000km ditched it when it got a flat. The front was replaced at 50,000km,I got feed up having to catch it on bends in the wet.

[StoneY]

While best not to hit them when on a real hard lean into a fast corner, they should not matter.
But one factor to cats eyes, (and white lines, and rumbledge etc)- is tyre quality - and we all know it

On my Duke I have Diablos- medium compound sport-touring tyre, holds nice on the black stuff but does 'twitch' on the odd cats eye or white line (wet AND dry) - medium compound ;)

On my GSXR I have soft compound pilots that last sweet fuck all lifespan (rear- 3,500kms if lucky) but as I cross the Wainui hill they're worth every penny!
And they've not once 'twitched' on me due to cats eyes or white lines- unless extremely WET! - soft compound ;)

Just buy REAL good tyres - and they dont matter too much at all (cats eyes that is)
Done

[CookMySock]

I have never had a problem with them, except last week I clipped one with my front tyre while leaned over, and it went WHACK!!! really fooken hard. Dunno why it did that.. it was almost like I hit it with the rim or something.

Steve

[YellowDog]

Just so long as you don't ride down the line, it won't be a problem. Even if you slip on them, the conctact is only momenatry and will have little effect.

[CookMySock]

Even if you slip on them, the conctact is only momenatry and will have little effect.That was very surprising for me to discover. I have clipped quite large stones while cornering, and it has always just resulted in a tiny sidestep and a loud 'thunk'. I thought I would be a goner.

Steve

[Swoop]

Cat's eyes are great when filtering. Ride on top of the little buggers and you save having to buy a headlight modulator.

[1wheel riot]

im with toto those shinkos are bad news

[Elysium]

Why don't people read the posts properly?
Where does it say anything about the side of the road??
The thread is called CENTRE LANE markings, ffs some people.

? Post mentioned little bumpy things in middle of road, rumble edgeline are also on centre of road and marked yellow, nothing about reflective cat eyes were mentioned. Clearly you need to read properly....and take a chill pill.

[Ixion]

The edge of the road is in the centre of the road :scratch:

Ah, I get it, this was in Mobius Drive, right?

[Elysium]

The edge of the road is in the centre of the road :scratch:

Ah, I get it, this was in Mobius Drive, right?

Right-o seems some confusion is happening here so lets clarify :scratch:. Thread starter mentioned marked bumpy things on middle of road, I'd asumed was refering to those raised groves I've recently noticed appearing on main SH's that are on the edge of the road and on the centre line, the centre line bumps are marked in yellow if I recall.

I've only just recently come across these in the last couple of months and are sign posted as "Rumble Edgeline"

[chef]

yeah beter just not look at them. cheers for the info

[Mystic13]

you know the centre lane markings on the motorway. the little bumpy things, i have a fear of riding over them at 100kph+ are they dangerous? i always feel like ill hit them and my bike will slip or something. what to do?

also today riding home from work in the wet welly city felt my back tyre slip out on like 100 man holes there everywhere wdf ha. lucky not going over 40kph

The lane markings are fine. In the wet leaned over you can slide off them but it ain't much of a slide it just seems like a little correction.

The manhole covers should be avoided at all cost in the wet when leaned over. You can slide and if you're on the inside of the cover it could meana big slide of the front or rear and then the bike is down.

And yep, some places in Wellington City have a ridiculous amount of manhole covers per metre.

[YellowDog]

That was very surprising for me to discover. I have clipped quite large stones while cornering, and it has always just resulted in a tiny sidestep and a loud 'thunk'. I thought I would be a goner.

Steve
Yes Steve, experience has taught me that too.

Your best chace of survival, prticularly when cornering, is to hold your line without deviation.

Of course if the line you are holding is a really bad one...............

[Mystic13]

Yes Steve, experience has taught me that too.

Your best chace of survival, prticularly when cornering, is to hold your line without deviation.

Of course if the line you are holding is a really bad one...............

The suggestion that you hold your line and run over a stone with the chance of stepping out is not the way I'd do it.

With countersteering you can change your line constantly through a corner. If you're in a bend, leaned over and you see a stone or anything is in your line then I'd steer inside or outside of the object while leaned.

Some people on here talk about object fixation and if you stare at the stone you'll hit it and therefore stare at the space to miss it.

I prefer just to steer the bike around the obstacle.

I saw a rider down where they'd gone through a sweeper after me. There was a small pine cone in the line and I'd gone around it. A few riders back the rider chose to go over the obstacle.

I would suggest learning to countersteer and practising steering through a corner and changing your line so you have a better sense of how the whole thing works.

I'm not disputing when riding on the limit that smooth is best. But you're not on the limit so why ride over things that can send you down the road.

[PrincessBandit]

I'd certainly avoid clipping them at higher speeds in the wet. Nasty surprise for me when it happened - pouring rain, overtaking, and hellooooo the front wheel started to vibrate in a most unpleasant way. Immediately eased off the throttle and let the bike "do it's own thing" and it came back under control fairly readily. But there were a couple of heart pounding moments.

Might have been just one of those things that happen once in a blue moon, but I treat them with a degree of caution, especially when riding in the rain.

[James Deuce]

They're worse than the Wall of Death. We're all going to die!