Bugger this is dangerous, No one ride here! (Auckland Central)

**dangerous** · 14th March 2006, 19:49

Originally Posted by TL Rider

The Moerewa end bridge is insane!! Flew through the air 30m and landed on my back wheel and carried on...if only I did it on purpose eh?

LOL, you to huh? I did it by acco on the Mcleans Is rd out back of Chch over a stop bank a few years ago on they oll hot rodded CX.... christ knows what I was thinking but instead of slowing I opend the taps up

Tell ya what it was the most perfect stint a air time possible Evel would have been prowd of me, landed to the side of the rd and carried on riding went bout 2 k's up the rd before I pulled over... and thought WTF did I just do

**R6_kid:Me** · 14th March 2006, 19:50

how fast do you reckon i have to go over the harbour bridge to get air?

when heading north on the left hand clipon its not quite smooth....

another place to get air in town is the bit by auckland central police station, as you head toward the motorway, if i accelerate at 75% i'll be doing 40kmh after crossing the intersection and get hte front wheel up as it goes down the hill... thats fun in the afternoon after lectures... again time it wrong and you'll get a courier van pull out in front of you. Only done it once, and probably wont again..... tui anyone

**Ixion** · 14th March 2006, 19:58

Oh dear . Thank you for the timely warning Mr Pyrocam. I shall contact the appropriate authorities at the City Council tomorrow, and ensure that suitable measures are taken to prevent motorcyclists accidentally using that alley, to their hazard. Most mature and responsible of you to warn people of such unwanted hazards, and at some personal risk to you and your machine, too. Well done.

**iwilde** · 14th March 2006, 20:40

Originally Posted by avgas

Ahhhhh so you havent lept the big railroad hump in Onehunga yet then

I really enjoyed the air time there.
Also the 'Old tauranga road' behind waihi is a classic - but fucking leathal if you time it wrong.

I know the one, I took the sump out of an XA V8 Falcon many yrs ago when I was a troubled youth!

**N4CR** · 14th March 2006, 20:53

Originally Posted by gareth_d

i've had the R6 off the ground at 2xx something... but was more than two hundy, went over a bridge, front wheel came up about 45degrees, flew through the air, landed and had a tank slapper stopped by the steering damper... and that was only the test ride

Cough 'ardmore aerodrome main road' cough....

As JSG said corro loop there is a nice bump and one on the way back, before a corner, got a decent shock there too. And one just as you enter clevedon from beachlands end along the pohu coast.

I heard these things from a friend. Ghost rider 10

**Krayy** · 14th March 2006, 21:07

Hell, that's right outside my work!! I'll have to give it a whirl in the morning.

**skidMark** · 14th March 2006, 21:40

Originally Posted by justsomeguy

Thanks

By the way there are a few spots on the Clevedon - Kaiaua twisties too where you can get some air.

you ...twisties...? a friend must have told you about these locations then

**bugjuice** · 14th March 2006, 22:16

there's 3 hump-back bridges on SH1 heading really far north.. just after the Bay of Islands split. You go thru a nice quaint little town (with a train line thru the middle), then you head out of the town. There's a 1km straight with one rounded hump, then a flat top round hump, then another rounded hump, and plenty of space for a run up and fuck up either way.. I did it in the car, that was fun. On a bike, I'd be scared of getting it really really wrong

**DMNTD:Me** · 14th March 2006, 22:21

Originally Posted by bugjuice

there's 3 hump-back bridges on SH1 heading really far north.. just after the Bay of Islands split. You go thru a nice quaint little town (with a train line thru the middle), then you head out of the town. There's a 1km straight with one rounded hump, then a flat top round hump, then another rounded hump, and plenty of space for a run up and fuck up either way.. I did it in the car, that was fun. On a bike, I'd be scared of getting it really really wrong

That's the Kawakawa Bridges I mentioned above mate but it sounds like you've come from the Kawakawa end not the Moerewa end.
Yep I nearly got it 100% wrong...at least it looked styley

**bugjuice** · 14th March 2006, 22:26

I've got no idea what the place is called, I'd have to take your word for it!!
And yeah, it looks easy to get carried away! I managed to get the car light on the first one, then tried harder on the second which didn't work, cos it levels in the middle, so tried harder on the third, and made all the camping gear fly all over the place, and the car bottomed out on the other side! Great fun..

**DMNTD:Me** · 14th March 2006, 22:31

Originally Posted by bugjuice

... so tried harder on the third, and made all the camping gear fly all over the place, and the car bottomed out on the other side! Great fun..

Hahaha...yep that's them thar bridges! I got my Commodore literally crossed up over the third and about 10m worth of flight!
Oh I remember when....

**Mr Skid** · 14th March 2006, 23:08

Pfft! You call that a jump? Not even, au!

Try the Wendy's carpark off Dominion Road.

**justsomeguy** · 14th March 2006, 23:21

Originally Posted by markauckland

you ...twisties...? a friend must have told you about these locations then

Of course a friend told me, I'm to scared to go on rides as I'm the world's slowest Indian and these fast bikers scare me

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By the way the same friend also told me, if you set up your bike to be very twitchy by say dropping the triple clamps and using stiffer fork oil

You may tend to get tank slappers quite regularly upon landing. (you may not if you have a damper

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