S.E QLD Saturday 27th April 2013 ESK Bakery RTE/Coffee

[Rodd]

(I'm not sure that we are all going to fit.... IN ESK!!!)

   <--- Let me in!

[Streak]

(I'm not sure that we are all going to fit.... IN ESK!!!)

   <--- Let me in!

We get some good Crowds to Esk Bakery, here are a couple of Photos from one of our RTE's last year, so dont worry we will fit 

[ChrisJ]

Add another one to the list Streak.
Newbie from Toowoomba on a ST1100.

ChrisJ

[Streak]

We are getting a fair group together for toomorrow! really looking forward to it!

Indicated as attending ESK Bakery RTE/Coffee Saturday 27th April

Streak & a mate
Young One
Shane
Tipsy
Shiney & Carrol
RexJ
RobJob & Kym
Dicko & Son
Rodd & Lisa
2upRider & Cathy
Gadget
Diesel & Marianne
hondaguy 1300
Kippers
Bluey
Gaz
Barry
Redline
Trilobite
BobSTer


Please post below if your keen to come 

[bobSTer]

 
Hi STers,
Wait for me ........ Wait for me ........ I'm pretty sure I can be there.
Will make my own way and meet at RTE ....... ESK BAKERY
CYA there... all being well.
I ride
 

[Bikebear]

Have a great ride folks.

I was going to do it but the pull of home got too strong. Arrived back home at 5PM today.

[Streak]

I  sorted and ready for toomorrow, bike is fueled & cleaned, Ozstoc gear is packed into top box, badges, patches, stubbie coolers, caps, and business cards

Ozstoc shirt and riding gear out and ready, looking forward to an awesome day out!



If you wake up in the morning and decide to come along your more than welcome to 

[youngSTer]

Me too

[Wild Rose]

Have a good ride fellows. I wish I was catching up with all of you
I will try to get ride in Monday after I pick up my new ST1300. Yeh !  

[Brian]

Hmmmm new ST ... Well done that man!!

[Gadget]

Another great get together!  Sorry no photos from me, I was having too much fun. 

[Streak]

Awesome Day! 22 ST's plus 5 or 6  ring in's, heaps of riders and pillions!

Had a great roll up leaving toowoomba, Aldo, Tridolite, Redline, Kippers and Myself



Getting to Esk:



Everyone having lunch and listening to diesel and i yabber away about the club



Was simply amazing watching everyone milling around the bikes after lunch people talking through watch each other is thinking of doing, and just the conversations were brilliant! looking forward to the next one already!

[BigTed]

Well, it sounds like you QLD-ers always have a great day trip to the ESK Bakery... you almost topped the numbers for the Middleton Rally! Google says it's only 4327km from Perth 

[Streak]

Well, it sounds like you QLD-ers always have a great day trip to the ESK Bakery... you almost topped the numbers for the Middleton Rally! Google says it's only 4327km from Perth 

we actually nearly equaled the First National Rally, but not even close to the second one, if i remember right it was 37 ST's for Middleton 

[Streak]

Here is the Group Photo from yesterday, thanks again to Ian for taking a fantastic shot!



We also have a number of new faces along on their first OzSTOC Event, which i have put photos below, I am going to do my best to get the names right, but if i have got it wrong or missed someone, let me know!

REDLINE



TRILOBITE



SEAN



RODD



this is where the names get blurry to me

Below are REXJ, LITTLEAL...and i cant remember! hopefully you will all straighten it out for me!

[Tipsy]

  py

Well it certainly was a good day and I know because everyone had smiles on their faces from ear to ear.
Even the new faces were glad to be there and it sure was good to see them turn up and enjoying themselves, It really is the old story "a stranger is only a friend you haven't yet met".
All the chatting about their bikes and the different things that has happened to them in some way or other certainly shows the enthusiasm every one has for what we all love so much.
Even the pillions and Ladies were joining in, maybe the extra spot for them on the web site was cause for their extra enjoyment,
I know it will for us mere males to finally understand some of their thoughts on what they really like about us and our love for our machines, (well Maybe)
I reckon that everyone still had those mile wide grins on their face when they arrived home,
As for the Esk Bakery well what can I say except that they were fantastic as usual with damn good coffee and pies etc.
Here's to the next ride and the meeting of old and new faces that I will be able to greet.

Tipsy
(go go gadget getter) 

[Shiney]

As customary the Esk RTE was the place to be with most of QLD attending (well some of QLD anyway )
I rode in with my wife (Carrol) and were joined by Gaz in Caboolture. Then ran into Ian B and his entourage, honked hello and joined them for a time on the ride to Esk . It was a great little ride past the lake to the bakery and when we arrived we found the carpark was full of ST’s , what a great sight .

