Brisbane Riders: GSR/Katana Australia Run 3rd January - You're invited!

[Twisted]

I reckon I'd be looking at 90 minutes to get to the start point. Ride Sunday, Ride Tuesday. Another ride Thursday - this an all day affair - I have to say "no" to. Unfortunately.

Where you heading Tuesday?

[mister]

I'm thinking it's M'bah via Numinbah. Prob do the Racetrack. Leave Yatala at 7am. Join us. 

[peteGS]

No worries guys, if you can you can if you can't you can't...

Thursday is definitely an odd day and I normally organise these for a Saturday or Sunday. Unfortunately I can't do the weekend and I reckon there'll be shitty traffic coming back from holidays on Friday so Thursday was the next best thing.

Looks like we might have another fella from the GS Resources who just got his GS1100G back on the road... depends on his back pain and getting a new rear tyre as his split on his first run back over Mt G 

[Twisted]

Sorry. I won't be able to make it. I'm stuck up the Sunny Coast

[peteGS]

Sorry. I won't be able to make it. I'm stuck up the Sunny Coast

No worries mate, didn't end up getting out of Samford until about 7:45 so I figured you weren't coming

Actually I must apologise, I normally PM my mobile to anyone who's coming so they can let me know if they're not able to make it etc. and I completely forgot to do that.

[peteGS]

Turned out to just three of us today, Macca (Kat forum), Mark (GSR), and me.

Macca rode the Gixxer as he hasn't got his Qld rego plate on the Kat yet and Mark was on his very nice GS1000.

I was a bit slack with photos and people kept parking between the bikes at Samford every time I went to get a start shot, but trust me it was a great day with great weather. Lots of blue sky with enough cloud cover to keep it from getting too hot.

Nothing ground breaking on the route we took, but it was a bunch of fun nonetheless.

We started at Samford, went the fun way to Dayboro via Mailman's Track/Bygotts' Rd, Bunya Rd, Clear Mountain Rd and then the usual little detours like Kriesch Rd and Kobble Creek Rd into Dayboro. Much more fun than the highway.

We pulled up briefly in Dayboro to stretch legs and Macca's back:



We continued on over Mt Mee with a fun little detour via Ocean View Rd (thanks for remembering it Macca, I forgot!) and pulled into the rest area up the top for another leg stretch and a couple of pic's as well as a chat with some Ulysses fellas.







Then it was off to Woodford for a toasted sandwich or pie or whatever. Not too many bikes around as it was a Thursday but still a few cruising past here and there.



Macca had to bail out at Woodford, so Mark and I continued on via the usual roads to Maleny and we successfully got rounded up by a fella on a chook chaser who obviously knows that road really well! I couldn't believe how hard he was pushing with knobbies on... when I let him by that rear tyre was squirming all over the shop! Hopefully I have some of that on video...

Anyway, we continued on to the Bellbird Cafe near Kenilworth and pulled in for a quick drink before heading up to the Obi Obi Rd for some more fun and then instead of going through the painful Montville circus, Mark took us down to Palmwoods via a very fun little detour there.

We pulled into the Palmwoods pub for a cleansing ale before continuing on to Landsborough where on the way I got rounded up by a Nissan Patrol I think it was... that guy obviously knew the road but he could drive it as well!

Mark and I parted ways at Landsborough and even though I intended to take a different way home I completely missed the turn off and ended up taking the usual route through Maleny and back through Woodford and over Mt Mee etc.

I had to pull in to the rest stop near Dayboro to get some circulation into my butt as it was crying enough by then so I snapped a couple more shots to show the awesome weather (and the 450 of course... haha):







Then it was off home and only a short detour via Bunya Rd for me.

I've got almost 30GB of video to edit now so will have some up late this week or early next week. My camera turned itself off several times so I'm not sure how much I missed, but at least I think I've figured out why it's happening as it's not the first time.