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ROLL CALLLucky: ABSENTMoey: ABSENTDD: ABSENTBarnaby: ABSENTScrounger: ABSENT Boris: PRESENTRocky: PRESENTNige: PRESENTDay 1Like zephyrs, the lads gathered. Rocky on a solo run up from Double Bay, Nige battled the Wyong Obstacle Course as usual with his modest flair and bravado whilst Boris just sorta turned up at Broke. Rocky and Nige enjoyed a sedate armchair BMW …
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We went for a ride. It was good. Lucky didn’t come. We rode home. It was good, too. It turned out to be a very good ride. Moey and Nige got a bit of drizzle between Broke and Freeman’s Waterhole while, from a few desperate messages, it would appear that the other two splitters had …
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Me and Lucky Philip Leo Mark Witton were riding along and then one of us wasn’t …. riding along like we were doing …. you know, on the road …. riding along and then we stopped …. riding along. The road kept going but we didn’t. Not on the road because we were not riding …
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It was good. We had fun. We rode there and then we rode home again, riding all the way on our motorbikes and having fun.

We went for a ride to Bathurst. It was pretty good and nice. Some people went and some of those had ice cream. We came home. Some even came ALL the way…..home. Did I mention that it was good? Well….pretty good. And nice?

Scrounger and Nige met at the usual haunt and we had old man coffee and old man raisin toast and then we talked about where we were actually going and how to get there and then we went and looked at our bikes and then Nige politely commented on how old and shitty Scrounger’s GS …
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Madge and I packed our winter woolies, donned multiple layers and headed north. First stop was Gloucester where a hot drink at The Roadwarriors Cafe was useful in warming the cockles of the heart. Onward and upwards to the lookout before arriving in Walcha where it wasn’t very cold overnight at all. The next morning …
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Best and worst top speeds for all three classes after Friday free practice (2) for the Italian Grand Prix at Mugello, which contains the quickest straight on the calendar. MotoGP: Fastest: Hector Barbera (Ducati) 346.7km/h (215.4mph) Slowest: Danilo Petrucci (Ioda CRT) 302.6km/h (188.0mph) Moto2:* Fastest: Pol Espargaro (Pons Kalex) 289.9km/h (180.1mph) Slowest: Elena Rosell (Moriwaki) …
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