Fav knee-down corners/roads

[wkid_one]

If you intend to come in to this post and bitch that I am preaching and or condoning an unsafe practice - I AM, now shut up.

My Favs:

Wellington:


Aoteo Onramp heading north
45km Left Hander after exit to Kaitoke GoKart Track (camber sucks tho - so speed is important)
Vivian Street Onramp
99% of the corners on the Taka's (esp the top corner heading south - and NOT WHEN THERE IS BLOODY DIESEL ON THE ROAD)
Roundabout at the north end of Upper Hutt - record - 9 times around - yes stupid I know
Trentham Offramp heading south
Under the Railway Bridge heading south the Stokes Valley
The road out behind Martinborough through to Masterton/Gladstone
Hill Rd from Pauatahanui north
Grays Rd from Plimmerton to Pauatahanui
Tatahi Bay Road
45km Corners over the bridges to Martinborough - nice switch back - BungBung saw me nearly take an impromtu swim there going in to the left hander


To name but a few

 

[James Deuce]

Originally posted by wkid_one
If you intend to come in to this post and bitch that I am preaching and or condoning an unsafe practice - I AM, now shut up.

My Favs:

Wellington:



The road out behind Martinborough through to Masterton/Gladstone

Niiice!! - Also where you turn left to Masterton, turn right instead out toward Ngaumu Forest.

Road to Castlepoint is fun off peak (i.e not during peak summer hols and during the day Spring and Autmn.) Commuted from Castlepoint to Wellington for 2 weeks on the RG once. Was bliss.

45km Corners over the bridges to Martinborough - nice switch back - BungBung saw me nearly take an impromtu swim there going in to the left hander

Been sideways down that bridge on my VFR400 with one foot on the deck due to diesel. Was a real YEHAAAR ride.



To name but a few 

 

[marty]

buckland rd between karapiro and matamata (goes past hobbitville)

the mystery creek gully heading towards the airport - one steep downhill 45k lh corner followed by a steeper uphill 45k rh corner

taharoa rd between morrinsville and tauwhare - steep hill climb with blind crests and corners, flowing downhill with FAST corners

[Motu]

I don't do knee down - foot down yes,knee down no.But one of the longest corners to really get into apart from on ramps (unless the whole point is to show off to car drivers) is the uphill right heading south after the Tuakau bridge,just goes on and on.I take it at around 100kph on my dirtslug - you guys should be able to double that knee down I reckon.

[Jackrat]

The old Taupo Rd between Arapuni and Tokoroa.
Learnt how to ride on that road,First road I crashed on too, come to think of it.


:niceone:

[marty]

from then lights at cobham drive hamilton, head north, sweeping right hander tightens into a right hand/left hand set - brush the agapanthas on the right hander, then look out for the man hole cover on the left hander, with armco to keep you honest, then the very tight and slippery roundabout if turning right towards the river. never fails to put a smile on my face. luv draggin off the boy racers (one crashed into the barrier behind me one day HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA)

[Hitcher]

The last corner on the Ngaio Gorge road (going downhill)
The road around the north side of the Pauatanui inlet has about four really good ones (both ways too)
The Haywards Hill road SH2 merge lane going north.

Woo hoo!

[Hitcher]

How could I forget the Lake Rotoma to Kawerau Road (and back). This stretch of tar is a blast!

[wkid_one]

Nice corners Hitcher - the merge lane is fantastic - provided all the cars in it know how to merge and aren't just fecken sitting there.

The Nauranga Flyover from the Gorge to the Motorway heading south is fantastic also - you just need a bit of speed on.

The Newlands Turnoff heading north is good as well.

Martinborough town square is also good.

[Hitcher]

Originally posted by wkid_one
Nice corners Hitcher - the merge lane is fantastic - provided all the cars in it know how to merge and aren't just fecken sitting there.

The Nauranga Flyover from the Gorge to the Motorway heading south is fantastic also - you just need a bit of speed on.

The Newlands Turnoff heading north is good as well.

Martinborough town square is also good.

That's the good thing about the Haywards on ramp -- you get a good look at the traffic status prior to getting on the gas and gunning.

I've just checked out your recommendation on the Ngauranga flyover -- how much exactly is a "bit of speed on"? I was doing legal limit plus about 30%, tried square-cutting it as much as you can and wasn't getting anywhere near...

[wkid_one]

Ummm - quite a bit over actually

[skidMark]

to revive an old thread....

whangamata road now that they have redone it :love::devil2:
knee down at 140+ on the 55's full over knee down = heavennnnnnn

[Patch]

140? is that all - amateur


try doing it at about or faster than 60 metres per second (try working that out lad :laugh: )

[EJK]

to revive an old thread....

whangamata road now that they have redone it :love::devil2:
knee down at 140+ on the 55's full over knee down = heavennnnnnn

Possible or bull? :bleh: lol

just kidding mark! :laugh:

[skidMark]

140? is that all - amateur


try doing it at about 60 metres per second (try working that out lad :laugh: )


road aint a racetrack.

140 through a 55 is quite fast enough....

used to do 55's at 160...well a few times....too risky on the road...

