Week day ride.

Split yardMt G accent Northbrook parkway sidePolice have organised a free BBQ and safety discussion with riders - free defect notice for anyone stupid enought to callin also included presumably - is anyone actually still riding Mt G on a Sunday?Week day ride...Theres something to be said for a weekday ride - with the forecast of rain sunday and a day off today Friday I decided to go out for a

Great motorcycle roads # 23

Revised Feb 2008
Esk - HamptonNot too many people who ride west go this far - but thats a shame as this is a nice ride.
From Esk follow the sign to Crows Nest.



This road has alot of open easy flowing corners - something not so easy to find around Brisbane which has more tight mountain roads. There is a small section of tighter corners mid way up/down however even these flow easy on any sort

Great motorcycle roads # 22

I have to admit this is one road I have never looked at before - but its quite allright.Kilcoy - Jimna Rd.From Kilcoy you cant miss the sign post at the clock roundabout to Jimna. This road starts off quite open and flowing with lots of gentle sweeping corners taking you through some nice countryside, then after about 30 k you have this nice little range to climb with lots of tight corners and

Great motorcycle roads # 21

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The Two Dams

Somerset Dam - Wivenhoe Dam

With all the dry weather we have its sometimes nice to look at a bit of water - I mentioned previously on the blog the road along the Wivenhoe dam right after Mt Glorious (split yard) as many people seem to ride into Fernvale for fuel and back up to the cafe at Mt Glorious and thus Split Yard has become part of the their

Back in paradise

I'm back out riding again - with the new exhaust fitted - thats it nice and shiney on my Buell and me with my shirt hanging out next to it and my mates MT-01. Bike now runs great, the exhaust was the item holding back the engine all this time.I actually had tried a number of things rumoured to fix the throttle response on 900cc engined Buells but none worked. I wish the truth had been more widely