Australian FJ Rally 9th March 2013

[The General]

Buggar waiting for 12 months. I think September (6 months) for a bi annual event 

mmmm...Wouldn`t mind chasin ya on a red & white whatever, in say, spring! Also promised David (Stokes) I wouldn`t mind duck`n in & check`n out that Triumph of his in Warwick one day! ... 

BTW, just got a call from Joe (Wog57), He is simply raving `bout tha great time he`s had, definateley won`t miss The Snowy. He`s camped in the Nabiac Pub & going to the Bike museum tomorra. Has 2200klms up on the old girl so far & sends his best regards. 

[Bozo]

Glad you and Bozo enjoyed the Museum its a lovely place to spend several hors wandering thru and it does bring back old memories 

Baldy, enjoyed the visit a lot, as Arnie wrote 2hrs felt like 5 minutes. Most of the bikes I used to own were there apart from "THE Z1R"/ FJ maybe they didn't leak oil or have a rebuild every week.

I working on the boss for next year.

[oldktmdude]

Buggar waiting for 12 months. I think September (6 months) for a bi annual event 

Count me in!   

[oz.fj]

BTW, just got a call from Joe (Wog57), He is simply raving `bout tha great time he`s had, definateley won`t miss The Snowy. He`s camped in the Nabiac Pub & going to the Bike museum tomorra. Has 2200klms up on the old girl so far & sends his best regards. 
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GO JOE!!

[megsy]

In the colder month's, possibly July, the FJR 1300 mob run a finger freeze ride,
we are looking to go some where mid QLD & NSW as that's where our majority of members are,
It will most likely be in the New England area, (the cold area's),
I will post it up when the dates are set,
I find the FJR mob are very much like the FJ mob (older  ), so we all should get along nicely (older)

[oz.fj]

Has anyone heard how Harvy's little adventure is going 
Excluding Joe he's the only one left on the road

Darran

[X-Ray]

Harvs was going to Melbourne wasn't he? not sure how long he will be away, probably at least a week, 

[The General]

In the colder month's, possibly July, the FJR 1300 mob run a finger freeze ride,
we are looking to go some where mid QLD & NSW as that's where our majority of members are,
It will most likely be in the New England area, (the cold area's),
I will post it up when the dates are set,
I find the FJR mob are very much like the FJ mob (older  ), so we all should get along nicely (older)

Being in ya 40`s there might be a few that would question such a term, but it did get me thinkin a bit more about tha date for the Snowy Run. The Super bikes are on last weekend of Feb, while the Clipsal 500 (in case any of our riders wish to attend) is now going to be on the first weekend of March. (As is the Khancoben Bike festival in the Snowy Mountains). Considering your age, there is some debate in the commitee as to which weekend would be appropriate.  But I`m suggesting 8th March so you can celebrate twice.  (Not sure how that date will work seasonally for any International Guests? 

[megsy]

The 8th would suit me,
I should have sobered up by then, 
as the 1st of march will be my last day of 40's,

come the 2nd of March, I will be 50   

[Harvy]

Has anyone heard how Harvy's little adventure is going 
Excluding Joe he's the only one left on the road

Darran

Reporting in!

Arrived in Melbourne Tuesday afternoon........bitumen melting hot!
After hoorays Sunday morning, I met my mate at Ebor at around 12:15 and we proceeded on to Wellington for the night, then Wagga the next night and into Melbourne via the Spur tuesday.
Have not been anywhere with  internet access til now

FJ is fine - no problems to report.

Got a phone call from my sister (who lives in Perth) yesterday asking where i was - told her i was in Melbourne - she said "me too", so caught up with her yesterday.

OK 5 days of posts to catch up on!.......

Cheers
Harvy

[Harvy]

  Arrived home at 730 pm tonight all safe and sound. Left Armidale at 830 this morning and traveled on some great roads except the short-cut I took from Willow Tree to Merriwa. The 20 km dirt section took me over 35 minutes to cover. Shame Arnie and Bozo weren't with me.
  Had an absolute ball at the Rally, it was great to meet and socialise with all the members who attended. It was a pleasure to ride with you all and also see some great scenery and fantastic windy roads. Shame I missed the museum stop but had my own private race to the top of the mountain and met up with some total strangers that were riding past and were kind enough to stop to see if I was OK.
  Hope to see you all again at next years Rally.   Regards, Pete.

Pete, I took the exact same short-cut....the map doesn't  show it as dirt!

What a mongrel of a road!


Harvy

[oldktmdude]

  Arrived home at 730 pm tonight all safe and sound. Left Armidale at 830 this morning and traveled on some great roads except the short-cut I took from Willow Tree to Merriwa. The 20 km dirt section took me over 35 minutes to cover. Shame Arnie and Bozo weren't with me.
  Had an absolute ball at the Rally, it was great to meet and socialise with all the members who attended. It was a pleasure to ride with you all and also see some great scenery and fantastic windy roads. Shame I missed the museum stop but had my own private race to the top of the mountain and met up with some total strangers that were riding past and were kind enough to stop to see if I was OK.
  Hope to see you all again at next years Rally.   Regards, Pete.

Pete, I took the exact same short-cut....the map doesn't  show it as dirt!

What a mongrel of a road!


Harvy

The ruts and wash-outs going up the mountain just over the cattle grid were bad enough but the roadworks on the other side, with the large loose boulders were even worse. What a relief to get back on the blacktop. The majority of the road was great with plenty of corners to keep you on your toes. If ever they seal the dirt sections it with become a must-do for bike riders. If your interested let me know when your heading home, I may be able to help you pick some interesting roads that you may not have ridden on. Also, if you happen to be passing my neck of the woods, I may be able to ride some of the way with you.
    It was great to catch up with you at the Rally and put a face to my part supplier.   Safe riding and regards, Pete.

[Bozo]

That wasn't dirt, even the sheep and cattle were tip toeing around it, more like ball bearings but it was fun accelerating out of the bends and trying to avoid the dust from the bugger up front.
I attended the Vintage jap motorcycle rally at Victor harbour SA today, I've never seen so many jap bikes, when I get the chance I'll post some pictures. I'd guess around 200 plus were on show. If you didn't see your "old" bike in that lot it never existed. Ofcourse the rain was on and off to make owners happy.
For obvious reasons there were no Fj1100's there but the old XS1100 stood proudly amongst a stack of FZ750's. A friend of ours displayed an OW1 FZ-R750 racer (one of only 500  world wide were made for racing)

[Charley Farley]

Just a BIG thank you to everyone for making this FJR rider very welcome last weekend. Had a great time & really enjoyed it (except the "off" beer that Megsy gave me on Fri night - it must have been off cause I was not well on Sat morning)

Thats the 2nd rally I have been to at Bellingen (FJR Forum have their State of Origin there each year) & is a great location.

Enjoyed the rides, the new friends & old (Yes, even you Baldy)

Hope to make it along to another some time.

AND.... Dont forget the Finger Freeze ride in June/July ..... All welcome

Pete

[The General]

  Welcome Pete: It was sure a pleasure keeping up with you guys in those awesome twisties, Nymboida to Dorrigo. (What does "R" mean when they add it to a model code anyway? - some how don`t think it stands for "Relax"  ) ... ummm...got it....must stand for......"Really?"