Most South Island West Coast advisory signs say what they mean - if you know what I mean...
Most South Island West Coast advisory signs say what they mean - if you know what I mean...
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My two cents on speed advisory signs is don't rely blindly on them. Great as a guide if they're there, but if they've been knocked over in the last storm...and you're not reading the corner...
Originally Posted by Jane Omorogbe from UK MSN on the KTM990SM
Ha ha. I have an almost identical photo from when I was just about your age ... although mine saw me finish up in the gravel on the wrong side of the road on a left-hander (so it's not really 'almost identical' at all is it!). It's a rite of passage I guess. We were lucky enough to walk away unscathed and it was a lesson I never forgot. (Ride within what you can see ahead on a road you've not travelled before and don't assume that because the last 10 curves were gentle, this next one will be too.)
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Has nothing to do with luck... more to do with the pursing of lips from the front passenger seat...
As an aside, if an advisory sign states 45 then, if I have read and understood the information correctly about the process of deciding what is an appropriate and safe speed for that corner, most traffic is likely to round that curve somewhere between 40 and 50 km/h.
Was down there last week just before that massive front arrived.
Those lovely hills south of Harihari are to be taken "wisely"... IYKWIM.
It was also quite impressive to come around a corner and find a native falcon devouring a roadkill! Big buggers they are too!!!
Didn't budge an inch, but just watched me go through the corner and then went back to his meal.
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Just as an example but you could run over a sharp piece of something the day after the warrant and cut the inside if your car tire making it not only unwarrantable but also dangerous.
I hate that katman is right but any number of things can happen just after the warrant has been issued making then unroadworthy.
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My $0.02 on corners... the sign is another piece of information, nothing more.
What's the road surface like? Camber? Sudden wind gusts as you round the corner? Chance of loose stock wandering onto the road, just around from where you are now? Is there a driveway just around the corner? Does the radius decrease or increase? Is there a roadworks patch just beyond your sight line with fresh chip laid down and still loose? Is it a shaded, damp part of the road, with moss starting to grow on it? Are there fallen leaves on the surface... and did it rain in the last couple of days? How wide is the road, what's coming the other way, and are you projecting into an oncoming truck's cab?
What's the rider's state like? Fresh and rested, or tired? Are you at the start of your ride, or trying to get home at the end of a long day? Do you know just how far over you can lean the bike, if you get caught out and need to lean more? Can you change lines mid-corner, use countersteer, recover if a tyre slips? Are you trying to keep up with other riders?
What's the state of the bike like? How old are the tyres, how likely is it to touch down if there's a bump mid-corner?
In the end there's simply too much to process consciously, so a set of habits and reflexes become necessary. Experience counts. Training really counts. Keep track of mistakes, try to notice them and learn from them, adapt your riding to the conditions you find yourself in. It's not as simple as an advisory sign.
But if it says 25 and it's a reverse camber, yeah, do 25.
The advisory signs are almost a worst case scenario. Mrs Brown, who didn't do much driving, in her average car, a considerable number of years ago, was recommended to do that speed.
I see people say that you can do double. I don't usually quite get to that, but if I was doing double I'd probably be too busy to look at the speedo.
For some reason the signs that state 20 or 25kph are different. They mean it. If you doubled the speed of the ones on SH43 you'd either be soaring through the air or danglng out of the scenery.
There is a grey blur, and a green blur. I try to stay on the grey one. - Joey Dunlop
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