R e n d r a g

Took a cruise up the coast to Wyong to see Sharree for her Birthday. Fantastic ride, except for one stretch through sydney where some smart cookie has decided to resurface the highway 2" above where it used to be.. – but haven’t raised the drain covers in the middle of the road! Dislocated my shoulder and twisted the front forks! ARGH, oh well guess I know what I’m working on one night this week..
Was a great trip other than that though 🙂

Went for a ride with the OCAU folks yesterday (Only one other Canberra peep, kel, but we met up with plenty of sydney-siders) – was pretty terrible weather (fog so heavy we were getting soaked), but was a pretty fantastic day all up..

Kayjay just pointed me at OCAU.MC – It’s the OCAU people with Motorcycles, and goddamn, there’s PEOPLE IN CANBERRA!! Think I’d better start hanging around and see if I can’t find someone in Canberry to ride with..

Now THAT is what I call a ride!
Distance: 3150Km
Trip Time: 48:15:30
Max Speed: 134Km/h (Passing a f@#@ car driver on the way back from mt.gambier)
Average Speed: 65.3Km
Total Fuel: 181L
Average Consumption (L/100K: Min, Max, Avg): 6.63, 8.52, 7.21
Yes, ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC trip!@#
Had to give the throttle pivots a good soaking with CRC at Melbourne on the way home, as the left pair were sticking open slightly, and had to adjust the pilot jets at mt.gamber, as one bank was waaay too rich, one bank too lean – now it’s running like a charm!
You know the funniest thing? even with Allllll that camping gear on the back of the bike, I *STILL* had a 5 sec 0-100 :-p
Photos coming soonish!

Woohoo, got all the campsites for my holidays booked! Leaving Monday morning, heading to Batemans Bay, then following the coast road down through Bega, Genoa, then then turning off at Orbost and heading into Cape Conran to camp for the night..
Day 2 get back onto the highway and head through Bairnsdale, Sale, Yarram, Welshpool, Foster, and camp for the night at Waratah Bay..
Day 3 head out to Wonthaggi via the coast road, up to Koo-wee-rup, and back down to Hastings for the afternoon/night..
Day 4 Head off again, catch the Queenscliff ferry from Sorrento to Queenscliff, then head through Barwon Heads, Torquay, Lorne, Apollo Bay, Port Campbell, Warnambool, and camp for the night at Port Fairy.
Day 5 head off through Portland to Mt Gambier and have a stickybeak around, then head back off after lunch through Hamilton to Halls Gap to spend a couple of days camping in the Grampians!
Day 7 head off through Maryborough, Castlemaine, and end up at mum’s place in Kyneton!