Feb 5 Endurance Ride Coro*2

[Kornholio]

Go hard endurance dude.... we may just fly past ya on Sunday

[The Stranger:Me]

Um why not get your lazy ass out of bed and leave a a bit earlier and get back a bit earlier?

Loose the first half the day this way.

[swanman]

What's this " Grand Challenge?"

[erik]

Justsomeguy asked me to post to confirm that the ride is on!

(he hasn't got internet at home)

[_Gina_]

Justsomeguy asked me to post to confirm that the ride is on!

(he hasn't got internet at home)

How many people are doing this endurance ride with JSG?

Gg

[erik]

I don't actually know. :spudwhat:
I'm not going myself.

[Zapf]

How many people are doing this endurance ride with JSG?

Gg

some went along for 1/2 loop... some when on for 1 loop....

he is doing 2nd loop by himself... which he needs anyway.

[justsomeguy]

Cheers for the company from Papakura to Coro guys.

Was back home by 8:30.

All in all 800ks. Left home very close to 11am so all in all the ride took 9.5 hours.

I sort of went off track and had lunch with the other KB'ers who turned up and spent an hour there. Otherwise lunch was supposed to be a pie while the bike gets refueled......

So not-counting the lunch the ride took 8.5 hours.

All in all it was pretty easy.

I'd like to the coro loop thrice in a day in about a months time. As that would make it an exact 1000ks.

Will keep you guys updated. Hopefully there'll be more than me on that ride.

See ya

[justsomeguy]

What's this " Grand Challenge?"

For god sake do a search - or I'll set buggy on you

Grand Challenge = 1600kms in 24 hrs - down North Island 15th, 16th Oct.

[Zapf]

hate to say... but you need to stop doing the coroloop... and do some other roads as well.

like head down to Gisbone or something for the day... And night riding too!

[Mental Trousers]

Saw a few of you guys go past while we were parked up at the Coroglen. A small bunch of us (5 to be exact) did the extended loop. Me, Fish, Kornholio, Spud and Gav (doesn't post here) met up at Kopu. We then stopped at pubs in Coromandel, Whitianga, Coroglen, Whangamata and Waikino cos it was so farken hot we needed lots of liquid (plenty of lemonade/water was had). A couple of others joined us from Coroglen to Whangamata (very amusing and interesting but I won't say what in an open forum). We topped it off with a bbq at Spuds place. Only problem (besides dehydration) was that my oil light came on if I went too fast on the last leg, so it was pretty slow from Waikino to Spuds. Topped up with a little bit of oil at Spuds and had a very quiet cruise back to Hamilton

One of the bikes along was very interesting. Gav had a Mike Hailwood rep model Duke that he'd owned for 20 years. Very cool. Although at one point he grounded the centre stand and jumped a foot sideways.

[Kornholio]

Hehe was most impressed with Gavs 'Mike the bike' bike....umm the last pub was Waikino Shane not Waituna but thats OK it was a long day(12 hrs there and back)
Ummm yeah the Coro to Whanga leg....holy fucken shit!!!!!!!
Yes best not say too much about that tho LOL
Wickedly fine weather too, which is more than I can say about today
So did the top up do the trick on the way home then? Im doing sweet fuck all today as I am rooted and have a sore neck(damn turbulence :P )

[Mental Trousers]

opps, cheers for that. I was kinda brain dead when I wrote that lol

Yep, the top up got me home sweet as. But today - holy crap am I tired. I didn't get home until 10:45pm, climbed in the shower was all the sweat off then sat in front of the pc for a short time while my brain etc wound down so I didn't get to bed until about midnight.

Was very impressed when we had a look at Gav's tyres at Waikino. His back tyre looked similar to everyone elses - no chicken strip and wearing nicely. But the front was totally different. The fronts on modern bikes tend to have a small chicken strip as they're counter steered a hell of a lot, whereas the front of his Mike the Bike had ribbons of rubber peeling away from the edge.

And as for Coroglen to Whangamata - that's the sort of thing that biker legends are made of.

[justsomeguy]

hate to say... but you need to stop doing the coroloop... and do some other roads as well.

like head down to Gisbone or something for the day... And night riding too!

The only reason I chose the loop is cos it's pretty safe and not too far - meaning I can stop and come home if I want to.

Plan to do a 22 night ride soon.

My restricted license is the only thing stopping me from doing overnight rides, otherwise I do "The Dwive" or Huia rd once or twice a week after work.

[crashe]

For a change, why not ride to New Plymouth and back in one day..
They will be roads that you don't know... and it can be done in a day trip.

You need roads that you don't know, if you are going to do this enduro ride.
As the roads they they travel on will be unknown to you.

You know the Coro loop, 22, 16 and Scenic drive well... so start challenging yourself, find new roads...

Take a tent and camp out overnight if you are past your curfew...and then head back in the morning.

So, like Zapf said start riding roads that you haven't been on... to start looking out for the un-expected things on a road... as you will need all those required skills for the Enduro ride.