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SpankMe
25th October 2002, 10:17
If I don't feel like going out for a long ride, there is a nice short twisty at the end of Tamaki Drive (which is a nice ride itself on a sunny day). Riddell Rd (look under “West Tamaki Head”) has some pretty hard left, hard right, hard left, etc.. cournering :D. It’s pretty short, bet sweet. It’s an urban area with school, so take care. :)

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duke
25th October 2002, 20:00
Mine has go to be the old North Road from Kumeu to Wellsford. Been fantastic since they tar-sealed the twisties a few years ago . Still.... look out for the odd pot hole or two on the apex of some of the fast bends ;)

Nukles
25th October 2002, 21:33
hey Phil, you made safe and sound... :D

my favorite twisties ? being new to NZ i still don;t know the best spots but i have to admit, the coromandel has some cool mountain rides. fast and technical.

wari
25th October 2002, 22:19
I like to shoot out west ... Huia , Piha , Bethels etc., ... just watch out for foreign objects on the road. Back roads to Wellsford sound like the go too.

wari
25th October 2002, 22:23
http://www.triumphnz.co.nz/tour/tourindex.html

boris
26th October 2002, 07:18
Paekakariki Hill road. near Wellington

Kiwi
26th October 2002, 07:45
From Hanmer Springs to Reefton

Kiwi ;)

onearmedbandit
26th October 2002, 21:50
Christchurch to Akaroa GP. About 80km's, ranging from flat wide-open straights with full throttle sweepers to tight 55km bends, then Akaroa hill which must be about 20 km's of very tight corners, then throgh to Akaroa on a hilly medium to high speed section. Its ALL good.

Nukles
26th October 2002, 23:12
BTW it's "twisties not "twistys" and "KMs" not "Km's" :whocares:

did i mention, i'm anal ? :eek5:

:D

:done:

wari
27th October 2002, 01:47
You can be as anal as you like ... just so long as you dont smell that way !!!

I still say :beer:

Nukles
27th October 2002, 02:59
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahahaahahah aha !

good one ! :bigthumb: you made me laugh during a very shitty day in awful Taiwan. thanks man.

i can't wait to be back in NZ, this place stinks, much like ass actually :D

onearmedbandit
27th October 2002, 17:02
Originally posted by Knuckles
BTW it's "twities not "twistys" and "KMs" not "Km's" :whocares:

did i mention, i'm anal ? :eek5:

:D

:done:

Is that twities, or is that twisties, or is that tities????

Nukles
27th October 2002, 17:05
aaaaaahahahaa, i even made a typo.... now doesn't that make me look dumb ? :bash:

although tities are always good too http://therapysubb.net/img/grin.gif

but i always type very badly, after all i'm a lad and not a bird :beer:

i can't type for shite. i'll still go edit this...

Kiwi
27th October 2002, 17:07
tities that's that :D

Kiwi

Nukles
27th October 2002, 17:13
Hey Kai, how do you say Tities in German ?

how about Brüste ? but that could be too formal :D

Kiwi
27th October 2002, 17:16
no comment :D

wari
28th October 2002, 01:03
How about that?

SPman
28th October 2002, 16:45
Meanwhile, back to the roads, have just come back from up north and the road from Waipu around to Mangawhai heads and on to SH1 north of Te Hana is pretty good. Then combine that with SH16 from Wellsford and the old West coast Rd from Kaukapapa to Kumeu and its a reasonbly good ride home!
Also Monument Rd in Clevedon over to Hunua is pretty good!

Kiwi
28th October 2002, 21:48
@ SPman very nice road but sometimes Mr. Plo is on the road too :mad:


By the way in german...... Titten (vulgar) or Brust

Kiwibiker
29th October 2002, 03:06
Aint be home for a while but I still reckon the tarmac from Thames to Tirua over the (can't remember name :mad: someone help! loosing it) is the best bit of tarmac around worth a try on a Staurday morning before the rest of the world awakes :cool:

For something a little futher a field, try the road from on Carrer Sant Jordi (French side) into Andorra over the Pyrenees, only a short 19 miles but a real cool hard ride with no traffic. be prepared for some awsome views and melted 010's at the top.

festus
29th October 2002, 16:19
Best around the Wanganui district is the Parapara's which runs from Wanganui to Raetihi.

Festus

Shafted
30th October 2002, 08:31
Oh yeah ! - The ride from Thames to Tairua is nice - I love doing the the entire circuit through Whangamata and then the magnificent Waikino gorge - most of that road is now hotmixed and is a total blast - the ride from Tairua through to Coromandel and back to Thames is well worth a look - once again much of it is now hotmixed - no more slippery tar on the Tairua Hill - stopping at the top of the Tairua hill and just before you go down to Coromandel has got to be some of the most breathtaking views around - rock on summer!!


I had a fantastic ride last year from Wanganui over teh paraparas and up the back roads behind Otorohanga to Hamilton - it took a couple of hours and was awesome riding

Down Dunedin way there is a nice 250k circuit through Middlemarch that is a nice mixure of high speed blaster and lovely curves - ....

Oh yeah
:bigthumb:

Kiwibiker
30th October 2002, 22:42
Thanks Shafted sanity returned, sounds like it is even better than I remember, new tarmac an all, will deffinatley have to ride it on my short return this xmas

wari
1st November 2002, 07:58
Hey Festus the last couple'a times I went down to Wanganui this year the Parapara was strewn with papa, branches and washouts ... and the usual stray sheep . I agree though , its a REAL interesting ride. Wanganui being my home town and all.

Are ya going to the Boxing Day Cemetary Circuit this year?

festus
1st November 2002, 09:32
G'day Wari,

Yeah the road during winter esp can be a bit treacherous, sheep?, well, seen huge steers on the road down south!, animals are a hazard we have to be aware of.
Yes mate!, the famous Cemetary Circuit, only missed 1 meeting in the past 21 years when I lived in Ak for a few years, couldn't get back on one occasion, was gutted.
I'l be there dude!

Will Beard
4th November 2002, 20:20
:bigthumb: :bigthumb: My favorite is the PARAPARA from Wanganui to Raetihi. Not a bad day ride to Waiouru. check out the museum ,lunch and return ride.:bigthumb:

Back in 1982 after having my Yoshimura GSX750 race tuned for cemetary circuit. I dailed in the suspension with a very quick ride up the parapara. :D

:
argh: nearly became :roadkill: 3 times pushing the bike to hard

Oh well got home ok:beer:

Coldkiwi
5th November 2002, 12:04
Yeah.. the road from SH1 to Mangawhai is bloody brilliant. Fast sweepers, rolling hills, hairpins, not many cage drivers... I'll be beack up there soon! But for something closer to Auckland, I'd recommend the road from Maraetai back into Clevedon. Twistiest little bitch of a thing in places but awesome sea views and some varied flats and hills again. I'll be out there as well... trying to keep up with those 5 maniacal (bloody good I should add)bastards (and one piss sacred pillion!) I saw 2 weeks ago along there. Great roads!:D

wari
6th November 2002, 16:49
I just finished reading an article about riding that area ... including the Hunua ranges and checking out the dams . Gunna do it soon as ...

svenhanne
11th November 2002, 20:50
titten, moepse, scheinwerfer, just different names for the same kind of toys

Kiwi
11th November 2002, 21:07
Möpse please :D

See ya
Kiwi

SPman
1st December 2002, 21:16
Time to add another road to the list.
The road from SH2 at Maramarua down through the back to Taupari! Did it in the dry for the first time today with the AMCC (incl. Duke ) and what a beaut! No traffic, good seal, a bit narrow but that made it even better in some perverse way, some tight interesting 45-55k posted corners combined with more open rolling sections where you can hold 200 plus. A typical north Waikato back road. And all the cowshit is on the straights where you can see it!
On a fine sunny day I'd give it 9 / 10.
However, I have been told it can be diabolical in the wet.....

Gixxer
2nd December 2002, 09:43
whangamata to waihi, lots of 45, 55, left, rights the lot, nice and tight, and I mean the road.

SPman
2nd December 2002, 15:59
I agree. Throw in the road from Kopu to Hikuai, on to Whangamata and the Waihi gorge to Paeroa and you have an awesome run that contains just about everything that makes riding worthwhile.

Gixxer
2nd December 2002, 16:27
Just a shame about the ride to Kopu, and then back to Ackl

made that run on sunday, from kopu to Whangamata, to waihi to paeroa, then we headed to Matamata to a friends farm, then headed north after a coke, and come out on state highway 1, above huntly, was a great run all the way to # 1, with the exception of one of the guys not staying upright and pulling a superman off a nice 7- 8 feet drop 3k out of Whangamata, very nice spill however.
once the bike was out, he jumped back on and away we went.

Nice

Cuban
3rd December 2002, 14:41
Just did the riddel road ride,
its short as, but really nice cornering, nice roading aswell,
thinking time trials down there would be good!!

Shafted
4th December 2002, 10:34
For those who are considering the road to Whitianga from Hikuai
the word is that the Tairua Hill is a bit of a mess at the moment - with pretty much daily gritting - what a bugger - it is a dangerous and no fun wee beasty when it is like that...

