Five to Dubbo – October 2017

Well Nige, Mohawk, Ant, Sideways Bob, and Lucky breezed into Dubbo Saturday afternoon to howls of disapproval from worried locals. However after some stern instructions from President Nige about following local customs and respecting the native wildlife all Niges except for Nige behaved beautifully. The Castlereagh Hotel provided good rooms and a hot breakfast for only $50 so that was good. I thought their roast dinners were a bit teensy weensy but Ant had the foresight to upsize his which brought some concern from the kitchen staff and a bit of a delay in the delivery. In fact Ant’s meal arrived about the same time ours was venting like the woodwind section of an Andre Rieu orchestra.
Anyhoo after a good night’s sleep by some we left early next morning for a quick ride round central NSW highlighted by a visit to the Parke’s radio telescope. Although we gave Nige a bit of grief about the visit we found it worthwhile and supports that whole thing about how boys like their toys.

Lucky (Toecutter) watching the Ninja disappear on the road to Yeoval.

Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth

Did you see me on my muscle bike Nige..did ya?

A handsome man spotted in Mudgee

One of about three hundred stops for wees and such

Two handsome men somewhere near Kulnura

A good ride home over dry roads and blue skies. Obligatory stop at Jerries and many warnings about Mr Plod hiding down the road in the school 40k zone. And he was too. That saved us a few hunj fo showa. Overall we all had a lot of fun and I’m not sure but but I wouldn’t be surprised if one Ninja rider may soon be spending some time in certain Suzuki shops negotiating a good price on the worlds greatest motorcycle. (Beginning with the letter H and ending in A with ayabus in the middle). End of unbiased report by Lucky.

A few extra photos from Nige

A pair of early morning happy campers.

A bit of an unruly crowd at Bylong

Bloody mobile phones in the middle of bloody nowhere.

Lucky and his mistress …. errr …. I mean iPhone

Out the back of the Castlereagh ready for a day 2 blat.

He’s such a happy chap. Drinking coffee at Molong after a long wait.

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Moto GP Ride


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Greetings all fellow Niges…Lucky here with wonderful news. The Moto GP ride to Dubbo departs from Maccas Tuggerah on Saturday 15 Oct. Meet at 7am for a 7.30am departure. Heading out along Bylong Valley Way through Lue and Mudgee. At this stage we are looking at staying at the Castlereagh Hotel Dubbo on Saturday then doing a ride to parts unknown on Sunday morning and then finding a TV somewhere to watch the race. Leave Monday morning for the ride home. Confirm your attendance here or give Nige a call asap.

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Droop’s Goldwing – Naked

Droop’s 77 Goldwing on the ramp for some much needed repairs to a rusty frame – paint & a new rear tyre all to be attended to whilst in this stripped-down condition. All work to ready the bike for next year’s proposed ride to WA & back!

 

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Holiday Ride Cancelled.

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Mild Hogs

Call for a ride to Grey Gum Cafe resulted in 2 Mild Hogs and no Nige’s able to make the day.

The weather was perfect as was the rest of the ride.

Lucky and Ant after enjoying their ‘Happy Meals’

We managed to clear everyone else out, there were other people here before … honest.

 

 

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KLR’s to Tilpa

Had a few too many beers after stopping at Carinda where the threat of rainfall is a threat of rainfall and is a threat. It might rain ……

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NIGE Recruitment Video

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Holiday Ride

Plenty of advance notice on planned 3 day ride in the second week of the NSW school holidays.
Approx. 3rd/4th/5th of October depending on availability.
Destination … ? maybe back up into Queensland … ? Ideas … ?

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Zippy

Lucky, Zippy and Nige headed out to Bulga via Broke and Wallaby Scrub Road.

Got a bit damp over a coffee at Jerries on the way home but still a great ride.

Zippy’s ‘Blade.

Lucky the Seagull and Zippy with the chip that came between them.

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Bylong

Five lucky Niges set out on a beautiful day for the hamlet of Bylong. Some things were fantastic, some things …. not quite so good.

Sideways looking very dangerous whilst the two in the background … well …

It was generally decided that Sideways had got the full value out of this tyre. It had looked like this for most of the way to Bylong and had spun at a reasonably quick rate to boot.

He decided to head home by the most direct route and to take it easy (this was Sideways remember, take it easy …yeh, right)

Lucky attempting to breed with the Ninja, we all know that he just wants one.

Were these happy faces an omen for what was soon to happen?

At the end of every scrape in the road there is always a story.

A sad sight down at the bottom of a very steep embankment wedged against a tree and the fence.

We had to  drag it up the bank with the winch.

Up the top and I couldn’t hold it up any longer and down it went again.

Killswitch overshot the slightly off-camber corner and the CBF1000 turned into a off-roader.

Amazingly, John came out of it a bit battered and bruised after belting into a tree but still intact.

Riding with good quality safety gear is just a no-brainer.

Killswitch will live to ride again 🙂

Wonder how the bike will fare?

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