140 is still resonably safe...160 is getting too quick for me...if i had a bigger bikei could go faster...but the 250 cant push me tight round the corners like a big bike can...

because when the 250 dirfts if doesnt have enough grunt to sustain it...so it tries to highside ya.

[Dave-]

CHCH

around the bays on the other side of the port hills there's that corner that seems to go beyond 360 degrees and you start to wonder where the exit is....there's 1 or 2 of these and I'm sure you all know them.

the first head pin up dyers pass from the lyttelton side, the concrete corner, gotta have your revs and gears ready though.

[enigma51]

road aint a racetrack.

140 through a 55 is quite fast enough....

used to do 55's at 160...well a few times....too risky on the road...

140 is still resonably safe...160 is getting too quick for me...if i had a bigger bikei could go faster...but the 250 cant push me tight round the corners like a big bike can...

because when the 250 dirfts if doesnt have enough grunt to sustain it...so it tries to highside ya.

you crack me up

[Sully60]

The Newlands Turnoff heading north is good as well.



Hmmm, I like the shape of that corner but I go around it every day and I can tell you that that has to be one of the slipperiest known to man. Every truck leaving the abatoir or quarry thats not going up the line goes around that corner , and we all know what they leave behind.
I won't go into details:Police: but the work truck doesn't go around that corner with the wheels in line to often.

Apart from that you named all the rest in Welly, bugger.

But you've missed all the dinky little back road corners.
May not be knee down(I don't do that on the road,big lean angles on the road are not your friend) but any corner that promotes a light front end on the exit before coming upright well now your talking:shifty:

On the Makara hill side coming back into Karori about a third of the way up if the little left/right flip flop that transitions across the road camber.
Second gear exit left hard throttle flick the bike right, big wheelie off the hump throw it down into the next right. Magic!:Punk:

I even found a little place where an FJ1300 front wheel left the ground for some toime in between a couple of corners:laugh:


140? is that all - amateur


try doing it at about or faster than 60 metres per second (try working that out lad )
Cool over 200 is pretty damn impressive! Where would you have done that now?

[skidMark]

you crack me up
and why is that do you think i'm joking?

[Sully60]

and why is that do you think i'm joking?

I don't know his reasoning but probably because you're still alive!:blink:

[enigma51]

and why is that do you think i'm joking?

Well you cant be for real

[skidMark]

Well you cant be for real


ummm ???? why not?:blink:

[saltydog]

How could I forget the Lake Rotoma to Kawerau Road (and back). This stretch of tar is a blast!

Oh yes, please......

[saltydog]

try doing it at about or faster than 60 metres per second (try working that out lad :laugh: )

So what is the maths Patch...that seems real fast.

[R6_kid]

ummm ???? why not?:blink:

Because the speed you see on the straight before you brake for the corner is not the speed you take the corner at. And i dont think you have the skill to take any of those corners at those speeds, looking at your speedo without losing control.

[kiwifruit]

knee down on the road is crazy
i never do it

[skidMark]

Because the speed you see on the straight before you brake for the corner is not the speed you take the corner at. And i dont think you have the skill to take any of those corners at those speeds, looking at your speedo without losing control.


glance down mid apex... it isnt hard.

[Dave-]

So what is the maths Patch...that seems real fast.

60ms = 600 meters in 10 seconds

600 meters in 10 seconds multiplied by 6 gives us meters in 1 minute which is 3600m or 3.6km a minute.

multiply that by 60 and you get the kph

which is 3.6 x 60...3 lots of 60 is 180...60 lots of .5 is 30 plus 60 lots of .1 must be 6 which makes 36 plus the 180 = 216kph

all in my head...calculator says I'm right.

[Sully60]

60ms = 600 meters in 10 seconds

600 meters in 10 seconds multiplied by 6 gives us meters in 1 minute which is 3600m or 3.6km a minute.

multiply that by 60 and you get the kph

which is 3.6 x 60...3 lots of 60 is 180...60 lots of .5 is 30 plus 60 lots of .1 must be 6 which makes 36 plus the 180 = 216kph

all in my head...calculator says I'm right.


Jeez he'd be doing 215 by the time you'd figured it that way!
Try this:
60 metres is .06 of a kilometer times 3600 the number of seconds in an hour.
Then you'd be able to concentrate on getting your knee down and not doing maths!

[Dave-]

Jeez he'd be doing 215 by the time you'd figured it that way!
Try this:
60 metres is .06 of a kilometer times 3600 the number of seconds in an hour.
Then you'd be able to concentrate on getting your knee down and not doing maths!

heh, yeah it did take a while but i did it the long way to show all working (NCEA says I'd get points for working)

[Sully60]

glance down mid apex... it isnt hard.

If you're hard mid apex then you must be really excited!

[Chrislost]

road aint a racetrack.

140 through a 55 is quite fast enough....

used to do 55's at 160...well a few times....too risky on the road...

140 is still resonably safe...160 is getting too quick for me...if i had a bigger bikei could go faster...but the 250 cant push me tight round the corners like a big bike can...

because when the 250 dirfts if doesnt have enough grunt to sustain it...so it tries to highside ya.

what the fuck are you talking about?

