the sh16 speed bump

[dawnrazor]

Was wondering if anyone else had come across this particular highway horror.

Okay, you are traveling north on SH16, woodhill forest is on your left. A couple of K's after woodhill the road straightens out and the land becomes farmed on both sides. There is a particular point on the road (at this stage very straight) where a drainage channel must go under the road leaving a sharp ridge spanning the road, for all intense and purposes acting like a small speed bump.

Now the first time I hit it, I was doing 100K and a bit more (ahem:whistle: ) I almost did a hand stand on the bars from the kick in the pants the bike gave me, due to the speed bump giving the rear shock a good work out in a sort period of time.:eek5:

Not fun if your not expecting it, now I know, I take it much slower, but still get a kick at anything around 100K. Rear shock is on factor settings, and in general copes well with everything and can't fault it.

So was wondering if other folks had had similiar experiences here, do you even know where I'm describing for that matter :wacko:

cheers

[jonbuoy]

I think its a little stream underneath the road. I nearly got in a mess going over that one - not too bad if you know its there though.

[thealmightytaco]

Yeah I remember the first time I hit that, it was an experience to write into the Daily Bugle about, but now I just stand up and all is well.

[Motu]

A little bump on SH16 has you worried? That road used to be so bad on the straight next to the railway line that the doors of my VW used to open by themselves....and on my Matchless G9 in the wet the bike used to slither all over the road.That road has improved a lot over the years!

[Two Smoker]

Was wondering if anyone else had come across this particular highway horror.

Okay, you are traveling north on SH16, woodhill forest is on your left. A couple of K's after woodhill the road straightens out and the land becomes farmed on both sides. There is a particular point on the road (at this stage very straight) where a drainage channel must go under the road leaving a sharp ridge spanning the road, for all intense and purposes acting like a small speed bump.

Now the first time I hit it, I was doing 100K and a bit more (ahem:whistle: ) I almost did a hand stand on the bars from the kick in the pants the bike gave me, due to the speed bump giving the rear shock a good work out in a sort period of time.:eek5:

Not fun if your not expecting it, now I know, I take it much slower, but still get a kick at anything around 100K. Rear shock is on factor settings, and in general copes well with everything and can't fault it.

So was wondering if other folks had had similiar experiences here, do you even know where I'm describing for that matter :wacko:

cheers

You should try racing at paeroa.....

Just stand on the pegs and let the bike to its work... Only thing i changed on the rear shock was up the rebound by half a turn on the factory settings...

[chickenfunkstar]

Was wondering if anyone else had come across this particular highway horror.

Okay, you are traveling north on SH16, woodhill forest is on your left. A couple of K's after woodhill the road straightens out and the land becomes farmed on both sides. There is a particular point on the road (at this stage very straight) where a drainage channel must go under the road leaving a sharp ridge spanning the road, for all intense and purposes acting like a small speed bump.

Now the first time I hit it, I was doing 100K and a bit more (ahem:whistle: ) I almost did a hand stand on the bars from the kick in the pants the bike gave me, due to the speed bump giving the rear shock a good work out in a sort period of time.:eek5:

Not fun if your not expecting it, now I know, I take it much slower, but still get a kick at anything around 100K. Rear shock is on factor settings, and in general copes well with everything and can't fault it.

So was wondering if other folks had had similiar experiences here, do you even know where I'm describing for that matter :wacko:

cheers
There used to be two jumps but they've taken one out, you probably wouldn't have to be going that fast to get a bit of air on the one thats still there.

Why would you take that road on a bike though? I reckon its heaps better through the hils.

[Ixion]

Bugger. When did they take out he second bump? I LIKED those bumps, they were fun. Just stand up and gun over. I used to do that whole stretch standing up. Coming south , there used to be (buger, I don't recalll them last time, I think the bastiges have taken them out) two wallows close together , which were fun cos you hit the second with the suspension still closed up from the first. Bumps is bumps, tis what roads have . Soon we'll have roads that are just dead straight and smooth as billiard tables. Dead boring.

EDIT: Advice for new riders: Don't be shy to ride standing up. You often get better control. I sometimes ride for several miles at a time standing, if the surface is a bit rough. I think modern rids are too fond of sitting on their arse, standing on the pegsis often better.

[sAsLEX]

EDIT: Advice for new riders: Don't be shy to ride standing up. You often get better control. I often ride for several miles at a time standing, if the surface is a bit rough. I think modern rids are too fond of sitting on their arse, standing on the pegsis often better.


bit hard to stand up on a sprot bike, can weight the pegs and get off your arse but actually standing aint the most comfortable or practical

[Ixion]

Prolly why they bleat so much about the condition of the roads ? :devil2:

[sunhuntin]

EDIT: Advice for new riders: Don't be shy to ride standing up. You often get better control. I sometimes ride for several miles at a time standing, if the surface is a bit rough. I think modern rids are too fond of sitting on their arse, standing on the pegsis often better.

quite like standing on scuffys pegs...gives my ass a rest for a bit and gives a better view of whats up ahead, specially on the bridge.

[chickenfunkstar]

Bugger. When did they take out he second bump? I LIKED those bumps, they were fun. Just stand up and gun over. I used to do that whole stretch standing up. Coming south , there used to be (buger, I don't recalll them last time, I think the bastiges have taken them out) two wallows close together , which were fun cos you hit the second with the suspension still closed up from the first. Bumps is bumps, tis what roads have . Soon we'll have roads that are just dead straight and smooth as billiard tables. Dead boring.

EDIT: Advice for new riders: Don't be shy to ride standing up. You often get better control. I sometimes ride for several miles at a time standing, if the surface is a bit rough. I think modern rids are too fond of sitting on their arse, standing on the pegsis often better.
Its only been taken out quite recently. I wouldn't be surprised if they took out the other one soon. Occasionally you'll see someone in the ditch reasonably close to the bridge. Although how they manage to do that i've got no idea.

[MSTRS]

Its only been taken out quite recently. I wouldn't be surprised if they took out the other one soon. Occasionally you'll see someone in the ditch reasonably close to the bridge. Although how they manage to do that i've got no idea.
Bumps is everywhere - never been on SH16 (or 22) but they don't sound any different to 'our' choice m/c roads.
Are you sure those in the ditch aren't just collecting watercress??

[chickenfunkstar]

Bumps don't worry me too much, i've certainly been on worse. Last guy I saw in the ditch was talking to a policeman, there was no way he got into that position on purpose. Its not uncommon to see a few skid marks around that area.

[jonbuoy]

Its more of a small ramp than a bump, I'm surprised that they don't have an uneven surface sign up.

And yup I for one will be complaining about road surfaces till farmers stop spraying shit on them, roadworkers stop leaving loose seal or even worse that powdery sandy shit they put on top of sticky tar that you can't see. Why should we just deal with it - its fucking dangerous and not in an exciting way when the front slides on you. I've said this before buts its not just speed, drink driving and poor judgments that cause crashes. Slack road surfacing is in there somewhere. How many bikers have been injured through poor seal repairs?

[Ixion]

Only ones riding beyond what the road allowed ? I think it jolly nice of the authorities to provide roads at all. I don't have to carry an axe anymore. I wish you young folk could experience a pumice road. You'd never complain again.

[jonbuoy]

Nah I don't have an axe to grind as such. Its a subject that does get my back up after a spill I took a while ago. Its very nice?? of the authorites to spend some of the massive amounts of tax we pay on making roads??

Roads wear out and shit happens but some things are just plain careless bordering on negligent.

[Ixion]

My axe was literal not figurative. I don't need it any more

[Bonez]

Prolly why they bleat so much about the condition of the roads ? :devil2:Now now :rofl:

[Zed]

Not sure of the bump you're referring to on SH16, but I clocked up over 800kms this weekend and rode over several bumpy patches that caught me unawares because i didn't know the particular road, thankfully none of them catapulted me in the air or gave me a bad tankslapper. I find that the more familiar I am with a road the more enjoyable it becomes, and less dangerous too cos you remember where the trouble spots are and can prepare for them in advance.

Look at it this way, next time you go down SH16 you'll know to slow down before that specific bump! :done:

[Ixion]

.. I find that the more familiar I am with a road the more enjoyable it becomes, and less dangerous too cos you remember where the trouble spots are and can prepare for them in advance.

..:


I find the opposite. The more familiar the road, the less enjoyable. Once you know the road it becomes boring, I seek out new roads and trying to avoid riding the same ones too frequently.

[Zed]

I find the opposite. The more familiar the road, the less enjoyable. Once you know the road it becomes boring, I seek out new roads and trying to avoid riding the same ones too frequently.Lol, but being a self-professing cloud shagging nana, you are the exception to the general rule!

The reason a good road like SH16, SH22, and Coro Loop becomes more enjoyable as you get to know it better is because you can ride it FASTER...so yeah, i understand why you find the opposite Ixion. :whistle:

[Two Smoker]

I find the opposite. The more familiar the road, the less enjoyable. Once you know the road it becomes boring, I seek out new roads and trying to avoid riding the same ones too frequently.

