Friday 27 October 2006

Week day ride.

Split yardMt G accent Northbrook parkway sidePolice have organised a free BBQ and safety discussion with riders - free defect notice for anyone stupid enought to callin also included presumably - is anyone actually still riding Mt G on a Sunday?Week day ride...Theres something to be said for a weekday ride - with the forecast of rain sunday and a day off today Friday I decided to go out for a

Sunday 8 October 2006

Great motorcycle roads # 23

Revised Feb 2008 From Esk follow the sign to Crows Nest. This road has alot of open easy flowing corners - something not so easy to find around Brisbane which has more tight mountain roads. There is a small section of tighter corners mid way up/down however even these flow easy on any sort of motorbike.I really like this road, for the simple fact that its a nice change with some great scenic

Great motorcycle roads # 22

From Kilcoy you cant miss the sign post at the clock roundabout to Jimna. This road starts off quite open and flowing with lots of gentle sweeping corners taking you through some nice countryside, then after about 30 k you have this nice little range to climb with lots of tight corners and some faster flowing stuff all mixed in - right in the middle of nowhere with hardly any traffic whatsover.

Great motorcycle roads # 21






Somerset Dam is a popular part of a loop north from Brisbane or a turnaround
point for riders who have ridden Mt Glorious. There is petrol and small store
near the dam and the ride from Northbrook parkway is open fast flowing road
popular with the sports bike rider.



The ride along side the Wivenhoe dam is the other extension riders of Mt
Glorious often take and is also open and fast

Friday 6 October 2006

Back in paradise

I'm back out riding again - with the new exhaust fitted - thats it nice and shiney on my Buell and me with my shirt hanging out next to it and my mates MT-01. Bike now runs great, the exhaust was the item holding back the engine all this time.I actually had tried a number of things rumoured to fix the throttle response on 900cc engined Buells but none worked. I wish the truth had been more widely