NSW - RTE at Rylstone Saturday 19th of January 2013

[Down Under]

I hope everyone got home safely.  It was good to put some faces to the names.  My thanks to Dave as well.

Cheers,

Tony

[saaz]

800km day for me, ran the whole range of weather from cool, cold, nice warm, rain.  Good to see some older faces, and some new ones (and those hidden under police helmets!)  That is a nice area and deserves and overnight meet of some sort so that all those other roads can be ridden.

Pictures a bit later, as Dave has the main ones.  The NSW/ACT flag even got wet..did I mention that we ride in the rain and cold :)

[Streak]

Sounds like it was a fun day :) looking forward to seeing all the photos :)

[Diesel]

Well what a great day.

Dave thanks for arranging the ride and for your company on the way up. It was great to meet and talk to the bunch. Thanks to Terry for helping me with my pants and to Ruben for the ride home. Hope to see all on another adventure.

WTF?  You guys have MUCH Better RTEs than us by the sounds of it.       


Well done chaps.


Cheers, Diesel

[Rooster]

I may have falsely incriminated Terry unless he rides a Blue 1300.

[STroppy]

There were 2 Terry's there, must have been the other one. 

Now if you were a 24 year old blonde with a decent bumper bar, oh and female, then it was probably moi. 

 

[JuST Peter]

Thanks to Dave for organising this meet, and as usual, it was great to put faces to names.
A good run up, met up with Atoyot (Andrew), Saaz and Terry B at Kelso for a terrific run to Rylstone

Apologies to (Rooster) for telling him it wouldn't rain and he wouldn't need his wets on (I  dragged 'em off ya) , speaking of which, I dropped in to see a mate before heading home, didn't bother donning the wet weather stuff until I was soaked at Ilford  , after which it rained for the rest of the trip back to castle Hill.

Crazy weather 
   

[Abe]

Thanks for attending gentlemen.

Firstly, thanks to Packo for selecting the location and pre-mapping the trip.
Secondly, Streak for setting up the post and monitoring.
Thirdly, John for bringing the flag and merchandise.

Well it was a little wet and got wetter.

Glad to hear you both are OK Steveo, we did worry when we saw an Ambulance and Police car go through town with warning lights on and you weren't there.  It was a sports bike a few kay's out of town that made love to a bank on a corner (ouch).

Well, the stat's for the start of the day was - 5 x 1100, 5 x 1300 and 1 x Triumph Scrambler (Packo)
Terry (a local) turned up on his 1994 ST1100AS and was swiftly given a OZSTOC card.  So that made the count, 6 x 1100 and 5 x 1300.

OOPS didn't realise that I was on movie mode. From left to right Paul, Peter, Bruce, George, John, Packo (behind), TerryB, Tony, Andrew, Ruben. Packo and I finished the loop through Bylong, Jerry's Plain, Colo Heights and it was pouring in most places on the Putty Road, got home 7pm. Thanks again to all Cheers Dave

[Paul]

  Good to meet up again, I had always wanted to go to Rylestone. Some nice scenery on the way. I also got rained on from Ilford all the way back home to Windsor, 180 K's. Interestingly only the sleeves on my jacket got really wet, the Kevlar jeans I had on were only damp. ST1300 fairings must be pretty good at deflecting the worst part of the rain its heading into.
Looking forward to the next ride.

Paul. 

[ST.George]

Can't claim highest kms for the day at just under 600 because a few travelled considerably further, eg, Saas and TerryB. But my first RTE was an experience worthwhile because after so many years off a bike the kms are needed to build back the old skills of stability, smoothness and a bit of a thrill when the op presents itself.

Putting faces to names was great. Surprising a local ST rider who rode past on an Emerald or Turquoise or Chartreuse or Cyan or Lime - whatever colour it was - anyway it was generally agreed that if this guy becomes a new Ozstoc member then he will find it hard to find another one to park next to at future meets. It was in fact a very well kept 1994 Pan European and the rider stopped and had a good chat.

The shop's claimed best pie - lamb & veg - was OK as TerryB said - I bought 2 and after the first bite was desperately looking for a bottle of Worstershire sauce.

The ride from the Gong started in light drizzle which continued until the Blue Mountains where it cleared. Lots of roadwork up there. Castlereagh hwy was fun in parts. Rylstone is an interesting historic town with many of its classic buildings still in good nick.

B4 leaving, Atoyot and I had a quick light beer in a local waterhole across the road where we spied a stuffed spotted quoll and a Wedgetail Eagle on the walls.

George Wyvern, (my friendly red dragon 1300) developed heartburn on the trip with the red FI (Fuel Injector) light coming on. Read a thread on this recently on the Ozstoc site where an overheating wire is thought to be the cause. Bike performed impeccably though. I have a frozen suspension adjuster and Atoyot told me that I can solve this by removing the adjuster knob and refilling with fresh brake fluid. The bike is really harsh over bumps so I will have to look into this.


So the trip was worth it for the riding experience alone but more so to meet a bunch of good guys. Next time tho I am going to try and include an overnighter and bring along another family member. This would break up a long ride nicely.

[Ginger56]

Hi all Terry Green ST1100 Rylstone stoped to see why so many ST's and bugger me I joined the club. You'll know me as Ginger56 and looking forward to riding with you at some stage look out for me
Ir enyone wants to do an overnighter I may be able to get you a good deal.
Ulysses #59722

[Streak]

Hi all Terry Green ST1100 Rylstone stoped to see why so many ST's and bugger me I joined the club. You'll know me as Ginger56 and looking forward to riding with you at some stage look out for me
Ir enyone wants to do an overnighter I may be able to get you a good deal.
Ulysses #59722

Great to hear your support Terry, they are a good bunch in NSW/ACT, if you keep an eye on the Events there are some great ones coming up!

[saaz]

Hi Terry!  I was at Rylstone, one of those white ST11s.  I am just thinking about future rides so good to know where members are as it helps when putting together rides, as we are now spread out across NSW

Hi all Terry Green ST1100 Rylstone stoped to see why so many ST's and bugger me I joined the club. You'll know me as Ginger56 and looking forward to riding with you at some stage look out for me
Ir enyone wants to do an overnighter I may be able to get you a good deal.
Ulysses #59722

[STroppy]

Hi all Terry Green ST1100 Rylstone stoped to see why so many ST's and bugger me I joined the club. You'll know me as Ginger56 and looking forward to riding with you at some stage look out for me
Ir enyone wants to do an overnighter I may be able to get you a good deal.
Ulysses #59722

Hi Terry,

Welcome to the group, you have a nice looking ST. Glad you decided to join up with The Group, I'm sure you will enjoy the social aspect as well as the riding of our planned or sometimes spontaneous rides.

There is a planned get together over at Middleton Beach in March (see the thread on that for details), From memory the dates are 15, 16 & 17 March. There will be a whole bunch of riders heading that way and if you can make it and want riding company, put a notice up on that thread. I'm sure there will be accommodation available for you over there.

Be good to see you there.

Cheers

TerryB