Paekakariki hill road.

[DEATH_INC.]

I went to welly last weekend (in a cage) and went via the hill into hutt valley.....what a farkin eye opener! This road is quite amazing (for those that haven't been there) it starts off as a tar-seal goattrack up the side of a cliff, no barriers, then goes over the top into a goat track with a bank on one side and fence on the other, but no water tables so both of these are right beside the seal, ie no runoff. It does open up a little further down, but shit!
All you welly guys that ride this road at a pace are farkin legends, and have mucho respect from this jafa. :not:

[phoenixgtr]

It can be pretty scary going down the Kapiti side with no barriers.

I remember my first time down there...

[cowpoos]

come play on the takas dude....just as much fun....

[Str8 Jacket]

I remember my first time down there...

Im trying my best not to... :shutup: ah :innocent:

[Hitcher]

Arrrr. That be the Goat Track of Death of which ye so fondly speak. Ask Frosty...

[jimbo600]

Yeah must of us down here have paid the rent on that bit of road. It claimed my K3 750 (the one I traded your wx 750 on)

[Sparky Bills]

Yeah must of us down here have paid the rent on that bit of road. It claimed my K3 750 (the one I traded your wx 750 on)


x3 times for me:innocent:

But your right... great road!

I get to ride it everyday, rain or shine. Done it for the last 7years:first:

[Bend-it]

Yeha, amazing, even in a car! I haven't ridden it yet, so am not worthy of your respect... yet... ;)

[DEATH_INC.]

It's a fantastic bit of road orright, but I can't get over how unforgiving it is.....you have no room for error at all.....it makes 22 look like a motorway.
I wanna bring a bike down and wear out a set of sliders round the inlet though:yes:

[_intense_]

have yet to experience it dudes, lookingfoward to it though, gonna get the servicing done then il unleash my baby (cautiously) i hear theres a lot of cages like to cut corners on the pie-cock road?

[merv]

I love the road and it owes me nothing. The new low speed limits are ridiculous though.

[riffer]

Always interesting to hear the views of those from out of town on the local roads. You get used to them over time and forget how good they really are.

I hope you get to enjoy a few more of the roads. The inlet roads (Grays Rd on one side, Paremata Rd on the other) are some of the best ways to try and wear out the edges of your tyres. I miss my old job in Tawa sometimes because I hardly ever get to go over there at all now.

As for Frosty and the goat track of death, it only got him once. The next time he met it he was all over it like a rash. I had to give up on trying to keep up with him - talk about a man on a mission! :yes:

[georgiepie]

The inlet roads (Grays Rd on one side, Paremata Rd on the other
OOh yes. But if only it was twice as long. You have to turn around and do it again the other way too :scooter:

[sels1]

Its a fun bit of road allright, and a great veiw from the top of the hill on a good clear winters day you can see from Kaikoura mtns to Mt Taranaki.
Only watch out for the boi racers, they like to hoon on it too.

[Masterchop]

Yea it is a fun bit of road but not much margin for error.It claimed my Gixxer 750 a few years ago.
Allways cages on wrong side of road as well!
Just a normal days riding for the locals though.

[Sparky Bills]

Just a normal days riding for the locals though.


Yip:first:

[loosebruce]

Piecock Hill is where a few i know cut there teeth in the early days, neat road, possum almost claimed me on my ZXR and dirt by battle hill almost claimed me and my TL, but i'm still rent free, even better now with areas they sealed up, still some rough stuff, man i havent done it years, so many good memories like the chik i took up there once and she complined her hands were cold (yes she had gloves) so i told her to grab the muffler thinking she wouldn't think i was serious, the yelp of pain said otherwise! and the many times having to pick my body up to avoid clobbering a fence post with my head round a corner, few scruff marks on my shoulders from whacking the roadside markers lol, yep not much room for error indeed, the new speed limit must suck arse and from what i hear the HP hit it reguraly now, okay os i it wouldn't be hard for some people i know to out gun an HP car round there, but only one real way in or out (two if you take the cliff down to the seaside) makes it a tough one.

Grays road is a bit of fun for sure, the paramata side has too many built up areas for my liking.

[et al]

Yep - my favorite bit of local road too, I usually stop at the top for a while to enjoy the view which is awesome and peaceful even on a not so good day.
Only 1 corner I don't like and have to remember to treat with respect each time: the left hander (going from Porirua side) a bit past the farm that has the boat in the tree - it really tightens up on you and to make it further interesting you can also suddenly encounter oncoming traffic there using your side of the road!

[Clivoris]

I used to ride it heaps but having to use my spidey sense to avoid the boi racers on MY side of the road got real tiring. However, my biggest eye opener was being tail-gated by a white van through there. Bastard must have been laughing his tits off.

[sugilite]

Piecock Hill is where a few i know cut there teeth in the early days
Ahhh one of those would be me :yes:
I lived in Paraparaumu and did that road so many, many times! Yep loved it.
I had some amazing rides through there in the wet on an RG250, sliping and sliding it every where, it was like a rodeo ride Yeee Haaa. :woohoo:
Those were the days when it was rough as guts, much, much worse than it's current state.

Grays road was a bit of fun, but I never really cut loose on it, Puatahanui got to built up in the end, it was fun once, it used to be a real quick piece of road...
I once lived at the bottom of Makara Rd too, so rubbing my shoulders past the bushes was a daily occurence there
But the Akatarawas, ahhhhh theres a road :love:


Only 1 corner I don't like and have to remember to treat with respect each time: the left hander (going from Porirua side) a bit past the farm that has the boat in the tree - it really tightens up on you and to make it further interesting you can also suddenly encounter oncoming traffic there using your side of the road!

