SH 22 is a disgrace.

[prettybillie]

NZ roads are going to the shithouse. Plain and simple. It's not from a shortfall in our taxes, just dopey fuckers in charge of the management and planning.

Here here - this dude knows what he's talking about!

[Oscar]

1. I am not sure if knobblies are intended for proper road use. Check again, might contravene with your principle of safe riding if it is indeed not fit-for-purpose on normal tar-sealed road.

There are a bunch of knobbly tyres approved for road use.
Examples include the Pirelli Scorpion range and the Continental TKC80.
I use the Conti's which are speed rated R or S (170 or 180 kph).

[Big Dave]

There are a bunch of knobbly tyres approved for road use.
Examples include the Pirelli Scorpion range and the Continental TKC80.
I use the Conti's which are speed rated R or S (170 or 180 kph).

And they are are real good road tyre. Noisy - but they hang on like they have soooktion cups ont' knobs sometimes

[Oscar]

And they are are real good road tyre. Noisy - but they hang on like they have soooktion cups ont' knobs sometimes

Basically a soft road compound in a knobbly mould, consequently they last about five minutes....

[Motu]

The stock R65 was shocker on SH22 - but a change of bars and tyres and it's a shit load of fun again.I'm still convinced it's the bikes more than the road.... you are a shit rider when your bike doesn't do what it orta.

Last week turning from SH22 into Hetherington Rd the intersection was cut up and liquid tar - I followed the tandem tyre marks of a truck all the way along Hetherington Rd,it ripped the road up on every corner,and there were black marks right to the next corner.

[DUCATI*HARD]

I did 22 in it's entirety for the first time yesterday.

The ride down was fine, left Autobahn at around 10.45 so the sun hadn't had time to do it's thing. Went to Raglan for a spot o' lunch & a natter, first time to Raglan too (very noice).

The ride back up 22 was a shocker. The first patch of wet tar took me by suprise, the rear was boogeying like it was a 70's revival disco. I was now aware of the issue and tried to avoid them best I could. The problem is they're on almost every bend, right on the "line".

My riding companions for the day know the road pretty well. We slowed right down at one point, I wasn't sure why. Then I saw it, the biggest pool of molten tar I've ever seen. It was like a pool of liquid mercury, quicksand, or even a black-hole, ready to swallow my bike like a fat chick on a Donut.

Freaking disgrace alright. Someone is going to get hurt, if not already.

It hasn't put me off 22 though. I'll just pick the days, cloudy is good.

Yeh,,,abit ugly out there ,,,thanks for the company

[Mr Merde]

Just to add to my previous post.

They once again have c overed the road with stone chippings and this time they had a small roller to try and crush the chips into the molten tar.

This was last night going home.

Comming to work this morning the road is a slippery mess of loose gravel for about 4 km.

When the temp goes up and the tar slides down they just cover with stones and hope it goes away

This has to be the 10th attempt at repairing this road in the past 18 months.

[Eddieb]

I rode SH22 yesterday for the first time and couldn't see what all the fuss was about. It was no more interesting than most of the other local roads I have ridden recently. Heatherington Road however was fantastic, far more engaging to ride, smoother, better scenery, less traffic.

I did almost 300km yesterday and in that heat SH22 was no worse than most of the other tar roads I was on, mind you pretty much all of them were in worse condition than the ~140km's of gravel I also covered.

[Big Dave]

Less traffic????

I saw you - old duc with the bodywork windscreen thing? - I was on a Harley.
There were more bikes on that road than cars yesterday

and the road bleed was still filth in places - though not as bad as the day that prompted the first post.

[TerminalAddict]

I went round the south end through waingaro to raglan after work last night.

My arse was tired from puckering when I got to raglan

[Ragingrob]

Anyone been down this way lately? What kinda condition is it in at the moment? Planning a bit of a Port Waikato to Raglan and beyond ride this sunday but only really if the road is at least half decent.