Hey all, just letting you local Brissie riders know you're welcome to join us GSR and Katana Australia folks on our New Year ride Thursday 3rd January.
I know it won't work for those who don't have time off, but it seems at least a few of the regulars there do so the date is all set.
The ride's also known as the "Where the Hell are we Going?" ride as there is no set route, just a starting point and one meet up point, everything else to be determined on the day.
Here's the details:
Also known as the "Where the Hell are we Going?" ride... no set destination or route!
For those of us who still have time off work (or can score time off), here's a New Year's ride!
Date: Thursday 3rd January.
Time: 7am arrival for 7:30am departure
Start: Caltex Servo corner Samford Rd and Main St, Samford.
I think we should aim for Woodford around the 9:30am mark departing around 10am to ensure there's another place for people to meet up if they can't make Samford but aside from that and probably heading north into the Sunshine Coast hinterland, no set route.
Route to be determined on the day, picking the most fun and twistiest roads we know...
Who's in?
PS: If you're not able to meet at Samford then PM me (or one of the others if there are any) your mobile and I'll let you know when we're hitting Woodford. I will shoot you mine also. We may be able to accomodate other meeting points but hard to know until we know where we're going...
Is it a Suzuki only thing?
I don't think anyone will object to non-Suzuki's turning up... as long as you like them it's all good :D
Ok. I spose I can wrestle the GS out past the Ducati in the garage if I have too :thumb:
Hahahaa that's the way :thumb:
We've had a Trumpy Tiger along before but most of us are definitely Suzuki nuts...
Can't make it myself, but these sound like ROTD rides I used to organise when MTBing. ROTD is Roll Off The Dice, as in get to a point (trail head), and roll the dice to determine which way to turn. Made for some interesting rides, doing trails often in directions you would never normally consider.
No worries mate, normally we do these on a weekend so hopefully you can make another.
Normally we decide a route in advance too but given I'm not sure how many can make this one we'll give this a try... could be a big failure but who knows right? :dunno_black:
ROTD sounds like fun though, maybe I should take some with me? Might be easier for FOTC (flip of the coin)... haha
That is how Dice Man used to decide on his travels and sight seeing.
Quote from: mister on December 28, 2012, 01:27:19 AM
That is how Dice Man used to decide on his travels and sight seeing.
It's certainly one way to guarantee you'll see something different!
Quote from: peteGS on December 28, 2012, 04:15:19 AM
Quote from: mister on December 28, 2012, 01:27:19 AM
That is how Dice Man used to decide on his travels and sight seeing.
It's certainly one way to guarantee you'll see something different!
one ROTD ride we had to intervene and ignore them, just to stop going around in circles. :technical:
Hahahahaha classic! I could see that happening... I'd best take control of the dice on Thursday then... ha!
Quote from: ThatOtherGuy on December 28, 2012, 04:26:25 AM
Quote from: peteGS on December 28, 2012, 04:15:19 AM
Quote from: mister on December 28, 2012, 01:27:19 AM
That is how Dice Man used to decide on his travels and sight seeing.
It's certainly one way to guarantee you'll see something different!
one ROTD ride we had to intervene and ignore them, just to stop going around in circles. :technical:
Well, the idea is not to decide left/right, but a choice of two destinations. So....
YOu arrive in Fernvale. Roll the dice Esk or Splityard.
When you get to said destination, Lets say Esk then it's either Somerset or Hampton.
If hampton once there it is either, Murphys Creek or North. No circles that way. :thumb:
Yeah true... I know where I want to go to start with on Thursday but will see what the greater numbers agree on...
So including Twisted we now have four definites... sheesh it's gonna be a small group this time! Oh well, I'm keen and can't wait... love a good day's ridin'! :thumb:
We're still sittin' only on four definites but that'll just make the decisions easier :thumb:
I reckon you could twist mister, slips and cods arms into coming.
Well I reckon they should! I think Cods is working but may be wrong... however Cods you could have a sit on my 450 and see how the 'bars feel...
I don't think I can make it but now I know about it ill keep my options open for you guys.
Quote from: peteGS on December 30, 2012, 04:07:48 PM
Well I reckon they should! I think Cods is working but may be wrong... however Cods you could have a sit on my 450 and see how the 'bars feel...
Lol Thursday is a little hard for me. I finish work around 9.00am and would need another hour or so just to get to the starting point so that rules me out :(
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.
Quote from: mister on December 30, 2012, 09:42:15 PM
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?
I'm thinking it's M'bah via Numinbah. Prob do the Racetrack. Leave Yatala at 7am. Join us. :thumb:
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 :icon_eek:
Sorry. I won't be able to make it. I'm stuck up the Sunny Coast
Quote from: Twisted on January 02, 2013, 02:30:38 PM
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.
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:
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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.
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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.
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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):
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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.