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MartinW

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The Nabiac Motorcycle Museum ride was in the early stage of planning and then Covid hit. So here is the second attempt, at this stage looking at early to mid-March. It will be Cabin, Caravan or Pub accommodation no camping. A couple of routes have been suggested  Route1/ Brisbane to Port Macquarie 6hr 21min and stay the night then 0745 start for 1hr 10min ride to Nabiac Museum arriving for the opening time 0900. Route 2/ Brisbane to Bendemeer 7hr 30 min stay the night, early start 0530 to arrive at Nabiac for 0900 opening. Return route reverse of either route alternatively after Nabiac the options are open to extend the ride for another 1-2 days. One possible destination is Tamworth 3Hr away and do the Powerhouse Motorcycle Museum and then home stopping. It might be possible to arrange the NSW Krew to meet up with Northern Kronies. Open for expressions of interest and suggestions.
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TacKler

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Hmmm.  Maybe catch up on the return from Walwa?  That would likely be a Monday.  

The Powerhouse Museum does not have a very large collection of motos.  I think entry was maybe $8 in 2019 which also included a cup of tea.  It is a private collection linked to the owner of the motel next door.  Worth a look if passing thru.


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Jamie64

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Hi Martin

I am interested as long as its not over the weekend of the 17th-19/03

3, 4 or 5 days shit lets go for a month:) i need to escape Smile

Cheers Jamie

    

StandardK

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Def interested, proposed route 2 heading down gets my vote at least

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Dan


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Saxon7

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TacKler wrote:Hmmm.  Maybe catch up on the return from Walwa?  That would likely be a Monday.  

The Powerhouse Museum does not have a very large collection of motos.  I think entry was maybe $8 in 2019 which also included a cup of tea.  It is a private collection linked to the owner of the motel next door.  Worth a look if passing thru.


Apparently the guy has another 200 or more bikes at a shed on his property out of town... but no room to display them.

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Matthew-Brisbane

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Would be great if we could organise it to catch the run home from the Southern run if possible  
 Means it would be a Monday at Nabiac


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MartinW

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After consulting with Charlie and input from Dan, SSD and Bruce. This is Plan A, leave Monday morning 6th March and head to Glen Innes to yet to  be booked accommodation. Next morning Tuesday off to Guyra and turn off to Urunga go through Nambucca Heads bypass Port Macquarie to Tuncurry for overnight stay in yet to be booked accommodation. Wednesday leisurely drive to Nabiac Museum then after a lot of Oooohing and Arrrhing off to Tamworth for optional Power House Motorcycle Museum for more but minor Oohing and Arrhing stay the night in yet to be booked accommodation. Thursday off to Goondawindi to yet to be booked accomodation. Friday head off home. At any time those unfortunates with work commitments are welcome to at any stage head home. As accommodation needs to be booked it is essential that you confirm your intention to go by the 10th of January.
Regards Martin.


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Jamie64

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Dates look good to me, count me in.


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GB777

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i'm unable to make it due to health issues within the family. If things improve and i'm able to join you all, I will find some accomodation myself. If that was the case, I would probable head straight home from Tamworth.



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•Dyno Tuned to deliver 115 bhp. •Audiovox CCS-100 Vacuum Cruise Control. •Fuel Plus Version 3.1 Trip Computer. •R1200c Final Drive Gears (32/13 or 2.54). •Ohlins rear shocky. •K100 complete Aluminium Radiator fitted. •Davies Craig Thermo Switch fitted to Cooling Fan with manual over-ride. •Fuel Cap drilled and tapped to provide mounting points for accessories, including mini Tank Bag & Apple CarPlay Screen •HID Hi-Lo Headlight and every other incandescent bulb on bike replaced with LED's. •Bulb monitoring warning light no longer needed so it's now used to indicate when Side Stand is down. •LED (Halo) Front Park Light (BMW Car style).
    

MartinW

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Yeee Haaaa  all accommodation has been booked had to make slight adjustments due to slight price changes, nothing major. I would like to thank my  lovely booking agent for sorting this out. 3 motels and one hotel and the bonus no one has to double up except for Bruce and Annie.
Regards Martin.