The line for this corner is keep it real wide on a smooth throttle (you actually see oncoming cars better on this line) then just before the corner tightens, cut the power and drop the bike on it's side, hug the rock face then almost instantly pick it up with the power and fire her out the corner on a very safe tight line. (a wheelie friendly line too hehehe) It places you in the safest place at the most dangerous time (the blind part) Using this line I came to just DIG that corner, enjoy :2thumbsup

[Lord Derosso]

Havent been up there for years but its kind of freaky when you get towards the top from the Porirua side and pull over at a lookout and look down. I heard that when someone crashed over the hill many years ago they nearly hit the motorway after just one bounce. They didnt survive. Being here, I could believe it. Worse than the Rimutakas drop and that is really saying something.

[Shadows]

have yet to experience it dudes, lookingfoward to it though, gonna get the servicing done then il unleash my baby (cautiously) i hear theres a lot of cages like to cut corners on the pie-cock road?

It would be a rare occurrence if you didn't come across a cage on the wrong side of the road on a run.

And then there was the Akatarataratakarawas!

[Clivoris]

It would be a rare occurrence if you didn't come across a cage on the wrong side of the road on a run.

And then there was the Akatarataratakarawas!
I've heard others rave about that road as well. But, heard just as many say that it's the kind of road that draws you into throwing the bike around then... just as your getting into your groove a 4x4 will pop round the corner and run you off the road. I'm too chickenshit for that kind of buzz.:doobey:

[Shadows]

I've heard others rave about that road as well. But, heard just as many say that it's the kind of road that draws you into throwing the bike around then... just as your getting into your groove a 4x4 will pop round the corner and run you off the road. I'm too chickenshit for that kind of buzz.:doobey:

Too right, I don't really like the Akataratarawarawarawara road for that reason (and also because I can't fucking spell it). I usually find myself a cage to use as a barrier for most sections of that road. Drop back, have a little bit of a blast catching up, than drop back again. It makes for a kind of stilted ride though, and half the time the cage pulls over for you and then they must wonder WTF I'm doing pulling in behind them as well.

[Clivoris]

Too right, I don't really like the Akataratarawarawarawara road for that reason (and also because I can't fucking spell it). I usually find myself a cage to use as a barrier for most sections of that road. Drop back, have a little bit of a blast catching up, than drop back again. It makes for a kind of stilted ride though, and half the time the cage pulls over for you and then they must wonder WTF I'm doing pulling in behind them as well.
Your spelling looks fine to me, and I must admit that the thought of some poor soccer-mom in her Whitby tractor gettting worried about the apparently P soaked and erratic hog rider stalking her brings a smile to my dial. :first: Keep up the good work bro.:yes:

[Shadows]

the apparently P soaked and erratic hog rider

Dang! With that description you must have seen my riding.... I'm getting all paranoid now....

[Clivoris]

Dang! With that description you must have seen my riding.... I'm getting all paranoid now....
I have a road racing friend who also rides a sporty. I know the kind of twisted take on reality that requires. Paranoia is like mirrored slivers scattered about in the mosaic of life for people like him. Not related are you?:spudguita ding a ding ding ding ding ding ding ding...(Duelling banjos here). :blink:

[Shadows]

I have a road racing friend who also rides a sporty. I know the kind of twisted take on reality that requires. Paranoia is like mirrored slivers scattered about in the mosaic of life for people like him. Not related are you?:spudguita ding a ding ding ding ding ding ding ding...(Duelling banjos here). :blink:


Thats a pretty profound post, man... if we ever meet do you mind if I try out some of that shit?! :doobey:

[Kickaha]

Too right, I don't really like the Akataratarawarawarawara road for that reason

I thought it made the Paekakariki hill road look like a 4 lane motorway :yes:

[Beemer]

I wanna bring a bike down and wear out a set of sliders round the inlet though:yes:

Don't forget it's got a stupid 80kph speed limit. It was bad enough when it was 100 because you'd get nanas doing 60-80, but now you get the same nanas doing 40-60 because it must be a dangerous stretch of road to have such a low speed...

I used to love the stretch of road from Mirarmar to Island Bay - nice during the week when there's not much traffic. I'm not a lover of the first bit of the Paekak Hill but I love the bit through Battle Hill to Pauatahanui. I fear the corners as there is so often shit all over them that has fallen from further up the hill!

[Clivoris]

Thats a pretty profound post, man... if we ever meet do you mind if I try out some of that shit?! :doobey:
:rofl: You're on country boy. :devil2:

[petesmeats]

yep It is indeed a great little ride... Over paekak hill along grays road over the hutt then over the rimutakas and back the same way... I did it the first weekend i got my full liscence... I was pretty knackered when i got home... Grays road is fun with its sweeping corners mixed in with a few 25k corners... My mate got his v-tec integra to 165k along there... pretty decent for a cage if you ask me...

I think that it is the dumbest thing in the world that 'they' have lowered the speed limit over P - hill road.... They caught some ridiculous amount of people breaking the speed limit on the first few weekends after they changed it... From what aunty helen made off changing the speedlimit there i'm surprised they havnt systematically started changing speedlimits all over the country just to raise revenue... BASTARDS