Motorcycle Awareness Ride to Canberra

[matt86to]

Hi Guys,

What a Day First of I haed to Bomaderry maccas to meet Greg. from here we went up Cambewarra MT what a GREAT ride into Kangaroo Valley, Barrengarry MT which a good run bar for a car cutting a 25km cor I let him know that I was not happy nothing bad. on to Moss Vale to meet up with the main group from Illawarra Riders Association . from here we took the long way to  Marulan ( we stayed off the Highway) ended up at the BP for fuel  & meet up with the main group must have been a few 100 of bikes there) from here we all left for Canberra's Northbourne Avenue on the highway we all stay as one BIG group for speed limit cruise (yeah right) anyway as we were cruise I notice a GS 500 in the other lane yep guess who Lukewarm Wilson cool  we ari at Canberra's Northbourne Avenue which was  closed to all excepting the bikes who took 2 lanes  must have been thousands of bikes  ( it was Great to see you again Lukewarm sorry we see each other at  Parliament House  but we have to meet  up foor a ride soon)   1.00pm came along we ride to  Parliament House ( man it was great I have never had this feeling before it's too hard to put into words. from we went to Queanbeyan for fuel your next stop Braidwood pub for something to eat on theway we lost two eiders but they did turn up not long after. we made a run it because a badd storm was comming so we left for the Batemans Bay which we re-group there & well it was starting to look like the storm was follow us so we were off again we meet at south nowra were I said my goodbye man it was a GREAT Day & Ride:)

all the best matt:) your friend 

Here are my pics that I took Enjoy:)

             here a pics of the storm that follow us 

[bubba zanetti]

Looks like it was a great day, shame I wasn't able to make it.

Thanks for the pics, what a great turn out. 

[Lukewarm Wilson]

Phew just got back yesterday arvo decided to stay down there for the night after coping a bit of dehydration and lack of food at parliment.
As matt said what a great ride sooooo many bikes good entertainment and atmosphere if I have one compliant about it well a couple no food for sale no toilets except for a trip to parliment house ( thankfully lotsa trees)  you would'nt have wanted to be a woman and they ran out off tshirts for sale.
Other then those gripes great weekend will defenitly be at the next one

PS Matt I have put the video footage on disk as a VCD not as good quality as DVD so I will try it as a DVD as well but it still came out OK I have a small breif shot of you as I went passed you

[brembo]

Haha, I got caught in that storm while making my way from Batemans -> Canberra some time in the afternoon! Just outside of Bungendore, the heavens opens and I got nailed by it. Couldn't see 20m infront of you and it was quite literaly raining sideways Had a decent weekend, went to Canberra via Maq Pass, Kanga Valley, Batemans, Kings Hwy etc. Didn't see one cop the whole way down (I hope they didn't see me too). Went back via the Fed/Hume Hwy's and again no cops till 10min from home on Heathcote Rd  Few good parts to the trip down overall, but alot of boring highway bits, add to that the traffic Kings Highway between Bateman and Braidwood is great fun 

Overall did about 800-850km on the weekend Ticked over 35,100km on the way home too, so the bikes due for a service soon, plan on getting the mech to look at the clutch and also the cam chain is rattly again  If the cam chain needs replacing I might go a manual CCT, I've heard it's better, have to talk to the mech about it.

[matt86to]

yep I really hope they do it next year 

Lukewarm,

yep know it was a little hot that day ,my Jacket is in the wash  . Cool we will have meet up soon so I can get a copy. I have been tell my friends at work who did not  go how many fun we & how many bikes there was, they keep telling me to go away  .

brembo,
man I feel for you as I said before we stop at Braidwood pub, I could see it comming all I want to do is just go for it. I was told too that Canberra  had one which was not to good too.

hey guys have ever heard of this helmet OGK aeroblade II I'm looking at buy this helmet here a pic


all the best matt:) your friend

[brembo]

brembo,
man I feel for you as I said before we stop at Braidwood pub, I could see it comming all I want to do is just go for it. I was told too that Canberra  had one which was not to good too.

Haha, to be honest, I love riding in the rain  The storm was awesome most of the cars on the road at the time pulled over or at least put their hazards on. What was suprising was how abruptly it stopped. Massive storm one second, nothing the next ?!

[matt86to]

brembo,
man I feel for you as I said before we stop at Braidwood pub, I could see it comming all I want to do is just go for it. I was told too that Canberra  had one which was not to good too.

Haha, to be honest, I love riding in the rain  The storm was awesome most of the cars on the road at the time pulled over or at least put their hazards on. What was suprising was how abruptly it stopped. Massive storm one second, nothing the next ?!

just waondering what time did you go thrugh Braidwood? we where at the Braidwood about 3.00pm- 4.00pm

all the best matt:) your friend

[brembo]

Absolutely no idea what time I passed thru Braidwood. I left Batemans about 2:45pm and headed inland. I was passing groups of bikes going the opposite direction for most of the way between Batemans and Bungendore though, I probably passed you along the way.

EDIT: My GPS reckons it takes 45min to get to Braidwood from Batemans, so I guess I went thru about 3:30pm, didn't stop though. I think I was stuck behind a boat going thru town.

[Lukewarm Wilson]

Matt just to let you know the VCD of the ride is ready to be collected