Great Motarding Roads of Victoria

[dicky]

Got a favourite piece of road you want to let us all know about?
Post a description here and share the goodness.

I'll put together a list, similar to the one at MSTCV http://ariel.unimelb.edu.au/~ben/mtcv/mcroads/ but oriented towards our style of roads and riding.

For more general roads and riding , like those listed on the MSTCV site, I can pass on any comments or updates to the owner of that site.
No point in reinventing the wheel, and I'm just plain lazy.

dicky.

[Wobbly]

My personal favorites are chump creek (from the melba hwy turn off through to healsville, following on from the kinglake/healsville rd) and Reefton (of course). The black spur is a great section of road on a tard too, as long as the traffic is absent.

Other than that there's always home -> work -> home :D

[Flash]

Kinglake road :D
Should look at suitable dirt roads as well I recon

[banshee]

Not a bad strech of tar just got to hope i hasnt rained a few days earlier lilldale toping is hard to compensate for
Yarra bend is ment to be one of thoes places i think there is to much concrete around ;)

[jakestein]

Tawonga Gap is my favourite by far..

Black spur was good.

Work and back is getting a bit old :roll:

[dicky]

To help in compiling our own "Big Red Book of Great Motard Roads", can you guys please be a bit more descriptive.
Great, Horn, Ace and Cool might be good general adjectives, but it doesn't really help describing the road to someone who hasn't been there.

I might refer to the Acheron Way as 'the most fun you can have with your trousers on", but if I also add "37km Narbethong to Cement Creek. 25km bitumen, 12km gravel. From the turn off at the Narbethong end, the road is almost flat with a slight uphill gradient increasing as you travel. Almost every corner is blind, but the curves are constant radius, with the exception of one near the end of the bitumen section at 23 km's, so there are no nasty surprises. Beware however of oncoming traffic, some of the 4WD pilots are blind to motorcyclist and will run you off the road without even blinking. After the bitumen finishes the remaining 12km gravel section is slightly steeper and the corners tighter. If the weather has been wet in the previous couple of weeks then expect the surface to be slippery, it is otherwise smooth."

We could come up with a corner tightness scale to give some sort of indication of 'tard-ability, any suggestions welcomed.

dicky.

[Wobbly]

What, you want more than our normal dribble? :lol2:

Ok, one of my favourites: Yarra Glenn to Healsville / Continuation of Kinglake-Healsville Rd

Head north out of Yarra Glenn up the Melba Hwy. The road runs straight and at a posted limit of 100 until you get to a set of bends as you get into the forest. Go through this until you come out to a straight with a right hand turn lane in the middle of the road. Take this right hand turn. Alternatively, if you are coming from the St Andrews-Kinglake Rd, you will find that this road crosses over the Melba Hwy at this point.

Continuing down this road it will initially be fairly open and dull, but changes as you go through some small townships and past the toolangi nature centre. Shortly after this the road turns to the right with an intersecting road forking off to the left. Follow the road to the right to go through Chum Creek, or to the left to go through Myers Creek. Both roads are posted at 100kph and are generally lightly policed.

Chum Creek: The road section going to Chum Creek is my personal pick of the two roads. You go through a short straight before heading into the start of the twisties, that go on for some time. The road is generally fairly clean but can have a bit of leaf litter from time to time and some gravel on occasions, although this is normally at the corners in the lower section of the road (as you descend before you climb back out again). The road is comprised of mainly blind corners which are generally fairly smooth, but there are some bumpy sections along the way, although this just makes it more fun on the 'tard. Once you get to the section marked at 70kph you have a couple more interesting corners before the road straightens out and runs through a few more townships before finally ending in Healsville on the southern side of the town. This road is fairly lightly trafficed in most instances so makes for a good fang.

Myers Creek: If you take the left turn at the junction you will follow the road that loops to the north. This road is generally a lot more bumpy than the Chum creek side and has quite a bit more armco. Like Chum Creek the road is mainly comprised of blind corners and changes elevation, however it also is very lightly trafficed. This is still a very good road on a tard, but your sportsbike mates will likely not be too enamoured because of the bumpyness. However, having said that I have a few friends that ride sportsbikes and prefer this road to Chum Creek. One thing is that in the wet this road is decidedly more slick, and has a bit of a green sheen to it that is somewhat disconcerting.

