Your favorite twistys.

[T.W.R]

Best around the Wanganui district is the Parapara's which runs from Wanganui to Raetihi.

Festus

thats a top piece of road, even the Okoia hill ain't to bad, or the run to the Mangamahu pub ( closed now though!).
all good roads but I've got to agree with OAB about the run from CHCH to Akaroa! its the best mix of roads you'd get anywhere 200kmh+ sweepers through to 25kmh blind corners, straights to top out on, hairpins to hillclimbs its got the lot

[marty]

near hobbitville - a great 'shortcut' instead of riding SH1 from Hinuera to Karapiro - it is used for the Targa all the time - not this year though, although the Narva Tour used it.

[shcabbeh]

Mt Messenger is good - as long as no F****** cattle trucks have been over before you, or in front of you. Shit! is that stuff slippery or what?

Mt. Messenger's a killer, 8 km of 25-45 kms is great fun. You're right though, it does suck being behind trucks on that, and going to overtake is a little scarier when there's a 20+ ft drop on one side.

Much fun if it's clear though.

[ben444]

This is awsome, just fin being sealed earlier this year... I don't think i got past 3rd gear on th ZX6RR....(it does 130 in first)
Very little traffic, no cops, (yet), just me, nature and a road... awesome


Not tellin where it is, then every man and his maui campervan will be doin it...

[sAsLEX]

Mt. Messenger's a killer, 8 km of 25-45 kms is great fun. You're right though, it does suck being behind trucks on that, and going to overtake is a little scarier when there's a 20+ ft drop on one side.

Much fun if it's clear though.

always bloody got water on some of the corners always year round, other than that it is great, some of the cambers make it nice and fun

[ManDownUnder]

BTW it's "twisties not "twistys" and "KMs" not "Km's"

did i mention, i'm anal ?

Anal yes - but wrong too

it is in fact km's
K = Kelvin (temperature above abosulte Zero)
M = Mega (10 to the power of something)

k = kilo (1000)
m = meter

You wanna ride for 80 to 100 Kelvin Megas I wish you well...
see http://www.metricmethods.com/SI_german.html
MDU

[Hitcher]

Anal yes - but wrong too

it is in fact km's
K = Kelvin (temperature above abosulte Zero)
M = Mega (10 to the power of something)

k = kilo (1000)
m = meter

You wanna ride for 80 to 100 Kelvin Megas I wish you well...
see http://www.metricmethods.com/SI_german.html
MDU

Ahem...

The plural of kilometre, abbreviated as km, is also km.

k = kilo (1,000)
m = metre (a meter is a device used for measuring stuff, unless you're an American who also doesn't know the difference between aluminium, tyres and arses...)

[Pixie]

I remember Tamaki dr and Riddel rd in the seventies,prior to sunday shopping,you could blast down there on a sunday afternoon while the populace vegetated at home.

[N4CR]

Corro loop - go left at kopu (direction). The twisties going downhill from the peak of the hill after the scenic lookout.. (after the shoreside road) it's all recently sealed and no gravel and what have you. Never seen much traffic either.

Last week got the toesliders/pegs down for about 70% of the corners on that section - was pure bliss and now I'm hooked to the max!

[sAsLEX]

Corro loop - go left at kopu (direction). The twisties going downhill from the peak of the hill after the scenic lookout.. (after the shoreside road) it's all recently sealed and no gravel and what have you. Never seen much traffic either.

Last week got the toesliders/pegs down for about 70% of the corners on that section - was pure bliss and now I'm hooked to the max!

try going right at kopu and hit that section uphill, can carry heaps more corner speed as you dont need to slow down as heavily for the corners coming up

[N4CR]

try going right at kopu and hit that section uphill, can carry heaps more corner speed as you dont need to slow down as heavily for the corners coming up

I will next time ... the seaside is a nice part just for cruising along, quite scenic. I prefer downhill to uphill and I usually take them more 'adventurously'. Yeah I'm weird.

[sAsLEX]

I prefer downhill to uphill and I usually take them more 'adventurously'.

not a great fan of loading the front tyre, were you the 250 right behind yoshi that caught up to me after that section the time the lady yelles at as when we stopped?

[Motu]

I remember Tamaki dr and Riddel rd in the seventies,prior to sunday shopping,you could blast down there on a sunday afternoon while the populace vegetated at home.

Riddel rd early sunday morning before they woke up and went to church was pretty damn good,it was all nice smooth seal and bend after bend,choice inner city road.Ireland rd was some good corners too,Hillsborough rd could be taken fast at night and early morning too.

[judgeshock]

From a south canterbury point of view the road between cave and the back of timaru is nice and curly. Then the road from Fairlie to Geraldine is also another nice piece of riding.

[heavenly.talker]

Favourite twisties are on the road out to Piha...turn off at the road to the beach called KareKare? I think that is how you spell it. Follow all the way back up to the Piha Road. (the road you come back out on is called Lone Kauri Rd. Good fun!!!!! Then turn around and go back down, it's a totally different ride doing it the other way.

Does anyone else do these roads?