Since apparently no RR was ever written, this will be a very short version of a 2week ride Brisbane-Melbourne.
Bikes Only (http://www.bikesonly.com.au/) was in its infancy and carting bikes on plain trailers, no custom-built jobbies then.
And why waste 2-3 days of a "booooring commute" to Brisbane to start the leisurly return ride, when the bikes cost us $180 to truck north, the flight around $100 and we could start the enjoyable part of travelling right away?
Rather spent the 2 weeks on a tasty 5000k's of (sealed) backroads jaunt, deliberately picking the most scenic stuff available.
All kitted up (for the flight)
L-R: Guenther (Gunner)...MIckG....Nigel from Ballarat...Sasha...Goodie...yours truly...John Birell
Suzie (ZR7) was already in Brisbane through work....Garry (Pegaso) joined on his return-leg after riding to Cairns after riding the previous 2 weeks.
Getting greeted by some of the local AusMoto guys at the Brisbane depot of Bikes Only, Big Clem (in shorts) nursing a dicky knee (which seems to be the only way I know him). Then again, in that pic it looks like everyone's nursing a "dicky knee".
A hasty exit from Brisbane Central, a cuppa at the Mt. Glorious Cafe with some more locals... Kingaroy and across the Bunya Mtns...
...where Guenther decided to get it over and done with and deck the Pegaso, loosing some bark and re-groove the asphalt with the right knee.
Nigel unpacking "THE TOPBOX" at Mt. Tamborine
"What do you mean you can't find the bottle-opener?"
The Tamborine Mtn, Rd. singlelaner and into the Lamington National Park, the road to O'Reillys is a cracker!!
Bikes Only (http://www.bikesonly.com.au/) was in its infancy and carting bikes on plain trailers, no custom-built jobbies then.
And why waste 2-3 days of a "booooring commute" to Brisbane to start the leisurly return ride, when the bikes cost us $180 to truck north, the flight around $100 and we could start the enjoyable part of travelling right away?
Rather spent the 2 weeks on a tasty 5000k's of (sealed) backroads jaunt, deliberately picking the most scenic stuff available.
All kitted up (for the flight)
L-R: Guenther (Gunner)...MIckG....Nigel from Ballarat...Sasha...Goodie...yours truly...John Birell
Suzie (ZR7) was already in Brisbane through work....Garry (Pegaso) joined on his return-leg after riding to Cairns after riding the previous 2 weeks.
Getting greeted by some of the local AusMoto guys at the Brisbane depot of Bikes Only, Big Clem (in shorts) nursing a dicky knee (which seems to be the only way I know him). Then again, in that pic it looks like everyone's nursing a "dicky knee".
A hasty exit from Brisbane Central, a cuppa at the Mt. Glorious Cafe with some more locals... Kingaroy and across the Bunya Mtns...
...where Guenther decided to get it over and done with and deck the Pegaso, loosing some bark and re-groove the asphalt with the right knee.
Nigel unpacking "THE TOPBOX" at Mt. Tamborine
"What do you mean you can't find the bottle-opener?"
The Tamborine Mtn, Rd. singlelaner and into the Lamington National Park, the road to O'Reillys is a cracker!!