First time out to the Coromandel

[Fatt Max]

Blimey, I'm a new man and no mistake,

After 4 months of commuter biking, I decided today to take the high road to coro for the first time to stay a few days with the oldies. What a fantastic day for it.

So, Howick to Whitford, Clevedon, Kawakawa Bay then onto Kaiua with a stop off at the Mooloo cafe in Waitakaruru (brilliant cheeseburger by the way, well recommended), over the Kopu Bridge and then through the range to Tairua where I sit typing this in the sunshine with a cold beer in one hand and a big happy smile.

Saw a hell of a lot of bikers on the road, all waves, nods and general salutations. Big waves from the half dozen bikers that stopped at the Mooloo as I was leaving, great to see you gang...

Finally got the VL out of the smoke and on the road, great test for both the bikes handling and my own practice on the windy hilly stuff. Took the KB advice of finding the right gear and staying with it, looking through the bends and counter steering as best as possible. Also took the 'drink lots' hydration advice.

Weirdest thing was the amount of 'bug strikes' I got on the road. have now invested in some pocket wet wipes to keep the visor clean and 'bug guts' free.

So, I'm here for two days and cant wait for the journey back, truly inspirational stuff......jeez, I love this biker stuff...

had to share, am a very happy fat bastard right now.

Enjoy your weekend my lovelies.....:woohoo:

[beyond]

Cracker mate :)

Hot day for it but an awesome hunk of road. Biking Nirvana :)

Was out for a bit today as well and when I got home it looked like someone had tossed a whole jar of peanut butter at my leathers and more than once my visor got covered in the remnants of a low flying teradactyl.

[Fatt Max]

Cracker mate :)

Hot day for it but an awesome hunk of road. Biking Nirvana :)

Was out for a bit today as well and when I got home it looked like someone had tossed a whole jar of peanut butter at my leathers and more than once my visor got covered in the remnants of a low flying teradactyl.

Love it, low flying teradactyl.....LMFAO, thats what it looks like bro'....:laugh:

[MIXONE]

That effin coro loop showed you orkers that there is life south of the Bombays.:angry2:

[puddy]

Blimey, I'm a new man and no mistake,

After 4 months of commuter biking, I decided today to take the high road to coro for the first time to stay a few days with the oldies. What a fantastic day for it.

So, Howick to Whitford, Clevedon, Kawakawa Bay then onto Kaiua with a stop off at the Mooloo cafe in Waitakaruru (brilliant cheeseburger by the way, well recommended), over the Kopu Bridge and then through the range to Tairua where I sit typing this in the sunshine with a cold beer in one hand and a big happy smile.

Saw a hell of a lot of bikers on the road, all waves, nods and general salutations. Big waves from the half dozen bikers that stopped at the Mooloo as I was leaving, great to see you gang...
Finally got the VL out of the smoke and on the road, great test for both the bikes handling and my own practice on the windy hilly stuff. Took the KB advice of finding the right gear and staying with it, looking through the bends and counter steering as best as possible. Also took the 'drink lots' hydration advice.

Weirdest thing was the amount of 'bug strikes' I got on the road. have now invested in some pocket wet wipes to keep the visor clean and 'bug guts' free.

So, I'm here for two days and cant wait for the journey back, truly inspirational stuff......jeez, I love this biker stuff...

had to share, am a very happy fat bastard right now.

Enjoy your weekend my lovelies.....:woohoo:
That's what it's all about Bro! Getting out on the open road .........

[puddy]

That effin coro loop showed you orkers that there is life south of the Bombays.:angry2:
No! Just a decent road! No (intelligent) life!:bash:

[pc220]

Shit I wonder what sort of nut jobs you are gonna attract on the coromandel:eek5:

[ElCoyote]

Shit I wonder what sort of nut jobs you are gonna attract on the coromandel:eek5:

Exactly, please let there no Asians (Cable layers or otherwise) on the same road as FM. By the way Coroglen Pub has great burgers, if you close your eyes they taste like pies. :shifty:

[toebug]

Shit I wonder what sort of nut jobs you are gonna attract on the coromandel:eek5:

Ah hello, me!

See ya up there monday, meeting kopu tavern 10am for a squirt to coroglen for lunch!!!Bring it on.:headbang:

[coffeejunkie]

:woohoo: Well done fatt max, Glad you had such a blast and shared with us,

Cool thing about doing a nice long ride like that is the trip back is never the same as the trip there,

So heres to an equally great trip home:Punk:

[TOTO]

what , no stories ?

Didnt you at least see an UFO or something ?

[gijoe1313]

Ahh me ol'fishbone chipped china! Glad to hear you dusted your ride off and did a heretical thing ... ride it!

Everyone knows KB is about posing and talking about bikes! Jinkies, you keep this up who knows where it might lead!

And enjoying it? Sheesh! :oi-grr: This malarkey may catch on!

[musicman]

Didnt you at least see an UFO or something ?

I saw a UFO once while riding on Woodcocks Rd. I didn't actually see the object, it was near the Warkworth end and I was on a straight with farmland on both sides, and saw a large (maybe car-sized? Or larger?) shadow move across the road in front of me, I looked up but saw nothing. Nothing at all.

[TOTO]

so it was Un-identifies, it was Flying, and ot was an object. It is my proffesional opinion that you saw an UFO.

By the way there is supposed to be a killer comment somewhere around earth this week...:Offtopic: :doh: :thud:

[Fatt Max]

what , no stories ?

Didnt you at least see an UFO or something ?

No, not a single scary person, drunk chinaman, enraged yuppie or anything. Sheer pleasure to get out of the smoke and away from that stuff to be honest.

I did come across a few young 'uns in fast cars heading off for their weekend away at mummy & daddies $ 1,000,000 'bach' in Pauanui or wherever, they were chucking litter out of the car windows and generally being a pain in the arse, but I let them pass and get on with it.

I still have the ride home on Monday and I'm half thinking of taking the bike over to Waiheke for a few days mid Feb so I will keep my eyes open. Thd helmet cam is on order, by the way......

[BM-GS]

But the real question is: why does the biggest custard-filled bug always hit your visor first, and why always dead-centre?

Keep speed lower to keep the bug-toll down, but that's hardly fun, is it?

Glad you've discovered the joy of getting out of town. Traffic-beating (baiting?) is amusing, but bikes are happiest on an open twisty road. Now you have the bug, be prepared to never have enough holidays or money again.

Enjoy.

[Chooky]

(brilliant cheeseburger by the way, well recommended),

I shall pass the message on to the cheeseburger maker..;)

[Gman71]

I'm with ya Max

I rode to Whangamata early Jan, via Kawakawa Bay etc, on a beautiful blue sky day, and up and over the hills...it was the nearest thing I've had to a spiritual experience.

gotta love the motorbike-thing

[Big Dave]

I'm with ya Max

I rode to Whangamata early Jan, via Kawakawa Bay etc, on a beautiful blue sky day, and up and over the hills...it was the nearest thing I've had to a spiritual experience.

gotta love the motorbike-thing

Did you see a black Varedero?

[Fatt Max]

I'm with ya Max

I rode to Whangamata early Jan, via Kawakawa Bay etc, on a beautiful blue sky day, and up and over the hills...it was the nearest thing I've had to a spiritual experience.

gotta love the motorbike-thing

Yeah, dead right.

I'm heading back to the smoke this morning. It looks like being a great day so I'm itching to get rolling.

Should have done all this 20 years ago and 10kg lighter I reckon. Still, the missus thinks it's a whole lotta extra man to lurve......or tidy up around, cant remember which