Re: Wal ah be damned

feeds@yuku.com (Sebastionbear) — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 21:19:40 GMT

OX 34 wrote:
Just waiting for some BMW action - 6 weeks post 'roo.

That's what BMW stands for Ox - Better Makém Wait

Cheers, Craig

Re: Wal ah be damned

feeds@yuku.com (OX 34) — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 20:26:54 GMT

The Hayabusa is back on the road again - one week post wallaby. New rotor and carbon fibre front guard.

Just waiting for some BMW action - 6 weeks post 'roo.

Re: Wal ah be damned

feeds@yuku.com (OX 34) — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 20:36:04 GMT

Patrick, I'd heard about the log trucks and was on guard for them.......... didn't see any. Maybe 3 vehicles south of Delegate?
Also, by heading south I missed the worst hazard of the road if heading north - there is no warning before the first gravel AT ALL. I've read accounts of rider's rides ending right there in the dust. At least its a relatively slow road. Looking forward to a repeat ride when I go back to the Alps.

Ray, I had only see one other roo that...

Re: Wal ah be damned

feeds@yuku.com (varadero) — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:26:16 GMT

Geez Ox, all this talk about hitting roos, I think you might be jinxing me. Out for a bit of a ride around Kinglake north of Melbourne this afternoon and almost collected a kamikaze roo bounding down a steep embankment. Don't know who got the biggest fright - him or me.

Don't know if it has something to do with the drought (Vic still in drought) but there seems to be more and more roos on the roads in the daytime.

Re: Wal ah be damned

feeds@yuku.com (Patrickp93) — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:45:14 GMT

We where down there on the Bonang Hyway earler in the year OX and it was worth the effort even though we got run of the road by a log truck on the top end dirt section did manage to keep upright but filled the plastic bits up with dirt fist bit of a fright Deb had for 25 years but we will do it again some time.

Re: Wal ah be damned

feeds@yuku.com (Bandit12) — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 10:04:08 GMT

Damn, I have never managed to hit one, and you have done two in two months!!!

Good to see that you stayed up OX, and and good ride too by the sounds of it. Have you ever considered riding a tank?

Re: Wal ah be damned

feeds@yuku.com (Sebastionbear) — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 18:08:09 GMT

Golly Ox, luck of the Devil keeping the bikes upright after both roo strikes! Again glad that no damage befell you and only minor damage to the bike - even though Hayabusa disc and plastic bits may make the wallet cringe.

I'll swap you a ShooRoo, a rifle and scope, a good butcher's knife and a barbeque (to utilise the roo roadkills if the roo scarers don't work) for the 'Busa

Re: Wal ah be damned

feeds@yuku.com (93TigerBill) — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 15:15:25 GMT

Peter,
Thought you were taking your missus?
With your 'luck' maybe she doesn't want to ride with you....
Glad you're okay!!
Regards,
Bill

Re: Wal ah be damned

feeds@yuku.com (large) — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 07:50:32 GMT

Great report, enjoyed reading it, good to hear only minor damage and you stayed upright.

Re: Wal ah be damned

feeds@yuku.com (pacman57) — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 07:14:22 GMT

Great to see that you are safe
but I would suggest that you go find that Chinaman that you must have kicked some weeks ago and apologise.

So bike #3 - a triumph? (so that you have german, japanese and british)

Re: Wal ah be damned

feeds@yuku.com (OX 34) — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 04:04:33 GMT

Ray, I'm hoping that the bad luck bit has had its run of 3 already......

10mins before I hit the roo at Coonabarabran I copped a bird at $1.20 - right on the soccer ball sweet spot of my helmet. Dust and a pretty feathered wing mark outlined on the black Shoei.
Maybe the flat tyre counts anyway (that makes it 4 bits of bad luck lately).
I feel blessed that I have stayed upright after hitting 2 roos.

Southroads, nice location you have there!
I must say...

Re: Wal ah be damned

feeds@yuku.com (varadero) — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 18:47:31 GMT

What is it they say, bad luck comes in 3's watch out !

Actually if you had turned left on the Snowy Mts Highway towards Tumut then you would have really seen some roos. Last time up that way in the cage the wife started counting roos but gave up and started counting mobs of roos

Pretty typical...

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feeds@yuku.com (southroads) — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 17:19:08 GMT

, I only live 400 m from the Mower shop and yes thats as good as it gets in Orbost!! glad to hear it went well the rest of the day??

remember that "105km Winding Road" sign well thats 10 kays from where I am now , Hope you have more fun next time your down this way , my contact details are in the private area , cheers skip ,,,

Wal ah be damned

feeds@yuku.com (OX 34) — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 16:20:04 GMT

I had a four day long weekend available, so headed off to the Alps, staying in Cooma.
Thursday afternoon headed out for a quick loop of Brown Mountain and up the great Cathcart bends to Bombala, then home to Cooma via about 20km or so of dirt.

The dirt was in preparation for the next day's goal: the Bonang Road. From Bombala NSW...