So we walked over to the bakery and had a great time catching up with old friends and chatting to all the new guys (what a great bunch of blokes ) and as always a great feed was had by all

After that it was time for the photo and then we all got to watch Diesel go for a ride on Gaz’s massive 1900cc cruiser, it’s a Star Roadliner with loud aftermarket pipes . The exhaust could be heard ½ a kilometre away and when he got back the grin could be seen peeking out from under his helmet , but don’t worry Diesel isn’t giving the ST

But as always when everyone is enjoying themselves, time flew by way too fast and everyone had to start heading home . We said goodbye to half of the group as they left and then it was time for us to head off ourselves. We then said bye to the guys remaining and took off.

Once again it was back to Caboolture where we parted ways with Gaz and then down the slab back to Strathpine.

Thankyou everyone who was able to come it was an Awesome day, we had a great time. I’ll upload some video of the day later


Cheers
Shiney

[dicko]

Thanks to all for another great RTE at Esk.  Nice to meet some new faces and of course catch up with the old faces. (And boy are there ever some old faces in this mob LOL).

Thanks to Youngone and the other Brissy boys and girls who kindly waited at Beaudesert for me to arrive later than I had advised them.

What a great ride from Beaudesert to Esk via places I had not ridden before ie Mt Walker, Glamorgan Vale and Lowood and the roads were surprisingly very good.

Bruce and I got home very weary about 5:00 PM after clocking up 470Kms.  Just what my ST1300 needs with 136,000 on the clock haha.

Cheers and see you all at the next one.

Dicko (and Bruce)

[youngSTer]

Thanks to everyone that joined the ride from Loganholme Caltex, an enjoyable day was had by all, I hope.

yje only glitch was that my TomTom got lost and did not know that Esk was after Lowood.

Diana my pillion enjoyed the run even though she has some neck pain this morning. She said that this has been the longest ride
she had been on since she was in her twenties.

[Bluey]

I had a great day. My sincere thanks to those whose efforts made it possible. I discovered some new (to me) roads on the way there, and by choice, had a not particularly healthy lunch (SWMBO has had words with me about that) and then zoomed down the highway home. Back in time for tea.

It was good to put some faces to names again and to meet some of the new people (well, I'm sort of new myself, but the newer ones, that's who I mean). If I try to talk "bike" at home, I just get blank looks, so spending a couple of hours with people who also want to talk "bike" is a bit of a sanity saver.

Biloela is going into my diary, I think. I must seek a leave pass!

The bike purred and all that matters is good. Ommmmmm!

[Rodd]

I'm the one with 'Old Fart' written on my t-shirt! 
My wife Lisa is sitting to my right (pink top).

We traveled from Maryborough and spent the Friday night at the Kenilworth Hotel.
The next morning we rode from Kenilworth to Esk, and after the RTE we rode to Ormeau near the Gold Coast!
We left Ormeau this morning, rode back to Esk, Maleny, Mapleton, Kenilworth, Gympie and then home!
 

[kippers]

Road down from Toowoomba with Diesel and a few others (sorry I need to work on names) down through hampton - love this road.
It's supprising how rusty you can get after 5 months off the bike - change of lifestyle and I'm back on and I realy enjoyed the day. 

Looking for the next one!!!
Kippers

[RexJ]

What a day! great ride up. First serious outing on the machine so I learnt a bit about it's characteristics. ( itty bit of surprise in that too )

The time at Esk was great.

Meeting new people can sometimes challenging, but Saturday was one of those events where everyone was just so at ease and friendly. Awesome day folks.

And the info sharing about the bike was something else. So many mods - so many gadgets - & so much online info!
I'm going to have fun for a year!

Many thanks Streak & Co for organising a great day. So looking forward to the next.

[Shiney]

Diesel on the Roadliner

Diesel taking Gaz's massive 1900cc cruiser for a ride

[rjstorrie]

Great to see new faces on their mighty (13) STeads  and mini (11) STeads  oh and the micro STeads (CB) .

Hope you enjoyed the great food at ESK bakery but most of all the ride and company of fellow OZSToc members. It was a warm Autumn day (can't wait for winter days), and perfect weather to be back on the bike after been super busy moving into and fixing Kyms & my new place.

Looking forward to many more rides with you guys and if anyone wants a ride companion please give us a tingle whether it's to the corner store or from east to west coasts.

Rob.