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haydes55
3rd March 2013, 19:15
Today i took my bike out to have a go around an mx track :2thumbsup success.

On the way there heading west out if Te Awamutu (locals will know) and theres a bridge with one hell of a crest. Been over it heaps in a car and van. Thought it would be fun on the bike... that is the biggest wheelstand I've ever done. Even though it was accidental (kind of, I didn't think the 300 had the guts to lift the front in 6ththe gear).

That got the heart racing!
slofox
3rd March 2013, 19:17
Today i took my bike out to have a go around an mx track :2thumbsup success.

On the way there heading west out if Te Awamutu (locals will know) and theres a bridge with one hell of a crest. Been over it heaps in a car and van. Thought it would be fun on the bike... that is the biggest wheelstand I've ever done. Even though it was accidental (kind of, I didn't think the 300 had the guts to lift the front in 6ththe gear).

That got the heart racing!

Yeah, I know that bridge. Been over it a few times...interesting.
1billyboy
3rd March 2013, 19:32
The one over the rail tracks.:banana:
Geeen
3rd March 2013, 20:21
Ive had the old work van airborne off that bridge, and the rail tracks on rukuhia road as well:lol::2thumbsup
sil3nt
3rd March 2013, 20:52
Gives me the shits every time.

This one I am assuming
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=te+awamutu&hl=en&ll=-38.027431,175.307572&spn=0.002679,0.011362&sll=-40.799894,175.310128&sspn=46.138926,93.076172&hnear=Te+Awamutu,+Waikato,+New+Zealand&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=-38.027429,175.307575&panoid=h-noD2Gn_T5QeiYa051Xkw&cbp=11,258.29,,0,18.02
haydes55
3rd March 2013, 21:09
Gives me the shits every time.

This one I am assuming
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=te+awamutu&hl=en&ll=-38.027431,175.307572&spn=0.002679,0.011362&sll=-40.799894,175.310128&sspn=46.138926,93.076172&hnear=Te+Awamutu,+Waikato,+New+Zealand&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=-38.027429,175.307575&panoid=h-noD2Gn_T5QeiYa051Xkw&cbp=11,258.29,,0,18.02

Yup. That's the ramp.

My favourite corner at the moment is at the start of sh22 near Raglan end theres an uphill righthander cresting to a left hander. Switching direction on a crest when the bike is so light is a bit of fun. Still wouldn't have the balls to do the crests in IoM.
DEATH_INC.
3rd March 2013, 21:21
Gives me the shits every time.

This one I am assuming

Looking at the r/h lane I'd say a few people enjoy that one!
Berries
3rd March 2013, 22:04
Anyone on here familiar with the A66 in the UK? Crests with gouges both on take off and landing. I often had to turn around to do them again.
arcane12
4th March 2013, 07:40
Ive had the old work van airborne off that bridge, and the rail tracks on rukuhia road as well:lol::2thumbsup

Isn't that one in a 50? ;)
BigAl
4th March 2013, 07:58
Anyone on here familiar with the A66 in the UK? Crests with gouges both on take off and landing. I often had to turn around to do them again.

UK humpback bridges and hire car.........oh the memories.........
insomnia01
5th March 2013, 10:21
Hump Bridge we call it cleared it a few times on my blackbird :nono::2thumbsup
Geeen
5th March 2013, 11:02
Isn't that one in a 50? ;)

Nope, if you wander into town on Google maps then turn around to go back out you can clearly see the 100km sign:2thumbsup
george formby
5th March 2013, 12:24
Anyone on here familiar with the A66 in the UK? Crests with gouges both on take off and landing. I often had to turn around to do them again.
Yup.

Loads of roads in Northumberland have been hosting FMX since before Honda made push bikes. The Gibbet Road, Hartside pass, the back road into Rothbury has a bridge I nearly looped my 750 over... just had to do it faster & faster didili... It never rode the same after that or maybe it was the hedge I went into shortly afterwards.
Alwinton Road (every km or so), the back road from Dumfries down to Kielder & then the twisties up to Hawick & over the Carter Bar.
Ah, happy days.
arcane12
5th March 2013, 12:42
Nope, if you wander into town on Google maps then turn around to go back out you can clearly see the 100km sign:2thumbsup

Ah! If I can read the sign, I must be in that zones? :) Does that apply to my rear view mirror? ;)

I remember the Manse street, Whangarei rail crossing with fond memories too!
Zedder
5th March 2013, 13:00
Yup.

Loads of roads in Northumberland have been hosting FMX since before Honda made push bikes. The Gibbet Road, Hartside pass, the back road into Rothbury has a bridge I nearly looped my 750 over... just had to do it faster & faster didili... It never rode the same after that or maybe it was the hedge I went into shortly afterwards.
Alwinton Road (every km or so), the back road from Dumfries down to Kielder & then the twisties up to Hawick & over the Carter Bar.
Ah, happy days.

I lived in Scarborough for a while and have vivid memories of the various trips up around those parts.

One route in particular which is imprinted on my mind was the Malton to Wetwang (I kid you not) road which had a humpback bridge with a tight right hander just after the bridge. Wicked stuff.
george formby
5th March 2013, 13:25
I lived in Scarborough for a while and have vivid memories of the various trips up around those parts.

One route in particular which is imprinted on my mind was the Malton to Wetwang (I kid you not) road which had a humpback bridge with a tight right hander just after the bridge. Wicked stuff.

Heh. Wetwang. Not sure if that is the right spelling but that is how you say it. Can't be far off.
Trying to wheelie over crests gave me my first bins. So did trying to slide through a corner in the rain. Hedges, ya got love em.

Anyhoo, back on topic.
Zedder
5th March 2013, 14:35
Heh. Wetwang. Not sure if that is the right spelling but that is how you say it. Can't be far off.
Trying to wheelie over crests gave me my first bins. So did trying to slide through a corner in the rain. Hedges, ya got love em.

Anyhoo, back on topic.

Lol, a quick Internet search would have shown you it is the correct spelling ya bampot.
haydes55
5th March 2013, 17:00
Surprised no one from christchurch has any stories about their huge bump out the back if the airport if I remember correctly (used to go over it years ago when we drove our van to chch for speedway meetings, got the van close to airborne under the speed limit, fully loaded with bikes and gear).
Asher
5th March 2013, 17:33
I thought this thread was about needing to go for a shit really bad.

The old mcleans island jump, hit int in my mates starlet going about 110. Hard to tell how high we went but the suspension was never the same after
haydes55
5th March 2013, 17:48
I thought this thread was about needing to go for a shit really bad.

The old mcleans island jump, hit int in my mates starlet going about 110. Hard to tell how high we went but the suspension was never the same after

:lol: I was watching a bit of rally before posting this thread... Hence the 'cresting' term. (anyway that would be 'touching cloth' or 'Prairie dogging')

Love the old RWD starlets. Get a decent engine and suspension upgrade and have a light weight hatch that will handle well. :2thumbsup
george formby
6th March 2013, 08:53
:lol: I was watching a bit of rally before posting this thread... Hence the 'cresting' term. (anyway that would be 'touching cloth' or 'Prairie dogging')

Love the old RWD starlets. Get a decent engine and suspension upgrade and have a light weight hatch that will handle well. :2thumbsup


Wasn't this was it?

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=f89_1362426686

Compilation from the Finnish rally of a thousand yumps.