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Who wanted to come out for a spin this weekend?

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I'm almost certainly in.

BOM (http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDN10064.shtml) says Saturday will be fine.

How about the old (southern) faithful:
Loftus Oval 8:30
Nato
Bald Hill
Maq Pass
Robbo Pie Shop
Kangaroo Valley
Home

(Maybe ditch Kanga valley and just head home from the Pie shop to keep it a little shorter to for time poor.)


SuperTIB you coming out for one.last.ride or what  :'(

Yeah that sounds fine, happy with that.
Andy what are you up too?
Who else, Tricolore or Big T? and Six95

Interested but just need to see what the go on Saturday is with the Boss....  [roll]

Hey guys , Yes i'm in for a ride for sure.
Just to confirm , I went for a spin through the National Park after work last week to try out the new baffles (wayyyy to quiet now) and as Big pointed out there are indeed 2 sections of dirt where they are doing roadworks.
See you Saturday.

It's a maybe as I have to be somwhere at 1pm. (if you lot want to head down early) [roll]

Also I will need to take the other bike as the Duke is in the shop. [bang] [moto] [bang]

Rob [popcorn]

F#*K !  not the other bike Rob  [bang]

 Whats the other bike  ???

The other bike.............. If you ride behind a little............





Cause you can ride the with us on the other bike Rob, who cares what you ride just as long as you do.
Is 8:30 not early enough Rob?
 
So Andy if we go in from Waterfall and come down to the middle of the Park will we avoid the Cross Country work?

AARRGH!!  :'(
I'll be in NZ celebrating my 30th. I'll be officially an old bastid on Sunday the 14th.
Sorry Matty.
Next time for sure

You will have to just wait and see! ;D

If we are headding to Robbertson PRAY that it does not snow! :o :o :o

You call thirty OLD??? ???

You aint seen nothing yet!

Put me down as a definite maybe - have to see what else is planned......

Rob - I will ride with you, even if you are on 'another' v-twin  [moto]
pffft thirty. You aren't even out of nappies yet!

Matty I can't answer that one , as I headed up the hill from Audley Weir (going south) it started to rain so it was muddy , cold , wet and dark. I'd had enough by the turn off to waterfall so I took it and headed home. I didn't see what was south of the turnoff. I'll do a reccy run tommorrow afternoon.

Awesome Andy. Nato is interesting at the best of times let alone if half of it is currently a dirt track.

Route we took last time looked something like this (http://tinyurl.com/ll4nef) IIRC. (I always get confused with the Mount Keira Rd bit)

I'm going to be at Mecca in the City at 7 for a few quick caffeine hits if anyone Northside wants to meet up their before heading over to Loftus oval [coffee]

Thanks look forward to the update.

Rob, just think you may even be able to interpret a 'nod' to a monster rider as one meant for you  ;)

It's only one short section , and one lengthy section , I'll check it out and get back to you.

Count me in if i can get my suspension sorted.

I hardened the suspension back up and it still feels like complete shit to ride.

Although i may have found the culprit as when i got to work, i screwed in the damping and preload in and wound it back out. The right hand side preload setting was a full turn out than the left. No wonder it's been fighting me like mad when i want to turn  [roll]

I'll take it out during lunch and see if it rides like a bike should. If not, i'll chuck it off a cliff.

8:30 am, crikey, it's winter guys!!! Besides, have youlot not heard of gentlemans hours???

Oh, it's ok, the Ducati crowd don't want to be seen with the jap bike guy [evil], i understand...
Seriously, have fun guys :)
Z...

Indeed!

I woulda got away with it if it wasn't for those meddling kids! (http://www.emotty.com/images/emoticons/288.png)

Old-Man-Big-from-the-Haunted-Amusement-Park

So I'll see you at Mecca round 11 as usual then?

not-a-morning-person-Big

I'm out...  :'(

Picking up a new toy that has just arrived (a motor-less one...)...  [moto]

Have a good one.....  [thumbsup]

Come on Big T, you can pick that up later in the day I'm sure!
Come for a ride and see the changes to the S4Rs

We shall see.......  [roll]

Sorry guys , I didn't get down there today. I'm in bed feeling a little crook. I'll try for tommorrow.

Andy.

