Ride Report - Crookwell via Boorowa, 6 Jan 2019

A cracker day for the first ride of 2019, with a great turnout of members and two new faces. At the servo meet point we decided that anyone else who turned up had to be on a BMW – as the ratio of Beemers vs “the rest” was very high. Ian and Rob were fashionably late, arriving well after Andrew.

We took the usual route out to Boorowa and did morning tea at the Bakery. A passer-by asked if she could have her photo taken with Derek’s three-wheeler – Andrew and I thought this a very strange request ….’here’s a pic of me with a random motorcycle’ …. but Derek was used to being the main attraction on rides – better for her to ask than just to sit on it, right? Jenny, Mal and Sue came along for this part of the ride, and farewelled us in Boorowa as we left to take the Rugby Rd to Crookwell.

Ample room for parking motorcycles

As is customary on this road, those wanting to fang it took off, with a handful of riders bringing up the rear to keep Mike and Sharon company as tail end Charlie. Unfortunately, just after the sign that says “home of the superb parrot”, a number of superbly dead parrots (insert Monty Python joke here) were littered all over the road. Dodging dead parrots and multiple potholes was entertaining. Apart from this section, the road was in good condition and everyone had fun on the run into Crookwell. 

A bunch of lunchers

We met in the main street and wandered down to Paul’s café so Marg could have a Chiko roll and a couple of potato scallops. My deconstructed cheeseburger (sans bun) was very good, and everyone seemed to be suitably sated.

More lunchers

After lunch, a group of riders headed off to Gunning, another group headed to Taralga – Mick and Ian swapped bikes for a while so that Ian could find out just how amazing riding a BMW R1200GS is, and yet another group headed to Goulburn for the trip home. I’m told Mick then took a detour via Breadalbane, or Lake Cargelligo, or somewhere.

Top way to spend a Sunday, thanks to our ride leader Mr P, and our tail end Charlies.

Mrs K. - Kim

Riders:
Mick Beltrame – BMW R1200GS
Andrew Campbell – FJR1300
Jenny Carlin – BMW F700GS
Mal Garner and Sue Nott – Triumph Rocket III
Damon Hatchett - BMW R850R
Mike and Sharon Kelly – BMW R1200RT
Rob McNeilly – MV Agusta 675
Ian Paterson - GL1800
Warren Richer – Triumph Thruxton R
Peter Thomas – BMW F800GS
Derek and Margaret Titheradge – Spyder
Kim Tito - BMW F700GS