Ninja Days

GRO- Kangaroo Valley ride report

Baby's back!

It'd been almost three months since I had participated in a GRO run. This one met at Loftus, but I decided that the Nasho wasn't for me on such a windy day and my bed was far too cosy to get out of in time to make the meet. The next stop was Bald Hill... I could cope with that.

There must have been about 200 bikes up there, double and triple parked, but GRO took a while longer than I had expected.

Some ANONers on a DIY ride met up there. Mark had an interesting tank bracket for his camera to play with and Tamsin overtook me later on the Pass and I thought I stood still. Brilliantly smooth!

Petrol was an issue for me, as I wondered if I'll make the ride down to Albion Park, so I decided to take myself off to the 'burgh to fill up. By the time I returned to the Hill, the group was taking off.

It was good to see Bronny on her new red terror. She looked so much more comfy and better suited to the new bike.

Albion Park was a quick stop for me, as I decided to take off on my own to conquer the Pass. Once up at the PieShop, I felt right at home again. Bulli Boy, Max and Tezza where there, making their way straight across the carpark to check out my bike, which seemed to meet their approval.

As I made my way into the Pie Shop, I saw my 'Photo of the Month' smack bang in the middle of The IllawarraRiders noticeboard. I got Tezza to take a picture of me in front of it (which will remain a private item). But here's the one I took... hmmmm... made me proud!

Max also made his way to Kangaroo Valley, but a little faster than most. His bike has a particular sound, which I have started to recognise. The guy who had bought his ex R6 was in our group too. Max told me that he had sold this bike to the bike shop where he bought his R1 and we all thought that the $8000 he'd got for it was a pretty good deal. When we heard how much they sold it for, we were amazed... $12000!!! A cool $4000 profit!! On that bike...I wonder how much they made on the new one...

The Tempura Fish was just a little dry, but the unusual taste of 'caper berries' had my full attention. Loved it!

The GRO gang felt a little distant today and I decided to take myself off home via Nowra. I had good fun taking on the descent all by myself. Here is a photo I took along the way...Spot on!

Bomaderry/Nowra has this little Bus shelter, which doesn't have any graffity on it, but features a heart for its design...
Heart filled shelter; an ideal background for my ZX6R.

Making my way back home I decided to have a stopover at Skipp's and Joey's to catch up and see how Skipp's broken foot is going. Guess who was there...Max of cause! Seems like we were chasing each other all day! Very funny!

Here are some more pictures for you:

posted by The '95 Ninja ZX6R @ 5.8.07