R6 + slippery manhole = ?

**mister.koz** · 19th February 2009, 09:38

Yeah those man-holes are terrible.

In hamilton we have an abundance of roundabouts, for more effective drainage the road people use an inverted camber on the round abouts and for some hair brained reason they like to put manholes on them too.

One of the smaller roundabouts in hamilton has 3 manholes fairly close together a fairly scary prospect when you hit the roundabout a little hot and have to lean in to the camber the wrong way and then countersteer in mid flight around the shiny manholes that offer as much traction as glass.

Hehe people holes.

**Blackshear** · 19th February 2009, 11:15

Originally Posted by mister.koz

Yeah those man-holes are terrible.

In hamilton we have an abundance of roundabouts, for more effective drainage the road people use an inverted camber on the round abouts and for some hair brained reason they like to put manholes on them too.

One of the smaller roundabouts in hamilton has 3 manholes fairly close together a fairly scary prospect when you hit the roundabout a little hot and have to lean in to the camber the wrong way and then countersteer in mid flight around the shiny manholes that offer as much traction as glass.

Hehe people holes.

Yep, had a few wiggles on those bastards.

But the ones that get me... Slow bridge traffic in the rain with a badass crosswind... Going over those damn metal... Er. Connecty bit on the bridge. Trippin balls man.

**mister.koz** · 19th February 2009, 11:49

Originally Posted by Blackshear

Yep, had a few wiggles on those bastards.

But the ones that get me... Slow bridge traffic in the rain with a badass crosswind... Going over those damn metal... Er. Connecty bit on the bridge. Trippin balls man.

Yeah, shiny metal sux... need bubblegum tires.

**Insanity_rules** · 19th February 2009, 12:37

Welly has some bastard amount of metal on the road! I was taking a corner in the wet in Newtown once (going a little faster than I should have been) and my front tracked across the cover OK but my back tried to let go badly. A couple of years of dirt bikes taught me a great trick or two for if the back gets a bit squirilly so I clenched it back in to line and pulled over to restart my heart!

It happens so quick!

**roy.nz** · 19th February 2009, 13:10

Okay i also had a chuckle. But the best metal strips are on harbour bridge, on wet days they increase the fun factor between traffic. I usually give it a bit more gas get the rear wheel spinnd then hit the tar seal again and get launched. Crazy things between traffic

**Blackshear** · 19th February 2009, 14:16

Originally Posted by roy.nz

Okay i also had a chuckle. But the best metal strips are on harbour bridge, on wet days they increase the fun factor between traffic. I usually give it a bit more gas get the rear wheel spinnd then hit the tar seal again and get launched. Crazy things between traffic

I used to have a favourite spot on the way to work in the wet... Headed up the old georgie pie road towards the Sunset rd intersection... A twofiddy through all 6 gears baby

but never in traffic, are you silly?!