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    Quote Originally Posted by 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.
    yeah of course, you should only do it on ones that you know well enough to judge the speed or as in post 2 you end up falling off... and as for looking at the speedo, on the sr250 its basically just a quick flick of the eyes down to look then back onto focused straight in front, i don't think i should push that corner i'm talking about more than 70 though aye, i'm getting pretty hard angles on and don't really want to do drop knee in a pair of jeans

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    Quote Originally Posted by dveus
    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.
    Yep thats the one, yeah you could be right, the blindness could mean a lower speed posted...it still makes me feel manly when I speed through it though Plus you get a bit of a flying effect over the rise...there's some lovely roads out that way...

    I haven't been on it yet (bikes still in a couple of pieces) but can't wiat to ride the scenic route from Clevedon to Brookby (via Starlight Rd or Sunset Rd, ahhh Twilight Rd - thats the one)

    It has some awesome corners and gorgeous scenery

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    When we was young fellas we used to try to double them. Didn't take long too long to realise that wasn't a very smart game.
    The mother was probably wondering why all the skid marks in the daks. No, wasn't because I was just a lazy prick and couldn't be fucked going to the crapper.... it was those corners marked 80 k's...

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    Quote Originally Posted by wildcat_lgf

    I haven't been on it yet (bikes still in a couple of pieces) but can't wiat to ride the scenic route from Clevedon to Brookby (via Starlight Rd or Sunset Rd, ahhh Twilight Rd - thats the one)

    It has some awesome corners and gorgeous scenery
    Watch that Twilight Rd scenery.....manage to plant myself in one of those hedges a few years ago. Not the best way get back to nature.

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    Oh yes, twilight road is beautiful, but try riding it on a bicycle for training. Then its not so fun. I was always shit scared I would be hit in the back by some vehicle hugging the corner.

    Twilight Road was a first gear slog... but very beautiful
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    Twilight Rd is indeed one of my favourties. It was alot better before it was recently resealed, tis quite slippery now. Its also not much fun when its dark, had a couple of "oh shit" moments.
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    id have to say im faaaaaaaaaarkin lucky if i even get UP to the recommended corner speeds,

    normally cruise along the motorway behind pedal pushers, sometimes get overtaken,

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    Quote Originally Posted by JohnBoy
    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.
    I know both those points.... Scenic Drive just after Arataki has a similar corner. Posted 35, but can be taken at 120. Unfortunately, the sign should be on the NEXT corner, unsigned, but certainly a 35 corner (ie taken at 60ish), tightening and with crappy seal on the inside....
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    Yay Twilight Rd, I often take that way home as a shortcut, adds about 15ks to my 30k ride home from work... If you keep going to Kawakawa Bay and then on to Orere Pt/Kaiaua you can hang a left just past Kaiaua you will end up back in Hunua then home. I love that circut so giz a call any time if you want company. Karl 021-362226 or 2666444.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 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!

    omg, i've only ever been that way once and i know exactly which corner you mean!

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    im up on the hibiscus coast and on east coast bays road bettween(cant spell) silverdale and northcross theres 2 particular corners one after the other both are marked 50kph (northcross end) on a dry good day if i hany my arse off the bike i can go through the 2 at 100 or 120 but the fact im pushing it means i dnt look at the speedo the road markings are kinda only for cars in wet weather not bikes but it does pay 2 take them into consideration they are there 4 a reason.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Speedy
    im up on the hibiscus coast and on east coast bays road bettween(cant spell) silverdale and northcross theres 2 particular corners one after the other both are marked 50kph (northcross end) on a dry good day if i hany my arse off the bike i can go through the 2 at 100 or 120 but the fact im pushing it means i dnt look at the speedo the road markings are kinda only for cars in wet weather not bikes but it does pay 2 take them into consideration they are there 4 a reason.
    watch that stretch of road i travel it twice a day. Often there is soil and shit on the road, i've also had a donkey presenting itself at the top of the hill twice now, once doing 130k.....couldnt stop, the fucker jus stood there like a stunned mullet

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    has no one worked out yet that those prettty yelow signs are for articulated trucks? cars go 1.5 times and yes bikes can get away with about 2-2.5 times the post. have you seen those dopey signs trougha cbd? no they are for trucks and trailers dudes

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jay widda 150
    has no one worked out yet that those prettty yelow signs are for articulated trucks? cars go 1.5 times and yes bikes can get away with about 2-2.5 times the post.
    Never heard that one before. Needless to say bikes can get away with a lot faster speed, but I treat the sign as a bit of a gauge to how tight the bend might be, especially when the road is unfamiliar to me.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jay widda 150
    has no one worked out yet that those prettty yelow signs are for articulated trucks? cars go 1.5 times and yes bikes can get away with about 2-2.5 times the post. have you seen those dopey signs trougha cbd? no they are for trucks and trailers dudes
    In the rode code it says that the recommended speed is for the worst possible conditions at that section of the road. When it says 45K corner, for the average Joe driving/riding through in heavy rain etc, that's pleanty fast enough. I know people can always go faster but it is only safe to do so if they have the skills.

    BTW, TS and F/F who both drive trucks have told me that the speed limit around corners become fairly accurate for the truck and trailers.


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