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Ben Nazzari

HiEveryone, Last time I finished off the Journal I was going for the midweek ride to Maroon Dam then heading to Newcastle to see my Parents. I headed off from lunch and went out through Rathdowney, turned right then over to Tenterfield. Absolutely great ride, road conditions were very dodgy but no dramas and arrived at 4.30pm. Stayed at the Jumbuck Motor Inn and the guy was fantastic, put me in a room where the bike could be parked at the door undercover. Highly recommend the place.

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day for a ride and another reminder just why I love to ride, especially the RT, love this bike it performed faultlessly and cruises all day at the speed limit and super comfy, it will be sad to see her go but I do need to finish the GS.

The ride home was uneventful until I hit a pot hole and blew a fork seal and buckled the rim.

Found another rim on Gumtree but it didn’t come without its own drama, it had a broken disc bolt that needed to be removed so I thought oh yeah no drama’s I can do that. LOL yeah right I tried everything in the book to remove this bolt and let me tell you it almost ended up in next door yard, to say I was frustrated would be an understatement. That night the GM was on, I spoke to a couple of members that day about said bolt but to no avail. I arrived at the

Arose early the next morning to 6 degrees, packed the RT and headed off, hand grips turned on and neck sock fitted, warm as toast. The temp didn’t hit double digits till I hit Murrurundi. But saying that the view was sensational and the weather was clear and sunny so I was not going to complain at all.

Brekky stop at the Guyra bakery in the main street always a stop whenever I’m on the New England and saying that I would 9 times out of 10 travel on that road rather than the Pacific Highway. Didn’t stop for lunch, just fuel and drink stops along the way and arrived at the Parent’s place at 4pm. Another great meeting and once the formalities were done with, Paul told me to speak to Chris. After the meeting I had words with Chris and he introduced me to Les and Kelly. Les then kindly offered to help and said he was busy on the Friday but how does Sat morning suit? I said definitely, thanked him and organised to pick Chris up on Sat morning on my way to Les and Kelly’s place.

Picked Chris up with his load of tools to help the cause, drove down to Yatala and down Les’s driveway to find him sitting outside his work shop with a big grin on his face which made me feel comfortable to be there because let me tell you, I have never nor will I ever take anyone for granted. Les and Kelly were kind enough to open their house for me and help me with a problem in which I could not fix. After we chatted and got sorted, I grabbed the wheel out of the boot and into the workshop we went. Les got right to it and within an hour or so he had it ready to go so he showed me and Chris around, told a few funny stories and I was ready to head off and get out of their way and Kelly calls down don’t go anywhere, I have morning tea on the way down.

By this stage I was overwhelmed with the generosity of this couple I had only met a few days before at the GM and here I was being treated like family and I absolutely love it, I could not have thought I would be treated so kindly and for this Les, Kelly and Chris I THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart it really meant a lot to me and Les you can be rest assured I will pay it forward in mountains mate. So on that note I will leave it there till next month and continue enjoying the ride and sourcing out some great locations for rides coffees and lunches.

Till then stay upright. Regards Ben.

Editors Note: That spirit is what this club is all about. Helping each other when needed. Thanks Kelly, Les and Chris.

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Whatglorious whether we had in June. I have missed a few rides recently due to some other commitments. I’m looking forward to going to the club lunch at the Roadvale Pub. I have been there many times in the past because I had a good mate who lived just down the road from the pub. Unfortunately, my mate Fred passed away last year.

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