[dicky]

Thanks Neil, that's more like it.
How about some of the lesser known 'tard friendly tarmac?
Were not adverse to riding on dirt either, so bring it on.

Who will be next?

[Muzzard]

There is the Tawonga Gap as Jake has pointed out. :D

This road leads from Germantown just out of Bright (6kms) heading towards Mt Hotham, across the saddle to Mt Beauty about 24 kms away.
The road surface is usually in good repair but be wary of the gravelled up corners that tend to develop at the saddles peak around the lookout about 15 kms in.
Altitude will play several roles with the most obvious being the wind chill factor and road dampness. Ice can be a factor even when sunny.
Be careful until about 11am when the sun gets high enough to start to dry the shaded tighter corners. There are corners a plenty here and many of them are cambered to allow for peg scraping turns although the majority of them blind, there are a few more open sections that you have to watch the sport bike poofs trying to sneak in through the windy sections that seem to just link together.
The other altitude effect is felt on performance as it saps the singles the higher you go.
Watch coming down the hill as the power comes back on, you dont outbrake yourself..
Each side of the road has big drops or big rock walls, so no heads up arse riding here.
BMW drivers seem to abound there and they too are fucking blind! :roll:

[Muzzard]

Then while you are there, you might as well come back across the 'Gap" and turn left at the Alpine Rd back at Germantown.
This is now the approach road to Mt Hotham through Harrietville.
Until Harrietville the road is good, flat, and following the Ovens river as it winds up the valley floor.
After Harrietville you start to climb and climb and climb.
The road surface is very good but care needs to be taken with any signs of roadwork having been done, they tend to be liberal with the screenings and in search of a broom... :roll:
Surface can ice up easily and this must not be taken for granted either when sunny.
Its tight second and third gear corners for about the first 25kms and then as you arrive up on the saddle/ridge line prior to the traverse of the mountain into the Hotham Village it opens up a bit and my WRF will still hold over 120KPH across the top.
Cars are a real pain in the arse and need to be ridden around most times while the drivers watch the lovely scenery instead of the fucking road, window lickers!
Heaps of Desmosedici riding faggots to assault with a single cylinder, and dont they love the fact they cant ride a greasy stick up a dogs arse, even when aboard their rattling mortgage.
Also some extremely good offroad motarding for those that way inclined :twisted:
Fuel in Bright or Mt Beauty.

[Muzzard]

Offroad Motarding...
Strathbogie Ranges where I leased the farm for the last 10 years has been a boon for offroad motard.
There are numerous loops to do through the bush from good 'semi trailer and school bus using' forest roads that are natural decomposing granite base.
There are some that are more minor tracks that are nearer to 4WD access than sedan but still passable so good on the bike, and then the gnarly up and down fire access tracks surrounding the pine Plantation and many natural bush features such as Mount Strathbogie and Golden Mountain.
Aptly named Golden Mountain has numerous historic sites and exposed gold mines left over from the 1850's rush and now erosion has exposed even more.
Certainly interesting area with also a quartz crystal mine operating on the mountain, since the depression, and has produced the largest single crystal in the world at 130LBS.
The crystal is used for piezo elecrics and is the worlds best quality.
Also in the forest is a hammer mill or 2 left in creek beds after the rush, and a hole hand dug by 6000 Chinese gold miners over 4 years, once again a record size for the times and one of the first true Australian open cut gold mines.
There is a BBQ area that my family and I frequent there along with the left overs of a hippy commune that has been dug into the hillside 20 years ago while they lived there and grew pot. :smokin:
Although busted and outed for their transgressions, the hippies left almost everything behind and is now only ruins, but good overnight accommodation too when I'm in there shooting deer. ;)
Jumps, you want jumps?
The erosion check banks that run across Golden Mountain track are about 8 feet high coming down the hill before the lip!
The hill itself it 44 degrees so 2nd gear throttle blips is all thats needed on the way down the hill for some really seriously long air time.
Up hill drive can be a problem wet or dry when loose and the scrubbing technique gets a workout on the way up the hill as you cross over them to keep the road speed.
Fantastic views across Brankeet Arm of the Eildon Weir and Bonnie Doon township.
Winter has snow on the 2 mountains and the views across to Buller with the snow on it is good too.
There are waterfalls within short distance, excellent upper reaches trout fishing, and Lake Nillahcootie is at the foothills and that on a hot day is handy and a break from the dust if you come out at Bargarg and do the 10 Km run up the Midland Hwy.
If you want more tar we go further into the Ranges and closer to either Strathbogie township or Euroa.
The tar is real patchy, potholed and every piece of bracken hides a god damn wombat so I dont do too much on the tar over there!
Typing this makes me want to fit up the knobbies.. (straight after I put the engine into the frame...)
Dirt motarding up here, U Betcha!
:twisted:

