Air Pic of the Rimutaka rd from Hutt to Featherston

[mattathm]

Another shot of the rimutaka road, for those of you who ride it....
not a bad stretch of road......

[ynot slow]

Must try that road,brilliant pic.

[Pex Adams]

For Fuck sake - you can see the rutts from 8000 ft!:oi-grr:

[rudolph]

thats heeps of fun that road, rode it most weekends for 2 years.

[Number One]

Love, hate relationship with that there road. Used to ride it no probs and regular (on account of living at the bottom) now though parts of it give me the shits. ewww not nice:blink:

[Monkeyboy]

I know it well....:devil2:

[Hawkeye]

Rode it only yesterday. Apparently, the only place I can get milk from is in Featherstone :whistle:. Only problem... I normally forget the milk!:lol:

[Trudes]

I'm in :love:, everytime I reach a certain corner coming onto the 'Takas, I think, "Hello friend, (at the moment we are still friends, if/when I crap off on it, we may not be on such good terms....) I'm here again to learn something new from you, let the lesson begin!":woohoo:

[Pussy]

I'm in :love:, everytime I reach a certain corner coming onto the 'Takas, I think, "Hello friend, (at the moment we are still friends, if/when I crap off on it, we may not be on such good terms....) I'm here again to learn something new from you, let the lesson begin!":woohoo:

Really enjoyed my first (only, so far) blat over the Takas with you guys :niceone:

[ElCoyote]

Another shot of the rimutaka road, for those of you who ride it....
not a bad stretch of road......

My old stomping ground, did you take the photo? Love it :2thumbsup

[Kendog]

That's a great picture of a great road.

[Grub]

Legend pic Manhattan! I didn't realise that you could see just about every corner ... stunning stuff. Any details on how/where/altitude the pic was shot?

[rustys]

:woohoo: AWESOME, did it twice over easter, in perfect weather,with my little honey sitting on the back of the R6, (front in the air most of the time), Iam moving down that way soon, so trying to get used to it. Great road but still needs to be treated with respect i'd say. Great also to catch up with the sports bike people at the top and have a chat.:niceone:[ MY R6]

[325rocket]

is that a diesel spill on about the fifth corner ... and the 6th and the 7th and the 8th ...........

[Madness]

Rode it only yesterday. Apparently, the only place I can get milk from is in Featherstone :whistle:. Only problem... I normally forget the milk!:lol:

Your family will end up with calcium defficiency at the rate you're going!

That's my favourite place. The Feathers side looks kinda straight from there too!

[wayne708]

Nice pic Matt, now you need to take a detour and get one of Gladstone Hillclimb road as well.

[Terminated]

The perfect desktop picture.

Resized the jpeg to 75kb and ia a perfect desktop display.

[tri boy]

Whats the name of the unsealed track to the left?
Looks even more appealing than the old Rimutaka rd.;)

[Madness]

Whats the name of the unsealed track to the left?
Looks even more appealing than the old Rimutaka rd.;)

That would be the Pylon Track, aptly named for it's proximity to the Pylons... A lot of Featherston's unemployed use it as a main arterial route in & out of town.

[Fatjim]

All it needs are marshals and a chequered flag.

[munterk6]

Ive done that road twice, and it can be a bit hairy in some places! The traffic volume gives me the shits, not use to it being from the Mainland n all lol!

[Boob Johnson]

*note to self*


MUST go for a blat on that :headbang:

[James Deuce]

Your family will end up with calcium defficiency at the rate you're going!

That's my favourite place. The Feathers side looks kinda straight from there too!
Yes, the folds in the terrain mask some of the better corners.

[MSTRS]

is that a diesel spill on about the fifth corner ... and the 6th and the 7th and the 8th ...........

yes

I went over there on Saturday. Riding Mikkel's ZXr750rr down to Welly for him. Was looking forward to a bit of fun, but what I got instead was drizzle and diesel. Lovely.:(
So I went home over the Paekak...much more betterer.

[MidnightMike]

Holy shit that looks fun.

Its like the tight part of the kaimais 10 times over with more variation. :drool:

[mattathm]

My old stomping ground, did you take the photo? Love it :2thumbsup


Yip :2thumbsup
outta my office window :2guns:

[mattathm]

Legend pic Manhattan! I didn't realise that you could see just about every corner ... stunning stuff. Any details on how/where/altitude the pic was shot?

ummm lemme see... it was out the left front seat of my office window enroute to wtgn from palmy at 10'000ft took it on my N73 Nokia phone.
:Punk:

[mattathm]

Nice pic Matt, now you need to take a detour and get one of Gladstone Hillclimb road as well.

