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OzSTOC Ride Reports, Pictures & Videos => RIDE REPORTS => Topic started by: rjstorrie on January 07, 2013, 01:48:41 PM
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Hi all :hatwave,
Thought I should share my trip on picking up the mighty silver STead on my first bike road trip.
With the great help from fellow OzSTOC members I made up my mind that I was going to fly to Mackay and ride back to Brisbane, how long was it going to take and how comfortable is this bike going to be was yet to be determined.
The path taken is:
http://maps.google.com.au/maps?hl=en&safe=active&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&bpcl=40096503&biw=1363&bih=964&wrapid=tlif135752778279610&um=1&ie=UTF-8&gl=au&daddr=Brisbane+QLD&saddr=Mackay+QLD&panel=1&f=d&fb=1&dirflg=d&geocode=KeviSp1u09trMaCUIH_x7gAE;KTPSk6yaV5FrMUCv3vNaowIE&sa=X&ei=GDvqUJS7O666iAeBloCYDg&ved=0CDAQ-A8wAA (http://maps.google.com.au/maps?hl=en&safe=active&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&bpcl=40096503&biw=1363&bih=964&wrapid=tlif135752778279610&um=1&ie=UTF-8&gl=au&daddr=Brisbane+QLD&saddr=Mackay+QLD&panel=1&f=d&fb=1&dirflg=d&geocode=KeviSp1u09trMaCUIH_x7gAE;KTPSk6yaV5FrMUCv3vNaowIE&sa=X&ei=GDvqUJS7O666iAeBloCYDg&ved=0CDAQ-A8wAA)
Stopped at Sarina, Rockampton and just south of Gympie for fuel.
Lunch was a roadhouse somewhere around Inneston which have the best home made sausage rolls.
Dinner was in Childers where Kym drove up from Brisbane to meet me.
A few stretch, drink and pee stops along the way. The Cruise Control was a god send, the shield was neither here or there, but kept it down 95% of the trip. The other 5% was either for peice and quiet or to avoid the rain drops.
Here are some photo's from the trip:
The transport method there
(http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a540/Robert_Storrie/ST1300/20121222_052622.jpg)
The view leaving Brisbane
(http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a540/Robert_Storrie/ST1300/20121222_063657.jpg)
The excitement is kicking in
(http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a540/Robert_Storrie/ST1300/20121222_075527.jpg)
The view pulling into the seller's driveway, my heart is going through my chest about now
(http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a540/Robert_Storrie/ST1300/20121222_082956.jpg)
A quick site seeing in Mackay (it's the hospital, don't worry I work in Qld Health so I just thought I'd see some work colleagues office).
(http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a540/Robert_Storrie/ST1300/20121222_100907.jpg)
Kym see's it for the first time in Childers, Dinner time :runyay
(http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a540/Robert_Storrie/ST1300/20121222_194531.jpg)
A welcome site on the journey home
(http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a540/Robert_Storrie/ST1300/20121222_224219.jpg)
What a beauty
(http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a540/Robert_Storrie/ST1300/20121222_224252.jpg)
At its new home, (it booted the car out of garage)
(http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a540/Robert_Storrie/ST1300/20121223_195254.jpg)
(http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a540/Robert_Storrie/ST1300/20121223_195304.jpg)
Any questions, happy to answer.
Rob.
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:thumb :thumb great write up mate
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Legendary pick up mate :eek :-++
She’s a STunner :thumb
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Yes, great pickup. :thumbs Cruise control is something that until you have used it you really miss having it (car or bike)
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Cruise control is something that until you have used it you really miss having it (car or bike)
John, I think you're saying that if you don't have it, you don't know what you're missing. Anyway, they're great and I use both mine all the time. Helps me keep a few demerit points up my sleeve, apart from giving the right arm a rest.
The silver ones certainly are beautiful to look at. You would have been rapt with the smooth ride home.
Congrats on a great choice. I hope it turns out to be faultless.
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Rob, well done mate, great choice, and a beautiful machine!! I'm glad we bullied you into going down this route, and the ride from Mackay to Brisbane as a first time trip is truly awesome. Congratulations on making the right decision, even if we did sort of force your hand :grin :grin :grin
Looking forward to seeing he bike in the flesh on the 19th!
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Congrats Rob, AND it comes with an OzSTOC sticker. How good is that !!!!!
Cheers.
Skip.
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My Bad. :fp May not be an OzSTOC sticker but I'm guessing it will have one in that very spot soon. :thumb
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My Bad. :fp May not be an OzSTOC sticker but I'm guessing it will have one in that very spot soon. :thumb
One's on the way :)... I think that one is a "FarRider" or similar.
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Good onya Rob looks like you've really scored mate.
Now go and check the tyre pressures! :well :grin
Looks like we'll be seeing you real soon on an OzSTOC RT :eat .
Thanks for sharing.
Cheers, Diesel
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Good onya Rob looks like you've really scored mate.
Now go and check the tyre pressures! :well :grin Done Yesterday :)
Looks like we'll be seeing you real soon on an OzSTOC RT :eat .
Thanks for sharing.
Cheers, Diesel
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We always wrily smile when a Member picks up a new STeed as their next 350 posts allude to sourcing farkles! :rofl
Good stuff Rob - sounds like you're living the dream.
Wanna go for a ride? I have tomorrow off and a leave pass if you're up for coffee?
Cheers, Diesel
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We always wrily smile when a Member picks up a new STeed as their next 350 posts allude to sourcing farkles! :rofl
Good stuff Rob - sounds like you're living the dream.
Wanna go for a ride? I have tomorrow off and a leave pass if you're up for coffee?
Cheers, Diesel
I'm back at work as of today :'( although I finish at 4 :grin
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Thanks for sharing Rob, now the fun really begins :runyay
(not a FarRider sticker)
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Question? why is your garage so tidy? :think1
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Gaz,
Up until the ST got home, the CB shared the garage with Kym's car. It's also Kym's garage.... hehe just got my place a few days ago, we'll see how long the new garage stays tidy, there's many many plans for some work to happen in there :grin
Rob.