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Post by vtrstormer on May 27, 2014 18:14:36 GMT 10
Hi guys,
I would really like to hear from all what your favorite ride is? Is it laps of the Old Road, The Putty, Oxley Hwy, Great ocean road etc.
Details of your fav routes is what I am after?
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Post by kenmoore on May 27, 2014 19:24:42 GMT 10
All rides are good, however if I'm bored I like to ride up to Kiama, then take the Jamberoo road down into Albion Park.
Turn left onto the Illawarra Hwy and go up Macquarie Pass through Robertson.
Turn left into Pearsons Lane go through to Fitzroy Falls, down Barrengarry Mountain into Kangaroo Valley to the Friendly Inn.
Couple of schooners and relax and check out the bikes and people. See some really funny things and cool bikes.
Then ride over Cambewarra mountain to my village at the bottom.
Sometimes I mix it up and go the other way and stop at Berry for a bevy or two and check out the scene.
This is a good ride with many corners and opportunities to relax or go berserk depending on how I feel.
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Post by vtrstormer on May 27, 2014 19:42:21 GMT 10
All rides are good, however if I'm bored I like to ride up to Kiama, then take the Jamberoo road down into Albion Park. Turn left onto the Illawarra Hwy and go up Macquarie Pass through Robertson. Turn left into Pearsons Lane go through to Fitzroy Falls, down Barrengarry Mountain into Kangaroo Valley to the Friendly Inn. Couple of schooners and relax and check out the bikes and people. See some really funny things and cool bikes. Then ride over Cambewarra mountain to my village at the bottom. Sometimes I mix it up and go the other way and stop at Berry for a bevy or two and check out the scene. This is a good ride with many corners and opportunities to relax or go berserk depending on how I feel. This is what Im after guys...rides like this that we can all share. Sounds great Ken |
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Post by erno on May 28, 2014 15:30:42 GMT 10
Cant beat north east victoria  |
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Post by vtrstormer on May 28, 2014 17:08:59 GMT 10
Cant beat north east victoria Just the "Tip" Erno or do you have a road that you follow.....lol |
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Post by erno on May 28, 2014 17:28:03 GMT 10
Heard it has great roads  |
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Post by madadz on May 28, 2014 18:22:30 GMT 10
Hi guys, I would really like to hear from all what your favorite ride is? Is it laps of the Old Road, The Putty, Oxley Hwy, Great ocean road etc. Done all of them and would be hard to put one ride in as favourite. My perfect ride would be. Mac Pass three times longer with Grt Ocean Rd for the places to stop, the Oxley either side of Gingers and half the roads we ride at Albury. |
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Post by binny on May 28, 2014 18:30:25 GMT 10
My all time favourite is The Oxley between Wauchope and Walcha. I haven't actually ridden since i had my yellow storm but I remember it well. I lived north of Newcastle so i used to do a Buckets way- Thunderbolts Way - Oxley loop quite often. Locally for me now I like a lot of the roads around the Gold Coast Hinterland and Northern NSW. A good loop for takes in roads around Advancetown, Beechmont, Numinbah Valley, Springbrook etc. Like the example google map here - goo.gl/4KJbAaI start near Ipswich though so my total distance is a lot more than that. |
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Post by vtrstormer on May 28, 2014 18:38:41 GMT 10
My all time favourite is The Oxley between Wauchope and Walcha. I haven't actually ridden since i had my yellow storm but I remember it well. I lived north of Newcastle so i used to do a Buckets way- Thunderbolts Way - Oxley loop quite often. Locally for me now I like a lot of the roads around the Gold Coast Hinterland and Northern NSW. A good loop for takes in roads around Advancetown, Beechmont, Numinbah Valley, Springbrook etc. Like the example google map here - goo.gl/4KJbAaI start near Ipswich though so my total distance is a lot more than that. binny great post mate. I was in Tamworth on monday for work and wanted to travel the Oxley but in the work truck I dont think it would be the same... |
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Post by kenmoore on May 28, 2014 21:02:17 GMT 10
Another good one for me is a quick blast up to Neriga, stop for a bunger and then onto the Hume through Tarago etc.
Stop at the first servo , fuel up and then onto Exeter, Bundanoon and the Valley.
Stop in the Valley for a bevy or two and then a quick blast back over the mountain to home.
About 260K's and a great country ride.
A variation on this ride is to go down the Clyde and onto Batemans Bay. Then head north to Ulladulla and on into Nowra.
Both rides are good and make a great day trip.
There are some great sections on both these trips but you need the best part of a day to do it comfortably!!!
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Post by bowler on May 29, 2014 19:10:07 GMT 10
Starting at Jindabyne , go up thru Thredbo over Dead Horse Gap thru to Khancoban , then up the best motorcycling road in the country to Kiandra , turn right for a blast down to Adaminaby and Cooma. More corners than you could poke a stick at , little traffic and wonderful scenery (if you have time to look at it). Nirvana.
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Post by vtrstormer on May 29, 2014 20:00:02 GMT 10
Im guessing summer would be better for the blast through Jindy?