Well I'll be..? If not mistaken I should be right to join you Saturday..Craigo like the sound of meeting at Mecca at 7
cheers
mic

What about this version of Craig's link

linky link (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=-34.0512,151.050661&daddr=Lady+Wakehurst+Dr+to:Otford+Rd+to:Princes+Hwy+to:Mount+Keira+Rd+to:Illawarra+Hwy+to:Illawarra+Hwy+to:Nowra+Rd+to:Moss+Vale+Rd+to:Princes+Hwy+to:Jamberoo+Rd+to:Tourist+Rd+to:-34.396712,150.533981+to:Hume+Hwy&geocode=FYBr-P0dpdkACQ%3BFZ089v0dlUQACQ%3BFTnK9f0dSwkACQ%3BFfgO9f0d9jf_CA%3BFZ438_0dLsL9CA%3BFWVB8P0duV76CA%3BFXQ08P0d_vT5CA%3BFc4u7_0d0kv4CA%3BFbTy7f0dHv74CA%3BFQtp7P0dXOf5CA%3BFfBA7_0dXgT9CA%3BFRgr8f0ddLb5CA%3B%3BFVw49f0d2sT6CA&hl=en&mra=dpe&mrcr=7&mrsp=12&sz=11&via=1,3,10,11,12&sll=-34.353074,150.555954&sspn=0.426292,0.889893&ie=UTF8&ll=-34.329828,150.26825&spn=1.705608,3.55957&z=9)

Basically Craig's version with more added

Early Morning Section
- RNP
- Mt Keira
- MQ Pass
- Camberwarra Mountain through KV, down to Nowra
- The Kiama international speedway
- back up Jamberoo Mountain Road to the Robertson Pie shop

At which time:
- We meet up with people who wanted to sleep in OR
- Say goodbye to others who need to go OR
- we keep going with the moto action

To do the arvo run:
- the back of the southern highlands
- ending up in phesants nest where people can do their own thing to get home.

If we time it right (and depending on the numbers and the "tooling around factor") we could be back in Robertson early arvo (1ish at a guess), meaning that big and z can join us after having the necessary late breakfast followed by a blast up the pass for a shite coffee...  [thumbsup]

what say you all? (and no I don't have a validated leave pass yet, but I promise to try!)

If you get the necessary permission for a day of R&R (Ride & Recreation) the whole thing sounds great.

goldfish just get her a new fridge,microwave and dish washer,she'll get all giddy and start paying out brownie points,Works for me  ;D

What, no vacuum cleaner in the deal, you cheap bastid.
Talk it down all you want, I know Mrs Dock has got you by the short and curly's.  ;D

Oh, I thought I better quote you to preserve the comment, just in case I need it in the future!

Ok , I went through the park today , there is only one section of dirt that is about 800 metres long immediately followed by about 500 metres of loose gravel. This is around 4.5 kms after the Audley weir.

There is also a road sign up at the entrance of the park saying Sir Bertram Drive closed 13/5 till 13/6 Budeeena rd to Warumbul Rd , between 9am and 3pm but I got through there today after waiting for a road traffic guy to let us go through (one way traffic at a time)

Considering the roadworks are scheduled to be finished on saturday (13/6) it may well be all tar by then. However if its not , it's only a short section of dirt and it's not that bad.

If we went in to the park at Waterfall we bypass the roadworks.

Either way i'll be at the Kirrawee Shell Servo filling up around 8ish and at the Loftus oval ready to go at 8.30

Top of Macquarie pass is going to be refreshing!

Thanks Andy.
I'm a half Park (Waterfall entrance) kinda bloke, the front of the park is long and bumpy.
Besides I have some fresh work that I'd rather not sully with extra dirt and stones.

See you all at Loftus.

Line-up includes.

Andy
Matty
Craigo
Steph?
Vince (now with added Paul Smart bling)
Nick (full pardon pending)
Big T (bicycle pick up re-scheduled)
Rob (Bladhill)
Ty (Baldhill)
Serious Groper (issues sorted?)
Big Mic

Bigiain (late shift)
Zee (late shift)

Others?

