The Great Coro Burger fest Saturday 16/09/06

[_Gina_]

So what happened to you ? no turn up ?

Sorry, had animals to attend to, bloody responsibilities of having two acres in the boonies.

Will have to do lunch again sometime next week aye

Gg

p.s is Ken awake???

[Kornholio]

I mean you were WAY faster than Nana Boomer anyway

Lol and whats even funnier is that Dover is slower than Boomer

[Kornholio]

Sorry, had animals to attend to,

Stify playing up again was he??

I actually thought I passed you on the way to Tairua and give you a big wave but it ended up being Kittyhawk lol....i think she thought i was hitting on her at 100mph heh

[The_Dover]

Lol and whats even funnier is that Dover is slower than Boomer

Being in front of you makes me nervous.

I like to keep the simple country folk out front where they can be carefully monitored.

[Richard Mc F]

Sorry, had animals to attend to, bloody responsibilities of having two acres in the boonies.

Will have to do lunch again sometime next week aye

Gg

p.s is Ken awake???

YEAH awake ..................yet some what distant...........HA, attending to animals usually means use of blades and hot plates................mmmmm burger.


This week is f****d so maybe next week for a lunch time fang.

Call me at the cube farm......

[beyond]

Just a quick update as some have asked after Gary.

He is coming along okay. He sees the specialist again on Friday and they may remove the pins and fibreglass cast off his hand, hopefully.

His right leg is still sore and stiff but he is now managing to walk a bit more on it.

To give you an idea of how hard he hit the van, after hitting that lousy bump, his immaculate and well cared for R1, is a writeoff.

I was running my new Black GSX1400 in over the Coro Loop this last weekend and most those areas of bad roads South of Coro and before the lookout, have been spot sealed now and patches resealed. So be careful around there when you are out next.

The Whitianga to Coro hill is still pristine Gave my BT020's a good workout but looking forward to another set of Z6's or Pilot Roads as soon as the BT020's are worn out. They are a bit skitty in the wet.

[sAsLEX]

Just a quick update as some have asked after Gary.

He is coming along okay. He sees the specialist again on Friday and they may remove the pins and fibreglass cast off his hand, hopefully.

His right leg is still sore and stiff but he is now managing to walk a bit more on it.

To give you an idea of how hard he hit the van, after hitting that lousy bump, his immaculate and well cared for R1, is a writeoff.

I was running my new Black GSX1400 in over the Coro Loop this last weekend and most those areas of bad roads South of Coro and before the lookout, have been spot sealed now and patches resealed. So be careful around there when you are out next.

Good to hear your mate on the mend! don't take much to write them off these days though with all the plastic bits on them.

Are the works signposted? And is it better now or jsut more dangerous?

[beyond]

Thanks Saslex.

Yep, the works were sign posted but you know how they stick out one sign for a whole lot of separate stretches. You just have to watch for the last one saying works end and then get ready for the next lot.

No, it's not better. They have gone from the normal chip seal that was quite nice to the heavy duty stuff they use on patch ups. So there will be a lot of loose stuff on top for sometime after the signs are taken down

I dunno about the rest of you but lately our roads are turning to crap. They are getting worse every week you go out. If it's not potholes on your riding line, it's loose gravel, dodgy repair jobs, hollows and lumps in the worst places.

Getting to the stage you need triple steering dampers alongside your triple clamps.

[Fishy]

Are the works signposted? And is it better now or jsut more dangerous?

Some of the gravel is signposted others aren't so it pays to be careful heading from the lookout point to Coro area.

[Leong]

Good to hear about Gary's progress Paul. Seems like a long time ago we did that ride... yet Gary is reminded every day....

[Ozzie]

Good to hear of his progress mate, hope all continues to improve to plan.

How is the insurance claim going? Will it be long before he is back in the saddle?

Got a few thoughts running through my head regarding the state of the roads, but need to give it a bit more of a crunch before I try and act on anything.

Know any lawyers that ride motorbikes and want to get in the headlines?

[beyond]

Hiya Ozzie,

Yeah, they paid out but he recently dropped the value and lower than it should have been. Gary will do track so will pick up a track bike at some stage and he has the Tuono to road ride on. A few more weeks and hopefully he will be back in the saddle.

I don't know any lawyers that ride bikes

You would think the insurance companies would be jumping up and down about all the claims they must be getting because of the state of our roads.

Just before I traded the blue and white 1400 for a new black one, I hit a massive hidden pothole on SH22 and dented the front rim Would have been a different story if that hole had been on a corner as well.

I like how the roadworkers patch a strip of seal right on your cornering line but just around the corner so you don't see it till you are nearly on it. No signs, a quick pucker and a few twitchies if you are lucky and off to find the next one.