PM me what you want to be photographed around the country... ill try my best!:niceone:

[ElCoyote]

Yip :2thumbsup
outta my office window :2guns:

Major envy :drool:

[Slingshot]

Do a search on You Tube for "Rimutaka" and you'll find a stack of videos.

[James Deuce]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHVSixUvGy0

[James Deuce]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hinOBl3H_XU

[Coyote]

Shit, looks long. Doesn't feel it.

[jrandom]

My fave Rimutaka video

Running wide over the centerline on a left hand exit and cutting across it on a right hand apex?

<_<

[James Deuce]

Camera view doesn;t tell the whole story. If you knew the road you'd know it isn't an issue.

[jrandom]

If you knew the road you'd know it isn't an issue.

Oh, OK.

Only ever been up it once.

I'll do some laps next time I'm down.

[Fatjim]

Running wide over the centerline on a left hand exit and cutting across it on a right hand apex?

<_<

all the dodgy bits re the centreline are going down the other side. there's a few corners on that side that you swear you can see through only for a vehicle coming the other way to pop out of "nowhere". Fortunately its not a lesson I've had to learn the hard way.

[Deano]

Running wide over the centerline on a left hand exit and cutting across it on a right hand apex?

<_<
Camera view doesn;t tell the whole story. If you knew the road you'd know it isn't an issue.


Yeah, don't do 'a Katman'. :rolleyes:

[Deano]

all the dodgy bits re the centreline are going down the other side. there's a few corners on that side that you swear you can see through only for a vehicle coming the other way to pop out of "nowhere". Fortunately its not a lesson I've had to learn the hard way.

There's a lot of dodgy bits - I stay left on the blind right handers on the way up for good reason - trucks/buses tend to cross into your lane at some points.

[Trudes]

Re "Softcock" vid, never feels like 5 mins to the summit does it, always feels like, "What, we're there already?!", and doesn't everyone indicate when over taking?, or is that just a nanna thing to do? And I wanna learn how to ride down the Featherston side that fast, I really do crawl down that side.... so sad!!!:yawn:

[Slingshot]

Running wide over the centerline on a left hand exit and cutting across it on a right hand apex?

<_<

Give me the timecode and I'll explain the what was going through my head (if I remember).

[Coyote]

What time do the cops rarely patrol the hill? Cause of got a strong desire to take the minimoto downhill.

[KS34]

Ah the Taka TT, my favourite part of the weekend, or Thursday night if I'm a good boy! I pop her into 2nd and go to my happy place. Never seem to get the Welly side sorted (up or down), but the Feathers side is sheer rider nirvana.:ride:

[Trudes]

Never seem to get the Welly side sorted (up or down), but the Feathers side is sheer rider nirvana.:ride:

Funny, I'm the complete opposite!! Then again I think I just need more practice on the Feathers side, the more I do it the better I get at it and the more I'm starting to love it!!

[KS34]

[QUOTE= the more I do it the better I get at it and the more I'm starting to love it!![/QUOTE]

Thats the key I think, I used to be the same way with a mental block about the feathers side, now I think i rush the Welly side and it all gets a bit stop/starty. The Feathers side is all about being smooth, avoiding the brakes where possible and using alot of the inside of your lane. Thats my 10 cents on the matter any hoo.

[m99dws]

That stretch of road should have its own Facebook appreciation group! Awesome pic, cheers.

[Trudes]

Thats the key I think, I used to be the same way with a mental block about the feathers side, now I think i rush the Welly side and it all gets a bit stop/starty. The Feathers side is all about being smooth, avoiding the brakes where possible and using alot of the inside of your lane. Thats my 10 cents on the matter any hoo.

For sure eh! I had a real problem with the tightish right hander on the last passing lane before the summit on the Welly side, hated that corner something bad, but then I talked myself into just doing it, looking ALL the way round it and then flicking back the other way for the right hander afterwards and started to be able to do it quite happily. Now it's my favourite corner on the whole road, just hang it out and go for it, need some more ground clearance on the Hornet though!!!:lol:

[young1]

Excellent pic, I would like to see a pic of the other side though. I have ridden it often on a push bike (multisport training). What was hard when going down the Featherston side was braking into the corners on little racing push bike tyres (you had sore hands from braking by the time you got to the bottom)

[KS34]

lol!! do a Drew and hang off more! just off the topic for a mo, Great photo!!:chase:

[oldrider]

That truly is a very nice pic of a very nice piece of road.