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MartinW

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On the final count down to the run. We have arranged a meet up with Charlie on Monday. And are waiting to see if Matt can do a meetup at the Museum on Wednesday opening time. Wednesday arvo off to Tamworth and do the Tamworth Museum. Any of southern Krew are welcome  to  do a meetup.
Regards Martin.


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Since you are looking at museums, come back past Inverell and have a look at the transport museum. Good collection of bikes & cars etc. Kweensland K Kronies March Nabiac run. Screen11
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MartinW

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Thanks for the tip we might be able to do it. I'll have to talk to the guys, however we have prebooked all the accommodation.
Regards Martin.


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Hamo42

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Dam, Dates no good for me, would have loved hang with you guys & RIDE.

Ride Safe & Enjoy. Smile

    

MartinW

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No worries Geoff I'm sure there'll be another one. There is a swap meet at Maleny the Saturday after we get back.
Regards Martin.


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Mick67

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Hey Charlie!!!

Martin and the fellas are about an hour away from your place. True to form, they have your phone number written down incorrectly, and don't know your address....sounds like a standard Kweensland K Krew run....meticulously disorganised.  Very Happy

If you see 3 or 4 slightly confused seniors doing laps of Glenn Innes...thats them Shocked 

I have PM'd you Martins telephone number.

Cheers Mick


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charlie99

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Cheers mick they finally contacted me after arriving t their motel in Glen    , i hadnt activated intenet on phone till some time after 3.00pm,   wrking in the shed...

Instructions to my place and aphone call to martin had them at my place preþy quick   hopefully martin has saved .. and tagged my number now


After coffee and biccies and a good old chat they are up having dinner now at a local reputable dinner spot around the corner

Helped them with road routes planned along the path  as they had chosen some interestingvroutes north of warialda  etc    now on a good surfaced road to return to the boarder   

Should be a cooler run up in the highlands till they take the plung down to the coast tomorrow


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Jamie64

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Full report to come from Martin with some photo's Smile

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MartinW

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I started out at 0630 from North Lakes and met up with SSD(Paul) at 0700. Traffic was pretty horrendous until we made it to Toowong and then it started to open up. We arrived at the Amberley rendezvous in plenty of time for the meetup with Jamie at 0900. Nice ride to Tenterfield for a meal break and a meetup with some friendly local Magpies, who got a free feed.
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     Rode on to Glen Innes and booked into the vey average motel and then off for coffee, bickies and chin wag with Charlie at his place. Had a very pleasant feed at a local hotel suggested by Charlie then back to the motel and another meetup with Charlie. Next day we went off to Harrington via Guyra lots of roadworks interspersed with good and bad roads and some excellent twisty bits. Unfortunately part off the run between Urunga and Harrington was 184 Km of very boring highway Kweensland K Kronies March Nabiac run. 87464. Really nice clean hotel at Harrington right on the water. The room was clean and freshly painted with a fridge coffee and tea facilities just outside the door. Clean and renovated shared bathroom was just down the hall. The room had a door out onto the verandah with tables and chairs. Unfortunately the room was let down by lack of furniture only having a case rack and one bedside table and one double power point. The meals and service were excellent I couldn't finish my chicken schnitty.
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The next morning we had a short side trip to Crowdy Head to view a lighthouse with an inferiority complex at the end of a really pot holed road.
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After this we had a short run to Nabiac for brekky and then on to the Museum which is rather big, with a mixture of restored and unrestored bikes. I'll insert pictures when SSD sends them.
   