The circuit - as recently done in the latest BRM - around coromandel, whitianga, whangamata, waihi, paeroa was looking to be a summer treat

Oh well..

other roads to fry

SPman
4th December 2002, 19:29
Oh no..last summer it was choice - nice new hotmix on every corner. Well, looks like I won't be going to see my aunt in Whitianga for a bit longer then.... bugger!

Pickle
4th December 2002, 21:29
Have just returned from doing 3800kms over 2 weeks.
Napier to Wairoa great road then the best bit the inland route through Tiniroto to Gisborne. Endless winding road great surface & next to no traffic. Good ride back to Wellington but boring in comparison. Next Picton to Nelson, the hills before Nelson are interesting. Takaka Hill we got a good run with no traffic. 2 ZX6's at full noise over the hill great fun :cool: Next day Takaka hill again then one of the South Island Motorcyclists dream road the Buller Gorge FAST & flowing :D . Then the road to Karamea where the road goes over 2 sets of ranges. The next day rain but Arthurs Pass road is very scenic & coming down from the pass it is very hard to keep within the speed limit.:beer: Road up the coast thru Kaikoura to Picton is still good.
Road from Wellington to New Plymouth Boring.
Suggestion to the rest of you travel south & enjoy the good roads the South Island has to offer especially the top of the South.

Pickle
4th December 2002, 21:36
Hey Kiwi
how about the road from Springs Junction to Reefton
did it last year on way to Greymouth street races awsome. Short stretch of road approx 43kms but awsome :bigthumb:

angle
5th December 2002, 14:06
Originally posted by wari
I like to shoot out west ... Huia , Piha , Bethels etc., ... just watch out for foreign objects on the road. Back roads to Wellsford sound like the go too.


So do I ! Absolutely love the ride to Piha, countless number of bends and hairpins, and the second stage of the road has plenty of space to overtake cars and twist the throttle to the limit :)

Skunk
5th December 2002, 14:24
Originally posted by doug green
Hey Kiwi
how about the road from Springs Junction to Reefton
did it last year on way to Greymouth street races awsome. Short stretch of road approx 43kms but awsome :bigthumb:

Ah yes, nearly anything on the South Island beats the North Island hands down. Buller Gorge is great even on a bad day :D

Kiwi
5th December 2002, 14:33
awesome man awesome :bigthumb:

Kiwi

Pickle
5th December 2002, 17:03
How about the road from Stratford to Whangamomona, starts off nice & flowing then tightens up as it goes over the ranges. Normally a bit of crap on the road just enough to keep you concentrating & doesnt that first beer at the pub taste good.
Probably too tight & twisty for most, not the best for Goldwings. :beer: :bigthumb:

wari
5th December 2002, 17:30
Originally posted by doug green
How about the road from Stratford to Whangamomona ... & doesnt that first beer at the pub taste good.
... :beer: :bigthumb:

Sure does mate ... but I haven't had one there since the early 80's ... gotta do that road again sometime.

Pickle
11th December 2002, 19:40
Geez No-one seems to know any good roads do they?
How about the road from Mangatainoka Brewery to Pongaroa & then on to Wimbledon & Herbertville. The coast to coast has done this road a few times. It has plenty of corners a surface that at times can be dodgy but keeps you on your toes:confused: & then if you want to carry on keep going from Wimbledon to Waipukurau. Still havent had enough ? take the Blackhead beach road at Waipawa then turn on to Middle Rd which takes you thru to Havelock North which comes out at the Happy Tav:beer: which does a great bar meal

Pickle
16th December 2002, 18:14
:( Seems like no one else knows any good roads so I had better mention another good weekend ride.
Gisborne throughe the Waioeka Gorge to Opotiki:bigthumb: one of the better roads around especially the Opotiki end.
Or take the coast road from Gisborne Route 35 around East Cape, would pay to take a day or two to do this as there is lots of stunning scenery & exceptional roads. Loads of places to stay or camp.
Come on you lot there must be more good roads out there or can't you find your way out of town?:brick:

SPman
16th December 2002, 20:24
Close to Auckland.....off the MW at manurewa. down Alfriston Rd towards Brookby - good fast stuff (plod permitting!) then up Twilight Rd over the hill to Clevedon - through Clevedon to the war memorial then turn left up Monument Rd and head over the hill to Hunua - more good up and downhill twisties:bigthumb: From Hunua head south through Pararimu to the T junction - typical country road - then either turn right, which takes you to Bombay over some great, fast undulating bits of road or left,through the hill which brings you out on SH2 at Mangatawhiri.:done: Back to AK from there you could go Maramarua - Miranda and up the coast back to Clevedon, although I reckon its an overrated shite bit of road at the best of times and do my best to avoid it!:argh:

Pickle
28th January 2003, 19:51
:cool: Just came back from riding Molesworth return via Rainbow station staying at Okiwi Bay, rode to French Pass also went to The Portage where there is over 300 corners in 27kms. Lots of dirt roads, great scenery, good company (12 bikes) & no cops on the dirt roads:bigthumb:Just over 800kms on the 250 over the weekend.

bluninja
28th January 2003, 20:36
Maybe, they're keeping the really good ones for themselves;) or maybe they are out so much on their bikes they don't find time to post. I have got a few good ideas out of here. Maybe if we take the detailed routes in here and post each one seperately (perhaps a Good Rides section? nah would be open to abuse...:D ) then people could find them easily. If we add a poll then people could rate them, so other bikers might have a really good resource when planning their weekend blast.

What does anyone else think?

TTFN

SPman
28th January 2003, 21:21
Worth a try.
Meanwhile, a good road I found over Xmas (Doug probably knows this one) - returning to Palmy from Eketahuna, I turned off at Pahiatua - towards the railway station Past the station, the road heads for the hills - 35k's of suberb bike roads with stuff all cars , twisties everywhere up and over hills - comes into Palmy by Massey. Brilliant.

Skunk
29th January 2003, 10:46
Go a little north of that and there's Saddle Road (Ashurst to Woodville) :bigthumb:

Too short to be a 'ride'... A ride is 200km plus isn't it? Anything less is a 'blast' :D

bluninja
29th January 2003, 11:38
No a ride is 1000 miles through France into Italy. Thrashing your bike around Monza racetrack for 2 days and then riding 1000 miles home :D :D :D Rather an extended weekend though ;)

These days I just seem to ride to the shops and back.
TTFN

Coldkiwi
29th January 2003, 11:49
SPman, I'll agree with you on the Hunua road. did that one a few weeks back and then drove home from the parachute festival this w/e the other way... give me the bike any day! Plenty fo fun.

And Spankme, I got to test my new Zx-6r (ok, soon to be!) on Riddell road (the first post in this forum) yesterday. The handling (due to tyres I suspect) was a little bizarre round Mission bay but on Riddell road it was on rails! I'll definitely be back. Whens the quitest time along there?
:D

Pickle
29th January 2003, 16:54
Have you tried the latest 2003 ZX636, this would have to be the greatest on a twisty road like the Alfredton to Paihatua

SPman
29th January 2003, 17:50
Oh wouldn't it just - the new 636 seems to be as quick as most 750's. Mind you, all the new 600's are real sharp.

SpankMe
30th January 2003, 08:56
Originally posted by Coldkiwi
And Spankme, I got to test my new Zx-6r (ok, soon to be!) on Riddell road (the first post in this forum) yesterday. The handling (due to tyres I suspect) was a little bizarre round Mission bay but on Riddell road it was on rails! I'll definitely be back. Whens the quitest time along there?
:D

Almost anytime before schools out, but weekdays are best. Even on sunny weekends when the ChickenShit Conformists are bumper to bumper on Tamaki Drive, that road it still pretty quiet. :D

Gixxer
30th January 2003, 16:39
Doug,
done the optiki to Gisborne via the gorge, then went back to opotiki via the coast road last year, agree, one of the best rides, I think the coast road is alot better then the gorge, good twist and fast. plus no cops. 3 day trip from Ackl

p0stal
4th February 2003, 22:23
wow, this place is a mine of valuable info! :D

So far I've only ridden a bit out west, but I definately like the road out to bethels, & also a bit of Scenic Drive on a quiet morning.

Pickle
5th February 2003, 15:27
Hey you lot GET OUT of Auckland there are plenty of good roads out there, riding up & down the motorway or around the bays is not fun.

SPman
5th February 2003, 17:13
Anyone tried the back road to Russell - out through Helena Bay and up the coast. As a metal road, it was a nightmare, but now its sealed - woo hoo!
Hey Doug, is Viv still ion WIMA?

Kiwibiker
6th February 2003, 04:55
Best west coast I have been on is the road from Kawhia to Waitomo just awsome

Queen Charlote sound is pretty tight and twisty and no plod, just watch out for the buses

wari
6th February 2003, 08:01
Went out to Muriwai via Titirangi and Scenic Drive ... good fun til you link up with the main road and traffic.

Why didn't they link those west coast beaches with a coastal road I'll never know ... that would be such a great ride and tourist attraction.

