| Fran P rode her 2006 Honda CBR1000RR FireBlade and
commented - I’ve always loved riding long distances and riding
in wet, stormy weather and the route that Chris and I travelled
had it all: day and night riding - wet and dry – calm and stormy
– highways and playways. And I’m sure we could have achieved
the target in half the time (12 hours) had we not stopped so
regularly and got caught up yacking But part of travelling long
distances are the characters you meet along the way. Davo, the
concept of the Farride, Ride to Eat is excellent and one I can
and will highly recommend to anyone who will listen. Thanks
for pointing me in this direction. You can count me in on the
next one. - FarRide West #4 |
| Stewart H emailed me "returned home safe with 1003.3km
traveled , trip time including fuel stops and lunch was 13hrs.
I believe I can now beat my drum and claim to be a farrider.
I enjoyed today immensely , thank you for allowing me to participate.
- FarRide West #4 |
| Justin rode his BMW R1200 ST and said " I arrived
home safely just before 5:00pm. Because I wanted to be sure
to meet the 11:00 - 11:30 appointment, and because I wanted
the bulk of the mileage before the appointed time, I actually
started at 2:10am. Riding conditions before sunup were very
good. I think I will do a lot more night riding, thanks for
the opportunity to go on this ride. - FarRide West #4 |
| Mike L had this to say "Hi Dave, I stumbled through
my front door with a severe case of monkey butt ( just kidding,
I felt surprisingly good ) at 6.45pm and my final total was
1058 km's. Thanks for coming up with the Ride to Eat series,
it was a good ride with great people. I definately be there
for the next and it's also made me think harder about trying
the SaddleSore 1600" - FarRide West #4 |
Nathaniel arrived on his CBR1100XX Blackbird from
Clovelly (near Sydney) and later said, "Just dropping you an
email to say thanks for organising FarRide #4, I really enjoyed
the chance to get out and go somewhere different. I cruised
some roads I hadn't travelled before, saw some interesting sights,
and smelled my way through the countryside - such as the coal
power stations past Maitland and the cotton farms at Gunnedah.
I ended up coming back down through Tamworth to change the roads
around and boy the roads were great - big sweepers through the
hills, bloody good fun, all up I booked up about 1300kms for
the day, arriving home around 10pm that night. I'm kicking myself
I didn't turn it into a 1600K! Ah well, always next time." -
FarRide #4 |
| Alwyn "Baz" B lives at Broken Hill and rides a Vulcan
2000LT, "All I can say is that without the FarRideBR07 I would
not have done my Road Trip" Baz completed a total 8750klms for
his full road trip. Well done mate. - FarRide BR07 |
| John C I met John on The Long Ride to Darwin in April.
He rode his BMW1150RT from Melbourne. He had a great trip butt
said this in his email, "I have got to get one of those airhawk
seats- My bum has divorced me !!. - FarRide BR07 |
| Jason rode his Bandit 1200 from Toowoomba and emailed
me, "Finally home with XXXX Gold in hand and smile on face after
1032 km. What a fantastic ride. A truely magnificent night for
riding as well. Bright, cloudless sky, very little traffic.
Something about riding at night, isnt there? A feeling of wholeness
and being at one with the road, maybe thats just me. Bugger
all fauna as well, a cat, a fox, a couple of roos and a near
miss with an owl. For me just a euphoric feeling at the end
with a desire to turn around and do it all again straight away.
Was great to meet everyone and enjoyable to share a meal with
likeminded riders. I look forward to seeing the familiar faces
again. Well done on organising a good day." - FarRide #4 |
| Ken astride his HD Ultra Classic from Brisbane says,
"Firstly Dave, a big thankyou for (a) organising the ride and
(b) inviting me to join you. It was good to put a face to the
name and meet both you and other like minded bikers, all be
it briefly. I am not surprised, that both the RTE's and your
FarRiders web site is becoming more popular, as what I have
observed over time, is that there is actually quite a few people
"out there" doing some serious distance motorcycling. I look
forward to being invited on FarRide # 4" - FarRide #3 |
| Rob A from Perth riding a GTR1000 emailed, "Great
concept Dave. Have done 2 FarRides here in the West and enjoyed
every kilometer. I reckon half the fun is preparing for it (working
out routes & making sure all the “farkles” are working properly!
