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No come on the next one Kat, that way they might slow down a bit and I will be able to keep up then
,,,,,, and hey, your speed is comin along nicely I hear.
Met up with Lotsa this morning down the central coast way, a bit cool on the freeway but not too bad. No-one there when I arrived but Lotsa turned not long after.
The DRZ ready for action
Lotsa on the DR taking photos of himself
Lotsa had a plan in his head along with some instruction on paper he got from the net. Now at this point I was expecting a nice leisurely ride through the country side, and while it was through the country side, it certainly wasn’t leisurely. Well not for me at least, following lotsa it soon became apparent that speed zones were advisory only and didn’t really apply to us.We headed up the tar but it wasn’t long before we hit the fire trails, and hit them at speed. The pace was on (well it was for me, I think Lotsa was only cruising), I was going well keeping at a pace that was close to the limits of my ability. Every now and then I would zone out a bit and drop off without realising it, then sort of come to and realize he had gotten away from. That wasn’t such a problem as I new he would wait for me at some point, the problem was that when he was in sight I had a better idea of what was ahead and how tight the corners were. So then I would really push myself to catch up in sections where I felt comfortable, at 1 stage I was doing 129Kmh on the loose gravel roads near St Albans trying to catch him. I only know this because my GPS logged the maximum speed, I was too busy watching the road
All day it was like that, I am not complaining , I was having a ball, just saying is all. On the run home on the dirt through Yengo he got away again and try as I might he just kept getting further ahead.
Can’t tell you too much about where we went but Lotsa has covered that anyway. There was 1 food stop, 1 lookout stop, 1 drink stop, 2 fuel stops, 2 river cruises and 3 piss stops.
All up I did 520km for the day with the trip up and down the freeway included. Left home this morning at 6.45 and got home around 5. The ride reminded me of the old bulls biggest days out ride we did a while back, covered some of the same trails but had probably less stops
.The DRZ never missed a beat all day (excluding a little cold start issue this morning), I refuelled at the first pit stop at Colo and that was it for the day, I have got just over 300km out of the tank so far and haven’t hit reserve. Butt is a bit sore but that will teach me to sit down all day. I was running 14/42 gearing and sat on 120 to 130 all the way home on the freeway, I think if I were to be a lot of travelling at those speeds I would probably go to a 15 front (tip for the cc crew
)A few pics
2 beauties taking in the view
Lotsa in action
The Lunch spot
The Lunch
Thanks Lotsa, can’t wait to do it again.
mickp wrote:
Quote:Not that I think you will drop it Jeffro :laugh: :laugh::blush: Why should this bike be any different?
I must be losing my mind, I don’t have the andystrapz expedition panniers, I thought I bought some on line the other night but only bought straps, waterproof overgloves and a light weight balaclava. I may still get some though, I have been reading about problems with the Aluminium panniers in the soft going and getting your heals caught under them as you try and paddle your way out of the sand or mud. Maybe keep them for on road or more moderate rides and get the soft ones for the other stuff. The other advatage of soft panniers is they expand and flex to suit what you stuff into them instead of the other way around.
I spent over $1000 bucks on bike stuff between midnight and sunrise the other night, I think I need a job that keeps me away from the internet
At this stage I plan to start my ride from home, no psrking rquired
Yeh no worries Krusty, I didn’t think you were having a go, just trying to ease Nicks stress levels over gearing.
I’m a bit like you Krusty, I don’t like riding with the ring revved out of the bike (kinda pointless on a DRZ anyway as that is not where the power is), thats why I went with a bigger bore bike, so I could ride it in the lower rev range with plenty of tourque.