Pickle
6th February 2003, 08:18
At Xmas did the Helensville to Wellsford Rd in the ute with 2 trail bikes on the back, now that looked like fun for a short afternoon ride to many corners for cars.
On the bikes did Paihia to Russell on the dirt roads which was fun.
Also did Kaikohe over to Waipoua Forest saw some big trees down to Dargaville then straight back to Kaikohe, did this in the pouring rain & it was still good, just wish we had the 600's.

What?
6th February 2003, 10:51
Yep, rode that one a few years back, on an XT550. Quite enjoyed it. A nice detour is to head south of Helena bay along the coast to Mimiwhangata. Awesome place to camp, fish, laze etc. Not much of a road in - more like a farm track - but if you are in the vicinity it's well worth a look.:)

figjam
11th February 2003, 17:38
Did the Coromandel loop (Paeroa, Waihi, Whangamata, Whitianga, Coromandel, Kopu) on Sunday with some friends and it was just awesome. Been dying to do it again ever since I covered it as part of the Rusty Nuts Grand Challenge (1000 miles in 24hrs) last October.

Perfect weather and only one small section of the grit and crap people were talking about before Christmas.

Only bastard was traffic backed up way past Maramarua on the way back but I followed a bunch who turned down the Back Miranda Road and it rocks! You can follow that and come out at the Miranda turnoff just south of Mangatawhiri. Traffic was still crap there so I took the Hunua road (see SPman's post 16/12).

If you're like me and the trip to Paeroa bores the crap out of you, the reverse of the route above is going to be much more fun.

Coldkiwi
11th February 2003, 18:20
Gidday figjam!

How was Hunua? I loved it... although i did have to wait a bit for that mate of mine who was behind us. Turned into a bit of fun when I got off to wait for him after the Hunua township... and he stormed straight past off to god-knows-where as fast as his 250 would carry him. Gave me a good excuse to ride like a maniac though to catch him. :D

you planning to go down to paeroa?
check out the paeroa topic in meetings events (I'm not smart enough to put a link in this message!)... looks like we may go via kaiaua/miranda then too

figjam
12th February 2003, 06:37
So did I. I had only done it for the first time on Thursday.

Heh heh, I hate when that happens. One of the guys on the ride on Sunday is just learning and had some trouble going to reserve just outside Paeroa, on the way to Waihi. My mate and I had taken off through the gorge (awesome sweepers and fun to play in the traffic) and didn't find out until Waihi when his girlfriend told us. I was on my bike saying "Oh, you two fill up and I'll go find him" before they could move. Such a sacrifice, having to go back through the gorge to Paeroa and then turn around and do it again to catch the others.

Yup, I'll be at Paeroa, although I'm thinking about stopping off at the Jolly Farmer in Drury where they do a $10 all you can eat cooked breakfast. So that might modify my route a bit.

Pickle
14th February 2003, 19:54
Thought this was supposed to be about twisty roads!
Try the road from New Plymouth to Awakino over Mt Messenger:bigthumb: this is good. Then head to eight mile junction thru the Awakino gorge which is fast & flowing :cool: at the junction head towards Taumaranui for a coffee at Twin Rivers cafe :) From here head on to 41 to Kuratau then thru to Kinloch & Taupo. From here we normally go to Hawkes Bay over the now boring Napier / Taupo

SPman
15th February 2003, 17:39
Mt Messenger is good - as long as no F****** cattle trucks have been over before you, or in front of you. Shit! is that stuff slippery or what?

wari
15th February 2003, 18:42
Originally posted by SPman
Mt Messenger is good - as long as no F****** cattle trucks have been over before you, or in front of you. Shit! is that stuff slippery or what?

Nooo ... that stuff is slippery shit !!!:D

Pickle
3rd March 2003, 20:23
Anyone else done the road to The Portage from Linkwater on the Queen Charlotte drive ( Picton to Havelock )

It is only 27kms but there are over 300 corners:bigthumb:Now if this doesnt get the adrenalin flowing what the hell is wrong with you, Its tight &amp; twisty with not much traffic. Mind I wouldnt like to try &amp; take a Harley down this road.:done:

Coldkiwi
4th March 2003, 11:20
I think a motorcycle tour down to the south island this autumn might just be on the cards! Marlborough is beautiful anyway and I do recall getting bounced around in a car on Queen Charlotte Sound&nbsp; Drive before I had a bike.. time for a rematch :)

Racey Rider
2nd June 2003, 15:19
Today I did "North Egmont"
If your ever in New Plymouth, make some time to tackel this twisty. 10Km out of NP towards Stratford is Egmont Village. From there, take the only road towards the mountain, a nice 10km ride to the start of the Egmount National Park. From here there is 7km of climbing twisting road, surrounded by bush. At the top is the North Egmont Vistors centre. Interesting info about Mount Taranaki (Who was Egmont anyway!) a great view straight up the side of the mountain, the whole of Taranaki province, and a cafe to drop off your pillon at while you give the twistys another run!
Safety Tips: The road can be a little damp in the winter if it hasn't had time to dry out. Mid afternoon is best. In the top 1km there's 2 tight blind corners. The road is narrow, stay on your side, ride at your own pace. Watch out for buses in the summer.
There's a petrol station at Egmont Village, but you'll have more fun if you don't have a full tank of gas when you tackel this road

Enjoy :niceone:

bluninja
2nd June 2003, 15:54
There is...I've just merged your thread into this section.

TTFN

SPman
2nd June 2003, 22:18
The road up from Stratford to the Maunganui ski field is quite fun too - moreso in the summer however - the snow and ice in winter can be a little tricky on 2 wheels!:eek:

babyB
3rd June 2003, 01:40
ah Taranaki my home&nbsp;.. there are some good rides there...Stratford to Wagamamona not bad either (theres some good side roads around there too)

Marmoot
3rd June 2003, 10:10
why it seems that SH22 (Pukekohe-Waingaro) is not popular at all? Very rarely seen bikes out there.

Coldkiwi
3rd June 2003, 12:46
never knew it existed! sounds like a good idea tho.. not too flat is it?

I just wanna reiterate how much I love the wellsford-mangawai road that we did on sunday. Fan-friggen-tastic. going via albany/kaukopakopa (sp?) is all good too

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Dave
3rd June 2003, 17:47
Now i guess you guys know why I moved out to Kaukapakapa.
Too bad I sold my roadbike about 2 years later-Still, Ive got the old Indian,nice and relaxing.

SPman
3rd June 2003, 21:27
Pukekohe-Waingaro flat? No indeedy not - a lovely twisting serpentine road that, on a fine summers day is absolutely superb! And stuff all traffic - including bikes!

Marmoot
3rd June 2003, 23:07
For anybody living in Hamilton, there is a very interesting twist (only 10k long and takes about 5-10 minutes) just in the fringe of the city. Very lovely and suitable for getting rid of frustration when going home from work: From Cobham Drive, try to find Peacockes Road and follow it to the end, and the come back the same way. Only takes about 15 minutes the whole way :)

Lord Pac
31st January 2004, 08:46
wealth of info- thx! :)

marty
31st January 2004, 12:02
why it seems that SH22 (Pukekohe-Waingaro) is not popular at all? Very rarely seen bikes out there.

sh22 is a fabulous ride. there is only about 10kms of gravel left, and it's pretty well swept. it comes out on the raglan road, about 16 kms east of raglan township. if you turn right onto the raglan rd, ride about 5kms then left into te akau rd, it eventually comes out near kawhia. left on the kawhia rd will bring you back near te awamutu - a huge, no police ride.

try this : from cambridge, ride the western side of karapiro to arapuni, then carry on south thru wharepapa to mangakino, turn right towards te kuiti, (thru bennydale) onto SH3. north to otorohanga, left onto pirongia back rd, left onto kawhia rd, right onto te akau rd, right onto the raglan/hamilton rd, back to hamilton, or turn left onto sh22, up to tuakau.

if you're not sated by then, you need help.....

MikeL
31st January 2004, 13:28
Very rarely see bikes on SH22??
Firefight does it at least twice a week!! But you probably wouldn't see him - he'd be just a blur!

Kickaha
31st January 2004, 21:15
Anyone else done the road to The Portage from Linkwater on the Queen Charlotte drive ( Picton to Havelock )

It is only 27kms but there are over 300 corners:bigthumb:Now if this doesnt get the adrenalin flowing what the hell is wrong with you, Its tight &amp; twisty with not much traffic. Mind I wouldnt like to try &amp; take a Harley down this road.:done:

Did that a few years back,it'd make a good bucket track,also over the Takaka hill, had a coasting race on the way down.

SH1 from Parnassus along the Conway river,through the Hundalees,and along the coast to the airstrip before Kaikoura.

XRNR
31st January 2004, 21:49
Did that a few years back,it'd make a good bucket track,also over the Takaka hill, had a coasting race on the way down.

SH1 from Parnassus along the Conway river,through the Hundalees,and along the coast to the airstrip before Kaikoura.

I !!!,
love the big downhill from the top of the Hundalees going south and then the run along the river.

