I've ridden a lot of roads in my 7 short years of motorcycling. That's one road I have no wish to travel along again.Originally Posted by Ocean1
Disappointing re Paekakariki, but there ya go... Plenty of other roads that are more fun.
Best Frenemy you could have!
I've ridden a lot of roads in my 7 short years of motorcycling. That's one road I have no wish to travel along again.
Disappointing re Paekakariki, but there ya go... Plenty of other roads that are more fun.
Kiwibiker
Akatarawas - One of my all time faves, I've done it over 200 times. It taught me a lot about riding. I can understand those that don't understand that road
Que?
The Akatarawas is good at teaching you that a big-fuck-off Maui campervan can appear on your side of the single lane goat track at any time. Shit of a road on a bigger bike.
Forum whore
I've always found the Akatarawas to be hard, hard work. Really good way to quickly find out how much of your Fu leaks out when you concentrate really hard for an extended period of time.
If a man is alone in the woods and there isn't a woke Hollywood around to call him racist, is he still white?
Kiwibiker
Some of my best rides through there were on big bore gsxr's. Though had a ball on all my two strokes too, RG250, 400, 500 and RZ500. I've had other riders tell me how much they hate that road, but when they tried it following me, you could not get their grin of their faces with a crow bar, not to mention how they make the takas feel like a 6 lane highway when you get there! If approached the right way, the Akatarawa road really is fantastic.
SH1 rider
No Maui campers the only problems I've had so far on the Aka's are an SUV coming towards me on my side around a blind cornere, thanks F I had practiced splitting and a motorbike of the back of a line of four cars, all the cars stuck more or less to their side of the corner but I reckon the biker had wash his undies after his sudden change of line.
Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people. --- Unknown sage
Bogeyman
Have you read this?: http://www.webbikeworld.com/books/up...motorcycle.htm
You'd hate it. Let me know if you want to borrow it.
Go soothingly on the grease mud, as there lurks the skid demon
Forum whore
I think I'd like it! I'd love to borrow that. Meet up in Martinborough for a coffee next weekend or something?
If a man is alone in the woods and there isn't a woke Hollywood around to call him racist, is he still white?
Bogeyman
Sounds good. Let me know what time's good later in the week eh?
PS: All that stuff people know about how to ride a bike? Is wrong.
Go soothingly on the grease mud, as there lurks the skid demon
Forum whore
Cool! I can shout about NEW stuff!
If a man is alone in the woods and there isn't a woke Hollywood around to call him racist, is he still white?
L-Plate Rider
Yellow was chosen for the text because the appropriate brown shade of @#$%& for this council waffle would be even more illegible. Just room for a final comment before I depart this thread which is getting a bit long and convoluted.
Here's the stuff link:http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post...-Limit-To-Drop
Interesting comments underneath.
What makes me crack up is the so called "engineering solutions" that council will now put in place to ensure the limit of 60km/hr is abided by. What would this be? Let a flock of sheep or goats wander freely on this stretch of road to add to the surprise factor? Leave a dead possum on blind corners? Council workers to scatter some pea metal at selected points to keep drivers alert? Maybe their Mayor can drive a campervan down the centreline daily, that'd be cheap! (not that any of them ever use this road anyways, which I guess is part of the problem in the first place).
It's a load of %$&&*$% $%#@!
Start another thread if you care to continue. That's me.
Forum whore
The key to the akatarawa road is that it is a one lane road
Watchful Old Bird
Akatarawa Road - one lane farm road
Paekok Hill - two lane farm road with added touriststs and
Rimutaka Hill - two lane road with added tourists and Rossi wanna be's.
Bit like most of New Zealand "highways" really. Ride them to the conditions , no problem.
There are no dangerous roads. It's the people......
Forum whore
Well I have to say I'm a bit bummed about this but the thing is - its been coming for some time.
There are more and more people living there and they all seem to own horse floats etc. Damn shame as its the only place you can ride an old bike like the trophy on anything like the roads it was built for within an hour of our place. Rate we are going I may as well go buy a gold wing now...
sigh....
In the riders seat
Well aren't you in the right age bracket for one?
"If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough power."
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