The Great Coro Burger fest Saturday 16/09/06

[Zed]

Eerrrmmm, I have a problem, I cant get the feeler bolts out of my footpegs as they are all ground away.

Cheer up, the sparks looked great from behind!

Poor Gary, I keep thinking of that horrible bump in the road and how it could have easily turned to custard for me! Did you get a chance to look at it closer today Paul?

[beyond]

Hiya Matt,

Yep, I had a closer look. It's a set of ripples caused by heavy traffic. Gary reckoned his front forks bottomed out on them and of course it's right on the apex of the cornering line, so when you are well over, it's really going to upset the apple cart.

From behind, it didn't look pretty. I thought for a second it was going to be a head on. It turned into an instant full on tank slapper which just fired him across the road. Incredible he managed to pull it left a bit before collecting the side of the van. The van had bull bars at the rear which caused a lot of damage to his bike and where most of his injuries occurred.

Not much fun watching a mate go down. It seems to be happening a lot over the last year with Fishlayer, then Jason a few weeks back with the cyclists and car in our lane.

Other than all the drama, was a good ride though and a good turn out.

Good catching up with ya. Need to do the kaiaua loop some time and catch up for lunch.

All in all, one very lucky person. If I had been i front at that point, it probably would have been me as we ride very similar lines.

[sAsLEX]

it probably would have been me as we ride very similar lines.

But the van would of been worse off due to the mighty 1400 hitting it!

Glad to hear your mate came out in one piece! And where abouts is this hazard exactly?

[texmo]

Hiya Matt,

Yep, I had a closer look. It's a set of ripples caused by heavy traffic. Gary reckoned his front forks bottomed out on them and of course it's right on the apex of the cornering line, so when you are well over, it's really going to upset the apple cart.

From behind, it didn't look pretty. I thought for a second it was going to be a head on. It turned into an instant full on tank slapper which just fired him across the road. Incredible he managed to pull it left a bit before collecting the side of the van. The van had bull bars at the rear which caused a lot of damage to his bike and where most of his injuries occurred.

Not much fun watching a mate go down. It seems to be happening a lot over the last year with Fishlayer, then Jason a few weeks back with the cyclists and car in our lane.

Other than all the drama, was a good ride though and a good turn out.

Good catching up with ya. Need to do the kaiaua loop some time and catch up for lunch.

All in all, one very lucky person. If I had been i front at that point, it probably would have been me as we ride very similar lines.

How was the van driver?

[scracha]

A nice afternoon out. Thanks for calling me out to action Zxrer, I'm due ya' a beer BTW. Ricardo...nice Ducati and the ride was much more enjoyable when I wasn't trying to get the viffer to boogie with the modern tackle.

New rear tyre scrubbed in nicely BTW.

[mynameis]

And of course all the other riders as well. Awesome day indeed. Lots of fun around the twisties. Was my first time around the area in a bike and I loved it Great fun and heaps of learning to do and practice around the corners.

Big ups to R6_Kid and Hurricane_R. You ride that 250 pretty damn well and hope to get out there more with ya mate. Pitty I was sore azz after hours of riding on my ZXR 250. Yes I am way to big for that fella.

Had to take pain killers when I got back home and was deaf for the next few hours as well haha.. Bike got a good thrashing as well. Added some more oil today, lube the chain, and tyre pressure as well. Bikes good now


mynameis

[BigB]

CHEERS Zxer, , Had a Fanfuckintastic day ,put some names to faces ,Big B (nice lines on the way home) and got to meet Blackbird at his little hideaway in Coromandel (thanks for everything Geoff) .

Had a great day out, but have to say that the bird makes you work in the tight and twisty stuff. Good to meet you John (I didn't think my lines were that good as I couldn't get into a rhythem) and to finally meet Geoff (Blackbird).

cheers

Brian

[jtzzr]

Nah you were doing alright mate,set a good cruisey pace , let me know if you wanna go for another blast sometime , Regards John

[beyond]

Ok, for those who asked where the bad bump is, it's about 20km South of Coro, heading up the final hill before the big lookout. It's about 2km towards Coro from the main look out at the top of the hill. If you are heading from Coro towards Thames, it's on the left lane right in your riding line on a reasonably tight left hander. It has also been marked for road works but you can't see the markings or the bump till your on it.

As for the van driver; real nice guy. In fact very apologetic for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Didn't want details or anything to pay for damage and helped us get the bike on the road as it was down the bank a bit.
Shook our hands and said thank you very much???

That was decent of him eh?

[Blackbird]

Had a great day out, but have to say that the bird makes you work in the tight and twisty stuff. Good to meet you John (I didn't think my lines were that good as I couldn't get into a rhythem) and to finally meet Geoff (Blackbird).

cheers

Brian

Pleased to see that all you guys got home without getting nicked. Coming back from Coro yesterday, the Highway Patrol were out in numbers. Must have seen 10 between Te Puru and Tokoroa including picking up 2 mufti vehicles. Look out for a dark blue Holden or Ford (didn't see which) around the Paeroa area. It was sitting in Paeroa near the big bottle pinging people coming from the Karangahake gorge end. Also a black Commodore near Tirau. Thank God for the detector!

[GIXser]

Cheers ZRxer, for orgainising the ride after playing a bit o catch up with Limb (good riding two up bro) and Aff we finnally caught up in Coroglen, didnt bother ordering lunch, as we were some of the last to arrive, Sad to hear about Gary,( one of the best and safest riders i know), that bumb , hit a lot of us, including Zed, whom was about 10 feet in front of me, his rear shifted a good foot-and a bit, the front got a bit of a wobble on, but he hung on, and after "adding to the depletion of the ozone" he took off again like it never happened..
it was a shame most of the ride was very sparatic. 2 here, 3 there a cluster a bit further, very spread out all of us, but al least most of us made it back in one, good to see boomer, (mate the wheelies are getting better,seriously)
there was one joker who didnt like his bike fondled,,( hey Zed",) firk imagine a poor fella striking up a converstion with the guys missus, (all i want for christmas are my to front teeth!!!)
was great to get on the terps , with Mat,and Jono, and Chris afterwards,

until next time chaps

[beyond]

Hey Gixser,
I didn't realise it was the one and same as Gary and I rode with out of Clevedon with a group some months back. Back then you had the yellow Gixser of course.

Good to catch up with you again mate. Shame the vid wasn't going well.

[R6_kid:Me]

that van driver was probably the only reason hurricane_r, rm125king and myself didnt come to grief on the bump, he'd stopped around the corner his his hazard lights on and waved us down as we approached, only to see the R1 with one side fairing pulled back and the other covered in grass around the next bend.

[GIXser]

Hey Gixser,
I didn't realise it was the one and same as Gary and I rode with out of Clevedon with a group some months back. Back then you had the yellow Gixser of course.

Good to catch up with you again mate. Shame the vid wasn't going well.

yeah bud" didnt gary have the "duc" back then,? i since bowled my yella Gsxr, i was on the same bike,in the weekend (just with race fairings)
please give my regards to Gary' and we'll have to catch up on the next ride--and i'll have me vid going--

[beyond]

Yep, Gary had the Bayliss Duc back then. He recently traded it in on an Aprilia Tuono so he could take his missus on the odd run as she didn't like the perch on the R1

He won't be riding for at least six weeks.

I was a bit shocked to see him go down as he such a good smooth rider.