Best motorcycling roads

[Big Dave]

Sorry again - I meant complaining

[Big Dave]

Here's some of my other roads reports:
http://kiwiridermagazine.blogspot.co...ds%20to%20Ride

[pritch]

This thread has been a bit more open minded than previous similar efforts where most people nominated their own local track, er road. So far the suggestions have mainly been sensible. The OP could be directed to "The New Zealand Motorcycle Atlas" which details most roads worth riding in both Islands?

[Whynot]

The OP could be directed to "The New Zealand Motorcycle Atlas" which details most roads worth riding in both Islands?

Got it already!
and working my way through them

[george formby]

Old Russell Road / Russell Road, Whangaruru, Northland

most Far North roads outside the main centers.

http://maps.google.co.nz/maps?f=q&so...77162&t=h&z=14

+1 If you stay of the main parts of SH1 & SH10 it's all corners & light traffic.

Old Russell road

Waipoua Forest road.

SH1 from south of the Mangamukas to the cape.

Twin Bridges road.

Ah, the joy!

[Maha]

Twin Bridges road is the only road that, when I first went on it I wanted to do again, right now! So I did, refueled at Kaikohe and went back down it, it was that enjoyable, 70 Kms of yum yum.

Had to laugh though, last weekend coming back from NP, just at the bottom of Mt Messanger is a road sign saying...no stating..'Winding Road - Be Patient'....theres a Tui moment right there.

[george formby]

Twin Bridges road is the only road that, when I first went on it I wanted to do again, right now! So I did, refueled at Kaikohe and went back down it, it was that enjoyable, 70 Kms of yum yum.

Had to laugh though, last weekend coming back from NP, just at the bottom of Mt Messanger is a road sign saying...no stating..'Winding Road - Be Patient'....theres a Tui moment right there.

As often as I can, which is not often enough, I do all of them in one day. Must be getting close to a 1000k's & mainly corners.

[Maha]

As often as I can, which is not often enough, I do all of them in one day. Must be getting close to a 1000k's & mainly corners.

Yeah see stuff that, Old Russell Rd is one I can take or leave.
Twin Bridges at least mixes it up.
SH3 is mostly like that, accept it has tunnels not bridges, lovely cruisey road with a just the right amount 45's/55's and 65's to make it pleasurable, suits me anyway.

[Big Dave]

Old Taupo Road is also a gem.

[slofox]

Old Taupo Road is also a gem.

It sure is!

[malfunconz]

was on napier - taupo last week and theres a gate across the old road ????? or have i got the story wrong ?

[Old Steve]

Old Taupo Road is also a gem.

Having recently come back from OZ (10 months recent) I'm remembering roads that I enjoyed and the Old Taupo Road is definitely one of them.

You can take a little meander just north of the Old Taupo Road by going onto Maungatautari Road immediately on the western side of the Karapiro Dam and ride down the west side of Lake Karapiro, coming out over the little spit and on to SH 1 again at Bob's Landing. From there it's just a little squirt on SH 1 (about 2 km) to the right turn onto Horahora Road.

Off SH 1 onto Horahora Rd north of Tirau and south along it to the southern end of Lake Karapiro, you stay well to the west of Putururu. It's a bit straight there, but you then go on to Old Taupo Road, just pass the outskirts of Tokoroa, and drop down through the forest to Whakamaru.

From there you can shoot down the Tihoi Road to Tihoi Pub for a burger in the garden bar, or turn around and come back up the west of the Waikato River on Waipapa Road and across the Arapuni Dam. Once across the Arapuni Dam you could go east through Putururu and on to the Okoroire Pub, or turn left up Old Taupo Road and Horahora Road/Maungatautari again.