Wow nice trip plan there Dave

See you along the path

I am leaving here on this Saturday straight to Renmark to visit my brother then leave there Thursday and back to Woodstock on Friday.
Looks like it will be good riding weather for the trip to Renmark.
See Y'all there.

Waz and I are booked into the pub for Saturday and Sunday night. We're meeting at Gunning on Friday night then up to Woodstock on Saturday morning.

See you there!

Cheers

And away we go on another KFest adventure
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Will see you all Saturday.

Al

charlie99 wrote:And away we go on another KFest adventure

Looking good, Charlie! Great work. You lot have a fine time. I wish I could be there. Historically, ot's only fitting. Just not this time.

I'm headed south east today in dark and rain. It should clear on the other side of the mountains. Idaho tonight!

Many thanks to all those who made it to Woodstock last weekend. We all had a great time chatting, inspecting everyone's machines, enjoying refreshments at the Royal Hotel AND perfect weather.
As one of the organiser's I thank you all for coming and making the event a success and many thanks to the Woodstock community (it is a small town with a great spirit) especially the Woodstock Show Committee who produced an excellent Saturday night meal and fronted up early on Sunday to produce breakfast.

was a great trip with some good people along the way and event organizers were top guys .
 Many thanks for the time and commitment by many.

some other pics along the way and some of the bikes attending 

for me , a late start about 10:30 am ...after the cool had dissipated

300 k was murrundi , 400k was sandy hollow , 500k was overnight stay at Rylstone camp ground , with pretty new facilities  on the edge of the golf course before dark .






with the next day planned to explore some of the towns out from bathurst and on the way to Cowra.

stopped at Sofala , and Bathurst before heading south west .



Blaney was a nice rest spot for lunch close to 150klm further along the road





a bit further down the road , basically i was a day ahead of the crowd , but a few folks were at the showgrounds  for the rally 
so setup the banner across a stand near a shed 


 added a few signatures as well 

ran into a bunch of k bikes and riders from shellharbour region , a bit south of (the gong ) wollengong 




and others from the Coffs region , as well as the BMWMCC organisers on site .

Rick and Tackler turning up as well .



 a lot of activity was going on next day ....around the pub of corse ... after a trip for me an explore up to Carcoar then down into Cowra to get some supplies






 for me , many familiar faces , including Gaz , Waz , Brickman, and many others

funny enough , we met a traveller from Scotland , Jim Redman and son ...who made the trip to the rally ...was great to meet some one with the passion and in person ....safe travels Jim,,,
alongside Brickman, Paul (a good mate of mine ) 





at site , some impressive beasts from all models 














including rossco's old light blue rs 1100 , then Ed , then Marie Pennykid's rides 











Saturday night dinner with some of the crew , many other just didnt make it out of the pub till next day , finals time for the footy codes i expect kept them glued to seats , with a comfy bed and a good meal .



a great big lineup of k bikes ....and them im off again 




strong winds overnight had me packed up and ready to go early .
the winds didnt decrease a lot ...and the temperature soared up in the hunter valley , so not only riding at 10 degrees list ...sweating like buggery ...till i got up the moonby hills (near Tamworth )some 400 klms north ,,, ahh temperature drop of nearly 20 degrees c , made life far more enjoyable zoomin through the night 

1600 klms and home , or so the oddo says ,,, by maps closer to 1750 klm ...buuut   we accept the mileage on the speedo .



a badge enameled with the same image as stickers were the take home items , some to be sent far and wide 



wouldnt be dead for quids .....!!!!

Great photos and rundown of your trip. Your photo of a red basic with a backrest is my old bike that I sold in 2019. Good to see that it is still alive and well.

Mike...in coffs ..stan ?
That one has a supurb output shaft rattle
He quized me about the job to fix it ..

I knew it went to Coffs, but didn't know who had it. Not bad for a bike that was built in 1983.

Hi All, I've been very tardy at getting fingers to the keyboard re our trip to the 40th Anniversary of the K Bike - lots of family stuff happening as soon as I got back to home base.