Surprises me today just how short it actually is!

It is etched deep in my mind (since a small child) that it goes on and on forever! :yeah: Cheers John.

[Kendog]

that it goes on and on forever!

We wish ;)

[Grub]

ummm lemme see... it was out the left front seat of my office window enroute to wtgn from palmy at 10'000ft took it on my N73 Nokia phone.
:Punk:

Cool ... you remember what Radial/DME?

[DingoZ]

I like the Taka's. But everytime I go over it, I remember the piece of advice given to me by Mrs Kendog, that it is a piece of road that deserves respect no matter how many times you have ridden it, and no matter what the weather is like.....

Now if someone would be kind enough to pass on some tips on how to go downhill as smoothly would be appreciated........

:2thumbsup

[Trudes]

I like the Taka's. But everytime I go over it, I remember the piece of advice given to me by Mrs Kendog, that it is a piece of road that deserves respect no matter how many times you have ridden it, and no matter what the weather is like.....

Now if someone would be kind enough to pass on some tips on how to go downhill as smoothly would be appreciated........

:2thumbsup

Holy shit!! Someone actually listened to me!!!:lol: Thanks DingoZ!
Actually, it's a lovely morning and I'm not starting work til 3pm, so guess where I'm about to go......:banana:

[TOTO]

can someone show me on google maps where that road is PLEASE?

I cant find it :baby:

[mooks]

can someone show me on google maps where that road is PLEASE?

I cant find it :baby:


http://maps.google.co.nz/maps?ie=UTF8&ll=-41.12178,175.205154&spn=0.159575,0.286674&z=12

Try that.
She's a fabulous bit of road that one :-)
Will be heading over it this afternoon after work this morning. :rolleyes:

[Lissa]

Actually, it's a lovely morning and I'm not starting work til 3pm, so guess where I'm about to go......:banana:See if you can spot the balloons Trudes!!

I am going to have to admit to the fact I have loved the Takas, but not so much as when I was blasting up there on my GN250, yep! Esp going around the tight Muldoon Corner awesome fun. Now I just have to get up some confidence and practice going up on my bandit... hmm maybe tonight!

[henry]

I don't get it. This must be one of the worse roads around.

The surface is shit,
There is zero visibility in the corners,
There is either white lines, rocks or diesel on most of the corners,
There is heaps of traffic going at seemingly random speeds and in random positions on the road.
And it takes 20 minutes of boring motorway riding to get there.

What am I missing?

[Trudes]

That all adds to the fun of it, if it wasn't for all those things (except for the boring motorway ride there, even that you can make interesting if you try!!:whistle:) then there'd be no challenge and it would be like the motorway! However taking all the annoying cars/trucks/campervans etc off there would make it more fun, but then they are just passing practice and are usually going so slow that they're almost like large lumps of steel that you just dodge. (Can you tell I've just got back from a spin up there in the beautiful morning sun??):drool:

[Trudes]

See if you can spot the balloons Trudes!!

I am going to have to admit to the fact I have loved the Takas, but not so much as when I was blasting up there on my GN250, yep! Esp going around the tight Muldoon Corner awesome fun. Now I just have to get up some confidence and practice going up on my bandit... hmm maybe tonight!

Balloons, I didn't see any balloons, did they have "Hi Trudes you nob" writen on them?? lol
Hey hun, have you thought about getting a larger version of the GN when you get your full?:sunny:

[Str8 Jacket]

I don't get it. This must be one of the worse roads around.

The surface is shit,
There is zero visibility in the corners,
There is either white lines, rocks or diesel on most of the corners,
There is heaps of traffic going at seemingly random speeds and in random positions on the road.
And it takes 20 minutes of boring motorway riding to get there.

What am I missing?

You werent the guy who crashed on the weekend were ya?

[henry]

You werent the guy who crashed on the weekend were ya?

No, not me. Saw the bike in the workshop yesterday though.
Lucky they haven't put cheese cutters up there yet.

[Trudes]

Oh my god!! Don't even think that!!! :crybaby: That would be the biggest [R RATED]Pile of steaming horse crap ever[/R RATED], hahaha, just wanted try out the R

[Lissa]

Balloons, I didn't see any balloons, did they have "Hi Trudes you nob" writen on them?? lol
Hey hun, have you thought about getting a larger version of the GN when you get your full?:sunny:
hehe well, I do like the Hornet's doll, yes I admit it I might get a HONDA when I upgrade. :msn-wink:

[nodrog]

.......What am I missing?

testicles?

