Air Pic of the Rimutaka rd from Hutt to Featherston

[m99dws]

That stretch of road should have its own Facebook appreciation group! Awesome pic, cheers.

[Trudes]

Thats the key I think, I used to be the same way with a mental block about the feathers side, now I think i rush the Welly side and it all gets a bit stop/starty. The Feathers side is all about being smooth, avoiding the brakes where possible and using alot of the inside of your lane. Thats my 10 cents on the matter any hoo.

For sure eh! I had a real problem with the tightish right hander on the last passing lane before the summit on the Welly side, hated that corner something bad, but then I talked myself into just doing it, looking ALL the way round it and then flicking back the other way for the right hander afterwards and started to be able to do it quite happily. Now it's my favourite corner on the whole road, just hang it out and go for it, need some more ground clearance on the Hornet though!!!

[young1]

Excellent pic, I would like to see a pic of the other side though. I have ridden it often on a push bike (multisport training). What was hard when going down the Featherston side was braking into the corners on little racing push bike tyres (you had sore hands from braking by the time you got to the bottom)

[KS34]

lol!! do a Drew and hang off more! just off the topic for a mo, Great photo!!

[oldrider]

That truly is a very nice pic of a very nice piece of road.

Surprises me today just how short it actually is!

It is etched deep in my mind (since a small child) that it goes on and on forever! Cheers John.

[Kendog]

that it goes on and on forever!

We wish

[Grub]

ummm lemme see... it was out the left front seat of my office window enroute to wtgn from palmy at 10'000ft took it on my N73 Nokia phone.

Cool ... you remember what Radial/DME?

[DingoZ]

I like the Taka's. But everytime I go over it, I remember the piece of advice given to me by Mrs Kendog, that it is a piece of road that deserves respect no matter how many times you have ridden it, and no matter what the weather is like.....

Now if someone would be kind enough to pass on some tips on how to go downhill as smoothly would be appreciated........

[Trudes]

I like the Taka's. But everytime I go over it, I remember the piece of advice given to me by Mrs Kendog, that it is a piece of road that deserves respect no matter how many times you have ridden it, and no matter what the weather is like.....

Now if someone would be kind enough to pass on some tips on how to go downhill as smoothly would be appreciated........

Holy shit!! Someone actually listened to me!!! Thanks DingoZ!
Actually, it's a lovely morning and I'm not starting work til 3pm, so guess where I'm about to go......

[TOTO]

can someone show me on google maps where that road is PLEASE?

I cant find it

[mooks]

can someone show me on google maps where that road is PLEASE?

I cant find it

http://maps.google.co.nz/maps?ie=UTF...,0.286674&z=12

Try that.
She's a fabulous bit of road that one :-)
Will be heading over it this afternoon after work this morning.

[Lissa]

Actually, it's a lovely morning and I'm not starting work til 3pm, so guess where I'm about to go......

See if you can spot the balloons Trudes!!

I am going to have to admit to the fact I have loved the Takas, but not so much as when I was blasting up there on my GN250, yep! Esp going around the tight Muldoon Corner awesome fun. Now I just have to get up some confidence and practice going up on my bandit... hmm maybe tonight!

[henry]

I don't get it. This must be one of the worse roads around.

The surface is shit,
There is zero visibility in the corners,
There is either white lines, rocks or diesel on most of the corners,
There is heaps of traffic going at seemingly random speeds and in random positions on the road.
And it takes 20 minutes of boring motorway riding to get there.

What am I missing?

[Trudes]

That all adds to the fun of it, if it wasn't for all those things (except for the boring motorway ride there, even that you can make interesting if you try!!) then there'd be no challenge and it would be like the motorway! However taking all the annoying cars/trucks/campervans etc off there would make it more fun, but then they are just passing practice and are usually going so slow that they're almost like large lumps of steel that you just dodge. (Can you tell I've just got back from a spin up there in the beautiful morning sun??)

[Trudes]

See if you can spot the balloons Trudes!!

I am going to have to admit to the fact I have loved the Takas, but not so much as when I was blasting up there on my GN250, yep! Esp going around the tight Muldoon Corner awesome fun. Now I just have to get up some confidence and practice going up on my bandit... hmm maybe tonight!

Balloons, I didn't see any balloons, did they have "Hi Trudes you nob" writen on them?? lol
Hey hun, have you thought about getting a larger version of the GN when you get your full?