Setting Of Speed Limits - Consultation

[Berries]

I prefer more discrete roads, and even then "cutting loose" would account for about all of 3% of the ride - if that. I've been doing this one down below a bit lately, custom made for my RSV

Why would you post your favourite route for cutting loose? It's like when MACA or whatever they are called wanted to know our favourite roads, Erm, no thanks. They are my favourite roads. I don't want them ruined by by having the corners straightened out, the speed limit reduced or having the Police patrol them.

[sugilite:Me]

Why would you post your favourite route for cutting loose? It's like when MACA or whatever they are called wanted to know our favourite roads, Erm, no thanks. They are my favourite roads. I don't want them ruined by by having the corners straightened out, the speed limit reduced or having the Police patrol them.

Crikey, looks like I've been pulled by the fun police.
In my defense officer....
The roads like the one I posted, and others I do , the cutting loose parts almost always takes place through sections that one would not exceed 100 kph, despite it being a 100 kph listed road. Snotty tight roads are my nirvana.
The same roads in these tucked out of the way areas would never get the budget required to straighten them.
Pretty sure a post or 3 in KB (considering its posting numbers these days) would not have a lot of sway in getting speeds reduced.
My feeling is every road patrol officer already well knows where such motorcycle roads are in their designated patrol zones.
The ultimate fun police -the national party, through their targeted draconian ACC levies aimed at discouraging new riders have reduced us down to a number so small, the police are unlikely to have the budget to do stings on these far away roads with sparse amounts of motorcyclists. They are not even given the budget to clamp down on the masses of boy racers acting up right under their noses every Weekend.

For the purposes of this thread, I should probs should state my idea of cutting loose roads.
I must know these roads well. The sections of road in question must have no farm gates, no side roads, no corners that do not have at least one alternate action plan available to avoid unexpected shit, no tourist destinations along the way. Probably others I'm forgetting now, but would remember with a pair of handlebars in my hands. Hence the small percentage of cutting loose available.
And the last thing, the cutting loose 80's and 90's version of myself would have a stone cold cup of cappuccino waiting for the current version of myself as I'm now an old grey haired prick with much slower reaction times - thus ride accordingly.

[Berries]

And the last thing, the cutting loose 80's and 90's version of myself would have a stone cold cup of cappuccino waiting for the current version of myself as I'm now an old grey haired prick with much slower reaction times - thus ride accordingly.

Ha ha, I laugh at my old self and wonder how I would have survived back then with my current ride. Back in the UK 80's and 90's you weren't even speeding until you were doing 100mph so it was warp factor nine everywhere on a bike that didn't handle all that well. Now it is wart factor 2 with 170hp and I am worried about hitting 160km/h on a bike that can do it in the blink of an eye. It's explaining the loss of licence to the wife which is my main worry.

Once, just once, I would like a guarantee of no cops on the Crown Range so I could do a timed run.

[onearmedbandit]

Once, just once, I would like a guarantee of no cops on the Crown Range so I could do a timed run.

Phone in a b0mb threat lol

[SaferRides]

Once, just once, I would like a guarantee of no cops on the Crown Range so I could do a timed run.

Yeah, that's a fun ride. I rode it on the R1 and the brakes got a good workout going from the summit to the Cardrona pub.





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[Berries]

Phone in a b0mb threat lol

The last time I did that I got into proper trouble.

[sugilite:Me]

Ha ha, I laugh at my old self and wonder how I would have survived back then with my current ride. Back in the UK 80's and 90's you weren't even speeding until you were doing 100mph so it was warp factor nine everywhere on a bike that didn't handle all that well. Now it is wart factor 2 with 170hp and I am worried about hitting 160km/h on a bike that can do it in the blink of an eye. It's explaining the loss of licence to the wife which is my main worry.

Once, just once, I would like a guarantee of no cops on the Crown Range so I could do a timed run.

Ha, exactly! I always preferred UK bike mags over the American ones and the 80's scene over there in the UK sure looked freaking awesome with gaggles of RD's and the like running wild!

The last time I did that I got into proper trouble.

While your bomb threat plan certainly had elegance and was particularly time efficient, I feel I have (an admittedly elaborate but doable) plan to get you and your friends the Crown Ridge Road for an entire day. Not only cop free, but car and truck free too - then at the end of it have the fuzz instead of arresting you, request that you make it a annual, nay monthly event Read on.....