– was up till all hours the night before the ride and had the
bike stripped down because I had an intermittent mp3 player
cable!! Also good practice for those “really” long rides! Funny,
second time the 1000k seemed much less than the first time!
I guess the more you do it, the easier it gets – after all,
it’s just a road!" - West FarRide #1 &2 |
| John Mc from Brisbane says, "Thanks for putting the
ride together. Really enjoyed it." - FarRide #3 John has finished
two Iron Butt Rallies in the US. 11,000m in 11 days. |
| Boris from Bikeme.tv and on a brand spanking new
'07 R6 from Sydney posted, "I’d like to thank Dave for his invite
to this. I spoke to a few of the Farriders, trying to understand
what motivates these amazing blokes to do what they do – and
I’m still thinking on that. I know for sure they love riding
big distances more than they like anything else. So it’s kinda
funny that not more of us “riders” do stuff like this, isn’t
it?" - FarRide #3 |
| Adrian on his VFR750 from Coolum says, "Thanks again
for organising a great ride, the final location was well worth
the trip and it was good day all round. Ended up clocking 1471kms
in total, getting back to the Sunny Coast at 2130. Looking forward
to the next meet." - FarRide #3 |
| John "Gags" GTR1000 rider from Shepparton says, ".......
total of 2720 klm round trip, great lunch and good company,
may even be allowed out for next FarRide." - FarRide #3 |
| Keith on his ZX9s from Brisbane says, "Many thanks
for organising a great ride and lunch, I've only been riding
for 18 months and that was the most enjoyable to date, and 400km
longer ! A couple more of these and I reckon a 1600km may be
achievable, Thanks again, and I look forward to our next meeting."
- FarRide #1 |
| Bevan on his VFR800 from Brisbane says, "Hi Dave,
Mick on his ZX10r & Keith on his ZX9r both asked me to send
you a big thank you for yesterday and I certainly echo that
sentiment, we all had a great day and arrived home safe and
well. Both contacted me today raving about the ride and both
expressed keen interest in the next Farride, Keith enjoyed himself
so much he may even try an IBA ride later on in the year!!"
- FarRide #1 |
| Clint on his GoldWing from Brisbane said, "Thanks
Davo for organising such a great ride. All 3 of us Goldwing
Riders and partners had a great day. And how tough are those
sportie riders. Minus 5 DegreesC this morning. Well Done" -
FarRide #1 |
| Grant "Duff" on his ST3s Ducati from Coffs Harbours
says, "G'Day all had a great day and I love this long distance
stuff,(I think I'm hooked).It was great to meet you all. Moree
to Coffs in 4 and 3/4 hours, with one near miss with skippy's
dad :( 30km's west of Grafton,(kept me awake all the way home)
Thanks to all involved and I look forward to the next one."
- FarRide #1 |
| Thommo from Rockhampton riding his FJR1300 said "Had
a good time meeting everyone, and looking forward to the next
one!! From my door step back to my doorstep was 2072km in under
34hrs with just under 1700km in under 24hrs" -FarRide #1
|
| David on his FJR1300 from Nerang mentioned "Great
meeting people, Thanks for organising it, Davo" - FarRide #1
|
| Michael riding his GTR1000 from Sydney had this to
say "Up until midnight preparing for the ride, madly getting
everything ready. I left home at 3:36am, filled up at the local
servo, which was unexpectedly open. I left the servo at 4:05.
Anyway, I made up the time, and arrived at Thomas Lee Motorcycles
in Moree at 12:01 - 2 minutes behind schedule. Not bad after
641 km! It was great to meet with Davo, Thommo and a bunch of
other far riders for lunch" - FarRide #1 |
