how fast?

[Motu]

I presume you mean the Eltham-Opunake Road?

I don't want to tell a Naki boy about his home patch - but the road from Opunake to Etham is called the Eltham Rd,Opunake Rd branches off and goes to Stratford.After Kaponga it seems to be all down hill to me,or atleast to my tired old bones and bikes.All the roads leading down off Wiremu road are down hill,and we used to nail it the whole way,scary and stupid on those narrow roads with wandering stock and tractors.

[SuperDave]

On my road which is a long rural road I try and go as fast as my little 150cc will go which thinking about it now isnt all too fast, about 110 - 125 on the straights and 90 on the long corners. But in normal roads and the motorway I generally follow the speed limit, give or take (usually give).

[ALTRON]

220km A couple of times but really exceed 110 cursing speed (cept for overtaking maybe) In built up areas I keep it at the legal limit as you never know what's around the next corner.

[JohnBoy]

if i have a bit of a shitty day and go for a blast i drive around the back of Mystry Creek. very straight... i normally i give it nuts until i cant bear the noise of the wind/bike any more. have seen speeds of just touching $2.60, but with ear plugs, hmmm... my speedo goes to 280, might get close. dont know how accurate it is at those speeds tho. i have the standard tyre sizes but you just never know, would be keen to goto a drag day and see.

[rodgerd]

Whatever's dictated by the sight lines (my desire to stay alive) and my desire to keep my license.

Hitting corners nice and quick is fun. Straight line speed doesn't thrill me and never really has; any idiot can point a car or bike down a straight road and open the throttle.

[scumdog]

90-120 any more than that the bugs hurt to much.

I have to agree Jr, plus my arse was fair puckering on the straight bit near Lumsden on the weekend when a pair of plovers standing on the road decided to launch into the air just as I got close, my first thoughts were "fark, if I clean one of these up it's gonna sting a lot harder than any bumble-bee I've hit", just missed them but 'twas on a nice straight bit of road where I'm sure others would have been going at warp-factor 3+ and I'd hate to hit anything as large as a plover at THOSE speeds!!

[Hitcher]

I don't want to tell a Naki boy about his home patch - but the road from Opunake to Etham is called the Eltham Rd,Opunake Rd branches off and goes to Stratford.

That's the Stratford-Opunake road... (all these new fangled names -- they'll be calling The Mountain "Taranaki" next or something...) It's a brilliant ride -- the first stretch from Stratford to the cenotaph corner at Cardiff has some great ups and downs, before the road opens up with some great corners through Mahoe to the Dawson Falls intersection. From there, you're right, its largely downhill to Opunake, with some half-pie decent straights, but the best ride is to stay on the Wiremu Road and go round the mountain on the upper circuit -- taking the road up past Pukeiti and dropping down into New Plymouth via Plymouth Road, rather than heading back out to the coast road via Stoney River.

[soundbeltfarm]

That's the Stratford-Opunake road... (all these new fangled names -- they'll be calling The Mountain "Taranaki" next or something...) It's a brilliant ride -- the first stretch from Stratford to the cenotaph corner at Cardiff has some great ups and downs, before the road opens up with some great corners through Mahoe to the Dawson Falls intersection. From there, you're right, its largely downhill to Opunake, with some half-pie decent straights, but the best ride is to stay on the Wiremu Road and go round the mountain on the upper circuit -- taking the road up past Pukeiti and dropping down into New Plymouth via Plymouth Road, rather than heading back out to the coast road via Stoney River.

i agree go around the mountain this way it is a good ride.
just watch for wandering stock.

[soundbeltfarm]

That's the Stratford-Opunake road... (all these new fangled names -- they'll be calling The Mountain "Taranaki" next or something...) It's a brilliant ride -- the first stretch from Stratford to the cenotaph corner at Cardiff has some great ups and downs, before the road opens up with some great corners through Mahoe to the Dawson Falls intersection. From there, you're right, its largely downhill to Opunake, with some half-pie decent straights, but the best ride is to stay on the Wiremu Road and go round the mountain on the upper circuit -- taking the road up past Pukeiti and dropping down into New Plymouth via Plymouth Road, rather than heading back out to the coast road via Stoney River.

i agree go around the mountain this way it is a good ride.
just watch for wandering stock.

[Coldkiwi]

how fast? fast enough to get myself in trouble thats for sure and fast enough to try out the sliders on a good corner if I'm organised. I guess after a while when you do more and more silly speeds on the road, it doesn't seem silly any more and then when your mate passes you, the bounds of silliness look just a little further up the speedo.

...but I'm starting to think that the old 'there's a time and a place for everything' argument doesn't really hold up well in the light of 200kmhr+ speeds and inattentive cattle etc.

[FlyingDutchMan]

Well there was one time when I was in the back country when I thought I'd try and find out what I could get. I didn't get any change out of $1.72 - I'd been aiming for the $1.85 RRP.

[aff-man]

Round town / where i live i keep to the speed limit (except outside CK's house and 2 other little roads i know) But on the open road i probably have toped out $2.20 and do a the sweepers usually over $1.00 :spudwave:

[avgas]

yeh i think it depends if your riding with someone, or just on your own.
I using cruise within the speedlimit (+-20ks) when im on my own. But if im riding with some bikes i just do what ever they do - usually the group i ride with does about 160-220ks. but on a few late night rides hme for work its usually hell for leather and the bike is pushed to whateve limit exists (my old RG got a good 220, GB got 160, and est my ZXR to be about 260 - oh yeh the old mans daytona *borrowed* did about 280)

[aff-man]

yeh i think it depends if your riding with someone, or just on your own.
I using cruise within the speedlimit (+-20ks) when im on my own. But if im riding with some bikes i just do what ever they do - usually the group i ride with does about 160-220ks. but on a few late night rides hme for work its usually hell for leather and the bike is pushed to whateve limit exists (my old RG got a good 220, GB got 160, and est my ZXR to be about 260 - oh yeh the old mans daytona *borrowed* did about 280)

how the hell did you get 260 out of a zxr400 ??????????????????

[WINJA]

I NEVER SPEED IN THE CITY OR AROUND PEOPLE APART FROM THAT IV SEEN 299 AND THE REV LIMITER IN TOP MANY TIMES