[Flash]

Well aren't you a fucking wealth of historical information!!

I'm starting to drool, looking forward to going riding with you, I'm going to put a new piston in the YZ soon. I'm really getting keen to get out on it... :twisted:

[Muzzard]

And then theres the area that I currently live and recreationally ride.
This is also granitic sand based roads and fire tracks but much less grip overall.
Although good straight after rain, the dry days pick up lots of dust and as all the roads and tracks were graded about 4 months ago, it gets to be thick in amongst the trees, needing to space yourselves out just to see, let alone breathe.
Thats the hard parts.
The best parts are the open CFA access track that bounds private property from Eldorado to Beechworth.
The track winds up and down the hils through varying terrain and difficulty of passing. Some really fast jumps and some gnarly trials style rock hopping to get up and down some of the washed out ledges.
A few crreek crossings some with concrete fords and some without.
Historically also interesting place with tar access from Wangaratta to Eldorado to Cocks Dredge.
A mechanical elevating bucket dredge that was built on site weighing in at 2100 tons, each bucket on the 118 bucket chain weighs a ton!
It worked its way around the valley floating in the dam it dug to float itself and then just kept diggin around itself to a depth of 90', filling the land in behind as it moved up the valley.
It is moored in 'bottom cut' which is a lake dug by the machine in Eldorado.
There is also top cut which is a similiar sized lake dug by the same machine in 1944.
It yielded a massive amount of gold and tin, and when operating could be heard clearly for 10 miles.
http://www.tourisminternet.com.au/eldgold.htm for those interested in big fucking machines!

Then into another gold area and the haunt of Ned Kelly.
Off the side of Mulls Track is Kellys Caves reputed to be where Ned Kelly and his offsiders often holed up from Mr Plod.
There were also other fellas knocking off gold from everyone and hiding out up there in the bush too. There are a lot of caves, waterfalls, ruins, gold rush relics and mines dotted through the bush here and historical sites that are also great motarding rides.
Woolshed Falls is worth the look before you come out of the Beechworth/Woolshed gold area and onto the tar again.
Dirt riding about 70 km total, various terrain, lots of jumps!!.
Tar is real good and you can either return via the freeway if your knackered, or back through to the Alpine Rd for a few more bends.

So there are a few places of interest to take your motard than the industrial estate... :roll:

[JohnVTR]

The road from Heyfield to Licola is nice and fun does not get a lot of traffic either.

http://www.whereis.com/whereis/confirmedDirections.do?ref=getDir


54 km's "Whereis" says 54 min, yeah on my pushy or tractor,

this was in my back yard for 13 yrs did a few runs up and down there with kobbies also

[Wobbly]

How does the carbon fibre air intake fit into that? :-k

[JohnVTR]

Ah yeah good point .........................have fixed now ...............have copied and pasted correct link in there now




ps if you want any carbon fibre stuff that was way to dear I can get things made a lot cheaper

[Muzzard]

The road from Germantown to Mt Beauty called the Tawonga Gap
has been badly damaged by fire and the surface is in need of some repair.
For those travelling there and wonderong how bad,
Heres a picture of the Gap from behind the Pondage in Mt Beauty towards Germantown over the Range.
Taken on the 15th...

http://vsmr.net/albums/non-motard/Tawonga_Gap_Medium.sized.jpg

[Wobbly]

Holy crap

[Muzzard]

The Lookout with the roundabout (little stone ledges we usually jump off) is almost the middle of the picture on the top of the hill ablaze in the backdrop.
The Valley that is central to the picture is the one the power lines come down
and the one with the road up too :roll:

[kembro]

Found a good road yesterday.

