are those series 3 ?.... bargain ....woohoo

charlie99 wrote:
i think i have resolved an issue ...maybe a yearning ,,,to do the "pacific northwest " san fran to seatle ...one day .....

About 770mi SF-Seattle, and for one day you really have to push it up I-5.

If you've got some time instead, take scenic Route 101 up through the Redwoods, then switch to coast highway Route 1 up through Oregon and Washington to the Olympic Peninsula. Then ferry boat from Bremerton to Seattle. There are plenty of places to camp along the way, and if you hit the weather just right it's a delight.

A little video from the weeekend.

https://youtu.be/IbmScgGml78

Nice work Paul.

Maybe we should start a video contest like the picture one ???

good vid paul ...

I spent 5 minutes being fascinated by gloves that match the switches,

Cheers, Paul,

Paul.

Nice work Paul.
Was the camera strapped to your chest?
Only half way through the video. Watching at work and the connection is rubbish.

Where was Charlie? So far in front or so far behind?

Found him at 5:00

Now I am gonna have to get myself a camera. And drag out the old vinyl copy of Machine Head.

rossco wrote:Nice work Paul.
Was the camera strapped to your chest?
Only half way through the video. Watching at work and the connection is rubbish.

Where was Charlie? So far in front or so far behind?

Found him at 5:00

Now I am gonna have to get myself a camera. And drag out the old vinyl copy of Machine Head.

Yeh Rossco... Gopro 2, with chest harness... Still got a few ideas on how to improve it.The new gopro does twice the frame rate...
Don't forget to click "1080hd" when you get to a fast connection....

Lovely! That's it, I'm moving to QLD.
Hmmmm....Must attach something in the way of a camera to the chair for Bella to slobber on....

Great road, really well captured by the pannier mounted position Paul.

take a

88

Really good vision, exhaust sounds gutsy, best ive heard on a ride vid, what is it?

Ghost who rides wrote:Really good vision, exhaust sounds gutsy, best ive heard on a ride vid, what is it?

Actually the exhaust is stock.... I think what you are hearing is distortion from my crappy microphone setup every time it revs 4000

or the phone bouncing round in the box under the seat paul ....giggle ...maybe some foam to keep it steady ...but awesome all the same

Very impressive vid...some new ideas come from this....I like the pannier mount idea...out with the velcro me thinks...black would be best...challenge accepted althought the go pro gear is top shelf and hard to compete with it will be fun trying....wooowooo.
come on Rossco I need to film a brave bike ahead....

Klompy the grey brick wrote:
come on Rossco I need to film a brave bike ahead....

Give me a day or two to find one for you

fernvale tomorrow .... 8.00 am sinday 7-4-13

at the pie shop .

another brilliant and sunny weekend here

heading up to Kingaroy to drop some stuff off to alby

anybody interested  ,,,  sunday am

nice trip up the hill ....getting a bit warmish round here these days

saw a happy face and good to meet again

hats and t shirt delivered ,,,,thanks from nic ...ed and craig

spied a little work going on in the "hesmadlab" ..shed


 

albs on the way to try and make the 23 of november ride out  down in Guyra  ...with at least 2 sidecars in attendance

hes done a great job on the sidecar  ...with some special paintwork planned ..

 at times the  array of bikes is heart warming ...and his collection is growing it seams



isn't it great to get out of your own little world and share some time with friends ...and a good ride to enjoy along the way

Never thought of parking my bikes vertically, saves a lot of space!   

Paul.

I was out yesterday too, Balhannah swap meet but I was also looking to meet Michael, remember him?

No luck there but I met a guy who was also looking for M ! Nice guy Jason, you can't have too many mates eh?

His best mate bought a brand new, just out, K100 in the day for his iconic Euro tour and had nothing but GRIEF.

Ruined his trip. He got it back to BMW and told them to keep it, put it where the sun don't etc.

THEY sent it to South AUST. dealer Pitmans and THEY did everything to rectify the faults. Needless to say he hadn't 

"bonded" with this machine and traded out.

Back in the day those of us who rode BM's heard similar tales and were cautious as you would be.

History shows that the design was sound but let's not gloss over the reality, here in OZ they "boiled" the fuel tank!

FACT!

The Boxer, now called "Airhead" brigade are "blamed" for the slow uptake of the K. Well let me tell you guys,

we had bikes which performed well (I still have mine) so why would I buy a less than perfect bike?

It's a generational thing I know, just don't blame me for BMWs' F.. ups!

