Ride 6th September - Coro loop/Kaiaua?

[bomma]

FaARq -aduck! damnit! why do u have to ide on a day when had work! and the weather was soo nice!!!! damnit! glad u all had a brillian ride tho. i'm hoping to god i can make the next one. (but the beautiful sat weather didn't fully go to waste. i finished work at 4, hopped onto teh vtr, and shot down to kare kare! one scary but fun ride! i'm thinkin i'll do a few more down that route this week... i'll text teh guys numbers that i have when i decide to make a plan. would be good to hve some company.)

dam i wish i was on the ride with u guys tho! so, when's the next big one? sat back, first weekent back at uni? or maybe the 27th? (after every1 finishes their tests)??

hey bro, gutted you couldn't make the ride as it was an amazing day to be out n about you would have been good company for ben but dont think you would have kept up....i never realised how hard that lil gpx goes but on open road it's got the vtr beat hands down.....tbh start with smaller rides and also go on adventures on your lonesome!! learn heaps and there's no pressure to go amazingly hard

comments i heard from saturday's ride (anonymous but those who said it know who they are)

"that was well outside my comfort zone!! found my limits aye"

"that was like pushing it with like a lil crazy"

[Zim_Invader]

hey bro, gutted you couldn't make the ride as it was an amazing day to be out n about you would have been good company for ben but dont think you would have kept up....i never realised how hard that lil gpx goes but on open road it's got the vtr beat hands down.....tbh start with smaller rides and also go on adventures on your lonesome!! learn heaps and there's no pressure to go amazingly hard

comments i heard from saturday's ride (anonymous but those who said it know who they are)

"that was well outside my comfort zone!! found my limits aye"

"that was like pushing it with like a lil crazy"

true that. so very true. as i'd have expected in a ride with u all. was there a learner paced group, or just the single, quick mob.

oh, def. haha. the gpx has top end way beyond the vtr. plus with all the wind thrashign the vtr, going above 135 is freaky!!! u feel it really kick in at about 125 or so...(or what i think to be a higher level of wind resistence anyway). so i know what u mean. i'd have struggled. but the ride with company would be nice some time... i'll do a lot more trips to kare kare and pha to build my twisty skill. then mayb i'll have enought to keep up with the gpx on turns, if not straights... think shingo's keen for a ride tomorrow, i'll txt him and see what happens there.

[bomma]

true that. so very true. as i'd have expected in a ride with u all. was there a learner paced group, or just the single, quick mob.

oh, def. haha. the gpx has top end way beyond the vtr. plus with all the wind thrashign the vtr, going above 135 is freaky!!! u feel it really kick in at about 125 or so...(or what i think to be a higher level of wind resistence anyway). so i know what u mean. i'd have struggled. but the ride with company would be nice some time... i'll do a lot more trips to kare kare and pha to build my twisty skill. then mayb i'll have enought to keep up with the gpx on turns, if not straights... think shingo's keen for a ride tomorrow, i'll txt him and see what happens there.

yea i remember the one ride i went on with the vtr where i was tryna keep up with a firestorm....sweet around corners but as soon as we got straight roads, he disappeared. or everytime there was a bit of traffic that everyone else passed with no effort was a major bitch on the vtr!!! but she was awesome i recommend the ride to wellsford, good combination of twisties, without too many straights and it's not far from home so can be in and out real quick (just the way you like it aye zim ) hehe oh and fuck all traffic to hold you back and no assholes crossing the centreline like the piha trip

[Zim_Invader]

yea i remember the one ride i went on with the vtr where i was tryna keep up with a firestorm....sweet around corners but as soon as we got straight roads, he disappeared. or everytime there was a bit of traffic that everyone else passed with no effort was a major bitch on the vtr!!! but she was awesome i recommend the ride to wellsford, good combination of twisties, without too many straights and it's not far from home so can be in and out real quick (just the way you like it aye zim ) hehe oh and fuck all traffic to hold you back and no assholes crossing the centreline like the piha trip

hahaha.. fuckin aye! u said buddy! hahah... it's all about efficiency. knock as many down as you can while u got the time and energy! haha.

ya, tell me about it. first u have the teenage pricks that think it's cool to drive with a 30cm gap between your tail and their bumper. or that try to boost it when u move to overtake.... the idiots... on teh bright side, i never saw a car disappear that quickly before - in my rear view mirror... bless the bends! haha. welsford aye... if i ride out tomorrow with shingo, i'll run that plan through him. sounds like some ample learning grounds! cheers!!!

