2 Day trip to Coromandel Aftermath Discussion thread

**deanohit** · 28th September 2007, 20:30

Originally Posted by MidnightMike

Those last two would have to be the funniest moments for the day.

The funniest for me was when I had my head down on the tank trying to be as streamlined as possible with the bike revving it's tits off and blasting past that cop in the blue car at 95kmh

, Bet I looked a right idiot.

**scracha** · 28th September 2007, 20:50

Awfully superdooper good to meet ya'll. Kev, top bloke...what can I say. Is the proper word "cunt" lol.

Nice touch with the teddy bear. Shame there's no pillion pad aye.

What ya'll missed was my shiny uninsured Ducati's back end going completely sideways (almost full lock) on a junction that was littered with gravel and me shiting myself as a result. I was like "ffs...I've been a good boy and sat at 90 for the best part of the day and this happens". I'll bring vegetables to the next BBQ instead of meat. I still want to know who brought the sweeties (lollies?).

Still can't believe Latvia Sergei preferred the sound of a scoobaru over the Ducati tergi's....that's just wrong.

Oh...my face is REALLY sunburnt.

**deanohit** · 28th September 2007, 20:54

Jeez mate, you take care of that beautiful Duke!!
Was good to see ya again, ya bloody had us in stitches all evening!! (well, the parts where we could understand ya)

**PirateJafa** · 28th September 2007, 20:55

Originally Posted by EJKDDORAI

PirateJaffa: [snip] ...riding

Heh, I was just enjoying cruising slowly at the back of the pack with you guys for a change of pace on that leg - I figured we'd been stuck behind the blighter for 20 minutes so what was the rush in overtaking him now? :P

Originally Posted by EJKDDORAI

Acording to my visual calculations, Out-law almost got head-on collision while passing a car about..... 4-5 times! lol careful next time ey?

So that was why you were sitting on my arse for most of the trip - using me as a crumple zone huh?

Originally Posted by carbacca

GIJoe apparently ran out of gas about 500m from takanini offramp, i cut across two lanes to get off and find a safe place to drop him a phone call, and hes all good so i left him to it.

Ha! You shoulda filled up when you stopped by me at the gas station in Paeroa

Pity the excitement happened after we'd split up to head home, although I had a beaut cruise from Paeroa back to Aucks - hardly dropped below 130 the whole way, and not a cop in sight!

A+++, would trad- I mean, ride again. Excellent work EJ!

**EJK** · 28th September 2007, 21:01

does that mean "A++ Highly recommended, good trade, will trade again"? lol

good ride ya'll... I'm taking a warm shower and watch some Charlie Chaplin and then head to Coro... No, I mean bed lol

**carbacca** · 28th September 2007, 21:02

you lucky. my trip back from paeroa involved lots of sunstrike, cages travelling at 80k, debris flying off the back of dump trucks etc.....

**gijoe1313** · 29th September 2007, 09:30

Well finally got to answering in this thread!

Yes, I did run out of go-gas a scant few hundred metres from a servo, the crapola thing is I could hear fuel sloshing around in the tank still (sigh, those damn tank designers making a dip in the tank so you can't actually use the last litre or half or so!

)

Donor came and bailed me out with a nice 5 litre fuel can and we talked shite on the side of the moronway as EJ skidded to a stop 200m down to see how I was

Carbacca did pull over and give me a call on the celly but it was all good!

Anyway - my fault, if'n I wasn't going quickly and pootled along merrily, I'd have no probs with the milage (but I guess winding it on uphill past the slower cages is a biker thing!

)

Great trip since I managed to fit in two visits around the Coro loop

I only wished we left at an ungodly earlier hour so we could do the Tauranga/Kaimai/Te Aroha route (I guess I will do that next week myself ... it's a hard life)

Kev, you are a bloody legend, you exemplify the kiwi hospitality and your mate make you both a pair! Dang, will miss the deck when you no longer have the place (secretly, I love riding the cable car

)

Only had two pucker moments - going around the twisties past Coro town and coming around a blind corner and the traffic had stopped.. emergency braking! And I had my eyes shut hoping no-one would ram me in the rear! (ooer!

