Favourite corners in Auckland

[criticmbs]

gday Mark. Remember me? Yep you got it, the guy that was accusing you of overtaking on blind corners. After your certainty in denial that you do not overtake on blind corners i think this just prooved that wrong; I refer you back to the thread ....

( http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...light=twilight )

where you stated "i would never ever ever overtake on a blind coner f**k that and a bag of chips" ...well buddy i think you just prooved yourself wrong! Sorry to bring it up but i just could not help it! neway....What bike are you riding in that clip.

[Winter]

gday Mark. Remember me? Yep you got it, the guy that was accusing you of overtaking on blind corners. After your certainty in denial that you do not overtake on blind corners i think this just prooved that wrong; I refer you back to the thread ....

( http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...light=twilight )

where you stated "i would never ever ever overtake on a blind coner f**k that and a bag of chips" ...well buddy i think you just prooved yourself wrong! Sorry to bring it up but i just could not help it! neway....What bike are you riding in that clip.

Look Mr 9. posts, The title of this thread states 'favourite corners in Auckland', not 'im gonna prove skidmark overtakes where he should not'.

Kthnxbye.

[skidMark]

gday Mark. Remember me? Yep you got it, the guy that was accusing you of overtaking on blind corners. After your certainty in denial that you do not overtake on blind corners i think this just prooved that wrong; I refer you back to the thread ....

( http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...light=twilight )

where you stated "i would never ever ever overtake on a blind coner f**k that and a bag of chips" ...well buddy i think you just prooved yourself wrong! Sorry to bring it up but i just could not help it! neway....What bike are you riding in that clip.

that corner wasn't blind i could see what was coming

big gap in the trees to the left....

anyways back on topic

[howdamnhard]

Sky rd Clevedon,Hanua and Kawakawa.

[howdamnhard]

Oh yes I forgot Twilight Rd ,Clevedon.

[Chisanga]

I quite like the right hander at the end of The Parade, Bucklands Beach... depending on how busy it is though you g=have to slow down and watch for people pulling out from the parking area aloongside the road.

[skidMark]

Oh yes I forgot Twilight Rd ,Clevedon.

on a gn250?

your pretty keen haha

change your bars if your going to do twisties

i picked up a set for my gn (don't have it anymore) for $15 at a wreckers....some low rise motorcross bars.

makes them alot easier to corner.

and for $15 bucks it's not exactly expensive.

makes them alot roomier too

[NighthawkNZ:Me]

you have favorite corners...

all corners are good and are my favorite its the straights that get me (I nearly come off... cause its more exciting just to walk the bugger)

[Morcs]

Panmure roundabout

I find it hilarous in busy traffic to just go round and round and round and round with my knee scraping whilst all the cages sit around wondering what the fuck im doing.

I hope this helps.

[vifferman]

Good corners huh?

Kaimais ftw.

Yeah, love those, even in the car.
Although the road surface is a bit crap sometimes, due to all the trucks.

[vifferman]

I take this route most days, it would be faster to just go straight to my house, but it's much more fun to take the detour down along the waterfront then back up.

Sounds like me.
When I worked in Ponsonby, I took the back streets to work and home. Didn't really save any time, but I'd rather take longer and keep moving. I HATE sitting in traffic on the bike.

Now I work in Albania, I've almost got my routes sorted out. The trouble is, with all the traffic congestion in D'Auckland, a lot of the backstreet routes have become popular with "rat runners". I took one of my old routes the other week, when I had to go into town at rush hour (yeah, it was really crap), and pharkme, if it wasn't all clogged up with car drivers who'd worked out it was better taking the less obvious route.

The thing I find is that even taking the same corners day after day after day, I rarely feel like I've absolutely nailed them, especially as there are some tricky off-camber corners to contend with. The best experiences would have to be having the rear sliding on the FahrtSurm, and coming out of corners on either the FahrtSturm or the VFR with the front wheel off the deck. Also good - but guilty pleasure - is passing cars around the outside of favourite corners. And my Birkenhead - Ponsonby backstreet route included at least one wheelie nearly every day.

I have too much imagination though, and remember what binning it feels like, even though I've only lowsided once (on the way to work), once been taken out by a dozy git outside his house, and never lost it from going too fast. I worry that if I thrash around the same streets too many times, some namby-pamby SafetyNazi will phone the cops and I'll get pinged one day, then that will fuck it up completely for me.

[MidnightMike]

Yeah, love those, even in the car.
Although the road surface is a bit crap sometimes, due to all the trucks.

If you keep in the over taking lane its sweet as.

[skidMark]

Panmure roundabout

I find it hilarous in busy traffic to just go round and round and round and round with my knee scraping whilst all the cages sit around wondering what the fuck im doing.

I hope this helps.

you know it's nicknamed suicide roundabout for good reason right

i try avoid that thing like the plague

roadrules seem to go out the window when people use it

[Motu]

I quite like the right hander at the end of The Parade, Bucklands Beach... .

Did you know there used to be street races at Bucklands beach? Late '40's and early '50's.I don't remember them as I was just a baby,but my mother often used to talk about them....they could watch sitting on the wall of my grandmother's house on The Parade.

[Pancakes]

Quote:
Originally Posted by more_fasterer
Agreed SM, great little road for a thrash!

Nice vid too - though I won't comment about your blindly overtaking a pajero on the blind side round a blind bend with an intersection, I just wanted to see how many times I could write "blind" in a sentence (4 as it happens)

lol

yeah the things you do when young and stupid.


Mark

Sorry to be a downer but when you can die it's not that cool eh.

Getting away with it once (or more) doesn't mean you will again.