Gosling1 wrote:that would be great - Hopefully Strika will be OK for a departure from the Bay around 0900, which gives us enough time to belt down the hill early in the morning......
, do the run down the coast road, back up through the hills to Nimmity, and back home by mid-afternoon easy......he could then make it to Cann River by nightfall.....
I might even make melbourne Gos !!!
Well it was a bit of an epic journey.
I slept in till 7-15 this morning after another 1-30am finish. By the time i loaded n dressed it was near on 7-50,with fuel taking me to about 8-00.
I started off in just my leathers,hopeing the rain would hold off. It was racing me as i tootled along the hume. By Broadford it had started drizzling, so i stopped n donned the JR w/Proof jkt. In Hindsight, i should have done the pants too,as half n hour later it started pissing down!!! I stopped under an o/pass n slipped into the duds too as well as slipping my hands into some warmer gloves.
The rain continued like this for 200klms. Just after rejoining the fwy from filling up, a Honda Integra shot past me!!!!! Now i couldn't b 100% sure,as the tank bag sometimes obscured my view of the playschool clock! But i reckon he was doing @ $1.60!! So naturally inplayed wingman,using him as radar fodder. At some points it "felt" like we were doing 200klm's an hour!! But i know in reality that's just being silly isn't it!!! LOL
After Albury the weather started to gradually dry out n warm up. But not before the stitching on my Ventura bag came slightly apart, with the wind catching it and finishing the job!
next thing i feel something hit me in the back,n i glimpse something fly off the bike!!!!
The wind had literally ripped the bag a new zipper without a zip! Opened it like a tin opener.
I u turned n headed back down the road salvaging what i could. Thankfully,laptop et el were ok n didn't get jetisoned! I rearrange things n used some ockies to tie it together enough to get me to Holbrook,where i wasted forty minutes finding some good gaffa tape n a couple of xtra ockies. Job done! I couldn't open the bag,but at least everything was dry and contained!!!!!!!
Mr. Integra must have passed me when i stopped,as just the other side of Jugiong he was pulled over on the side of the road having an exchange of views n ppwk!!! Apparently $1.30 was the damage report!!! His mate was driving though!!
I caught up with them again just after the Yass svc centre. We then resumed play till we hit the Sydney traffic n i lost him. He must have been revving the ring off the Honda to keep up!!
Arrived at the apartment in Parramatta at 4.43pm.
The bike ran well, although i may need a chain after this run.
Thankfully,the run home won't be a transport section. Apparently Gos n possibly Mick are gunna sort a few turns for me!!! I think i might post some of my gear home. The weight really made it struggle in the bends. Even the sweeping right from the M7 onto the M4 had the front oscilating at full lean!!!
cheers!
"I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me" Hunter S. Thompson.
There are really only two questions in life. 1.Which way do i go? 2.What is the lap record?
) so I usually drive up, take a detour off the hume and drop in to see her on the way through! 
Just amazing really.......woke up this morning to the sound of *rain* pissing down on the roof 
