Then the rain started, and it was heavy and it was coming down hard, just as well i was still on the black stuff at this time.....i mean it was some seriously heavy rain, and yet here i was planning to camp tonight :bang:
Wasn’t long before the tar stopped and the gravel and mud started, and the rain eased. It would appear i had ridden right through the storm and on the other side was near perfect blue sky and white fluffy clouds with every corner I was feeling more and more confident, winding on the throttle on hard and getting the rear end to break loose like I had seen marty and vtwin do on the bear gully ride...oh there were smiles a plenty :flame:
Some more views along the way.
All was going extremely well when i saw this down hill turn, it was banked like a nascar speedway track
didn't look like that sloppy wet clay, i mean the last few corners were the same clay sort of colour and were pretty grippy.
I mean seriously i should of stop to grab a picture
but i just couldn't help myself, started the turn got the front at pointed at the apex and just had cranked the throttle and whamm this corner as it turned out didn't have the grip of the last couple as the rear came round too see what the front was looking at, for about 1 second i felt like Rossi, where i seriously thought my ambition outweighed my talent, but alas no my god like crappy brown underpants saved the day with legs failing everywhere the inside foot hit the ground hard and luckily stood must of helped the rear regrip and stood the thing back up....:kna but meh what can i say about us true motorcycle hero's, it's just all in a days work for us
btw VR my mobile is 0407..... give me a call and i will give ya a lesson or two in how too keep it upright
oh boy let's just save i lost all confidence for a fair while after that little episode and the pace might of slowed slightly....
To be honest though these are the moment when i am normally the rider watching someone else do this sort of stupid stuff, cause as i rode away all i could think about was how piss funny it would of looked had i been the following bike and how much i would of loved too of caught it all on camera (if it was someone else that is)
This guy didn't seem too find much funny though
This is somewhere along Grand Ridge Road, when i decided to send a message saying i cbf with a day ride that was planned for the monday ie next day (all the b/s that went on about a meet point ppl had to travel 1 hr to get too etc....) sent a message apologised for picking a shit meet point and i would be in dargo if anyone cared
From here it it was a bit more dirt before i reached the sealed section which would give me an amazing view of the morwell power stations with a setting sun set.....my photo doesn't do it justice
Rolled into maffra about 5ish, still with a bit to go to hit dargo which was the first night stop over.....well from here it's just the normal run through through berridale, brialong, and up on to the dargo road...and lets just say not one car, though but the time i hit the up high run it was getting dark and i was starting too wish i had wired up both head lights
Rolled into dargo, and it was pitch black, minus the light from my candle headlight, it was cold i was frozen and noticed i had a seriously sore right shoulder (felt like a pulled muscle in my neck) lost a lot of strengh in my right arm.....
Straight to the pub for a beer or 3 a huge roast dinner before deciding i better go setup camp while i still could
Day 1 done and dusted
and what a day