NZ speed limit 100kph?

**akoni** · 8th January 2011, 01:42

hi

im 2weeks new to NZ, currently im driving car here in mt wellington auckland
but im a motorcycle fanatic back home.

i love riding mc, my question is since NZ have speed limit of 50kph on street
and 100kph on hiways , is it boring to ride a bigbikes with maximum speed of 100kph only?

how do you ride your bikes and maximimized and enjoy the the 600cc and above bikes if the max speed limit allowed is only 100kph?

please enlighten me..

thanks

**Gremlin** · 8th January 2011, 02:07

Race tracks don't have a speed limit. NZ has various speed limits ranging from 10 kph to 100 kph (or none, for race tracks).

**Highlander** · 8th January 2011, 05:02

Get off the over populated main highways and ride some of the back roads.

**mrchips** · 8th January 2011, 06:42

Originally Posted by Highlander

Get off the over populated main highways and ride some of the back roads.

+1

We are blessed with some beautifull scenery + plenty of hills, you don't have to go far to find some.

The low speed limits are there for a reason..... teenagers (they are the ones wrapped around lamposts).

**Maha** · 8th January 2011, 07:10

Apparently the 100kph speed limit is just a guideline.

**Berries** · 8th January 2011, 07:12

Where are you from if riding a big bike at the legal speed limit isn't boring ?

**Toaster** · 8th January 2011, 07:17

Originally Posted by Berries

Where are you from if riding a big bike at the legal speed limit isn't boring ?

My thoughts exactly.

100km/h feels great on the winding roads.

**Voltaire** · 8th January 2011, 07:21

Apparently speed limits are only for other people as all the riders on this forum are just waiting for the call from Rossi to be his team mate.

personally I like older less powerful bikes with no fairings, then 100 kmph is fine.

**Taz** · 8th January 2011, 08:07

Just goes to show that you don't need a big bore motorcycle in NZ. Kiwi's seem addicted to large sportsbikes when few of our roads are any real fun on them. Imagine how much fun the coro loop could be on a YZFR125?. Maybe then some of you big sportsbike riders could learn about corner speed not just straight line speed?