Coro loop - Labour Weekend

**onelittlenurse** · 22nd October 2012, 08:34

Blowey here in Paeroa and dark clouds coming over the hill...
hope to catch you on another ride one day soon!
have a great day guys

**bones135** · 22nd October 2012, 13:04

Well i had a blast, great way to blow the cobwebs out.....trust the others make it home all well & good.....& rain stays away.

**JafaSaffer** · 22nd October 2012, 13:58

Originally Posted by bones135

Well i had a blast, great way to blow the cobwebs out.....trust the others make it home all well & good.....& rain stays away.

Good meeting ya mate. No problems getting back, no rain. Traffic a little painful between Coro and Kopu but that was about it.

Great ride!

**bones135** · 22nd October 2012, 14:04

Originally Posted by JafaSaffer

Good meeting ya mate. No problems getting back, no rain. Traffic a little painful between Coro and Kopu but that was about it.

Great ride!

Beauty of a bike, traffics not a huge issue. Was great meeting you guys too. Planning a ride to Whakatane soon then join up with my young fulla & do the gorge through to Gisborne.....coooool ride. Anyone else keen is more than welcome, probably stay the night on his farm & go from there

**PrincessBandit** · 22nd October 2012, 14:14

Was a great day for it. Nice to meet you guys! Not a lot of traffic, and the coast road was lovely. From Waitakaruru all the way back to the expressway would have been painful in a car, but with a few bunny hops past slooooow cars and queues it wasn't too bad.
Weather held out really well with only a few showers on the homeward stretch and I've found that Corogate is a nice place to stop for food. The woman there couldn't do enough for me, asking if I'd like to move my bike out of the rain so it didn't get wet (I declined) or if I'd like a hottie for my hands (they have a supply of them in the cafe especially for bikers; again, I declined). But it's nice to find places where we haven't stopped before, rather than habitually stopping at the same watering holes all the time!

**bones135** · 22nd October 2012, 14:23

Originally Posted by PrincessBandit

Was a great day for it. Nice to meet you guys! Not a lot of traffic, and the coast road was lovely. From Waitakaruru all the way back to the expressway would have been painful in a car, but with a few bunny hops past slooooow cars and queues it wasn't too bad.
Weather held out really well with only a few showers on the homeward stretch and I've found that Corogate is a nice place to stop for food. The woman there couldn't do enough for me, asking if I'd like to move my bike out of the rain so it didn't get wet (I declined) or if I'd like a hottie for my hands (they have a supply of them in the cafe especially for bikers; again, I declined). But it's nice to find places where we haven't stopped before, rather than habitually stopping at the same watering holes all the time!

Thats pretty cool, makes you feel wanted...they are pretty nice people in there for sure.
Was good to meet you & great end to a long weekend.

**roadrash_69** · 22nd October 2012, 14:25

hmmm i wasn't going to go but doing the loop was too much of an attraction to miss. Not sure if I saw anyone.. group of 4 with a tourer or 2 heading down the final hill into corotown, then 3 sports bikes a lot further on probably around 12:30/1pmish. then a scattering of 1 or 2 bikes here and there. I went thames, corotown then over the hill .. etc.

Awesome run .. only 1 slippery patch of clay on the waterfront gave me a wobble.

The wind was shocking heading back to htown that gave me the wobbles a few times.

Where did you all stop for lunch ?

**JafaSaffer** · 22nd October 2012, 14:30

Originally Posted by roadrash_69

hmmm i wasn't going to go but doing the loop was too much of an attraction to miss. Not sure if I saw anyone.. group of 4 with a tourer or 2 heading down the final hill into corotown, then 3 sports bikes a lot further on probably around 12:30/1pmish. then a scattering of 1 or 2 bikes here and there. I went thames, corotown then over the hill .. etc.

Awesome run .. only 1 slippery patch of clay on the waterfront gave me a wobble.

The wind was shocking heading back to htown that gave me the wobbles a few times.

Where did you all stop for lunch ?

Stopped in Coromandel for lunch could have been around 12.30 - 1pm. (Fig tree i think) Coming back from Coromandel to Kopu, we were two bike, Green Kawa & Red Ducati