So, you're riding into this corner. Sunday afternoon just after the climb north from Kawakawa Bay.
The bike on the roadside is a clue.
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So, you're riding into this corner. Sunday afternoon just after the climb north from Kawakawa Bay.
The bike on the roadside is a clue.
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hmm. I'd be trying to avoid the shiny tar, and especially that odd looking shiny stripe... is that oil?
High miles, engine knock, rusty chrome, worn pegs...
Brakes as new
What happened next?
you stopped and had a yarn with your mate dazza who had momentarily ducked into the bushes to relieve himself of the mussel pies and four quarts of lion red he had for lunch in kawakawa?
I know the corner, Diesel or Shiete?, hope there isn't a bike where we cant see?
Every day above ground is a good day!:
I know the corner too, the best s on that road. Going that way goes left after that.
Thats not an oil or water trail from the parked bike is it?
On a Motorcycle you're penetrating distance, right along with the machine!! In a car you're just a spectator, the windshields like a TV!!
'Life's Journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out! Shouting, ' Holy sh!t... What a Ride!! '
That shiny line was water from a boat, but it had some slippery stuff in it. The front just went and the bike ended up in the gravel.
I didn't spot the shiny line, and even if I had, would have assumed it was just water.
I saw a few boats towed round that corner, and every one of them left a trail of water.
That road is becoming dangerous. One of the people who stopped was a local and commented that the road to Orere Point is very slippery when it's wet. That I could well believe.
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Just having another look at that photo... jesus it looks slick. I don't think it'd matter if the stripe was oily or not, cos there's fuck all stones left. I hope there were no injuries.
Council should put up a sign... that'd help... to stop bikers before they go over the bank...
High miles, engine knock, rusty chrome, worn pegs...
Brakes as new
Council (Auckland) should fix the fuckin road! It's promoted as a tourist route so lots of camper vans, cyclists, motorbikes, etc. during the season, plus it's the only access to some settlements along the coast.
Then there's the section along the coast where the clay cliffs have been falling onto the road ever since the April floods. That's getting worse, not better. There's a patch of clay on our drive that I washed off the bike afterwards.
It was my bike that crashed - I'm fine, just a sore thumb. The bike has a fair bit of cosmetic damage after a trip through the gravel trap, but I was able to ride it home.
Looks a bit dodgy to begin with, with the worn seal. Certainly wouldn't fancy riding that road in the wet.
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...looks like most of the roads down here around Canterbury, cheap fucking seal and shit repairs everywhere. The Akaroa Highway on the way to the Hilltop is covered in oily bilge water constantly through the summer months. I'm sure this is how Dangerous lost the front end in his 'off', on the Hilltop section a couple or more years back...
Well thats just shit. Glad you are not badly banged up.
Yes Ive noted that corner had a lot of bleed. Mind If I borrow the pic?
Im currently trying to find out if Wet and Forget will get rid of moss on roads that I travel on. If it wont make the road slippery after application I may wander up in the car with a sprayer.
Glad you are mostly ok Mike. I'm sure quality gear helped with minimising injury to you. Some insurance companies do cover damage to riding gear in the policy. If one is claiming for damage to bike, just double checking can't hurt.
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Was it this corner ... ???
https://www.google.co.nz/maps/@-36.9...7i13312!8i6656
When life throws you a curve ... Lean into it ...
They did ... you can't miss it ...
https://www.google.co.nz/maps/@-36.9...7i13312!8i6656
When life throws you a curve ... Lean into it ...
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