Out of Moe to Rawson and on to Walhalla. The 11km road from Rawson to Walhalla is especially fun. With changing gradient and good cambers as you ride up a steep sided gully. Take care in the 25km/h hairpins and a couple of late apexes that tighten on exit.

We came back to Tyers down the Tyers - Walhalla Rd, 70-80k signed corners so fairly easy going, with no surprises.

Cheers
Kem

[dicky]

Watch out for the white posts on the corner apexes, they have a nasty habit of getting in the way of your hands :shock:

dicky.

[kembro]

Best roads in Vic? Here's a few of my fave's.

Any road out of Mirboo North, esp Mirboo North - Boolarra Rd, Mirboo North - Dumbalk (Love's Lane), Mirboo North - Trafalgar, for the more skilled, the Grand Ridge Rd has some great tar sections as well as dirt/gravel sections.

Other roads include Inverloch - Cape Patterson, Sth Gippsland Hwy from Leongatha - Foster.

White posts are one thing to look out for on these rd's, logging trucks are something else.

[Muzzard]

Watch out for the white posts on the corner apexes, they have a nasty habit of getting in the way of your hands :shock:
dicky.
:oops:
I'm not doing that again in a hurry,
It took about an hour to get the feeling back in the fingers on the right hand Dicky :D

[JohnVTR]

I found by accident on the way to Warburton 1 day the "Old Warburton Rd. It is off to the right at Wesburn, at first I thought for sure I was getting myself lost. But it turned out to be a good little sealed track, I was on a Road Toad at the time and will certainly be heading back up there on the Motard. It returns back to the Warburton Hwy just before the Mt Donna Buang Rd & Woods Point Rd junction.

[Flash]

Know the road well we've done it on one of Spur rides that end in the dirt. Used to do a lot of practice for DH mtbing there.

[dicky]

I hit one on the Walhalla road, manage to get my hand out of the way before it hit the bar. Front end of the KTM is remarkably stable. After that I dodged around them, the fsckers were on the apex of almost every corner.
Mind you, this was many moons ago when I used to ride my bikes.

dicky.

[Flash]

Hit one on Reefton as well, bastards of things!!

[SMC690]

You should pay a little more attention and try and stay on the road then shouldn't ya? ;)

[Flash]

Hey I never left the road just! :D

[Sibbo]

Know the road well we've done it on one of Spur rides that end in the dirt. Used to do a lot of practice for DH mtbing there.
Ash, is that the one where we parked for the Motard Dirt Ride last year? Cos that was a nice little road.

[Flash]

Yes it was! The biggest problem is you can get a lot of loose stones that blend in and are very hard to see. Otherwise it's a great road!!

[roarin]

I ride my converted 625 SXC pretty much all over Victoria. Not scared of a few miles on the orange jackhammer :D :D
The Great Ocean road between Lorne & Apollo bay is a ripper. They have been resealing a lot of it with hotmix and the surface is sensational. Plenty of corners that run into each other with bugger all straight bits between. You don't have to go much over 100 to have some really good fun. You can also be guaranteed an endless supply of sportbike to carve up on any sunny day you care to venture down that way. The road from Lorne over to Deans Marsh is also pretty good on the Lorne side. Best attacked uphill.
Also from Apollo bay, Skenes creek to be exact through to Barwon Downs is pretty darn good fun. Watch for wet patches at the top of the hill out of Skenes creek. Even in the middle of summer there can be blocked drains and water running accross the road. Don't ask me how I know this :(
Plenty of good roads between Packenham and Launching place. I especially like the run from Gembrook to Launching place. Has everything from bumps to decreasing radius corners and flat stick sweepers.
Mountain highway is also good for a quick squirt. Damp in winter & heaps of squids and sporties to carve up in the summer :)
Heading a little further north you can head from just before Eildon through to Jamieson. Very similar to Reefton except without the elevation changes. Fine gravel the same colour as the seal seems to be quite common. A few slides are common. There is about 20 kms of unsealed section in the middle which can be quite rough. And watch for the 4 wheel drives.
Once you're that far North, head for Mount Buller. Pretty straight & boring run to get there but well worth the trip. Plenty of constant radius 35km marked corners. You will have fun and will want to do a few runs while you're there.
Others have mentioned the Harrietville to Mount Hotham run and the gap so no further explanations required.
The run from Nojee to the top of Mount Baw Baw is a lot of fun. Plenty of tight corners, a little bumpy and gravel on quite a few corners.
Thats a few runs I can think of of the top of my head. Cheers

[MarkeeMark]

Welcome Roarin, thanx for your input too.

