Beat this! (Great Aussie biking roads)

[Fazrrr Girl]

Ha, a bit cruel really, but just posting this to wind up anyone not fortunate enough to live in this bikers paradise called Australia :aus: Just got back from a great three-day trip, staying at Beechworth and Lakes Entrance. Day one to Beechworth took in The Black Spur (some serious hairpins through temperate rainforest), and the Mansfield to Whitfield Road, and day three was a long and gusty ride back to Melbourne. However, Day Two was the best riding I've ever done, with the route going through the Alpine National Park (Victorian Alps) which are part of the Great Dividing Range, and which are the winter snowfields. Guess who decided to ride up and down Mt. Buffalo on the one day that they hold an alpine cycling challenge??!? Needed quite a bit of focus what with the cycles coming in both directions, plus cars, on what are pretty tight corners, but was great fun, and I felt like a motorcycle cameraman in the Tour de France Further down the road the route climbs and climbs up to Mt. Hotham on unreal successions of carving turns with sheer drops on one side, with helpful signs reading "Keep to right of poles", which I guess come into their own when the place is covered in snow. Anyway, here's a few pictures just to whet your appetite. Oh, and the new bike is absolutely, fantastically brilliant. My only criticism when I first got it was that when changing down several gears I had to keep lifting my foot a bit before it would go down again. A quick adjustment of the 'round thing' (sorry, not very technical) by just one tiny notch made all the difference. Enjoy the photos PS. Next trip will be the Snow Mountains! Oh, and forgot to say the great roads you see in the pictures were virtually deserted, and on the weekend of a public holiday, too!

 

[ozzieboy]

Haha. Our Northern hemispherian buddies must be grinding their teeth every time we start posting pics at the moment...lol. Love ya work..PMSL:rof:

Sounds like you were hooting through fly fishing central. Did you check out many of the lakes? How's the water levels look? I'm going to be heading over that way for a fish soon I reckon:thumbup:

Bike looks great too:rockon::cheer:

Look forward to more riding stories like that.

Cheers
Mike

 

[Humperdinkel]

Nice looking pics :thumbup: , sounds like a great weekend what a shame we have to go back to normal tommorow

 

[steveindenmark]

Ok I don`t mean to be sexist...so you can get it in the neck like all the guys do FazrrrGirl.

B&&&&&D Ozzies...Bloody hate you lot at this time of the year.

Freezing Bloody cold in Denmark and I cannot recall the last time I saw the sun, just got rid of the flu, holidays are months away, can`t get the bike out.

Am I bitter?????????? Of course I am you convicts...

But the only thing that has made me forgive you is that the bodywork near your bike has brightened my day :Ø)

Steve

 

[Andz]

Beat this? sure thing!

The roads around Cape Town are totally awesome. Every December I load my Fazer on a trailer and tow it the 1,500 odd km to the coast to be able to ride these roads.

 

[simonwb]

My only criticism when I first got it was that when changing down several gears I had to keep lifting my foot a bit before it would go down again. A quick adjustment of the 'round thing' (sorry, not very technical) by just one tiny notch made all the difference.

Hi. Please elaborate on the 'round thing' - I've got the same problem.

 

[TKarrade]

Beat this? sure thing!

The roads around Cape Town are totally awesome. Every December I load my Fazer on a trailer and tow it the 1,500 odd km to the coast to be able to ride these roads.

I will have my revenge once it warms up! Right now, we're preparing for a blizzard... so my anger and jealousy will keep me warm.

 

[Fazrrr Girl]

But the only thing that has made me forgive you is that the bodywork near your bike has brightened my day :Ø)

Steve

Oh..... you must be referring to the Triumph Sprint..... yeah, that's my husbands!

 

[Fazrrr Girl]

Hi. Please elaborate on the 'round thing' - I've got the same problem.

I'll take a pic when I get home and give instructions, but it's dead easy and makes a huge difference.

 

[Stumbles06]

Nice pics fazrrr, looks like a great trip.

It's ok Steve, you can take solace in the fact that it's almost too hot to ride for the next 3 days :spank: 41 degrees (106 F) predicted for those 3, then down to 39 for the next 4 or 5 days. :rof:

 

[Hellgate]

Okay MS. Smarty Pants, the Oasis on Lake Travis this past Friday.View attachment 12284View attachment 12285View attachment 12286View attachment 12287

 

[Fazrrr Girl]

Oh, very nice, Hellgate! The buildings look very Italianate. When can I come over?

 

[Wolfman]

Thanks for posting the photo's, and telling us about your trip...maybe add some pics to the Great Aussie Roads & Rides thread as well?

Just got home myself from a nice little country run....and am off to where you have just been in the next couple of weeks, on my way to the World Superbikes at Phillip Island...cant wait to ride those roads, especially now that you have reminded me of how good they are!

:rockon:

 

[Fazrrr Girl]

...maybe add some pics to the Great Aussie Roads & Rides thread as well?:rockon:

Will do, when I get home from work :thumbup:

 

[Hellgate]

Oh, very nice, Hellgate! The buildings look very Italianate. When can I come over?

Thanks! Any time you wish, we have an open room.

That is the neighborhood next to the restuarant, Villa Montana. Definately has a Mediterranean look to it. Both the resturant and the development are owned by the same guy.

Villa Montaña

 

[hardway]

Beat this? sure thing!

The roads around Cape Town are totally awesome. Every December I load my Fazer on a trailer and tow it the 1,500 odd km to the coast to be able to ride these roads.

So beautiful! I can feel the sun shining through teh intrawebz! Thanks Andz, that's awesome!
Beautiful pics of Oz too, I need to travel more!