No vacuum she got one on the last monster ride  ;D

I think we both know who's calling the shots at my place and she ain't 5 foot tall with a dark bop cut hair doo ;)

OK I'm in  [thumbsup] (and no payoff required!)

so if Craigo is meeting @ mecca at 7am, lets suggest this as a rough guide:

	Arrive	Depart
Shell @ Kirrawee	7.45am	8.00am	Run through 1/2 RNP
Bald Hill	8.45am	9.00am	Old Hwy, Mt Keira Rd
Robertson Pie Shop	10.30am	11.00am	Fuel @ Albion Park, then up the Pass
Burrawang Village Hotel	1.00pm	2.00pm	Pearsons Rd, Camberwarra Mtn Rd, Kiama, Jamberoo Mtn Rd
Phesants Nest	3.30pm		Parts ways to go home

MAP LINK HERE (http://maps.google.com.au/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=472+princes+highway+kirrawee&daddr=Lady+Wakehurst+Dr+to:Otford+Rd+to:Mount+Keira+Rd+to:Illawarra+Hwy+to:Moss+Vale+Rd+to:Princes+Hwy+to:Jamberoo+Mountain+Rd+to:Hoddle+St+to:Tourist+Rd+to:-34.389488,150.530891+to:Hume+Hwy&hl=en&geocode=%3BFXyO9v0dlncACQ%3BFbfJ9f0dHggACQ%3BFcpY8_0dnJT9CA%3BFZhC8P0d8GH6CA%3BFYPw7f0dygX5CA%3BFVKR7P0dwPb5CA%3BFdIO7_0dlOT7CA%3BFX4m8P0dg7X4CA%3BFer68P0dDyz6CA%3B%3BFRJo9f0d-Nr6CA&gl=au&mra=dpe&mrcr=3&mrsp=10&sz=13&via=1,3,5,6,7,9,10&sll=-34.371353,150.583935&sspn=0.078495,0.154495&ie=UTF8&ll=-34.363844,150.814819&spn=1.256027,2.471924&z=9)

I'm calling the Burrawang Village Hotel for lunch - it's a little pricey compared to the pie shop, and we might have some fun getting a table, but it comes highly recommended from a number of people, including some locals..

It's on Hoddle St Burrawang, basically go through Robertson, down Pearsons Lane on the way to Kangaroo Valley and the first on the right to get to Burrawang..

(http://www.gdaypubs.com.au/images/photos/small/pub_3809.jpg)

So if anyone can't make it early, you'll know where to meet us for lunch...

Sound like a plan?


Confirmed Riders - Early @ Kirrawee:
Craigo
BigMic
Mattyvas
goldFiSh
Andy55

Confirmed Riders - Early @ Bald Hill:
DucmonRob
Ducsport

Interested but not confirmed Riders:
Big T
Dockstrada
Bigiain
Zee
Serious Groper
MonsterMick (I spoke to him last week and he may be OK for sat, I'll let you know as he's not got easy internet access at the moment)

I'm in, I'll be at Mecca (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=mecca+coffee,+sydney+australia&sll=-33.737474,151.004484&sspn=0.022733,0.046778&ie=UTF8&ll=-33.868819,151.205944&spn=0.002837,0.005847&t=h&z=19&iwloc=A) at 6:45-7:00am for a quick coffee, bigmic I'll see you there (I'll PM you my phone number in case you are late or cant make it). Anyone else that wants to meet up at Mecca early (BigT I'm looking at you ;)), we'll be leaving there at around 7:15am at the latest to get to Shell @ Kirrawee   for 7.45am.

Note: I've been riding to work all week and it is well.frikkin.chilly! Bring neckwarmers and gloves and thermals and anything else you can think of to keep warm (not rum).

So are you bringing out the Smart for a quick spin on Saturday or what Dock?  Garn. Unless of course you are going to be going Left, Left, Right, Right, Left, Left, Left, Right, Left, Straight, rinse, repeat on the Jappa

Craig, I might stop my mecca as well, just see how the morning goes with Nemo, otherwise I'll be @ kirrawee.

Dock's not confirmed, despite him wearing the pants as he says, the pants may well be SOFT fluffy trackies  that don't like it too early or cold  [cheeky] All good news for me and matty with the up and coming sno shenannigans...  ;D

It is turns out his pants are leather, then I'd guess he's on the smart with the all inspiring tyres...

No track day on for 2 weeks  :'(

So kinda thinking may do the Mecca thing to  [thumbsup]

the 7am mecca, or the 11am mecca?

from that answer we can determine the pants - SOFT trackies or leathers  [cheeky]

I have no its to cold excuse for the snow  [evil]

Leathers [thumbsup]

Hey Matty count me in please. So is the meeting no longer Loftus? It's now 8am depart from the Kirrawee Shell per Goldfish? I hate Shell, it destroyed our Aprilia so i will fill up prior [puke]

How fast a pace will the cruisers in the group be doing? The RS125 is being serviced today and my wife wants to come along. She is no slouch but i'll be damned if i can get that bike past 135km/h LOL.

