When 2 slow

[pault]

the other nite i went to round up a truck in the slow lane when the quiet voice said no just do it slowly. Sure enough there was sloppy bits of dead wallaby all over road. Call me cosmic or whatever but as usual it pays to listen.

[Brock]

Ran over a dead roo going to work one morning ( it was very dark). Fortunately??? it had been tenderised, but had squishy bits on the underside of the fairing... Yukky

[saaz]

There are times when you have to listen to the voice that says 'why would someone be doing that, must be a reason'. I am surprised a truck would care what it splattered on the road though - I depend on them to squish things down to coloured spots.

[terrydj]

Out the back of Cobar one night on the bike around 2/3 in the morning sitting behind a truck thinking Hmmmmmm wonder what would happen if it hit a Roo, Pig or a Goat. No bull maybe 10 mminutes later a bloody pig comes out from under the back of the truck?????????
This is why its good to sit in the trucks mirrors, even funnier was when I said hello to the Truckie with the UHF and thanked him for hitting the pig

[Diesel]

I do a bit of LD riding, and you can sometimes just 'sense' when you are in a possible 'strike zone' - you don't always have to see a varmint to get that "I reckon I'll drop 15-20 clicks an hour for a little while" feeling. Especially when the foliage creeps quite close to the road edge.

Good work Paul - listening to that voice definitely paid off.

Cheers, Diesel

[terrydj]

I do a bit of LD riding, and you can sometimes just 'sense' when you are in a possible 'strike zone' - you don't always have to see a varmint to get that "I reckon I'll drop 15-20 clicks an hour for a little while" feeling. Especially when the foliage creeps quite close to the road edge.

Good work Paul - listening to that voice definitely paid off.

Cheers, Diesel

Hmmmm when the foliage creeps  a bit close to the road eh. Now why didn't I know this when I hit that Roo heading North of Orbost. Bloody bush was right up to the road

[Diesel]

Hmmmm when the foliage creeps  a bit close to the road eh. Now why didn't I know this when I hit that Roo heading North of Orbost. Bloody bush was right up to the road

I'm gunna take a stab.....

You were busy:

a) listening/singing to Bucks Fizz on the iPod earphones (see lyrics below);

b) planning the next stop at the latte shop;

c) admiring your new beemer clothing with heating/cooling plug in options;

d) doing 220km/h to see if someone snuck another tube into your tyre     



Bucks Fizz lyrics that Terry could have been singing to:

you gotta speed it up
and then u gotta slow it down
cos if u believe that a love Honda can hit the top roo
u gotta play around
and soon u will find that there comes a time....
for making ur mind up

Now that took 15 mins out of my day that I will NEVER get back!       

[terrydj]

Probably as always not thinking at all. Trees right up to the side of the road, doing as always a touch over the speed limit then out of nowhere 2 Roos come straight out nearly hitting the front wheel??????? well the second did.  Not even a shudder from the bike. Turned around to check out the Roo and the poor bugger had a broken rear leg, so I did the right thing.

Truth is I was probably still thinking of those "BIKERS" I saw at the Lakes Entrance Servo, all dressed up the same in leather with all the shiny stuff rehearsing for the Gay Mardi Gras.
Well I think they were

[Diesel]

I found an example of BAD ROO COUNTRY.....

You wouldn't get much notice here at night - trouble is - there's also pigs, goats, cattle, horses, emus too.....

http://goo.gl/maps/22Pd

This is on the relatively straight piece of road between Nyngan and Bourke.

You also have to watch for carcasses early morning from Roadtrain Roo Bowling the night before.

[saaz]

And I think I saw all of them last time I rode there going to Lightning Ridge.  The road from Nindigully was also very alive after sunrise.  Down around Dubbo way I nearly collected an Emu as it came out from the shadows in the afternoon. It went to go after Lionel went through, the fortunately turned back again when it saw me nearly on it.  I was glad it was not a roo as it would have just gone.

I found an example of BAD ROO COUNTRY.....

You wouldn't get much notice here at night - trouble is - there's also pigs, goats, cattle, horses, emus too.....

http://goo.gl/maps/22Pd

This is on the relatively straight piece of road between Nyngan and Bourke.

You also have to watch for carcasses early morning from Roadtrain Roo Bowling the night before.

[hobs]

Hi Diesel,

Did you ever wake up in the morning with a road like that and didn't know which way you were supposed to go? would be daunting if you camped out there and were trying to work out which way you came from. I know the sun would help, but I reckon early starts would be a gamble. Would have to place an arrow on the ground of which way you came, or is that???? which way I'm going?????. Gee! I'm all confused already.

[Diesel]

You got that right Hobs.

But if you're a 'glass half FULL' kind of person, you'd say "great - more miles to ride!"             

There's some really great 'big sky' country out there - make sure you enjoy all it has to offer.

Cheers, Diesel