2025 ride through NSW/VIC

Sorry... no 250cc bikes in this report.
Let me know if you wana come next year... Riding , drinking, behaving badley.. repeat....

Hey guys, getting hard to organise a ride that everybody here can attend, but we got a crew together and went for a ride .... here a some pics and notes on last week's ride.
Northerners met up at Bathurst on Monday morning, KiwiMat (GSXR750) Heapy (RS660) Wardy (Multistrata Pikes Peak V4) Dobbo (R1200S) Buckets (1200GS) , Mark n Deb (R1200R). From there rode to Crookwell via Trunky Creek, turned right before Crookwell and rode to Boorowa, had lunch there, few beers. From there... Harden, Jugiong (pub closed..ggrrr) and onto Tumut

Bathurst



Boorowa

 

Tumut... we met up with Fisso (S1000XR) and Randall (KTM orange 1290 thing) had many drinks... Heapy didn't get the trout....



After a pissy night at Tumut and some breakfast we set off for Tallangatta via Tumbarumba and Jingellic... onto Mitta Mitta, Omeo, Mt Hotham to Harrietville.

Jingellic




Mitta Mitta



Glen Valley... Falls Creek turnoff



Omeo



Mt Hotham

 

Stayed at Harrietville.... $11 beers a bit steep... Pool comp rigged by the staff playing and winning... Pool was nice for a swim... bout 18 degrees C.
Had breakfast in Bright and set off over Towonga Gap to Mt Beauty, up to Falls Creek, onto Bomb Corner, left to Mitta Mitta pub for a beer n lunch, back to Harrietville via Lockhart's Gap and Towonga Gap. Purchased a few cases of beers and bottles of red wine this time.. had a swim and a merry night , JB (K1300R) joined us in the morning for a day ride.






Mt Beauty



Falls Creek



Glen Valley





Towonga Gap

 

After a big night, the group broke apart to head home and other places... Few of us went to Bright for breakfast and then me and Dobbo headed North.

Turnoff to Towonga Gap



Tumut



Boorowa Irish Pub




Barmaid on my bike.....

 

2 days ago
Set off early from Boorowa at n 7am, Cowra, Bathurst, Lithgow, Sydney via Bilpin, Dobbo went through Wisemans Ferry to get back to Newcastle

Boorowa



Bathurst

 

good effort for 5 days riding. it was 32 degrees C every day. Great to catch up with some of the boys. I gave the gsxr750 a flogging, it performed flawlessly, the $3000 worth of suspension work at Shock Trreatment really paid off, that bike was planted to the road the whole time.
I swapped bikes with Wardy for the run back over Towonga Gap, That Ducati Multistrada V4 Pikes Peak is insanely good, goes around corners like its on rails, most comfortable seat every, stupid amount of power!! Ride one if you get the chance.

before......

after...





Metzler M9's performed well, wore evenly, few slides from melting them powering out of corners in 2nd....... backed off and rolled out in 3rd to combat that a few times....




offerings from the trip....



Lloyd (7) testing bike....




That's all folks..

Will try and do this again next year... anyone keen let me know. Probably be first week of March.

 

yeah that toilet shower setup is different..... , there is a single door closable shower on the left as you enter, but if you didn't know you would think it was another toilet.
Rooms and showers ok for dirty, drunk/hungover motorcycle riders. Balcony tops for drinking n smoking...

 

I came off my K1300R in 2018 at Falls Creek..... dirty inside corner... lowside and slid for 10+ metres before going over the edge, ankle was hyperextended and fractured ankle, tore the ligament and some bone off the other side. only think that saved my leg getting ripped clean off was the BMW HP pegs I had on it are fixed, not fold up spring loaded pegs, so the bike slid down the road on the peg and I went off another direction.. and yeah TAC paid for everything, including 80% of my income for 5 months recovery.



Tricky roads to ride fast, need 100% of your attention. The guys loved the sound of me thrashing the 750.