[IronFalcon]

Wildwood road from the Airport end to the T-intersection is pretty good.

From the roundabout just outside Bulla there are a couple of K's of straight and flat, but after that you get on some single lane which goes past a T intersection and finishes into a climbing left hander onto a plateau. Some rather unfortunate braking ripples that killed my Spada before you go back to two lanes, droping into right-left right esses down into a valley, then a short straight into a very tight and blind right hander, followed by another one lane straight over a small crest, ending in a right hander over a wooden bridge. Over the bridge you're back into two lanes, beginning with an opening right onto a small straight which goes into an open left, then along a gently winding straight of a few hundred metres into a steep climbing left hand hairpin, up a hill into an open right which leads straight into a left around some trees, then into the back end of the road which is a series of long, open sweepers (which are best handled by NOT looking at the speedo =D).

Overall the surface is fairly good, the worst bits are the ripples going into the valley, the bling right hander at the bottom of the valley, the wooden bridge and some sawtooth on the inside of the hairpin. Coming back from the T to the Airport the surface turns to shit... for some reason one side is better than the other.

It dosn't carry too much traffic, but you just have to be mindful of where you head is, becuase the road is fairly narrow. And the one lane bits can get interesting if you've got some speed on and something comes the other way.

Look forward to hearing your opinions on it.

[roarin]

He he he -starting to get wound up thinking about some of the good stuff. Skyline road, the back road from Eildon back to Alexandria is quite a neat run. Plenty of elevation changes with a good mix of tight & more open corners. In winter there tends to be a bit of moss on the road so keep an eye out for that. About 1/2 way back to Alexandria there is a road that branches off a roundabout type intersection that heads down to the lake. For the life of me I can't remember the name of it but there is a camping area down there. Well well worth a couple of runs. Fairly steep down to the lake with lots of 30-40km/hr corners. When you're in the area also check out the road from Eildon out to Jerusalem bay or cove or whatever it's called. Plenty of elevation changes and the road is surfaced with a white pebble type finish that is a little slippery compared to normal road seal. You will spin up the rear on some of the slower tighter corners and there can also be a bit of gravel on the first section of the road up the hill.
If you're up in Bright check out the road from Porpunkah up to the Mt Buffalo Chalet. Very narrow but quite tight & steep. There can be a bit of fallen rock on the road as well as leaf litter and the road surface can be quite choppy in some spots.
When I think of some more I'll post them up :) :)

[Muzzard]

The road off Skyline is called Maintaingoon Road.
It runs right through to Bonnie Doon and comes out next to the Bridge Motel on the Melbourne side of the lake (when it has water of course)

[beavis]

for a bit of a challenge take the back road up mt donna buang its open in summer but closed during snow season. start from pantons gap in between healsville and don valley on don rd then turn onto donna buang rd it is a nice ride both ways sealed from healsville and mostly dirt from don valley. dont got too fast at the start of donna buang rd as if the gates are shut you may get a scare as i said the gate is closed in snow season but most motards should be able to fit under a bit beside the gate or if ya got chunky tyres ride around.

is a nice ride when the road is closed espesialy at the end of the season as no one has realy been on the road and it is covered in leaves and there are broken branches and dirt to try and dodge if you lucky you will get some snow BE CAFEFULL ITS SLIPPERY i generaly ride to the hang glider ramp and back. very risky ride in the closed season it is sealed for a bit and turns dirt after a few k's and can be very slippery in spots it takes a few hours to get there asnd back from lilydale and covers probably around 150 km's.

if it is snow season i do not recommend trying it alone as i did and more than standard motard tyres will be needed for any traction. it started to get dark and scary as problems i had were poor vision as i thaught it would take less time to do the ride and the bottom of the hill is a valley which losses light fast, snow patches and at times just snow, large branches to ride across or around, slipery patches evan on the sealed section as it was covered in leafs and front wheel traction was always a problem.

keep look out for kangaroos i nearly hit one and am lucky to still be here. over all a fun and risky ride well worth it. next time i will not be alone if it's closed season as it may take few hours to get help . none the less great views and a good challenge lets you know the limit of the motard.

