Pothole Alert - Albany

**eldog** · 10th May 2015, 08:16

Originally Posted by Maha

I saw a pot hole once, I went around it.

didnt want to get the tiger dirty aye

**Maha** · 10th May 2015, 08:26

Originally Posted by eldog

didnt want to get the tiger dirty aye

On the CB one time and the road in front dropped about 500mm

.. tried to scrub of some speed but Anne still bounced off the pillion seat, bloody East Cape.

**eldog** · 10th May 2015, 08:40

Originally Posted by Maha

On the CB one time and the road in front dropped about 500mm

.. tried to scrub of some speed but Anne still bounced off the pillion seat, bloody East Cape.

alright.

Reminds me to go back there, lots and lots of slow corners on the East Cape coast road.

**DamianW** · 10th May 2015, 08:41

Doing 80 I didn't get a chance to avoid the one yesterday so used knees to grip the tank, loaded my bodyweight onto the pegs, kept throttle open and off the brakes. Forks bottomed out once in the hole and I've still no idea how me and the bike didn't go down.

**nodrog:Me** · 10th May 2015, 11:35

Originally Posted by DamianW

Doing 80 I didn't get a chance to avoid the one yesterday so used knees to grip the tank, loaded my bodyweight onto the pegs, kept throttle open and off the brakes. Forks bottomed out once in the hole and I've still no idea how me and the bike didn't go down.

So you had time to do all that but no time to avoid it?

**DamianW** · 10th May 2015, 11:52

Originally Posted by nodrog

So you had time to do all that but no time to avoid it?

Spot on. Happened within the space of about 10m or thereabouts. So about half a second travelling at that speed. Instant thought was better to hit the hole straight on and avoid the risk of clipping it. Keeping the throttle open and off the brakes didn't require time/effort; nor did a squeeze of the knees.

**WNJ** · 10th May 2015, 17:30

Originally Posted by Maha

I saw a pot hole once, I went around it.

Yeah I quite often go AROUND Auckland also

**Marmoot** · 10th May 2015, 21:12

Report a pothole
https://at.govt.nz/about-us/contact-...ort-a-problem/

If noone reports it, it might not get fixed in time.

**rocketman1** · 19th May 2015, 18:51

Just in Oz last week , some poor bikers on a Harley hit a hole in the road, came off and killed them both. Headlines in the paper.
I get annoyed that the councils and those responsible for organising repairs to roads and potholes etc are not onto getting repairs done quickly enough.
They should have crews that can turn on to any road damage as soon as it is reported, day and night with traffic management to assist.
It is said that it costs several million dollars per death on the road. Surely it is better to spend say $5000 - $10000 to fix a one off pothole.
Not without all the grief that it will put famililes to.
I must admit that I have occasionally contacted NZTA and local councils where roads have appeared unsafe to me.
And have got good response in all cases.
Looking at the poor state of some country roads in Australia it would seem things are not as good as here in NZ

**cynna** · 19th May 2015, 18:57

every town needs a wanksy

http://www.theverge.com/2015/5/2/853...wanksy-england

**carburator** · 19th May 2015, 18:57

Originally Posted by rocketman1

Just in Oz last week , some poor bikers on a Harley hit a hole in the road, came off and killed them both. Headlines in the paper.
I get annoyed that the councils and those responsible for organising repairs to roads and potholes etc are not onto getting repairs done quickly enough.
They should have crews that can turn on to any road damage as soon as it is reported, day and night with traffic management to assist.
It is said that it costs several million dollars per death on the road. Surely it is better to spend say $5000 - $10000 to fix a one off pothole.
Not without all the grief that it will put famililes to.
I must admit that I have occasionally contacted NZTA and local councils where roads have appeared unsafe to me.
And have got good response in all cases.
Looking at the poor state of some country roads in Australia it would seem things are not as good as here in NZ

When you can smash a mack's 6 rod suspension you know the road is shit in oz.

**FJRider** · 19th May 2015, 19:11

Originally Posted by WNJ

Yeah I quite often go AROUND Auckland also

I AVOID Auckland ... works for me ...

**DamianW** · 19th May 2015, 23:12

To be fair I think the hole in Albany resulted from the previous day's downpour so not enough time for contractors to repair it. I would have avoided it if I'd been going straight on but I got caught out because of a mirror, head check, signal, manoeuvre in to the left filter lane ahead of a left turn on to the Coatesville-Riverhead highway. The photo shows the ding which will cost about $300 to be straightened versus $1,500 for a completely new rim. Btw, I followed up and reported it to AT and Popo.

**biketimus_prime** · 18th June 2015, 20:19

There's another massive pothole that has been filled twice now but keeps appearing... This one: https://goo.gl/maps/4rqxJ

If you're coming from albany village it's on the inside lane about halfway into the roundabout. I have hit it head on when it was a massive hole. It is a miracle my rim has no damage. If I was leaned over it'd be a different story again.

**haydes55** · 18th June 2015, 20:30

Originally Posted by biketimus_prime

There's another massive pothole that has been filled twice now but keeps appearing... This one: https://goo.gl/maps/4rqxJ

If you're coming from albany village it's on the inside lane about halfway into the roundabout. I have hit it head on when it was a massive hole. It is a miracle my rim has no damage. If I was leaned over it'd be a different story again.

Tried looking ahead?