Your favourite piece of road!!

[MTBEERWAH]

So, whats go`n on, i`m sure everybody has their favourite bit of road,whether it be for a hard core fix,or touring pleasure no matter what part of OZ it is. I was born and bred in QLD, and can`t get MT NEBO&GLORIOUS out of my system. I discovered it 25yrs ago and love it, problem is so has everybody else, along with police presence.I did snowy mountains 5yrs ago, and loved that. I need to find an untarnished adrenalin fix any where in OZ, (preferably no police,and you`d only be sharing your secret with a few close friends) so, open up your hearts and share your love, (not in a weird way)
John

[Weaselman]

The cooma trip and the roads around the snowys were the best ive done in oz

[rod185651]

Lane Splitting the Harbour Tunnel / Eastern Distributor any week day at around 5pm. ;) :D

[Cruisecontrol]

Mine was the Oxley but the Alpine way topped it.

[Large]

The roads from Lithgow-Oberon-Jenolan Caves-Lithgow

[Weaselman]

They are good...
But the roos are bad out that way. That was were i broke me neck because of those fuckers

[willo]

I reckon the Oxley is pretty good, but I'm happy just to be riding anywhere.

[MTBEERWAH]

Fuck mate, you live to tell the tale, well done
quote:Originally posted by Weaselman

They are good...
But the roos are bad out that way. That was were i broke me neck because of those fuckers

[Lucas]

Alpine was beautiful but I've gotta get down to Tassie. I've looped the Island in a car and the roads were unfuckingbelievable. A week or two on the bike will be on the cards in the next few years. Clyde mtn (Kings HWY-Canberra to B'Bay) is a top run too when it isn't chocked up with boat towing cruisers and buses.

[Large]

I reckon the 38 mile mountain circuit on the IOM would be pretty good on a bike

[ozkat]

The 1320ft at Willowbank will do me just fine, and i wont be booked.

[Lucas]

quote:Originally posted by Large

I reckon the 38 mile mountain circuit on the IOM would be pretty good on a bike


A little bit of realism Large !!!;) Not the most accessable piece of road for the majority of us.

[Weaselman]

unless you live on the IOM and there aint no speed limits

[BANDITROD]

Tassie hands down mate for sure and there are fuck all cops too

[MTBEERWAH]

Your right ozkat,you won`t be booked, don`t take this the wrong way, just don`t get off on straight lines, i got`a go around corners, thats where the FIX is.
quote:Originally posted by ozkat

The 1320ft at Willowbank will do me just fine, and i wont be booked.

[opindown]

between port macquarie and tamworth, i did it on a DR400 with tard wheels and tyres but it was tigh windy not flowing windy.

[ozkat]

quote:Originally posted by MTBEERWAH

Your right ozkat,you won`t be booked, don`t take this the wrong way, just don`t get off on straight lines, i got`a go around corners, thats where the FIX is.
quote:Originally posted by ozkat

The 1320ft at Willowbank will do me just fine, and i wont be booked.

There must be some pretty wild corners at Willowbank even i can get my knee down there :D
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[suxukifreak]

My favorite bit of road?......the work driveway friday arvo!! :D

[Harry]

hey bloke tip toe over mt glorious...its a pick of a goat track,
road surface gravel leaves run off and super boy wonder running
wide straight at ya..not to mention the bloody pigs hiding any
where they can ! go though split yard right to esk then up the range though ravensborne national park (great roads)get to hampton turn left to toowoomba..beware more hiding pigs !straight though town
and out towards warick few small towns till you get to the cunning
hams gap (misspelt):(left down to gap..more fun,fuel at aratula
follow the road until ya hit the boonah turn of and go mad all the way to beaudesert and then off to canungra,ur ass should be getting sore by then!then around the back of the tamborine or over em and your back at the M1 on or near the Gold coast..easy spin to brisbane
400 plus k's but its a good ride...GLORIOUS IS A DEATH TRAP

[Harry]

Lookin a bit loooose there OZKAT......i hate it
when that happens !!! [B)] [8D]

[DiscoDan]

the Oxley would get a vote from me, double points if you go via Buckets Way (Glouster-Stroud-Taree from memory). That's a brilliant high speed roller coaster with lots of fast cresting sweepers and all that good stuff

[Slain]

for high speed i love yamanto to beaudesert
for twisties, melaney/dayboro up to the pub is my fave

[rock hard]

Hi lads,you guys are really spoilt for choice that stretch. sunshine coast- malaney-glourious-daybro-summerset-esk-toowoomba-killarney-kyogle-casino......we are still droolin...

[hyofighter]

julimar rd , weir rd , obrien and berry rd , mayo rd all great but i think thats all WA has to offer

[rock hard]

hey hyo,what bout capel-nannup-pemberton-walpole-denmark...its good but we dont have any big mountain ranges.

