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    Quote Originally Posted by Road kill View Post
    One way streets are not bad an they don't really/always apply to trucks anyway,more a guide for the peasants in their cars sort of thing.

    I drive an eight wheel flat deck around AK most work days and have no problems with traffic either on the motorways or the city an suburbs,in fact I enjoy it.

    Having said that I do understand some peoples points of view regarding our traffic ,,it is pretty shit.


    I used to cart broken concrete and dirt in an N series ford with a v8 cummins, from The waterview, mt albert, pt chev areas to a dump site next to the mangere airport. Was a real shitty gearbox and after 8/9 hours of traffic lights, my fuckin arm was just about falling off, Id get through about 5 0r 6 gears and have to go down again for the next light, then start all over again. I used to love it when I got to the start of the motorway at hillsborough. Got to see some good stuff though.
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    Rush hour here in Warkworth is about 15 cars...there is probably close to the same number of buses dealing with school kids each working day, so things can get a bit congested around 3pm but I am normally home then anyway

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    It's definitely a mind shift when you've spent a few days riding in remote areas, then you go back into a city and everyone is crazy. Very satisfying when you and a riding mate are trying to remember the last traffic light you saw, especially when you normally live in a city.

    Last time I counted, in 10km from home to a client on the bike, about 40 gear changes on the poor Hornet's gearbox.
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    Quote Originally Posted by bluninja View Post
    For my sins I had to go to Auckland for a few days working and took the car, as, let's face it, driving over Mount Messenger and through Awakino in the dark and rain wasn't going to be fun.

    Leaving Auckland on Friday I thought 3:45 would see me at least just leaving slowly...Nah! took 15 minutes for valet parking to get my car...god knows how they would have handled valet parking for my bike (would I have let some bellhop just jump on my bike?).

    So CBD to Southern motorway traffic lights took a mere 40 minutes...and an hour into the drive home I had covered 3 kms. I was so jealous of the bikes going past. I did have trouble spotting them in my mirrors due to having to focus on the "no look, no indicate, twitch from lane to lane" right in front of my bumper. 2 gentlemen, one in a turban, one without seemed to be discussing their family ties on entering the motorway and decided to carry their chat on by driving alongside from lane to lane whilst using sign language (the stereos must have been up loud).

    I was surprised that about a third of the bike commuters were female....well what else is there to do but gaze jealously at every bike that passes. Must admit that the flouro vested riders were only noticeable when they had gone past. There was one bike (sv650?) that had blue running lights alongside the headlights that certainly stood out from the sea of headlights in the mirror.

    So next time I head up to the Super (clogged) city I think I'll take the bike regardless of the weather. 7 hours to do a 4 hour trip is too much.
    blue running lights??
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    Quote Originally Posted by bosslady View Post
    blue running lights??
    Little blue lights fitted to either side of the headlights.
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    Quote Originally Posted by bluninja View Post
    Little blue lights fitted to either side of the headlights.
    dont those types normally flash and mean stop then if you dont then followed by a waling sound


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    Quote Originally Posted by Hawk View Post
    dont those types normally flash and mean stop then if you dont then followed by a waling sound
    Usually means speed up and get out of the way. I thought.
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    never use the sourthen to go south has no one told you about the south western (airport one )
    its way quicker as not as many people use it.

    from town take the north western to ST lukes Road then go past St lukes turn right into sandringahm road go to the end of Snadringham rRd and follow the signs onto the motor way and you are a 15-25 min drive to Manukau in heavy traffic

    total travel time would have been about as long as it took for you to get to green lane

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    Quote Originally Posted by ICE180 View Post
    never use the sourthen to go south has no one told you about the south western (airport one )
    its way quicker as not as many people use it.
    Sshhh!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by ICE180 View Post
    never use the sourthen to go south has no one told you about the south western (airport one )
    its way quicker as not as many people use it.

    from town take the north western to ST lukes Road then go past St lukes turn right into sandringahm road go to the end of Snadringham rRd and follow the signs onto the motor way and you are a 15-25 min drive to Manukau in heavy traffic

    total travel time would have been about as long as it took for you to get to green lane
    Then you will spend 45+min queuing at the ramp lights waiting to join the Southern at Manukau...

    There is no escape from the Friday rush south
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    Quote Originally Posted by AD345 View Post
    Then you will spend 45+min queuing at the ramp lights waiting to join the Southern at Manukau...

    There is no escape from the Friday rush south
    Nah,30 min max mate.
    Timed at several times aye.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BMWST? View Post
    when there are no trucks!
    Amen to that,cominmg back South from Christchurch the other day i was amazed at how many there are,no problem until you get to Timaru due to the passing lanes (unless theres some cunt in a 4wd) but from there South trucks are a major problem,annoying when theres 2 truck n trailer units in a row.That said they still dont annoy me as much as the spotless clean 4wd brigade,they attempt to pass traffic in a passing lane...put there foot down andd suddenly nothing happens,will they pull over to the other lane?not a chance.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Road kill View Post
    Nah,30 min max mate.
    Timed at several times aye.
    So 30 min is okfuck that.
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