Yeah it was a nice day good to catch up with you all only sorry I didn't get to hang around, well theres always next time  

Just sticking my head in to say helllo.

You Sydney blokes should've gone through the RNP Sunday morning, me and a bunch of other guys went for a run down the coast, and went throught he RNP about 8:45am, as soon as you hit the dark section, it was so cold (heard it was ~5C) whenever you let out a breath, you couldn't see! After that though the weather for the whole day was great.

I'll have to try to catch up with you lot the next time you organise a ride somewhere.

glad to hear from you Brembo always need more NSW riders stay tuned to this post for next ride date (although not to sure when)  

Welcome brembo to our group  

all the best matt your friend

Safe Ride

Hi there to Brembo, and *bump* to keep us on the 1st page..oh and BTW, I dropped my new VFR 2 weeks ago...lesson reiterated:

Slippery roundabout + Cold tyres + A little 2 much throttle = LOWSIDE

Sorry to hear about the lowside at least by the sounds of it your ok thats the important thing, was that a new VFR?.
Also to the other Aust GS riders just did the progressive fork springs on mine and its the best $130 Ive spent on the bike so far even better then the BT45 tyres if you haven't done it yet rush out now and do it its amazing the difference compared to the standard springs, it now brakes MUCH better and holds its line so much better then before and you can feel everything from tipping in to pulling out of bends its all there no vague spots at all, it actually makes the front forks feel like motorcycle forks not mountain bike forks as they did, now I'm almost thinking I don't need to upgrade to a bigger bike yet as things just became a whole lot faster woo hoo  

I was thinking about getting some pregressives, and when they're needed next, some much stickier tyres. ATM I'm running Arrowmaxes, hardest tyre compound known to man Next time I might try the GPR80's or a mate suggested BT092's? One of the guys I ride with runs GPR70's on his 250RR, great grip but not a long life tyre, the GPR80's have more life, same with the BT092's.

But I think you've sold me on the progressives, I'll start putting some money away for those!

Colman,

Sorry to hear about your lowside, it's good your ok . I don't know you haer about a fornight ago a rider went down here.  

he the was late Frank Doble 67 of Mt Annan. he was heading north on the
highway & was turning into Moss st when a car was also turn into
Moss St from the Right side of the Highway when they Crash.

I feel very Sad Everytime I hear of one US going down it's even
worse when it's not the Riders fault. I wish Cars would take more
care & look out for riders & not think about them selfs all the
time. there must be somthing that can be done maybe Run T.V Ads,
when ppl do there L, P's they should be told to keep an Good eye for
riders.


all the best matt    your friend

Safe Ride

Thanks Luke, yeah brand newie (only had it a month with about 1,100k's on her)...Big thanks to you too Matt..It's funny (not haha funny) that when you become a bike rider, you all of a sudden pay attention when the traffic reporters of a morning mention "...due to a motorcyclist down on cnr..." I too wince and think of the unknown (to me) comrade who has become a victim of a careless cage driver or his own circumstance...

Still, I cant wait to get back on her and take my chances amongst those lunatic drivers oblivious to anything outside of their own little world, rather than sit at home and let life pass me by....

Cheers boys  

Colman

Colman, all the best for a speedy recovery (for you and the bike)!

For anyone who's interested in a Macquarie Pass ride this UPDATE:Saturday, 18 June, I'll be starting off at the Macca's on the highway in Albion Park Rail at about UPDATE:10 am.

Let me know if you're interested, so I know who to wait for.

Cheers,
Paul.

would like to but will be installing rear shock and chain and sprokets sunday so hopefully next time  

No worries, mate.
I've just edited my last post...
It's now gonna be tomorrow, Saturday 18 June (instead of Sunday) at 10 am (instead of 11 am), still at Macca's on the highway in Albion Park Rail.

Went for a ride through the Royal National Park (RNP) today (like I usually do every Sunday) and boy it's slippery. Every whinter it gets this way, it's cold all the time, when it rains the rain takes days to dry, and today the road was green   moss all over the place. The chilling coastal breeze didn't help much when I got down to Bald Hill  

went for a ride sunday up the old pacific Hwy and the road was getting damp up there as well so it shows winter is with us again.
Fitted my new rear koni shock before I went as well as new chain and sprockets still have to do some fine tuning but otherwise it is already soooooooooooooooooo much better I can actually feel everything now although it is a little firm but the only problem now is that to adjust the rear spring I have to take the shock off the bike due to the collar adjustment but thats a small price to pay for the feel I have now and I can still adjust dampening while its still on the bike so once I am happy with the spring it should be set and forget ( I hope ) although I get the feeling I have more suspension now then I do have bike  :lol:    

Any you guys interested in getting one of the GS pewter key rings I've PMed Airbrush to get a price for key ring and postage so I will let you know    

A rubber one I'd be interested in. The only place I'd use a GS500 ketring is on the GS's keys, and metal keyrings are a nono IMO, last owner of my bike had a monster bunch of keys and now the triple clamp and front of the tank are all scrathed up

Yeah, I'd be interested. Are you thinking of getting him to send a bunch together to save on postage?

yeah thats what i was thinking, also was looking into seeing about plastic or rubber key rings but would need to have a minium of 250units made so that may be a bit of a pain but I will still look into that but will still look at getting the pewter one to put on my spare keys  

Hi All,

I finaly got my computer going  my Vid card was gone $60 later she work like a dream well for now until I can update it.

I also got my personal No. plate the other day it look soo cool & you know what it's not the black & white ones which you must pay a $100 a year    I pay a one off fee of $174 & I got to pick my plate two letters & three No.s or the other way around  thats the good news & the bad side of things our only sealed road into my town is been upgrade for month now ( man they work way to slow) & it look like it might going for least another month or so :x because of the rain we havew had ( I know we need it) they guys should be able to do it in three week not a month .
I guess when they finish I will do a BIG ride  :mrgreen:

all the best matt your friend

What a horrible weekend. The rain, cold temperatures, carby jets didn't come in. To top that off, I've had a stomach bug for the past couple of days co I'm feeling downright horrible