The Great Coro Burger fest Saturday 16/09/06

**R6_kid:Me** · 16th September 2006, 19:09

Originally Posted by boomer

Fish givin me the bird as he flys past, then Gareth_D wanting to start a scrap with the "local whos aggressive" .. hahahha

whos this Gareth_D fellow?

Originally Posted by boomer

ps.. the burgers @ the KOPU PUB are SHITE!!!!!!!

lol, shut ya mouth you raving homo.

**R6_kid:Me** · 16th September 2006, 19:26

Well!!!! That was bloody awesome.

mynameis rocked up at my place at 8.10am and helped me oil my chain and gave me the hurry up so we could catch up with hurricane_r for the ride out to the Autobahn.

Ride started off good chilling out at around 110kmh through the first few roads after Aririmu. Started thinking the ride was gonna be gay with shitloads of straight roads... got to Paeroa and a few of us were thinking WTF are we doing? Got to Karangahake Gorge only for it to be clogged with cages. Then some more straights before getting to Waihi and discovering the road to Whangamata, that was fun, first time i've ever been over there.

Decided i'd wear my draggin' jeans to 'slow me down', well after that stretch of road i was kicking myself for not going with leathers as some of the corners were just asking for a bit more pace and a bit more lean (and maybe some accidental knee down).

Was also my first time doing the loop backwards at any decent pace on a bike. I'd done the bit from Kopu-Whitianga one time in the dark/wet on shit tyres so today was kind of like another virgin ride.

With my experience at Taupo fresh in my mind, confidence in my boots and heat in my tyres i picked up the pace and stuck with Boomer and Speedie for a bit, then somewhere along the line Kornholio and the other boys came past and took of with speedie. Boomer had sore nuts or something so was kinda off-pace but still going decently quick on that Honda (which he still cant wheelie any good

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Introduced hurricane_r and RM125king a fair pace heading up over the hill from Whitianga-Coromandel which really good fun as always, both RM125King and myself were well impressed with hurricane_r's ability to throw his little 250 around making sure he didnt get left behind, and making up for it in the corners when he did lose us on the straights.

By halfway down the coast we were a bit stuffed so pulled over for a rest, which turned out to be a popular place as everyone else decided to join us! Cruised the rest of the way down to Thames/Kopu at 110ish and generally just let the bike do its thing. Then we set off on the long and slow SH2 to head home.

Had a couple of hairy moments, like when i hit a 'rift' in the road when i was leant well over, a tad over the speed limit, which resulted in my bike being on a line 1.5ft to the left of where it was before.

Was sad to see a couple of people come to grief at different points, hope that dude on the ZXR gets it sorted ASAP, GSXR600 - take your time dude the 600's can bite ya as you found out today

, and to Beyond's mate on the R1 - wtf happened dude??? Your bike wasnt looking too happy but was good to see you were ok.

Cheers to all those that turned up, both for the good pace, the fun ride, and the shit talking at the stops! Thanks ZRXER for organising it. I had a chicken burger at Coroglen, apart from the wait it was quite good.

**Kornholio** · 16th September 2006, 19:34

Lol see ya I told ya I wasnt Superman eh Boomer... pity it had to be right in front of you lol....heh try following those black marks ...Finally got to meet Chris(DMNTD) and a few other familiar faces... awesome as always Beyond and Zed and others....oh and becareful not to touch other peoples toys eh Zed

**Turtle** · 16th September 2006, 19:37

A great day had (apart from my now aching back)....thanks for the organisation there ZRXER..do it again anytime.Was good to put some more faces to names and catch up with others.and the coro scallop burgers rok.

P.S. hope to see yr faces again next weekend at Okarierie.

**Kornholio** · 16th September 2006, 19:41

Originally Posted by R6_kid

, and to Beyond's mate on the R1 - wtf happened dude??? Your bike wasnt looking too happy but was good to see you were ok.

WTF!!!!...it was mint when i last seen it at Coroglen???

**Kornholio** · 16th September 2006, 19:44

Originally Posted by Turtle

P.S. hope to see yr faces again next weekend at Okarierie.

Where the fuck is that you rickety old man?

**R6_kid:Me** · 16th September 2006, 19:47

Originally Posted by Kornholio

WTF!!!!...it was mint when i last seen it at Coroglen???

thats because he dropped it after coroglen....

was about halfway up 'the hill' maybe 2km back from the top lookout, on the way down the coast from Coromandel town.

**boomer** · 16th September 2006, 19:53

Originally Posted by Kornholio

Lol see ya I told ya I wasnt Superman eh Boomer... pity it had to be right in front of you lol....heh try following those black marks ...Finally got to meet Chris(DMNTD) and a few other familiar faces... awesome as always Beyond and Zed and others....oh and becareful not to touch other peoples toys eh Zed

i'll let you tell the story but i honestly thought you were putting on a show for me until.. well..

that black mark must have been a good 3 metres long and your laughing in your helmet was audiable from 20 foot away, over yours and my exhaust and the persuing rabble and a people wagon ... Fukin priceless!!!

Bling to you mate!!!

**Kornholio** · 16th September 2006, 20:03

Originally Posted by boomer

i'll let you tell the story but i honestly thought you were putting on a show for me until.. well..

that black mark must have been a good 3 metres long and your laughing in your helmet was audiable from 20 foot away, over yours and my exhaust and the persuing rabble and a people wagon ... Fukin priceless!!!

Bling to you mate!!!

It was a pleasure as always riding with you Dunc... although I thought you passing me on the outside of a corner with one wheel in the air was a bit over the top

Lol and thanks for shittin yourself for me on that corner...obviously I didnt have time to do it myself

**saul** · 16th September 2006, 20:05

Originally Posted by boomer

i'll let you tell the story but i honestly thought you were putting on a show for me until.. well..

that black mark must have been a good 3 metres long and your laughing in your helmet was audiable from 20 foot away, over yours and my exhaust and the persuing rabble and a people wagon ... Fukin priceless!!!

Bling to you mate!!!

I'm listening korn do tell

**Leong** · 16th September 2006, 20:17

What an awesome ride!! Thanks for organising ZRXER. Good weather and apart from road works near Miranda and one patch of seal repairs somewhere between Tairua and Whitianga the roads were in great condition. Bit of a wait for the burgers at Coroglen, but well worth it IMO.

Great fun thru the twisties between Whitianga and Coromandel... absolutely loving the Gixxer. Got a good close up view of the road surface a few times and finally got rid of the beads of rubber on the edges of my front tire (leftover from it's time at Philip Island), but on the right side only.

After the SV I thought there would be less engine braking with the IL4, but I found myself using just second gear thru the twisties so there was plenty. Only one bit of drama on the way home near the top of the hill after Hotel Du Vin where the back end slipped out slightly on the slightly muddy surface, and even that wasn't a big deal. Good to meet a few more KBers!!