Jon Ison
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| posted on 11/2/08 at 10:30 PM |
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Fave road..........
So whats your best blating road ?
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twybrow
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| posted on 11/2/08 at 10:36 PM |
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Crediton to Tiverton - the A3072. Awesome road. Every type of twist/turn/hump/lump you can imagine in 10 miles. Just don't go too crazy as some
bits have a rather ascary drop!
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alexdj125
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| posted on 11/2/08 at 10:49 PM |
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The torpoint twisties between windy ridge roundabout and the torpoint ferry in cornwall. Its also pretty famous amongst us motorcyclists! either that
or any of the A379 in Devon!
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welderman
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| posted on 11/2/08 at 10:54 PM |
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the Cat and Fiddle!!!
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meany
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| posted on 11/2/08 at 11:08 PM |
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Sloc road, isle of man 
not that i get to go there that often.
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Dusty
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| posted on 11/2/08 at 11:10 PM |
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Be careful on the 3072. I was having a blast on one of the big bends, about 270 degrees and tightens when I met a biker hung over the white line who
was pretending to be Rossi with just the treads of his tyres on his side of the road. His helmet looked as if it was in line with the centre of my
grill. He stood it up sharpish and we both went on our way slower and wiser men (for all of half a mile).
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twybrow
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| posted on 11/2/08 at 11:24 PM |
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But still - awesome road! I grew up driving it regularly - I have seen some scary accidents on it. A chap went off the road a few years back, and lay
in his car with a broken back for 2 days before he was found! It was the first road I ever drifted my Scoob on - the Mrs was not a happy bunny!
Dusty are you from around that way?
[Edited on 11/2/08 by twybrow]
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james h
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| posted on 12/2/08 at 12:24 AM |
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Never driven on it myself, but the moorland roads (best at dawn it seems) on Fylingdales is a pretty nice surface and seems perfect for a locost.
Another place I enjoy driving on is the road between Lancaster and Kirkby Lonsdale - nice long stretches with good variety of corners (mostly with a
good camber on em). But be careful - it is rated the 3rd most lethal road in the country (mainly because of bikers +tractors coming from behind
hedges) thus often has mobile speed cameras in the lay-bys.
Thats one of the main things I miss about being at uni in London - I can't drive anywhere! Never mind the family! And now my dad has taken me
off the insurance I can't even drive when I am able to go home! 
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iscmatt
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| posted on 12/2/08 at 01:42 AM |
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Fylling dales is good but full of bikers on a sunny day and their are always the idiots in their tintops.
Go head for Rosedale Chimney on the moors, a fantastic road though it is half good / half bad road surface - though bad is only in relative terms. The
best thing is its as dead as a dodo at this time of year, saw only 4 other cars in 3 hours a couple of weeks back!
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speedyxjs
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| posted on 12/2/08 at 08:12 AM |
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A26 between newhaven and lewes.
Smooth windy some tricky corners (especially in the wet) and there are never anypolice around
How long can i resist the temptation to drop a V8 in?
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itiejim
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| posted on 12/2/08 at 09:10 AM |
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A449 Ross-on-Wye to Ledbury. Herefordshire's Nurburgring - with speed limits of course though...
[Edited on 12/2/08 by itiejim]
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DaveFJ
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| posted on 12/2/08 at 09:33 AM |
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the B974 from Fettercairn to Banchory
you really need to keep your concentration!
Never had a locost along there but it was a hoot in my Stilo Abarth 
unfortunately it is a long way from me but it is the route I take when visiting my sister in law
[Edited on 12-2-08 by DaveFJ]
Dave
"In Support of Help the Heroes" - Always
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onzarob
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| posted on 12/2/08 at 09:34 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by alexdj125
The torpoint twisties between windy ridge roundabout and the torpoint ferry in cornwall.
A very fine road
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pif
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| posted on 12/2/08 at 10:06 AM |
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b5470 from whalley bridge to macclesfield then cut over to the cat and fiddle and back to buxton and back to whalley bridge over long hill.
grrrrrrrrrrrrreeat. been practising for 9 years, one day..... one day..... someone will spot the talent that is my stupendous driving
been a bit of a rush job really, bodged it all together in just 5 1/2 years.
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thunderace
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| posted on 12/2/08 at 10:20 AM |
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the a83 from loch lomand to arroch past loch long then past the cobeler then up the rest and be thankfull then weaving through the mountains then on
to loch fyne round the loch then over the bridge at the castle then into inveraray and on to more castles and windy through the coast road to finish
at lochgilphead .
dont do this run in mid summer as the road is bussy but it spring and autumn its great and quiet.very very dramatic scenery and an amazing road.
if anyone knows a better run in scotland i would love to try it .
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 12/2/08 at 12:29 PM |
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The road from Sudbury to Higham via Stoke by Nayland, in South Suffolk - not quite on the same scale as all those up-north roads, but heaps of driving
fun (as long as you don't get a pensioner in the way, or a pillock who thinks his Range-Rover can corner as fast as a 7-style car.)
[Edited on 12/2/08 by David Jenkins]
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MK Charlie
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| posted on 16/3/08 at 01:05 AM |
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B645 from St Neots to Rushden. Very popular for bike riders from all over the country. Normally do a sensible drive just to check if there are any
traffic cops parked up and then thrash for a while. Last time I was on it came round a corner slightly sideways with a traffic car coming towards me.
His face was a picture. Thought he would turn round so i just pushed the louder pedal slightly harder.
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dave r
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| posted on 16/3/08 at 09:10 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by MK Charlie
B645 from St Neots to Rushden. Very popular for bike riders from all over the country. Normally do a sensible drive just to check if there are any
traffic cops parked up and then thrash for a while. Last time I was on it came round a corner slightly sideways with a traffic car coming towards me.
His face was a picture. Thought he would turn round so i just pushed the louder pedal slightly harder.
i have to agree with this
love the bends near chelveston
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JoelP
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| posted on 16/3/08 at 11:49 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by iscmatt
Fylling dales is good but full of bikers on a sunny day and their are always the idiots in their tintops.
the more idiots the better, provided your car is quick enough to get past them!
What i like about that road, between pickering and blue bank, is that there's not much to hit if you do have a mishap!
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eccsmk
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| posted on 16/3/08 at 12:36 PM |
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cant remember the road name but it goes from revesby through moorby, scrivelsby and onto boston road horncastle
anyone local knows which road i mean
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paulf
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| posted on 16/3/08 at 06:45 PM |
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The B6047 from market harborough to Melton mobray is a good road if you get a good run at it, but I usually seem to get stuck in traffic, also popular
with bikers and i have had a few good blasts along there chasing them.
Paul.
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flak monkey
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| posted on 16/3/08 at 08:30 PM |
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There are a few around here:
The A1122 from Downham to Outwell is good fun.
The road from Heacham (next to the Lavender Centre) that goes through Sedgeford, then do a left at Docking is a great road too then joins the A148 at
Hillington. Dont know what the road number is.
The A1065 from Swaffham, then cut across to Watton is a good route.
Then there is the A1066 from Thetford to Diss
David
Sera
http://www.motosera.com
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PAUL FISHER
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| posted on 16/3/08 at 11:24 PM |
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My favorite is A57 snake pass between Glossop and ladybower resevoir.2nd favorite is the same road but when it gets to Worksop,the A57 Worksop
bypass,after midnight when theres no traffic,and the best bit its only 1/4 of a mile from my house
[Edited on 19/05/04 by PAUL FISHER]
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