Unaugural 8.0 - Roll Call

I had lunch at Albury and was back home by 6:30pm. I decided to do
the twist-turny bit again because it was daylight so I came of the
Hume at Euroa and took the C366 to Merton (it was much better in the
day), then in to Melbourne via the Yarra Glen a.k.a. the B300.

One last mysery solved. Some people noticed I had an overnight bag
which had been hit hard. A shampoo bottle inside it had come apart,
somthering my toothbrush (yes it does taste bad) and something put a
crease in a metal can of shaving foam. It was all OK on Saturday
morning when I packed it, so how could that happen if the rucksack was
on my back all the time?

The answer is it was run over by a 4x4.

-- Annoyed on
I stopped for petrol at Gundagai (stopped singing too) on Saturday
afternoon and refilled.
NORMALLY I put my gloves on the ground in line with the bowser (so
it's protected from being kicked) and my helmet on top of my gloves,
but it was a bit awkward this time, so I put my helmet in between my
rear wheel and the bowser.
After paying, when I came out there was an impatient woman in a gold
Toyota 4x4 that had pulled up near to my bike (my bike was at the
front bowser, another car was filling up behind me). I wheeled my
bike to a parking space 10 M away and went back for my helmet, gloves
and knapsack.
At first I couldn't work out what had happened. She was already at
the bowser filling up, one glove was near her rear wheel but the
helmet was resting on the other glove -- in front of her car. I
realised her car had pushed my helmet one car-length along the
concrete and, because I have kevlar knuckle protectors, it just slid
along the ground.
I reasoned that she couldn't have shunted the helmet too hard because
it would have rolled off the glove if she had.
I said to her "You have run over my helmet" and she said "oh sorry" in
an off-hand way without looking at me or breaking her stride as she
walked in to pay. This really annoyed me because she probably thinks
helmets are indestructable and doesn't know they have to be replaced
if they get dropped (or that mine cost me $550) so I said something
about how it's like being kicked in the head and walked off fuming.
I nearly took her licence plate. If I had known she had crushed my
knapsack too I probably would have done something very bad and be
regretting it now.
What a bitch.
-- Annoyed off

Thanks again, BTH.


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You should have taken her licence plate and reported it
to the coppers as well as your insurance agent
Helmets are considered unusable after a knock, even as light as dropping it
to the ground
But, looking back,
Even though you want to "Do the right thing" for the following vehicle
you are not obliged to or even allowed to by the service station
proprietors, to move your vehicle till the fuel is paid for,
They could think you are a drive-off and call the coppers.
The Gundagai servo, is packed all day and night, with both travellers and
locals


Another thing I was amused and bewildered by, is that you took a toothbrush
AND shaving cream as well as shampoo,
What is this unaugural coming to
What's wrong with doing it a bit rough for a couple of days ?

 

Oh!

....and, there I was, as a newbie, being so impressed with all the stuff
that got carried in by bike, and was being re-loaded by bike.

BTW, how did Betty, soup witch extrordinaire, manage to convey such a
quantity of soup, un-spilt, on her bike?

regards,
CrazyCam

 

You know, my first thought when the bike went down in the gravel was "oh
shit, the soup!" (Well, that may have been my second thought, after "oh
****, my ankle!")

Those big Berri juice bottles are hardy things! I had a couple of them, full
of soup, stowed in my saddlebags I had visions of them exploding on
impact, but no - didn't spill a drop!

betty

 

Well mixed!

 

I took the scenic scenic route.. about 1100km and about 16hr+

and that KTM must be female.. it just wont make up its mind...

mh

 

When I read that first part I thought "What? It dumped you unexpectedly
when you arrived at home?"

(Sorry)


BTH

 

harsh... but oh so fair


mh

 

I took the lazy highway route, 748kms 9 hours 5 mins.


G-S

 

Rumour has it that you only just barely made it!


BTH

 

You are going soft Moike

 

Waaay more information than was necessary!

 

Oooh gawd BB; [wince] are you needing a levers "care package"?
(Ankles heal [eventually] but levers have to be replaced)

 

Or just behaved weirdly but when you tried to find out what was wrong it
said "Well if you don't know I'M not going to tell you!!"

 

Without those 4 Panadiene Forte I suspect I'd have wussed out and
stopped somewhere along the way.

FWIW bike boots work well as support (at least until you take them off)

G-S

 

<betty checks stash> Crikey... Another one? <grin> The supply _is_ running a
little low, heh heh.

James has ordered a whiz bang gear lever with a pivoting end. I think it's
for those hoon types who like to scrape the pegs and get _almost_
horizontal, so it just may do the job for those unco types like me who get
occasionally, unintentionally and fully horizontal...

betty

 

WTF? "What is this unaugural coming to"? Where the hell were you?!

It's a 'grab bag'. I often go out on trips, visits, roughing it,
camping etc, sometimes at short notice, so I have a bag of stuff that
never gets emptied. Whether it's a day or a week, it's packed just
the same.

 

WTF? "What is this unaugural coming to"? Where the hell were you?!

It's a 'grab bag'. I often go out on trips, visits, roughing it,
camping etc, sometimes at short notice, so I have a bag of stuff that
never gets emptied. Whether it's a day or a week, it's packed just
the same.


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Wussy, wussy, wussy, can't do without your grab bag
Can't do without your Mum either

 

at least he show up wanker

mh
(and you too Lars)

 

oh well...known issue
http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=271780&highlight=radiator

The Tenere is looking good

mh

 

at least he show up wanker

mh
(and you too Lars)

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I was going to turn up, just to win the "Most Unwanted Visitor" Award
But BTH wasn't going to provide one for that category
So, I went for a ride down to Portland instead.