[kakoii]

anyone have any suggestions for the Ballarat area?

cheers,

[HyperGez]

kakoii, i'm in the area also.
I haven't really ventured out on the roads here but there's not many tight bitumen roads suited to motard, more open stuff. Lots of off road (dirt) if you care for that.
I'm always keen for a spin, bitumen or dirt, let me know and we'll tee up ride if you want.

[kakoii]

you have a pm (in about 5 mins)

[Nerb]

for a bit of a challenge take the back road up mt donna buang its open in summer but closed during snow season.

Is there any penalty for riding on a road thats been closed like this? Its sounds like great fun with little risk of vehicles coming the other way. I guess i'd like to know if i'll need to leave the plates at home?

[Muzzard]

I would presume so or at least a stern warning.
I think you will find it comes under the jurisdiction of the Parks Victoria banner now.
They are complete dickweeds when it comes to being in closed off areas of bush.
The reason they close the Alpine Parks is to be able to charge you stupid money for recreation entry fees.

Bastards.

[Beerman]

:oops:
I'm not doing that again in a hurry,
It took about an hour to get the feeling back in the fingers on the right hand Dicky :D

Maybe you should stay on the left side of the road then.... :P

[Beerman]

Spotted a great one today - Corin Rd off to the west of Canberra, head out on Cotter Rd and follow the signs, about a 70km run one way from the city centre.

Lots of varying radius corners, sealed the whole way, does a fair bit of up and down, nicely surfaced, seemed to be lightly used - I saw two cars while going up and back today. Lots of fire access and logging roads off both sides for dirt diversions. I imagine it'll get very icy in winter if it's not closed - there are a couple of gates where it could be - but there is a sign at the start (off Tidbinbilla Rd) to let you know if the road is open.

Should probably tell someone where you're going - or ride with a couple of friends - there's no mobile coverage at all.

**And woops.... clearly not in Victoria....***

[aaron690]

Yarra scenic drive extension in melb. Only short (about 5kms), but it has several super tight left handers, a steep downhill drop into a tiny roundabout (right turn), then back up the hills and back towards Melbourne. All tar, very fast, very tight...but most corners open up on the exits. Awsome piece of road and easy to get to for most people.

My 2c
Cheers,
Aaron

[aaron690]

Also the back way from Melbourne to bendigo, via sutton grange/sedgewick. Head down towards bendigo, then towards Mt.Alexander and finally Castlemaine then back towards bendigo. All good tar, awsome constant radius corners and about 40-50kms of awsome up and down hill, cambered corners and short straights. Be aware of some debris on the first 10kms as all of the trees over hang the road and on the rest there is a chance of animals. NO cars...only saw one on the last trip. No need to anymore than about 100km/h as the corners approach VERY quickly and the downhill ones are bloody scary at anymore than about 90k's.

Enjoy

[skinnywhiteguy]

Hi guys, im not from vic but did a road trip from Syd to the island earlier in the year and went on some AMAZING roads (vic roads are the best). The Highlight although a decent ride from Melbourne was the bonang highway, not sure if its been mentioned in the thread already though. It ends up at Orbost, after 130km of non stop twisties, road surface is generally quite smooth aside from a few of the hairpins where loggin trucks appear to struggle. The main hazzard is the trucks coming the other way but we only passed 3 or 4 for the whole trip. Another hazzard worth mentioning is target fixation, twisties for that long cause a fair bit of fatigue and we had 2 guys come off (both only minor injuries). I used to do a bit of road racing (in cars) in qld but the bonang highway is by far the BEST road I have ever been on. Next would be going through threadbow and hotham :o)

Cheers,
Steve

[Gonzo]