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2014 20:20:46 GMT 10
I've been a hobbit all my life and as much as its a bad surfaced, cop infested, tredly riddled, tourist rubber necking stretch of road, the Nasho is where I rode my RD250 on L plates in the early 70's. There's a shit load of better bits of tar all over the country but in the summer during the week after work around 7pm no cars around, its heaven on two wheels.
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Post by bowler on May 30, 2014 22:22:59 GMT 10
Im guessing summer would be better for the blast through Jindy? Slightly more pleasant John , yes  |
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Post by vtrstormer on May 31, 2014 7:00:29 GMT 10
Bit hard to ride in all your thermals and riding gear on top...
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Post by carlos8 on Jun 1, 2014 11:06:20 GMT 10
We start at Muswellbrook then to bylong,kandos then Lithgow for a counter lunch.then the bells road to Windsor and the putty road home.A good days ride.
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Post by vtrstormer on Jun 1, 2014 18:02:30 GMT 10
We start at Muswellbrook then to bylong,kandos then Lithgow for a counter lunch.then the bells road to Windsor and the putty road home.A good days ride. Thats sounds like a great day out. Let us know when your heading out that way again... |
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Post by carlos8 on Jun 4, 2014 17:46:42 GMT 10
We will most likely wait until it warms up Lithgow and surrounds get a bit cold in winter.I will post up a message when we are going that way.Usually about 8 to 10 of us.
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Post by vtrstormer on Jun 4, 2014 20:54:20 GMT 10
We will most likely wait until it warms up Lithgow and surrounds get a bit cold in winter.I will post up a message when we are going that way.Usually about 8 to 10 of us. Sounds like a plan mate.... |
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Post by kenmoore on Jun 6, 2014 18:44:54 GMT 10
Put the wet weather gear on and ventured to Johnos Corner out past Neriga for a burger and coffee.
Fortunately the road was dry and void of traffic.
As a consequence I had a red flashing light approx 60 K's out from Nowra on the return trip. Sat her on 120 and I'm sure it was running on fumes when I got to the Shell in Nowra.
All up 240 Klms on 1 tank, but I was thrashing it on the way up. Once I saw the red light it put a halt to proceedings.
A great ride with some long sweeping high speed corners on a great day!
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Post by vtrstormer on Jun 6, 2014 20:38:19 GMT 10
Put the wet weather gear on and ventured to Johnos Corner out past Neriga for a burger and coffee. Fortunately the road was dry and void of traffic. As a consequence I had a red flashing light approx 60 K's out from Nowra on the return trip. Sat her on 120 and I'm sure it was running on fumes when I got to the Shell in Nowra. All up 240 Klms on 1 tank, but I was thrashing it on the way up. Once I saw the red light it put a halt to proceedings. A great ride with some long sweeping high speed corners on a great day! Your lucky mate I think anywhere north of Wollongong has been pouring with rain....there is no way my bike will see the skies or the roads at anytime this weekend.. |
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Post by kenmoore on Jun 7, 2014 7:02:54 GMT 10
It's dry in the Shoalhaven this morning.
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Post by vtrstormer on Jun 7, 2014 7:24:24 GMT 10
It's dry in the Shoalhaven this morning. Rained all night here...bugger! |
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Post by snap64 on Jun 8, 2014 8:46:25 GMT 10
We start at Muswellbrook then to bylong,kandos then Lithgow for a counter lunch.then the bells road to Windsor and the putty road home.A good days ride. Hi Carlos, Is Muswellbrook to Kandos sealed all the way ? The last time I did Bylong Rd there was some dirt. Cheers Scott. |
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Post by carlos8 on Jun 9, 2014 16:36:37 GMT 10
Yes it is tar all the way has been tar for about 3 years its a great ride.From sandyhollow to the road over the railway tunnel 20 km out its the old road,Quite bumpy and narrow,but the rest is good,plenty of nice corners.
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Post by Hobastard on Aug 9, 2014 23:23:20 GMT 10
It's dry in the Shoalhaven this morning. I used to love Cambewarra Mountain. Grew up in Nowra, and used to ride it 2 or 3 times a week, just for fun, moved to Tassie in '93. Didn't get a chance to visit the mountain when I was there in 2010, but the ride up the Coast Road from Melbourne was like visiting an old friend, then I realised that I hadn't actually ridden it for 30 years. |
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Post by kenmoore on Aug 10, 2014 7:43:54 GMT 10
Ho, did you go to Nowra High?
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Post by sjscicluna on Aug 10, 2014 20:28:29 GMT 10
Anything past the driveway has to be mine at the moment : (
//stay upright\\
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Post by Hobastard on Aug 11, 2014 1:33:07 GMT 10
Ho, did you go to Nowra High? Bomaderry High. I rode a Z650, then a Black Z1000 both with Fairings, Then a CB1100R. There werent many of those in Nowra. Finally a GSXR1100 then I moved to Tassie in 93. |
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Post by kenmoore on Aug 13, 2014 19:58:20 GMT 10
For some reason I think you are mr Danny Sloane!
May have envied your GSXR, at the time I had a 906 Paso!
Am I right?
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