whats the most you've exceeded the...

[gamgee]

recommended speed for a corner by?
i went round a 30 corner at 70 today, felt pretty comfortable to, could probably push it to 80

[Motu]

To the point where I fell off...this is more important than figures....

[bugjuice]

most people double it, then use your best judgement (may be knock a few k off)..

[saiko]

There's a corner south of Picton, maybe closer to Kaikoura, where it goes out to the sea, then dog legs back inland. It's a 25k corner, & the only one in the country I usually take at around 25kph!

[Jeremy]

35km/h one at 80km/h. Though you could probably have taken it easily at a 100.

[Sniper]

There's a corner south of Picton, maybe closer to Kaikoura, where it goes out to the sea, then dog legs back inland. It's a 25k corner, & the only one in the country I usually take at around 25kph!

Its just past Kaikoura, fuken great but do 25km hour or you will know about it!!!

[wildcat_lgf]

There's a great little corner out in Clevedon way that makes me feel manly!

Its a 45km/h corner but it hardly curves and I've taken it at 90km/h in the cage...not even scary. Just goes to show that some of LTSA's road markings are a bit off!

Especially since there is a corner where everyone crashes just heading out from suburbia into rural lands (point view drive in Howick heading out Whitford Rd). Speed limit changes from 50km/hr to 80km/h just before this steep corner (which is always wet and has pot-holes in it)...anyway thats my 2c worth.

[JohnBoy]

Its a 45km/h corner but it hardly curves and I've taken it at 90km/h in the cage...not even scary. Just goes to show that some of LTSA's road markings are a bit off!

they are actually set by the local council... but that dosn't mean they know what they are doing either. most probably not changed since the road was realighned in the past, happens all the time.

ok.. with the bike i work on the principal of double all signs (upto 65km) and then its not much more than that.
there is a corner just out of P north (by Longburn) where i have consistantly gone thourgh a 35 at just over 100.

[FlyingDutchMan]

Over took a car and realised that there was a long 65 corner in front of me... no choice but to roll off a bit and tip it in. Came out the other side at 130 and a big grin. It gave me a bit more confidence on my arrowmax rear tyre.

[Sparky Bills]

they are actually set by the local council... but that dosn't mean they know what they are doing either. most probably not changed since the road was realighned in the past, happens all the time.

ok.. with the bike i work on the principal of double all signs (upto 65km) and then its not much more than that.
there is a corner just out of P north (by Longburn) where i have consistantly gone thourgh a 35 at just over 100.

Is that the one I ride round the outside of you in???

[Coldkiwi]

on a decent road ride,typically double the posted spped... but on the corners I'm really going for i don't really have time to look at the speedo!

[John]

I just look at the corner to judge the speed, I normally miss the posted speed signs.

I like my method, if the corner looks abit off camber or such then I will slow down abit from my current speed or keep the gas on, I barely look at my speedo in corner.

[404error]

When I was in mexico we took the tol road in a rental van. The road was straight as an arrow with no one on it except a light peppering of tour busses. Along the road there were signs saying stuff in spanish, some would translate to "respect the signs" and another "obey the signs." Generally repeating themselves until one said "DANGEROUS CURVE AHEAD." To realise that a curve was really there, you'd need a surveyer. Oh. Another sign translated to "Do not molest the signs."

[Jantar]

Interesting that anyone who is really riding hard through a corner has time to look at the speedo part way through.

I normally feel quite safe entering a curve by treating the warning sign as though it was mph not kmh. ie about 60% faster. It is quite common though to exit the corner at double the posted speed. If I find that I am entering the corner at a higher speed than feels comfortable, then I do not look at the speedo. I just keep my eyes focused as far ahead through the bend that I can. Always look at the exit and where you want to go.... Never let your eyes drift.

As a few others have already mentioned there are some corners that should be taken at the posted speed. I know of a couple on the west coast that say 15 kmh, and that is pretty well what I slow down to.

[dveus]

There's a great little corner out in Clevedon way that makes me feel manly!

Would that be a downhill left hander heading from brookby across to clevedon? If so I still haven't figured out why that one is marked 45. It is somewhat blind which I think may have something to do with it.