April 26th, 2015, 02:58 AM | #1 |
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Name: Mike
Location: Nagasaki, Japan
Join Date: Jun 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2011 Blue Ninja 250R, Yamaha SRV250 Posts: 133
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Nagasaki Route 58
Warning: This is about Nagasaki Japan. So the place names will be weird, but the roads will be narrow, windy and well paved. Continue if interested in riding in the orient.
I had to go out to the Hyakadai park on the Shimabara Peninsula on a work related trip the other day and wanted to find a little traveled twisty to make the trip worthwhile. Google maps was showing route 58 as wider than the "Wide Farm Road", which I knew wasn't the case. I had been on it about 10 years ago in my Jimny (Japanese version of the Suzuki Samurai) and remember it being tight and not worth the effort when looking for a road to 4X on. On a bike, however I was wondering... So I gave it a shot. A couple things about country roads here:
Well, it turns out that the road was in good enough shape and had very little traffic so I could ride hard. The combinations of straights and really sharp turns made for an excellent chance to practice "emergency" braking then slow-in-fast-out on the turns. Since I basically didn't know the road, I approached most turns like they were hairpin until I could see the out. You never know when you are going to get a farmer coming down the middle of the road anyway, so I was trying to keep to my side of the mostly one-lane track. Anyway, it was a beautiful ride through the forests both coming and going. Being such a country road I knew there was almost zero chance of meeting the PO-lice so I could really open it up on the straight stretches and fly. If anybody is out here in Nagasaki looking for a place to ride, there are some fantastic roads on the Shimabara Peninsula. I'll try to write some reviews of some others when I get the chance. Here's a link to the Google Map.
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April 26th, 2015, 07:32 AM | #2 |
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That looks and sounds like A great route!
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April 27th, 2015, 12:07 AM | #3 |
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Cool! Thanks for the report, looks like a lot of fun.
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