1. The night before, you and your mates go to a local road works area, set up a maze of cones and cunningly placed stop/go signs. Once trapped in the maze, in order for the conies (as I will now call them) to move the signs to "go" to get to the next part of the maze, is to have a small cone of weed. They will be stuck in there all day experiencing the hellscape they inflict upon us all on a daily basis. Perfect!

2. Re-appropriate their cone truck with temporary traffic lights.

3. Put out signs at each end of your "run" stating "Rock falls ahead, motorcycles only past this point". Fuck, cagers barely know what side mirrors are, so they wont think to question the signs.

4. Set up the temp traffic lights as timing devices for your runs, then use the same lights to get you all back to the start again once your runs are complete - safety first after all.

5. Post a well placed advert in facebook advertising a flash doughnut festival in Arrowtown attracting the police.

6. Set up fun tasks for the fuzz to complete such as a set of fake cell stairs with old mannequins atop wearing t-shirts with slogans such as "I'm your boss because my taxes pay your wages" and "I'm a sovereign citizen, you have no power over me". The winners of the quiz get to "assist" the mannequins down said cell stairs! Set up effigies of the police minister helpfully wearing a t-shirt reminding them of their recent pay negotiations stating "We ran on the blue then we fucked you". Winners get to light the effigies on fire! Have the bean counter non police officer personal that make ill informed police policy rounded up and placed in bunch of police car back seats in sweltering heat - wearing heavy stab proof vests cleaning out drunkards chunder deposited from the night before. In an everyone wins a prize moment, all the police get to feast upon a mountain of sweet, sweet sparkling sugar coated doughnuts at the end of the days competition. YUM!

7. At end of your event - return the cone truck to it's original position, the conies likely won't remember much of anything as their day won't of been that much different from their normal routine.

8. Get a crowbar out in a futile attempt to remove you and your buddies best day riding ever shit eating grins from your faces!

Do it - Do it now!

[HenryDorsetCase]

Ha ha, I laugh at my old self and wonder how I would have survived back then with my current ride. Back in the UK 80's and 90's you weren't even speeding until you were doing 100mph so it was warp factor nine everywhere on a bike that didn't handle all that well. Now it is wart factor 2 with 170hp and I am worried about hitting 160km/h on a bike that can do it in the blink of an eye. It's explaining the loss of licence to the wife which is my main worry.

Once, just once, I would like a guarantee of no cops on the Crown Range so I could do a timed run.

Lot of big drops in there and loopys coming the other way. Be careful in living out your IoM fantasies! Friend of mine dropped a bike on that road that ended up about 2 feet from going down the hill....... not in the fun way. He was fine, bike a bit scratched up.

[HenryDorsetCase]

Ha ha, I laugh at my old self and wonder how I would have survived back then with my current ride. Back in the UK 80's and 90's you weren't even speeding until you were doing 100mph so it was warp factor nine everywhere on a bike that didn't handle all that well. Now it is wart factor 2 with 170hp and I am worried about hitting 160km/h on a bike that can do it in the blink of an eye. It's explaining the loss of licence to the wife which is my main worry.

This right here is why track days rule.

[Berries]

Yes, and why Dunedin sucks arse. Two hours to Teretonga, two hours to Highlands and two hours to Levels. We only really have Three Mile Hill around here and they have lowered the speed limit and put doubles yellows the full length so that has been neutered.

Lot of big drops in there and loopys coming the other way. Be careful in living out your IoM fantasies! Friend of mine dropped a bike on that road that ended up about 2 feet from going down the hill....... not in the fun way.

Have been to three or four fatal motorbike crashes on that road. Unfortunately I had to take a ute so didn't get the benefit of the closed road and no oncoming traffic. A two ton Hilux doesn't quite give you the same buzz.

[Berries]

Talking of Three Mile Hill -

[pritch]

More details on the consultation process on the NZTA website? The Stuff article looks like a cut and paste.

Well that makes a change from an AI spiel.

[SPman]

I prefer more discrete roads, and even then "cutting loose" would account for about all of 3% of the ride - if that. I've been doing this one down below a bit lately, custom made for my RSV

Aaah - that one .... been 18 yrs, but I remember it well on a good day .....

[SaferRides]

I have checked the Auckland council website, where they say that none of the reduced limits on rural roads need to be reversed.

So the new rules only applies to some state highways?



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[sugilite:Me]

Aaah - that one .... been 18 yrs, but I remember it well on a good day .....

Yep, and in autumn, the tree colors are nothig short of stunning in that valley. There is also a nice cafe opened up in Hunterville that does exceptional hot dogs and also sells second hand stereo equipment. A curious combo indeed....