)

The other was heading out to Whitianga through from another set of twisties and a frikk'n cager comes around a blind straddling the center line. Evasive! All sweet!

And oh yeah, the sweet sound and sight of a Ducati thumping up the hills always brings a grin to my face! (I laughed at the Commodore rozzer who saw a motley collection of wannabe bikers tootle past!)

Good to see that everyone was sensible on the trip and hope to do another ride out in the near future with you all again!

Pic1 : The start of the Auckland Crew riding down on Friday
Pic2 : Bikes beneath us on the deck ...

Pic3 : Yes, very Village People ... I see young men, staying at a place I know ...
Pic4 : Deanohit decided to test his tyres traction-adhesion limit in the morning dew on the grass ... bent, but nothing we didn't know about him already!
Pic5 : The Scotsman needed tae whet his whistle wiv'a brewski!
Pic6 : Bikes on the side of the road ... so purty!

More piccies to come

**NZsarge** · 29th September 2007, 09:35

Originally Posted by deanohit

Some thing like this?

where was that photo taken?

**deanohit** · 29th September 2007, 09:41

Off Kev's deck in Te Puru while we were cooking the bbq and sampling the home brew after a great afternoons ride, ahhh what a life.

**NZsarge** · 29th September 2007, 09:53

Originally Posted by deanohit

Off Kev's deck in Te Puru while we were cooking the bbq and sampling the home brew after a great afternoons ride, ahhh what a life.

Yeah...I pity you, you poor barstards, life must be so tough!

**gijoe1313** · 29th September 2007, 10:13

Pic1 : Oh yeah, posted in wrong order - meeting the rest of the Tauranga/Waikato crew at Thames
Pic2 : Really bad crappy dark shots of bad crappy bikers eating at Whitianga... was really funny to see some lads ordering from the kid's menu

All good...
Pic3 : So dark... so dark
Pic4 : Mummy, where is the light switch?
Pic5 : The Triad is in town
Pic6 : Whangamata with the crew doing the Hakuna Matata

For those who have spotted this link, well done, you may be a ninja yet in training! Yataa! http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...=1#post1225382

**Out-law** · 29th September 2007, 10:50

Trip was awesome... Thanks a LOT Kev !!! Beatifull place you got there !
will post pics later on... Best riding I ever had !
Nice twisties there... lost couple of corners but all GOOD !

who ever added me a reputaion

..wow, just... wow.

please explain why is it RED !?

**Out-law** · 29th September 2007, 10:54

Oeeee I forgot to tell... I had A bit of a problem on my way back !!!... I was in North Shore, took the grevil rd exit, went through the roundabout at the speed about 40km/hr and All of sudden My back skidded out to the left, then to the right then to the left and so on(Didn't drop the bike). so I started decelerating and slightly applied my front brake. as soon as I stoper I had a look at my rear tire and It was flat so I pushed my bike to the nearest Petrol station, got the tire filled with air, drove to home, and by the time I got home It got flat again.

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...54#post1225354

**Out-law** · 29th September 2007, 10:58

Originally Posted by butscracha

Still can't believe Latvia Sergei preferred the sound of a scoobaru over the Ducati tergi's....that's just wrong.

Im not Sergei

my name is Arthur.
I was just teasing you

your duce sound pretty sick(In good way) I got a bit pissed of when you were overtaking, because it was blocking my ears(blody hurts)

Nice riding there... I didnt see you skiding out

**Out-law** · 29th September 2007, 11:18

Originally Posted by gijoe1313

Only had two pucker moments - going around the twisties past Coro town and coming around a blind corner and the traffic had stopped.. emergency braking! And I had my eyes shut hoping no-one would ram me in the rear! (ooer!

)

HAHA

I remember that ! I slammed on my brakes, locked the rear

and stoped like 5cm behind you...