Video, Highway 22 to Raglan

**beyond** · 21st December 2007, 20:28

Some short clips from a long original which is DVD quality

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8bomS17y1I

**Zuki Bandit** · 21st December 2007, 20:35

Bloody beaut vid mate

Those twisties are just hypnotic!!!
Green stuff coming your way.

**99TLS** · 21st December 2007, 20:42

love this road and ride it almost every second weekend, nice vid

**Weaver** · 21st December 2007, 21:12

Cool video man. The first song was good too

**sAsLEX** · 21st December 2007, 21:14

I see some of my "favourite" bumps are still on 22!

Downhill left hander before it opens up on the valley approaching the bridge before the road comes off the left......... just by FFs pothole No, 134

**HornetBoy** · 21st December 2007, 21:18

Nice vieo mate,look like really fast roads to ride,will have to do them sometime when im up their

**xwhatsit** · 21st December 2007, 23:07

Originally Posted by Hornet250Boy

really fast roads to ride

Not at all! They can be quite tricky, actually; there's more than the usual amounts of cow shit (and actual cows -- McJim's friend hit one rather nastily) and stones and other shit on the road. Very bumpy roads, too; it seemed much bumpier when I did it, but I think the GSX1400 has much better suspension than my bike lol. There's some very tight bits, lots of ups-and-downs. Very exciting roads to ride, but frustrating sometimes, as you can never fully settle in and relax.

A couple of really nasty corners, can't remember where they are, but I remember being very surprised when cresting a road at full throttle racing crouch (about 35kph on a 250RS) to find that the road actually peeled away to the right immediately after the crest. Thanks go out to Avon.

Definitely worth it, though. Quite a different character from the Coro run.

Great video

**sAsLEX** · 21st December 2007, 23:22

Originally Posted by xerxesdaphat

Very bumpy roads, too; it seemed much bumpier when I did it

After a while you learn the intricacies of the road and you know where to position your bike to avoid the worst of them, or to launch off some of the bridges and crest for some air!, and then the road becomes more enjoyable as you aren't surprised at every corner by some bump or hole trying to throw you into the trees!

**Taz** · 22nd December 2007, 06:29

But the gravel roads down the coast are so much better.......

**beyond** · 22nd December 2007, 14:42

As xerxesdaphat pointed out, it is a very technical road with off camber corners, decreasing radius bends, cow crap, lumps bumps and dips in all the wrong places and yes, some hard braking was required directly after a hard right hander when two cows were on the road

BUT, there are awesome sweepers, nice short straights, some open ridge riding sweepers and a mixed bag of what one could aptly describe as biking Nirvana approaching the enjoyment of the Coro hill and Tairua twisties and and....

Bugga! I want to go again

**enigma51** · 22nd December 2007, 14:58

Originally Posted by beyond

As xerxesdaphat pointed out, it is a very technical road with off camber corners, decreasing radius bends, cow crap, lumps bumps and dips in all the wrong places and yes, some hard braking was required directly after a hard right hander when two cows were on the road

BUT, there are awesome sweepers, nice short straights, some open ridge riding sweepers and a mixed bag of what one could aptly describe as biking Nirvana approaching the enjoyment of the Coro hill and Tairua twisties and and....

Bugga! I want to go again

Come to puke tomorrow for some track time