I decided to try another ride west today. I had briefly considered north however with the exception of a couple of sections mostly find the northern roads uninspiring so west it was.
I had no plan to begin with, just wanted to turn some wheels and try take my mind off work and the selfish people that have been zapping my spirit of late. And so with a small spark of an idea that winter will soon turn places inland brown I set off towards Boonah.
After riding past Allora I made myself stop and go back for a look. It is just so easy to travel past everything on modern roads. They seem to draw you into thinking of the distance to travel rather than the places to stop and see. Allora was great, a real interesting and pretty town.
I nearly turned for home however went on up the range towards Hampton and really enjoyed the curves which are actually sweet to ride at the speed limit then turned off to Lake Perseverance. The ride down and back is quite nice, I especially enjoyed the climb back up which flowed rather well. A few tight bits down beside the actual lake itself as well to enjoy and nice view made it well worth the trip.
Now I shall recount some of the reasons I don’t ride Mt G:
1. Rider down at the big S in front of the 2nd park, I am passing at walking pace yet getting the evil stares and told to f##king slow down from mob of car drivers that have formed by roadside.
2. Come up behind a NooB on a litre class sports bike who brakes hard and wanders all over the place in the corners at car pace then gasses up it on straights. He sees me but wont move over an inch let me pass – hey I don’t mind your new, you don’t have to prove anything to me just move over an inch please and let me continue on my way.
3. After I get past and start to enjoy a nice flow then Sirens, Lights – the ambulance going to the downed rider takes my mind away.
4. A car hits the brakes and stops dead in middle of road in front of me!
5. Another Noob, this time on a new large BMW and has a 2nd BMW in front as escort. I encourage new riders and take care to not crowd them so I hang back for awhile but I dont want to ride all the way to Nebo at 50kph however each time I close to pass this Noob tries to go faster and then brakes messy and runs wide across the middle line exiting these most simple of corners.
I pull over before I get taken out with them because I can’t stand to watch anymore and stretch my legs for a spell. Eventually I get going and at least enjoy my favourite part of the road free of distractions, namely the section of 20/30kph posted hairpins immediately west of Mt Nebo township.
Long ride yet not too tiring as not working the bike all the time on those western roads. The MV continues to be up to the task with the Air-Hawk seat pad in place however the motorcycle is very hard to maintain a slow speed compared to the Buell’s lazy V-Twin engine. It’s one angry motorcycle as Boris of BikeMe puts it – and he is spot on.
Nice pics!
I never heard of motowhere.com before. I'm going to have to use that for my next trip.
Thanks!
I'm a bit of a late arrival to it myself, I was told about it ages ago but for some reason never got the mapping to work so left it until recently when it all worked fine.
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