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Tel
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 A little ride down south |
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Went for a little ride down to a place called Cockle Creek which is pretty well the furthest south you can go in Tassie. For me it was a 300km round trip consisting of great bitumen with heaps of great corners, the last 20 km consists of shall we say interesting gravel.
A quick break at the Huon River, Huonville
On the gravel
Near a place called Catamaran
Then I got there, a very beautiful part of Tasmania.
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Bueller
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Thanks for showing us Tel
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Fuzz
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Nice piccys  Looks like a nice days ride 
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Murdoch
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Great pics there Tel 
Looks like a great day
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buellbabe
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Looks beautiful! And even though I am NOT a fan of gravel I have to say those roads in your pics looked more dirt than gravel, I'd take the old girl on those roads without much hesitation...dirt I don't mind What was the other 20kms like???
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| Mon Sep 08, 2008 10:08 am |
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Tel
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The dirt in the pictures was great and I was averaging 80 - 100 km/h on that stuff. There was about 2km of very loose gravel/dirt with a surface about 50mm deep with pieces as big as my fist, a few other damp sections which were essentially slippery clay. The trip was 150 km each way. Other than the 20km near Cockle Creek it was all good bitumen.
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buellbabe
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| Tel wrote: | | The dirt in the pictures was great and I was averaging 80 - 100 km/h on that stuff. There was about 2km of very loose gravel/dirt with a surface about 50mm deep with pieces as big as my fist, a few other damp sections which were essentially slippery clay. . |
Thats the stuff I abhor! On the Harley I never had any issues with off-road riding but on the Buell it gives me the sh*ts! I can't get a foot to the ground and feel really uncomfortable in the big stones... I know I just need to relax but thats easier said than done eh?
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ajturbo
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cool ride by the sounds of it!!
but that "bling" you have on the right hand side..
how much and why in red?.. is that an anti radar device???
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buellbabe
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(WTF?????...she wonders... and scrolls back to look at pics...)
Bloody AJ!!!!
Ya got me!
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
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| Tue Sep 09, 2008 5:03 am |
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Tel
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Come on now, that's me old faithful Shoei TZ1 Nuthin rong wit her 
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