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Fullauto · Feb 16, 2018

The bloke on the red Guzzi is none other than our old mate Phil Yates. Some may remember him.

dero · Feb 16, 2018

That's a bit different to Tom Price or Whim Creek .

baz · Feb 16, 2018

Fullauto said:
The bloke on the red Guzzi is none other than our old mate Phil Yates. Some may remember him.

Are you certain that was Phil yates on the guzzi? He did make a big point on here once that he couldn't understand why anyone would take a ride out with a mate and said he always rode alone!

XTINCT · Feb 16, 2018

Nice video. Fun to watch on a cold February day here in Wisconsin. Thanks for posting it. You must have put the film in the projector backwards though because everyone appears to be riding on the wrong side of the road. lol

acotrel · Feb 16, 2018

The other day when you visited me, you mentioned the bad condition of the roads in Victoria. In your video, there did not seem to be many pot-holes in the road surfaces in NSW ? Perhaps the heavier traffic on Victorian roads does more damage after it rains ? I think the pot-holes appear because of the pressure of water being forced into cracks by vehicle tyres.

Nortoniggy · Feb 16, 2018

In a similar vane..

ashman · Feb 16, 2018

Nice video but not sure about being over taken by a car lol, I have met Phil Yates when he was up here in Brisbane and found him to be a nice bloke, he came around to see my 850 Featherbed, can't understand why so many people had a dislike for him on here.
We have some great roads up here in S.E Queensland for motorcycling and a lot of twisty ranges, I never been down Victoria but love to ride there some day.

Ashley

Fullauto · Feb 16, 2018

acotrel said:
The other day when you visited me, you mentioned the bad condition of the roads in Victoria. In your video, there did not seem to be many pot-holes in the road surfaces in NSW ? Perhaps the heavier traffic on Victorian roads does more damage after it rains ? I think the pot-holes appear because of the pressure of water being forced into cracks by vehicle tyres.

They're just as bad in NSW. An absolute disgrace. The NSW government is spending two billion dollars on two new stadiums, but I don't remember seeing one road crew working while I was there.

Fullauto · Feb 16, 2018

ashman said:
Nice video but not sure about being over taken by a car lol, I have met Phil Yates when he was up here in Brisbane and found him to be a nice bloke, he came around to see my 850 Featherbed, can't understand why so many people had a dislike for him on here.
We have some great roads up here in S.E Queensland for motorcycling and a lot of twisty ranges, I never been down Victoria but love to ride there some day.

Ashley

Wet and unfamiliar roads. They tend to drive like maniacs in NSW and Victoria and really don't give a shit whether you live or die. In Victoria they have a nasty habit of overtaking you on wet roads and then cutting straight back in front of you, leaving you with no view of the road in front. Very bad. No courtesy.
Yes, Phil is a good bloke with a lifelong passion for Nortons specifically but motorcycling in general. He's ridding himself of those MK III contraptions and has a beautiful MK V yellow 750 Roadster, which he says he'll keep forever.

Fullauto · Feb 16, 2018

baz said:
Are you certain that was Phil yates on the guzzi? He did make a big point on here once that he couldn't understand why anyone would take a ride out with a mate and said he always rode alone!

Ah, we all mellow and I'd come a long way to see him. He and his mate Chris on the Triumph were showing me the way to Kangaroo Valley over the mountain. We had a coffee and parted ways. I'm a bit that way myself. More than two bikes is worrisome for me. I like riding to my own agenda with not much of a timetable. The Norton is as lovely a travelling companion as you'll get. It constantly talks to you and doesn't require you to talk back.

baz · Feb 16, 2018

Fullauto said:
Ah, we all mellow and I'd come a long way to see him. He and his mate Chris on the Triumph were showing me the way to Kangaroo Valley over the mountain. We had a coffee and parted ways. I'm a bit that way myself. More than two bikes is worrisome for me. I like riding to my own agenda with not much of a timetable. The Norton is as lovely a travelling companion as you'll get. It constantly talks to you and doesn't require you to talk back.

It's good to hear that he has mellowed maybe he could be allowed back on here?

Hobot · Feb 16, 2018

Not open to popular vote just LAB dictates or from pressure of loud months not posting here for some mo's now. Phil just carried on adding many people and cycles to his work loads plus a great gal companion, along with his little doggie in side cars w/o AccessNorton approval, so doubt he interested. We meet up once at Baxter's cycle rally and is rather pleasant to get on with unless contesting on carb/crank venting functions.

Phil has not mellowed at all, only loud mouths here not aggravating him so don't fog out on forum history unfairness I got disgusted with for a year too.

Fullauto · Feb 16, 2018

baz said:
It's good to hear that he has mellowed maybe he could be allowed back on here?

Don't be silly. He hasn't mellowed THAT much!

lcrken · Feb 16, 2018

Another fun video. Makes me want to get the gopro out again and try to show some of the local canyon runs.

Ken

Fullauto · Feb 16, 2018

lcrken said:
Another fun video. Makes me want to get the gopro out again and try to show some of the local canyon runs.

Ken

I think you should. I just tell my wife I'm going for a ride and sit myself down at the computer. I don't even have to make vroom vroom noises.

acotrel · Feb 19, 2018

Around Melbourne is not a good place to ride a motorcycle. The car drivers are usually too cut and thrust - either that or they are texting on their mobile phones. When I was a kid it was even more dangerous because a lot of drivers were drink-affected. Overall, in recent years their driving has improved and the cars are better, but now it is all too fast. If you are riding a motorcycle, you are not a threat to them, so they simply don't see you. I was in the UK a few years back - the car drivers seemed to be a lot better than in Oz. But the whole British education system is probably better.

baz · Feb 19, 2018

acotrel said:
Around Melbourne is not a good place to ride a motorcycle. The car drivers are usually too cut and thrust - either that or they are texting on their mobile phones. When I was a kid it was even more dangerous because a lot of drivers were drink-affected. Overall, in recent years their driving has improved and the cars are better, but now it is all too fast. If you are riding a motorcycle, you are not a threat to them, so they simply don't see you. I was in the UK a few years back - the car drivers seemed to be a lot better than in Oz. But the whole British education system is probably better.

Really not sure about British drivers being better ! I have to deal with British drivers every day, or the education being any better, mind you the last time I rode a bike in Australia was 1986 so a lot could have changed!!!

xbacksideslider · Feb 19, 2018

So . . . that one way bridge . . . . how do you know that it's clear to enter to cross? Didn't look like you could see all the way and I saw no light or other signal.

Fullauto · Feb 20, 2018

xbacksideslider said:
So . . . that one way bridge . . . . how do you know that it's clear to enter to cross? Didn't look like you could see all the way and I saw no light or other signal.

As you get to yhe line you can see what's coming. Very unfamiliar to me as in the western part of the country, we can afford to build bridges with more than one lane. Very backward in parts of the east.

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