Foxton-Shannon road advice, please!

[yod]

I understand that large inline four-cylinder motorcycles, such as those made in Japan, can reach speeds of over 240kmh (rated) along here.

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[chanceyy]

Scratching my head here Sandra so SH bound to find himself going in circles !



Yep What Yod said they've altered the road so you now go straight through to Opiki so to get to himatangi ya have to take a right ! Think it would be The third right after longburn, down to himatangi and a blast down the himatangi straight into foxton !
OR you could like Hitcher said look out for himatangi block rd as yr headed toward himatangi just prior to the lil village of bainesse and avoid more of SH1, follow that to foxton shannon rd and hang right to foxton (great bit of road !)
It would be the way to leave palmy and avoid the (complete f..k up, of taking some brilliant windies out) stretch between massey and shannon, You could always then take the Newth road on yr left as yr leaving foxton and just keep turning to the east you will find yrself headed TO shannon and hook right down the back way past levin ! but only if your in the mood to tiki tour down some great roads (worth looking) !~

forgot about the new road layout :

[henry]

you now go 'straight' (actually you kinda veer left) to go to Opiki, Shannon or turn off to the right to go on through to Himatangi

Really. That doesn't make a lot of sense. Are they trying to get people lost.

The straights around Opiki are pretty good as long as you avoid the potatoes.

[chanceyy]

Really. That doesn't make a lot of sense. Are they trying to get people lost.

The straights around Opiki are pretty good as long as you avoid the potatoes.

nah they have changed the road layout so when you come from longburn & want to head towards himitangi you have to turn right .. its a nice sweeper directly to opiki now. Himitangi Block road is better than SH1 way less traffic & not quite as boring

[sinfull]

Really. That doesn't make a lot of sense. Are they trying to get people lost.

The straights around Opiki are pretty good as long as you avoid the potatoes.

Think it might be the fact that most of the heavy traffic from wellington to palmy comes through opiki via shannon, seeing it saves a fair amount of road users going that way (as bouncy as it is in a truck)

[86GSXR]

That stretch of road between Pioneer Highway and Opiki is exquisite at extreme speeds on a 3 cylinder motorcycle too, so I'm told. Especially the sweepers leading up to and over the bridge apparantly

[henry]

Three cylinders you say. Hmmmm, wonder where I could get one of those?

[u4ea]

No, it's a backwater. People who live there marry their cousins and play banjos and need a "real" truck to negotiate the track they call a road. Come to think of it, they probably don't marry.

AHEM as I live on this road I will have you know.....it's all true



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thanks everyone. so sealed it is! thatll save the arguments. reason we are going to foxton is for the second hand shops. only reason.

We have some awesome banjo shops in Shannon

MR Sinfull........there is a special chopping block waiting for you

[sinfull]

AHEM as I live on this road I will have you know.....it's all true



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We have some awesome banjo shops in Shannon

MR Sinfull........there is a special chopping block waiting for you

Whaaaaa have i done You know your exciting me here ! Awww the second hand shops lol (excitement turns into mmm nah still excited)

[rottiguy]

Nothing wrong with the shannon to foxton road went down and back today taking my doggie to the beach it's all good, no road works and sealed all the way

[rottiguy]

HEY we try to avoid calling the people living in Opiki potatoes, even if they are potatoe-like

Really. That doesn't make a lot of sense. Are they trying to get people lost.

The straights around Opiki are pretty good as long as you avoid the potatoes.

[cindymay]

Apart from any possible road works, the Foxton-Shannon road is sealed. Indeed it's a racetrack.

It is my racetrack - I must buy a better bike

True ... and to get to Palmy just go straight ahead at Sanson and don't turn off, you'll end up in the square. Going down to Foxton is really stretching the trip on yuk SH1

You have missed the point of riding a motorcycle. Go down this road and then back again and if you have to, then carry on to PN.

[=cJ=]

There be roadworks just south of Foxton presently too, not as bad as through Linton however..

[Tumbles]

does anyone know whether the road from foxton to shannon is sealed?

my partner and i are going to wellington, but have to go to palmy first. rather than back track and waste time, we thought wed take the back road, but are unsure on the condition of that bit.

on the map, it is white, but that just says its a minor road, not sealed/unsealed. if its unsealed, we will just go to levin and go back to foxton.

cheers!

Leave Palmerston North to the South East, past Massey University. Then keep going till you hit SH1 just south of Fielding.

[MSTRS:Me]

You have missed the point of riding a motorcycle. Go down this road and then back again and if you have to, then carry on to PN.

No point missed. The less travelled and twisty, the better. In fact, one should miss SH1 altogether. Especially the stretch from Sanson to Foxton.

Leave Palmerston North to the South East, past Massey University. Then keep going till you hit SH1 just south of Fielding.

Tear up that map. Replace immediately. Try AA - they generally have things in the right place.