Good Friday Motorcycling

Although we enjoy doing spontaneous things it is good to look forward to a regular event. Good Friday is one of those times.  Each year we join with the Vintage Motorcycle Rally that travels around Bathurst for a week.

This year we took Sophia, the Moto Guzzi for an outing.  That is her on the right of the below photo.  She doesn’t get out very often.  Looking back, I haven’t been on her since late 2012.  It feels strange getting on a solo again……..and I had to struggle to find some bike trousers that still fit…….Oops!

There were over 200 bikes involved in the week, ranging from the very early veterans to the most current.

This year there was a lot of rather tasty examples from the 70s.  Colours really came into their own during that era.

Wherever you look, there were men checking out the finer details of bikes.

Discussions on finishes, what is original, what isn’t. 

Get out of the way when the veterans get going, as they don’t have a clutch and can’t stop.  It is a real art to ride them.

The route on Friday is always the same, travelling to Oberon via the back roads, where we regroup and have morning tea.  The local bakery always has lovely, fresh hot cross buns and good coffee.

After our break, we continued on our way to Tarana for lunch. 

 

As there are so many people, it is rather a slow process to get a meal at the pub, so we opted to take a picnic.  We had quite a group from the Historic Car Club, who were quite settled under a gum tree, soaking up the sun.

A rather lovely way to start the long weekend.