Hey Wolfman, are you interested in getting together for a ride?

[ozzieboy]

Well we just got back to the workshop from our ride...300km's of Twisties....nearly got rained on in the last 40km's...a few drops, but Mikey led us away from it, and towards some more twisties.....yay for Mikey!

Ride report coming, with photo's...and i think Mikey has some decent video....but all will have to wait till we get home...

:rockon:

Ok. Home now myself. Thanks guys for a top ride. I do have some video...I'll have to edit it though.....I may have inadvertently popped over the speed limit by a couple kays for a few seconds, and i don't need any grief over speeding...lol.

As for dodging the rain.....I'm getting pretty good at it. Just have to stay away from Mount Lofty and head towards Corro Valley. If it's raining in Corro then you are gonna get wet...lol.

Cheers
Mike

 

[Wolfman]

Ok, here is a pictorial review of yesterday's ride....not so much ride photo's...well none actually, but more of what we got up to when we stopped along what ended up being a 310km ride for Mikey & me at least.

It all started at the workshop at about 11am....first i turned up, followed closely by Andy (Apollo......contender for "lurker of the year" with Stumbles!), then Gazza - my business partner in the shop, thundered in on the mighty Z1000, followed quite a bit later, by the very ragged looking, and unusually late Mikey (Ozzieboy)...me thinks he had Humpy's towel on loan last night! Definitely not enough beauty sleep! No photo's...will spare you the theraopy bills! :Flip:

So at about 11.30am, the four of us ventured off down Marion rd to our first stop, Delamere Post office & General store, down past second valley...ride there was ok, weather was good, traffic was a bit heavy, and our pace was moderate.

Here we all are at Delamere...
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Then after a quick visor clean, and a smoke, it was off to the "D" road to Victor Harbour, for a cleansing Ale, a bite to eat, and a general perve! :spank:

The ride down the "D" road is always entertaining, and today was no different...Gazza and Mikey cleared ouit, whilst Andy and myself maintained a slightly more conservative pace.....no traffic, but lots and lots of bugs as usual! Oh and Gazza nearly ran out of juice coming into Victor Harbour....

Anyway, once we got to Victor Harbour, there were quite a few bikes about, here's our lot , with a whole bunch of mainly cruisers, and tourers....parked out the front of Mikey's old haunt, the Crown Hotel....He told us he had "relations" in the park opposite the pub!
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When we lift Victor...Gazza and Andy left Mikey & Me for the quick way back to Adelaide.

Mikey & me set off for Lobethal to meet Matty (Silverback) via Meadows, Mount Barker, and Woodside...we had a fairly spirited ride, if uneventful, which is probably a good thing with me and Mikey, as "Eventful" normally involves moving targets!

Here is a rather boring photo of Mikey chilling at Lobethal...waiting for the world's biggest hot dog, that wasnt actually a hot dog to be served to him....
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Another rather boring photo of Matty chilling at Lobethal...
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Here is a photo of our 3 bikes out the front of the Amberlight Bike Cafe at Lobethal...
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Then Mikey was served This...it was truly huge...and very good at covering Mikey's face as welll...
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Mikey cointemplating the last bite, or two!!!
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Noticed 2 other things at Lobethal, both courtesy of the hapless Silverback....first one was this!!!
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Yep, his numberplate has snapped off! Yep, the MT01 vibrates so much, it has caused stress fractures in the metal number plate, leading to it dropping off unnoticed on Matt's ride to meet us at Lobethal this Afternoon! If you know Matt, this would only ever happen to Matt!

And these!
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Truly the most battered pair of Alpine Star boots in History...velcro on sides is completely screwed, and in true Silverback improvisation...he fixed them the only way he knew how...the half arsed way....Lol! Duct tape to the Rescue.....Who said we are rednecks!

Well, anyway, didnt take anymore photo's past this point in the ride...but after leaving Matty to limp home with no registration disc (it was attached to his numberplate! Lol!), and no license plate....Mikey and i then played dodge the rain through the Twisties for the next hour or so....before returning to workshop for a Cordial!!!!!

No freaking beer in the fridge......Gazza!

Anyway, was a great ride, with great company, and weather was pretty decent for about 80% of the ride...

:rockon:

:rockon:

 

[ozzieboy]

OK. Got some video to slap up. Not HD though.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpFtkY5Y7Pw[/ame]


Cheers
Mike


Edit....oops...wrong link....all fikkest.

 

[sempul]

man this is a fun link to follow lol. but i noticed you guys are drivning on the wrong side of the road lol. i actually have been there once a coulple of years ago. i drove there and almost hit a guy head on while yelling at him for being on the wrong side of the road while he did the same thing to me! to bad he was right of course lol. i can honestly say there was absolutely nothing bad about your country. if i did not have things tieing me here i would be there so fast it would make your head spin! thanks for the pics.

 

[Wolfman]

man this is a fun link to follow lol. but i noticed you guys are drivning on the wrong side of the road lol. i actually have been there once a coulple of years ago. i drove there and almost hit a guy head on while yelling at him for being on the wrong side of the road while he did the same thing to me! to bad he was right of course lol. i can honestly say there was absolutely nothing bad about your country. if i did not have things tieing me here i would be there so fast it would make your head spin! thanks for the pics.

Lol!....i did the same thing when i was in Paris once!!!! Screamed and hollered at this poor little French guy...then realised i was completely in the wrong!

