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OzSTOC Events National & Local => Upcoming Long Distance Rides => Topic started by: Pocket STocker on January 14, 2014, 02:02:03 PM
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Where in :runyay
Completing the 1000 k's for lunch at Nambucca then staying the night.
Who is up for Breakfast at Urunga on Sunday ?
Dont need to be a FarRider to attend, call in and say hi :-++ ( 1st & 2nd of Feb)
Pockey :wink1
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i am going to have to pass this year, am saving my biscuits for National Rally :thumb
so no lighting up the Highway with diesel this time :rofl
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I''ll be at the FarRide for lunch, riding a loop to finish off the k's and be there for the overnight party. Will be heading south on Sunday morning though on a tight timeframe so breakfast is out. Look forward to catching up with everyone.
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If your riding Waterfall Way OR Oxley Hwy as part of your plan there is considerable roadworks and cattle in the long paddocks.......FYI.....more info on FarRiders forum.
Added 30 mins to a 2 hour drive today :whistle
:beer
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I'm IN! Love catching up with you all at the Wall!
Ride safe!
Cheers, Diesel
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I am in, for the FarRide but will not be staying overnight though, so will miss the b/fast (at least that is the plan at this stage).
where do you have the breakfast at Urunga again?
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I'm going and would rather miss checkin than not ride the OX (the road not the man) and Waterfall Way. And with a new set of PR3''s I am leaving the STEN the LD Tenere at home and will be riding MYST
:13Candy
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i am thinking that i might just ride down and say hello to everyone just for a ride :thumb
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:dred11
I'm in on the FR,, eating well resting up and anxiuosly :runyay waiting this week out...doing 1000k's to finish at check=in then will hang about few hrs to meet more FarRiders and OzSTOCers. Then there's a road waiting..>>>>>>>>>>>>>> headin homeward.. :thumb
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Raining in Brissie today, after months of dry. Getting in practice for next weekend, I suspect.
Nambucca FR has a reputation for moisture. Fondly called "Wetbucca" by the pessimists.
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Although we have just bought new brightly coloured rain jackets for the bike, I will be more than happy to leave it rolled up in the pannier.
Dont jinx us Bill :Whipped
Pockey :grin
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I wish i could attend, i will be thinking of you all while looking out the windows of my shop.....
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Dont worry we will be thinking of you too, we will be thinking we are glad we are not Streak stuck in the shop working :butt :butt
Pockey :KissBlow
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Dont worry we will be thinking of you too, we will be thinking we are glad we are not Streak stuck in the shop working :butt :butt
Pockey :KissBlow
Ohhh that was a nasty attack on you Streak.....not to worry mate I will take it upon myself to make sure Pockey drinks to much and awakes with a sore head :popcorn
:beer
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I can supply the very loud Van Halen MP3 for the earphones the next day! :nahnah
Don't ask how I KNOW that REALLY hurts! :fp
See you there guys.
Cheers, Diesel
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111 people registered for this weekends ride to Nambucca Heads for lunch :clap :clap
Riders from all over the eastern states, and even from TAS, SA and WA for LUNCH :o :o :clap
Pockey :wink1
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I must be gittin jittery - I've started packing the bike already! :wink1
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I must be gittin jittery - I've started packing the bike already! :wink1
You've let OzSTOC down Diesel- your registration says you're riding a skateboard, as far as I can tell. :spank
And a bare FR10! Come on!
Now up to 116 including pillions- 104 bikes.
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... your registration says you're riding a skateboard, as far as I can tell. ....
What a FEAT!!!!! Tell me you're impressed rather than disgusted. I double dare you. :wink1
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I should be there. Just checked the bike tyre pressures and all ok. Just need petrol. Always up for Urunga breakfast.
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... your registration says you're riding a skateboard, as far as I can tell. ....
What a FEAT!!!!! Tell me you're impressed rather than disgusted. I double dare you. :wink1
Nah. Stopped taking dares in High School. Did me no good there, so wouldn't now.
I'll be impressed when you roll into the car park on your skatey.
