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31st July 2011, 16:13
comes an opportunity not to be passed up.
We had one such today. One of our club members builds roads for a living and his latest one was the soon-to-be-opened brand new State Highway 18 at the end of the North Western.
It opens to the public next Saturday with traffic going live on the Sunday.
We had the chance to ride it today
Just us, no-one else, Brand new dual lane motorway, officially the smoothest road in the country (yes they measure that).
So we rock up this morning, the Armourguard guy unlocks the gate and awaaaay we go.
Braap, Braaap, Braaaap, Braaaap, BRAAAAAPPPP.....
whoops - rabbit
whu-whoops - pukeko
whu! - unannounced lane marking crew
WHOA! - trespassing families (with little kids) on pushbikes meandering along
Told all and sundry to GTFO because we were turning around and coming back.
Which we did
Everyone (including assorted rodents and blue chickens) stayed the fuck out of the way and we rolled - BIG TIME
Wrong way up the motorway, speedo pegged for k after k (prolly 4 - 5 in all but it feels like a lot when the front end starts to get all floaty).
It was.... most excellent.
I was gonna post a video but didn't tighten the screws sufficiently for the forces involved and all I have is a blurry view of my headlight (camera on the front fender) as the camera got blown backwards.
So you'll just have to take my word for it.
Yeehaw!
We had one such today. One of our club members builds roads for a living and his latest one was the soon-to-be-opened brand new State Highway 18 at the end of the North Western.
It opens to the public next Saturday with traffic going live on the Sunday.
We had the chance to ride it today
Just us, no-one else, Brand new dual lane motorway, officially the smoothest road in the country (yes they measure that).
So we rock up this morning, the Armourguard guy unlocks the gate and awaaaay we go.
Braap, Braaap, Braaaap, Braaaap, BRAAAAAPPPP.....
whoops - rabbit
whu-whoops - pukeko
whu! - unannounced lane marking crew
WHOA! - trespassing families (with little kids) on pushbikes meandering along
Told all and sundry to GTFO because we were turning around and coming back.
Which we did
Everyone (including assorted rodents and blue chickens) stayed the fuck out of the way and we rolled - BIG TIME
Wrong way up the motorway, speedo pegged for k after k (prolly 4 - 5 in all but it feels like a lot when the front end starts to get all floaty).
It was.... most excellent.
I was gonna post a video but didn't tighten the screws sufficiently for the forces involved and all I have is a blurry view of my headlight (camera on the front fender) as the camera got blown backwards.
So you'll just have to take my word for it.
Yeehaw!