AB-Oz Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 Hi all, This week sees the OzVFR crowd off on our annual Snowy Ride. As a group we've done 11 of the 12 annual rides so far, only missing the inaugural ride.The Snowy Ride is a huge fund raising event witht eh main beneficiary being the Australian Childrens Cancer Institute and the Steven Walter Fund. Honda are major sponsors, donating 2 bikes. One is raffled by $60 entry to the Snowy Ride, the other is raffled via $5 tickets. You can read more about it here, donate, and enter the ride, buy tickets, merchandise etc: http://snowyride.org.au/ So, roll call: Me, 1999 FrankenViffer Terry, 2001 VFR Kirby, 2006 FrankenViffer Taxus, 1996 FrankenViffer RoY, 2006 FrankenViffer <-- Piked Beasty, 2000 VFR with 2004 forks Chrissy, Ducati 1098 Tricolore <-- Piked Dazza, 2001 FrankenViffer Alli, 2000something CBR600F Darrell, 2010 Super Tenere Stew, 1995 VFR Kev, 2001 VFR Trev & Sandra, 1997 VFR Greg, 1999 VFR (this might be the most FrankenViffers on a single ride ever!!). So for us the ride starts this Thursday, !st November with us converging on Jindabyne, situated in the Snowy Mountains, NSW. We are coming from Canberra, Sydeny and Melbourne, and this is the first day's plan. The forecast is for rain so the bikes will get a wash Full Size This route takes in some great tootling roads, some coastal cruises, some forest forays, and some scenic scratching. Stay tuned for more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Phantom2 Posted October 29, 2012 Member Contributer Share Posted October 29, 2012 Have a safe trip. Might see you guys down there. SYD to Pambula 1st, pambula thredbo 2nd-5th then back to SYD, 10 in the crew (2 VFR's) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AB-Oz Posted October 29, 2012 Author Share Posted October 29, 2012 We'll keep an eye out for you on the coast, but we're not stopping until we get to Jindy. This is where we are staying: Mad Mooses Guest House, 21 Munyang St, Jindabyne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beasty Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 Here's a pic of my VFR whilst riding through the Snowy Mountains with the OzVFR crew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Phantom Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 Very nice, Andrew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Phantom2 Posted November 5, 2012 Member Contributer Share Posted November 5, 2012 Nice, Andrew. Here's mine a few days later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AB-Oz Posted November 5, 2012 Author Share Posted November 5, 2012 Hi all, well the ride is over, we had an absolute ball, and here are a few pix for your viewing pleasure: Trev arrives at my place on Thursday morning, for a leisurely ride to Batemans Bay to meet the Sydney guys. We have an unplanned stop in Braidwood to talk to some cops who wanted to know if we were drunk and had m/c licences !! We stop in some shade at the cafe in Batemans Bay: The sydney guys arrive and try to jam their bikes in the shade too: We then catch Darrell on his Tenere at a Servo, apparently he didn't know where the lunch spot was: And Alli is there too in the OzVFR support Vehicle, coz her bike was being repaired: Trev is ready to go again: And then gives everyone instructions on where we are stopping next :) I get some action pix: Kirby: Terry: Dazza: We stopped at Tathra to regroup, heres a piccy without a bike in it We get to Mad Mooses in Jindabyne, Beasty is happy to have arrived without incident And we tuck into some health food for dinner I try a tilt-shift mode on my camera: Terry tests the temperature, yep 2 nipples says its chilly: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AB-Oz Posted November 5, 2012 Author Share Posted November 5, 2012 The map for Saturday: Full Size RIGHTYO, lets go (Kirby has a HID missing) At Thredbo, note the Snow up there: our line up at Thredbo checkpoint. I spoke to the Honda Rep and they took notice at all the "old" VFR's, and were going to take some photo's for their marketing: Greg and I said we would stop for photos, usual Chaos saw the rest of the mob just carry on without us: We caught up and I went ahead for some more pix, kirby approaches: and departs: At Tumbarumba for lunch, Beasty discovers something wrong with his bumblebee: His seat latch decided to become unbolted: Trev relaxes while we wait for Taxus, who was travelling down from Sydney today: At the end of the day we are back at Mooses for a great BBQ: A few beers later, Kirby sizes something up: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AB-Oz Posted November 6, 2012 Author Share Posted November 6, 2012 On Saturday, a short day for some of us, due to general soreness and slight hangovers: Full Size We go to Jindabyne checkpoint: Greg and I stop again for more pix: and I try a pic-on-the-move, VietHorse stryle Heaps of bikes at the Charlottes Pass checkpoint, and a bit of snow still around: Kev, doing something: Greg and Beasty: mine: A view back down the valley: and we're back at Mooses, Dazza says its Beer time !! Saturday Night is Thai Red Curry night, by our captive cooks Kirby and Alli: Sunday morning we group up for a photo before we all head home: and some stats from my Zumo: all the pix can be viewed here: http://chaos.mrgadget.biz/Snowy2012/# and Trevs here: http://www.bikesnstu...owy-Ride---2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VietHorse Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 Looks like a fun ride with lots of beers. Red seemed to be the main color of Auzzi VFR!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer RollinAgain Posted November 6, 2012 Member Contributer Share Posted November 6, 2012 Red seemed to be the main color of Auzzi VFR!? They all get drunk and start lying about woman, rugby, and how red is the fastest color. Great pics and seems like a great crew!!! Rollin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V4 Rosso Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 The forecast is for rain so the bikes will get a wash It looks like you got very decent weather after all Very nice scenery, is it the only alpine region in Australia? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AB-Oz Posted November 6, 2012 Author Share Posted November 6, 2012 @VietHorse: yes most of us have red bikes, they go faster then other colours @Rollin: you know us too well @v4 Rosso: Yes the weather was glorious. The Snowy Mountains are in NSW and include our highest peak 2228m (7310 ft). We also have some more high bits in Victoria, called the Victorian Alps. Both have pretty good ski seasons, and both have awesome motorcycling roads during the warmer months. More here if you are interested: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Alps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VietHorse Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Dang, regarding to my work, Red is something related to Emergency Shutdown, Fire, or something like that. And in that case, all personnel have to run damn FAST! LOL... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer AussieinUSA Posted November 7, 2012 Member Contributer Share Posted November 7, 2012 I gotta get over there .........with a bike. Thanks for posting AB, cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Phantom Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 some stats from my Zumo: Nice moving average there, Ads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AB-Oz Posted November 8, 2012 Author Share Posted November 8, 2012 yes, considering the amount of 35/45 marked corners, and all the other twisties, to average 95km/h over almost 1400km is not too shabby I think the tootle-drive on the straight bits might have something to do with it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer TexOz Posted December 9, 2012 Member Contributer Share Posted December 9, 2012 some stats from my Zumo: Nice moving average there, Ads Yup - and max speed isn't too shabby for a 5th Gen either AB Nice one lads - looks like a bloody good time - lucky skunks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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