Also, Queen Charlotte sound (with out the campers or trucks or picture takers or pigs (furry ones) logging trucks or basically anyone else). Loved those corners scraping the pegs and seemingly looking down onto the water below as you went around.
Stayed at one of the bays there awhile back 11kms from Picton & 120 bends. Was very tedious in the car, quick way to get your family car sick if you drive it a bit too quick

Also. (twisties, only on a Hayabusa doing mach 1, probably not on much else) but the run from Blenheim down the Wairau Valley to the lakes.

I could keep going, cause you guys living down south are in biker heaven, I hope you appreciate it!

Firefight
1st February 2004, 10:46
How about TeKuiti down H/W 30 Benneydale ,Pureora,Mangakino, :cool: Whakamaru up the back to Tokoroa. :D

Or Kawhia, Kinohaku , Te Anga, Piripiri, Marokopa falls, Waitomo, (just watch the soft tar on the corners aye Andrew)

And even Morrinsville back to Mangateparu,Tahuna, Heo-O-Tainui (Lyndas old haunt) Te Hoe and back to Hw one at Ohinewai go as far as Rangiriri, then over the river rangiririr west , Pukekawa, then back onto 22, Tuakau.


firefight :cool:

modalx
2nd February 2004, 21:59
Yep - 22 is always quiet and guaranteed grins and Waingaro is the perfect quick fang from Hamilton. This summer on the Coromandel the Hikuai to Whangamata section is the best - surface almost all intact and (relatively) minimal traffic.

Linking with Firefights route Te Kuiti to Mangakino is to Mangakino to Kihikihi via Owairaka Valley. Nice.

Draco
4th February 2004, 10:14
For anyone going up north you have to ride the maungamuka gorge just south of Kaitaia. It's an awesome little road for a bit of a race (no i wasn't speeding officer). The back roads from Kaikohe past the twin bridges and through to Dargaville are quite good as is the ride through the waipua forest.

Weve been exploring the roads up in the hills off ??Mercer i think. Awesome twisties. Being new to auckland i have no idea where we were, will have to ask the man when he gets home and let you guys know where it was. He's been riding here for years and had never ridden it before so it was a good find.

Zed
4th February 2004, 10:24
If I don't feel like going out for a long ride, there is a nice short twisty at the end of Tamaki Drive (which is a nice ride itself on a sunny day). Riddell Rd (look under “West Tamaki Head”) has some pretty hard left, hard right, hard left, etc.. cournering :D. It’s pretty short, bet sweet. It’s an urban area with school, so take care.
Yes, that road is like a short circuit race track...pity it's sidelined by residential housing. :ride:

I discovered that road about 7 years ago when a small group of us used to go exploring for good blats throughout Auckland on our cickles...I specifically remember that road because one of the residents phoned the cops on us and we were soon stopped and warned! (thankfully we were not on a 45 degree angle or riding fast when the nice policeman spotted us) :shifty:


Zed

Motu
4th February 2004, 11:31
Riddel rd has been there for years,always been a nice sunday morning blast,or a very dangerous saturday night pissed as a fart ride.

Had a hell of a scare on it one sunday morning,coming up from GI on a Commando neither of us owned - I was pillion and my mate was very large,I couldn't see over his shoulder,so just looked to the side.He was depressed and felt like life wasn't worth living - we did Riddel rd in 3rd gear,sparks flying on every corner,at the top we usualy turned left at the shops...he's leaving it a bit late to brake....he's leaving it bloody late to brake...shit,no way can he get through now! I look to the right and see a park,going downhill with trees.Next thing the Commando is in the air...shit,he's jumped the curb and going into the park...at 100kph! he wants to kill himself and take me along as well! Wonder how he's going to land this thing on the grass going down hill and miss all the trees? I decided I didn't want to find out and started to climb off the back of the bike...just then the Commando lands and we are braking for a corner! I didn't see,but there was a small side road straight ahead,it had a drop so the Norton had quite a bit of air time,enough for me to get lost in thought about what was going to happen.A brush with death - all in my head!

SILVER SUZI
4th February 2004, 11:57
It goes without saying we all love titties, and we all love twisties. But are we a bit
:Offtopic:
My fav (cause I go down there often) is Kopu to Whangamata.
Although I can't do Kopu to Hikuai in the fabled (pronounced "bullshit") 8 minutes. But who would want an 8 minute ride antway?
:finger:

Motoracer
4th February 2004, 12:29
My fav (cause I go down there often) is opu to Whangamata.

Thats one of my fav as well. I quite like the roads around the Waitakare area as well.

Hitcher
4th February 2004, 19:03
Despite the fact that on the last attempt they bit me REALLY HARD (big purple bruises to prove it), the Rimutakas are a great ride and would have to be the ULTIMATE WINDYS. Really technical, particularly coming up from Featherston, and lots to think about from grey-haired cagers to greywacke, always windy and windy (ain't English da bomb?), super-exciting on winter's frosts, and a glistening diesel/oil/water cocktail of death in the wet.

And then there's all those biker buggers at the top! Go you good things, and STAY UPRIGHT!!

marty
4th February 2004, 21:50
For anybody living in Hamilton, there is a very interesting twist (only 10k long and takes about 5-10 minutes) just in the fringe of the city. Very lovely and suitable for getting rid of frustration when going home from work: From Cobham Drive, try to find Peacockes Road and follow it to the end, and the come back the same way. Only takes about 15 minutes the whole way :)

i live in cambridge. work in hamilton, and i OFTEN go this way to and from work. i come mystery creek, airport rd, raynes rd, peacocks rd, bader st, normandy, cobham. cobham finishes with 2 high speed right/left sweepers then a peg scraping roundabout.......always get to work with a grin.....it's even better in the dark

there is another 100k loop i do with a VFR800b in tow. slim and me did some of this one a while ago - great ride - no traffic.

iceman
5th February 2004, 05:20
You gotta go and do the waikari to Murchison bit , with twisties and higher speed bends - great ! :gob:

LB
5th February 2004, 05:49
You gotta go and do the waikari to Murchison bit , with twisties and higher speed bends - great ! :gob:
err.....where's Waikari? Went through Murchison Oct last year, from Chch over Lewis, through Shenandohah (sp?) to Murchison then to Nelson. It was a bit wet but seemed a nice road. Is that where you mean? (I'llget off my ass and find a map later....)

Draco
5th February 2004, 06:47
Try the road from Rangiriri to Pukekawa. It is a beautiful, smooth flowing set of twisties that winds up and down the hills. The road surface is pretty good, one of the better ones ive seen on the back roads down here so far. Awesome fun!

Grumpy
5th February 2004, 08:51
Waihi to Whangamata is a good one but next time your down south check out Takaka Hill, hard on the brakes but good for the soul. Oh and while your over there, stop at the Telegraph Hotel in Takaka. Run by biker folk. Good place to stop. :ride:

Hitcher
5th February 2004, 09:37
You gotta go and do the waikari to Murchison bit , with twisties and higher speed bends - great ! :gob:

Are you talking about the Shenandoah road from Murch to Springs Junction?

gpercivl
5th February 2004, 09:52
If you have a death wish (and a 250 2 stroke) the Akatarawa Rd from Upper Hutt to Waikanae is a huge adrenalin buzz, especially if you meet a car coming the other way (try Sunday afternoon for extra excitement)...not many places you can go over 100kph either...

Also Tuakau to Glen Murray is a great work out without having to go over the speed limit either :2thumbsup

riffer
5th February 2004, 10:34
If you have a death wish (and a 250 2 stroke) the Akatarawa Rd from Upper Hutt to Waikanae is a huge adrenalin buzz, especially if you meet a car coming the other way (try Sunday afternoon for extra excitement)...not many places you can go over 100kph either...
Yeah but they sealed over the bumps going down northwards towards Karapoti Road turnoff from the cemetery - the best bit. That's where you can get the best speed...

Oh, and watch out for my brother in law on that road too... CBR600 - he has no fear...

wkid_one
5th February 2004, 11:37
If you have a death wish (and a 250 2 stroke) the Akatarawa Rd from Upper Hutt to Waikanae is a huge adrenalin buzz, especially if you meet a car coming the other way (try Sunday afternoon for extra excitement)...not many places you can go over 100kph either...

Also Tuakau to Glen Murray is a great work out without having to go over the speed limit either :2thumbsup
That is a hellishly good road - loved it on the R1.....that and Moonshine Rd from the Motorway in Trentham to Haywoods Hill - wickedly narrow and windy.

Whitemans Valley is a good spit (but short and now ridden with potholes in some places).

Rimutaka Hill is a still a good quick ride.

Titahi Bay Rd, Paekak Hill Rd and Grays Rd are also good short race tracks.

Karaka Bay Rd out past the Navy base is also good from Miramar to Seatoun....where they did the Targa.

the list goes on

Marmoot
6th February 2004, 15:44
Try the road from Rangiriri to Pukekawa. It is a beautiful, smooth flowing set of twisties that winds up and down the hills. The road surface is pretty good, one of the better ones ive seen on the back roads down here so far. Awesome fun!

