Now lifestylers on our best roads

[Zookey]

Hi all i"m on the old mans computer here,and old well hes been riding since he was 14 and hes nearly 70,and did get a little p###ed off with my off,however to clarify some things for him.I drive a new 4wheel drive hilux as im a 30 year old builder,and use the road in question all the time.The problem we have here is that we have a new form of lfestylers God bless them who have cribs in the bush as a weekend holiday home,coupled with a school camp.now it doesnt take a rocket science too realise that the coming and going of visitors are causing problems they are not aware of,coupled with a council that doesnt apply there own rules to same,being as they are ex forestry units with shingle sub standard roading entrances.My accident was certainly my fault ,and could have been avoided had i taken my truck to work,yeah rite;however i was aware of our conditions but at 4.30 pm Sat; the place in Question was having a function,with a gazilloin vehicles coming and going.One lot in a SUV turned in as i was sitting on the bank and bl@@@ ignords me at that time the cocky arrived and gave me all the help one would need and rode my bike and locked it in his shed. BYe the way does anyone want the old fellas avator as ,just click on it and save it .and ille delete it in 2 days time .Cheers riders.:spudwave:

[Ixion]

Compared with 40 years ago , almost all the roads in NZ are now incredibly good by sprotsbike criteria (Mr Skid and Co may have other criteria!)

The goodness of them is illustrated by the amount of complaining and griping that occurs when some tiny stretch is not maintained to race track standards.

Indeed, the only reason that sprotsbikes are POSSIBLE nowdays, is because the roads are now so good. When I was a young 'un bikes like the GSXRRRR would have been laughed at , because there would have been almost nowhere in NZ you could ride them for any distance. Ditto, modern sprotsbike tyres. They'd have burst within a day.

The only exception to this is that I think they made a big mistake abandoning the concrete roads. They were much better than tar seal (and, for the most part, are still there, as good as ever, just covered with a thin layer of tar seal)

And, heretical though it is, I think cagers are much better drivers now than they were then., Back in the day, most people drove down the middle of the road as a matter of course. And most drove REAL slowly. Bike riders, on the other hand, I think are less disciplined than they were.

[Zookey]

Quite right Ixion,I can remember The Great South Road when up in Auckland on my 1st BSA with plunger suspension,thought i was riding on glass,but the illusion was shattered on the way back to the Bay once one reached Cambridge when the state highway turned to metal and the Taupo road to Napier wound through the pumice,and one had to ride up the bank as the rain washed ruts could be a metre deep,still did it in 71/2 hours tho in the rain,"period 1052" sorry 1952