    We then set off for Tamworth only having to stop on the top of the mountain to allow a storm which Jamie had spotted to pass. There were shelters that partially sheltered us. Arrived in Tamworth to view the Powerhouse Museum, a small private collection of fully restored bikes. Apparently a bigger building is in the wings as the current collection has to be rotated due to the size of his fleet. The Almond Inn Motel was just down the road and a definite upgrade from the Glen Innes unnamed motel. Both SSD an I availed ourselves of the pool. Jamie booked an Uber to take us to dinner driven by a very friendly and chatty African girl. We were joined by a father and son whom Jamie had been chatting with at the motel. They had been going to bike shows towing a trailer with three bikes on the trailer and one in the van. Great feed which we then walked off by walking back to the motel. On retiring I found that I had a water bed the mattress was soaked due to being under the leaking A/C. I went up to the office and knocked on the door. The owner came and had a look and went off to get the handyman. She came back with the keys to a 2 bedroom apartment. Jamie and SSD were already settled for the night so I had it all to myself and I didn't have to wear earplugs. :1B:At midnight there was a bit of a barney going on between a couple of tradies from the motel and some townies. Police were called and the Motel owner had to supply the tradies names as they had told the Police a couple of different names. SSD and I slept through the ruckus.

    The next day we decided to set off for the Inverell Transport Museum which turned   into an adventure safari. First we had to stop while some farmers on Quads herded a mob of cattle down the road past us, I think one was eyeing off SSD's red Brick as a potential mate. The road chosen which had shown up as bitumen on the map was in reality a partially corrugated coarse gravel (small rocks) with smaller loose gravel ridges track. After a dusty teeth rattling 15 K's we found an oasis in the form of a very very short stretch on concrete. Jamie pulled over on the oasis and we were discussing the situation when a 4WD wagon came down the road. I flagged down the 4WD and asked the two very nice ladies onboard how much further the gravel went. Thankfully only 3 K's. They were very helpful and enquired whether we needed any assistance which we declined. This was the second of only two cars we encountered on this stretch the other being a homicidal Subaru driver. We made it to the museum on mostly intact bikes SSD's bike eventually losing a side stand foot and further on his top box springing open. Jamie's slightly weeping fork seals were now leaking and his handling had deteriorated. My bike had its front mudflap battered to destruction. Off to Bunnings to buy a bucket today to make a new one.
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Transport Museum was worth adding to the trip with more cars than bikes. SSD liked the train set where you could press a button and get three trains to run around the setup. Good ride to Goondawindi to the Gunsynd Motel, the best so far with undercover parking for the bikes. It was close to the main street and just a short walk to the Royal Hotel for another good meal.
    
    Next morning off to an early start due to me forgetting to change my watch back to QLD time. Stopped off at Warwick for brekky. I had to stop on the way back due to my top box lid opening due to the safety cord getting into the locks hook. Jamie stopped near Ipswich and we said our goodbyes. SSD and I continued over Mt Glorious to encounter drizzly rain, the roads were still pretty dry. SSD and I split up near Petrie only to come together in Kallangur. The rain started to pick up as I went through Kallangur in order to stop off at my wife's work. By the time I left the rain was picking up. Shortly after arriving home the sky's opened and I don't think we could have ridden in it.  It was a great trip with good company my total mileage 1990 Km. If we did it again we would omit the highway and the gravel.
Regards Martin.


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GB777

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Great write up Martin, glad you all enjoyed yourselves.


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•Dyno Tuned to deliver 115 bhp. •Audiovox CCS-100 Vacuum Cruise Control. •Fuel Plus Version 3.1 Trip Computer. •R1200c Final Drive Gears (32/13 or 2.54). •Ohlins rear shocky. •K100 complete Aluminium Radiator fitted. •Davies Craig Thermo Switch fitted to Cooling Fan with manual over-ride. •Fuel Cap drilled and tapped to provide mounting points for accessories, including mini Tank Bag & Apple CarPlay Screen •HID Hi-Lo Headlight and every other incandescent bulb on bike replaced with LED's. •Bulb monitoring warning light no longer needed so it's now used to indicate when Side Stand is down. •LED (Halo) Front Park Light (BMW Car style).
    

MartinW

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A couple of BMW clones and the second model S Series Valiant that was sold in OZ from Inverell Museum.

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SSD's piccies, Harrington Hotel.

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Nabiac Motorcycle Museum giving you an idea of how big the collection is.

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Jamies piccies of a 2 HP tractor, our arrival at Inverell museum and SSD's engine after the torture track run.


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