If this is Great South Road, be careful as there are 2 HWP stations in the vicinity.

iceman
8th February 2004, 06:57
undefinedundefinedTHat as well but when you are coming from the long Culverden strait towards Ch CH it is that bit also towards Weka pass with littel frog rock in it !. But pretty much alot of the South island is good - eh !
:apint:
Are you talking about the Shenandoah road from Murch to Springs Junction?

DEATH_INC.
8th February 2004, 09:06
If this is Great South Road, be careful as there are 2 HWP stations in the vicinity.
No, it runs between the road from puke to ngarawahia and the road from rangiriri to huntly.....

Kickaha
8th February 2004, 09:17
err.....where's Waikari? Went through Murchison Oct last year, from Chch over Lewis, through Shenandohah (sp?) to Murchison then to Nelson. It was a bit wet but seemed a nice road. Is that where you mean? (I'llget off my ass and find a map later....)

Waikari is the first place you hit after turn off at the Waipara junction and go through the Weka Pass heading north.

We also used to do the Loop from Chch to the Greta Valley pub through Scargill and back through Waikari and the Weka Pass fills in a couple of hours.

XRNR
8th February 2004, 10:15
...Also Tuakau to Glen Murray is a great work out without having to go over the speed limit either :2thumbsup
Unless your riding with a group led by a blue Yamaha, (say no more). Then its a great work out trying to stay under the speed limit!

Hitcher
8th February 2004, 12:23
undefinedundefinedTHat as well but when you are coming from the long Culverden strait towards Ch CH it is that bit also towards Weka pass with littel frog rock in it !. But pretty much alot of the South island is good - eh !
:apint:

The frog and the elephant. Erosion is spoiling the effect somewhat. I know well the Weka Pass and the Lewis Pass. But I've yet to bike them...

marty
9th February 2004, 08:08
well on thursday night last week i drove a lwb hiace van towing a trailer over the akatarawa rd to upper hutt, and yes, i can confirm that my 250 2 stroke would love that road. any mistake would be punished HARD though - no room to run wide.
i was at the upper hutt bmx track all weekend, and was simply staggered at the number of bikes i saw coming and going from the rimutaka hill road. at one time i went and sat on the stop bank next to the gibbons rd lights, just watching the riders stream past. lots of HD's, but shitloads of big sports bikes too. you welly dudes and dudettes have a plethora of great rides on your doorstep.
heaps of bikes on sh1 too - everyone behaved themselves, i cannot believe i didn't get pinged in the van/trailer combo (it's a big covered race trailer). one time followed 2 bikes at about 120k south of taihape, then another time i followed a big green heavy tow truck at 115k, until he got pulled by a hp unit near bulls. i was literally draughting him too, and didn't see the hp car until too late, but when he slowed i just quietly overtook him and carried on.
on the way down i took the western access from tokoroa to turangi. saw a orange and blue patrol car near whakamaru (didn't see a radar), but nothing else until hunterville.
with a decent stop at taihape for gas and brown sugar cafe coffee and muffin, i did cambridge upper hutt (532kms) in 7 hours flat.

wkid_one
9th February 2004, 12:34
My favourite Twisties are the Chicken ones you get in Australia in the Yellow and Green packs - for some reason we don't have them here - strange...

But honestly.....in no order....

- Woodhill Forest Rd
- Clevedon - Kawakawa Bay - Kauaia Loop
- Kopu - Whitianga - Coromandel - Thames - Kopu loop
- The old road between Ohakune and Waiouru before they straightened the hell out of it.
- Rimutaka's
- Wainuiomata Coast Rd
- Rd to Makara in Wellington
- Whiteman's Valley Rd
- SH 22
- Moonshine Rd from River Road to Haywards
- Paekakariki Hill Rd
- Rd coming in to Taupo from the south
- Pahiatua Track
- Road between Palmerston North and Wanganui (back road - unsure of name)

dss3
9th February 2004, 13:22
Haave to love the coromandel, have a friend with a batch at matarangi that stay at for around a month each year. Particularly the 30k between matarangi and whitianga, or the other way over to coro town. Reckon you always like the roads you know real well. I normally try to go for a ride every day while im over there. Only rich guys on beamers over there to ride with though...

Hitcher
9th February 2004, 14:05
- Road between Palmerston North and Wanganui (back road - unsure of name)

This description fascinates me -- I presume Wkid that you are on the Feilding side of SH3? I can't think of a through road as such. All I can picture is the Feilding-Cheltenham-Vinegar Hill road to SH1, then down to Hunterville, then off right in the middle of town taking the turn after about 5km that links to the Fordell-Wanganui road?? Yes??

wkid_one
9th February 2004, 15:03
No - not as such - I drive shit loads of these roads as I cover this area for work...I experiment with taking all sorts of back roads (a number of which are dead ends) to have some fun....I will check the name out next time.

Hitcher
9th February 2004, 16:10
No - not as such - I drive shit loads of these roads as I cover this area for work...I experiment with taking all sorts of back roads (a number of which are dead ends) to have some fun....I will check the name out next time.

Please do, as I am most interested. This part of the country falls into easy "day trip" distance.

inlinefour
18th December 2004, 01:31
Is Awakino George, what a rush and its bloody funny when I can beat a bigger bike with the cournering. The other rider does not apreciate it :niceone:

RiderInBlack
18th December 2004, 06:45
BTW it's "twisties not "twistys" and "KMs" not "Km's" :whocares:

did i mention, i'm anal ? :eek5:

:D

:done:Actualy it is "Km" Not "KM" (look up your metric abbreviations). Length in metres is abbr. "m". Capitals are used for any symbol that is a multiple of a metric unit. E.g. 1000 of any metric unit is represented by a "K" for kilo, therefore it is Kg, Km, Kb, etc. Lower case is used for any symbol that is a friction of a metric unit. E.g. 1/1000 of any mertic unit is represented by a "m" for milli, therefore it is mg, mm, ml.

RiderInBlack
18th December 2004, 06:52
Meanwhile, back to the roads, have just come back from up north and the road from Waipu around to Mangawhai heads and on to SH1 north of Te Hana is pretty good. Then combine that with SH16 from Wellsford and the old West coast Rd from Kaukapapa to Kumeu and its a reasonbly good ride home!Yep, love the Waipu Cove-Mangawhai-Te Hana and the Wellsford-KKK-Peak Rd-Old North Rd routes:ride: :2thumbsup

RiderInBlack
18th December 2004, 07:07
Anyone tried the back road to Russell - out through Helena Bay and up the coast. As a metal road, it was a nightmare, but now its sealed - woo hoo!
Hey Doug, is Viv still ion WIMA?Loved it, but last time I rode it there was still unmarked pea metal on it:sweatdrop (but that was months ago).

RiderInBlack
18th December 2004, 07:33
[QUOTE=Draco]For anyone going up north you have to ride the maungamuka gorge just south of Kaitaia. It's an awesome little road for a bit of a race (no i wasn't speeding officer). The back roads from Kaikohe past the twin bridges and through to Dargaville are quite good as is the ride through the waipua forest.
QUOTE]Love the Maungamuka, but a good alternative (if you have the time) is cross on the Rawene Ferry to Kohukohu and take the back road through Broadwood to Kaitaia. Eastcoast on SH10 is cool for the view but is more policed. I use the Kaikohe-Lake Omapere to SH1 route a lot and join this with the Waimate North (past 1 of NZ's first Mission House's) to Kerikeri Route if BOI is my destination. The Mangakahia Rd (the back road from Kaikohe past the twin bridges) is my home road (I live on it), so it has a special place in my heart. I must organise a ride and stay over for all you KB'ers up here sometime. I live on a 500arce farm with river and mountian stream. Even the MotoX boys would have fun up here on the farm track up the hill.

Milky
18th December 2004, 21:58
...join this with the Waimate North (past 1 of NZ's first Mission House's) to Kerikeri Route if BOI is my destination.
My forebears' Mission House that one. The first inland Mission station in the country. There is (what used to be) a blacksmiths and a flour mill in the area too. Unfortunately $ from the Historic Places Trust havent been allocated to repair or restore anything bar the Mission House.

Juan
19th December 2004, 07:48
Keep em coming guys..... will be printing all these good roads for future ref :devil2:

My fave twisty.... The TT course :whistle:

RiderInBlack
19th December 2004, 08:00
Keep em coming guys..... will be printing all these good roads for future ref :devil2:

My fave twisty.... The TT course :whistle:Lucky bastard and no speed restriction. If your ever over here, drop us a line and we'll make a bed availible:spudwave:

Jackrat
19th December 2004, 08:51
These are two I found for the first time last week,not so great in a truck but I'll be back on the bike before long.
Whangarei,out to Mt tiger Rd,around the coast back to whanga's.
The old Russel Rd,I took this as a short cut,mistake in a truck:sweatdrop .
It's only about 60Kms but up down an around like the best of them,when you come out of the Russel forest you start geting views of a coastline that will take your breath away if your really alive.Neither of these are fast roads, both need to be approched with care as they are both used by mad locals and at this time of year "Tourists"
On the old Russel road I got waved down by a bloke with a Welsh accent asking if this was the way to Russel.I thought that was kind of odd, seeing he was parked under a road sign that said "Russel 20Kms"
Hopefully he's not still up there when I go back on me bike :whistle:

Juan
19th December 2004, 09:10
Lucky bastard and no speed restriction. If your ever over here, drop us a line and we'll make a bed availible:spudwave:


Cheers, will do in oct 2005..... Bed for TT can be found if needed :apint:

idb
19th December 2004, 21:08
Queenstown-Glenorchy or....
The Devil's Staircase or....
The Kawarau Gorge to Cromwell or...
Crown Range to Wanaka or....
Hawea-Makarora.
For a longer ride the Middlemarch to Dunedin road - 85km posted corners (I'm sure it's km not Km) piled one on top of the other.
My fingers are tired now...... (smug grin).