[shingo]

hahaha.. fuckin aye! u said buddy! hahah... it's all about efficiency. knock as many down as you can while u got the time and energy! haha.

ya, tell me about it. first u have the teenage pricks that think it's cool to drive with a 30cm gap between your tail and their bumper. or that try to boost it when u move to overtake.... the idiots... on teh bright side, i never saw a car disappear that quickly before - in my rear view mirror... bless the bends! haha. welsford aye... if i ride out tomorrow with shingo, i'll run that plan through him. sounds like some ample learning grounds! cheers!!!

Just so you know, weather forecast for tomorrow(well, today) aint looking to flash. I'm keen for a trip to piha or similar if it clears up for a couple hours, but i dont think we will be able to fit a trip up to wellsford in and not get wet.

[TOTO]

Have well over 5 hours of footage from sat. Here is a small clip...

[Slyer]

Nice man, can't wait to do stuff like this eh.

[klyong82]

Nice clip Toto.... I had fun riding with the R6 amazing speeds it gets into a sharp bend. The Fireblade was fun and a mission to keep the front down...

somemore pics the the lads...look at the one with Kyle (easy on the crack mate)

[Jahdafario]

dan - you're getting better and better man!! considering the short time you have had your bike, you take (mostly) intelligent lines and don't do too much dumshit but just get onto your mate and hit him up about riding smarter aye

cheers buddy, i shit myself on that last part because i didnt have the nut sacks for it, got to my limit there for sure,, yeah ill let him know definately,

great ride cheers all, hers some pics, dam i wish i took some of coro, weather was fkn mint,

[Jahdafario]

Have well over 5 hours of footage from sat. Here is a small clip...

toto that is fuckn sick! mean mean

[bomma]

Have well over 5 hours of footage from sat. Here is a small clip...

hehe see me n kyle shoot off on the bigger hornets at the start of the video footage, we blazed through that bit till the whitianga turnoff!! some mean azz peg scrapage all along those twisties!! was awesome and my favourite part of sat's ride

[2wheeljunkie]

here's my breakdown of the day..set out very excited in the morning as i have neva done the coro loop b4..a little bit of fear not knowing what was ahead of me but i think my excitement was even greater..met at uni to a good number of sweet babies and their owners..made some new friends like choco, hamish and steve..pretty sure i knew the rest..then we set out on the most AMAZING ride in my two years of riding..i mean cant stop thinking how awesome it was following dan and nish (cheers for taking leads boys..u guys did a farkin amazing job)...yeaa what can i say bt AWESOMEEEE DAY AND RIDEE..!!!

things i learnt from the ride...

1. eventhough i cudnt imagine it was possbible bt i hv found an even HIGHER LEVEL OF LOVE FOR THE HORNETT...!!!! she is farkin amazing..

2. I need soo much moree practice..

3. Riding is proly D greatest rush / feeling in the world.

ps: cheers for the tips on the ride nish..wat a good c**t and BIG UPS to dan for organising it. Cheers to Kim and Dan for the pics, Choco for the awesome footage ( go the farkin hornets), Toto was putting up the footage and every else who made it nothing short of a brilliant day..

[Ragingrob]

So you had an alright time then Kyle?

[idleidolidyll]

wifey and i did the loop on saturday too.
we stopped at Thames to check out the market first before heading upo that way and doing a clockwise lap.
Lots of small groups of bikes in both directions but no big groups we could see even while stopped at the Coroglen for an hour or so.

I was surprised (pleasantly) that there was not a single cop or radar squeak on the whole trip from Sth Auck and back.

Bloody good day it was.

[motorbyclist]

Have well over 5 hours of footage from sat. Here is a small clip...

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can't believe that you got all that way without getting stuck behind one car!