Rant over and totally contradictory to the above, Hows this!



I should have changed the oil and filter for the Far Kairn Meetup, I even had both so no $s drama right?

In true Aussie spirit I reckoned "she'll be right!" And off I went. Well half way through the trip, parked on some grass 

or such I couldn't see oil in the glass! Any normal guy would top her up half litre or so at the next opportunity right?

Not Muggins. No, She'll be right! 

I swear on a stack of holy books that I can't tell the difference in level from when I started the trip. 3000kms

And some new oil leaks, weeps, to attend to, sure. But .. But ? At 185,000 kms (showing) NO measurable oil use!

Ghost.

I pulled a K100 apart a few days ago and it had 400 000km on it and there was a very small wear lip of about 1-1.5 thou. The rest was also good except the ball and needle bearings were about had it.

Rossco and mr klompy its only fitting if you Sydney riders are doing video's then you will need the audio from Stone on your runs. I've got a lp album of stone it just needs someone smart enough to get it onto digital.

I should have mentioned the clip in the 1st post but I sure liked watching the suspension working on the side mount you can see the swingarm under the brake fluid cup moving and the front axle shifting up ad down as if sliding up the front engine cover. might have to go stick a deep purple album on now

along my Christmas "home visit" ride today

poor old "Gerty " couldn't go past this ...

a little too obvious ???

Gee Charlie I didnt think Kyogle was important enough to be 100 K from anywhere

So you did not stop at the 75 mark then?

soo sorry mate I looked and looked ...only in 10s
had other issues like ....inches thick leaf shrapnel all over the road (hail storms that went through there last night ) ...very slippery at times

thankfully I had a couple of truck tracks to follow  as I hit the top

Kingaroy surely, that's the only place that starts wiff a K.

Good find Charlie, classic!

Years ago I very nearly stole one of those signs 100kms from Katherine(or it might have been Kununurra)

Al

just thought to share a trip down the coast on one of those ...for us ..not so hot days (thankfully )

near cunungra ..looking at the downhill of mount tamborine



canungra itself



up and over the hills to beechmount



next stop ...Greenmount beach (right on the border of new south wales and kweensland ) for a swim



looking towards the gold coast high rise ...some 20 odd kilometers away



my little fishing hole ...under the bridge at tweed heads


little bream ...and fun in the trying to hook those little bait steelers






on the way home darkness fell ...and I am happy to report that i can see the fuel and temperature gauges clearly ...even with the "dark visor " fitted up and down ...yippee

enjoy folks ...was a good day !!

Nice sunny day again. As usual between chrismas and new year Libertas Riders in Santa Claus dress code with bags full of candies for children come to the main street of old city. No helmets - its the only day police dont care about. Hapy new year

another ride planned next sunday

the big loop

short story

Brisbane
Yatla  
Byron (visit my daughter for about 1/2 hour (out of Sydney for the w/e))
Casino
twistys to
Tenterfield
Stanthorpe (visit poor old rick )
Warwick
Brisbane

heading off early ...now that summer is fading  (Yatla bp  7.00- 7,30 ish )

if any one is interested

Sorry Charlie. Working.

no worries ol mate ...hope to catch up when we can

cheers !

I can't either Charlie. Fraser is moving out again next week-end, I'll be playing pack mule   

cheers rob ....no worries

maybe when you get the k on the road ....in a while eh ?

whats a fantastic day for a ride in aussie

clear cool day with full sun out and no clouds at all that i could see


after a recent overhaul ...gerty spun over then fired up rather slugishly ...thats odd ....but i remember that its been almost a month since last start ...figures ..too busy with work stuff ..perhaps the battery was somewhat discharged over that time .

i had attempted a repair to a leaking oil filter cover plate on Saturday  replacing the screws (with stainless steel ones) to the assembly and  added some silicon sealant to them on application,  removing the chinese quality unbrako screws in the process ...had a thought that these screws were out of spec and too narrow a thread pattern -thickness )  ...(does the thread penetrate the sump cover ? letting oil pass ..was what i was thinking )

the job went well and suitably fitted up with no apparent oil leaks next morning

anyway, off up the hills ...on a glorious sunday at 8am .... really ..you should be here for our autumn ...its fantastic, once the rain has disappeared ,,, spurs the advertising slogan  "queensland ...glorious one day ..perfect the next ) 

destination  "Stanthorpe" and Rick G

the road was mostly clear and free flowing ...bliss ...and a good go at the "cunninghams gap " hill climb was enjoyed