Hitcher
19th December 2004, 21:17
Queenstown-Glenorchy or....
The Devil's Staircase or....
The Kawarau Gorge to Cromwell or...
Crown Range to Wanaka or....
Hawea-Makarora.
For a longer ride the Middlemarch to Dunedin road - 85km posted corners (I'm sure it's km not Km) piled one on top of the other.
My fingers are tired now...... (smug grin).
Full marks for correct usage of SI abbreviations.

And all of your favourite twisties are worthy!

Other Southern goodies include the Glenorchy road; Arthurs Pass to Porters Pass; Springs Junction to Reefton; the upper Buller Gorge; the Takaka Hill; Little River to Barrys Bay; Fairlie to Geraldine; and Punakaiki to Westport.

idb
19th December 2004, 21:38
Full marks for correct usage of SI abbreviations.

And all of your favourite twisties are worthy!

Other Southern goodies include the Glenorchy road; Arthurs Pass to Porters Pass; Springs Junction to Reefton; the upper Buller Gorge; the Takaka Hill; Little River to Barrys Bay; Fairlie to Geraldine; and Punakaiki to Westport.

I can tick off the first, third, fourth, fifth, seventh & eighth on your list.
I've been on the others by car though.
Did our third annual round the island trip about four weeks ago.
Of course we look for a slightly different route each year and my vote for next year will include Christchurch to Akaroa and back around to Lyttleton.

Another is the Catlins road which is in the process of being sealed over the last 20-odd kms - ****be the first to ride a future classic biking road**** They should have a raffle for the honour with the proceeds going to something worthy!

JohnBoy
20th December 2004, 15:20
Mangatautari RD, Cambridge to Mangatautari (loops back to SH1 just west of sh1 sh29 junction). this road is on the opposite side of lake karapiro from sh1.

most cool.

but all time fav is Paekakariki Hill Road and Vinegar Hill i always normally do atleast one when down that neck of the woods.

:headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang:

Hitcher
20th December 2004, 16:07
Yeah. Vinegar Hill rocks! Best from north to south. I enjoy the straights more that way.

Stroker Girl
20th December 2004, 16:28
One of my favourite weekend rides is up the Awhitu Peninsula. Awesome place to go for corner practice, twisties, sweepers, plus a few long straights to thrash it. The main road in is in good nick but there are a few side loops off it which are pretty narrow and bumpy. Also can be loose livestock wandering around.

Oh yeah, there are a couple of 25km corners to watch out for. My mate completely stuffed one up last year and went straight ahead towards a garage on the other side of the road. :eek: Fortunately the door was up so he just slid in, said gidday to the guy in there and rode back out!

Sparky Bills
20th December 2004, 18:30
Oh yeah, there are a couple of 25km corners to watch out for. My mate completely stuffed one up last year and went straight ahead towards a garage on the other side of the road. :eek: Fortunately the door was up so he just slid in, said gidday to the guy in there and rode back out!

Did he offer your mate a coffee, since he mad such an effort to visit him? :laugh:
Not something youd expect to happen while in your garage.

Pickle
20th December 2004, 18:53
[Another is the Catlins road which is in the process of being sealed over the last 20-odd kms - ****be the first to ride a future classic biking road**** They should have a raffle for the honour with the proceeds going to something worthy![/QUOTE]


Did the Catlins earlier this year on the 600's it is an awsome road now, the gravel section was hard packed. There are plenty of detours along the way so if making the effort to do the Catlins take the time to look around.

Another road down South is the road from Te Anau to Manapouri and down through Blackmount, Tuatapere, Riverton and on to Invercargill all sealed and bugger all traffic, Just don't do it in winter as it gets bloody cold. :cold:

Jackrat
20th December 2004, 19:42
One of my favourite weekend rides is up the Awhitu Peninsula. Awesome place to go for corner practice, twisties, sweepers, plus a few long straights to thrash it. The main road in is in good nick but there are a few side loops off it which are pretty narrow and bumpy. Also can be loose livestock wandering around.

Oh yeah, there are a couple of 25km corners to watch out for. My mate completely stuffed one up last year and went straight ahead towards a garage on the other side of the road. :eek: Fortunately the door was up so he just slid in, said gidday to the guy in there and rode back out!

He was very lucky,that used to be the home of the local fire brigade.
A year or so ago there would of been a small fire engine parked in it. :Oops:

Stroker Girl
21st December 2004, 16:19
Did he offer your mate a coffee, since he mad such an effort to visit him? :laugh:
Not something youd expect to happen while in your garage.

LOL! I think the guy was just glad he'd saved himself an expensive garage door repair!

I imagine that living on a 25km corner would bring in the odd unexpected visitor now and then!

Stroker Girl
21st December 2004, 16:25
He was very lucky,that used to be the home of the local fire brigade.
A year or so ago there would of been a small fire engine parked in it. :Oops:

Very lucky, it could of been a very painful experience! :brick:

magnum
21st December 2004, 21:01
road from opotiki to tekaha/waihou bay.lotsa 35/55 corners up and down.

Slim
21st December 2004, 21:07
The Coromandel Peninsular. All of it, all directions. :D :2thumbsup

Ghost Lemur
21st December 2004, 21:09
Very lucky, it could of been a very painful experience! :brick:

Although they would be the second best people to crash in front of (2nd to an ambulance).

Biff
22nd December 2004, 13:21
Christchurch to Akaroa GP. About 80km's, ranging from flat wide-open straights with full throttle sweepers to tight 55km bends, then Akaroa hill which must be about 20 km's of very tight corners, then throgh to Akaroa on a hilly medium to high speed section. Its ALL good.

I second that

R1madness
9th September 2005, 07:52
A great road in otago is the run from Outram to Middlemarch (you can carry on and join up with the pigroot to Queenstown if you like). Very unusual to see a cop on this road but it does happen sometimes. It is a lot of flowing hill work with fast sweepers and a good road surface. It can get a little slippery in summer when the tar starts to melt and it is ofted gritted in winter (snow, ice etc). Round trip about 180k. Petrol available at Middlemarch until 5pm every day (or it used to be everyday).

larriken
9th September 2005, 18:34
Middle road, Hawkes Bay! Actually, most country roads in HB for that matter!

skidMark
9th September 2005, 21:55
If I don't feel like going out for a long ride, there is a nice short twisty at the end of Tamaki Drive (which is a nice ride itself on a sunny day). Riddell Rd (look under “West Tamaki Head”) has some pretty hard left, hard right, hard left, etc.. cournering :D. It’s pretty short, bet sweet. It’s an urban area with school, so take care. :)


if you look in the very middle of the whole area by the green i spose reserve in think it might be dingle dell? is fern glen road now theres sokme serious cornering practice ....keeps you on your toes....especially after you understeer and hit the cliff like i did...hint don't ride trying to do tight corners....with a broken arm in a cast ...not pretty hit it slow luckily but damn is that road fun huge hairpins and banked turns drooolll highly reccommend fern glen road

Avignon
9th September 2005, 22:45
There are so many good roads, where do you start. :ride:

For a quick blast, 5 mins from the end of the Nor Western Motorway is State hwy 16 Riverhead. This used to be a nice little ride although I havent been recently. It has multiple fast sweepers, tighter multiple corners, undulating terrain, short straits. Over quite quickly 15mins or so, people often turn around and go back and forth a few times. The ride to Piha or a strop over Scenic Drive from Swanson to Titirangi is good. Slow to medium speed stuff, windy. Just watch for wet corners some of which can be heavily shaded by the bush.

Out South head for Maraetai, Kawakawa Bay. Follow this same road (its the only one) in a loop, right down the coast into the Firth of Thames before heading inland to Pokeno then back into Auckland. Stop along the way and soak up some of the scenery, its awesome. On top of the bombays just by the caltex I take the 'Old Great South Rd' back as far as I can. Its great fun and runs near parallel to heavily policed and congested state hwy1, a last open road with a few bends which become Great South Rd at Drury. A

The road to Port Waikato and State Hwy 22 are great, but 22 is in alot of disrepair at the moment. Gravel on corners, a big steep earthworks section which would be nasty in the wet from either direction. Even on a Saturday the road is mostly empty of cars and people. The coast section just near the river mouth is a beautiful :ride: piece of road. Curving along the very edge of the coastline, cliff on your left, Tasman sea on your right, a winding, fast, smooth on yer side road. Any bike is fun on this road. A good bike is blissfull.

