Northern Gateway - motorbikes to pay $2 like a car

**Mystic13** · 18th January 2009, 07:29

I'm betting the herald is wrong. Maybe the media with their bike theme at the moment were just doing a bit of wishful thinking.

I sent the journo an email to let him know of the error of his ways.

**nosebleed** · 18th January 2009, 08:07

Originally Posted by Tank

I went for a quick whizz on it last week. Cost me nothing - but was told trespass orders can become troublesome.

Decided to leave when asked.

oh - big signs both ends with the pic of a bike and $0.00.

I think theres also something about about going 'wees' in public. Not to mention all over their brand new road.
Still, nice to see the 'biker' image being represented.

**Smorg** · 18th January 2009, 10:25

Even if it wasn't free why would you take the straight route if you are on a bike? Waiwera hill will become alot more fun with less cages.

**firefighter** · 18th January 2009, 10:33

Originally Posted by TOTO

The BIG SIGNS next to the tunnel say with BIG LETTERS : MOTORBIKES $0.00

Exactly- and do you know what it would cost to replace those signs? probably upwards of $80000, no shit, my parents (now retired) started up a very very successful sign company which they have now sold (hence now retired) and to replace them would be a fucken shit load........and that's before they go out the door, you then have to pay the road workers, engineers, cherry pickers and other bullshit to put them back up......I'm pretty damn sure that if they were gonna charge us to use it they would have put the prices up on the original signage....

**firefighter** · 18th January 2009, 10:36

Originally Posted by Elysium

My thoughs too

Originally Posted by nico

jaffas

oooohhhh I can answer that! People who will be using it.......

**nico** · 18th January 2009, 12:50

Originally Posted by firefighter

oooohhhh I can answer that! People who will be using it.......

come on share the welth we need a new joke down here in the sunny cap

**Max Preload** · 18th January 2009, 13:56

Originally Posted by MadDuck

Now I think the new term is SOAP!

Originally Posted by nico

ahhhhw thats a newie whats it mean now?

As usual, some acronym to do with the huge chips on many South Islander's shoulders, I expect.

**roy.nz** · 19th January 2009, 14:22

Dont know if this has bee said before

im to lazy to search.

But any way, on my way home from two track days at Taupo i noticed that on the northern motorway towards Silverdale, they had removed the covers over all the new road signs and i was pretty pleased when i saw that motorbikes pay NOTHING

!!!
Which i think is great, but im thinking the only reason they did that is because it'd cost them too much to set up a system to catch us

So yeah just thought i'd share that.
Peace

**Waxxa** · 19th January 2009, 15:24

In the weekend Herald it stated that m/bikes were going to be charged $2, the same as cars. WTF!

**MadDuck** · 19th January 2009, 15:29

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...ad.php?t=90508

**blade1000** · 19th January 2009, 19:44

well have driven past there and all signs are up ie fees etc and they all say bikes dont pay a dime to use the new road , but if you are on a bike why would you want to use this road anyway