Our great May's ride was put together by our guest planner...Leigh McQueeney and included some surprises and firsts. We awoke to a chilly autumn but beautiful crystal blue sky's.... that saw the support vehicles stay tucked in bed and some 16 bikers, a few newbies and bikes join us for a great ride in the south east.
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| Leigh with his ???? bike an MV Agusta |
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| Ruben and Jenna on a sweet yellow machine |
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| another cool Harley |
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| Dave, dreaming what its like an italian sports bike |
We enjoyed Leigh's pre-ride sermon,preching the good news re safe riding is always difficult when you are a little short but Leigh worked that one out too.
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| Leigh holding their court |
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| a preacher to his heart |
Once we had all been briefed it was off to Brisbane's West-end for some bike culture and our first cup of coffee for the day at Ellaspede Motorcycles.
we enjoy a great coffee and good conversation as we met up with a 15 or so of Leigh's rider network called "newbies" , that made over 30 bikes in the group ..biggest ever and one need lots of organising. Great to meet other bike lovers making the it a great collection of makes , models and ages.So we headed off out of the city, navigating our way out through samford village and up mount Glorious...a first for some of us.
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| a couple of good looking blokes |
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| Barry, a rebel at heart shows his real tats |
So we made it out of the city and up the mountain, the air was cool and crisp and the hot chocolate and muffin
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| bikes lined up at Mt Glorious |
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| the lads enjoying a some good conversation |
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| Malcom X,aka,Leigh enjoy a well earned bundy |
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| who is this BMW pensioner??? |
We all enjoyed the catch up at Glorious and some headed off back to Brisbane as thew remainder prepared to make our way down the mountain and through come great sweeping turns , past the obligatory highway patrol to the famous Fernvale Bakery.
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| beautiful ride down Glorious |
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| down to some sweeping curves |
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| some long straights |
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| Made it safely to Fermvale..with only slight altercation with constabulary |
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| Peter and Dave enjoy some pastries and conversation |
Leigh had some explaining to do regarding his two police "warnings"... being the ride leader and all...so he put forward his case and waited for the jury to deliver the verdict. (see below)
Check a quick video of the the ride below.....
we enjoy a great coffee and good conversation as we met up with a 15 or so of Leigh's rider network called "newbies" , that made over 30 bikes in the group ..biggest ever and one need lots of organising. Great to meet other bike lovers making the it a great collection of makes , models and ages.So we headed off out of the city, navigating our way out through samford village and up mount Glorious...a first for some of us.
