Rideadv is doing the High Country May 2nd, 3rd and 4th

[Ron SantMember]

Hi Wigster,
I’ll be riding to Jindabyne leaving Thursday morning from Londonderry (near Richmond) and was planning to leave at about 9:00 am.

I ride the Orange Triumph Tiger 800xc.
If you want to contact me directly call 0404875876

Regards
Ron

[Alan RootsMember]

Jeffro and I did a couple of hundred K’s today , through some of the wet and slippery trails in the Watagan Mtns , his bike is a pearler I reckon , well once he fix’s the bash plate it will be :whistle: , All good for the High country next weekend .

[Dwayne OMember]

Yeah,
She was a wet day mate , and still is here :whistle:
I had no voice with the flu symptoms by this arvo and the missus is happy about that :laugh: , glad I stayed indoors to tell the truth.
Off to Sydney early tomorrow for a course so thought I`d better stay dry today and wimped it, loaded up on codrals and soothers instead :blush:

Good to hear you guys are sorted and confident for the upcoming trip,
Enjoy the adventure gents and good luck hey

[Jeffrey SmithMember]

Yeah it was a pretty good test today, as Al said we had some pretty slippery conditions at time (extremely slippery at times) but the bike handled well. The D908 tyres don’t like sand and throttle control is important on wet tar but were generally not bad. The front felt more stable than the old Tenere even with the standard springs and being lowered.
The bash plate fell off on the way back due to the mounting bracket breaking and the throttle is a bit touchy, especially on slippery down hills but other than that I was very happy with the bike

[GregMember]

Weather update people

TB

[Alan RootsMember]

My step son lives and works in Falls Creek , the wife rang him tonight and told him we were riding down there this coming weekend , he said the local weather prediction is for 30 – 40 cm of snow fall this week , should be an interesting ride . Bring ya thermals people .

[GregMember]

The rain will melt the snow, inside word from my contact down there is we wont see snow Al. He said he has been wrong twice and wont marry a third time :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Thermals yeah :pinch:

TB

[usiMember]

Never seen snow ..

[daniel lewisMember]

im glad I got the heated grips I think ill need them

[Alan RootsMember]

Weather from BOM website

Friday 2 May Mt Hotham

Summary
Min -2
Max 2
Snow at times.

Alpine North Eastern area
Cloudy. Isolated showers developing, increasing to areas of rain during the afternoon. Showers and rain falling as snow above 1000 metres. The chance of thunderstorms in the south. Winds north to northwesterly 15 to 25 km/h becoming southerly 15 to 20 km/h during the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 1 and 6 with daytime temperatures reaching between 8 and 15.

Saturday 3 May Mt Hotham

Summary
Min -1
Max 1
Snow shower or two.

[Bill VertucciMember]

Going to be interesting camping in Ensay.

[GregMember]

Tell me about camping at Ensay

TB

[Lindsay PetersenMember]

Hey Al

Not too late to change the WR over to this

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Good luck – wish i was there (not!!!!)

Linz

[Alan RootsMember]

TrailBoss wrote:

Tell me about camping at Ensay

TB

Give us a Pauline Hanson .

aka . Please explain ?

Ensay should not be too bad , it is not that great an altitude . Wikipedia says its only 400 m above sea level , should be OK there temperature wise . It’s lower than Jindabyne where we are starting .

[Alan RootsMember]

plindz wrote:

Hey Al

Not too late to change the WR over to this

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Good luck – wish i was there (not!!!!)

Linz

G’day Linz , I don’t think the snow will be that deep more of a novelty than a concern , I have ridden along tar roads near Jenolan Caves through snow banks , but the road was not snow covered , would be cool to get a pic of my white WR with an all white background though :silly: .

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