glitch_oz
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As life, events and rides roll along year after year, things tend to blur into each other.
Time to “look over the shoulder” and stitch together all those glorious trips and rides ...just the bigger ones and those which can be linked to existing ride-reports, cause we all like pics, eh?
arty
LOTS and LOTS of pics!!
Some of the ride-reports are rather pictorials of 1-5 week rides and can easily contain 100s, some even up to 2500 pics...IN ONE, SINGLE STORY!
The later threads are often written up as a "co-production" by multiple scribblers, who've been along for the ride and put things down from their perspective.
They also often contain more pics and extra posts/ comments than other versions of the same RR's on other forums.
Most of it will be from Australia, some from New Zealand and the European Alps.... some road, some dirt, some mixed...most on our own bikes, some on hired bikes, some on bikes owned in different countries.
We've never been picky, ridden whatever was at hand at the time. Whatever made sense, fitted the trip and/ or the budget at the time.
Rode tiny CT110 Hondas (ex-Australia Post delivery bikes aka "Posties"), Aprilia Pegaso's, Bandits, XTs/DRs/KLRs, V-Stroms, F/G/R and K series BMWs....whatever.
Learned long ago that it's all about the ride....and not the bike.
And while it's nice and exciting to run a sharp, fresh, modern bike through the twisties, the real belly-wobbling laughs can only be had on a shytebox run at the edge of the envelope...taking inappropriate gear into out-of-the-way-places.
I guess, that happens when you grow old on bikes. And don't take the world or yourself too seriously.
Bikes, rides, travel....it’s been a ripsnorter of a decade !!
Each post will be a "teaser" with a link to the full story.
Hope, there's something for you amongst that lot. At least it'll show off some of Australia, New Zealand and other places...incl. 2 absolutely fantastic stints of travelling with our long-term friend Jim from Medford/Oregon, who showed us a little of the great NorthWest and some breathtaking stuff in some of the National Parks in Utah last year.
Just pop in from time to time and have another snoop.
Enjoy
Time to “look over the shoulder” and stitch together all those glorious trips and rides ...just the bigger ones and those which can be linked to existing ride-reports, cause we all like pics, eh?
artyLOTS and LOTS of pics!!
Some of the ride-reports are rather pictorials of 1-5 week rides and can easily contain 100s, some even up to 2500 pics...IN ONE, SINGLE STORY!
The later threads are often written up as a "co-production" by multiple scribblers, who've been along for the ride and put things down from their perspective.
They also often contain more pics and extra posts/ comments than other versions of the same RR's on other forums.
Most of it will be from Australia, some from New Zealand and the European Alps.... some road, some dirt, some mixed...most on our own bikes, some on hired bikes, some on bikes owned in different countries.
We've never been picky, ridden whatever was at hand at the time. Whatever made sense, fitted the trip and/ or the budget at the time.
Rode tiny CT110 Hondas (ex-Australia Post delivery bikes aka "Posties"), Aprilia Pegaso's, Bandits, XTs/DRs/KLRs, V-Stroms, F/G/R and K series BMWs....whatever.
Learned long ago that it's all about the ride....and not the bike.
And while it's nice and exciting to run a sharp, fresh, modern bike through the twisties, the real belly-wobbling laughs can only be had on a shytebox run at the edge of the envelope...taking inappropriate gear into out-of-the-way-places.
I guess, that happens when you grow old on bikes. And don't take the world or yourself too seriously.
Bikes, rides, travel....it’s been a ripsnorter of a decade !!
Each post will be a "teaser" with a link to the full story.
Hope, there's something for you amongst that lot. At least it'll show off some of Australia, New Zealand and other places...incl. 2 absolutely fantastic stints of travelling with our long-term friend Jim from Medford/Oregon, who showed us a little of the great NorthWest and some breathtaking stuff in some of the National Parks in Utah last year.
Just pop in from time to time and have another snoop.
Enjoy
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