VOTE FOR NZ's BEST ROAD

[Movistar]

I voted Forgotten Highway...can't remember why...I forgot.

Seriously though, it's great whether it's blissfully fine in summer, or painfully wet and cold in winter.
Whether you meander through and take in the sights, sounds and smells, or tear it up and the whole things a blur.

Magnificent.

[Big Dave]

Magnificent.

Much chur-ness.

[Skyryder]

At the risk of being a smart arse the best road is the one you are on..


But on a more serious note I liked the one at the back of Egmont. Nice bit of kiwi land too.

South Island, not that I get on this one very often is into Mt Cook. If it was not for the cops the Tekapo run thru the McKenzei would be the one hands down. Just to many cops that way to fully enjoy. Still nice scenary makes up for it.


Skyryder

[junkmanjoe]

Adv riders have a different perspective hey.

When the heavyweight tourers and sportsbikes turn around - they start to go 'you beauty'.

a couple photos from Waikaremoana road, wild horses. snow, and great water fall.
we will ride this road again.
Another favorite or mine, from an adv point of view. the motu road.
from a sealed road view. the old hi way 52.

JMJ

[shafty]

Great Poll BD;

While the Forgotten World Highway is on my (NZ) back door, is a great favourite and have enjoyed some overnighters at the Pub (Publican Geoff and Penny = 1400 Concours) for me, it was the Middle Road, Havelock North:

"Some nice twisties, some hills, beaut vineyard scenery, a hoory great straight to tap it out, and then.....(drum roll)....a cool PUB! How good is that?"

[MaxB]

Went for East Cape/Waioeka just for the variety from flat out stretches to single lane goat track. Great road.

The thing I noticed from the list is how lucky we are to have such great roads and how lucky I am to have done them all over the years.

[banditrider]

Some great rides there for sure but I just had to go for Te Anau to Milford. Can't get enough of that scenery and the ride is fantastic (esp early in the morning before the buses).

[Swoop]

Damn. Reducing the choices down to that many, would have been interesting all by itself. So many that could have been added.

[MIXONE]

I voted but it's more like a list of dream roads and rides.Love every one of them.

[Big Dave]

Damn. Reducing the choices down to that many, would have been interesting all by itself. So many that could have been added.

There are quite a lot of others - the Hunderlees, Kaimais, Old Taupo Rd, heaps more - that prolly deserved, but weren't 'seconded'.

[Big Dave]

Some great rides there for sure but I just had to go for Te Anau to Milford. Can't get enough of that scenery and the ride is fantastic (esp early in the morning before the buses).

[banditrider]

Yep, that's the bugger! Fantastic: the sights, the smells, the road...

[shrub]

and my favourite tends to depend on where I live, how much time I have etc. If I feel like a quick squirt, Dyers Pass, around the bays and up over Gebbies pass takes a lot of beating. If you go in the week or early in the morning and dodge the tourists and retarded power rangers, Akaroa is a classic. When I lived in the NI, the Coromandel was always guaranteed a good un.

These days my favourite road is the block over Arthur's, up to Westport, through Buller and back over Lewis. Guaranteed a day filled with smiles.

[Big Dave]

These days my favourite road is the block over Arthur's, up to Westport, through Buller and back over Lewis. Guaranteed a day filled with smiles.

If we could just do something about those plains to get there.

Same with Akl to Corro - you have to cross the Hauraki, but 'taint as long a bore at least.

I was surprised Arthur's only got one nomination.

[pritch]

Ummm BD it's actually the Forgotten World Highway.

My first choice would be Hanmer through to Wanaka which has only one boring bit (Greymouth) in a couple of days.

But I voted for SH43 'cause it's local and out of sympathy at the indignity of its having been misnamed...

All those guys who voted for the Coro loop, you need to get out more.
It's good but it's not *that* good.