stanthorpe "market day" was observed ...and then onto ricks

no no scones were found ...so a multilayer marble cake was aquired ...really ...no bakeries or such could be found ... disapointment

passed over irish shamrock logo stickers ,,,(been a while taken to get them there ) and picked up a set of "c" bars ...care of Gaz ..nindi gully ride ..and rick g

these things take time i guess

a good chat with rick was enjoyed although they wee both afflicted with the dreaded "lurgy" (cold symptoms )

homeward bound on the 180 odd k track in the afternoon was smooth and appreciated up around 4.5 k

and no sign of the oil leak ....wow  what  a day

Yeah , your right Charlie, this would be the warmest and best riding weather for Autumn we've seen for years, glad to see you took full advantage of it. I had a short ride to town and back for supplies ( bathroom reno going on here ) I cant remember it being so good at this time of year, feels like we're going into spring not winter.

global warming offering up some fantastic opportunities, good to hear of a successful outing there Charlie.
sounds like the silicone was successful providing for an uneventful ( mechanically) trip. well done.
with the rubbing off of the Irish , Rick and Marg should be on the mend real quick.
good luck with the bathroom Smithy.I'm still due to start mine.

beautiful winter weather round here today

after a day fixing stuff yesterday ...it thought I deserved a ride ....

a bit of a clean up before heading off

 

then off into the hills ....spectacular vision from the familiar lookout, part the way up mt nebo   you could literally see further than at any time during our humid summer type months ...with the humidity at really low levels ...I like this



the camera didn't do it justice really .... a nice little loop  of about 100 ks on a sunny sunday

woohoo !

I just stole your pic for my ANZ wallpaper collection You wouldn't like to add a bit more than just 'Mt.Nebo' to its description, would you?

will do dai ...

gimme a few minutes



near mount Nebo ...at Jolly's Lookout

over looking the Samford valley directly below ...further off and straight ahead  is Dayboro    a small village before the climb of the same range of hills (into or over the D'agular range  including Mount Mee) ...that surrounds the western outskirts of Brisbane

to the south the brisbane river traverses the now fairly flat valley floor

to the centre and right of the pic is the coast ...well in behind our closest island connected by a road bridge  "Bribie island "   further to the right is "Moreton island " one of several islands that form the bay around  the Brisbane river , Brisbane and the real ocean of the south pacific ...

from the lookout

 some observations


further up the range is Mount Glorious


and  some of the roads in this area of forest reserve



heres a map

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Charlie...stop it...you will have a mass migration to your part of the world!

lol stan ...along with tropical growths ...its too bloody hot for 4 months of the year

but the autumn - winter-  early spring ...is famous  and we can deal with it soo much better

just glorious ??!!






our southerner mates  uli and bob ...ventured off over those hills  ...from the reverse direction ...  from that meet that ended up in esk ....



 I have a feeling you were there as well ...but missed this section ...on the way home

Thanks Charlie! It's just possible that the original inhabitants around Mt. Nebo originated from North Wales as there's two villages of Nebo within five of miles of each other (!!!) and another down in South Wales.

Dai wrote:Thanks Charlie! It's just possible that the original inhabitants around Mt. Nebo originated from North Wales as there's two villages of Nebo within five of miles of each other (!!!) and another down in South Wales.

It strikes me as curious that the 'original inhabitants' might have come from North Wales. A mass migration we don't know about?

Good photos and great memories of our Esk trip. Yes Charlie I was there...right behind you at one stage when you were "shake, rattle and roll" trying to get the fuel into the correct part of the tank so you could get to the servo.

Two Wheels Better wrote:

Dai wrote:Thanks Charlie! It's just possible that the original inhabitants around Mt. Nebo originated from North Wales as there's two villages of Nebo within five of miles of each other (!!!) and another down in South Wales.

It strikes me as curious that the 'original inhabitants' might have come from North Wales. A mass migration we don't know about?

Lucky they called the state Queensland rather than New North Wales to match its southerly neighbour then. Emigrants weren't very original when it came to naming new places.

Cracking pictures Charlie - the start of your winter looks far nicer than the start of our summer up here.

Born Again Eccentric wrote:...Emigrants weren't very original when it came to naming new places

After 40 years leading the headstrong Israelites in the desert, Moses stood on the windswept summit of Mount Nebo and viewed the Promised Land of Canaan...
~Deuteronomy 34:1

Brisbane (and SE Queensland) may not quite be the promised land, but it's pretty bloody close.