Matty - When we stop can i get you to take my S4R for a quick ride to get your opinion? My mechanic adjusted the bars and suspension for me this morning which has considerably improved the bike. I would like another S4 riders opinion on if that's as good as it gets  [moto]

Don't be worried about the pace Groper its been a while since i rode on the street and even longer since i rode my other bike (Rob)  [cheeky] ,I'm sure the bugs will be hitting me on the back of the helmet on this run.

Are you trying to say somthing Vince?

I will absoloutly not be staying at the back of the pack! >:(

I ride the other bike like it is a Duke, hense check out the foot pegs tomorrow! ;D [evil] ;D

Can't wait to catch up and recieving a bagging!

Rob

Ty where do you want to meet before we head up to Bald hill?

Spoke to the missus and she is keen so it's a go'er  [moto]

We will split off from the group around lunch time as to get back from Kiama is a good 1.5hrs for us.

Rob, Matty, Goldfish. Slight change of plans due to a family committment. I'm still in  [thumbsup] but for the arvo run. Sorry Rob, will not be able to meet up for the early run to Bald Hill. I will instead do the solo blast up mac pass around lunch time, and meet you all at the Burrawang Village Hotel between 1:00pm and 2:00pm. [moto]

Looking forward to catching up. ducsport

No worries ty I have the same problem with the afternoon. >:( MUST OBEY! [bow_down] [bow_down] [bow_down]

See you lot in the morning. [thumbsup] [moto] [thumbsup]

Ohhhh it's going to be cold. :o :o :o

Yep, we're all livin' it  [bow_down] [bow_down]

If it's a 7am start at Mecca then yeah we should make it to Kirrawee Shell for 8am.
But then you know what us lot are like, blah blah blah............
So I think we'll aim for 8am but if it goes a bit beyond that at Mecca then expect us there a little
later than the projected time.

Have a good one you allllll and ride safe......  [thumbsup]

I'm out as picking up another new toy as they are only open tomorrow till mid afternoon...... Just not enough time....  :'(

Matty I'm relying on you to be the time keeper to keep the day moving...
no talk of bling for you.... wait, who am I kidding...


So we have

Mecca:
Craigo
goldFish
Matty
Dock

Kirrawee:
Andy55
Serious Grouper + 1
Bigmic

Bald Hill:
Ducmonrob
Monstermick (90%)

Burrawang Village Hotel:
Ducsport

People for the afternoon run:
Matty
Dock (unless he gets too cold)
goldFiSh (despite organising it, is only 50% as I may have to motor it home for an evening event)
Ducsport
others who feel like it!

no word from Bigiain, Zee, Steph etc, but 1 - or 11 confirmed is still a pretty decent group for 1 weeks notice!

Looking forward to it!

I shall bring my big Watch to keep us on the move.

I think Bigmic was coming to Mecca also, in any case we'll see him there in the morning.
Looking forward to it.
Put a little more bling on tonight also........

YEP I'm a mecca Starter...
see you there...

mic

Sorry guys we won't be able to make it  :P. Probably a good thing as we would have had to leave home about 5am. Obviously we are still a long way from home  :'(

.... as for chilly .... snow-capped Italian Alps anyone? ;D (well we could see them anyway)

Home after a chilly day in the saddle, well not too bad but just cold hands and trouble pulling the levers
toward the end of the day.
As usual there is a bunch of snaps on the Oz Monsters Flickr page.
Great to meet Hope and Glen (a.k.a. Serious Groper). No problems with your bike SG she steers and feels fine to me.
Hope me thinks you need to invest in a neck warmer and maybe some battery heated socks and gloves, oh and don't buy
a Gixer buy an 848 you'll have some much more fun.

Great day riding overall, tops Hotel at "where again" Mick you rock through Broughton's Pass, you disappeared like we were
going backward.

Here's a snap of one of the ring in's Rob's other bike.

(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2478/3621742584_3c7d6cd110.jpg?v=0)

Thanks guys - even though I could only join for the arvo, still had a great time  [thumbsup]
Goldfish, top choice for lunch  [beer] Next time Andy and I will sit inside by the fire I reckon.....brrrrrrrr

Well immortalised Matty, as always. Annoyed I didn't get to see Dock's PS in the flesh, it looks tops. Anyway, there's always next time...ducsport

Thanks all for the great ride today , a very nice pub for lunch which had the tempting fireplace on a chilly day. Was nice to meet some new faces , Ty , Hope and Michael. Some new roads for me too which was fantastic.
See you all on the next one.

