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trip from port macquarrie to brissy and back
« on: October 19, 2014, 08:29:22 PM »
hi guys just thought id let you all know i went for a ride to brissy over the weekend :wht11 . ... my adventure started and 5.30 am Saturday morning :fp,,, decide i needed a ride.. keeps me sane lol.. anyway headed of in the rain ,but cleared by macksville and on to Brisbane, sat on a dollar 110 and made good time ... stop at Grafton for a cuppa and beacon and egg roll :popcorn.. stop for fuel in woodburn and straight  through to goodna to see some mates.got in to goodna at 11.30am. i did 550 km that day..had a chat and a couple of bourbins  :beer :Cake1 ,, next morning departed at 7.30 am qld time :hatwave.. rode straight through to grafton to get my bacon roll and fuel up and adjusted Tyre pressure.. then hit the road again for a nice cruise to home.. it was a great ride, but my ass cheeks  :butt were red and sore by the time i got home :H... all in all a good ride .a total of 1200 km . just thought id share my little outing .. ride safe friends.
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Re: trip from port macquarrie to brissy and back
« Reply #1 on: October 19, 2014, 08:31:52 PM »
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Re: trip from port macquarrie to brissy and back
« Reply #2 on: October 19, 2014, 08:46:54 PM »
Nice run.  Thanks for posting.
Now, to work on that putty butt.  PM me if you need one of the IronButt secrets.    ;-*
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Re: trip from port macquarrie to brissy and back
« Reply #3 on: October 19, 2014, 09:25:55 PM »
Nice one Jack  :like Thanks for sharing......helmet time is great for sanity preservation.



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Re: trip from port macquarrie to brissy and back
« Reply #4 on: October 20, 2014, 01:00:49 AM »
Great ride report Jack  :thumb Thanks for sharing  :clap :clap :clap
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Re: trip from port macquarrie to brissy and back
« Reply #5 on: October 20, 2014, 04:04:59 AM »
nice one Jack, always good to hear about other riders exploits
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Re: trip from port macquarrie to brissy and back
« Reply #6 on: October 20, 2014, 07:07:00 PM »
Quote from: Biggles on October 19, 2014, 08:46:54 PM
Nice run.  Thanks for posting.
Now, to work on that putty butt.  PM me if you need one of the IronButt secrets.    ;-*
i thought i had a hard ass biggles , but not hard enough for the old ST11 ..
just need to ride more might have to head west next time ,, thanks for the reply mate
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Re: trip from port macquarrie to brissy and back
« Reply #7 on: October 20, 2014, 07:08:29 PM »
Quote from: ST2UP on October 19, 2014, 09:25:55 PM
Nice one Jack  :like Thanks for sharing......helmet time is great for sanity preservation.



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yes it is mate ive save thousands of dollars lol  :think1
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Re: trip from port macquarrie to brissy and back
« Reply #8 on: October 20, 2014, 07:14:05 PM »
thanks to all for  the replys ..  :-++ i need more hours in the seat ,, but life just takes up so much of my living hours.\
ride safe guys and if anyone's ever heading down or up the pacific hwy let us know..and stop in for a coffee or a nice cool drink.  as i live on a property just south of kempsey right on the hwy..  :beer :Cake1 :beer
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Re: trip from port macquarrie to brissy and back
« Reply #9 on: October 20, 2014, 10:15:03 PM »
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if anyone's ever heading down or up the pacific hwy let us know..and stop in for a coffee or a nice cool drink.  as i live on a property just south of kempsey right on the hwy.

Living there where we go past often, you'd better register with ST2UP in the Bed/Shed/Fed category in the unlikely event an ST quits near there.
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Re: trip from port macquarrie to brissy and back
« Reply #10 on: October 20, 2014, 10:29:56 PM »
jack,


Thanks for sharing, and if you want more ride time I'll point out for a little bit further you might consider the 8th Nov RTE to Esk.  http://ozstoc.com/index.php?topic=5993.0
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