Darren Bokenham

Bloke got killed coming up the range a few months ago. Bike was scarcely
scratched. It happens.

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Cheers

PeterC [aka MildThing]
'81 Suzuki GS450-s (gone on to better and brighter things - I hope)
'87 BMW K100RT (write-off)
'81 Yamaha Virago (XV) 750H (work in progress)
'01 Yamaha FJR1300

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Bear in mind you lose an hour at the border (not that that'll affect
anything much).

 

And 50 years

JL
(well it had to be said)

 

This tragic news is not how anyone should have to see out the year. I didn't
know him, but in the playground of aus.moto, we are rarely more than one
degree of separation from the best of mates. From all accounts he was a top
bloke, and we are all the poorer for his passing. It just goes to show how
tenuous is our grip on life via those two tiny rubber patches.

Can't ask much more of life than that. Vale Boky.

Gary

 

Very sorry to hear about this. Condolences.

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Dave (Mojo67)
FZR600 >> ZX6R >> ZX9R Brisbane
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I used to never be able to finish anything but now I

 

Ta mate, appreciated

 

yup, he would have kicked us firmly.

he stayed with us a few weeks back while he was in melbourne, not a nicer
bloke you will find anywhere.

top bloke, always was, always will be

RIP Boky


Marty

 

"Chris Coote" >

Only ever rode once together...and not that long ago.
Got the bad news while up in the Snowies and there were thoughts of packing
up and going home :-(
Then decided that Boky would kick us up the butt for it and made it a
"ride-for-Boky".
RIP, mate

pete

 

There's nothing new for me to see that I don't see on any Sunday so it would
be Clem's way to Gloucester for me but I don't mind nipping over to play
tour guide from Singo.

Damn splitters! The Peoples Front of Singlet?

Shit, it looks longer now! The Putty-Gloucester bit is a push but the Walcha
time is highly unlikely. GI-T will have to be limit +GST.

As Clem said it gets darker earlier up north so we should make closing.

Everyone copes in different ways but a ride sounds good!

 

IIRC (which is dubious) I think the Pat, Pisshead, JL freight train did
Gloucester/Walcha last month in a touch under 2 hours, and I sure as
hell wasn't doing the speed limit plus GST anywhere it was possible to
get up it.

JL

 

It took us a bit longer to do Walcha-Gloucester coming back though...
(Even allowing for the noon departure from the pub)

Postman Pat

 

Hmmmm, ok... where am I going wrong, though? From what I remember of the
*one* time I did the Thunderbolts three and a half years ago now in the
car, after Gloucester, you climb out of a valley, go up the side of a
mountain for a bit, then it levels and straightens out, and remains like
that all the way to Walcha.

~150km feels about right for the distance, too, from memory.

You'd think knocking that over in an hour and a half wouldn't be asking
for much; it only calls for a 100kph average.

What was it, three weekends ago, three of us did a 720km loop up and
down all the mountain passes on the South Coast; Brown Mountain, Mt
Darragh, Mt Imlay, Clyde Mountain, in that order. Five stops; Cooma,
Bombala, Eden, Batemans Bay, Braidwood. We weren't going completely
brain-out, didn't rush our stops, and we got plenty held up by traffic
between Bega and Tathra and between Moruya and Batemans Bay. We left at
8:30am and we were home by about 5:45pm.

That should be a reasonable analogue of what we're planning for next
Thursday...

 

The middle section after going up the mtn is a wide road and good seal from
what I recall, but the last 30km towards Walcha were quite choppy and a much
narrower road in general. This part may have been resurfaced since I last
rode it (with Boky ;-) ), so please be careful.

What for roo n wallabys n wombats too.


Regards
Bronnie

 

Yeah look your maths is right on paper, and I did say the efficiency of
my recollection was dubious but I seem to recall it taking closer to 2
hrs (it may be further than you calc'd perhaps ?)

Take with grain of salt... my memory disappeared along with my youth
quite a while ago...

JL

 

According to what's left of my GPS log, 2.5 hours on the way back so,
theoretically speaking of course, 200+ and a bright sunny day would bring
that average down a bit.

 

/me throws a dirt bike at shadow... nice little 600 Honda [1]


Johno


Beer mate?

[1] we all know how much you love honda

 

Looking at it on the map, and comparing it to similarly squiggly lines
On the same map, including, for example, the Goulburn-Oberon road which
I know to be 161km, ~150km_does_seem realistic.

In other words, should someone stumble across your good looks just
laying on the ground someplace, you'd appreciate them having a look
around in the vicinity, just in case those other two happen to be nearby.

 

I'll be on the Diversion...
200+ is purely a theoretical excersise on that bike with panniers on!


G-S

 

I won't be on my own then!

 

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