gee wizzz
undefinedundefinedundefinedEverybody has their own little slice of bikers heaven.
How about sharing yours with other road riders.
My favorite ride is from Westgate in west auckland up SH16 to turn right onto Old north road. ending up half an hour later in kaukaupakaupa. Keep going north to Welllsford. 10 km north turn right to Mangawhai.
Stop for lunch at mangawhai then head back the way I came.
fuckin grumpy leave me alone
Clevedon to Kawakawa and onto Miranda.or Clevedon to Hunua.
F/F
"Kiwi Biker, still a great place despite the mods "
"Would crawl over broken glass before owning Suzuki"
The only reason I only ride in the Iron man Class is I have no friends left to enter the two man events,
my own fault really.
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I do this exact ride except i go up Scenic Drive then go up Old North Road, and enjoy it emensly. I also love the clevdon to hunua ride and SH22..... i also have some blasting roads, ie a short distance which is very twisty and go as fast as i can, but generally dont break the speed limit, such as Twilight Road just before Clevdon, some parts of scenic drive, Lovers Lane, but only on a real quiet day (that 40kmh speedlimit is overated....) Theres a few more but i cant think of them of the top of my head....Originally Posted by xjxjxj
OK, so who's next?
We go Redoubt rd-papakura-hunua gorge-mangatawhiri-mercer-22-rangiriri-huntly-22-mercer-mangatawhiri-clevedon-manukau fairly often,or,not turn off to rangiriri and just do 22 both ways.
Otherwise the coromandel loop is sweet,or whangamata and back via miranda.
Do old nth-16-wellsford fairly often,but there's always cops up that way now....
Hardcore Biker
whakatane to tekaha pub for lunch and back,awesome twisties.
Soo-deep
1st - Kopu - Whanga - Waihi
2nd - FF's Fav 1
Mobile Oil Stain
This subject has been done before,but thats cool because it gives me time to think about it and I need lots of time for thinking.
I don't have one fav' road but I have roads that I love to ride for different reasons.The Waiuku -Awhitu rd is right on my doorstep and I've ridden it more than any other road in the country.It's my fast road,I normaly go up in sightseeing mode an come back down as hard as I can.Highway 22,I lived at Naike for three years and have liked the road ever since.I Hit a sheep out there and wrote off my T110 TRIUMPH.It hasn't changed much in twenty years,still a place to watch for stock.
The old Taupo road has always been #1 as that is the road I learnt to ride on,Lot's of good memories out there,Still got a few scars to prove it.
The Coro' loop I Discovered that place at the same time as I met my wife.We've done that one togeather lot's of times.A real NZ classic.The east cape and the Motu,What can ya' say,Dreams can come true out there.
The road I live on,Tight twisty bits, wide open smooth an fast bits,Gravel in a different place each time,off cambers,Sudden drops,blind apex's,And a pub at the end.Don't get much better than that but don't make a mistake,You'll pay for it.
gee wizzz
I know dude but what the hey --maybee someone could wright a book about it
Highway Biker
1) The greatest = Milford Road (In summer!) .. look out for busses & take your shades off before riding into the Homer Tunnel ! I could spend a week in TeAnau rideing this 3 times a day... might need to pack a replacement set of tyres
2) Highway (52?) Masterton To Waipukurau (Another summer road.. the moss gets a tad slippery over winter.
3) Another Nice summer’s Day ride = Lewis Pass – Arthur’s Pass, Haast Pass - Lindis Pass – 1200 odd km good training ride for 1000 milers.
4) Anywhere the Fuzz aren’t.
It's not easy being Orange!
The Ragin Cajun
Doesn't matter they are all good as long as i get to come back up the hamilton side of the kamais i am a happy chappy, i just often ride to matamata just so i can ride back up the hill again. Espically good when the misses is there, cause we can race each other up the hill
Mobile Oil Stain
You live in Tauranga AND you get to race your Mrs over the Kaimias.
Dang you lucky lucky bugger.
Deus ex ukulele
MATE! These rides ROCK!1) The greatest = Milford Road (In summer!) .. look out for busses & take your shades off before riding into the Homer Tunnel ! I could spend a week in TeAnau rideing this 3 times a day... might need to pack a replacement set of tyres
2) Highway (52?) Masterton To Waipukurau (Another summer road.. the moss gets a tad slippery over winter.
3) Another Nice summer’s Day ride = Lewis Pass – Arthur’s Pass, Haast Pass - Lindis Pass – 1200 odd km good training ride for 1000 milers.
4) Anywhere the Fuzz aren’t.
Add to the list --
Highway 4 Wanganui to Raetihi
Highway 6 Invercargill - Queenstown - Cromwell - Haast - Westport - Murchison - Nelson (the longest best ride in the country)
Highway 43 Stratford to Taumarunui
Highway 54 Vinegar Hill to Feilding
Highway 75 Christchurch to Akaroa
Highway 80 The Hermitage (Mt Cook) road
*Sigh*
"Standing on your mother's corpse you told me that you'd wait forever." [Bryan Adams: Summer of 69]
The Ragin Cajun
You live in Tauranga AND you get to race your Mrs over the Kaimias.
Dang you lucky lucky bugger.
hahah yeah, she is pretty good rider on her vtr1000f we she even done a track day on it, at taupo.
And roads around tauranga pretty good, 1 hour to hammy, rotovegas, kopu, matatar
Hardcore Biker
Tauranga direct( Pyes Pa road) between TGA & roto vegas is ok for some fresh air...esp the gorge in the middle...rode it on Saturday and saw some big bikes having a blast...my missus did NOT beleive I had ridden to Vegas and back in 70 minutes! lol
it's been a while..
sounds like paradise to me.1) The greatest = Milford Road (In summer!) .. look out for busses & take your shades off before riding into the Homer Tunnel ! I could spend a week in TeAnau rideing this 3 times a day... might need to pack a replacement set of tyres
3) Another Nice summer’s Day ride = Lewis Pass – Arthur’s Pass, Haast Pass - Lindis Pass – 1200 odd km good training ride for 1000 milers.
i like the coromandel for road rides because of the variety. 8-)
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