[MTBEERWAH]

Your dead right about glorious bud, the roads you talk about i did about 10yr ago, and until you mentioned it i`d forgotten about them, will do that one soon.
quote:Originally posted by Harry

hey bloke tip toe over mt glorious...its a pick of a goat track,
road surface gravel leaves run off and super boy wonder running
wide straight at ya..not to mention the bloody pigs hiding any
where they can ! go though split yard right to esk then up the range though ravensborne national park (great roads)get to hampton turn left to toowoomba..beware more hiding pigs !straight though town
and out towards warick few small towns till you get to the cunning
hams gap (misspelt):(left down to gap..more fun,fuel at aratula
follow the road until ya hit the boonah turn of and go mad all the way to beaudesert and then off to canungra,ur ass should be getting sore by then!then around the back of the tamborine or over em and your back at the M1 on or near the Gold coast..easy spin to brisbane
400 plus k's but its a good ride...GLORIOUS IS A DEATH TRAP

[Tony Nitrous]

Boulevard Périphérique (The Paris ring-road) in rush hour for keeping things interesting, Several other country roads in France i could probabley never find again...:(

The 160k/100miles from Kidderminster to Tywyn/Aberdovey/Barmouth across Wales / UK because I'd done it hundreds of times, knew it
well, and it had no boring bits.

The UK M5 Loooooong down hill stretch past Worcester for top speed 2am ZZR11/Katana "testing".

Around Brissy it would be the fast sweepers through Advance Town or
the nice open section between Splityard and Somerset Dam, the Boonah - Beaudesert section must get a mention.

Lots of the other sections mentioned are good too, I always enjoy a play over Glorious, Somerset dam, Malaney, Beachmont etc but its
nice to give a bike its legs through the open sweepers not just
stop-go bends that are more suitable to a light 6 or 750, although i'm not one to say no.

There is also a section from Atherton back down from the high country to Cairns I like,
Not the route up the range North of Cairn, this one comes out below / South of Cairns.
VERY good, seems like an endless snake of tight left/rights

[Fight_fan]

For me it would have to be the alpine way! For closer to home scratchin tho, I'd have to say the clyde mountain n the road south of it all the way into bateman's bay! So much fun n rarely see cops there either!

[damo1]

H.A.R.T's 2k private road circuit at St ives;)

[Gix11]

LOcal, it would have to be the Beaudesert-Boonah Road, best ever in this country forgte waht it's called and I was told to keep it a secret, so let's just say it's south west of Bega. Mental ride? Have to be the TT circuit on Mad Sunday in 1997 at 6am in the morning - before the wanna be heroes came out (and crashed).

[StuNVA]

Twisties I like Long Flat to Gingers Creek on the Oxley and the Bruxner from Drake to Tenterfield is a hoot too, also Ebor to Nymboida is a fun twisty bit too.

Sweepers, Gingers Creek to Bendameer and Manilla to Keepit Dam can be fun when ridden in a spirited manner. Also the coastal side of the Buckets Way is a hoot and Dorrigo to Tyringham is nice sweepers.

Macquarie Pass and Kangaroo Valley are two nice twisty parts of Australia as well.

[Harry]

no probs mate, i just hate to see the newbie's in the back of a meat wagon...seen it to many times mate,and put to many good mates in the ground over my 38 odd years on two wheels.
i go over glorious ever other w/end to get down to the open paddocks and up to tmba so if ya see a naked yellow slingshot wave me down mate......always good to meet other jockeys of the two wheeled faith.[8D][8D][8D]

[OLD SKOOL BANDIT]

From Kangaroo ground through Christmas hill and Panton hill to Yarra Glen, then to Healsville. Up the Black Spur for a coffee at Marysville. Up Lake mountain and onto Reefton Spur. Through Warburton then back to Healsville. From Healsville, (and another coffee)up the toolangi road, accross the Melba Hwy to kinglake. More coffee)then either St Andrews road to Eltham or Through Pheasant Ck to the long down hill winding bit I forget the name of into Whittlesea. I know the spur is 80ks now but if you get the wheel spinning out it still gets the juices flowing. The st Andrews road is not for the faint hearted either, especially downhill !!

[Nudie]

Macquarie Pass and Kangaroo Valley are tops (and not far from my place!) I love the Oxley Hwy, but my absolute favourite is the run up from Khancoban to Kiandra. Good road surface, no gravel patches and all the corners have a constant radius (just watch out for the tight left at the top of the climb up from Tooma Dam). I try and get down there 3 or 4 times a year 'cause I never get sick of it!
Oh yeh and the 15 or so k's up over Granya Gap is a fucking ripper too!