Thanks for a great ride today, it was good to meet more of the members on here.

The bike finally felt good, the Aprilia was going ok but needs a new TPS (thankyou warranty). Matty, thanks for the tip on the road back to Bowral, it was a nice road to cruise through and with scenary like that i could have sworn i was in England, the weather definitely felt like it!

Can't wait for the next ride  [moto]

Yup, sweet day. Lunch was awesome, good find on that pub goldfish.

The only problems is I'm.Still.Cold.

Glad you all had a great day,was pretty cold until the sun came out.Great pics Matty.those rims sure look good in the light good to see another chick on the ride oil burner and all and Rob how could you ? dam belt drives, don't the bottom of you feet get cold on that ??? come on all...... you roasted me for the japper look what Rob's got  >:(

My day turned out pretty good as well ended up at Eastern Creek  ;D To watch some racing  [thumbsup]

After a big fall by 2 1098's, on turn 9 one of them ended up in my workshop for some emergency surgery welding and grinding until 9pm to get it together again.

Turned out the owner of the bike is the ohlins distributor for SA.Guess what he will be tuning next  [laugh]anyway Got the 1098 finished and they were as happy as can be ,he was running second in the series and not running this round would almost put him 4th.

Noticed the RC8r WOW what a machine Shannon Johnson doing 1:32 on it  :o
hosing all the field,Hey Matty is that a KTM dealer on the Princes Hwy [cheeky]

Sure is a KTM dealer, Highway Bikes I think they are called.
I think Rob gives himself more than us for the Hardly Davidson, but he did say his Missus was supposed to
be "Cup Caking" with him but thinks the seat is too hard.
There is a seed planted already as he is talking about trading both bikes, some $40k's worth on something really special.
There was mention of the Street Fighter S I had told him about some of the specials Frasers are doing.
I think I saw 1098s Tri Colore for $33-$35 ride away, there are also 1098-R's for $45k I think.

Wouldn't it be great to walk into the bike and trade $40k's worth for something that is $7k less and ask them to top it up
with $7k's worth of bling before it leaves the floor!

As to the ride, love the S4Rs just has grunt to do anything you want.
I was still barely using half throttle compared to the track, so I know how much it has to go.
First time up the pass was in the lead with Uncle Chop Chop behind me, I kept him reasonably honest
though I could still hear him right up my tail chop. Still I was happy  ;D

Second time (yes we went up twice, like having two shags in a day) it was much easier till we coped a tourist bus  [bang]
Didn't spent too much time behind it, Uncle Chop Chop was leading and I was on the follow again  ;D

The run home I was well tired, sore hands from the recent work I've been up too plus the cold was making it difficult to pull the clutch.
Tops day though, excellent turn out for a weeks notice as said by Goldfish. Guess you could tell we were all hanging
for a day out, it has been some time since we'd had a group ride.
Will do another one again soon. Maybe when it warms up a little hey!

You're much more fun to pay out on, that's why...

Now that we've clear that up, did you get all your work done on the japacati? Taking this back on topic (being the ride) I still call you being SOFT for bailing out of a day ride after less than an hour of riding!

Tho, we did manage to get some laughs - that'll teach me for leaving my key in the bike when you're around!

Didn't end up touching the Japa got an anonymous text on the mobile on the way home,

"2 tickets waition at the gate for you Vince Eastern Creek see you there"

so I went like you do [thumbsup]

Vince at least it is a V twin! [thumbsup]

Yes I did scrape the pegs going up Mac Pass and no I was not the slowest bike in the group.

Anyways great morning run hope to do it again real soon.

Oh and nice to meet all that actually went on the ride! [cheeky]

Rob

Thanks for having me fellas.. for my first OZ monster ride...great to meet a few more of you. It was fun....although I have to admit..it feels like today I had more fun remembering the ride while not freezing my ....hands off ?? could that be right?
in any case look forward to the next one.
cheers
mic

  [clap] It was a tad cool, wasn't it? Great to meet some new faces (I know, I need to get out more). Cheers Mic & Andy.

Yup hands are still suffering today!
Rest of me was fine though.