250s drifting? you been smoking again?
and smaller bikes go better around tight corners anyway, perhaps its corner speed not cc that your lacking.

:bash:

knee down on anything that resembles a corner, provided theres nobody around to see

[The Pastor]

silvian ave is mint :D

[Patch]

road aint a racetrack.

140 through a 55 is quite fast enough....

used to do 55's at 160...well a few times....too risky on the road...

140 is still resonably safe...160 is getting too quick for me...if i had a bigger bikei could go faster...but the 250 cant push me tight round the corners like a big bike can...

because when the 250 dirfts if doesnt have enough grunt to sustain it...so it tries to highside ya.


this has to be the understatement of the year. 250's - yes they can, maybe you just don't know how.



Mr. Stroud & co. have been noted at taking the first corner at Puke at around 72.2mps (Metres Per Second) he's even had his elbow scraping the tarmac - so much for looking at your speedo mid corner eh??


KPH / 3.6 = MPS



I don't go out to scrape sliders on the road - thats what a track is for, to push the limits.

[saul]

knee down on the road is crazy
i never do it


Crazy crazy crazy crazy Crazy crazy crazy crazy
:bash::yes:

[FilthyLuka]

scenic drive... Got both my knees down on the little ginny (different corners...) down that road... Managed to clutch her up in third aswell down one of the straights, gotta love home made performance mods :P

[Brainfade]

Is this the Aotea Onramp?

[R6_kid]

heh, yeah it did take a while but i did it the long way to show all working (NCEA says I'd get points for working)

only to prove you didnt cheat!

[Renegade]

Is this the Aotea Onramp?

nah i think its one back that goes each way past the stadium, that looks like the terrace????maybe

id like to add cobham drive round-about closest to the airport heading to the airport, not that i can get my knee down anyway

[Hitcher]

That's the Molesworth Street onramp. The Aotea onramp is the one by the ferry terminal.

[ElCoyote]

heh, yeah it did take a while but i did it the long way to show all working (NCEA says I'd get points for working)

Are you advocating a calculator strapped to the tank for those that failed maths at school? I would have trouble inputing the numbers while texting my wife on how fast I was going...............thinks..........cellphone with inbuilt calculator:bleh:

[trump-lady]

I have yet to get even close to getting a knee down. im just trying to get 240 posts so i can see who has green reped me............ is that wrong?

[enigma51]

knee down on the road is crazy
i never do it

Agree too dangerous!

[enigma51]

I have yet to get even close to getting a knee down. im just trying to get 240 posts so i can see who has green reped me............ is that wrong?

Even skidmark is getting his knee down so its lost its glamour ........ sorry

[Sully60]

Agree too dangerous!

I agree with that, but I also think that that level of commitment doesn't really work on the road. Apart from round abouts and some of the off ramp style corners mentioned previously when do you ever need to have the bike leaned over that far and long enough to even think about knee dragging?

To me road riding is about connecting all the corners together as smoothest fashion possible in a way where I have the maximum traction available at all times, it's not only safer but usually quicker too.

Although he didn't drag his knee (before his elbow, fairing, indicator etc) ask Weaver about big lean angle on the road.

[enigma51]

need to have the bike leaned over that far and long enough to even think about knee dragging?


You havent seen how tall i am I can get the knee down in a straight line :whistle:

[Sully60]

You havent seen how tall i am I can get the knee down in a straight line :whistle:

You must be like Stroudy, he's seems to have the bike almost vertical with his knee down!

[sugilite]

I'm not a huge fan of knee down on the road, The scrapers on my street leathers have remained virginal for ages now. I did a KB Coro loop ride last year and noted that a number of people had perfected the 'slow' knee down technique, I noticed it going around the outside of them and wondered how they were doing it.:scratch:

[owner]

im just trying to get 240 posts so i can see who has green reped me............ is that wrong?
Not at all me too

[owner]

late night post whoring on a thread from 2003 Jeez I need a drink

[owner]

I think I had my knee down when you flew past me at taupo last weekend, Glen fuck your faast

[owner]

I think someone should lend skidmark their k7 1000 so he can show us how to go round a corner really fast. any takers?

[owner]

castrol is a goodie

[owner]

Repsol Steve has the mad lean angle on the road

[owner]

Oh ,did I metion I won a free trip to phillip Island to see the super bikes with the Honda riders club yesterday?

[owner]

hmmmmmn,? why is my post count not going up?

[owner]

I cant believe your reading this

[owner]

Ohh,.... favorite knee down corner on the road The seventh to last corner before parrs park round about on west coast road totally blind corner live or die its one for skidmark to try

[owner]

I wonder if I can finish the page before some elst jumps on?

[owner]

Come on page five

[owner]

please try again in 15 secs

[Cr1MiNaL]

please try again in 15 secs

bro ur bein pawned !

[RC1]

Even skidmark is getting his knee down so its lost its glamour ........ sorry

arent we still waiting for photo proof of such said event?? :bleh:

[speed63]

please try again in 15 secs

That sequence is friggin funny :lol: