Roundabouts

[Biohazard]

Anyone know of any decent roundabouts ( waikato area) where i can play on, nothing like a good 'ol roundabout to shave a few mm of ya sliders :blip:

[SimJen]

Try the Founders theatre roundabout. I binned a CBR on there a good few years back :) Still got the scrape marks on the road surface where the crank lunched itself.....just before flipping the bike 3 times and covering it in oil.
Just gotta get the right time to avoid traffic, beauty is St. Johns is only a few hundred metres away ;)

[Mental Trousers]

Tristram St has 3 roundabouts close together and the one outside the Pack n Save is negative camber so it's great for scraping bits.

[PaddyFZ1]

If you go from BK in Te rapa over to Chartwell you get to go through 5 roundabouts, most of its 80k limit as well.

[Biohazard]

Ah cool guys thanks.

Now I just have to get the weather sorted :shutup:

[9cents]

Try the Founders theatre roundabout. I binned a CBR on there a good few years back :) Still got the scrape marks on the road surface where the crank lunched itself.....just before flipping the bike 3 times and covering it in oil.
Just gotta get the right time to avoid traffic, beauty is St. Johns is only a few hundred metres away ;)
Out of curiosity, the big one or the small one?
I see cages doin mental speeds around the big one all the time. I work at the united video there and get to see some "interesting" driving habits :doobey:

[White trash]

Yup. Used to use round abouts to scrape sliders when I was 16 too.





Moved on to angle grinders now. Less tyre wear.

[kickingzebra]

Hmm... Angle grinders you say..... Theres a thought...
Rushes off...

[Finn]

Mental note: When putting ones knee down ensure that you remember which suit you are wearing. Woops & ouch.

[kickingzebra]

Armani needs to get back into leather and fur for men...

[ZeroIndex]

Anyone know of any decent roundabouts ( waikato area) where i can play on, nothing like a good 'ol roundabout to shave a few mm of ya sliders :blip:
in my opinion, the BEST roundabout to 'play' on, is the caltex roundabout on te rapa straight.. especially on friday and saturday nights, when you have a crowd that cheers (well, at least "watches" you) when you go round.. I go round at about 50-55km/h and get my toe-sliders down (since I can't afford Quasi leather pants with sliders yet) <-- shameless Quasimoto plug :D

If you decide to go with my advice, and you do come out on a friday/saturday night, please come say hi.. I'm normally around there on either/both of those nights.. just so there's no confusion (even though i'm pretty much the only bike on te rapa straight at that time), I'll be on the noisy bike wearing bright yellow/black cordura

[Shade]

Why not just go for a ride with decent corners?

*shrug*

[ZeroIndex]

Why not just go for a ride with decent corners?

*shrug*
because, in real life, the only time you should have your knee down is on the track.. putting it down on the road, is showing off, and the safest location for knee down on a road, is a roundabout

[Shade]

Really? So i should be putting a knee down, doing 55kmph around a diesel spilt round about which traffic will be more likely to use, and see, aka showing off like your post above, where people are 'cheering' - rather than go for a ride out in the wops, no one to show off to, and far less chance of oil spills, traffic, etc?

Take your own advice yeh?

Chur

[ZeroIndex]

Really? So i should be putting a knee down, doing 55kmph around a diesel spilt round about which traffic will be more likely to use, and see, aka showing off like your post above, where people are 'cheering' - rather than go for a ride out in the wops, no one to show off to, and far less chance of oil spills, traffic, etc?

Take your own advice yeh?

Chur
WTF.. I didn't say "Every roundabout you should have your knee down" ..fine, if you want to go put your knee down on bumpy wop roads, be my guest..

I've never met you, so I'm not gonna give you shit about the way you ride, and if you're a half-decent person, you'll do the same..

onto your "rather than go for a ride out in the wops" yeah, me too.. but not on a Friday or Saturday night.. and it's not always easy to find people to go riding with..

[Shade]

lol.

ok dude, chill

[ZeroIndex]

lol.

ok dude, chill
sorry dude.. i didn't mean it to get 'that way'.. it seemed like you were getting a bit 'uppety' at me, but that's the internet for you.. no hard feelings?

[Shade]

Yeh man, no worries this end!

[White trash]

WTF.. I didn't say "Every roundabout you should have your knee down" ..fine, if you want to go put your knee down on bumpy wop roads, be my guest..

I've never met you, so I'm not gonna give you shit about the way you ride, and if you're a half-decent person, you'll do the same..

onto your "rather than go for a ride out in the wops" yeah, me too.. but not on a Friday or Saturday night.. and it's not always easy to find people to go riding with..
Especially on a Kinetic 170.......

[ZeroIndex]

Especially on a Kinetic 170.......
dammit.. it's not nice to make fun of people that can't afford bikes with engines..

[XP@]

It's a bit of a treck, but you should really try this roundabout:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=WELLINGTON&om=1&ll=51.562845,-1.771051&spn=0.001341,0.005407&t=k
It really is magic... just don't forget your acid

Here is how it works:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Roundabout_%28Swindon%29

[Biohazard]

roflmao - that rounabout in Swindon is a giggle...many times I have sat and watched people get confused on it...most guys in swindon just drive over them all :blip:

[XP@]

roflmao - that rounabout in Swindon is a giggle...many times I have sat and watched people get confused on it...most guys in swindon just drive over them all :blip:
Doh!

Just realised, you just come from there!

Don't go back just for a roundabout! stay here, we have things called "Bends" and "Corners" in our roads.
( see this topic for some of the best http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=29036&page=4 )