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cleverchap
27th September 2012, 15:54
Not sure if this should be in General Ravings but ......

Sounds like the entire thing is coated in diesel.
:spanking:

"The spill reached from the bottom to at least the summit on the Wairarapa side."



http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/7735619/Diesel-spill-delays-Rimutaka-Hill-traffic
MD
27th September 2012, 17:45
Not a mention anywhere in the News that they had caught, identified, or were even looking for the offender.

Here's a tip. It would be a truck that went over minutes before everyone started crashing.
FJRider
27th September 2012, 17:56
Not a mention anywhere in the News that they had caught, identified, or were even looking for the offender.

Here's a tip. It would be a truck that went over minutes before everyone started crashing.

I heard about it on the radio at 8:30 this morning ... I shall try to avoid using that road for a while ... :niceone:
Quasi
27th September 2012, 20:50
hahah - youre all safe for today. Was open again by 8.40am. Ride on!
FJRider
27th September 2012, 20:58
hahah - youre all safe for today. Was open again by 8.40am. Ride on!

Thank god for that. It's beginning to feel like years since I went over that hill ... has the coffee improved at that place at the top ... ??? :innocent:
BMWST?
27th September 2012, 21:14
Thank god for that. It's beginning to feel like years since I went over that hill ... has the coffee improved at that place at the top ... ??? :innocent:

that place at the top has been closed for years,and now it and the toilets are gone...
James Deuce
27th September 2012, 21:21
It cost the GWRC $20k a year to run the toilets. And people still shit in the bushes behind it.
FJRider
27th September 2012, 21:22
that place at the top has been closed for years,and now it and the toilets are gone...

So it HAS been years since I was over that hill ... :lol: I must be due for a run up that way.
MD
27th September 2012, 22:26
So it HAS been years since I was over that hill ... :lol: I must be due for a run up that way.

Just remember to take a dump and empty the bladder beforehand
FJRider
27th September 2012, 22:32
Just remember to take a dump and empty the bladder beforehand

Mine doesn't smell ... :bleh:
BMWST?
27th September 2012, 22:36
Mine doesn't smell ... :bleh:

it only takes a few minutes to go bridge to bridge
ducatilover
27th September 2012, 23:20
it only takes a few minutes to go bridge to bridge
Doesn't take very long at all :msn-wink:
Omega1
28th September 2012, 08:49
Is the road ok now?
James Deuce
28th September 2012, 09:01
Yes it's fine. The new bit is freaking awesome. They got rid of the bumpy, blind, fiddly, dangerous nadgery and replaced it with a bunch of perfectly surfaced sweepers and only one of them is decreasing radius. It's unbelievably quick up the Wellington side to the summit now.

The Wairarapa side needs some treatment now. Lots of subsidence with bumpy corner entries and ruts.
Omega1
28th September 2012, 09:13
Thanks for the reply - I'm hoping to go for a ride on Sunday, first outing for a while lucky coz the school holidays have just started. Didnt really want to travel up there then can off on the slippery stuff.

Cheers
O1
James Deuce
28th September 2012, 09:52
The only slightly dodgy section is the corners heading up from what used to have "Jim's Corner" sign on it. But bumpy and a bit of loose gravel. If you've got eyes, you can't miss it though ;)
G4L4XY
28th September 2012, 10:27
Would've been good if you wanted an insurance write-off!! (drunkenmistake is still in my mind muahaha) Just go zooming in onto the slippery shit and lose ya bike. Too late now you've missed ya chance
ducatilover
29th September 2012, 11:21
The Wairarapa side needs some treatment now. Lots of subsidence with bumpy corner entries and ruts.
Am I the only one who enjoys a challenging road surface? :innocent:
Ocean1
29th September 2012, 11:38
Yes it's fine. The new bit is freaking awesome. They got rid of the bumpy, blind, fiddly, dangerous nadgery and replaced it with a bunch of perfectly surfaced sweepers and only one of them is decreasing radius. It's unbelievably quick up the Wellington side to the summit now.

The Wairarapa side needs some treatment now. Lots of subsidence with bumpy corner entries and ruts.

New bit is almost too nice, haven't quite got the hang of it yet. Definitely gsxr/r1 country now, whereas the Buell used to have an edge. Still does on the Featherston side, particularly going up.
Milts
29th September 2012, 13:27
Yes it's fine. The new bit is freaking awesome. They got rid of the bumpy, blind, fiddly, dangerous nadgery and replaced it with a bunch of perfectly surfaced sweepers and only one of them is decreasing radius. It's unbelievably quick up the Wellington side to the summit now.

The Wairarapa side needs some treatment now. Lots of subsidence with bumpy corner entries and ruts.

+1. Went up a few weeks back having not been over in nearly a year. Fantastic new stretch of road, and a slow lane to let cars pull over.

Something done right for once IMO.