Governor's Chair and Lake Moogerah
Saturday 9 July 2016. Scenic Rim.
A group of us from Horizons Unlimited and a few other family and friends rode through the area south of Ipswich, crossed over to the Lockyer Valley and ended up at Cormorant Bay and Wivenhoe Dam for lunch. Here is a short video of the early part of the ride.
Sunday 12 June 2016 - Duck Creek Road
Just another out-of-sync post. A short video, with for the first time, some narration on the Duck Creek Road ride a few weeks back.
28 June - 2 July 2016. New England travels
Out of sync a little, back in time a little bit. Karen and I took a few days off and stayed at a friends propety outside of Stanthorpe. The original idea was to ride up on the V-Star as a test for future two-up travels. Unfortunately it was far too cold for that and we settled for travelling in Karen's little Hyundai. Still a great trip, lots of fun with no pressure
Hot Rod Cafe in Gatton
Morning time outside Stanthorpe in July
Mount Mackenzie overlooking Tenterfield in northern NSW.
Falls outside Killarney.
Glengallan Homestead outside Warwick.
1978 Falcon on show at the Stanthorpe Snow Festival. Representing the pinnicale of proper Australian car design.
Saturday 9 July 2016. Tarmac ride through parts of the Scenic Rim and Lockyer Valley
A great ride. More text to follow
Saturday 21 May 2016. Another Crows Nest dual-sport ride
This ride involved exploring the area just north and east of Crows Nest. We basically followed 'Drive F', a route that has been laid out by the Hampton Visitor Centre. I will try to upload the route notes in the next post. The photos below are (Top) after we just finished lunch at Pioneer Park at Crows Nest and (bottom) on the way to Hampton we turned off at Beutals Lookout at Ravensbourne:
Saturday 14 May 2016. Handguards for the Rainmaker
On the most recent family ride during the ANZAC Day weekend, the switch for the heated grips failed. Basically I had used one that was not rated high enough for the amperage required and melted the insides. So replacing the switch with one rated at 20 amps should resolve that.
That exercise gave me pause to reflect on the effect of handguards on deflecting wind. Kerri never used his heated grips on the trip and I have ridden for several years without grip heaters on the Suzuki, which has excellent handguards. I had a look at what is commercially available and basically anything decent starts at AUS$160.00 and goes up pretty fast from there.
So this is my prototype. Cost to dated has been about $8.00, although I want to experiment with different washers. These will not protect the hands from a crash, just wind, road grime and bugs but that is all the retail solutions do too. We have a four day trip in the middle of Winter planned, going to Stanthorpe and that will be a good test.
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