[NakedTurboBusa]

before..... holsworthy barracks ring road pre-1992 ( before speed humps) 5km loop..... during leave and stand down periods.... RZ500 only bike I had to ride by day... and pissed at night!!!

now... any road that I have not lost my licence on ....... not many!!

either way.... my riding is very hit and miss, lucky to still be alive...

cheers pete

[MTBEERWAH]

Well Pete, i can relate,why as we speak i have no licence, 5wks to go.
quote:Originally posted by NakedTurboBusa

before..... holsworthy barracks ring road pre-1992 ( before speed humps) 5km loop..... during leave and stand down periods.... RZ500 only bike I had to ride by day... and pissed at night!!!

now... any road that I have not lost my licence on ....... not many!!

either way.... my riding is very hit and miss, lucky to still be alive...

cheers pete

[Tony Nitrous]

quote:Originally posted by Gix11

LOcal, it would have to be the Beaudesert-Boonah Road,


Came through there at 6am this morning...[8D]

Not the most challenging but a great section of fast smooth flowing road.
Brilliant for working a Busa / B-King on.
6am = ready to grab brake and clutch, had 2 near miss's with 'roo's recently.

[Fight_fan]

quote:Originally posted by Ryder

Macquarie Pass and Kangaroo Valley are two nice twisty parts of Australia as well.


Last time I went thru kangaroo valley the road was sketchy as hey! Its a nice stretch but it can be so dodgy too!

[Shadowzone]

I used to ride Glorious-Nebo every weekend a few (about 5) yrs back. Loved it. Enjoyed the Dayboro - Maleny run too.

Personally for scenery I love the Bells Line. That's awesome coming out of Richmond towards Lithgo and looking out over the valleys just spectacular. (Even in a B-Double yep I know it's not a Double route).

Otherwise The Great Alpine Way to Tintaldra then over Hotham on the way to the GP works for me. But I'm pretty easily pleased.

[rod185651]

quote:

There is also a section from Atherton back down from the high country to Cairns I like,
Not the route up the range North of Cairn, this one comes out below / South of Cairns.
VERY good, seems like an endless snake of tight left/rights


That would be the Gillies Range? We used to ride up from Townsville go through Cairns then up Kuranda and back down the Gillies.

[davio]

ah yes i just accepted a lease on a house at bruthen, who gives a fuck? i hear u say, well bruthen happens to be at the end of the omeo rd ,yes thats the one that goes over hotham (alpine way)and ill see all u folks for a beer come supers and G.P.as u will be ridin past my door , ah its sooo good to be a smug cunt

[Gix11]

quote:Originally posted by Fight_fan


quote:Originally posted by Ryder

Macquarie Pass and Kangaroo Valley are two nice twisty parts of Australia as well.


Last time I went thru kangaroo valley the road was sketchy as hey! Its a nice stretch but it can be so dodgy too!


Last time I went through there the twisties were covered with cow shit. Fuckin' well scary.

[Cruisecontrol]

Went through there two days ago and most of it has been resurfaced. Very nice indeed.

[davio]

cow shit? nah its the log trucks that scare ya , they have little bikes squashed scores on their doors

[The Mad One]

The 'OX' inta port [8D],'waterfall' (both billiard tables)[:I][:I] 'black spur' both in victoria & nsw (the nsw version is in barrington) & is 20mins down hill,engine & fuel off at 60%.You dont go up it [:0] then the road from 'uralla' & 'grafton' headed north [:p] But my fave is without doubt 'dorrigo' to 'uralla'[}:)]:D
Race track`s [?] 'nepean'(fast) & 'amaroo'(technical) [^]

[Jockney Rebel]

,7 mile lane Kent undulating and sweepy crosses the A20..and A2 near Brands ,Scratchers Lane and death hill also near brands hatch, across the Shap scottish borders ,A666 lake district and of course the A6 into Matlock.

here snowy mountain run absolutely awesome ..... run from peats ridge to Woolombi... and kangaroo valley

[FIGHTERMC]

quote:Originally posted by Large

I reckon the 38 mile mountain circuit on the IOM would be pretty good on a bike

yes it is large mate:D:D

[craig]

What about Rathdowney to Woodenbong, and the old Lions Road for a bit of a thrill.

[Fight_fan]

quote:Originally posted by Cruisecontrol

Went through there two days ago and most of it has been resurfaced. Very nice indeed.


Really? Hmmm... Think i'l be headin up there this wk end maybe! Its only 45mins from my place! [^]

[TurboKat]

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[gibbo]

^^^^^^^^^^^ I'm with him[:p]^^^^^^^^^^
Was just talking to Turbo about this today, we should have some sessions that run in the opposite direction, lotsa fun with the added benefit of using up the right side of the tyre[8D]

[Nudie]

quote:Originally posted by Fight_fan


quote:Originally posted by Cruisecontrol

Went through there two days ago and most of it has been resurfaced. Very nice indeed.


Really? Hmmm... Think i'l be headin up there this wk end maybe! Its only 45mins from my place! [^]


What day/time? It's not far from my place!
Probly work Satdy and was thinking of hanging around Batemans Bay for the w/end. But if there's a chance of a fang around Mac Pass and Kanga Valley, my plans may change.