Firefight
29th June 2005, 18:30
Re 22.
Disclaimer
Not sure how this is going to come out as I have only just come out of the geek closet and this whole sticking pics thing in is new for me…
As some of you will know I have a slight bias to a section of H/way 22, in particular the section between the Tuakua Bridge and the Raglan turn off at Ohautira Rd.
This section of road is not unlike many other NZ back roads/highways, it has cool twisty sections, some technical stuff, narrow shaded parts of road that hardly see the sun at any part of the day, dips, cracked surface seal, narrow one way bridges, amazing scenery. If you ride sports bikes, adventure bikes, touring, cruisers or trail bikes, there is something for everyone on this bit of road, as I said its not unlike many other NZ roads, it just so happens that this bit is in my back yard, I don’t know how many times I have ridden this bit of road over the last few years, I guess it would have to be 150+ I never get bored with it.
Like most of NZ roads, you can expect to encounter wandering stock, campervans, logging trucks, milk tankers, stock trucks farmers on tractors and of course the odd turkey, we have even been buzzed by crop duster planes and helicopters(Not Eagle).
The road is in pretty good nick considering the amount of heavy traffic that use it on a daily basis; I have hopefully managed to attach some pics for you.
There are two service stations on this part of 22, one at Pukekawa and one at Glen Murray, both normally are open to midday on Saturday.
Just past the Raglan turn off (Ohautira rd) are the Waingaro hot springs, the owner is bike friendly, and it’s a great safe place to stop, park the bike and have a refreshing dip, or rark about on the slide before continuing on.
Normally when we do this road we continue on past the hot springs to Ngaruawhaia and stop at the BP for coffee, gas and a chat.
If you chose to go to Raglan via Ohautira rd, there is a small amount of metal road about 3-5 ks, which is fine to ride for sports bikes (despite what some think)
One of the other great things about this road are the slight variations of route that can be taken for example, Hetherington Rd to Huntly or Huntly to Hetherington is a great road for bikes, some great scenery from the top of the range.
Also the Glen Murray to Rangiriri road is pretty cool.
Another great aspect of this road is the lack of the weekend traffic that we seem to encounter on other more popular roads, and apart from the odd CVIU cop, there are
Hardly ever any cops on this road, I can only think of one time when I have seen/been stopped by a cop on 22
F/F
Disclaimer
Not sure how this is going to come out as I have only just come out of the geek closet and this whole sticking pics thing in is new for me…
As some of you will know I have a slight bias to a section of H/way 22, in particular the section between the Tuakua Bridge and the Raglan turn off at Ohautira Rd.
This section of road is not unlike many other NZ back roads/highways, it has cool twisty sections, some technical stuff, narrow shaded parts of road that hardly see the sun at any part of the day, dips, cracked surface seal, narrow one way bridges, amazing scenery. If you ride sports bikes, adventure bikes, touring, cruisers or trail bikes, there is something for everyone on this bit of road, as I said its not unlike many other NZ roads, it just so happens that this bit is in my back yard, I don’t know how many times I have ridden this bit of road over the last few years, I guess it would have to be 150+ I never get bored with it.
Like most of NZ roads, you can expect to encounter wandering stock, campervans, logging trucks, milk tankers, stock trucks farmers on tractors and of course the odd turkey, we have even been buzzed by crop duster planes and helicopters(Not Eagle).
The road is in pretty good nick considering the amount of heavy traffic that use it on a daily basis; I have hopefully managed to attach some pics for you.
There are two service stations on this part of 22, one at Pukekawa and one at Glen Murray, both normally are open to midday on Saturday.
Just past the Raglan turn off (Ohautira rd) are the Waingaro hot springs, the owner is bike friendly, and it’s a great safe place to stop, park the bike and have a refreshing dip, or rark about on the slide before continuing on.
Normally when we do this road we continue on past the hot springs to Ngaruawhaia and stop at the BP for coffee, gas and a chat.
If you chose to go to Raglan via Ohautira rd, there is a small amount of metal road about 3-5 ks, which is fine to ride for sports bikes (despite what some think)
One of the other great things about this road are the slight variations of route that can be taken for example, Hetherington Rd to Huntly or Huntly to Hetherington is a great road for bikes, some great scenery from the top of the range.
Also the Glen Murray to Rangiriri road is pretty cool.
Another great aspect of this road is the lack of the weekend traffic that we seem to encounter on other more popular roads, and apart from the odd CVIU cop, there are
Hardly ever any cops on this road, I can only think of one time when I have seen/been stopped by a cop on 22
F/F