Degree of difficulty?

[Grant`]

......you forgot to add that its also rutted....

Yeah that to!

[jaffaonajappa]

If ya know the corner, on your sports or sporty/tourer / streetfighter bike, roads dry, you 'remember' the coner (lol).....then meh - 5/10?

Your new to the area, while many corners recently were 40 to 60....you werent expecting this. And it was not signposted.....but your 'experienced' and on the right bike. 8/10 - 9/10. Assuming you stay in your lane throughout....

There was no warning whatsoever, its wet and dark, your on a harley (LOL!), then its about 15/10.

[Mom]

no its not, its a left hand corner

There was no warning whatsoever, its wet and dark, your on a harley (LOL!), then its about 15/10.

This particular corner has seen me absolutely horrified by an obvious learner, tip toeing around it, going down hill. I HATE to think of the ear bashing her other half will have got, for we passed him waiting for her a bit further down the road. Poor thing, was absolutely terrified. I almost stopped and offered to ride it down for her.

[Grant`]

First time we met you guys at Mangawhai was first time for Carmel going through there with her new bike and I was more stressed about her riding it than she was lol.

[Swoop]

Point #1: Piccies of said corner.

Point #2: A poll is required...

[Big Dave]

One wheel or two?

[eliot-ness]

I knew which corner you refered to the moment I read it. Normally I wouldn't rate it as difficult, but, A few years back I went round it and saw it in a completely different light. Riding up the hill, a day after a bad storm, there was a lot of mud from slips, so I was being extra careful. The corner in question looked clear so I turned in at my usual speed, second gear at about 20ks. Unfortunately half way into the corner, just before it tightens, the tar seal had cracked leaving a gap big enough for a wheel to drop into, and was slipping away down the ditch. All I could do was to open up the throttle and hope to get up back onto safe seal, which luckily I did, but then found myself entering the tighter part of the bend at about 30ks. I got round ok, but only by using up more than my fair share of luck in the process. So now, what I would call a reasonable easy bend has become one that I take extra carefully, and on that occasion I would have rated it 9/10.

[jaffaonajappa]

This:

One wheel or two?

Wins so far

[Squiggles]

Phone it in to the Northland City Council if it is a hazardous corner...

0800 002 004 (8am to 5pm, Monday to Friday)

[nodrog:Me]

One wheel or two?

2 going in, 1 coming out

[Big Dave]

2 going in, 1 coming out

Aye - One of my favourite things about modern, torquey motorcycles.

[Maha]

2 going in, 1 coming out

Keep it clean there could be children watching..

[jaffaonajappa]

2 going in, 1 coming out

More inputs than outputs??......How the hell did the Labour party get involved in this?

[PrincessBandit]

2 going in, 1 coming out

on the front one for added bonus degree-of-difficulty points

[p.dath]

Rate this corner from 1-10 from a personal point of veiw.
1 being not at all and 10 being very difficult.

20kph Climbing left hand that almost returns back on itself.

I would rate it 8/10

Sounds pretty difficult. Personally 9/10. Depends on weather it is positive or negative camber, weather the road engineering leads you to expect such a corner, or if it is more of a surprise, and weather there are any warning signs (either painted on a post, or natural).