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It's a perfect Saturday morning. 6:15am and Stu (RTliney) rolls up at my place, back of Nerang, Gold Coast, as I'm rolling the bike out.
"Dropped it in the driveway already," he confesses. Couple tiny scratches here and there. No idea of what the day held for his shiny Strom. "I'll go and fuel up. Meet you down there."
Couple minutes later we're pulling away from the petrol station. "We need to go back up the hill," I say, U-turning through a gap in the meridian strip. Stu decides to go over the meridian strip and ... drops her on the other side. Clang. Big gouge out of the concrete as the Strom bottoms out and lies down. Bad words from Stu.
Nice bit of road through Numinbar Valley and then from Chillingham over to Tyalgum, where we meet up with Chef and have a cuppa at the cafe.
Then onto gravel through Mebbin State Forest and last bit of nice twisty tar to get to Chef's country hideaway. Already nearly 30C and steamy humid.
Steve C models the latest in summer helmets.
There's a steep hill just behind the house. Chef guns his Strom and gallops up there jumping and bouncing all the way up. Shoulda had the camera out.
Stu goes next. I wait till he's 1/2 way up then follow. When I get to the top his Strom is lying down again. Bugger me. That's 3 times today and we haven't even got started yet. We scrape and slide back down the hill and then we're off for real following Chef out the back yard, along the trails into Mount Jerusalem National Park, boldly going where probably no Strom has been before. Here on Google Maps, Rockface Road is the general vicinity.
Starting to look like a McGuyver track. Had to clear a few trees out of the way.
Here's a short vid of bits of the ride.
Got some more to add later. We'll check out the damage to the skid pans and pannier bags. Also, testing the best way to lift a fallen Strom.
Was a great ride, tx for your company Stu, and showing us around your place, Chef.
"Dropped it in the driveway already," he confesses. Couple tiny scratches here and there. No idea of what the day held for his shiny Strom. "I'll go and fuel up. Meet you down there."
Couple minutes later we're pulling away from the petrol station. "We need to go back up the hill," I say, U-turning through a gap in the meridian strip. Stu decides to go over the meridian strip and ... drops her on the other side. Clang. Big gouge out of the concrete as the Strom bottoms out and lies down. Bad words from Stu.
Nice bit of road through Numinbar Valley and then from Chillingham over to Tyalgum, where we meet up with Chef and have a cuppa at the cafe.
Then onto gravel through Mebbin State Forest and last bit of nice twisty tar to get to Chef's country hideaway. Already nearly 30C and steamy humid.
Steve C models the latest in summer helmets.
There's a steep hill just behind the house. Chef guns his Strom and gallops up there jumping and bouncing all the way up. Shoulda had the camera out.
Stu goes next. I wait till he's 1/2 way up then follow. When I get to the top his Strom is lying down again. Bugger me. That's 3 times today and we haven't even got started yet. We scrape and slide back down the hill and then we're off for real following Chef out the back yard, along the trails into Mount Jerusalem National Park, boldly going where probably no Strom has been before. Here on Google Maps, Rockface Road is the general vicinity.
Starting to look like a McGuyver track. Had to clear a few trees out of the way.


Here's a short vid of bits of the ride.
Got some more to add later. We'll check out the damage to the skid pans and pannier bags. Also, testing the best way to lift a fallen Strom.
Was a great ride, tx for your company Stu, and showing us around your place, Chef.