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As much as I love getting the maps out and spending hours on Google Earth wondering if I can get from one track to another, without feeling “the sting of hot lead”…it’s just so nice to go on a rideADV.com.au excursion where everything is taken care of. Thanks a bunch to TB at http://www.rideadv.com.au/ , Wolfie at https://www.adventuremoto.com.au/ ,https://www.yamaha-motor.com.au/ and all the OBT Crew.
The accommodation was comfortable to say the least.
Parc Ferme at http://www.breckenridgefarm.com.au/
Kat gets straight into it.
Luckily, the sign out the front was inaccurate.
rideADV decends on Taylors Arm Pub.
Welcome to the jungle.
John and Kat are pumped after climbing the infamous Jacobs Ladder.
Kat, (without her GPS), started to wonder if she’d gotten off the route when the trail narrowed to an overgrown, obviously disused track in the middle of nowhere…the signature of a rideADV course…and started beeping the horn when she couldn’t raise me on the 2way…(I had my helmet off to open the gate for her!)
On the valley floor, the country was spectacular.
The view from “behind the wheel” of the General Lee.
Not all ADV rides finish by the sea…Kat takes us to a pub by the ocean…she just happens to know!
Kat decides a “pub run” is in order and powerslides out of the carpark to pick up some wine and Bundys to be enjoyed by the pool.
Then, she clicks into party mode with an LBD and a sauvignon blanc, while Deej and the support crew get this Tiger back in the game.
After a few beers, the bench racing kicked into high gear.
The “nerve centre” of the whole operation.
With this many riders…you do NOT want to run Corner Man System in the dust.
Kat enters the forest…wondering what it will be like descending Jacobs Ladder.
TB tells Kat to HTFU and get down that hill!
Kat…suffering from “Danger Sign Anxiety”
The father and son team almost lost a member after the young L plater drifted wide on a corner and the only thing stopping him dropping out of sight was a couple of small saplings!
Then, Brett, from Dunedoo, threw his XR650 up the road.
and did some mental rehearsal…to figure out where it all went wrong.
The team…bringing it on home.
John…blasting along the singles beside the highway.
The rest of the ride was a blur of fire trails and erosion humps…’til we wheeled into the Brokeback Ridge compound to a refreshing shower and even MORE refreshing beers!
Top job, guys…thanks to everyone for a great weekend. (TB, Steve, Pete, Dejay, Brett, Mark and our “Lord and Liege” King Strucky…get well soon).
Cheers, Mick.How do you like this little ensemble…1980…Watagan Forest…’79 PE250…Bell Motostar 2 helmet…Tycon padded jersey…racing leathers…Alpine Star boots (with stainless steel shin plates!!)…pretty cool, huh?!
I’ve still got the boots…and still wear the leathers!
