Ishrub
That's my name ....built like a truck
- Joined
- Feb 18, 2016
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- Duffy, Canberra, ACT, AUSTRALIA
- Ride
- 2x2010 ABS Roadsters, Sprint ST 1050 ABS, 3x250s
I took my Roadster up through the mountains behind my place about 25miles (43Km) to Bull's Head in the Namadji National Park bordering the northern tip of Kosciuszko National Park which contains Oz's tallest mountain named you guessed it Mount Kosciuszko 2,228 metres (7,310 ft) in the Snowy Mountains Range. It was named by the Polish explorer Paul Edmund Strzelecki in 1840, in honour of the Polish national hero and hero of the American Revolutionary War General Tadeusz Kościuszko, because of its perceived resemblance to the Kościuszko Mound in Kraków.[9] Strzelecki was one of the few Poles who arrived in Oz in the 19th century and was an aristocratic explorer who learnt to rough it pretty well. The country is heavily timbered with very steep and winding mountain valleys.
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About halfway from home it turns to dirt road which was badly corrugated in places and Bulls Head is just above the snow line in winter with the orange poles on each side of the dirt road for the last 5 km in. I went up late afternoon and got a few quizzical looks from the 4WDs and few riders on offroad explorers going home.
I don't suppose too many cruisers head up that way. My last trip that way had been 15 years ago when I did the 120km through the dirt timber truck roads from Tumut NSW in my old '86 E28 BMW M535i, it had the lowered Bilsteins and skirts and I received similar looks from the truckers and 4WD 's then .
When I arrived I had a quick look around and scoped some further rides into the old rope lift Mt Franklin ski fields opened up in the 1930's by 'Work for the Dole' relief workers in the Great Depression and Bendora Dam. A hairy mountain Kangaroo bounced away a few yards away into the thick tall timber as I was reading the history boards. I'll come back in my old '78 BMW R100RT sidecar but unfortunately dogs are not allowed in the park so my 'ballast' will have to stay home.
It was starting to chill down and the sun has started setting earlier now so I thought I had better head home and enjoy the sealed serious 15-35mph advisory posted corners and little 90mph (non-advisory) sweepers and straights from Uriarra to Cotter in the daylight when I noticed two wires hanging out of an empty rear blinker shell. The screws had vibrated out with the clear lens and the reflector and globe had shaken off the wires. I did look for them on the way home without success so have to lash out for a blinker upgrade as the horrible LED eyed skull versions it came with are definitely not going back on 
Google Maps
About halfway from home it turns to dirt road which was badly corrugated in places and Bulls Head is just above the snow line in winter with the orange poles on each side of the dirt road for the last 5 km in. I went up late afternoon and got a few quizzical looks from the 4WDs and few riders on offroad explorers going home.
I don't suppose too many cruisers head up that way. My last trip that way had been 15 years ago when I did the 120km through the dirt timber truck roads from Tumut NSW in my old '86 E28 BMW M535i, it had the lowered Bilsteins and skirts and I received similar looks from the truckers and 4WD 's then . When I arrived I had a quick look around and scoped some further rides into the old rope lift Mt Franklin ski fields opened up in the 1930's by 'Work for the Dole' relief workers in the Great Depression and Bendora Dam. A hairy mountain Kangaroo bounced away a few yards away into the thick tall timber as I was reading the history boards. I'll come back in my old '78 BMW R100RT sidecar but unfortunately dogs are not allowed in the park so my 'ballast' will have to stay home.
It was starting to chill down and the sun has started setting earlier now so I thought I had better head home and enjoy the sealed serious 15-35mph advisory posted corners and little 90mph (non-advisory) sweepers and straights from Uriarra to Cotter in the daylight when I noticed two wires hanging out of an empty rear blinker shell. The screws had vibrated out with the clear lens and the reflector and globe had shaken off the wires.
I did look for them on the way home without success so have to lash out for a blinker upgrade as the horrible LED eyed skull versions it came with are definitely not going back on
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