Your favorite twistys.

[DEATH_INC.]

If this is Great South Road, be careful as there are 2 HWP stations in the vicinity.

No, it runs between the road from puke to ngarawahia and the road from rangiriri to huntly.....

[Kickaha]

err.....where's Waikari? Went through Murchison Oct last year, from Chch over Lewis, through Shenandohah (sp?) to Murchison then to Nelson. It was a bit wet but seemed a nice road. Is that where you mean? (I'llget off my ass and find a map later....)

Waikari is the first place you hit after turn off at the Waipara junction and go through the Weka Pass heading north.

We also used to do the Loop from Chch to the Greta Valley pub through Scargill and back through Waikari and the Weka Pass fills in a couple of hours.

[XRNR]

...Also Tuakau to Glen Murray is a great work out without having to go over the speed limit either

Unless your riding with a group led by a blue Yamaha, (say no more). Then its a great work out trying to stay under the speed limit!

[Hitcher]

undefinedundefinedTHat as well but when you are coming from the long Culverden strait towards Ch CH it is that bit also towards Weka pass with littel frog rock in it !. But pretty much alot of the South island is good - eh !

The frog and the elephant. Erosion is spoiling the effect somewhat. I know well the Weka Pass and the Lewis Pass. But I've yet to bike them...

[marty]

well on thursday night last week i drove a lwb hiace van towing a trailer over the akatarawa rd to upper hutt, and yes, i can confirm that my 250 2 stroke would love that road. any mistake would be punished HARD though - no room to run wide.
i was at the upper hutt bmx track all weekend, and was simply staggered at the number of bikes i saw coming and going from the rimutaka hill road. at one time i went and sat on the stop bank next to the gibbons rd lights, just watching the riders stream past. lots of HD's, but shitloads of big sports bikes too. you welly dudes and dudettes have a plethora of great rides on your doorstep.
heaps of bikes on sh1 too - everyone behaved themselves, i cannot believe i didn't get pinged in the van/trailer combo (it's a big covered race trailer). one time followed 2 bikes at about 120k south of taihape, then another time i followed a big green heavy tow truck at 115k, until he got pulled by a hp unit near bulls. i was literally draughting him too, and didn't see the hp car until too late, but when he slowed i just quietly overtook him and carried on.
on the way down i took the western access from tokoroa to turangi. saw a orange and blue patrol car near whakamaru (didn't see a radar), but nothing else until hunterville.
with a decent stop at taihape for gas and brown sugar cafe coffee and muffin, i did cambridge upper hutt (532kms) in 7 hours flat.

[wkid_one]

My favourite Twisties are the Chicken ones you get in Australia in the Yellow and Green packs - for some reason we don't have them here - strange...

But honestly.....in no order....

- Woodhill Forest Rd
- Clevedon - Kawakawa Bay - Kauaia Loop
- Kopu - Whitianga - Coromandel - Thames - Kopu loop
- The old road between Ohakune and Waiouru before they straightened the hell out of it.
- Rimutaka's
- Wainuiomata Coast Rd
- Rd to Makara in Wellington
- Whiteman's Valley Rd
- SH 22
- Moonshine Rd from River Road to Haywards
- Paekakariki Hill Rd
- Rd coming in to Taupo from the south
- Pahiatua Track
- Road between Palmerston North and Wanganui (back road - unsure of name)

[dss3]

Haave to love the coromandel, have a friend with a batch at matarangi that stay at for around a month each year. Particularly the 30k between matarangi and whitianga, or the other way over to coro town. Reckon you always like the roads you know real well. I normally try to go for a ride every day while im over there. Only rich guys on beamers over there to ride with though...

[Hitcher]

- Road between Palmerston North and Wanganui (back road - unsure of name)

This description fascinates me -- I presume Wkid that you are on the Feilding side of SH3? I can't think of a through road as such. All I can picture is the Feilding-Cheltenham-Vinegar Hill road to SH1, then down to Hunterville, then off right in the middle of town taking the turn after about 5km that links to the Fordell-Wanganui road?? Yes??

[wkid_one]

No - not as such - I drive shit loads of these roads as I cover this area for work...I experiment with taking all sorts of back roads (a number of which are dead ends) to have some fun....I will check the name out next time.

[Hitcher]

No - not as such - I drive shit loads of these roads as I cover this area for work...I experiment with taking all sorts of back roads (a number of which are dead ends) to have some fun....I will check the name out next time.

Please do, as I am most interested. This part of the country falls into easy "day trip" distance.

[inlinefour]

Is Awakino George, what a rush and its bloody funny when I can beat a bigger bike with the cournering. The other rider does not apreciate it

[RiderInBlack]

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

did i mention, i'm anal ?

Actualy it is "Km" Not "KM" (look up your metric abbreviations). Length in metres is abbr. "m". Capitals are used for any symbol that is a multiple of a metric unit. E.g. 1000 of any metric unit is represented by a "K" for kilo, therefore it is Kg, Km, Kb, etc. Lower case is used for any symbol that is a friction of a metric unit. E.g. 1/1000 of any mertic unit is represented by a "m" for milli, therefore it is mg, mm, ml.

[RiderInBlack]

Meanwhile, back to the roads, have just come back from up north and the road from Waipu around to Mangawhai heads and on to SH1 north of Te Hana is pretty good. Then combine that with SH16 from Wellsford and the old West coast Rd from Kaukapapa to Kumeu and its a reasonbly good ride home!

Yep, love the Waipu Cove-Mangawhai-Te Hana and the Wellsford-KKK-Peak Rd-Old North Rd routes

[RiderInBlack]

Anyone tried the back road to Russell - out through Helena Bay and up the coast. As a metal road, it was a nightmare, but now its sealed - woo hoo!
Hey Doug, is Viv still ion WIMA?

Loved it, but last time I rode it there was still unmarked pea metal on it (but that was months ago).

[RiderInBlack]

[QUOTE=Draco]For anyone going up north you have to ride the maungamuka gorge just south of Kaitaia. It's an awesome little road for a bit of a race (no i wasn't speeding officer). The back roads from Kaikohe past the twin bridges and through to Dargaville are quite good as is the ride through the waipua forest.
QUOTE]Love the Maungamuka, but a good alternative (if you have the time) is cross on the Rawene Ferry to Kohukohu and take the back road through Broadwood to Kaitaia. Eastcoast on SH10 is cool for the view but is more policed. I use the Kaikohe-Lake Omapere to SH1 route a lot and join this with the Waimate North (past 1 of NZ's first Mission House's) to Kerikeri Route if BOI is my destination. The Mangakahia Rd (the back road from Kaikohe past the twin bridges) is my home road (I live on it), so it has a special place in my heart. I must organise a ride and stay over for all you KB'ers up here sometime. I live on a 500arce farm with river and mountian stream. Even the MotoX boys would have fun up here on the farm track up the hill.