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15K views 86 replies 42 participants last post by  suzukigirl66 
#1 ·
Ok, own up, who are the Victorian riders out there?

I'm in Melbourne's west.
 
#13 ·
Portland

I am in Portland , but will soon not be a Strom owner. My 2013 model has been traded on a Tiger 800XCx. I am riding the " Singer" ( sounds like a sewing machine) down to Geelong next week on our last ride together.

I think the DL650 is a much under rated machine.
 
#23 ·
Werribee, but not at the moment.
 
#24 ·
Guys starting a ride group is as simple as one person posting that they will be at X location at Y time on Z day. You will be surprised who turns up and then from there after coffee and talk if somebody local says I'll take you for a ride around the neighbourhood then the ride group is started.
The original Melbourne group started with me and another person meeting so I could show him some roads around eastern Melbourne. Two weeks later we had a third person, the first formal ride two weeks or so later had 8 and within 6 months we were running rides at least once a month that had 20+ riders from a group of 40 or so each time.
The annual get togethers that many are heading off to now started with an idea between McGuyver and myself to meet somewhere roughly equidistant between Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide (Cobar). With virtually no organisation from memory there were 43 Stroms there and this year is now the eighth year the get togethers have happened.
So if you guys really want to ride with others all it takes is one person to take the lead.
 
#26 ·
Sounds great, I assume it doesn't happen much anymore?

We had the same with the Oz Boulevards forum, regular rides and we tried to have a meet and greet lunch or dinner on a regular basis for new members. They have their big get together in Qld in October.

Unfortunately I don't have time for anything at he moment but definitely plan to do some dirt road exploring in the future. Maybe revisit some of the old 4x4 trips of the past that now have graded roads.
 
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