I was accompanied on my run down south from the Hunter Valley by Rodd, one of my riding buddies from the BMW Touring Club of New South Wales who lives in the Toronto area adjacent to Lake Macquarie, on his very nice R80ST (poor man doesn't have a K bike now but was an owner back in the day). We met up in Pokolbin and proceeded across to Broke, then down the Putty Road before heading west climbing up the Blue Mountains and running along the Bell Line of Road to the locality of Bell, south to Mt Victoria where we fuelled up men and beasts.

Back on the road we descended down the range to Hartley and followed the Jenolan Caves Road which climbs back up to a high plateau that extends over a large area of central NSW. Lunch was had at Oberon which is perched at over 1,100 metres altitude and always cool to freezing. The track south to Taralga is a beautiful ride through forest country - all bends and up and down hills. One of the geographical features of this route is the Abercrombie Gorge which provides a very steep and lengthy run down to the river and back up to the plateau.

Once into Taralga we turned south west and made our way through Crookwell, which is still in the high country at just under 900 metres, and onward to our overnight destination at Gunning where we were to meet up with Waz coming north from down near Wollongong south of Sydney.

A good days riding through some lovely varied countryside - 530kms on the trip meter for me and probably just under 600kms for Rodd.

Waz duly arrived on his black K100RS soon after us and once settled into our rooms we adjourned to the adjacent pub for meals, tales and throat lubrication.

Next morning we set off for Boorowa to sample the delights of the Superb Bakery (which is a superb bakery but is named for the Superb Parrot which is the town emblem). The next stage took us via Wyangala Dam up to Woodstock where the weekend activities were being held (not to be confused with it's more famous namesake in the good ole USA). First up we needed to get our pre-booked rooms sorted and then down to the bar in the Royal Hotel, built in 1911.

The Railway Station


The Pub


A fine trio of machines.


As it turned out being a warm day and with the national football grand final on the tele closely followed by the Indian MotoGP a number of cleansing ales were consumed in quick succession, helped along by the arrival at the pub of our K100 mates Tackler, Charlie and Rick G. So on a sober?? note the three of us who were staying the night at the pub decided we shouldn't ride down to the campground where the K100 gents were camped and continued to order rounds of the soothing ale. The campers had to show some self restraint in the consumption department lest they be apprehended by the law or fall off their motorcycles on the return journey.

On Sunday morning we joined the crowd at the campground to admire the lineup of K Bikes & other machines, caught up with many other friends from the BMW world and enjoyed a breakfast laid on by a local service organisation. Those who had registered collected their badges and stickers to commemorate the event. 

Part of the lineup of K bikes, naturally with my K75X Country in the centre of this photo.


Many of the attendees started their homeward trek mid to late morning but since it was a public holiday in New South Wales on the Monday, Rodd, Waz and I retired back to the pub for the grand final of the other major football code followed again by the MotoGP race that was eventually red flagged due to the weather conditions.

Monday morning saw Waz head off home on his lonesome in a southerly direction while Rodd and I headed home via Bathurst, Rylstone and Denman.

Its always great to be on the road on the bikes meeting up with like minded friends.

Cheers

Good write up Gaz 
Thanks for sharing

Well, 

I headed down on the Thursday with the intention of arriving Friday.  A rather wet start as the rain hit me at Cunningham's Gap and then continued over The Summit near Stanthorpe where it turned into a full blown thunderstorm.  Its been a while since riding around during lightening strikes.  Stuck behind one of those selfish caravan drivers in bad visibility eventually saw me leaving the storm behind.  Arriving at Haus Schorn in Guyra saw me wet but not soaked.  

Removing wet clothes to dry up with a cuppa after retrieving Keith the Kat after he escaped outside.  Guyra was still cold by my standards but dry the next day.  A leisurely departure saw me tracking through Werris Creek and Premer where I was swooped by a Magpie when stopped for a break.  I had planned my fuel stops to take advantage of the variance in fuel prices as it was a long trip ahead.

