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Offline saaz

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Re: Not a bad day's ride....
« Reply #50 on: July 21, 2015, 09:52:29 AM »
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Re: Not a bad day's ride....
« Reply #51 on: July 21, 2015, 10:56:31 AM »
Hi everyone,
Didn't realise there was chatter over here, been a bit busy on MYST. Sadly the roo hit put me out of business for the rest of the ride, I had a 50CC Gold nested inside a Trans Australia planned to finish it off.
What a marvellous machine this ST is!

Thanks for the Hondashop info guys. Still trying to organise the trip home etc but feeling great! Thanks WendyL for the help and accommodation at the top of the ride. Much appreciated.
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Re: Not a bad day's ride....
« Reply #52 on: July 21, 2015, 11:04:10 AM »
Good onya Wom we're all glad you are ok - there's a few of us who'll look forward to the ride report.        :clap :clap :clap


But we won't expect too many piccies this time!      ;-*
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Re: Not a bad day's ride....
« Reply #53 on: July 21, 2015, 11:58:32 AM »
Anytime Wom  :hatwave

I'll send you through the pics I took up here.
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Re: Not a bad day's ride....
« Reply #54 on: July 21, 2015, 12:01:52 PM »
Hi everyone,
Didn't realise there was chatter over here, been a bit busy on MYST. Sadly the roo hit put me out of business for the rest of the ride, I had a 50CC Gold nested inside a Trans Australia planned to finish it off.
What a marvellous machine this ST is!

Thanks for the Hondashop info guys. Still trying to organise the trip home etc but feeling great! Thanks WendyL for the help and accommodation at the top of the ride. Much appreciated.

If you need a bed at a stop over in Adelaide on the way home, PM me.
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Re: Not a bad day's ride....
« Reply #55 on: July 21, 2015, 12:06:47 PM »
Good onya Wom we're all glad you are ok - there's a few of us who'll look forward to the ride report.        :clap :clap :clap


But we won't expect too many piccies this time!      ;-*

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Re: Not a bad day's ride....
« Reply #56 on: July 21, 2015, 12:56:06 PM »
good to see you are ok Craig
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Re: Not a bad day's ride....
« Reply #57 on: July 24, 2015, 04:24:50 PM »
Hi Guys,

Here is a link to the first three days of my recent ride on MYST that includes the Centreline 24.
http://wombattler.com/ride-salad-days-1-3/

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Re: Not a bad day's ride....
« Reply #58 on: July 24, 2015, 04:34:07 PM »
Another great read Wombatle, has the bike situation ??
At my age " getting lucky" is remembering what I came in the room for ;)

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Re: Not a bad day's ride....
« Reply #59 on: July 24, 2015, 05:07:13 PM »
The bike is being shipped back to Newcastle.  I've lodged a claim but it won't go any further until it arrives and is assessed.  I'm in no hurry, I've got three others and will hopefully be picking up a nice new Tiger 800XCA in a couple of weeks.
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Re: Not a bad day's ride....
« Reply #60 on: July 24, 2015, 05:20:40 PM »
Another inspiring read that makes me want to hit the road.  Thanks for the link.   :thumb
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Re: Not a bad day's ride....
« Reply #61 on: July 24, 2015, 06:08:41 PM »
Great read Craig! Makes my planned dawdle after Wall to Wall look absolutely leisurely.
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Re: Not a bad day's ride....
« Reply #62 on: July 25, 2015, 07:32:23 AM »
Hi Everyone.

Part two of the ride if you want to have a look.  It's got the gory bits :-)

http://wombattler.com/ride-salad-days-4-6/

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Re: Not a bad day's ride....
« Reply #63 on: July 25, 2015, 08:57:40 AM »
Good write up again.
Head butting a roo would be a frightening experience.
Rogue road trains wouldn't be much fun. I think the air horn would have come in handy around then.
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Re: Not a bad day's ride....
« Reply #64 on: July 25, 2015, 09:56:23 AM »
You are right Gadget, but I squeezed what might be a year's riding for many into 6 days. So if hitting a roo, dodging a truck and emergency stopping for a stupid P plater was all that happened in that year I reckon it'd be a good one.  So all up it wasn't at all traumatic, just a bunch of things that hppened along the way.
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Re: Not a bad day's ride....
« Reply #65 on: July 25, 2015, 10:53:50 AM »
Really glad you made it and had fun along they way.
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Re: Not a bad day's ride....
« Reply #66 on: July 25, 2015, 11:18:43 AM »
Awesome RR mate, thanks for sharing it with us :hatwave

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Re: Not a bad day's ride....
« Reply #67 on: July 25, 2015, 11:27:49 AM »
Glad you made it back all safe. Well read RR later when back on PC.
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Re: Not a bad day's ride....
« Reply #68 on: July 25, 2015, 02:06:45 PM »
Great read Craig. Well done. Sad about the damage but at least no personal damage to you.
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