Hi guys,
I'm not much chop with the names and details, but it was a good morning at the shop and a nice leisurely ride through some open country home.
Firstly, got there about 915am. Met Ross (Black ST) and a few other folk as people dropped in for the BBQ. Duncan on a green ST and Simon on a spanking new WHITE Speed Triple. Check out my pics - a lovely bike.
Det arrived on the flash looking silver ST as did Paul on a new Rocket (still being run in) and a Bonneville and America (Det - what are these guys names??). After some breaky and yarning, (and sharing some sausages with the shop mascot - a beautiful brindle Staffordshire Terrier).
Martin the sales manager was very cool and low key. Didn't mind how long we yacked in his car park on the busiest day of the week for the shop - thanks for breakfast dude.
Ok, about 1130 we decided to go for a run. Weather as 8.5-18.5C and bright sunlight. Couldn't ask for a better day. There were 5 of use that could make the ride, (others had used the breaky excuse just to say g'day). The 5 bikes were, Russ, Red Sprint ST; Det, Silver ST; Paul, Rocket III, XXX Black America; XXX Black/Red Bonneville.
Det took the lead and took us through town to Mount Kembla. A great back road with fantastic views over Port Kembla, Wollongong and out to sea as it climbs the escarpment. Watch out for moss and moisture but taking it easy mean you could sneak peaks of the view. From here, the back way through Douglas Park and a great view of the f'way bridge over a creek (the Nepean River maybe??) before a sedate run through Picton and then a little blat over Mt Razorback on the old Hume. The black America has aftermarket exhausts and sounds a treat. Even louder than Det's staintune, the parallel twin sounds fantastic.
Finally through to the Oaks turn off with some nice sweepers before the road on to Silverdale. This road has low traffic, although there are some tourists on the w/e, and is just a bit too bumpy and narrow to let fly too much. After Silverdale, and finding Warragamba Dam is still closed to the public we stopped at Wallacia pub for lunch.
After lunch, we headed off for the Northern Rd for the return trip. I left the guys there to head home to St Marys. All up about a 260K round trip for me.
Thanks Ross and Det for organising. Sorry you couldn't make it Brett.
Det do you want to flesh the report out with more detail?
Russ
pics available at:
http://bikes.no-ip.info/NetRides/200...de-17June2006/
There's also some pics of the new R1200GS Adventure, Daytona 675, R1200S at the shop. Next time we need test rides on them all :-)
[ This message was edited by: ruscook on 2006-06-17 07:13 ]
