Australian FJ Rally 9th March 2013

[Charley Farley]

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

Pete

Now You`ll be followen where I stick me cold fingers 
Apart from june 6th ta june 12th (in Townsville visiting daughter)-
Where & when`s this battlefield, and who`s gunna back me up against these Replicas! 

Megsy & I are working on the "Finger Freeze" ride at present. Chat on FJR forum about June long weekend but double demerits & lots of idiots that weekend 

So .... Looking at a July date & most likely Venue is Bingara in NW NSW although chat is maybe 1 night there & 1 night closer to BrisVegas (a fair few guys on FJR's come down from Gladstone).
It's being organised thru the FJR forum but we are very happy to have our Grandpa's (FJ's) join us as the much revered & respected "Elders". Last year we had 1 guy on a old Kwaka H1 Triple 500 !!!

Will post up dates/venue etc once decided but ride/weekend is open to all

Pete

[mr blackstock]

I read a few of the posts, look everyone had a ball.

Prior to the ride my engine being all fixed up, and despite getting the engine back in the frame before the departure date, I still missed the ride up.  However, as I was intending to visit a relative in Nimbin I still left on the 12th, and headed straight up.  I passed the Belingen turn off on the arvo of the 13th and figured everyone must have left for the return journey by then and carried on up to nimbin.

Although the ride was amazing, long and sore, a few things stuck in my mind.
The highway from Sydney to grafton was a dead loss.  Police, cameras, variable speed zones, a bloody nightmare!  never again.
The Summerland highway from Grafton to casino was great.
On the return journey the new England Highway was fantastic, Armidale road from Grafton to Armidale was bliss!
And to top it all off was the Putty road, never have I come across a road deserving of such a reputation!  Almost every corner was fantastic.  The Ocean Road in Victoria could take lessons from the Putty Road!

Anyway, sorry to have missed the rally, I was a few days late, but heading up to Nimbin was great, great roads! 

See you at the next rally perhaps....

cheers, Gareth

[The General]

Ohh mate, sorry we missed you. Nimbin is a place I`ve always wanted ta drop into, but everytime I`ve considered it as a shortcut, there were stacks of ominous clouds above it. - Any place you`d recommend as a stopover with wifey?

[mr blackstock]

G'day

The weather there seems to fluctuate between sunny humid, drizzle humid, rainy humid, but only for 30 minutes or so.  I recommend staying in Lismore or Casino, then venturing around the area.  A warning on the road from Lismore to Nimbin, it is the WORST road I have seen in tarmac!  pot holes you could loose a tire in, sunken parts of the roads, dropping almost a foot!  I travel dirt roads on my bikes, this road scared me.

Sweet riding scenery, lush, tropical, and chock full of crazy hippie drivers!

cheers, Gareth

[baldy3853]

Gareth
have done that road several times the reason its like that is the govt  reckons they don't need to repair as the locals float over it!!!

[The General]

left on the 12th, and headed straight up.  I passed the Belingen turn off on the arvo of the 13th

Just realised how far ya travelled in just two days!  Woow, that must be one comfortable bike....Don`t ya luv how they just keep purring along.

[The General]

G'day

The weather there seems to fluctuate between sunny humid, drizzle humid, rainy humid, but only for 30 minutes or so.  I recommend staying in Lismore or Casino, then venturing around the area.  A warning on the road from Lismore to Nimbin, it is the WORST road I have seen in tarmac!  pot holes you could loose a tire in, sunken parts of the roads, dropping almost a foot!  I travel dirt roads on my bikes, this road scared me.

Sweet riding scenery, lush, tropical, and chock full of crazy hippie drivers!

cheers, Gareth

Noted, thanks Gareth. I think I`ll head out and back from nearest coastal town.

[The General]

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hello everyone  weekend was great myself and Jodi had a great time the food the people api what can I say  thanks to the general for lending us the bike hope I did it proud.    thanks to baldy for setting a cracking pace on the way home I loved it. Almost forgot Jodi was on the back credit to those girls for hanging on. ps Lb here                                                                                                                     

Great to see the FJ experience enjoyed. Good points Lb, esp about credits to the girls. They are indeed keepers.  

[Arnie]

Yeah, but you didn't mention that the pot holes are circled in white paint so you can see (and hopefully avoid) them.  All done by a private citizen with a sense of civic responsibility :-).

Arnie

G'day

The weather there seems to fluctuate between sunny humid, drizzle humid, rainy humid, but only for 30 minutes or so.  I recommend staying in Lismore or Casino, then venturing around the area.  A warning on the road from Lismore to Nimbin, it is the WORST road I have seen in tarmac!  pot holes you could loose a tire in, sunken parts of the roads, dropping almost a foot!  I travel dirt roads on my bikes, this road scared me.

Sweet riding scenery, lush, tropical, and chock full of crazy hippie drivers!

cheers, Gareth

[mr blackstock]

Yeah, you are right.

I saw the actual guy in his overalls, and yes the potholes are painted in very eye catching colours, bordering on psychedelic though.
Some parts of the road resemble art works, that many potholes in the one spot.

cheers, Gareth

[X-Ray]

Sorry, have been a bit slack lately. Have just uploaded 46 photos here http://s367.photobucket.com/user/raywise_2008/library/FJ1200%20Aussie%20Rally%20Bellingen%202013  of our trip to Bellingen. I've kept the size at 640 x 480, but if theres any there that anyone would like the large size original of, just email me, (link is below my picture over there  <-----------   )

Again! Again! I wanna go AGAIN!!!!!!!      

[oldktmdude]

   Great photo's, Ray. Ditto, I want to go again also.   Thanks for sharing.   Regards, Pete.

[X-Ray]

Howdy all, I've just gone and added another 20 photos to the above link, plus reuploaded them all at 1024 x 768 size. Bit easier to see them!    

Heres the new link http://s367.photobucket.com/user/raywise_2008/library/FJ1200%20Aussie%20Rally%20Bellingen%202013?page=1

[roverfj1200]

Howdy all, I've just gone and added another 20 photos to the above link, plus reuploaded them all at 1024 x 768 size. Bit easier to see them!    

Heres the new link http://s367.photobucket.com/user/raywise_2008/library/FJ1200%20Aussie%20Rally%20Bellingen%202013?page=1

Why so many pix of the Red and white 

[Bozo]

Hi, I have some photos from the rally, I didn't post the same photos that everyone has of the night at the lodge/ bike line up. I have added some photos of the Vintage Japanese Motorcycle club rally in Victor Harbour SA which was incredible (second to the rally of course), enjoy.

http://s1297.photobucket.com/user/Bozo36/library/?page=1