Warwick Morning Tea RTE 15th September

[Streak]

Well there has been a development! there will be a new creation for the Honda ST1100 on show on saturday morning......so if you want to see something awesome and clever I would be coming along 9am Saturday Morning Caltex Warwick.....

Coming Along To Warwick for smoko/breakfast with everyone heading to Inverell on Saturday:

Whizz
Stormcove
Wild rose
BusinessBiker

It is going to be an Awesome Saturday! if your free to come along to say hello, add your name to the list :)

[stormycove1]

looks like i'm out tomorrow work calls  >:(

[Whizz]

Well it looks like I'm back in, the back is much better so I'm gonna do the ride, and I think my mate with the VT400 will be tagging along too.

Diesel, will you have your UHF on?, if so what channel will you be on and hows about giving me a call 5 minutes out from Ipswich?

Cheers
Whizz

[Wild Rose]

I am riding down from Toowoomba with Streak. I will be a bit tired as I only finish work about 3.00am
But a few coffee's & I'll be right. I am looking forward to catching up with everyone

Leo

[Whizz]

Well the ride down to Warwick was good, even if I did manage to lay the MonSTer down in the forecourt of the gas station at Yamanto. Many thanks to Shiney for picking the thing up for me, I couldn't do it myself with my crook back.

Breakfast was good, if a bit slow and disorganized and I think we frightened the locals with the number of bikes that showed up, 15 ST's and 3 or 4 ring-ins!

The ride up to Grantham was good with some really fine twisties on the back road from the New England Hwy to Grantham (Clifton-Gatton Road). They still haven't got the rebuilding started yet, but are hoping to commence in the next few weeks and do it all at the same time, so the girls in the porta-shop tell me.

Came back via the highway as my back was starting get really stiff and sore, but a great day out and a fine ride. Hope all the guys got the Inverell OK without too much intervention for the GIANT load that rolled past us at Caltex.

[Sabie]

Any damage Whizz?  :(

[Brian]

Hey Whizz,
It's a pissa when that happens ...least it didnt mar your day too much...look after yourself snd get that back sorted. I was gonna bring the schWING out today but have a lil prep work to do before I fly out to Canberra tomoz at noon.
this week i'll be Canberra,Griffith, Wagga,Wangaratta,Bendigo,ballaratt and out of Melbourne Friday.....luv my job...

[Wild Rose]

I had a good ride down to Warwick with Streak to meet up with the other ST Riders at the Caltex Warwick
It wes good to put faces to many on the forum.

Have a good weekend in Inverell fellows. It would have been a great weekend

Leo

[Skip]

Hey Whizz. Hope you didn't exacerbate your back injury too much. They are a big brute when they get too far off centre.
I really wanted to do the Clifton-Gatton Road on our journey out there last time but thought it may have made the day too long.
Wish I could have accompanied you today. Next time.
Hope you have a speedy recovery.
Cheers.
Skip.

[Whizz]

Hi guys, thanks for the comments,

Sabie, no damage other than wounded pride, it's a bitch having to beg help to lift your own bike up when you're dumb enough to drop it!

Brian, all those FF points!!!

Skip, the Clifton-Gatton road is a BLAST, you MUST do it as soon as possible. If you look on Google maps it shows some wobbles in the road which don't look too bad...until you see them close up. The road is very narrow, going down to single lane in quite a few places as it crosses and recrosses the Heifer Creek, lots of little one-lane bridges, lots of up and down and side to side...FUN!! Can we go again??? I would be worth an RTE just for that!! Maybe we should organise one to do that road, then stop off at the pub in Walloon for lunch and a beer...or two. Wadya think?

Finally whoever it was recommended the Voltaren capsules, my undying thanks, they are GREAT!!

[Sabie]

Glad to hear your OK and your bike's ok  :)

[Skip]

Ditto Sabie.
Throw a plan out there Whizz and lets do it. I hope to get a leave pass for the next RTE. Couldn't do "The Dug" or Inverell so my number must be due to come up. It's not really like that but we just have very busy lives at the moment. But you know what they say about all work and no play.....

[Whizz]

I'm off on vacation in less that two weeks, Bangkok then Paro (in Bhutan) for my wife's 50th, then back to Bangkok, then home over a couple of weeks. Once I get back I'll cobble a plan together and see what sort of reaction we get.

Really looking forward to seeing the only country in the world that measures its progress by its GNH (Gross National Happiness) rather than its GNP (Gross National Product)! 

[sargent]

Finally whoever it was recommended the Voltaren capsules, my undying thanks, they are GREAT!!

Glad the capsules worked a treat for you Wizz.
And I too dropped my STead tonight after 823 km from Inverell to Goulburn
A really big thanks to AJ1300 for helping to get it back up.

[Shiney]

Well the ride down to Warwick was good, even if I did manage to lay the MonSTer down in the forecourt of the gas station at Yamanto. Many thanks to Shiney for picking the thing up for me, I couldn't do it myself with my crook back.

Breakfast was good, if a bit slow and disorganized and I think we frightened the locals with the number of bikes that showed up, 15 ST's and 3 or 4 ring-ins!

The ride up to Grantham was good with some really fine twisties on the back road from the New England Hwy to Grantham (Clifton-Gatton Road). They still haven't got the rebuilding started yet, but are hoping to commence in the next few weeks and do it all at the same time, so the girls in the porta-shop tell me.

Came back via the highway as my back was starting get really stiff and sore, but a great day out and a fine ride. Hope all the guys got the Inverell OK without too much intervention for the GIANT load that rolled past us at Caltex.

I’m glad I was there and able to help out Whizz, at least the only damage was a little scuff on the tipover bar cover

I hope your back gets better soon and it’s great to hear that the remainder of your ride was done without incident

Have fun overseas       

Cheers
Shiney

[saaz]

Have a good time o/s. Bhutan sounds like an interesting place that you could easily spend a few months in.

[Whizz]

Mate, I'd love to spend a lot of time there but one of their tourism rules is that every visitor must spend not less that US$200 per day if there are three in the party and it goes up with fewer numbers, so a single visitor needs to spend about US$300 a day. The people are very strongly Buddhist and intent on keeping their country quiet and religious, and the spending rules are a way to keep the numbers of visitors down as much as possible.

One place we want to try to get to is the Taktsang Monastery, built in 1692 at an altitude of 10,200 ft (3,120 metres) above sea level. It is a 7 hour trek (3.5 hours each way) from the valley floor to the monastery so I'm not sure if we will be able to make it...but damm, I'm going to try! Picture below;

I'll do a 'trip report' when I get back with pics, if anyone would like me to.

[saaz]

Some friends trekked through Thailand, cambodia etc and had a great time.  I would be very interested in how you find it.  I understand the spending limits, but it would defeat my purpose of living cheaply enough to stay longer!  I hope the limits do keep the country the way they want it, not how businesses and foreigners want it.

[Whizz]

I wholeheartedly agree!!  But I CAN'T Wait to go 

[Shiney]

I'll do a 'trip report' when I get back with pics, if anyone would like me to.

Please do, should be a great read

Cheers
Shiney

[saaz]

I think we should be called asiaSToc as that seems to be where most members are!

[Shiney]

I think we should be called asiaSToc as that seems to be where most members are!

Or something like this…

[Whizz]

Oh Hardy Har Har