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I should be there. Just checked the bike tyre pressures and all ok. Just need petrol. Always up for Urunga breakfast.
Great stuff ol mate. Be good to see you again. :thumbs :hatwave
Oh dear! - better let V-Wall know to order more RED if you AND Pockey are going to be at the same pub at the same time! :Whipped
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I should be there. Just checked the bike tyre pressures and all ok. Just need petrol. Always up for Urunga breakfast.
Great stuff ol mate. Be good to see you again. :thumbs :hatwave
Oh dear! - better let V-Wall know to order more RED if you AND Pockey are going to be at the same pub at the same time! :Whipped
Yep if you stay up late enough you may witness Pockey's drinking problem.....(2 Hands and only 1 mouth) :whistle
We all packed....route sorted.....kids looking after the house,dog,chooks and possibly each other :fp
Our weekend ride will be in the order of 1500 k's......a dozen coffee's, 3 kilo's of medium king prawns and what ever red wine Pockey's liver can handle :hatwave
Ride safe y'all :beer
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Home safe after a fabulous weekend, 1,742 k's for the FarRide and the weekend. :thumbsup
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Pockey :wink1
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Docket with 11:11 (real time) in wallet and on the road. There's something about the Ipswich Motorway, because I always seem to do my mental checklist there. This time I remembered the two beautiful Ice Coffees I'd made and put in the freezer. Guess I'll have them one hot afternoon next week.
The roadworks between Warwick and Goondiwindi are heart-breakers. It was 35o and the three flagmen stops totalled 30 minutes.
Who says speed radars are for safety? The first two roadworks had lots of workmen and machinery. A risky workplace deserving careful driving. The third roadworks 80 kph zone had no men, no equipment, no detours, gravel, cone markers or barriers- just signs. Over the first rise, Johnny Hopper was gleefully writing tickets for the sinners who exceeded 80 because there were signs. If it was for safety he should have been back there among the roadworks.
Moving along (this is getting boring) corner docket in Goondi and short butt rest and rehydrate in Narrabri where it was 38oand pretty torrid.
I was on an FR1200G so a refuel and back-up docket in Quirindi (didn't know then that Willow Tree Mobil Truck Stop is 24 hour) and over the range for a motel bed in Murrurundi. The Valley View is biker friendly- $85 for a single in a well appointed room. Never encountered gravel in a motel driveway- really loose and worrisome on the ST13.
On the road at 4:00. I love the road at that time of day. Saw one small Skippy which the Shoo-Roos sent hopping.
:p to the unbelievers. :grin
(http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e136/Pixtor/FarRide28Nambucca01Tamworthdawn_em_zps4d7ab4b8.jpg)
A testimony to man's ability to put lights on sticks, and the lovely Morning "Star".
(http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e136/Pixtor/FarRide28Nambucca02Tamworthbfast_em_zpsa12e58b9.jpg)
My fave on-road breakfast. Scoff ye purists- but that's joy food for this long distance rider.
Down the Oxley to The V-Wall. I was among the earlier arrivals at 10:30. Intended 11:00 but couldn't sleep.
(http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e136/Pixtor/FarRide28Nambucca02Tamworthbfast_em_zpsa12e58b9.jpg)
Checked out the bikes. Loved Lionel's Christmas trees RAM mounts and spaghetti wiring. He says it's a work in progress.
(http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e136/Pixtor/FarRide28Nambucca07LionelsST1300_em_zpsdb3b4261.jpg)
Had-a-chat with a few troops, but had to hit the slab- duty calls.
(http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e136/Pixtor/FarRide28Nambucca03_em_zps1f00ca5c.jpg)
Butt break at a rest stop and said g'day to an Ozzie.
(http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e136/Pixtor/FarRide28Nambucca08Goannaatreststop_em_zps250ae49e.jpg)
From there, sent Missus Biggles an ETA SMS and arrived home 5:30. 1289 ODO, 1278 GPS for the FR12Gold, 1765 for the trip.
Another enjoyable outing.