The Manuwatu is also awesome. But I'll need some more time down there to name a great one.

Hitcher
11th September 2005, 21:19
Middle road, Hawkes Bay! Actually, most country roads in HB for that matter!
Amen to that!

Bren_chch
11th September 2005, 21:50
I second that


yep Akaroa GP!

Sensei
11th September 2005, 21:51
The whole of Taranaki :Punk:

Hitcher
13th September 2005, 20:52
The whole of Taranaki :Punk:
Amen to that too.

ducatilover
13th September 2005, 22:11
i found the rimutaka hill quite...uh...comfy...i sat down on it at 60kmh and decided that it was so comfy i would buy a set of pirreli sportdemons to go with it incase i get that urge to sit down again, though in the dry its a great road...only going down on my pileoflearnershit.... :ride: also the pahiatua track is fun....and i ride the p-nth gorge every day :Punk:

figjam
9th November 2005, 08:07
Last weekend I discovered Highway 16 from Araparera to Warkworth is now sealed the whole way through (West Coast Rd. through Woodcooks Rd.). It's marked as the Kaipara turnoff.

If you want awesome twisties and something new on a course a lot of us do regularly try that.

T.W.R
9th November 2005, 08:45
Best around the Wanganui district is the Parapara's which runs from Wanganui to Raetihi.

Festus

thats a top piece of road, even the Okoia hill ain't to bad, or the run to the Mangamahu pub ( closed now though!).
all good roads but I've got to agree with OAB about the run from CHCH to Akaroa! its the best mix of roads you'd get anywhere 200kmh+ sweepers through to 25kmh blind corners, straights to top out on, hairpins to hillclimbs its got the lot :2thumbsup

marty
9th November 2005, 08:48
near hobbitville - a great 'shortcut' instead of riding SH1 from Hinuera to Karapiro - it is used for the Targa all the time - not this year though, although the Narva Tour used it.

shcabbeh
9th November 2005, 11:15
Mt Messenger is good - as long as no F****** cattle trucks have been over before you, or in front of you. Shit! is that stuff slippery or what?

Mt. Messenger's a killer, 8 km of 25-45 kms is great fun. You're right though, it does suck being behind trucks on that, and going to overtake is a little scarier when there's a 20+ ft drop on one side.

Much fun if it's clear though.

ben444
9th November 2005, 11:30
This is awsome, just fin being sealed earlier this year... I don't think i got past 3rd gear on th ZX6RR....(it does 130 in first)
Very little traffic, no cops, (yet), just me, nature and a road... awesome


Not tellin where it is, then every man and his maui campervan will be doin it...

sAsLEX
9th November 2005, 11:31
Mt. Messenger's a killer, 8 km of 25-45 kms is great fun. You're right though, it does suck being behind trucks on that, and going to overtake is a little scarier when there's a 20+ ft drop on one side.

Much fun if it's clear though.

always bloody got water on some of the corners always year round, other than that it is great, some of the cambers make it nice and fun

ManDownUnder
9th November 2005, 11:35
BTW it's "twisties not "twistys" and "KMs" not "Km's" :whocares:

did i mention, i'm anal ? :eek5:

:D

:done:

Anal yes - but wrong too

it is in fact km's
K = Kelvin (temperature above abosulte Zero)
M = Mega (10 to the power of something)

k = kilo (1000)
m = meter

You wanna ride for 80 to 100 Kelvin Megas I wish you well...
see http://www.metricmethods.com/SI_german.html
MDU

Hitcher
9th November 2005, 11:49
Anal yes - but wrong too

it is in fact km's
K = Kelvin (temperature above abosulte Zero)
M = Mega (10 to the power of something)

k = kilo (1000)
m = meter

You wanna ride for 80 to 100 Kelvin Megas I wish you well...
see http://www.metricmethods.com/SI_german.html
MDU
Ahem...

The plural of kilometre, abbreviated as km, is also km.

k = kilo (1,000)
m = metre (a meter is a device used for measuring stuff, unless you're an American who also doesn't know the difference between aluminium, tyres and arses...)

Pixie
9th November 2005, 15:09
I remember Tamaki dr and Riddel rd in the seventies,prior to sunday shopping,you could blast down there on a sunday afternoon while the populace vegetated at home.

N4CR
9th November 2005, 15:23
Corro loop - go left at kopu (direction). The twisties going downhill from the peak of the hill after the scenic lookout.. (after the shoreside road) it's all recently sealed and no gravel and what have you. Never seen much traffic either.

Last week got the toesliders/pegs down for about 70% of the corners on that section - was pure bliss and now I'm hooked to the max! :2thumbsup

sAsLEX
9th November 2005, 15:25
Corro loop - go left at kopu (direction). The twisties going downhill from the peak of the hill after the scenic lookout.. (after the shoreside road) it's all recently sealed and no gravel and what have you. Never seen much traffic either.

Last week got the toesliders/pegs down for about 70% of the corners on that section - was pure bliss and now I'm hooked to the max! :2thumbsup

try going right at kopu and hit that section uphill, can carry heaps more corner speed as you dont need to slow down as heavily for the corners coming up

N4CR
9th November 2005, 15:29
try going right at kopu and hit that section uphill, can carry heaps more corner speed as you dont need to slow down as heavily for the corners coming up

I will next time :D... the seaside is a nice part just for cruising along, quite scenic. I prefer downhill to uphill and I usually take them more 'adventurously'. Yeah I'm weird.

sAsLEX
9th November 2005, 15:34
I prefer downhill to uphill and I usually take them more 'adventurously'.
not a great fan of loading the front tyre, were you the 250 right behind yoshi that caught up to me after that section the time the lady yelles at as when we stopped?

Motu
9th November 2005, 15:42
I remember Tamaki dr and Riddel rd in the seventies,prior to sunday shopping,you could blast down there on a sunday afternoon while the populace vegetated at home.

Riddel rd early sunday morning before they woke up and went to church was pretty damn good,it was all nice smooth seal and bend after bend,choice inner city road.Ireland rd was some good corners too,Hillsborough rd could be taken fast at night and early morning too.

judgeshock
9th November 2005, 15:50
From a south canterbury point of view the road between cave and the back of timaru is nice and curly. Then the road from Fairlie to Geraldine is also another nice piece of riding.:rockon:

heavenly.talker
9th November 2005, 16:18
Favourite twisties are on the road out to Piha...turn off at the road to the beach called KareKare? I think that is how you spell it. Follow all the way back up to the Piha Road. (the road you come back out on is called Lone Kauri Rd. Good fun!!!!! Then turn around and go back down, it's a totally different ride doing it the other way.

Does anyone else do these roads?

Motu
9th November 2005, 16:33
When they were gravel...yes....now they are sealed....no.

heavenly.talker
9th November 2005, 16:55
When they were gravel...yes....now they are sealed....no.


Too tame for you now Motu?

I took my mate who has been riding far longer than me out there the other day and he was packing himself and said he didn't enjoy it at all...

Mind you there was some lose gravel on the road which was causing the back to slide out and he was riding his brand new bike...maybe those contributing factors plus the fact I was about 12 inches off his back tyre didn't help :-)

John
9th November 2005, 18:14
sh14, no fucken idea why I just love the fact I can fang away as hard as I want and not be bothered by many cars, the trucks always let me pass, good people on sh14...

heavenly.talker
9th November 2005, 18:29
Great roads between Te Awmutu and Mangakino!!!
Awesome!

RiderInBlack
9th November 2005, 20:30
Ahem...

The plural of kilometre, abbreviated as km, is also km.

k = kilo (1,000)
m = metre (a meter is a device used for measuring stuff, unless you're an American who also doesn't know the difference between aluminium, tyres and arses...)Wrong.
Metric units larger than the standard unit have upper case letters.
E.g.: 1Km or 1 Kilometre = 1000m or 1000 metres
1Kg or 1 Kilogram = 1000g or 1000 grams
1Kw or 1 Kilowatt = 1000w or 1000 watts
1Kb or 1 Kilobite = 1000b or 1000bites
1Mb or 1 Megabite = 1000Kb = 1000000b

Where as metric units smaller than the standard unit have lower case letters.
E.g.: 1mm or 1 millimetre = 1/1000m
1cm or 1 centimetre = 1/100m
1mg or 1 milligram = 1/1000gram
1ml or 1 millilitre = 1/1000L

I could go on, but Kilometre should be written with a capital K:finger:

KLOWN
9th November 2005, 21:08
If I don't feel like going out for a long ride, there is a nice short twisty at the end of Tamaki Drive (which is a nice ride itself on a sunny day). Riddell Rd (look under “West Tamaki Head”) has some pretty hard left, hard right, hard left, etc.. cournering :D. It’s pretty short, bet sweet. It’s an urban area with school, so take care. :)

Yeah, it's a cool rd i used to drive there in my skyline (380bhp) every sunday.
Don't give me too much crap about driving a skyline, or just driving:doh:

Fooman
10th November 2005, 11:00
Wrong.
Metric units larger than the standard unit have upper case letters.
E.g.: 1Km or 1 Kilometre = 1000m or 1000 metres
1Kg or 1 Kilogram = 1000g or 1000 grams
1Kw or 1 Kilowatt = 1000w or 1000 watts
1Kb or 1 Kilobite = 1000b or 1000bites
1Mb or 1 Megabite = 1000Kb = 1000000b

Where as metric units smaller than the standard unit have lower case letters.
E.g.: 1mm or 1 millimetre = 1/1000m
1cm or 1 centimetre = 1/100m
1mg or 1 milligram = 1/1000gram
1ml or 1 millilitre = 1/1000L

I could go on, but Kilometre should be written with a capital K:finger:

Wrong!

