1st Coro Loop ride...ever

[DMNTD]

Well we got up early (for me anyway) yesterday morning and cruised down to Auckland so Annette could test ride a Buell at AMPS.
Freck'n cool bike man!! Wicked little 1200cc toy it was...oh and yeah it comes in black too,very important.
We'll just see how the next month or so goes and we might just have to have one :innocent:
Ok...so now it's midday and we're in Latte-land...what to do?
Neither of us have touched/seen snow in YEARS to thought why not,lets go to Taupo and take it from there. Sadly whilst riding down the motorway the weather turned crappy but as we'd come down we thought we may as well head for Tauraga maybe.
Weather got worst...next closest buzz? Tairua for the night.
Neither of us have ever done the Coro Loop before and have heard so much about it from y'all. Naturally we thought ya must all be high or something but after now sampling I gotta say...dang freck'n FAST road that be uhuh!!
I mean dang...FAST sweepers,FAST corners which made for a decent game of 2x (the posted limit...gimmie a break,twas my first ride!)
Absolutely loved the blast from Tairua through to Whitianga but beyond and over was freck'n fine!
The last time I went over the top of the Coro it was gravel and I was driving a RX2 ...ok ok,showing my age
I txt Eddy(KB's Gixxer) and him and Affman met us at the turnoff to Miranda on the way back this morning. They kindly showed us an alternate route home through some pretty cool roads! Cheers guys....appreciated longtime!!
Will I/we go back? Fark yes,but next time I'd be keen on going with someone that knows the roads well and can twist it fairly hardish :Punk:
Just a couple of non-descript pic's attached too

[SuperDave]

Damn right Coro's good fun. Looking forward to summer and joining you Norfland crew sampling more roads up north. The last one was a blast.

[jtzzr]

Glad to hear you enjoyed it , it`s awesome I remember my first time , if I couldn`t I`d be going senile it was only three weeks ago , like Super D said gotta hook up with the Norfland Crew! And Colapop aswell.

[DMNTD]

Damn right Coro's good fun. Looking forward to summer and joining you Norfland crew sampling more roads up north. The last one was a blast.
Welcome up whenever man...





Glad to hear you enjoyed it , it`s awesome I remember my first time , if I couldn`t I`d be going senile it was only three weeks ago , like Super D said gotta hook up with the Norfland Crew! And Colapop aswell.
Yeah it was sweet but as mentioned I do need a "guide" to do it proper like.
As above re catching up in my back yardy mate but best you be aware of that Colapop character :shutup:

[beyond]

I still reckon the Coro loop has got to be the bext motorcycling road in this here country. Those roads were made for motorbikes. Everything is there. You got some nice longish straights, high speed sweepers, loverly tight twisty bits, oh yeah, plenty of those and the best bit of all from Whitianga, over the hill to Coro.

The other side from Coro to Thames is ok but now there are so many small towns and 70kmh and 50kmh areas that stuffs it a bit, so you know what? Don't go that way. Go back over the hill and back the same way so you get to do all those best bits again and it only adds another 20 minutes to your ride.

Double the fun eh??

I think I've done around 13 Coro Loops this year, maybe more. Then coming back through Miranda, up the coast through Orere Point and Kawakawa Bay. Drool. Those are my favourite local roads :)

[texmo]

13 coro loops? ya bastard... nice picture too.

[Kornholio]

Well that secret is outta teh bag...we'll get all sorts of riff-raff now

[DMNTD]

Well that secret is outta teh bag...we'll get all sorts of riff-raff now
Shit,how do I copy and paste? :innocent:

[Zed]

Glad you finally got to ride the notorious CoroGP, come down in summer and do the whole Loop in one day, including riding down thru to Whangamata and Waihi which is twisties galore and up there with some of your Norfland roads! :ride:

So ya might be buying a Harley huh, oops sory, Buell. Will that mean you'll have 4 bikes in your house or will the SV be going? :sherlock:

[DMNTD]

Glad you finally got to ride the notorious CoroGP, come down in summer and do the whole Loop in one day, including riding down thru to Whangamata and Waihi which is twisties galore and up there with some of your Norfland roads! :ride:
Matt...I freck'n keen as but don't know if I can wait that long eh. Can ya chat to ya Mate and sort some decent weather out so we can assult that road?


So ya might be buying a Harley huh, oops sory, Buell. Will that mean you'll have 4 bikes in your house or will the SV be going? :sherlock:
Cheeky freck'n bugger...will try and keep the SV as it's only a month or so old and we seem to go through bikes a bit quick atm :innocent:
Would make for a good garage of bikes though eh?

[Zed]

Would make for a good garage of bike though eh? Yeah it would, and could I take it for a ride? I promise not to loop it! :shutup:

[Mr. Peanut]

I live on the coro loop. My NSR is ready today :headbang:
:killingme :killingme :killingme :killingme :killingme :killingme :killingme :killingme

[Nicksta]

nice pics dude......
good story too... test riding is always good...

[Edbear]

[QUOTE=Zed;733683] including riding down thru to Whangamata and Waihi which is twisties galore and up there with some of your Norfland roads! [QUOTE]


Yep! The road through there must have some of the tightest corners around, too. Bit of a pain in Summer holidays as the traffic is really bad and even on a bike you can be held up a lot. Haven't been through that stretch for a few years, (Just realised, nearly ten years!:gob: ) North of Whangamata is my favourite bit on that loop!

