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    The best straights in the country

    In the quest for balls out flat n true straights............where are they? What's your favourite section of tarmac? And why.


    I would have to say the Ramarama area is pretty damn good. One point there is a 5km section (used for speedo testing). The road is soooooo smooth flat n true, non of this pot hole business.

    Followed closely (no pun intended) by the Orewa to upper north shore, not straight all the way of course but close enough & very good quality surface.
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    Well there are a couple of nice straight roads around Canterbury...

    To mention two notables:

    Old Tram Road near Oxford - Russel Wright and Bob Burns set a couple of land speed records there back in 1955 on the 27th of July. (261 km/h for a sidecar and 298 km/h for a motorcycle).

    Chertsey-Kyle Road near Ashburton - Phil Garrett and Glenn Hayward set the new land speed record for a side car at 271 km/h on the 12th of July 2005.

    There are many more however, the Canterbrian plains are good for flat straight roads.
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    I hope no-one lists the actual favourites, otherwise, its a fantastic way for cops to focus their efforts

    yeh... not saying
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    Straights only exist to get me from corner to corner.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gremlin View Post
    I hope no-one lists the actual favourites, otherwise, its a fantastic way for cops to focus their efforts

    yeh... not saying
    lol, pretty sure they can work it out for themselves


    Coppa 1: "hey thats a pretty straight bit of road there Bill"

    Coppa 2: "yeah tis pretty straight Phill, bet no one EVER exceeds the speed limit on it, lets move our laser gun to that 30 km/h corner aye, see what we can get"


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    my fave would be the mt hutt station rd...between methven and mt hutt station...straight and a slight decline...nice


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    Hunua......there is a nice long straight with a slight kink....easy 200 plus...and safe..

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    Quote Originally Posted by Grahameeboy View Post
    easy 200 plus...and safe..
    are you crazy?
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    there is a nice 20 odd metre straight bit on my driveway, smooth flat concrete surface with no potholes, or police, and theres always a bourbon at the end!

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    The only straights I feel really safe on-- Back straight at Pukekohe and front straight at Teratonga -both good straights to find out about speed n stuff
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    Quote Originally Posted by nodrog View Post
    ...and theres always a bourbon at the end!
    Dude, you keep bourbon in your letterbox? I wouldn't have said that on a public forum.

    And Boob, you're a tit.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Finn View Post
    Dude, you keep bourbon in your letterbox? I wouldn't have said that on a public forum.
    mate its a long driveway, and i get thirsty!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Finn View Post
    Dude, you keep bourbon in your letterbox? I wouldn't have said that on a public forum.

    And Boob, you're a tit.

    i can think of worse things to be than a tit
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    Boob, if your IQ exceeded your shoe size, you would have realised that I was taking the piss last night about straight roads.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Boob Johnson View Post
    I would have to say the Ramarama area is pretty damn good. One point there is a 5km section (used for speedo testing). The road is soooooo smooth flat n true, non of this pot hole business.
    Also this is a heavy police area.

    Play "spot the cop". Radar, laser AND cameravans tax that area.

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