About 40 years ago we rode down from the western suburbs to Mittagong to find the Wombeyan Caves Road closed so carried on regardless, turned out the Abercrombie was flooding but a kind farmer took the three bikes across the flooded causeway in the back of his four wheel drive, it got dark soon after we crossed the river and started to rain heavily, we stayed on the Wombeyan Caves Road to the end where it meets the road between Oberon and Goulburn to surprise some mates camping there We found the mates, camped there and next morning Easter Sunday we couldn't go back because of the flood so we rode out through Oberon where we stopped to gas up and met up with a vintage bike club who having attended the vintage races at Bathurst on Easter Saturday were on their way home and generously gave us five of their entry passes to the Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix, got in watched the three main races and headed home via the Bell's Line same day Wild ride and a top night away Old mate was riding a Honda CB450 the other bloke had a Honda CB750/4 and I was on a Yamaha SR500
Man, love the old KLR. She looks good, best looking KLR I think. Don't scratch it, and those plastics are hard to get. It's a C model, but what year was it ? 02-03 ? Don't think the Yanks got them. A BMW F800gs, nice. And I see a XT600 or 660 ? What's with the yellow mudguard ? Love the sound of that motor, it purs. Stay out of the rocks and a touch of front brake (one finger) as that is where the weight is & use engine breaking but don't use the rear break too much and stall it. Taken me a bit to relearn after not riding for 30 years. Good share, been almost 60 years since I last visited Jenolan Caves, have to put it on the list when I get down that way.
cameras never show how steep/the grade of a hill or descent but you def cans see how steep the descent is at 20:00 wowzers, cant wait for the next episode
Another great video Vern! Cannot wait for the next part! Love your content! I cannot wait for my bike to arrive so I can get back on the road and trails
Great video like always. I did that same ride a couple of weeks ago. Going down to the beach is a little bit steep. We went to another camp ground called the sink it was also a very nice spot.
Nice...and you didn't get your drone stuck in a tree which a always a win😂😂. The Werong end of Range is definitely getting worse but still very doable. The western side of Goodmans is a bit ordinary too. Probably a lot worse after the recent rain. We got 200mm in 24 hours here yesterday. We came into Abercrombie from the northern end. It was pretty steep down to The Sink but the track was in good nick so no problems. There's a video on youtube of a car who's handbrake failed where you dropped it. Pretty scary seeing they were in front of it checking out the track.
@@MotoRidesAustralia It was. I reckon most of that fell in just a couple of hours. Thanks for putting road names and coordinates up mate. It's great to follow along on the map.
Nice video, I commend that you're not too proud to show when you struggle and you keep it real. Middle wrong and upper werong fire trails are some short challenging sections around range fire trail you can check out if you want a bit of a challenge.
I took it off to find a rattle and then loved it! I honestly didn't really feel like the wind was any worse and there was no buffering because the wind is hitting you directly.
@@MotoRidesAustralia I've tried a bunch of things to get rid of the buffering. Drives me nuts after a while. It's energy sapping. I've got very good ear plugs that pretty much block all noise, so I can't hear a single thing, but the helmet vibrations are insane. It's like getting slapped in the side of the head 50 times a second. They should wind tunnel test these things before sending them out to production. I'll try without the screen and see what it's like.
About 40 years ago we rode down from the western suburbs to Mittagong to find the Wombeyan Caves Road closed so carried on regardless, turned out the Abercrombie was flooding but a kind farmer took the three bikes across the flooded causeway in the back of his four wheel drive, it got dark soon after we crossed the river and started to rain heavily, we stayed on the Wombeyan Caves Road to the end where it meets the road between Oberon and Goulburn to surprise some mates camping there
We found the mates, camped there and next morning Easter Sunday we couldn't go back because of the flood so we rode out through Oberon where we stopped to gas up and met up with a vintage bike club who having attended the vintage races at Bathurst on Easter Saturday were on their way home and generously gave us five of their entry passes to the Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix, got in watched the three main races and headed home via the Bell's Line same day
Wild ride and a top night away
Old mate was riding a Honda CB450 the other bloke had a Honda CB750/4 and I was on a Yamaha SR500
Good to see you lads out on bikes that didnt cost $25.grand ! Well done , great vid
If I was on $25k bike, I'd be even more scared of dropping it!!