The whole peninsula is a blast! Though I need to get a bit fitter as the last time I did the Coro loop I was ready for the easy bit back down the coast from Coromandel! :yes:

[DMNTD]

North of Whangamata is my favourite bit on that loop!
The whole peninsula is a blast! Though I need to get a bit fitter as the last time I did the Coro loop I was ready for the easy bit back down the coast from Coromandel! :yes:

Have yet to try the Whangamata roads but keen as hell to have a crack at them. Enjoyed the Peninsula but coming down from Coromandal township sort of sucked due to the little townships and crappy road conditions at the time.
Maybe just looping back over and around would be the way cause the rest of those roads were bloody fun :innocent:

[beyond]

Have yet to try the Whangamata roads but keen as hell to have a crack at them. Enjoyed the Peninsula but coming down from Coromandal township sort of sucked due to the little townships and crappy road conditions at the time.
Maybe just looping back over and around would be the way cause the rest of those roads were bloody fun :innocent:

You got it mate, my sentiments exactly. Kopu to Coromandel, anticlockwise and then back the same way. Double the fun :)

[Colapop]

[B]...but best you be aware of that Colapop character :shutup:
HEY DON'T MESS IN MA CHEEZ! I GOT THE SHIZZLE NIZZLE SWIZZLE STICK FOR YOU TWO...

IT'S GREEN, MAN.

[DMNTD]

HEY DON'T MESS IN MA CHEEZ! I GOT THE SHIZZLE NIZZLE SWIZZLE STICK FOR YOU TWO...

IT'S GREEN, MAN.

Dunno wtf you just said but I'm sure you were flirting ya poof :jerry:

[Squeak the Rat]

I was up whangarei way last weekend and had a blast out towards titikuka. :yes:

New is good!

[DMNTD]

I was up whangarei way last weekend and had a blast out towards titikuka. :yes:

New is good!

Mate,next time give us a buzz and we can show you some decent local roads.
BTW...I think ya mean Tutukaka :done:

[Zed]

...had a blast out towards titikuka. :yes:Sheesh there's some weird and wonderful place names in Norfland fer sure!? :o

[Maha]

BTW...I think ya mean Tutukaka :done:

Na! Squeak means Titikuka....i know where he's going with that....:innocent:
Did you come back taday?....i was working at the Kaiwaka pub so thanks for stopping in mate....:third:
I know someone (ding ding) that would lurv ya'll S vay'.....:yes:
If the Maha's ever do the coro' we would need to hook on the 36LTR caravan and stay at a pub....:zzzz:

[Squeak the Rat]

Mate,next time give us a buzz and we can show you some decent local roads.

I saw a thread with a northland contingent heading south same day as I was up, so assumed no one would be around. Will take you up on that off someday though :yes:

[Kornholio]

Have yet to try the Whangamata roads but keen as hell to have a crack at them. Enjoyed the Peninsula but coming down from Coromandal township sort of sucked due to the little townships and crappy road conditions at the time.
Maybe just looping back over and around would be the way cause the rest of those roads were bloody fun :innocent:

Thats why going clockwise is the shizz cos you're just warming up and let the ladies go in front for a cruise up through Thames and townships then as soon as you hit Wilsons bay its Giddy up time and every puppy for himself plus with a couple of stops seem to spread out the day and going Whangamata way makes for a big day which is just dandy :D

[DMNTD]

Thats why going clockwise is the shizz cos you're just warming up and let the ladies go in front for a cruise up through Thames and townships then as soon as you hit Wilsons bay its Giddy up time and every puppy for himself plus with a couple of stops seem to spread out the day and going Whangamata way makes for a big day which is just dandy :D

Didn't realise you were into shopping Mr Kornholio :dodge:
Mate I'm happy either way we go as long as there's someone ahead of me that's willing to show me the way...oh,that isn't too fast as I'm a bit of a nana really :shutup:
Hey that pub part way round the loop,north of Whitianga looks the go for a bourbon huh?

[Kornholio]

Hey that pub part way round the loop,north of Whitianga looks the go for a bourbon huh?


Do you mean this one??.......

[DMNTD]

Do you mean this one??.......

Yeah that would be the one but it wasn't open for my breaky bourbon!
What's with that? I had to wait until we got to Clevelon! (sp) Oh well...brunch it was... :shit:

[Kornholio]

Yeah that would be the one but it wasn't open for my breaky bourbon!
What's with that? I had to wait until we got to Clevelon! (sp) Oh well...brunch it was... :shit:

The best time to get there is just after lunch...Dont worry man Kopu opens at 10 am if you ask nicely :D

[DMNTD]

The best time to get there is just after lunch...Dont worry man Kopu opens at 10 am if you ask nicely :D
All good,we had some stashed away in our luggage :innocent:

[Unit]

Yep! The road through there must have some of the tightest corners around, too. Bit of a pain in Summer holidays as the traffic is really bad and even on a bike you can be held up a lot. Haven't been through that stretch for a few years, (Just realised, nearly ten years!:gob: ) North of Whangamata is my favourite bit on that loop!
I figured that as we road through the other day. We left Tairua at 7.30am in the morning. The road over to Whitianga was a bit damp, but after that it just got better and better, but the best part was, we were mostly the only ones on the road, very few tourest, but I can imagine it being a place to avoid in the height of the holiday season. Thats when we can help out up here.
Looking forward to doing the Coro loop again this Wednesday/Thursday on my holiday ride, all things going to loose plans:Punk: