Paekakariki Hill road

**merv** · 24th January 2007, 18:00

Originally Posted by Coyote

Yeah. They suck

...yeah a lot of air down their intakes and turn it into raw power!!

**Hitcher** · 24th January 2007, 18:25

Ahh. The Goat Track of Death. Frosty knows all about it...

**Panther** · 24th January 2007, 18:50

stilllll awesome!

**Coyote** · 24th January 2007, 20:10

Originally Posted by Hitcher

Ahh. The Goat Track of Death. Frosty knows all about it...

Akatarawa road is the goatiest of all goat tracks

**R6_kid:Me** · 24th January 2007, 20:16

macktheknife had me fully bracing myself in the passenger seat as he got his little Mitsi RVR goin full tit over that hill with the tyres squeeling... probably the most scared i've been in a while.

Apparently mikey did a similar job on texmo, rumour has it that it is the first time texmo has actually really feared for his life.

**cowpoos** · 24th January 2007, 20:36

Originally Posted by merv

OK CFWB reckons the new 800 MotoGP Suzuki is just the gears but while we are talking about Hondas being slow let me see Mr Poos, how many Grand Prix championships have Suzuki won since KRJR won in 2000? Oh yeah it wasn't many was it, and Honda won how many? Really that many, that's a lot in comparison eh! Divide Honda number by Suzuki number and the answer is infinity being that they have been infinitely better. Is there much else to say?

shame honda don't put that sorta money into making road bikes...and BTW there ain't many people worldwide that privateer race honda's in the main classes...think there might be a reason for that $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$ to make the blessid machines fast!!! coz HRC shit ain't cheap...and hondas ain't fast stock!!

**Hawkeye** · 24th January 2007, 20:47

Originally Posted by cowpoos

shame honda don't put that sorta money into making road bikes...and BTW there ain't many people worldwide that privateer race honda's in the main classes...think there might be a reason for that $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$ to make the blessid machines fast!!! coz HRC shit ain't cheap...and hondas ain't fast stock!!

What do you mean, not fast stock! My CBX does 0-100 in at least 2 mins and if I push it, I can get it up to 120 down hill with a tail wind. Slow.... Ph!

**cowpoos** · 24th January 2007, 20:54

Originally Posted by Hawkeye

What do you mean, not fast stock! My CBX does 0-100 in at least 2 mins and if I push it, I can get it up to 120 down hill with a tail wind. Slow.... Ph!

good point....I reckon I could get it up to atleast 200mph if I throw it out of a plane with a rocket mounted on the back of it [suzuki power rocket of course]

**Hawkeye** · 24th January 2007, 21:06

Originally Posted by Grub

I commute this road twice a day - I obviously pleased the gods once.

There are 157 corners between Grays Rd in the south and the stop sign on SH1 at Paekakariki, a journey of 11.1km's. That's
- 14.1 corners per km, or
- a corner every 70.7 meters

My definition of a "corner" for counting purposes (from remaining on the correct side of the carriageway)
- Requires a movement from or through the vertical
- cannot be taken by straight-lining it
- A two-radius corner where you don't come vertical at some point in it is one corner, not two
- A two-radius corner where you *do* come vertical at some point in it is two corners, not one

Who cares ... it's just a barrell of fun and does gangbusters for your riding. I am past trying to do it at light-speed and now work on holding a constant speed (80kmh) for the whole road. That's not quite possible as rthere's one 25 and one 35kmh corner but man it focusses the mind and hones your techo skills.

Other KBers I know of who do the same thing are R100! and Martin from Motomart who do it north-south. There are others I'm sure, lets hope we don't "meet".

Brett

Hold on a minute. 80kph. Even I can do that on the CBX. Mental note to myself - give Pikak hill priority next time I'm out for a blast...

**Panther** · 24th January 2007, 21:57

i reckon its under rated....its half an hour from all the cool places (like levin) and with that amount of corners packed into that much road...
did i mention the cages that cut blind corners?

**riffer** · 24th January 2007, 22:16

Originally Posted by Hitcher

Ahh. The Goat Track of Death. Frosty knows all about it...

Yep. There's nothing like watching a good mate do the inverted starfish up the road straight towards the cliff to give you a respect for the road again.

Tell you what though, the next time he went over that road he was all over it like a rash - I gave up trying to keep up...

**Panther** · 24th January 2007, 22:28

does any one have pics?

**merv** · 25th January 2007, 07:30

Originally Posted by Hawkeye

Hold on a minute. 80kph. Even I can do that on the CBX. Mental note to myself - give Pikak hill priority next time I'm out for a blast...

You've only got to do 70 from Battle Hill as that's all its posted at from there.

**Hitcher** · 25th January 2007, 07:45

Originally Posted by riffer

Tell you what though, the next time he went over that road he was all over it like a rash - I gave up trying to keep up...

It's amazing how well somebody else's bike can perform...

**Deano** · 25th January 2007, 07:49

Paekak Hill used to be my favourite bit of road. Not anymore - I must be getting old but I don't like cars crossing into my lane when there is bugger all room to move.

You just don't get anywhere near the number of lane crossers on the Taka's - maybe because of the trucks that use the road a well.

Originally Posted by cowpoos

on a honda!! be a slow safe trip home eh!

You're a broken record mate. How's my trailer ?