Coolah was my next fuel stop which included lunch then on to Canowindra which found me scratching my head for where the servo actually was.  Once fueled up it was into Woodstock after a delightful back road and a confusing road sign on the Western Hwy.  Some bugger had nicked the Woodstock sign from the intersection which had me scratching my head until I checked the other side.  

It is only a brief run into town from here and a quick look through the pub for familiar faces saw me eventually end up at the showgrounds and rally site.  I parked up next to Rick and then explored the site before setting up the tent in the dark.  I managed to scrounge a feed as I had not pre-booked the evening meal.  


The next day I was able to have a good look at the site and noticed how new everything was including the kitchen.  Everything was spacious and a couple of hot showers made a good impression.  The only down side was the ongoing battle with local council to open the showgrounds for free camping for those travelling.  The town itself was a little run down post covid but by all accounts had a good spirit about itself.  

Saturday saw Rick and I head into Cowra for supplies and was also the day of the AFL Grand Final.   A few hardy souls and I watched in the front bar of the pub.  Eventually Gaz, Waz and Luffy turned up which rolled into dinner with me sensibly walking back to the showgrounds.  

Sunday saw the line up of K bikes in all their glory with another Grand Final that night.  It was also that silly southern habit of winding their clocks back, or was it forwards to allow an extra hour of sunshine to fade their curtains.  So after a late start we rode into Canowindra where we had smoko at a local cafe.  Meanwhile Luffy decided to take advantage of an old girlfriend which had us booked into the Japanese Gardens in Cowra for lunch.  The Gardens are close to the Cowra wartime POW camp where a mass escape by Japanese prisoners resulted in a significant number of lives lost and the Gardens were a Shrine reflecting this.  


Later we had dinner at the pub whilst watching the GF upstairs and I caged a lift back to camp with Rick.  We had decided to stay a third night here and to make things easier with the chance of impending rain decided to sleep on the concrete with a roof over our heads to avoid the possibility of a wet tent in the morning.  


So overall a nice relaxing weekend and good to see so many K bikes in one place.  Many thanks to Smarty and the ACT BMW Club for organising this as Woodstock is one of those little gem of a places that you often pass without stopping.  Al and Marie, the dogs and Charlie were other familiar faces although a handful from Brisbane cancelled at the last moment.  So glad I put in the effort to attend. 

Meanwhile the previous weekend was the BMW 100th Anniversary in Brisbane followed by the weekends K 40th with the ACT Club's Kosciusko Rally the coming weekend.  Rick and I now had to fill in a week around the badlands of the Southern States.  

But that is another story.....

And another drenching or two but it's only water.

My usual non-snarky response to well-meaning (or not) people as I dismount from my bike in the rain, when they comment about the obvious with gems like, "Bit wet out there!?" My reply is  "Only on the outside."

Good weekend away, good to see so many nice Ks none of them look 40 years old to me. Mine will need some work. Skippy tried a head high tackled on me whilst travelling at 100, just before skipp head butted me in right side of helmet I seen him inches away from impact I dropped my shoulder into him and hung on tight. Impact knocked both mirrors off and broke fairing. I have all the bits to fix just need to be painted black. Stayed up luckily. Last photo is not a nice one.

Gessus Waz,  

I do hope you are okay.  Any injuries so to speak off except the trauma of the surprise?  

Incidentally where did that happen?  I see the thick grass would not have helped.

I’m ok, I was lucky it was a little fella. 
Just near Wyangala dam, yah the long grass on side of road kept him hidden.

Hi everyone, the BMW MCC of Canberra have some spare badges and stickers from the 40th Anniversary of the Brick. If you are after some more or just like to collect K-Bike memorabilia you can purchase badges and stickers from the Club. Cost is AUD$15.00 for a badge, sticker with pack and post.

Please email your name, address and email address to contact@bmwmcc.au and we will invoice you, once paid you badge will be posted.

Cheers Martin Robertson (Smarty)