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Bikes Thru a Bar
Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 9:55 pm
by wazza1234
http://www.bikesthruabar.com/
Looks to be interesting but I fear it will be a cruiser fest...not really my cup of tea. Someone might be interested though so I postred it here. A work mate told me about it today.
Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 10:00 pm
by ttc
That's funny I actually logged back on to post it
I'll be there, it is mainly for cruisers, but a lot of sportbikes are going, it's a unique event and raises money for charity
I think it'll be great fun

Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 12:23 am
by les2010
Hey Wazza1234 and Tanyathe cheeky, are you's hinting that Ulysses members mostly ride cruisers are ya, WELL are ya, HEY, ARE YA, ya calling me old and decrepit and I can't ride a sporty,

i'm a Ulysses member and you wouldn't catch me dead on one again, something about feeling your front wheel bending in to meet the frame when your on the brakes, eeewwww, horrible feeling, seriously tho, you'll find most of the bikes are tourers or sports tourers.
Les
Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 6:04 am
by ttc
Les if i was, a few Ulysses members on this forum would kick my ass into next week
The ride itself is mainly aimed at cruisers going by the displays they're going to have there

(eg 12 guage customs, morgon and wackit, some kruiser club) but the z club will be there as well and Qld early motorcycling club
They're hoping to get 1000 bikes... it's going to be awesome

Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 6:42 am
by wazza1234
les2010 wrote:Ulysses
I never mentioned them...
Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 6:57 am
by les2010
No you didn't wazza1234, the link takes you to a Ulysses site tho.
Les
Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 7:08 am
by bonester
You going Wazza? I would have to take my Virago to that one! BTW rode the Virago to Ipswich and back the other day...first and last time- Toowoomba-Ipswich and back to Gatton, and the tank was dry- can't even do 200km to a tank- 160km or so...yuk.

Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 8:44 am
by jewjew
Wouldn't the organisers be getting very sleepy from carbon monoxide poisoning after the first 100 or so bikes.
Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 10:21 pm
by wazza1234
bonester wrote:You going Wazza? I would have to take my Virago to that one! BTW rode the Virago to Ipswich and back the other day...first and last time- Toowoomba-Ipswich and back to Gatton, and the tank was dry- can't even do 200km to a tank- 160km or so...yuk.

Thinking about it...have to see what the calander/missus has booked for that weekend. 200km to a tank sux. I reached reserve on the gpx a couple of weeks ago...318kms. I only remember cause i had never used the reserve switch before and the engine stopped, took ages to start...good thing i got that new battery.
Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 10:26 pm
by bonester
Kewl Wazza. Do you have a 'prime' position on your fuel tap? If you do, that means that your fuel tap needs engine vacuum to switch the fuel on- if you run the carbs dry on main tank, using the prime to fill the carbs again will work better than winding it on for a while.

Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 6:27 pm
by wazza1234
bonester wrote:Kewl Wazza. Do you have a 'prime' position on your fuel tap?
negative

should make a day of this. I wont stay over night but might go for the day....although i am jsut informed that I have a 21st starting at 3 in the avo....how far is it?
Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 6:42 pm
by esie
negative

should make a day of this. I wont stay over night but might go for the day....although i am jsut informed that I have a 21st starting at 3 in the avo....how far is it?[/quote]
Aratula is about halfway between Brisbane & Warwick. From Toowoomba it would be about 125km.
Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 6:43 pm
by esie
tanyathecheeky wrote:That's funny I actually logged back on to post it
I'll be there, it is mainly for cruisers, but a lot of sportbikes are going, it's a unique event and raises money for charity
I think it'll be great fun

We're thinking about going - something a bit different!

Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 10:00 am
by ttc
I won't be going, just realised it's on a saturday which means i'll be at work
dammit dammit dammit
Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 10:57 am
by ZX10R King
I hope they don't have steps going in and out of the bar.....o o o o r r r r y y y y o o o u u u w w w o o o u u u l d be like this if y y y y o o o u u u w w w w e e e e r r r r e e e t a l k i ng