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Feb 15
FRE #38 Armidale
Now before I start, dumb dumb here forgot to set the clock on the camera to daylight savings time *face palm*, so you’ll see things are a little askew in the time department. 12:01pm with a start docket firmly packed into the wallet, Dudley & I are off on his first FarRide. Up Bells Line …
Feb 08
Tintaldra Pilgrimage
YAY!!! it’s that time of year again for the annual pilgrimage to Tintaldra ***happy dance*** and it’ll be Dudley’s first time 🙂 Friday morning with the two boys (Trevor & Dudley) packed and ready to roll, Karl and I head out of town to rendezvous with our friends Mark, Esther & Rob in Hume ACT. I’m going for …
Jan 12
Date ride with Dudley
With Karl away for the weekend, and as a reward to myself I went off on a little ride on Dudley. I’d decided that heading south and Jamberoo was going to be the destination – I didn’t even program the GPS, thought I’d just wing it….OMG! Never been to Woronora Dam, passed the sign heaps …
Jan 07
Help from a friend….
I usually post about my adventures and I hope everyone enjoys reading about them. However, behind the scenes I have this friend that looks after and maintains all this stuff to ensure Kimmie Kares runs along just tickity -boo. Recently it seems that some IT buggy, pesty things have been invading my site causing no …
Oct 11
Meet Dudley……
……. born in SA in March 2015, a fine strapping babe he was too. Previously owned by a retired gentleman who in 6 months had his first service done and had put 2054 kms on the clock and decided he wanted something different and put him up for adoption. Searching the internet I spotted the …
Sep 28
FarRally RTM-06
After a DNF at RTM-05, I thought I’d have another crack at a Rally……….what was I letting myself in for this time. RTM-06 was a purely QLD based scavenger hunt and with no local knowledge, had I bitten off more than I could chew? Thursday after work I headed out in the pouring rain to …
Sep 21
Last test ride…..
This particular bike is the one that I have been most looking forward to ride. Since it came onto the market, it’s one that has always caught my eye and I’ve thought….hmmm I can see me on that (in white of course…lol). Other than the ride home of Saturday that’s all I managed to get …
Sep 15
New Roads, different bikes
The sun’s out and I’mma heading west, way out west, where the temperature increases by 5 degrees and the salesmen are human (well these were anyway). I was out testing riding again today. This time round I booked a ride on the Yamaha MT09-Tracer. The salesguy figured since I ride a Blackbird he could trust …
Aug 15
What an Interesting Day/Week
Big decisions have been made in the mind of the Kimmie, I mean REAL BIG!! These haven’t been made lightly either, but those that know me pretty well, know all too well that it takes me a while to come to the final conclusion. I’m hearing you….what are they???…..get on with it (well that’s Karl …
May 29
OzSTOC RTE Gulargambone
An invitation was extended to me & Karl of course from friends of OzSTOC (ST owners club of Australia) for a RTE to Gulargambone. You say where??? Gulargambone! Never heard of it, you puttin’ me on….lol. Well they weren’t and I was looking forward to catching up with some friends I haven’t seem in nearly …