Karangahake Gorge now all 80KM Zone

[Jackrat]

It must be pretty good then!

Thats south of Kaitaia?

That's the one,make the trip it's well worth it.
An we're not joking for a change,I've ridden most of the north islands roads and it's just way out in front.
The Wiaoeka is a good road but the on going road works, plus the rocks fulling onto the road from above make it not as good now as it has been.
I Drive both a lest once a month.

[Matt Bleck]

That ones marked on the map.

[WINJA]

100kmh was to fast anyway , with all the drag queens crossing the road and people stopping to pick up hoes

[Rhino]

well you wouldnt want them to do something logical like improve our roads to reduce deaths? no the will just lower the limit, knowing people will continue to drive at 100 and die, but now they get more revenue!!

Rumour has it sAsLEX that the LTSA plan to introduce a "fail safe" RFRP (Road Fatality Reduction Plan.)

This will consist of a man preceeding every motor vehicle while holding a raised red flag. As a side effect, the speed limit will be reduced to approx 6.44 kph (4 mph)

[Kornholio]

Rumour has it sAsLEX that the LTSA plan to introduce a "fail safe" RFRP (Road Fatality Reduction Plan.)

This will consist of a man preceeding every motor vehicle while holding a raised red flag. As a side effect, the speed limit will be reduced to approx 6.44 kph (4 mph)

Id buy a whip and make the guy in front of me run!!! MUSH you bastard!!!!

[jonbuoy]

Yeah but you can bet the HWP will be keeping an eye on it.

no licence=no job=no bike=no fun.

[jonbuoy]

Why the hell don't they sort out the corners with bald patches of seal that are like riding on a non stick frypan in the wet, loose marbles left over from road works, corners with funny cambers from slips or subsidence, bad seal repairs etc..... There always quick to quote speed, tiredness etc as causes - What percentage of accidents are caused every year from poor road surfacing?? Ah yeah but if you were traveling at 99KMH you wouldn't have drifted accross the bald seal into the oncomming car!

I wouldn't mind paying an extra hundred bucks a year if someone could promise me all that would end.

[Zed]

That's the one,make the trip it's well worth it.

I 1st 'drove' up the Mungamukas last year and it truly blew me away, it's like a great big luge track!! I was greatly distressed at the time that I was in a cage and not on a bike!

[Motu]

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As for 80 kms,Oh well used to be that everywhere so we're still in front,,aaaand there's nothing wrong with the roads,,they are in fact constantly getting better.
It's just the people using them can't keep up with the capabilitys of modern vehicules,an sorry that means bikes as well.
IM not so HO.

Yep,used to be 50mph (80kph) I didn't have a problem with it back then.Road conditions are far superior to what was around 20 or 30 years ago - the soft tar is just what happens on those types of roads...we used to call it ''bleeding'' when the tar melted and you'd end up with tar on the soles of your bare feet,the road was so hot it'd burn.They used to throw sand on the bleeding tar in my area when I was a young hoon riding bikes like a lunitic - I spun a few cars out on it,but never dropped a bike....we thought it was fun,never thought to ever complain about it!

[sAsLEX]

There always quick to quote speed, tiredness etc as causes - What percentage of accidents are caused every year from poor road surfacing??

Very few in the statistics they create I bet.

What I love is how they put manholes on the apexs of corners, then not pleased with one they put two or three there, and then if that wasn't bad enough they have the manhole an inch or three below the level of the road surface. Brilliant!

[Lou Girardin]

Very few in the statistics they create I bet.

What I love is how they put manholes on the apexs of corners, then not pleased with one they put two or three there, and then if that wasn't bad enough they have the manhole an inch or three below the level of the road surface. Brilliant!

If you fell off, you would have been going too fast for the conditions.

[Wonko]

The Gorge is between Paeroa and Waihi. Nice ride, my old stomping ground. Also you can turn off into the Old Tauranga road and aviod Waihi on the way to Tauranga.

word of advice, don't try to race the local cops through the gorge, they love hoofing the gorge too.

[Lou Girardin]

I 1st 'drove' up the Mungamukas last year and it truly blew me away, it's like a great big luge track!! I was greatly distressed at the time that I was in a cage and not on a bike!

Doing that road on a Superduke, or any grunty naked, has got to be bike nirvana.