Hi guys, im not from vic but did a road trip from Syd to the island earlier in the year and went on some AMAZING roads (vic roads are the best). The Highlight although a decent ride from Melbourne was the bonang highway, not sure if its been mentioned in the thread already though. It ends up at Orbost, after 130km of non stop twisties, road surface is generally quite smooth aside from a few of the hairpins where loggin trucks appear to struggle. The main hazzard is the trucks coming the other way but we only passed 3 or 4 for the whole trip. Another hazzard worth mentioning is target fixation, twisties for that long cause a fair bit of fatigue and we had 2 guys come off (both only minor injuries). I used to do a bit of road racing (in cars) in qld but the bonang highway is by far the BEST road I have ever been on. Next would be going through threadbow and hotham :o)

Cheers,
Steve

Oh yes :twisted:

http://www.craighall.info/gallery/d/26378-2/DSCF8093.JPG

[skinnywhiteguy]

Thats the one 8)

There is also unsealed road, about 20ks worth on the nsw side before the twisties

[Wobbly]

Done that road, unfortunately just in the car (when the 610 was waiting on a timing chain after telling the dealer it needed one 5 weeks prior - grr!). Awesome road, even a bit of dirt part way :D

[HyperGez]

Just googled that one=P~ I'll put it on the to-do list.

[Muzzard]

I might have to come too for that
Just change sprockets first ;)

[skinnywhiteguy]

just when you think there could not possibly be any more turns, there is another sign reminding you that there is still another 50 ks of it. Not to put people off but just another word of warning, we spoke to the tow truck driver who picked up our mates bikes and he said that he has to get out atleast 2 a week. Rider beware

[Muzzard]

You would need a tow truck for the amount of Ulysses riders and ST1100's that frequent the road
They can only manage 50kms and then need a sleep :D

[skinnywhiteguy]

You would need a tow truck for the amount of Ulysses riders and ST1100's that frequent the road
They can only manage 50kms and then need a sleep :D

:rofl:

[Grizzly]

Had a brilliant ride today. Eltham to Kinglake, Kinglake to Toolangi, Toolangi to Healesville and then Healesville back to Eltham via the Christmas Hills.

The tight sections between Toolangi and Healsville and also St Arnold to Kinglake were the best.

It's the first real non commute road ride I have had on the DR and it was awesome.

2 Tosser's passed me on the way back out of Healesville. They just cruised past sharing my lane acting as though I wasn't there (I could've taken this the wrong way). I'm starting to understand the source of the friction between motard and non-motard riders. I think other riders just see another dirt bike and don't understand the potential pace through the twisties.

[Wobbly]

Gah. Should have given me a ring, the road gear is back on the husky now :)

[Flash]

You would need a tow truck for the amount of Ulysses riders and ST1100's that frequent the road
They can only manage 50kms and then need a sleep :D


Geez mate you'd almost be past a junior membership wouldn't ya??:lol:

[Grizzly]

Gah. Should have given me a ring, the road gear is back on the husky now :)

Bugger, sorry Neil, next time. I've worked out with a couple of guys (Mark and Marty) for a regular, second Sunday morning in the month ride through the same areas as this weekend just gone.

I will give you a buzz next time we are going out. Next one should be the 12th July, starting from Eltham at about 8:30am.

[skinnywhiteguy]

Had a brilliant ride today. Eltham to Kinglake, Kinglake to Toolangi, Toolangi to Healesville and then Healesville back to Eltham via the Christmas Hills.

The tight sections between Toolangi and Healsville and also St Arnold to Kinglake were the best.

It's the first real non commute road ride I have had on the DR and it was awesome.

2 Tosser's passed me on the way back out of Healesville. They just cruised past sharing my lane acting as though I wasn't there (I could've taken this the wrong way). I'm starting to understand the source of the friction between motard and non-motard riders. I think other riders just see another dirt bike and don't understand the potential pace through the twisties.

What sort of range are you getting out of the DR Griz?

[Grizzly]

What sort of range are you getting out of the DR Griz?

It's funny you should ask 'cause I was sh*tting myself on the way up. There's no petrol station in Kinglake since the fires and I had already commuted to and from work on the Friday before the ride into hills without filling up.

I shouldn't have worried though 'cause when I filled up in Healesville it only took 6.24 litres of premium. That's 125km on 6.24 litres.