[henry]

testicles?

Yeah, you're probably right.

Great signature by the way. Very apt.

[SPman]

Last time going to Welly, it was so much fun, once I got to the bottom,I turned around and did it again (no rush to get to Welly, anyway), and then, yet again!

Scraping the pegs on the 1000 on several spots on the 2nd run, up and down
- bliss!

Now, if you could just pick up the hill and move it to Perth......show some of the locals what a real road is like.........

[Hawkeye]

Holy shit!! Someone actually listened to me!!!:lol: Thanks DingoZ!
Actually, it's a lovely morning and I'm not starting work til 3pm, so guess where I'm about to go......:banana:

Ok No need to rub it in...Some of us had to be in work at 7.30.

[Madness]

I don't get it. This must be one of the worse roads around.

The surface is shit,
There is zero visibility in the corners,
There is either white lines, rocks or diesel on most of the corners,
There is heaps of traffic going at seemingly random speeds and in random positions on the road.
And it takes 20 minutes of boring motorway riding to get there.

What am I missing?

It's one of the best bits of road in the country IMHO. Each to their own.

If the motorway bores you, try taking a detour through Whiteman's Valley & Mangaroa. Personally I almost always take the shortest direct route straight up to Bikers Nirvana.

[henry]

Each to their own.

I guess so.

In a previous life I did all my biking around Wanganui. 5 minutes ride in any direction and you were on fantastic roads. Good surface, good variation, fuck all cars. That's Nirvana.

[Madness]

I guess so.

In a previous life I did all my biking around Wanganui. 5 minutes ride in any direction and you were on fantastic roads. Good surface, good variation, fuck all cars. That's Nirvana.

Yep, to be 5 minutes out of Wanganui on any day but December 26 has to be a good thing.

[Deano]

I don't get it. This must be one of the worse roads around.

The surface is shit,
There is zero visibility in the corners,
There is either white lines, rocks or diesel on most of the corners,
There is heaps of traffic going at seemingly random speeds and in random positions on the road.
And it takes 20 minutes of boring motorway riding to get there.

What am I missing?

It's not bad once you know it like the back of your hand. It builds character.


I guess so.

In a previous life I did all my biking around Wanganui. 5 minutes ride in any direction and you were on fantastic roads. Good surface, good variation, fuck all cars. That's Nirvana.

The Paraparas are great for a blast - although they were shit for a while during the heavy rains/floods back in 03/04 ?

Paekakariki Hill Road use to be favourite, but I rarely go over there now, and when I do it's at a very sensible pace. Too many dickheads crossing the centre line.

[Grub]

Too many dickheads crossing the centre line.

Yeah and you have to watch out for cars too!

[Ocean1]

Nice pic Matt, now you need to take a detour and get one of Gladstone Hillclimb road as well.


PM me what you want to be photographed around the country... ill try my best!:niceone:

Tupurupuru - TeWharau Rd, 41° 4'8.12"S, 175°39'57.42"E

Here: http://www.cliffhanger.org.nz/hillclimb/hillclimb_map.htm

[mattathm]

thoses co-ords put it 17kms East of Greytown and 13 South of Masterton, is this right?

[mattathm]

Got it.......... sorry its a little outta the reach of the mobile phone camera, compared to the fuel burn to get the plane over there.
And UNfortunately thats the only strip in the lower north island in google earth that isnt HI Res.
Bugger!

[Ocean1]

thoses co-ords put it 17kms East of Greytown and 13 South of Masterton, is this right?

Correct, the start line is more or less at that intersection and the track uses the road heading ESE for 6kms.

I noticed, by the way, that there's sommat wrong with your front wheel.
It ceased turning independently of the rear several times last night.

[mattathm]

ive booked it in to get that fixed. the sky magnet is too pwr full at the mo.
thanks for the heads up tho... , hehehe

[ceebie13]

hehe well, I do like the Hornet's doll, yes I admit it I might get a HONDA when I upgrade. :msn-wink:

Yay! Good on ya, Mel. Join the most boringly efficient, reliable, "does what it says on the tin" motorcycle club! And with your membership you are free to do a runner from south island hotels too, cos everyone else will pay for you. :-)

[oldrider]

I guess so.

In a previous life I did all my biking around Wanganui. 5 minutes ride in any direction and you were on fantastic roads. Good surface, good variation, fuck all cars. That's Nirvana.

Sorry Henry wrong again, "I" live in Nirvana! :spanking: Cheers John.