A few weeks ago I was out riding with my son-in-law and we adjusted the looks of the bikes we were on which means that's there will be no more adventures on Zed. For what happened see my blog post.
While it is sad to write off a bike as great as zed I am very happy that we didn't do any bitumen surfing or involve any injuries so we came out of it okay. The one disappointment is that I won't see a quarter of a million kilometres roll over on the odometer.
As my son-in-law was riding my bike at the time - how long do you think I can hold it over his head that he wrote my bike off?
Then in the mail this week I received my Memorial 1600 certificate for the ride to Wilmington which was the last big ride I did on zed. Looking at that certificate I reflected on how my first 'big' ride and start in long distance riding was on this bike to a FarRide in Nambucca Heads in 2009. Back then 1,000km in a day seemed a big deal. Since that time there has been a number of IBA rides including a 50cc last year which I thought was way outside my reach. Then there are all the great friends I have made and friends we have lost.
And so now it is time to start a new chapter and new memories on a new bike.
While it is sad to write off a bike as great as zed I am very happy that we didn't do any bitumen surfing or involve any injuries so we came out of it okay. The one disappointment is that I won't see a quarter of a million kilometres roll over on the odometer.
As my son-in-law was riding my bike at the time - how long do you think I can hold it over his head that he wrote my bike off?
Then in the mail this week I received my Memorial 1600 certificate for the ride to Wilmington which was the last big ride I did on zed. Looking at that certificate I reflected on how my first 'big' ride and start in long distance riding was on this bike to a FarRide in Nambucca Heads in 2009. Back then 1,000km in a day seemed a big deal. Since that time there has been a number of IBA rides including a 50cc last year which I thought was way outside my reach. Then there are all the great friends I have made and friends we have lost.
And so now it is time to start a new chapter and new memories on a new bike.