As for our beautiful country...yes we are blessed...but, shoosh, we try to keep it a secret, especially in Adelaide....we have awesome twisties to ride...right at our doorstep.

:thumbup:

 

[Kriswithak]

Reminds me of the day I was heading down a one way street (berry street in north syd) that leads down to the freeway/bridge, and there was a guy in a little honda driving UP the road. He was extremely lucky that it was a quiet Sunday morning and the traffic was very light, and everyone was in a good mood.

 

[ozzieboy]

Reminds me of the day I was heading down a one way street (berry street in north syd) that leads down to the freeway/bridge, and there was a guy in a little honda driving UP the road. He was extremely lucky that it was a quiet Sunday morning and the traffic was very light, and everyone was in a good mood.

I did the one way street thing in Kadina once on a dare...lol.

It's out in he sticks, and I was in a Valiant....What could possibly go wrong?...lol. I am older now....not sure about wiser though.:thumbup:

 

[ozzieboy]

What we need is some more pics.:thumbup:

 

[Wolfman]

Hmmmm....waiting waiting waiting.....uploading, uploading, uploading!

 

[Wolfman]

Some more photo's from Yesterday's ride....

Apollo's Bike!
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Mikey's Bike!
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Gazza's Bike!
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My Bike!
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The world's biggest bike mounted GPS, rearwrd facing camera scareen for a bike, on Apollo's bike!
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The rearwards facing camera!
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Would love to find out more about this set up Andy...if you see this???

:rockon:

 

[Kriswithak]

I'm a bit shocked by that Z1000, its actually a sexy looking machine!
I saw one the other day in orange and almost had an accident while trying to prevent the vomit spewing out my mouth. All that orange plastic /shudder

Very cool GPS too!

Also goes without saying your FZ6 looks great

 

[Wavex]

Thanks for the pics guys! Man I haven't ridden a way too long!!!

 

[ozzieboy]

I'm a bit shocked by that Z1000, its actually a sexy looking machine!
I saw one the other day in orange and almost had an accident while trying to prevent the vomit spewing out my mouth. All that orange plastic /shudder

Very cool GPS too!

Also goes without saying your FZ6 looks great

It rides better than it looks....lol:rockon::rockon:

Ohlins suspenders all round, braided lines and the extra horses over the FZ6 are sweet too..lol.

It's very hard to catch

 

[Wolfman]

It rides better than it looks....lol:rockon::rockon:

Ohlins suspenders all round, braided lines and the extra horses over the FZ6 are sweet too..lol.

It's very hard to catch

Your pretty hard to catch yourself buddy....not that i can be that bothered chasing! Well occasionally...i am almost due!

:sinister:

I can feel another ride coming on....and it's getting closer to "Night riding" season too!!! Woohoo! :rockon:

 

[ozzieboy]

Your pretty hard to catch yourself buddy....not that i can be that bothered chasing! Well occasionally...i am almost due!

:sinister:

I can feel another ride coming on....and it's getting closer to "Night riding" season too!!! Woohoo! :rockon:

LOL...night riding season never stopped:rockon:...lol....it just got colder and wetter, with more debris on the road and it's harder to get the tires up to temp.

I know...I'm not a well man.

As for being hard to catch....lol...The way I dawdle along between corners a Harley could keep up...lol....well, until the next lot of corners.

An FZ1 should make the Zthou abit easier to stalk...lol.

 

[ozzieboy]

Hey Jamie! Did you ride to work tonight?. What an abso-freaking-lutely awetacular night for it.

Used up a tank of fuel just going home from work.

Saw some funny looking white scratches on the road on my second lap up outta Corro........was the scrape marks from my pegs:cheer:.....lol.

 

[Wolfman]

Hey Jamie! Did you ride to work tonight?. What an abso-freaking-lutely awetacular night for it.

Used up a tank of fuel just going home from work.

Saw some funny looking white scratches on the road on my second lap up outta Corro........was the scrape marks from my pegs:cheer:.....lol.

I wish! Too busy moving into one house, and "renovating" another! Out of bed early again this morning...5th day in a row with less than 3 hours sleep!!!!

 

[Stumbles06]

I wish! Too busy moving into one house, and "renovating" another! Out of bed early again this morning...5th day in a row with less than 3 hours sleep!!!!

Looks like you got the pc hooked up ok, sweet. How did you go with the fridge??

Sorry I had to bail, damn work getting in the way of helping mates out.. :spank:

:rockon:

 

[ozzieboy]

I wish! Too busy moving into one house, and "renovating" another! Out of bed early again this morning...5th day in a row with less than 3 hours sleep!!!!

Sheese...I thought you'd be doing the Highlander or I would've stopped in.....got my PC all sorted .....again...'til the next time....I'm thinking I need a new one. 1998 Mobo and ram......still working pretty well considering...lol.

Have to give you a call and come help out.

 

[Wolfman]

Sheese...I thought you'd be doing the Highlander or I would've stopped in.....got my PC all sorted .....again...'til the next time....I'm thinking I need a new one. 1998 Mobo and ram......still working pretty well considering...lol.

Have to give you a call and come help out.

I was at the highlander last night! You must come down in 2 Fridays time...my swimwear comp final with 25 lovely's in their bikini's!!!

And I have a judges spot just for you if ya want it???
:rockon: