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    Share your ride home

    For some strange reason I always take the same route back and forth to work.

    Today I took a longer commute home and it was awesome!!

    Red = my normal way, fast but boring
    Green = tried it today - some real nice corners, no traffic until just before carlise road
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    I could vary my commute I guess but it is hardly any more exciting. Takes approximately 7-8 seconds to walk up the hallway to my place from the office & approx 30-32 seconds to walk out the front door & around the side of the building to my apartment



    It has been suggested a real biker would get a scooter for this "commute"
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    Quote Originally Posted by retro asian View Post
    For some strange reason I always take the same route back and forth to work.

    Today I took a longer commute home and it was awesome!!

    Red = my normal way, fast but boring
    Green = tried it today - some real nice corners, no traffic until just before carlise road
    But the question remains ...... was it dark by the time you got home? seems like more than a detour kind of route. Good on ya

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    Quote Originally Posted by crazyhorse View Post
    But the question remains ...... was it dark by the time you got home? seems like more than a detour kind of route. Good on ya
    It was dark by the time I had left work... bring on Summer!

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    my preferred ride home in the summer


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    hope this works

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    Sure I'll share, whats the world record for amount of people on a ducati?
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    Good work Fizbin - now if I feel the need for a free red TL I know exactly where to get one.

    There's only two good spots on my normal commute route - the Pakuranga Highway where anything goes, and Takutai Ave, which depends on the time of day.


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    Quote Originally Posted by retro asian View Post
    It was dark by the time I had left work... bring on Summer!
    I second that motion

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    To and from...not often to work, but mostly where I go.

    (Edit) seems wises links don't work for some reason...the route in blue is basically through Whitford.
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    Agreed! The route you took (along Beach Road) is a wonderful ride, lots of twistie for some good cornering (nice beach view as well). I usually start from Milford beach then go along the way, pass Browns Bay to Long Bay beach! Nice morning ride for a sunny day.

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    This is a great idea if you and your sharing pillion start and leave work at the same time.

    Othersie it would be quite difficult to manage.

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    Shock horror... i ride 3ks to work lol!
    Scummynook to Milford! Used to take max 5 minutes to get there... now they've added another lane.. max 3 minutes!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sammy12 View Post
    Shock horror... i ride 3ks to work lol!
    Scummynook to Milford! Used to take max 5 minutes to get there... now they've added another lane.. max 3 minutes!
    Go to beach rd from milford....ie Do the green bit on my map, then do the red bit...the whole loop will get you back to sunnynook.
    Hahaha

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