Mapelton Ride - Easter Monday

Went for a good ride today. The weather was threatening, even spitting at times but got a fine run all day. Alot of wet bits of road, some on corners hiding in the shadows which gave my ride partner moment at Mt Mee but no enough to spoil anything - car drivers tried hard to do that on every nice bit of twist and turn road (as happens sometimes) but got a good run in many places too.Met some

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Review - Motovation bar ends

Ahh inline 4's - silky smooth engines - ahm well revs wise maybe but they create a buzz in the handle bars like no other engine does.I purchased a pair of over sized Stainless steel extra heavy bar ends to try solve this problem.The ordering was easy, communication excellent and product arrived quickly. They are very well presented items and fit easy and look good.The buzz has been reduced a bit,

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Review - Air Hawk seat cushion.

I had a terrible time with my MV Agusta's ride quality and tried to make it more comfortable via suspension but only got so far and then was going to get the seat re padded until I remembered reading about these and thought I would give them a try.

These things really are very comfortable!

To start with there are many sizes but I had to go for the smallest actually listed as a pillion seat

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Australia's best motorcycle roads. The Gillies.

Gilles highway - Northern QueenslandJust south of cairns the Gilles highway runs from Gordonvale up the Lamb range to the Atherton Tableland. It has a reputed 258 corners in the main 19km section and is the premium ride in northern Queensland. I traveled to Cairns and the nearby areas a few times when I was younger and I would love to return there and ride the Gilles, Parmerston and Kuranda

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More one day ride suggestions

The South West.There is some great riding to be had to the west and south of Brisbane. Some ideas for you are:Ride towards Boonah from where ever you live, for me this is Western f-way then Ipswich f-way, the Warwick b-pas h-way to Yamanto then the road to Boonah. There is some excelletn views of the ranges to be had if you deviate via Kalbar and then I don't actually go into Boonah, rather try

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Australia's best motorcycle roads. Alpine way.

Murray power station 1Alpine WayFrom Jindabyne to Khancoban is a motorcycle road talked about alot on the forums. IMO it is a bit over rated perhaps because people get the Apline way and the Great Alpine road confused. The later is in Victoria and is one of the top 3 rides in the country, the Alpine way is in NSW and not of similar quality.I will describe riding south however the road is better

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Australia's best motorcycle roads. Brown Mtn.

Brown Mountain.The riding from Bega to Cooma is already pretty good without a mountain climb, add in Brown Mtn and its a superb ride.Leaving Bega you will enjoy a series of sweeping bends which are very enjoyable, you can hold a nice pace and roll on and off the throttle and get into a real groove. I might actually like that part more than the mountain - its just so nice and flowing.Brown Mtn is

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