THE corner in the Rainbow

**cooneyr** · 21st January 2009, 07:08

Finally managed to get hold of the Station Manager last night. He had not managed to get out to the corner as he though he might a couple of Fridays ago, so he hasn't made any decisions yet. If he can see any benefit in shifting some bushes, his plan is to get the Transpower guys to swing an excavator bucket around a bit when the excavator goes through next . I mentioned that a few mates were keen to get out there with a shovel but he is not at all keen on that which I can understand - OSH and all that.

When I go through late this year I'll have a look and see if anything has been done and chase it more then if necessary. So this "mission" of mine is not concluded but we can do no more ourselves.

In some ways, all the controversy of this thread has been successful, in that issue has been highlighted and more people know where the corner is so can treat it with the respect it deserves.

Cheers R

**ducatijim** · 21st January 2009, 12:08

Originally Posted by cooneyr

and more people know where the corner is so can treat it with the respect it deserves.

Cheers R

I will enjoy lookn out 4 it when thru on Feb 15, can't wait!

**skidMark** · 31st January 2009, 01:17

Originally Posted by cooneyr

Thanks for the info Dave. While the lack of crashing doesnt help my case with the Station Manager the outcome is a bloody good one. Dispite this (exelent) outcome I still intend on talking to the Station Manager about modifying the bushes in the near future. I reitterate to all that the final decision is his, whatever he decides.

Cheers R

I still think you shouldnt be adventure riding if you require bushes to be moved.

I seem to be the only one that sees the modified picture in an earlier post going "move these bushes....to here" , and i laugh my arse off, its pathetic...

Hmmm corner on an adventure road thats not very safe SO LETS MOVE THE FUCKING TREES???!?!?!

Its bloodey ridiculous.

**Padmei** · 1st February 2009, 19:56

Hey look whos back... How was borstal Skiddy?

**reofix** · 1st February 2009, 21:06

"I still think you shouldnt be adventure riding if you require bushes to be moved."
I totally agree

**Woodman** · 1st February 2009, 21:09

Originally Posted by reofix

"I still think you shouldnt be adventure riding if you require bushes to be moved."
I totally agree

Are you trying to make rules ???

**reofix** · 1st February 2009, 21:14

nope... would just prefer those that like warning notices and engineered corners didnt impose themselves on the last pieces of New Zealand landscape free of them

**Woodman** · 1st February 2009, 21:24

Originally Posted by reofix

nope... would just prefer those that like warning notices and engineered corners didnt impose themselves on the last pieces of New Zealand landscape free of them

I think the fence looks comfy.

**reofix** · 1st February 2009, 21:28

yeah well its a huge question really... freedom of and for the individual vs the state knows best.... take up your placard and let battle commence!!!

**NordieBoy** · 1st February 2009, 21:51

Originally Posted by reofix

nope... would just prefer those that like warning notices and engineered corners didnt impose themselves on the last pieces of New Zealand landscape free of them

They have warning notices on the fords.
ALL the corners are "engineered". This one out of how many hundred could do with a tweak.

Just to re-cap.
CooneyR breaks his neck on a corner and has to get helicoptered out.
One of his mates who was aware of the corner breaks his collarbone on it.
Another mate who was aware of the corner seriously injures himself.

3 choices.
1. Do nothing and hope noone kills themselves on it.
2. Educate everyone.
3. Spend an hour or 2 moving some shrubs.

**Woodman** · 1st February 2009, 21:52

Originally Posted by reofix

yeah well its a huge question really... freedom of and for the individual vs the state knows best.... take up your placard and let battle commence!!!

Yeah well I spose the next logical step if history is anything to go by is that someone will have a serious crash up there and want someone to blame. The media will get hold of it and beat up the story to make it more entertaining, and then there will be a shit fight between every do-gooder pinko bearded twat in this fair land. They will blame cooneyr for not trimming the bushes or they might blame the roads owners for owning the road. There is a lack of personal responsibility in NZ at the moment, and while I am gonna sit on the fence here to a certain degree I am leaning on the side of the rider/driver to be responsible for their own riding/driving. At the end of the day I don't want it closed and not just cos I haven't been over it yet.

**Balrog** · 1st February 2009, 23:54

Well I think deceptive corners are the bane of motorcyclists.
They trick riders into approaching a corner in a different manner than they otherwise would do.

This one is a real good example and the proof is in the number of crashes that have already occured this year.

I think that if the scrub was cut back a bit so that the true nature of the corner could be seen 99% of travellers
wouldn't even know it had been done.
Leaving them to fall off in one of the dozens of real off road challenges that road provides.

Even if you think it would never happen to you, do you really want it to keep happening to other fellow riders?

I don't, Cooneyr gets my support.

Dictionary Information: Definition Deceptive
Tending to deceive; having power to mislead, or impress with false opinions; as,
a deceptive countenance or appearance. "Language altogether deceptive, and hiding the deeper reality from our eyes."

**Underground** · 2nd February 2009, 08:16

Balrog , I think thats the corner you got all sideways on when I was following you on the DB ! I had a good look at it the other day and it is a very 'ordinary' corner ... but circumstances certainly make it 'deceptive' as the statistics prove.

**buggsubique** · 2nd February 2009, 11:04

Originally Posted by Underground

Balrog , I think thats the corner you got all sideways on when I was following you on the DB !

Really? I swear I hardly remember it...

You'da been disappointed in me on Saturday then...highsided on a tarseal corner out at Rarangi. The MT21 came right round till I was facing back at Zerax before spittin me off. Might need to get some lessons off shitStain on how to ride like an absolute legend

.

Mind you it was on hot tar with an 80% fucked tyre trying to motard it so I might be alright.