Coro Loop

[marty]

you would be ill-advisd to take a sportsbike over the tapu coroglen, or over the 309, or over the kennedy bay hill, or over the colville - port charles hill. an xf650 on the other hand.....

[Motu]

An FT500 would be a good choice too....

[marty]

pretty much anything that doesn't have $2000 worth of fairings actually....

actually a decent 4 wheeler would be fun

[sAsLEX]

pretty much anything that doesn't have $2000 worth of fairings actually....

sounds like my NC30 would be perfect!

[igor]

it appeasr u need to get out a bit more. the maps u use r only to be used by tarmac cowboys who don't travel on roads without campa vans

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[Kornholio]

it appeasr u need to get out a bit more. the maps u use r only to be used by tarmac cowboys who don't travel on roads without campa vans

Giddy up horsey.... At least at the end of the ride I can just flick of a few bugs(and maybe change undies) and not have to go through the whole all clothes off and hose down before you can even walk in the house like you mud-monkeys do :P Meh each to their own

[Goblin]

Yeah, I agree. Dunno why but the loop seems much better anti clockwise for some reason.
I just love that hunk of road, especially the Whitianga to Coro bit.

Have to agree there beyond....I much prefer it anti clockwise. That way I get to do the Karangahake Gorge



btw...Lately I've been hankering to ride to Port Jackson. If any other mad buggas want to join me....(dont know when yet) Havn't done a decent gravel ride for sooo long.

[igor]

went up 2 port jacko a wwhile bak. hard packed gravel good for 120 plus. even some tarmac cowboy could probably ride it if he ant scared of a bit of gravel. best views up the topend

[igor]

you would be ill-advisd to take a sportsbike over the tapu coroglen, or over the 309, or over the kennedy bay hill, or over the colville - port charles hill. an xf650 on the other hand.....

marty the 309 was smooth as a babies bum last tiem i wnet over it, and ya can stop off at the outcasts place and get something to calm ya nervess
kennedy bay was good
tapu coroglen got me bike covered in shite as pper usual
colville port charles is ok

givus the busa i will try it out

can u put a 110/90 18 knob on front and a 120/90 17 knob on rear wwwwwwwoooooooooohhhoooooooooooooooooooo

[Kornholio]

best views up the topend

Yeah from a boat lol...Snapper on

[Edbear]

Yes I think thats the main reason, also the coast section on the west can dry out a bit by the afternoon if anticlocking it, but the hill just before coro is one of the better bits of roading in NZ for bikes

Yeah, but even on my bike it really gives the upper body a work out coming down! One corner was signposted at 15km/h last time I rode it! Has anyone else finished with sore wrists from pushing it around there? Maybe I'm just too feeble... Gotta be one of the best rides in the country! Though I also had to bleed the front brakes after that, too!

[The Pastor]

So what are the fastest lap times how much km is it?

[Gremlin]

hmmm, depends on conditions. Doing the short loop, as posted by Korn is about 190km. Can be done in about 2 hours at not-cruising pace and obviously no stops.

Given that I'm slow, sub 2 hours would be quite easy I would imagine for those that ummm.... really enjoy the roads.

[What?]

They haven't sealed it have they?!!! I haven't been over it for about 4 years,but it looked a long way from sealing to me.

Hell, no. I doubt the Tapu-'Glen will ever be sealed, but it is usually in pretty good nick (whereas the 309 is often muddy and tends to get rutted by logging trucks)

[beyond]

Have to agree there beyond....I much prefer it anti clockwise. That way I get to do the Karangahake Gorge



btw...Lately I've been hankering to ride to Port Jackson. If any other mad buggas want to join me....(dont know when yet) Havn't done a decent gravel ride for sooo long.

Port Jackson is awesome. Crystal clear water, lovely beach, nice stream.
Long time since I was up there but back then the road was crap. Thick gravel to the sides and middle and heaps and heaps of corrugation.

Hopefully that is long gone by the sounds of it but will still be a ride and half for sports bike. Hope the corrugations are gone as the front end will be going like a pogo stick otherwise.

A decent trailie would be a good way to go.