Ride the track alot... and you find all roads boring....

[Motu]

I have a little rule - everytime I ride,I ride at least one road I've never been down before.Lucky I don't get out much eh?

[Ixion]

Lol, but being a self-professing cloud shagging nana, you are the exception to the general rule!

The reason a good road like SH16, SH22, and Coro Loop becomes more enjoyable as you get to know it better is because you can ride it FASTER...so yeah, i understand why you find the opposite Ixion. :whistle:

Very probably. I am the exception to all rules, including this one. And I suspect that boredom is part , at least, of the reason that sprotsbikers are obsessed with speed.

Whereas I treat each ride as an adventure - a passage through one of those "magic casements that open upon the seas of faery lands forlorn."

Why on earth would I want to ride a road faster? If it is a good road it will have much that is to savoured. Sights, sounds, vistas. Beasts of field and hedge, the gentle play of light and shade upon the road, the sound and flight of birds , the movement of trees , the burble of shallow water, the bass unulation of deep water, the fulsome grace of the bike upon the road. All lost if your only objective is to bolt down the road as fast as possible. The faster you ride the less you experience.

[Motu]

Whereas I treat each ride as an adventure - a passage through one of those "magic casements that open upon the seas of faery lands forlorn."

Why on earth would I want to ride a road faster? If it is a good road it will have much that is to savoured. Sights, sounds, vistas. Beasts of field and hedge, the gentle play of light and shade upon the road, the sound and flight of birds , the movement of trees , the burble of shallow water, the bass unulation of deep water, the fulsome grace of the bike upon the road. All lost if your only objective is to bolt down the road as fast as possible. The faster you ride the less you experience.


Thank you - that is the ride I ride.

[dawnrazor]

Well good to know its not just me then, cheers.

For the record I wasn't moaning about the road conditions, only wanting to know if it gave other folks the same treatment.

The best way to find out these things is by asking after all.

But thanks to all the people who decided to take something completely different out of it, your input is as always much appreciated.:crazy:

[cowboyz]

Its more of a small ramp than a bump, I'm surprised that they don't have an uneven surface sign up.

And yup I for one will be complaining about road surfaces till farmers stop spraying shit on them, roadworkers stop leaving loose seal or even worse that powdery sandy shit they put on top of sticky tar that you can't see. Why should we just deal with it - its fucking dangerous and not in an exciting way when the front slides on you. I've said this before buts its not just speed, drink driving and poor judgments that cause crashes. Slack road surfacing is in there somewhere. How many bikers have been injured through poor seal repairs?

judging by your avatar you dont use the road surface do you?

nice BTW.

[Edbear]

But thanks to all the people who decided to take something completely different out of it, your input is as always much appreciated.:crazy:

That's normal for this forum isn't it? It never ceases to amuse and entertain, how many different interpretations and responses you can get! It's what makes this such a fun forum!
Ixion, I didn't know you were such a poet?:niceone:

[Lou Girardin]

That'll teach you to use cage roads. Next time go up Old North Rd - it's got corners, lot's of 'em.
Or you could buy a Harley.:scooter:

[jonbuoy]

judging by your avatar you dont use the road surface do you?

nice BTW.

Ha I wish I could ride like that - just a cool pic I thought. If I had half that guys talent I would be a happy man.

Yup each to their own style of riding, some cruise some don't. Were all on the same team in my book.

[chickenfunkstar]

Bugger. When did they take out he second bump? I LIKED those bumps, they were fun. Just stand up and gun over. I used to do that whole stretch standing up. Coming south , there used to be (buger, I don't recalll them last time, I think the bastiges have taken them out) two wallows close together , which were fun cos you hit the second with the suspension still closed up from the first. Bumps is bumps, tis what roads have . Soon we'll have roads that are just dead straight and smooth as billiard tables. Dead boring.

EDIT: Advice for new riders: Don't be shy to ride standing up. You often get better control. I sometimes ride for several miles at a time standing, if the surface is a bit rough. I think modern rids are too fond of sitting on their arse, standing on the pegsis often better.

You'll be dissapointed to learn that they've now taken out both of the jumps. Actually gave me a bit of a surprise when I was expecting a bump which wasn't there.

[paturoa]

It was still there last time I went past 2 weeks ago (towing a boat with my 4wd...) and it is dangerous.

is a 4wd a cage too?

[Jantar]

bit hard to stand up on a sprot bike, can weight the pegs and get off your arse but actually standing aint the most comfortable or practical

That's one of the reasons I intend changing from my GS1200SS to a DL1000K6 at the end of winter. :ride: