What is an acceptable speed on a public road?

[The Pastor]

Road speed is a personal judgement call, 10 kph over is acceptable (with two 'C's) by the H/Way Patrol.
What is acceptable by those who post and vote on here may not be the acceptable by law.

Nobody on here is a 'Law maker', so I conclude that everyone just carry on with whatever speed they are comfortable with, whether it be within the bounds of acceptability or not by Law. Because cleary, that whats been going ever since the speed limit has been law.

i make the law

[2wheeldrifter]

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[Hailwood]

Having sifted through this thread (which I believe should win the title of troll thread of the year so far), let mm get this right..its ok to go as fast as you like as long as the conditions are right..no traffic, nice road conditions, no other hazards??? I know that road..ITS CALLED A RACETRACK. All this macho BS about I can ride as fast as I like because I am a great rider etc etc..ok hotshots..you are howling along a country road at 200kph+ on your bike..no cars, sunny day..the perfect day...and oh no farmer Giles has left a gate open and 5 sheep run into the road in front of you..of course your amazing skills mean you can stop from 200kph in 10 feet or swerve through them (Tui ad anyone?).

You might be a great rider but the tourist in the campervan coming the other way on the straight road might decide that he is on the wrong side and swerve into your lane..nothing to do with your skills but you die anyway...the point is that the correct speed takes into consideration all possibilities (visible and implied) surely. I have only been riding for 30 years and am still learning. I always assume that other people on the road (in cars, trucks, vans etc) are blind learners and treat them accordingly. So far it seems to work fine.

The other point is this..whether it is right or wrong we have a legal speed limit. If you CHOOSE to exceed it and get caught, then you get a ticket. Its your choice..nothing more nothing less...

[The Pastor]

Having sifted through this thread (which I believe should win the title of troll thread of the year so far), let mm get this right..its ok to go as fast as you like as long as the conditions are right..no traffic, nice road conditions, no other hazards??? I know that road..ITS CALLED A RACETRACK. All this macho BS about I can ride as fast as I like because I am a great rider etc etc..ok hotshots..you are howling along a country road at 200kph+ on your bike..no cars, sunny day..the perfect day...and oh no farmer Giles has left a gate open and 5 sheep run into the road in front of you..of course your amazing skills mean you can stop from 200kph in 10 feet or swerve through them (Tui ad anyone?).

You might be a great rider but the tourist in the campervan coming the other way on the straight road might decide that he is on the wrong side and swerve into your lane..nothing to do with your skills but you die anyway...the point is that the correct speed takes into consideration all possibilities (visible and implied) surely. I have only been riding for 30 years and am still learning. I always assume that other people on the road (in cars, trucks, vans etc) are blind learners and treat them accordingly. So far it seems to work fine.

The other point is this..whether it is right or wrong we have a legal speed limit. If you CHOOSE to exceed it and get caught, then you get a ticket. Its your choice..nothing more nothing less...

you speed people die

[slofox]

you speed people die

Actually, even if you wrap yourself up in cotton wool and store yourself in a glass case at home, people will still die...

As regards speed, the general consensus seems to be "just on the speed limit if there is a copper about and as fast as you can go if there isn't..."

In the 42 years I have been riding I have had ONE speeding ticket and that was because I was "testing" my bike on the public highway. The rest of the time I have been a cunning old bugger...and fucking lucky to boot...

In reality, if there is ANY traffic on the road I will stay within the "acceptable limit", just holding my place in the traffic. If I want to go fast I will only do so on a deserted road. And I mean deserted - no cars anywhere in sight. That way, if I arse off I will only damage myself, not anyone else. I have mentioned before on this site that many years ago I had a very lucky escape from probably killing a little kid who ran out of a driveway. I decided then that I had no right to kill someone's kid - or any other person come to that. And neither does anyone else IMO.

[White trash]

I've seen 247 on the clock of the K4 on one wheel. That was good fun, I was worried about what was gonna happen when it touched down. Thankfully fuck all.

As for finding 100kay + corners on a track, or rather lack thereof, if you ride like a girl perhaps. Pukekohe has only one turn you wouldn't do over 100kays on, unless (as perviously staed RM) you ride like a girl which I very much suspect.

Manfeild has plenty as does Taupo. So I think, as usual, you have very little basis of fact on which to base your comments.

[Hailwood]

Manfeild has plenty as does Taupo. So I think, as usual, you have very little basis of fact on which to base your comments.

And this is different that usual for Rearend Master how?..as I said the biggest troll thread so far..maybe we should just let it die

[White trash]

How's that Buell treating ya man? Let me know if you're ever up in Auckland, need to catch up for a beer sometime.

[Viscount Montgomery]

There's just so many WANKER RIDERS that live in fantasy-land on this site. I'm not whining either, it's just a simple fact.

Trawl thru the threads and read the pitiful comments from the established dick-whacker brigade around here. Comments like "I'm naturally quick" "giving the learn" "my skills are high" "most bins wins" " I always ride as fast as possible" "I always sit on 160+"...

Blah blah blah blah, what a whole load of fucken posturing fucken shyte. It shows you the fucktard mentality of all these WANKER RIDERS out on the roads.

All seemingly on a mission to prove to the world that they're a special,cool, elite breed or some shit. WANK WANK WANK...

To the pus-heads here who all love strapping off amongst each other, and who all regard themselves as 200+kph open road traffic heros, haul your tongues out of your own arses and fucken get real

[Maha]

There's just so many WANKER RIDERS that live in fantasy-land on this site. I'm not whining either, it's just a simple fact.

Trawl thru the threads and read the pitiful comments from the established dick-whacker brigade around here. Comments like "I'm naturally quick" "giving the learn" "my skills are high" "most bins wins" " I always ride as fast as possible" "I always sit on 160+"...

Blah blah blah blah, what a whole load of fucken posturing fucken shyte. It shows you the fucktard mentality of all these WANKER RIDERS out on the roads.

All seemingly on a mission to prove to the world that they're a special,cool, elite breed or some shit. WANK WANK WANK...

To the pus-heads here who all love strapping off amongst each other, and who all regard themselves as 200+kph open road traffic heros, haul your tongues out of your own arses and fucken get real

You forgot....''Im not coming if it aint a race''.

[R1madness]

LoL i think this thread is great. Accpetable limits are set by public opinion and govt regulation. However if we are talking unacceptable limits (which i think we are) then it is usually set by the group you are riding with , a quick chat before and during the ride sets the limits or "code of conduct" for the ride.
For example one group i ride with has an "open speed look after yourself" policy, where another group is just as fast but has a more cooperative agreement where we stick together on the road and share the cost of any speding fees amoungst ourselves, the lead rider has a radar detector, wears the all the demerits (unfortunately we cant share them) but none of the costs. In a group of 10 bikes the fee for 139km is les than the cost of fuel for the day....

[onearmedbandit]

There's just so many WANKER RIDERS that live in fantasy-land on this site. I'm not whining either, it's just a simple fact.

Trawl thru the threads and read the pitiful comments from the established dick-whacker brigade around here. Comments like "I'm naturally quick" "giving the learn" "my skills are high" "most bins wins" " I always ride as fast as possible" "I always sit on 160+"...

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Haven't seen any serious comments like the two I underlined above on this site, or any other for that matter. Happy to be proven wrong, but I think you're exaggerating a tad there.

[Hailwood]

How's that Buell treating ya man? Let me know if you're ever up in Auckland, need to catch up for a beer sometime.

I love my Buell and hell yes will let you know next time heading up that way......

[imdying]

As for finding 100kay + corners on a track, or rather lack thereof, if you ride like a girl perhaps. Pukekohe has only one turn you wouldn't do over 100kays on, unless (as perviously staed RM) you ride like a girl which I very much suspect.

Manfeild has plenty as does Taupo. So I think, as usual, you have very little basis of fact on which to base your comments.

What he said

I don't have a huge amount of track time, but enough to know that 100km/hr corners are just an idea in your head, and don't actually exist perse; you never actually look at your speedo (I try to masking tape it up, when I remember). The real joy comes from being able to ride any line you choose (I mean fast or slow, not all over the show), without having to worry about the usual road gotchas (gravel, traffic, lamp posts, long drops to a firey death, that sort of stuff), total commitment to the task at hand as it were. Sometimes that joy comes at 60, sometimes at 100, sometimes faster

[PrincessBandit]

There's just so many WANKER RIDERS that live in fantasy-land on this site. I'm not whining either, it's just a simple fact.

Trawl thru the threads and read the pitiful comments from the established dick-whacker brigade around here. Comments like "I'm naturally quick" "giving the learn" "my skills are high" "most bins wins" " I always ride as fast as possible" "I always sit on 160+"...

Blah blah blah blah, what a whole load of fucken posturing fucken shyte. It shows you the fucktard mentality of all these WANKER RIDERS out on the roads.

All seemingly on a mission to prove to the world that they're a special,cool, elite breed or some shit. WANK WANK WANK...

To the pus-heads here who all love strapping off amongst each other, and who all regard themselves as 200+kph open road traffic heros, haul your tongues out of your own arses and fucken get real

Holy crapola batman!! you sound like some other well known member on this site....(or is it only me who thinks this?) although I've never heard him use the term pus-head.