Man, love the old KLR. She looks good, best looking KLR I think. Don't scratch it, and those plastics are hard to get. It's a C model, but what year was it ? 02-03 ? Don't think the Yanks got them.
A BMW F800gs, nice. And I see a XT600 or 660 ? What's with the yellow mudguard ? Love the sound of that motor, it purs. Stay out of the rocks and a touch of front brake (one finger) as that is where the weight is & use engine breaking but don't use the rear break too much and stall it. Taken me a bit to relearn after not riding for 30 years.
Good share, been almost 60 years since I last visited Jenolan Caves, have to put it on the list when I get down that way.
This is something I would love to do. Looking forward to part 2.
Do it!!! 😜
You nailed the music
Good realistic narrative. Great sights and interesting bikes.
Glad you enjoyed it 😀
Awesome vid. Great to see you give the “what three words” for each location. Makes planning and navigating so easy. Cheers.
Great video. Planning my next adventure from Sydney now, so your video is perfectly timed. Looking forward to pt2. Thanks for posting
Nice one. Where are you thinking of heading?
@@MotoRidesAustralia Wombeyan Caves Rd to Oberon, staying on dirt roads where possible
Can't wait for part 2... great entertainment. 😊.. Cheers
Thanks mate 😀
cameras never show how steep/the grade of a hill or descent but you def cans see how steep the descent is at 20:00 wowzers, cant wait for the next episode
Another great video Vern! Cannot wait for the next part! Love your content! I cannot wait for my bike to arrive so I can get back on the road and trails
Awesome! What have you ordered?
@@MotoRidesAustralia t7 world raid cannot wait to hit the road and some trails. Do some camping and getting away from city!
Great video like always. I did that same ride a couple of weeks ago. Going down to the beach is a little bit steep. We went to another camp ground called the sink it was also a very nice spot.
Part 2 might reveal a similar outcome 😜
Nice...and you didn't get your drone stuck in a tree which a always a win😂😂.
The Werong end of Range is definitely getting worse but still very doable. The western side of Goodmans is a bit ordinary too. Probably a lot worse after the recent rain. We got 200mm in 24 hours here yesterday.
We came into Abercrombie from the northern end. It was pretty steep down to The Sink but the track was in good nick so no problems. There's a video on youtube of a car who's handbrake failed where you dropped it. Pretty scary seeing they were in front of it checking out the track.
I'm just sticking to static shots while I'm riding now!! 😜
I'm betting the rain recently had made things pretty challenging.
@@MotoRidesAustralia It was. I reckon most of that fell in just a couple of hours.
Thanks for putting road names and coordinates up mate. It's great to follow along on the map.
Nice video, I commend that you're not too proud to show when you struggle and you keep it real.
Middle wrong and upper werong fire trails are some short challenging sections around range fire trail you can check out if you want a bit of a challenge.
Hey mate, I notice you don't have your windshield on the bike?? Is it better without? Fellow 660z rider here.
I took it off to find a rattle and then loved it! I honestly didn't really feel like the wind was any worse and there was no buffering because the wind is hitting you directly.
@@MotoRidesAustralia I've tried a bunch of things to get rid of the buffering. Drives me nuts after a while. It's energy sapping. I've got very good ear plugs that pretty much block all noise, so I can't hear a single thing, but the helmet vibrations are insane. It's like getting slapped in the side of the head 50 times a second. They should wind tunnel test these things before sending them out to production. I'll try without the screen and see what it's like.
Great video. Always learn new tracks and have google maps open dropping flags.
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Love your stuff, what boots do you wear?
Where’s your windscreen?
Yeah, group ride, someone wants to stop and fly their drone and make it so much more interesting, how dare they 😂.
Hahaha, yep. The guys are actually very accommodating of my nerdiness 😜