GRiSO goes to the Hunter Valley

Hot today. Other than that, it was a pretty good ride to Kandos, where in bedding down for the night. Great fun between Bathurst and Kandos! A few twisties and lots of sweepers. It rained a couple of times, and I welcomed it. Temps at mostly around 35C, and occasionally down to a refreshing 32. The light  cooled things off until the sun came out. Steamy!

When I got into Kandos, I went straight to the servo for petroleum. As I did a right into the driveways, I promptly crashed. Went down like a bag of shit.

This poxy thing caused it. It's the USB outlet. I didn't bother plugging the phone in when I left Bathurst. It got jammed between the triple clamp and the tank bezel. No turny bars. Fall down.


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Scratched the valve cover. Again. Scratched the oil cooler cover. Again. Bent the rear brake lever. Again. Scratched the CARC. Again. Broke the right hand mirror.

Least you are still able to ride and only your pride, and not bones, is dinged. happens to all of us from time to time. Black Beer will help...

(Sigh!) When I get back from NZi'll see what I have in the 'Mountain of Munt'

Tony, one Toohey's Old followed by several Jack Daniels.


Then I got befriended by the local fur-beast.


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Mmmm. Where you been boy, that finger smells fishy?

It might have smelled my injuries and was thinking about eating my corpse later. Left knee swollen and painful. Right elbow bruised and scratched, right shoulder smarting.

Yay.

Ouch! Is not a good day when you damage the drinking arm, nor the bike.

Now my tits are sore. I hate that.

I'm thinking the cat smelled whiskey. Recommend you mark the levels on your bottles. Cats are annoyingly smart.

Condolences on the smack-down. Are you not setting a record of some sort?

Bill

Bill Hagan wrote:

Condolences on the smack-down.  Are you not setting a record of some sort?  
Bill

I'm not accepting any challenges ........................... had a few head knocks along the way.
Last count was fall down go boom 26 times.

Beware the dangling gee-gaw...

I swapped out the useless cigarette lighter port on the Stelvio dash with a much more useful unit.

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Damn, Beetle! Glad you're okay - foiled by a dangling dangler, FUCK!

Shit Mark. It's the low speed that does it, I'm overly cautious on the stelvio when going slow . We all just need to go faster.

Bill, I think you may be onto something. Puss could detect the sweet aroma of whiskey.

I think that's number 7 for the GRiSO. About to head to Rylstone for breakfast. Then the Bylong Way. No crashing today. No sir!

Well I made it to Rylstone. All of 7 kilometres. I didn't crash. RH valve cover leaking. Curse!

Ffs glad it was at the servo,Not the bylong valley way. When you heading back?

Pisser! Nothing worse than a pinched dingle-dangle.

Back in Rylstone for Breakfast, heading home. Got a wet arse too. Full report when I get home.

Shit ............. sorry to hear about the bumps.Good that you are still mobile though.

Ciao

Yesterday.

Breakfast at Rylstone. Cafe on Louee does great Egg & Bacon rolls. And the coffee is fantastic.

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I didn't get far out of Rylstone before oil started pissing out of the RH valve cover. I had to stop to see what was happening.


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Checked the gasket was OK. Cleaned up as much oil as I could and reassembled. Still got a slow ooze. I'll need to closely inspect the valve cover. The scenery was better.


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Then I was on my way, heading to Jerry's Plains. Except I missed the turn onto the Golden Highway and ended up in Muswellbrook.
A quick stop for fuel, then I was off. I arrived at the Crowne Plaza Resort at 1230. Pretty much the whole ride,  my nostrils were filled with the delicate aroma of decaying marsupials.

Some interesting cloud formations last night:


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Today.

Got away about 0630. Alert for live marsupials. Fuel stop at Jerry's Plains. A bloke on BMW GS something pulled in. I gave him a nod, but he averted his eyes. How rude!
Arrived back in Rylstone about 0830. Stopped for petroleum and also another excellent Egg & Bacon Roll.

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Next stop was Cowra. The wind was terrible and and when I arrived home at 1430, I was buggered. The whole way back was a struggle. Might have had something to do with the eleventy glasses of Shiraz I had last night.

Oh yeah. The Bylong Way. The road surface is really bad for quite a lot if it, especially in the fun bits. Too rough for really spirited riding. The Universe is agin me. All the really rough bits are always at the apex of a bend.

Just be glad you weren't in Victoria, the coppers would've been agin ya too. A question for ya Mark, was it good shiraz?

It was tops. I posted details in the Red Wine thread.

Sorry to hear about your troubles. Next time you head up that way try the back road from Eglinton (Nth Bathurst) to Turondale via Duramana thence to Sofala. Sensational and a pretty good surface most of the way.