A quick bump for this one....it's coming Saturday, folks!! And it looks like we'll have as least one of every mod ever done to a TR in the pack. Hope the weather plays along...
Looking forward to it Glitch. If there's anyone else coming up from the SE suburbs (I'm in beaumaris) and wants to ride up to Kinglake together, send me a PM.
Maybe shoot Nev a PM...he's in the north and you'd possibly go past his place (towards Kinglake) in any case. Anyone from the Outer Eastern Areas is welcome to a meet at my place. I'll be leaving earlier though (latest 9.00am) for "the long way" to Kinglake, bouncing around the backblocks incl. some gravel to get a little feel for the TR + OEM Tourances. PM for contact/ details.
Looking at the pics, I seem to have been a bit too enthusiastic...10 instead of 11. 9 in most group-pics and 1 turned home straight from the morning meet, not coming along for the ride.... which turned into a cracker. Although...we a couple of "honorary" TR's along :-)) (a Trumpy Scrambler and a KLR, both doing fantastic support and photo-"duties", thanks guys)
Making sure the thread can be viewed and linked by anyone, here's a shorty on yesterday's Terra/ Strada meet in Kinglake. Getting 10 of them into one place is a bit of a record and the Vic/ Melbourne crowd rolled it all into a pearler of a day-ride, too. Support and "photo-crew" were provided by the AusTourers, mainly Goodie on the KLR and Tim on the Scrambler (before the "moral" support of Doug and Stephen/ Steven?/ Oaters)...thanks for the company, guys! :chug: Here are a few shots from the day... Help me out guys!! L-to-R Matt (Mattwah), Brad (Waltr), ???, Dandydisco, Eivind (ozav8r), Steven/Stephen (oaters, non-Husky), ?grey Textile suit (De Lewis?), ?? blue T-shirt (Geeza), Goodie/KLR from the back) LOTS of stuff to be checked and gawked at. 10 in a row, whoohoo! Twowheeler (left) and Doug (non-Husky/ AusTouring). Nev leading the pack on Murchison Spur Matt right behind Eivind (ozav8r) Twowheeler enjoying the views from the ridge Matt?? ?? (Safari Tanks) and Matt? Matt? or Rockyrider?
Let's boogie (Dandydisco) What the hell is THIS?? Sweet countryside! Also sweet...and giving the Huskies a run for the money:bs EVERYONE enjoyed Upper King Parrot Rd. There goes the last one.... Or not?? Pre-lunch shots at the Yea Spur....L-> R: Brad, Nev (blue jacket), Tim (the lonely Trumpy punter) and Pete (Twowheeler) "upstairs". (can't wait for those shots!) A laaate lunch in Yea... About to check out the old Cheviot Railway tunnel What a ripper of a day!! With nearly as many cameras around as what there were Huskies I can't wait to seeing them ALL here!! Thanks everyone for showing up and making a fantastic day out of it!! :clap::clap::clap:
Meaning you're in Syd or Bris then. (there are quite a few Newports around Aus). You guys could've been there, the ride was posted ~ 3 moths ago (shrug).... Alternatively...post your own meet! Nothing wrong with that.
Terrific day guys! Credit to the event coordinator Glitch. Some great trails that were new to me. Yep, that's me in the textile suit and pacman backpack.
My version of events - The general gaggle at the Kinglake meet-point, with some ring-ins - Got ourselves organised; Terras up one end - Stradas up the other - Glitch led off in a roughly northeasterly direction, taking interesting roads & tracks. First stop at Murchison Gap, where I could pick the dust out from my teeth - Down the Gap, past Strath Creek, we turned left onto Upper King Parrot Creek Road & its bridge (sorry guys, didn't get everyone & you'll have to help out with handles on some) - Glitch - DeLewis I think - Goodie on the Kwaka riding Sweep (although now I was ) - Alone as Sweep and sans-dust, I stopped for a couple more pics - Everyone waited patiently for me to catch up ..... more to come .......
We set off to find the Yea Spur Road, which was great fun, and wound up here - Looking out over Yea and surrounds - After lunch, headed over to Native Dog Road - then stopped at Cheviot Tunnel - From here, rode back via Murrindindi with what was left of the crew, who then split up again near Toolangi. I followed Glitch & ozav8r (I think) onto Old Mount Slide Road which took us down to Steels Creek. Great road, very entertaining loose gravel switchbacks through fern gullys. For once I was OK eating dust, as 3rd out of 3 I could practice novice-level standing up + rear wheel braking + knee steering with no-one to witness the resulting unconventional cornering lines . Short stop in Steels Creek where Glitch took that gross mug shot of me , before splitting to head home via Gruyure. Back in the cave, I took out the air filter to see how much dust the silicon-sealed Unifilter had collected. Looks like it's done its job - For interest, I averaged almost bang-on 4litres / 100km for the day. Thanks all for a great day out .
Good photos, I used to live in Broadford until about 3 years ago, last time I rode through the Cheviot Tunnel it was still ballast on the ground. The bridge at the Strath Ck end of Upper King Parrot Creek road was put in in 2000/1. Our builder lived on a property fairly close to the Strath end and it was a a fairly rough ford to get across then. They have also improved the lookout over the Valley of a Thousand Hills.
You wouldn't recognize some of the places anymore...the old Seymour-Mansfield rail line was just completed as a RailTrail 18 mths ago. Cheviot Tunnel had a major spruce up, carparks each end etc....and it's part of the RailTrail, of course. I also remember the tunnel full of 6-10" deep ballast-gravel. Yo, the new lookout was built about 3 years ago and the entry to Horans Track has been "2WD-ed". There've been major works going on in+around Tallarook State Forest, a new carpark at the Strath Falls lookout and, and... But there's still a lot of good riding up there... Scenic Rim? Might catch up in March perhaps, there's a bigger ride by the AusTouring mob getting organized at the moment and we'll have at least 2 TR's along.