If the unit was named after somebody, the symbol of the unit is capitalised. e.g. watt = W, pascal = Pa, kelvin = K, joule = J. If it is not named after somebody, the symbol is is not capitalised e.g. second = s, kilogram = kg, metre = m.

The symbol for litre should be l, but it can be confused with 1, so some people use L instead.

Prefixes are lower case if they are kilo (1000) or below, capitalised if they are Mega (1 000 000) or above. Not as rational as your explaination, but it is the way it is done. Besides, the standard unit for mass is kilogram, not gram. "K" is not used for 1000 as it can be confused with "K" for kelvin, the unit of absolute temperature named after Lord Kelvin.

Hence, a kilowatt is a kW, a megapascal is MPa, or a kilopascal is kPa. A kilometre is km.

What is interesting is the use of binary prefixs e.g. one megabyte = 1 000 000 bytes, whereas most people think one megabyte = 2^20 or 1 048 576 bytes. That is actually a mebibyte (mebi = 2^20). The symbol for byte is interesting - "B" is the symbol for Bel - a measure of sound intensity (e.g. the decibel, dB). "b" can be the symbol for bit (e.g. 8 bit) as well. So a megabyte shouldn't really be MB! Arrgh! So a mebibyte can be MiB or Mib but shouldn't be either! All depends on context. Wikipedia has a good section on SI units etc.

FM

ManDownUnder
10th November 2005, 11:31
Ahem...

The plural of kilometre, abbreviated as km, is also km.

k = kilo (1,000)
m = metre (a meter is a device used for measuring stuff, unless you're an American who also doesn't know the difference between aluminium, tyres and arses...)

LOL - I got the units right - you caught the apostro-thingy

:niceone:

ManDownUnder
10th November 2005, 11:35
If the unit was named after somebody, the symbol of the unit is capitalised. e.g. watt = W, pascal = Pa, kelvin = K, joule = J. If it is not named after somebody, the symbol is is not capitalised e.g. second = s, kilogram = kg, metre = m.


I never knew that - but it makes sense - ta!

I understand the meter (aka metre aka m) also relates to a second insofar as a pendulum 1 meter long (aka...) will swing at exactly 60 Hz (i.e. exactly once a second).

Anyone know any more on that (or shoot it down... )?
MDU

N4CR
10th November 2005, 11:42
not a great fan of loading the front tyre, were you the 250 right behind yoshi that caught up to me after that section the time the lady yelles at as when we stopped?

Yeah, t'was me... wtf at the that crazy psycho woman eh :blink:

ManDownUnder
10th November 2005, 11:57
My fav tiwsty is actually a downhill left and uphill right combo (same both ways) that feels SO good when you get it right.

In NP, heading up Carrington you turn right onto a road I forget the name of - it's the road that Manu Cres loops off.

Anyway - bweteen Carrington and Manu Cres there is a bit of a valley with a LOVELY "S" through the middle of it. Brake into the first corner, (preload the front), flip flop the bike into the right hander and gas it.

When you get the timing right, the front lifts in the middle of the turn (from hard left to hard right) just enough to throw the bike over REALLY fast and you're off up to the right.

I'll ALWAYS remember that one - even though it's 10 years since I did it last...
MDU

ducatilover
10th November 2005, 11:59
pointless fact time with dougy..... zero degrees Kalvin is equal to -273.15 degrees celcius:blink: 3.14159265375 and all other poinless things bound to be shot down by someone who actualy knows something.i am listening to pink floyd-the wall:banana:

sAsLEX
10th November 2005, 12:26
My fav tiwsty is actually a downhill left and uphill right combo (same both ways) that feels SO good when you get it right.

In NP, heading up Carrington you turn right onto a road I forget the name of - it's the road that Manu Cres loops off.

Anyway - bweteen Carrington and Manu Cres there is a bit of a valley with a LOVELY "S" through the middle of it. Brake into the first corner, (preload the front), flip flop the bike into the right hander and gas it.

When you get the timing right, the front lifts in the middle of the turn (from hard left to hard right) just enough to throw the bike over REALLY fast and you're off up to the right.

I'll ALWAYS remember that one - even though it's 10 years since I did it last...
MDU

linky (http://wises.co.nz/map/default.asp?street=CARRINGTON+Street&suburb=&town=NEW+PLYMOUTH&sttype=&id=64026|2&svctype=1&zoom=4&mapwhich=10&mapsize=3&width=640&height=640&businesses=1&brad=25&color=-1&filled=0&routemethod=0&s_id=&radius=&a=0&e=2604020&n=6235257&move=true&zoomin=true)


Huatoki street i think you will find

ManDownUnder
10th November 2005, 12:31
linky (http://wises.co.nz/map/default.asp?street=CARRINGTON+Street&suburb=&town=NEW+PLYMOUTH&sttype=&id=64026|2&svctype=1&zoom=4&mapwhich=10&mapsize=3&width=640&height=640&businesses=1&brad=25&color=-1&filled=0&routemethod=0&s_id=&radius=&a=0&e=2604020&n=6235257&move=true&zoomin=true)


Huatoki street i think you will find

Dat's da fulla!

but but but - you're up here in Jaffa land... you're from the Naki ain't ya!? :2thumbsup

sAsLEX
10th November 2005, 12:41
Dat's da fulla!

but but but - you're up here in Jaffa land... you're from the Naki ain't ya!? :2thumbsup

yip born and bred Naki, only visiting this shit hole, lived on atkinson road further up carrington, and on carrington road, and went to school on huatoki st

Fooman
10th November 2005, 12:46
I never knew that - but it makes sense - ta!

I understand the meter (aka metre aka m) also relates to a second insofar as a pendulum 1 meter long (aka...) will swing at exactly 60 Hz (i.e. exactly once a second).

Anyone know any more on that (or shoot it down... )?
MDU

Wikipedia to the rescue, as my dynamics text is missing from my bookshelf

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pendulum

In summary, period (time for one complete cycle or two swings - there and back) the period is approximated (at low angles) by "2 times pi times the square root of (length divided by acceleration due to gravity {~9.8 metres per second squared} ) " So the period of 2 seconds, or 1 per swing is a artifact of the value of 2*3.1459...* square root(1/9.8).

or 2*slightly more that 3 * slightly less than a third = 2* approximately 1= approximately 2 seconds for a complete cycle, or approximately 1 second for a single swing.

It's pretty much a coincidence that half the period of a pendulum 1 m in length is the same time as 1/60th of 1/60th of 1/24th of the average time it takes for one revolution of the planet...that being the original definition of 1 second. You can blame that on the Babylonians (1/60ths) and the Egyptians (1/24ths).

cheers,
FM

ManDownUnder
10th November 2005, 12:56
yip born and bred Naki, only visiting this shit hole, lived on atkinson road further up carrington, and on carrington road, and went to school on huatoki st

a ha!

I'm a Stratford boy, moved to Drake St (on the map you linked to) then moved up here after getting an education in Palmy...

Hitcher
10th November 2005, 13:18
I'm a Stratford boy.
Now there's a coincidence...

Hitcher
10th November 2005, 13:21
The metre (symbol: m) is the SI base unit of length. It is defined by scientists as the length of the path travelled by light in absolute vacuum during a time interval of 1/299,792,458 of a second; or by home handymen as three-and-a-bit feet.

ManDownUnder
10th November 2005, 14:03
Now there's a coincidence...

Aaaaa - so you're from THE Hitchers of Pembroke Road?

ManDownUnder
10th November 2005, 14:03
The metre (symbol: m) is the SI base unit of length. It is defined by scientists as the length of the path travelled by light in absolute vacuum during a time interval of 1/299,792,458 of a second; or by home handymen as three-and-a bit feet.

or 5.6 willies...

Hitcher
10th November 2005, 14:44
Aaaaa - so you're from THE Hitchers of Pembroke Road?
The Hitchers of Toko -- Hitcher's Hill, to be more precise...

ManDownUnder
10th November 2005, 15:51
The Hitchers of Toko -- Hitcher's Hill, to be more precise...

Please confirm you're not related to either the Rowes, Wellingtons or the Kellys

...please confirm as soon as possible...:blink:

Hitcher
10th November 2005, 17:09
Please confirm you're not related to either the Rowes, Wellingtons or the Kellys

...please confirm as soon as possible...
Well, not related, exactly...